Engineering (BS)

Amplify your analytic and creative acumen as you design and build technology.

Become a skilled and versatile engineer through Taylor's project-based and career-focused BS in Engineering program. Taylor’s BS in Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Engineering.

ABET LogoLearn about mechanical, electrical, material, and thermal systems. Dig into mathematics, engineering, and physics. Train in state-of-the-art facilities and work on large-scale research projects. Sketch designs and construct digital prototypes. Discuss ethical issues with modern technologies.

Taylor students are creators and doers with a passion to serve Christ wherever He puts them. Learn from our caring and supportive faculty and study alongside students who share your strongly rooted Christian values.

Build Skills In:

  • Analytical and software tools
  • Basic electronic devices
  • Hardware tools
  • Mechanical systems
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Robotics

Career Opportunities:

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Process engineer
  • Software engineer
  • Systems engineer
  • Research analyst
  • Project manager

Engineering Excellence

Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
100%
Engineering students employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
From your first semester, work with state-of-the-art lab equipment.
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Take a Tour of the Lab

Check out the project-based, career-focused work that you’ll be doing.

Engineering program receives $2 Million Grant

An investment from the Don Wood Foundation funds additional state-of-the-art, industry-forward machines and prototyping equipment.

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Concentrations

Throughout your courses, you’ll build a broad foundation you can apply to all areas of engineering. Review the BS in Engineering curriculum guide to learn more.

When you’re ready, we’ll help you select one concentration. For now, take a look at your options:

  • General Engineering Concentration: Design your own concentration for an advanced, practical understanding.
  • Electrical Engineering Concentration: Learn about the theory and behavior of electrical systems.
  • Physics Engineering Concentration: Learn to apply experimental physics to engineering.

Engineering Program Objectives, Student Outcomes, and Curriculum Guides

Throughout your courses, you’ll build a broad foundation you can apply to all areas of engineering.

  • Program Objective #1: Proverbs 3:5, 18:9, 22:1, and 22:29

Prepare our graduates to serve others dependably, most importantly their employer, customers, and community. 

  • Program Objective #2: Mark 2:21-22

Prepare our graduates to practice technical competence, producing trustworthy engineering designs. Prepare graduates who produce designs which are competent and responsible, accountable to God and to the safety of the public. 

  • Program Objective #3: 1 Peter 4:10-11

Prepare our graduates to exercise creativity in their work, fostering innovative solutions. Prepare graduates who multiply their God given gifts to create innovative solutions to dynamic problems for His glory.

  • Program Objective #4: Matthew 7:24-27

Prepare our graduates to pursue growth in their faith, social understanding, and technical competence so that they can adapt to meet the needs of an ever-changing world. Prepare graduates with a growth mindset who act competently, dependably, and with divine discernment in an ever-changing world.

The Engineering Faculty has adopted engineering criteria (1) through (7) for student outcomes, as expected from the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, in addition to criteria (8) which focuses on spiritual growth.

  • Student Outcome #1:

Students will gain an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.

  • Student Outcome #2:

Students will gain an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 

  • Student Outcome #3:

Students will gain an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

  • Student Outcome #4:

Students will gain an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

  • Student Outcome #5:

Students will gain an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

  • Student Outcome #6:

Students will gain an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

  • Student Outcome #7:

Students will gain an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

  • Student Outcome #8: 2 Timothy 3:17

Students will gain an ability to demonstrate Christian servant leadership by practicing spiritual disciplines and redemptive community service. This is honed through the development of personal knowledge, skills, habits, and relationships that enable Christian Growth and active involvement in service to Christ and His Kingdom.

Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.

A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.

View Foundational Core Curriculum.

Work On Large-Scale Projects

Build your teamwork skills as you work on major projects. At Taylor, your engineering curriculum includes large-scale projects. Work alongside your peers while your faculty mentors you, every step of the way. Explore a few of the exciting projects our students are involved in.

  • Satellites

    We partnered with NASA in 2001. In 2014, we launched Indiana’s first ever university satellite, paving the way for other universities, high schools, and robotics teams. Since then, we have launched many satellites, including CubeSats, NanoSats, and ThinSats.

    Our Satellites

  • Mars Habitat Robot

    A team of engineers developed a 3D printer that could facilitate the future colonization of Mars, in hopes of paving the way for humans to step foot on Mars. The team combined the technology of mobile and gantry units into a single system.

    See Research

  • Virtual Reality System

    Engineering Computer Science students worked on a complex walking interface for virtual reality. They created a prototype of a walking interface that includes 2 mobile footpads on rails, a user tracking subsystem, a control subsystem, and a safety subsystem.

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  • Hovercraft

    Students enrolled in the Principles of Engineering class learn to design and build remotely controllable Hovercraft. They analyze prop thrust, lift, control systems, and design complete systems in CAD software, print and cut 3D model parts, and work with electronic controls, and radio frequencies.

Engineering is part of the Physics & Engineering Department

Contact
Danielle Nobles-Lookingbill
Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Engineering

765-998-4525
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Contact
Lara Horsley
Computer Science & Engineering, Systems, and Physics & Engineering Program Assistant

765-998-5162
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