Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

[[Image:Columbia_SEAS.GIF|thumb|right|Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Logo, Property of Columbia University in the city of New York, from the webpage of on the Civil Engineering Website]]

General Information

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in mathematics, engineering, physics and applied science. Formerly known as the School of Mines and then the School of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry, it was the country's first mining school.

Today the school is known for its ongoing research, numerous patents, and involvement in Biosphere 2. It is also the only academic institution to hold a share of the patents for MPEG-2.

On campus, the school is known by many names, inluding SEAS and the engineering school. Fu is pronounced foo or fooh, it is never pronounced such that the letters are verbally spelled out. The current name of the School was instated on October 1, 1997. The Chinese businessman Z Y Fu had given $26 million to the Columbia Engineering School. The School was then renamed in his honor.

Departments of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
  • Location:
    • 610 S. W. Mudd, MC 4709
  • Chair:

• Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
  • Location:
    • 200 S. W. Mudd, MC 4701
  • Chair:
  • Applied Mathematics is a subsidiary venture, and is headed by Professor , and administered by the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

• Biomedical Engineering
  • Location:
    • 351 Engineering Terrace, MC 8904
  • Chair:

• Chemical Engineering
  • Location:
    • 801 S. W. Mudd, MC 4721
  • Chair:

• Computer Science
  • Location:
    • 450 Computer Science, MC 0401
  • Chair:

• Earth and Environmental Engineering
  • Location:
    • Henry Krumb School of Mines
      • 918 S. W. Mudd, MC 4711
  • Chair:

• Electrical Engineering
  • Location:
    • 1312 S. W. Mudd, MC 4712
  • Chair:

• Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
  • Location:
    • 331 S. W. Mudd, MC 4704
  • Chair:

• Mechanical Engineering
  • Location:
    • 220 S. W. Mudd, MC 4703
  • Chair:

Programs of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Materials Science and Engineering
  • Program in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, sharing teaching and research with the faculty from Henry Krumb School of Mines.
  • Location:
    • 200 S. W. Mudd, MC 4701
  • In Charge of Materials Science and Engineering
    • Professor
  • In Charge of Solid-State Science and Engineering
    • Professor
    • Professor

• Computer Engineering
  • Administered by both the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments through a joint Computer Engineering Committee.
  • Locations:
    • 450 Computer Science, MC 0401
    • 1312 S. W. Mudd, MC 4712
  • In Charge:

Specialized Centers Contained within the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Undergraduate Minors

• Applied Mathematics
• Architecture
• Art History
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• English and French
• French and Francophone Studies
• Greek or Latin
• History
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Middle East and Music
• Operations Research
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religion
• Spanish

Novel Features of the Engineering School and its Buildings

• , of the Engineering department has:
  • A strong floor, very similar to this one, used by the
  • An axial tester commonly used for testing New York City bridge cables, with a maximum load of 600,000 lbs in tension and compression
  • A new 200g centrifuge

New Objectives

• In recent years, the engineering school has reworked its curriculum scheme, with the novel course.

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