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George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

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Type
  
Public

Chair
  
Bill Wepfer

Administrative staff
  
55

Phone
  
+1 404-894-3200

Endowment
  
67.64 million USD

Established
  
October 13, 1885

Academic staff
  
92

Undergraduates
  
1765

Number of students
  
2,488

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Address
  
801 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA

Affiliation
  
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering

Similar
  
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The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering is the oldest and second largest department in the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The school offers degree programs in mechanical engineering and nuclear and radiological engineering that are accredited by ABET. In its 2011 ranking list, US News & World Report placed the school ranks 6th in undergraduate mechanical engineering, 7th in graduate mechanical engineering, and 11th in undergraduate nuclear and radiological engineering.

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The school took its present name in 1985, honoring George W. Woodruff (class of 1917), a major benefactor.

The school is the only academic institution to be recognized as a Mechanical Engineering Heritage Site by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Degrees offered

The G. W. Woodruff School offers two undergraduate degrees, five graduate degrees, and four post-graduate degrees.

  • BS: Mechanical Engineering
  • BS: Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
  • MS: Mechanical Engineering
  • MS: Nuclear Engineering
  • MS: Medical Physics
  • MS: Paper Science & Engineering
  • MS: Bioengineering
  • PhD: with a Major in Mechanical Engineering
  • PhD: with a Major in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
  • PhD: with a Major in Bioengineering
  • PhD: with a Major in Paper Science & Engineering
  • Facilities

    The G.W. Woodruff School occupies eight buildings, most of which located in west campus.

  • Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. Manufacturing Research Center (MARC)
  • Integrated Acoustics Laboratory (anechoic-chamber)
  • Manufacturing, CAE/Design, and Automation/ Mechatronics research groups
  • Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex (MRDC)
  • Tribology and Mechanics of Materials research groups
  • Student machine shops including "Invention Studio"
  • J. Erskine Love Jr. Manufacturing Building (MRDC II)
  • Underwater acoustics tank, wind tunnel, and MEMS clean room
  • Acoustics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and MEMS research groups
  • Frank H. Neely Research Center
  • Nuclear and Radiological Engineering/Medical Physics program
  • Fission, Fusion, and Medical Physics research groups
  • Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Building
  • Bioengineering research group
  • Institute of Paper Science and Technology
  • Heat Transfer research group
  • Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
  • IPST Centennial Engineering Building
  • Student Competition Center (Tin Building)
  • Houses various student competition groups, including GT motorsports, GT Off-Road (the SAE-baja team), Robojackets and Wreck Racing
  • References

    George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Wikipedia