Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science - Definition and Overview

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Logo, Property of Columbia University in the city of New York, from the webpage of Dr. Hoe I. Ling (http://www.civil.columbia.edu/~ling/others/seas1.gif) on the Civil Engineering Website

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in mathematics, engineering, physics and applied science. Formerly known as the School of Mines and then the School of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry, it was the United States's first mining school. When Chinese businessman Z Y Fu gave $26 million to the Columbia Engineering School, it was renamed in his honor on October 1, 1997. On campus, the school is known by many names, including "SEAS" and "the engineering school."

Today the school is known for its ongoing research and numerous patents. It is the only academic institution to hold a share of the patents for MPEG-2.

History

Initial home of the Manhattan Project and home of Columbia's new High-Beta Tokamak (HBT), the school of engineering has a reputation for innovation in nuclear engineering.

Facilities

Columbia's Plasma Physics Laboratory is part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), in which the HBT and Columbia Non-Neutral Torus are housed.

The school also has two wind tunnels, a machine shop, a nanotechnology laboratory, a General Electric Nuclear Fission Reactor, an axial tester commonly used for testing New York City bridge cables, with a maximum load of 600,000 lbf (2.7 MN) in tension and compression, and numerous other labs and equipment in each of the departments.

Departments

• Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
  • Webpage (http://www.civil.columbia.edu/)

• Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
  • Webpage (http://www.apam.columbia.edu/)

• Biomedical Engineering
  • Webpage (http://www.bme.columbia.edu/)

• Chemical Engineering
  • Webpage (http://www.cheme.columbia.edu/)

• Computer Science
  • Webpage (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/)

• Earth and Environmental Engineering
  • Webpage (http://www.seas.columbia.edu/krumb/)

• Electrical Engineering
  • Webpage (http://www.ee.columbia.edu/)

• Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
  • Webpage (http://www.ieor.columbia.edu/)

• Mechanical Engineering
  • Webpage (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mechanical/)

Programs

• Materials Science and Engineering
  • Program in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, sharing teaching and research with the faculty from Henry Krumb School of Mines.
  • APAM Webpage (http://www.apam.columbia.edu/)
  • Program Webpage (http://www.seas.columbia.edu/matsci/)

• Computer Engineering
  • Administered by both the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments through a joint Computer Engineering Committee.
  • Webpage (http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~compeng/)

Specialized centers

• Center for Advanced Technology (http://www.cat.columbia.edu/index.html)
• Center For Applied Probability (http://www.cap.columbia.edu/)
• Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (http://www.c2b2.columbia.edu/)
• Center for Integrated Science Engineering (http://www.cise.columbia.edu/)
• Columbia Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures (http://www.cise.columbia.edu/NSEC/index_nonphp.html)
• Columbia University Materials Research Science and Engineering (http://www.cise.columbia.edu/mrsec/)
• Computational Optimization Research Center (http://www.corc.ieor.columbia.edu/)
• Earth Engineering Center (http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/)
• Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute (http://www.cise.columbia.edu/emsi/)
• Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/iucrc/index.html)

New objectives

• In recent years, the engineering school has reworked its curriculum scheme, with the novel Gateway Lab (http://gateway.seas.columbia.edu/) course.

External links

• Engineering School Home Page (http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/)
• Engineering Student Council (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/esc/)
• A Brief History of the Engineering School (http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/about_seas/history.php)