First-Year Design
The first year of a Drexel engineering major’s college journey isn’t an easy one. There’s a lot to adjust to— living in a new environment, making new friends, and the challenging foundational courses in chemistry, calculus and physics. One of the best parts of the first year is the the ENGR three-term sequence of courses. This is often the first exposure students get into what being an engineer is really like. It will provide a taste of all of the engineering disciplines, provides a foundation in programming language and gives you a chance to apply engineering design thinking to a real-life challenge.
Whether designing a better mousetrap race car, designing solar energy components, or brewing a perfectly chemically balanced cup of coffee, you will learn to work in teams to solve the engineering problem while gaining an understanding of engineering more broadly before heading into coursework dedicated to your major.
Senior Design
Finally, you get through the foundational coursework, move through the
curriculum and complete your co-ops to your final year of study.
Senior Design is a three-course sequence is intended be a culmination of
your studies that incorporates all of your gained perspectives to achieve
an engineering goal.
Students work collaboratively in a team environment that simulates
real-world professional working groups. Whether projects are culled from
observed problems, industry partners, or inspired by a co-op, students work
in teams to ideate, design, build, and present their findings to faculty
and peers. It is the the summation of all of your hard work and a
celebration of you and your peer’s achievements.
Every year the departments nominate team to present at a college-wide
celebration of engineering design.
Celebration of Engineering
Every academic year culminates in a day of celebration. The first-year design students, engineering students involved in research and the senior design teams are invited to showtheir work to peers, faculty, alumni and corporate partners. There are presentations of senior team finalists and voting for favorite projects with prizes and more. It's a great way to celebrate the incredible work of our students.