Hello, Huskies! I’m delighted to join the Michigan Tech pack as Dean of the College of Engineering. Michigan Tech is known around the world for our hands-on, practical approach that demonstrates our readiness to do the rigorous technological work needed to help people navigate this exciting time of rapid change. Change is everywhere, from our climate to the digital revolution. It affects how we get power (solar, wind, water), move things (electric transportation, autonomous mobility), build things (clean energy materials, additive manufacturing), and how we receive and deliver health care.
We need every engineer we can get from all backgrounds and walks of life to help people and communities transition and adapt as equitably as possible. Here at Tech, we’re training engineers to have the highly cooperative and imaginative mindsets needed to work together to build, design, code, and create real solutions now and for tomorrow.
Engineering students at Tech work side by side with faculty, staff, and industry partners to advance power generation and grid management, design clean energy materials, develop autonomous mobility (road, rail, water, air), sustainably manage natural resources, and improve human health. We are the largest college at Tech, with nine departments offering 49 degree programs. We have programs across engineering fields—biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, geological, manufacturing, materials, and mechanical—and several new programs being created in response to the accelerating pace of technology including robotics, aerospace engineering, and manufacturing engineering. Demand for our programs is strong and growing, with more than 4,000 students currently enrolled in our college!
From recycling for lithium batteries to large-scale solar arrays in northern rural climates, crop-harvesting robots for small farms, and leading-edge automotive technology, world-changing discoveries that help our community here and worldwide are happening in the College of Engineering at Tech. I’m very happy to be part of it.
I look forward to getting to know current and future students, as well as all the amazing Tech partners and supporters who are helping Tech engineers create a sustainable, just, and prosperous world. Together We Move Forward.
Dr. Michelle Scherer
Dean, College of Engineering
scherer@mtu.edu