The mission of the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design is to identify and solve grand challenges where humanity intersects the physical world. The college is a major public provider of undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, construction science and management, architecture, planning education and interior design. With a focus on innovation, collaboration, creativity, and research, we guide our students through experiences that will help them learn today while preparing them to become the professionals of tomorrow.
Klesse College of Engineering & Integrated Design Excellence Fund - This greatest need fund provides for enhancements of student or faculty programs as particular needs arise. To maintain our thriving environment that offers advanced technology and upgraded tools and resources, we are constantly exploring options that provide our students with the most optimal learning experiences. When you support this fund, you are ensuring that our students are learning on the same equipment that is used in current professional environments, helping verify that the school-to-employment transition remains seamless. These funds have a direct impact on our students by helping provide scholarships, increased tutoring availability, enhanced student research programs, faculty and facility enhancements, and student organization growth opportunities.
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design Scholarship Fund - Scholarships can directly impact and enhance the students' experience by lowering their financial burden. They also contribute towards elevated graduation, increased retention, and higher recruitment rates.
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design Student Success Center - The KCEID Student Success Center enhances the academic, professional, and personal development of our students, poised to boldly tackle our world's grandest challenges. Funds are used to support professional development opportunities, tutoring and mentoring programs, student organization activities, scholarships and more.
School of Architecture + Planning - Showcases and provides the fundamentals of architecture and design to transform students into successful architects, interior designers, urban and regional planners, and historical preservation professionals.
Biomedical Engineering - Combines engineering principles, approaches, and methodologies with biological, chemical, and physical sciences to define and solve problems in medicine, so that students may go on to investigate fundamental questions associated with complex living systems and generate solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Chemical Engineering - Training students to use chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics to solve engineering problems related to the production, transformation, and utilization of chemicals, materials, and energy.
Civil & Environmental Engineering – Students combine mathematics and physical science to cover broad topics ranging from highway engineering, fluid mechanics, and steel design while learning to apply their skills in building and designing public structures that keep society operating such as roads, bridges, water supply systems, community living spaces and more.
Construction Science and Management - Outfits students with the knowledge and skills required to manage the construction process and interact effectively with project stakeholders to safely complete complex and modern construction projects on time, within budget, while exceeding industry standards.
Electrical and Computer Engineering - From software apps to microchips and all things electrical energy, a computer or electrical engineer works behind the scenes to create the latest tech to improve and enhance the lives of people all around the world.
Mechanical Engineering - Prepares students in the areas of design and manufacturing, mechanics, materials, and thermal and fluid systems, while teaching them to apply these subjects toward many industries including aerospace, automotive, biomedical, energy (wind/solar/petrochemical), heating and cooling systems, machinery, materials, microelectronics, robotics, structures and more.
The Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) - A pre-college summer program committed to delivering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) enrichment opportunities for middle and high school students.
