Suzanne and Walter Scott, Jr. Bioengineering Building

The Scott Building is home to our Engineering Success Center, classrooms, study spaces, graduate student suites, and research labs within the College of Engineering. Most of the classes held in this building pertain to Biomedical and Chemical and Biological Engineering majors, but all engineering students can utilize this building's resources.

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⭐ Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is a five-year dual-degree program combining engineering, biology, and medicine. In the first two years, you’ll take introductory biomedical engineering courses, as well as foundational math and science courses. The third and fourth years solidify expertise in traditional engineering while building strength in biomedical engineering and physical sciences courses. Your fifth year culminates in a hands-on project with an interdisciplinary team of peers, and you’ll leave the program with two engineering degrees. The potential partner majors for biomedical engineering are mechanical, chemical and biological, or electrical engineering.

⭐ Chemical & Biological Engineering

Chemical and biological engineering is a blend of fundamental sciences and the skills to describe, predict, and control all changes of matter, including biological systems. You’ll gain the foundation to create cutting-edge materials and products, to design new devices to improve health or the environment, and to design processes for the production of alternative energy sources and waste prevention. The major offers a curriculum based in math, science, and engineering to provide a well-rounded education for the many different engineering opportunities available upon graduation.

⭐ Computer Engineering

Computer engineering blends computer science and electrical engineering to further advancements in digital technology, computer networking, and computer systems. In this major, you’ll focus on how computer systems work and how they integrate into society. You’ll experience the benefits of a smaller department with top-tier faculty, while enjoying the perks of a large university. Research areas span a range of disciplines that include biomedical engineering, communications and signal processing, controls and robotics, electric power and energy systems, electromagnetics and remote sensing, and lasers, optics, and applications.

Aerospace Systems Concentration

Aerospace engineering is a broad and dynamic field that centers on the design, construction, and science behind aircraft and spacecraft. Intended for undergraduate computer engineering majors, the aerospace concentration offers students a computer engineering degree foundation and specialized training in the aerospace discipline. Coursework will focus on applications of key computer engineering principles in the areas of computer systems, programming, deep-space communications, robotics, flight avionics, and more. These courses will enable and encourage students to solve complex engineering problems in aerospace such as improved safety-critical hardware design, real-time software programming, satellite communications, and remote sensing methods. Computer engineering students concentrating in aerospace will experience first-hand the necessity of their major in innovating new solutions to support humanity’s ascent to the stars.

Embedded and IoT Systems

Approaching innovation from a holistic perspective is key to advancing our hyper-connected world. The interdisciplinary embedded and IoT computing concentration takes a bird’s eye view of computer engineering to help students understand how electronic devices, software, and networks function together to enable end-to-end solutions. Take a smart home, for example. Rather than designing one aspect of the solution, such as the temperature sensors on a thermostat, this concentration will help students design and optimize software and hardware technologies across the entire spectrum to enable an integrated, smart system. Centering on the science and design of both hardware and software for computing systems across applications ranging from medical imaging tools to wearable electronic devices, students will work on complex engineering problems such as improving energy-efficiency in mobile devices, integrating artificial intelligence into computing platforms, and developing solutions for reliability and security in safety critical applications. Coursework focuses on applications of key computer engineering principles in the areas of computer architecture, embedded systems, internet-of-things (IoT), machine learning, computer security, software algorithms, and more.

Networks and Data Concentration

Networking is a rapidly evolving field that focuses on the ubiquitous connectivity of people, machines, and things. Whether shopping online, using GPS navigation, or connecting with friends on social media, our online activities are on the rise – and we are straining our technology infrastructure with the mind-boggling amounts of data we generate every day. Combining topics from electrical engineering, computer science, and mathematics, this concentration will teach students how to optimize and bolster network systems that process the ever-growing volume of data we produce through our high-tech gadgets and applications. Experiencing first-hand the innovative technologies that fuel the digital information revolution, students will work on complex engineering problems, such as emerging 5G/6G networks, deep-space communication, Internet of Things, and social networks. The concentration offers an electrical and computer engineering foundation with specialized training in the networks field. Coursework focuses on applications of key engineering principles in the areas of digital systems, communication systems, robotics, embedded systems, cybersecurity and more.

VLSI and Integrated Circuits Concentration

Very large-scale integration, or VLSI, is the process used to design and create computer chips that enable everything from smart watches to virtual reality applications. This concentration offers students a foundation in computer engineering with specialized training in the VLSI and microelectronics disciplines. VLSI focuses on developing advanced electronic circuits and systems to compute massive amounts of data and turn it into meaningful information. For example, when sensors on self-driving cars collect data to assess the vehicle’s surroundings, such as lane markings, pedestrians, and road signs, VLSI provides the “smarts” to turn that sensing data into actionable insights to control the car. Coursework in this concentration focuses on applications of key computer engineering principles in the areas of digital systems, computer-aided design, integrated circuits, embedded systems and microelectronics, computer networks, and more. These courses will enable and encourage students to design, analyze, optimize, and implement components, circuits, and systems that are essential in our daily lives.

7 Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineers design solutions that prevent future pollution as well as correct existing pollution problems. In the major, you’ll gain a foundation in natural sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and engineering fundamentals, and progress to engineering applications in air, water, land pollution, and environmental toxicology. Opportunities to focus in areas such as agricultural and environmental measurements, rate-controlled separations, basic hydrology, environmental law, and environmental ethics mean you’ll be even more prepared to enter the workforce after graduation.

🔬 Engineering Success Center

The Engineering Success Center (ESC) provides many services to help students prepare for their academic and professional future. The Success Center organizes the Engineering Career Fair and supports students in preparing for interviews, writing resumes, and academic advising. The ESC also houses our engineering student ambassadors, outreach team, and engineering student organizations. Our organizations range from promoting diversity to being major-specific, and they all play a role in providing career guidance for our students.
Prospective students can get an in-person tour by request in the ESC.

🔬 Water Quality Teaching Lab

This lab for environmental engineers focuses on water treatment processes and decontamination methods for city use. In this class, students design and present a basic water treatment system and test its efficiency to see if it improves different aspects of water quality. This lab has a direct pipeline from the Poudre River, meaning that students get to treat and work with real water. Research is also conducted in this lab and centers around removing contaminants from rivers and streams and designing methods to recycle water used in water treatment plants.

🔬 Thermo-Fluidics Teaching Lab

Chemical and Biological Engineering students take this lab their senior year as it applies all four years of their learning to real-world, hands-on applications. This lab focuses on chemical and biological process synthesis and simulation and engineering economics principles. Some process models students on focused on in previous years include a blood hemodialyzer, bioreactions, bacterial growth of E.coli, and brewing beer.

🔬 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Lab

In this class, third year Biomedical Engineering students from all three partner majors come together to tackle real-world problems with realistic solutions. The main purpose of this lab is to educate students on how to be true engineers from the start of the project to the finish. Students practice researching the problem at hand, collaborating with a team to think of novel ideas, testing and developing a solution, and writing and presenting their findings. This lab is a great representation of what hands-on means at CSU. All engineering students receive hands-on experience in their program of study at CSU so that they are prepared for the real world.

🔬 Lockheed Martin Design Studios

The design studios donated by Lockheed Martin provide collaborative environments for engineering students to study, meet, and work on projects either in teams or individually. Engineering students can access all required software through the thin clients on the computers, be it day or night, on- or off-campus. There are also printers located near every hub of computers. Print credits are included in student tuition and are usually sufficient for engineering students to print out everything needed for their classes throughout their academic career.

🔬 Harper Auditorium

A great example of a large engineering lecture hall is Harper Auditorium, found in the Scott Building. Engineering-specific classes can range in size from 15 to 250 students, but most classes have closer to 60 students. Classes usually take place 3 days a week, and some contain both a lab and a recitation component which allows for students to gain a deeper understanding of the material and use it in real-life applications. Engineering classes are almost always taught by a professor and the material is supplemented by teaching and learning assistants to support the students as the semester continues.

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