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Engineering at Dartmouth is non-departmental and most projects crosscut traditional engineering disciplines to address critical human needs. Current projects are searchable by focus area and by discipline.
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Sample A.B./B.E. Program: Biotechnology

Students interested in a career in biotechnology combine engineering with biology and chemistry.

Faculty advisors: Professors Ackerman, Gerngross, Griswold, Lynd

Sample A.B. Engineering Sciences Major

Common Core (3 courses)

ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering
ENGS 22: Systems
ENGS 23: Distributed Systems and Fields

Distributive Core (2 courses)

ENGS 24: Science of Materials
ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics

Gateway (3 courses)

ENGS 34: Fluid Dynamics
ENGS 35: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
ENGS 36: Chemical Engineering

Electives (2 courses)

BIOL 12 (formerly 15): Cell Structure and Function
CHEM 6: General Chemistry II

Sample B.E. Program

Mathematics (1 course)

ENGS 93: Statistical Methods in Engineering

Engineering Design (2-course sequence)

ENGS 89: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
ENGS 90: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

Biotechnology (6 courses)

ENGS 156: Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer OR ENGS 162: Methods in Biotechnology
ENGS 157: Chemical Process Design
ENGS 158: Chemical Kinetics and Reactors
ENGS 161: Metabolic Engineering
BIOL 46 (formerly 64): Microbiology
CHEM 51 or 57: Organic Chemistry