The college has several unique programs designed to ensure the success of its students:
Engineering Entrepreneurship Program
Designed to give students the skills to create economic value from technological ideas, to protect and grow intellectual properties, to create successful funding proposals, and to detect and take advantage of technology trends.
Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program
Provides an opportunity for academically qualified students to experience a broader and more challenging preparation for their chosen engineering discipline. Personalized opportunities are available in research, entrepreneurship, global studies, and community engagement.
EngageTM Engineering Fundamentals Program
Freshman students admitted to the college are automatically enrolled in engage, one of the nation’s most innovative freshman engineering programs. The program is a cutting edge, success-oriented approach to first-year engineering education with a curriculum built around teaming students for project-oriented, hands-on activities.
Integrated Business and Engineering Undergraduate Program
A program in partnership with the Haslam College of Business. Selected students will learn the systems approach to planning and decision-making. The blended curriculum emphasizes leadership and impactful communication skills, organizational and managerial problem-solving techniques, a big picture perspective, collaborative team experiences, one-on-one executive mentoring, and problem-solving and systems-based thinking.
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (RME)
Developed to meet the needs of industry and government by providing formal undergraduate and graduate education in the RME area. Undergraduate students can receive a minor in RME, while graduate students can receive either a graduate certificate or master’s degree.
