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The engineering science program works hard to excite students about engineering and provide a broad education that gives them choices after graduation. In part, that’s why the program focuses on mechatronics, a springboard for careers in both mechanical and electrical engineering. “There’s a huge focus on self-actualization here, more than at most colleges,” says Pierce. “We want our students to have options.

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This project was part of our Technology and Society (ENGR230) course. The course was supervised by Prof. Pierce and Prof. Yochum and was partially funded through our NSF STEP Project.

Autodesk writes "Education Success Story" about SBC Engineering

Congratulations to the high school students from 2009 Summer Exploring Engineering Design course, particpants designed and created robots that make art and electronic garments

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The course was supervised by Prof. Pierce and Prof. Yochum and was partially funded through our NSF S-STEM Project.

Congratulations to the Engineering Class of 2009!

Amanda Baker (double major, Engineering Science and Environmental Science) - Amanda will be an environmental engineer at Straughan Environmental Services in Columbia, Maryland.

Lauren Guyer (Engineering Management) - Lauren will be a project manager at the National Ground Intelligence Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Kaelyn Leake (double major, Engineering Science and Physics) - Kaelyn will attend graduate school in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California - Santa Cruz, focusing on photonics.

Sarah Smiley (double major, Engineering Science and Mathematics) - Sarah will attend graduate school in engineering management at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Engineering students elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Congratulations to seniors Sarah Smiley and Kaelyn Leake on their selection to Phi Beta Kappa, the nations oldest academic honor society.

Congratulations!

Engineering and physics double major Kaelyn Leake wins the Lenz Physics Award! This award is name in honor of Prof. George Lenz who retired from the SBC physics department in 2004.

Sweet Briar Engineering awarded $563,500 grant for scholarships and student engagement projects from National Science Foundation for 2009-2014

For fall 2010 and 2011, we will be accepting applications for merit and need based scholarships ($10,000/year for 4 years) for engineering students. This is through the S-STEM program at NSF.

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Department Birth!

Congratulations to Prof. Dorsa Sandagol and her husband Dr. Mathias Glauser on the birth (March 25th) of their daughter, Lina Ava Glauser (destined to be an engineer with those parents!)

Sweet Briar offers scholarships with FIRST

If you have taken part in any FIRST activities, we'd love to have you apply to our FIRST scholarship for students interested in studying at Sweet Briar. More information is available here.

Kelly Benedict talks about biomedical engineering

Kelly Benedict, a PhD candidate at the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Virginia, gave a talk about the field of Biomedical Engineering, the engineering graduate school at the University of Virginia and her PhD dissertation research.

Freshman class represents Sweet Briar Engineering at the SWE conference in Baltimore

Stephanie Kepner, Madeline Wilson, Laura Seymour, Hillary Gildea and Roshel MacGorman, class of 2012, attended the Society of Women Engineers National Conference in Baltimore, MD Nov. 6th-Nov. 8th.

My Summertime Snowmobile wins the fifth annual boat regatta

At the gym, a crush of spectators gathered in the muggy Prothro Natatorium where five boats made of 20 pounds of corrugated cardboard and 50 feet of duct tape sat ready to go.Read more

P.I.N.K.’s Shoe Tiptoes Unscathed through Mayhem in Philly

Fake Michael Jackson’s fake stolen baby injured both knees in the high-flying crash, but not before the pair won the Red Bull Soap Box Derby on Sept. 6 in Philadelphia with a time of 44.7 seconds.Read more

Sweet Briar Graduates first Engineers.

Christina Johnson is going to the University of Virginia for graduate school in Mechanical Engineering.

Ruthanne Ratliff has started working as a System Tester for the System Verification and Test section at Tyco Electronics. She works with testing the portable and mobile radios for police and firefighters use.

We wish them best of luck.

Remember the Battle of La Margarita? Read more

The two trebuchets made of two-by-fours represent the students’ end-of-semester projects. They had designed, analyzed, modeled, constructed and analyzed some more; it was time to see which machine would perform closest to their mathematical predictions. This is the point in the engineering process where reality and math intersect, Pierce said.

Katelyn James has been awarded 2008-2009 Honors Scholarships. Read more

Maxine Emerich and Katelyn James have been awarded Honors Summer Research Program fellowships for the summer of 2008. Read more

Sweet Briar hosts the ASME Souteast District Conference. Read more

Sweet Briar Faculty and Students attend the Engineering Week Banquet in Lynchburg.

Vixen Battleship Wins Regatta, Read more

Watch Regatta Video on ABC 13

Sweet Briar College hosts the ASCE/ASME/VSPE Joint Meeting Legislative Night 2007

Welcome Class of 2011!

‘Speaker Kits’ a Hit at Local Schools

What can you make out of a disposable cup, a speaker jack and a few household items? Local students are learning you can make a speaker for your iPod, thanks to a program developed by the Sweet Briar College engineering program. Read more

Department of Physics and Engineering welcomes Professor Scott Pierce to Sweet Briar College

Students Raised $12,000 for The Guatemala Project

INTD 230 class are leaving for Guatemala on May 10th. They have raised $12,000 to support their project. The money will be used for the materials needed for building the water tank, purchasing the water pump, and the trip expenses. They have completed the construction of a full-size tank on campus and held a carwash on April 21 to raise more funds.

Physics and Engineering Society End of the Semester Banquet was held on April 22

Engineering Students Attend SAE 2007 in Detroit

University of Virginia SWE Chapter Met with the Sweet Briar Engineering Society

Speaker Series on Society, Technology, and Engineering

Mr. Tim Miles from Areva NP visited Sweet Briar Engineering Program and gave a presentation on nuclear power plants on March 20.

Getting Ready for Guatemala

INTD 230 class are getting prepared for their trip to Guatemala: starting with some Guatemalan food and drinks and then working on implementing their project at Sweet Briar campus before going to their trip at the end of the semester.