The engineering program at Montgomery College has about 1,500 students
currently enrolled in one of eleven different engineering specialties. I've
noticed that the investment into science and STEM literacy and STEM classrooms
has definitely been an improvement in the overall classroom experience for me
I've seen the investment change for my first classes to my last class
experienced here and I've noticed one thing that hasn't changed however and
that's the quality the professors they've been consistently amazing.
Most of the faculty have been working outside before or teaching at another school before so
they have a some kind industry experience maybe have some research experience.
Enrollment in the engineering program has doubled over the last eight years a
testament to the strength of our faculty seventy percent of whom have doctorates
We attribute our growth two amazingly qualified brilliant faculty, state of the
art facilities strongly articulated program with our four year receiving
institutions wonderful and amazing support by our administration
college's administration and county council's support. I don't know anybody
I don't know of anybody that has received the kind of support we get from the county and indirectly from
the state we are really happy with the kinds of facilities that we are able to provide the students.
The engineering student body is ethnically diverse and 15% of engineering students
are women. It's a smaller class smaller campuses the professors get a chance to
talk to you one-on-one. We have a dynamic learning environment with plenty of
diversity of the student population. The state of the art labs in
new building over here was part of the attraction for me when I first applied
here the facilities at Montgomery College's engineering program are
actually a lot better than the facilities of other four year engineering
colleges
I work with our students to find opportunities for internships to get
hands-on experience in their chosen field Montgomery College has
partnerships with several industry partners and we often help them find
qualified students to be interns but we also interested in expanding that
opportunity to any employer in the community who's looking for qualified
science engineering and technical students.Things that NIST I liked a lot about
Montgomery College just among two-year institutions this is probably the most
prestigious engineering curriculum engineering program that they have
anywhere in the country this one is one that's basically in their backyard and
it's a great source of talent for employers in this area
Montgomery College has been an important source of employees get trained employees and it's
it's clearly a strong program because we benefited from employees that have come
Montgomery College. Montgomery College served as really the engineering
foundation that got me to where I am today. Starting after high school I began
taking classes at Montgomery College and moved up through all the engineering courses
there
completing an Associate of Science in mechanical engineering
I then transferred to University of Maryland College Park as a junior and
continue my studies graduating 2010 where I was then subsequently hired by Stress
Indicators. It's great to see that Montgomery Colleges developing these fine
facilities. Montgomery College is constantly updating curriculums in
engineering and science and mathematics it's based on industry needs and also
the requirements that are changing for accredited degree programs such as engineering
Since engineering is not a terminal program students must go on for more
education and an impressive eighty percent of our students transfer
successfully to four-year institutions. Universities such as the University of
Maryland College Park, George Mason University, Virginia Tech, and Howard
University have accepted MC engineering students into their programs.
the way we make the transfer process work so smoothly and seamlessly is by
having is very collaborative relationship with our four year
receiving institution our program is the largest engineering transfer program in
the nation so our transfer rates are truly amongst the highest. The transfer
experience to University of Maryland with regards to academics and credits
was very smooth in terms of the numbers of credits that they accepted there was
very much a one-to-one ratio of this class actually matches that class will
accept that credit fairly easily
Georgia Tech they have not only accept her students through articulation
agreement they want our students. So, its in a way preparing you to actually go to
the university you want to and that's a great way to start your career because
our students have to transfer they require a lot more advising about what
to do before they transform because they we don't know where they're going to
transfer up front. This semester we have 12 faculty who are going to be advising
as part of the normal engineering advising plan. Every faculty that I
talked to had a passion for teaching every faculty member had a passion for
meeting the students where they are bringing them to a new realization or a
new understanding and I feel that that passion is unmatched in many of the
institutions that surround Montgomery College because Montgomery College is one of
the top institutions in the country when it comes to producing world-class
associate's degree graduates. So I feel that the faculty is really one of my
career colleges biggest strengths.