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Engineering and Design
The Engineering and Design Department offers four undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Design, Manufacturing Engineering, and Polymer Materials Engineering. Our department has a strong commitment to teaching and scholarship that develops industry-ready graduates through a combination of creative problem-solving, analytical skills development, and experiential learning.
Ross Engineering Technology Building room 204
Summer Hours of Operation: 10-2 PM, Tues-Thurs
You can also reach us at 360-650-3380 or by email at ENGD@wwu.edu.
DEGREES
IMPORTANT LINKS
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 17, 2023 Department Info Session
4:00-5:00pm in CF 120
This is for currently enrolled WWU students.
October 22, 2023 Industrial Design Entrance Portfolio
Online portfolio and application due by midnight
NEW requirement for the portfolio!
November 1, 2023 Resume and Interviewing Workshop
Join hiring staff from Fast Enterprises to prepare for the career fair.
ET 321 at 5:00pm
November 2, 2023 Technology & Engineering Career Fair
11:00-2:00pm
Viking Union MPR
Registration for employers is open! Hosted by Career Services Center
MAKING WAVES
A New Life for Ocean Plastics
Polymer Materials Engineering students helped pull 50,000 pounds of plastic from beaches in Alaska, and not a single pound made its way to a landfill.
Read about how Associate Professor John Misasi and his students are giving discarded plastic new purpose!
QUICK FACTS
Number of Enrolled Students
419
2022-2023
Number of Graduates
81
2021-2022
Funded Research Projects
16
2018-2022
Department Research Funding
$2,034,521
2018-2022
SPOTLIGHT
Faculty Spotlight
Jill Davishahl is Assistant Professor and First Year Programs Director in the Engineering + Design department. Jill’s teaching, service, and research activities focus on enhancing the first-year student experience by implementing strategies focused on increasing equity and improving success in the major. She recently was given the "Outstanding Teaching Award" by the PNW section of the American Society of Engineering Education. In addition to teaching, she runs a Student Engagement Liaison program and manages the Makerspace. Her current research focuses on creating inclusive and equitable learning environments and is supported by two National Science Foundation grants, one of which is centered around investigating the impact of social engagement on sense of belonging in academic makerspaces.
Makerspace Student Engagement Liaisons American Society of Engineering Education
Research Spotlight
Cognizant Learning for Autonomous Cyber Physical Systems, National Science Foundation
(l to r) Jared Hechter, Brandon Chea, Brandon Nakamura, and Jonah Duncan - Electrical and Computer Engineering majors
This summer, students have been working under the supervision of Assistant Professor Bhaskar Ramasubramanian to understand and develop algorithms to improve behaviors of autonomous vehicles when they share their environments with human drivers. The students have been reading recent research in this domain and working with the Nocturne driving simulator. They have also been spending part of their time trying to assemble a 1/10-scale RC car and with the goal of deploying reinforcement learning algorithms.
Click to learn more about this research!
Student Spotlight
Brendan Mudd, a 2023 graduate of Industrial Design, was recently selected as the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Student Merit Winner for the West District.
The competition is one of IDSA’s longest running programs and highlights the very best creativity, problem solving and design brilliance in each of IDSA’s five North American Districts. Student finalists are selected by each participating school to represent their program at the District level. A jury panel of design leaders and educators representing a cross-section of professional practice and design academia is assembled annually to review and select District winners.
Check out some of Brendan's work, including his award-winning overdose prevention device Nove, in his portfolio.
Congratulations Brendan!