Outstanding Programs:

03 |   Engineering School Offers Intense, Intimate Program

Engineering students
Building off-road vehicles is another way Cal State Fullerton students learn by doing. For more than a decade, engineering students have participated in the annual Mini Baja car competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The team that designs the one-person vehicle must follow the society’s exacting set of requirements and specifications. Vehicles are judged on the basis of such factors as engineering design, sales presentation, cost, safety, acceleration, land maneuverability, hill climb and endurance. Each year, CSUF's student team competes against more than 120 colleges and universities. Whether or not the team wins an award, the students always return with the winning feeling that comes from an all-out collaborative effort that produces an inventive, high-quality product.


Oscar Ramirez

“Because the engineering and computer science program is so small, I can network with students who have the same ambition as mine,” says future civil engineer Oscar Ramirez. “Thanks to the program’s Center of Academic Support in Engineering and Computer Science, I can complete my school work at any time. With a night owl pass, I can enter the center 24 hours a day.”

He especially likes the program’s group projects because the skills involved, including managing people and meeting deadlines, will be useful in his career. He also appreciates the leadership skills he’s learned as an officer in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.

“The program does take a lot of time, but I don’t mind because after graduating I’ll be doing what I always wanted to do, which is building structures from scratch.”



 

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