COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING | 草榴社区

Introducing Drosdick Hall

A world-class facility designed to match a world-class education, the new home of the College of Engineering furthers 草榴社区鈥檚 commitment to igniting change through interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching and learning.

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EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS

DEPARTMENTS

Four academic departments are home to undergraduate and graduate programs and 70+ full-time faculty.

RESEARCH

Faculty and students engage in research in 7 centers of excellence and several specialty areas.

BACHELOR'S

Pursue your BS or 5-year BS/MS in Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

MASTER'S

Advance your career with one of 9 part-time or full-time grad programs鈥攁vailable on campus or online.

DOCTORAL

Our distinctive PhD program educates highly qualified scholars for academia, industry and government.

CERTIFICATE

Earn your graduate certificate in one of 15+ programs; most can be completed entirely online.

THE VILLANOVA ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

草榴社区 Engineering undergraduates are prepared professionally through the Career Compass program.

CAREER READINESS

DEAN MICHELE MARCOLONGO

Employment and continuing education outcomes are impressive for 草榴社区 Engineering graduates.

UNDERGRADUATE OUTCOMES

Students can pursue independent research or research with faculty.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Graduate students can earn their degrees full-time, part-time or online.

GRADUATE OPTIONS

草榴社区 Engineers apply their skills in communities around the world.

HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING AT A GLANCE

98.2%

SUCCESSFUL UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENT RATE

90%

WHO WANT AN INTERNSHIP HAVE AT LEAST ONE

483

GRADUATE STUDENTS

88%

OF MASTER'S STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHIN 3 YEARS

35%

FEMALE ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES

93.3%

FRESHMAN-TO-SOPHOMORE RETENTION RATE

CHANGEMAKERS

A STANDOUT AMONG STUDENT VETERANS AND VILLANOVANS

Like many 18-year-olds, Los Angeles native Mark Griego 鈥�23 CpE recalls how he lacked motivation and direction as a new college student. After a stint in the Marine Corps and earning an associate鈥檚 degree at community college, Mark is now demonstrating impressive leadership skills as an undergraduate Computer Engineering major and mentor to other veterans at 草榴社区. He鈥檚 also the University鈥檚 campus representative for Next Step Inbound, through which he advises veterans who are considering applying to 草榴社区.

LEADING CIVILIANS AT LAKEHURST

When Kathleen Donnelly 鈥�84 ChE joined NAWCAD鈥攖he Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division鈥攊n Lakehurst, NJ, as a general engineer in 1984, she intended to stay 3 to 5 years. More than 35 years later she serves as executive director responsible for Lakehurst鈥檚 1,800 civilian personnel and budgets exceeding $1B. Their mission: to infuse modern technology across the entire spectrum of equipment needed to launch, land and maintain aircraft from ships at sea.

A WOMAN OF INFLUENCE IN ENGINEERING

Colleen Zagar 鈥�12 CE began her engineering career with Turner Construction in New York City in 2012, where she worked as an engineer and superintendent on the Whitney Museum. In 2019, she relocated to Turner鈥檚 San Diego office, where, in addition to her role as a senior project engineer, she is a member of the planning committee of the company鈥檚 Professional Women鈥檚 Group and serves as the office鈥檚 lead trainer. The San Diego Business Journal named her among its 鈥淲omen of Influence in Engineering 2021.鈥�

CREATING AND COMMERCIALIZING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

After four years of impressive activities and accomplishments at 草榴社区鈥攊ncluding top prize in the 草榴社区 Student Entrepreneurship Competition鈥擥us Jenkins 鈥�16 ME earned master鈥檚 degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering & Technology Innovation Management at Carnegie Mellon University where he was named a James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow. While considering his next startup venture, Jenkins is working as a software engineer for ShipBob, Inc. a 鈥渦nicorn鈥� in the ecommerce logistics provider industry.

BRINGING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE TO PERU

Peru native and Fulbright Scholar Hector Cuadros-Rojas 鈥�15 MSSE spent seven months in the U.S. learning English and two years earning his master鈥檚 in Sustainable Engineering. He then returned home to teach Civil Engineering, while also serving as translator and mentor to five faculty at Universidad Cat贸lica de Trujillo who are pursuing their 草榴社区 Sustainable Engineering degrees. Meanwhile, Cuadros is continuing his own studies through 草榴社区 Engineering鈥檚 doctoral program in which he is focusing his research on natural, sustainable materials for building structures.

MEET OUR FACULTY

Advancing Integrated Circuit Design

Igniting a Passion for Civil Engineering

Characterizing Nanomaterials

Investigating Heterogenous Catalysis

FACULTY DIRECTORY

ENGINEERING NEWS

草榴社区鈥檚 Research on Nanomaterial Assembly Published in Nature Communications

The paper, 鈥淯niversal salt-assisted assembly of MXene from suspension on polymer substrates,鈥� opens the gate toward flexible thermal management platform under extreme environments.

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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Grants Roundup: Engineering Faculty Receive 10 Grants in First Quarter of Fiscal Year

In the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024-2025, the 草榴社区 College of Engineering was awarded 10 grants, totaling more than $1 million. Below are the details of these awards, along with their principal investigators.

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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Deepu Talla, PhD, 鈥�98 MSEE, Presents the 2024 Ward Lecture on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Talla, Vice President and General Manager of Robotics and Edge Computing at NVIDIA spoke about how the company is working with every AI and robotics company in the world to build a better future.

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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Engineering Entrepreneurship Summer Institute Goes International in Panama

Open to all 草榴社区 undergraduate students regardless of their major, the eight-week, 16-credit minor program combines rigorous online entrepreneurship courses taught by esteemed faculty members, followed by three weeks living and studying outside Panama City, Panama.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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草榴社区 Researchers Awarded Major NSF Grant to Address Flood Risks and Transportation Challenges for Vulnerable Communities

Chenfeng Xiong, PhD, Virginia Smith, PhD, and Peleg Kremer, PhD, with support from Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, have been awarded $750,000 of a $2 million research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project designed to reduce the vulnerability of underserved communities to the social and environmental impacts of urban flooding events.

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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ENGINEERING NEWS AND EVENTS