Florida Institute of Technology Academics

This list of Florida Institute of Technology colleges, their departments and laboratories to cover the university's diverse and interdisciplinary research interest.

College of Aeronautics

The College of Aeronautics (COA) is located at the George Skurla Building in the Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is an independent private technical research university located in Melbourne, Florida, United States. Founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, the institute has been known by its present name since 1966. Florida Tech's curriculum...

main campus, Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of 2009, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 78,323. The municipal area is the second largest by size and by population in the county. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida...

. COA is enrolls approximately 350 students students. College of Aeronautics's partnership in its flight program is by F.I.T. Aviation, LLC. Aeronautical Science and Aviation Management programs are accredited by the Council on Aviation Accreditiation.

Operations and Research Funding

COA is currently trying to build an endowment through the James Constantine Endowment Campaign. Other funding are primarily from student tuitions, although increasing fuel costs have forced flight course options to use a debit system to pay for resources instead of students paying a fixed amount in the beginning of each semester.

Operations and Research Facilities

George Skurla Building (SKU) has been one of the primary facilities for flight students attending lecture courses. Flight training related courses and flight simulators are located at F.I.T. Aviation, LLC., adjacent to the Melbourne International Airport

Melbourne International Airport

Melbourne International Airport is a public airport located 1 1/2 miles northwest of the downtown business district of Melbourne, a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. Located on central Florida's Space Coast, the airport is accessed via NASA Boulevard...

.

F.I.T. Aviation, LLC, established in 1967, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology

provides flight training

Flight training

Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills....

for fixed wing aircraft for the FAA Private Pilot

Private Pilot

A private pilot is the holder of a Private Pilot License. They are able to fly to almost anywhere in the world, but are limited in the type of aircraft that they can fly...

Certification, Instrument Rating

Instrument rating

Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under IFR . It requires additional training and instruction beyond what is required for a Private Pilot certificate or Commercial Pilot certificate, including rules and procedures specific to instrument flying,...

, Commercial Pilot Certification

Commercial Pilot Licence

A Commercial Pilot License or, in the United States, a Commercial Pilot Certificate, is a qualification that permits the holder to act as the Pilot In Command of a single pilot aircraft, or as co-pilot of a multi-pilot aircraft and be paid for his/her work.The basic requirements to obtain the...

, Multi-Engine Aircraft Training and Advanced Aircraft

Advanced Aircraft

Advanced Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer based in Carlsbad, California.-Products:The firm has specialised in converting piston-engined Cessna aircraft to turbine-engined configuration with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprops....

Training.
In 1999, in order to match a grant for a new engineering building, Florida Tech sold nearly a third of its training fleet. However, in part of the Florida Institute of Technology 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Emil Buehler Trust of Paramus, N.J. donated $1.5 million in 2006 to the university to fund the new center for aviation education and research at the university. The building will be constructed at the Melbourne International Airport

Melbourne International Airport

, along with a new hangar for university airplanes.

College of Aeronautics Departmental Breakdown

COA is headed by Dean, Winston Scott, Captain, USN Ret, and two time US Space shuttle Astronaut and there are 16 faculty members along with three instructors. There are a total of 52 instructors in the department for Flight Training.

Flight Team

The Falcon Precision Flight Team placed second overall at a Regional Flight Competition in November. The team won the American Airlines National flight Safety Award at this year's NIFA Flight competition as the safest flight team in America. They have won the award three of the last four years. http://www.falconsflightteam.com

College of Aeronautics Degree Programs Summary

COA offers 7 Bachelors of Science
Bachelors Of Science
Bachelors of Science is the stage name of Phil "Rene", Chris and Lukeino. They met in California and formed a successful act, quickly becoming one of the top drum and bass producers in the electronic music scene...

(B.Sc.) degree programs in

Aeronautical Science
Aeronautical Science with Flight Training
Flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills....
Aviation Computer Science
Aviation Management
Aviation Management with Flight Training
Flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills....
Aviation Meteorolgy
Aviation Meteorolgy with Flight Training
Flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills....

COA also offers Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

(M.Sc.) or Master of Science in Aviation (M.S.A.) degree programs in

Aviation Human Factors, M.S.
Airport Development and Management, M.S.A.
Applied Aviation Safety, M.S.A.

Nathan M. Bisk College of Business

The Nathan M. Bisk College of Business is located in the School of Business Building in south side of the Melbourne main campus. COB offers both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, and bachelor’s degrees in accounting, business and environmental studies, and management information systems. An accounting track in the M.B.A. program is offered for individuals who have completed a four-year degree in accounting and require additional credits to be able to qualify for the CPA

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...

exam in Florida, or to receive reciprocal licensure in Florida from another state.

College of Engineering

The College of Engineering (COE) is located at the F. W. Olin Engineering Complex in the Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology

main campus, Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne, Florida

. COE is the largest college in Florida Tech, enrolling approximately 1660 students students. College of Engineering is currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...

as well as the Engineering Accreditation Council of the ABET

Abet

Abet may refer to:* Abet Guidaben , former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player* ABET, Inc., a non-profit organization that accredits higher education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology....

.

COE is the oldest college on campus, as the intent to found Brevard Engineering College, the former name of Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology

, in 1958 was geared towards the engineering field for NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

professionals working and researching in Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program...

. Recently, U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...

listed Florida Institute of Technology's College of Engineering amongst their America's Best Graduate Schools 2008. Fiske Guide to Colleges 2002 ~ 2004 named Florida Tech one of the top 14 technical institutions for engineering.

Operations and Research Funding

The US National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

reports that Florida Institute of Technology ranks 286 of 601 national institutions in research and development expenditures and ranks 306 out of 1243 institutions that received federal science and engineering obligations.

In 2005, $7.7 million was spent to purchase and upgrade equipment. Research funding for 2006 amounted to approximately $2.5 million for the National Center for Small Business Information (NCSBI) as well as the Florida Tech Hydrogen Research Center. The US National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

also granted Florida Tech $1.5 million for research equipment as well.

Operations and Research Facilities

COE has received many facilities upgrades, including the establishment of the F. W. Olin Engineering Complex, which allowed engineering courses and laboratories to be moved out of the Crawford Science Tower and the DMES Link building. Olin Engineering Complex (OEC) is a 65000 square feet (6,038.7 m²) building with 26 specialized research laboratories.

Olin Engineering Complex, along with existing Frueauff Building (F), DMES Link Building (LNK), and other off-campus facilities, the College of Engineering has 25 research institutes and major research laboratories:

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Institute for Biological and Biomedical Sciences (IBBS)
Institute for Computing and Information Systems (ICIS)
Institute for Energy Systems (IES)
Institute for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (IMSN)
Institute for Marine Research (IMR)
Center for Applied Business Research (CABR)
Center for Corrosion and Biofouling Control (CCBC)
Center for Distance Learning (CDL)
Center for High Resolution Microscopy and Imaging (CHRMI)
Center for Remote Sensing (CRS)
Center for Software Testing Education and Research (CSTER)
Dynamic Systems and Controls Laboratory (DSCL)

Florida TechStart
Joint Center for Advance Therapy and Biomedical Research (JCATBR)
Laser, Optics and Instrumentation Laboratory (LOIL)
Microelectronics Laboratory
National Center for Hydrogen Research (NCHR)
National Center for Small Business Information (NCSBI)
Robotics and Spatial Systems Laboratory (RASSL)
Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
Sportfish Research Institute (SRI)
Vero Beach Marine Laboratory (VBML)
Wind and Hurricane Impacts Research Laboratory (WHIRL)
Wireless Center of Excellence (WiCE)

College of Engineering Departmental Breakdown

COE is headed by Dean, Dr. Thomas D. Waite. Under him, the Associate Dean of Academics, Dr. Edward H. Kalajian, the seven individual department heads, and Stephanie Hopper, Director of Laboratories.

Department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

The Department of Chemical Engineering (Department Prefix: CHE) specializes removing pollutants in water, development of materials simulation algorithms, process control

Process control

Process control is a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architectures, mechanisms and algorithms for maintaining the output of a specific process within a desired range...

, and development of hydrogen storage

Hydrogen storage

Hydrogen storage describes the methods for storing H2 for subsequent use. The methods span many approaches, including high pressures, cryogenics, and chemical compounds that reversibly release H2 upon heating...

materials. The department heads the Florida Tech Center for Hydrogen Research. The department was mentioned by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a professional organization for chemical engineers.AIChE was established in 1908 with the purpose of establishing chemical engineers as a profession independent from chemists and mechanical engineers.As of 2010, AIChE had over 40,000 members,...

as "one of the most awarded Chemical Engineering student bodies in the Nation."

The department emphasizes in environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, as well as partnering with the College of Science in providing a Chemistry/Chemical Engineering dual degree program.

The department offers B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...

programs.

Research

A $900,000 research grant from NASA

NASA

allowed hydrogen research projects for students including a hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft. Other undergraduate research projects include spacecraft waste recycling, supercritical fluid processing of hazardous waste, and industrial waste minimization. Other research by faculty and students include membrane separation of gases, scrubber systems for hypergolic fuels and oxidizers, and designing chemical plants for use on the Moon and Mars.

The Chemical Engineering Department also students with opportunities to research in other universities, like the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

Department of Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

The Department of Civil Engineering (Department Prefix: CVE) specializes in construction engineering

Construction engineering

Construction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and utilities. Construction Engineers are unique such that they are a cross between civil...

, environmental engineering

Environmental engineering

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...

, geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering is important in civil engineering, but is also used by military, mining, petroleum, or any other engineering concerned with construction on or in the ground...

, structural engineering

Structural engineering

Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right....

, transportation engineering, and water resources engineering. The department has five full time faculty members and has an excess of $100,000 of research funding per faculty member per year.

The department offers B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

programs.

Research

The Florida Institute of Technology Concrete Canoe Team, a senior design project annually for Civil Engineering students, won 1st Place in the Concrete Canoe Team Challenge in 1997, along with 3rd Place in 2000, 4th Place in 1998, and 3rd place in 2009. Competitors range nationwide from UC Berkeley, University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

, SUNY Buffalo, Clemson University

Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

, and many others.

Other research and projects include the development of a seismic shake table, testing scaled building models under earthquake by controlled seismic vibrations, wind tunnel testing of emergency vehicles, development of fiber-optic sensors to measure pore water pressures, behavior of steel anchors in high-strength concrete, development of instrumentation to measure wind forces, and other research areas.

Department of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

s

The Department of Computer Sciences (Department Prefix: CSE)

The department offers B.Sc. in Computer Science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

, Information Systems

Information systems

Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...

, and Software Engineering

Software engineering

Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

, M.Sc. in Computer Science

Computer science

and Software Engineering

Software engineering

and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

in Computer Science

Computer science

Research

Research topics include The Beowulf Project, a National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

project, artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...

, bioinformatics

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...

, computer vision

Computer vision

Computer vision is a field that includes methods for acquiring, processing, analysing, and understanding images and, in general, high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical or symbolic information, e.g., in the forms of decisions...

, speech recognition

Speech recognition

Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...

, network security

Network security

In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources...

, cryptography

Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...

, database systems, malicious code, software testing

Software testing

Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...

and other research areas.

Research funding provided by major corporations and organizations like BMW

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

, DARPA, Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation is a Florida-based international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. It is also the largest private-sector employer in...

, ISM

ISM

--ism :* -ism – a suffix, meaning adherence or following an ideology* Isms philosophical world views-ISM :ISM is an acronym of:*Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis*Imperial Service Medal*Incorporated Society of Musicians...

, Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

, NASA

NASA

, Rational Software

Rational Software

Rational Machines was founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development...

, Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...

, and others.

Department of Electrical
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

& Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Department Prefix: ECE) focuses on physical electronics, information processing

Information processing

Information processing is the change of information in any manner detectable by an observer. As such, it is a process which describes everything which happens in the universe, from the falling of a rock to the printing of a text file from a digital computer system...

, wireless communications, and firewall

Firewall (computing)

A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....

design. Computer Engineering majors focus on transistors and gates through progression of embedded controllers, math and science fundamentals and applications, computer architecture, and concurrent programming techniques. Electrical Engineering majors focus on transistors and gates through communications control, electromagnetic, computer and photonic systems, hardware systems, software simulation and analysis. The department has 12 faculty members.

The department offers B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

in Computer Engineering

Computer engineering

Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...

and Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

Research

Research is being performed in the Information Processing Laboratory (IPL), Antenna Systems Laboratory (ASL), http://research.fit.edu/wice/index.html Wireless Center of Excellence (WiCE), STADIUM, fiber-optic sensors, laser radar, remote sensing, laser scanning, VLSI design, wireless systems, and wireless sensor networks.

Department of Engineering Systems

The Department of Engineering Systems (Department Prefix: ENS; ENM for Engineering Management; SYS for Systems Engineering) is a graduate department focusing on their Master of Science

Master of Science

A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

(M.Sc.) degree programs in Systems Engineering

Systems engineering

Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...

and Engineering Management

Engineering management

Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...

. The department has a masters program in systems engineering on-site at Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over...

as well as Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation

in Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne, Florida

. ENS currently has five core faculty members at the main campus.

Research

The department focuses their research on statistical analysis of optics and optical systems, simulation and modeling, management science/operations research, reliability modeling, entrepreneurship and product development.

Current research projects focus on evaluation of high quality processes and risk management as well as adaptive optical systems.

Department of Marine and Environmental Systems
Environment (biophysical)
The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...

The Department of Marine and Environmental Systems (DMES) is split into four main academic areas, Ocean Engineering

Ocean engineering

Ocean engineering is an ambiguously defined term that may refer to:*Oceanographic engineering, also called marine electronics engineering, concerned with the design of electronic devices for use in the marine environment, such as the remote sensing systems used by oceanographers*Offshore...

(Department Prefix: OCE), Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

(Department Prefix: OCN), Environmental Systems

Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...

(ENS), and Meteorology

Meteorology

Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...

(Department Prefix: MET). DMES's programs include Coastal Zone Management, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences, Meteorology

Meteorology

, Ocean Engineering

Ocean engineering

, Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

, and Environmental Resource Management.

The department offers B.Sc. in Environmental Science

Environmental science

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...

, Meteorology

Meteorology

, Ocean Engineering

Ocean engineering

, and Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

, M.Sc. in Environmental Resource Management, Ocean Engineering

Ocean engineering

and Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

(specializing in Biological, Chemical, Coastal Zone Management, Geological, or Physical) and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

in Environmental Science

Environmental science

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...

, Ocean Engineering

Ocean engineering

, and Oceanography

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

Research

Florida Tech is affiliated with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is a nonprofit consortium of more than 75 universities offering Ph.D.s in the atmospheric and related sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research and provides additional services to strengthen and support research and...

(UCAR). UCAR researches on topics relating to climate, meteorology, weather, societal impacts, pollution and air chemistry, as well as sun/space weather.

Department of Mechanical
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

& Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Department Prefix: MAE) is the largest department at Florida Tech. In the past five years, mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

and aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...

have dominated the top three majors students enroll. The department focuses on robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

and spatial systems, dynamic systems and control, structures and solid mechanics

Solid mechanics

Solid mechanics is the branch of mechanics, physics, and mathematics that concerns the behavior of solid matter under external actions . It is part of a broader study known as continuum mechanics. One of the most common practical applications of solid mechanics is the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation...

, fluids and aerodynamics

Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics is a branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of air, particularly when it interacts with a moving object. Aerodynamics is a subfield of fluid dynamics and gas dynamics, with much theory shared between them. Aerodynamics is often used synonymously with gas dynamics, with...

, laser

Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...

, optics

Optics

Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light...

, and instrumentation

Instrumentation

Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....

, computational modeling, thermal systems and clean energy, and propulsion

Vehicle propulsion

Vehicle propulsion refers to the act of moving an artificial carrier of people or goods over any distance. The power plant used to drive the vehicles can vary widely. Originally, humans or animals would have provided the propulsion system, later being supplemented by wind power...

. The department is headed by Dr. Pei-feng Hsu, and there are 15 full-time faculty members, as well as several part-time/adjunct professors.

In the mechanical engineering field, students research in different fields of mechanical engineering, including automotive design

Automotive design

Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans...

(SAE), robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

, machinery design, automated manufacturing, mechanism (engineering)mechanisms, thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation...

, fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids and the forces on them. Fluid mechanics can be divided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest; fluid kinematics, the study of fluids in motion; and fluid dynamics, the study of the effect of forces on fluid motion...

, mechanics of materials, solids modeling, heat transfer

Heat transfer

Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase-change transfer...

, computer aided engineering, and others.

In the aerospace engineering field, student research in rocket design, aerodynamics

Aerodynamics

, fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics

, aerospace structures, propulsion

Air propulsion

Air propulsion is the generation of thrust during flight by an aircraft or a creature such as a bird, bat or insect.-Aircraft:An aircraft propulsion system must serve two purposes. First, the thrust from the propulsion system must balance the drag of the airplane when the airplane is cruising...

, and others.

Freshmen students work on a freshman design project annually. Aerospace engineering students start a junior design course to prepare for their senior design projects, along with the mechanical engineering students.

The department offers B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering

as well as Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering

Research

MAE has eight active research laboratories: Fluids and Aerodynamics Lab, Thermal Sciences Lab, Structure and Solid Mechanics Lab, Computer-Aided Engineering Labs, Robotics and Spatial Systems Laboratory, Dynamic Systems and Controls Lab, Computational Modeling Lab, and Laser Optics and Instrumentation Lab.

Senior design projects from MAE ranged from working with the National Center for Hydrogen Research to design and outfit a gas-powered glider with a hydrogen fuel cell system, the SAE Mini-Baja car, F1, electrical underwater research oriented preliminary aircraft (EUROPA), micro unmanned aircraft vehicle (MUAV2), supersonic experimental and recoverable rocket assembly (SERRA), and versatile exploratory robotic tile-rotor for information gathering operations (VERTIGO)

College of Engineering Degree Programs Summary

COE offers 12 Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.) degree programs in

Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
Ocean Engineering
Ocean engineering
Ocean engineering is an ambiguously defined term that may refer to:*Oceanographic engineering, also called marine electronics engineering, concerned with the design of electronic devices for use in the marine environment, such as the remote sensing systems used by oceanographers*Offshore...
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
Software Engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
Undergraduate minor program in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

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COE offers Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree programs in

Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
Engineering Management
Engineering management
Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...
Environmental Resource Management
Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
Ocean Engineering
Ocean engineering
Ocean engineering is an ambiguously defined term that may refer to:*Oceanographic engineering, also called marine electronics engineering, concerned with the design of electronic devices for use in the marine environment, such as the remote sensing systems used by oceanographers*Offshore...
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
- Biological
- Chemical
- Coastal Zone Management
- Geological
- Physical
Software Engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
Systems Engineering
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...

COE also offers 10 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs in

Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Ocean Engineering
Ocean engineering
Ocean engineering is an ambiguously defined term that may refer to:*Oceanographic engineering, also called marine electronics engineering, concerned with the design of electronic devices for use in the marine environment, such as the remote sensing systems used by oceanographers*Offshore...
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

College of Psychology and Liberal Arts

The School of Psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

offers bachelor’s degrees in psychology and forensic psychology

Forensic psychology

Forensic psychology is the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system. It involves understanding criminal law in the relevant jurisdictions in order to be able to interact appropriately with judges, attorneys and other legal professionals...

, master’s degrees in applied behavior analysis and industrial/organizational psychology, and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology and industrial/organizational psychology.

College of Science

The College of Science (COS) is located at the F. W. Olin Physical Sciences Building as well as the Crawford Science Tower in the Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology

main campus, Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne, Florida

. COS is the second largest college in the Melbourne main campus, consisting of approximately 680 students. College of Science is currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Operations and Research Facilities

The F. W. Olin Physical Sciences (OPS) Building houses the COS Dean's Office, Department of Chemistry, and the Department of Physics and Space Sciences. OPS supports several COS programs, including astronomy & astrophysics, atmospheric sciences, condensed matter physics, geospace physics, high energy physics, computational physics, bio-organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, medicinal chemistry, environmental chemistry, and molecular spectroscopy.

The F. W. Olin Life Sciences Building, along with aquaculture and other laboratories in Harris Science and Engineering Building houses most of the Biological Sciences offices, laboratories and

Geospace Physics Laboratory, headed by Associate Dean and Professor of Physics and Space Sciences Hamid K. Rassoul, GPL

Department of Biological Sciences

The Department of Biological Sciences (Department Prefix: BIO)

Research

Florida Tech's Physics and Space Sciences Department is affiliated with the Florida Space Institute

College of Science Degree Programs Summary

COS offers 28 Bachelors of Science
Bachelors Of Science
Bachelors of Science is the stage name of Phil "Rene", Chris and Lukeino. They met in California and formed a successful act, quickly becoming one of the top drum and bass producers in the electronic music scene...

(B.Sc.) degree programs in

Biochemistry
Biological Sciences, Aquaculture
Biological Sciences, Ecology
Biological Sciences, General
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences, Pre-Med
Chemistry, Chemical Management
Chemistry, General
Chemistry, Pre-Med
Chemistry, Research
Interdisciplinary Science, Military
Physics, PreProfessional
Space Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space Sciences, Astrobiology
Space Sciences, Solar, Earth, and Planetary

Mathematical Sciences, Applied
Mathematical Sciences, Biomathematics
Mathematical Sciences, Math Science
Mathematical Sciences, Operations Research
Education, Mathematics
Education, Middle Grades Math and Science
Education, Science Education, Biology
Education, Science Education, Chemistry
Education, Science Education, Earth/Space Science
Education, Science Education, General
Education, Science Education, Physics

University College

The School of Extended Graduate Studies began in August 1972 as “Off-Campus Programs,” when 42 students enrolled in a master’s degree program in Electrical Engineering at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Today master’s degree programs are offered at 10 graduate centers in five states. Curricula and course content are tailored to meet the needs of the students and their employers, while maintaining the highest possible academic quality and integrity. Class times and locations are selected for the convenience of the students. Since 1972, nearly 15,000 Florida Tech master’s degrees have been conferred on off-campus candidates.

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College of Aeronautics

Operations and Research Funding

Operations and Research Facilities

College of Aeronautics Departmental Breakdown

Flight Team

College of Aeronautics Degree Programs Summary

Nathan M. Bisk College of Business

College of Engineering

Operations and Research Funding

Operations and Research Facilities

College of Engineering Departmental Breakdown

Department of Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

Research

Department of Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

Research

Department of Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...s

Research

Research

Department of Engineering Systems

Research

Research

Research

College of Engineering Degree Programs Summary

College of Psychology and Liberal Arts

College of Science

Operations and Research Facilities

Department of Biological Sciences

Research

College of Science Degree Programs Summary

University College

Department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

Department of Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

Department of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

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