Design Engineering
A Different kind of Engineering degree
The Design Engineering program rethinks the way that engineering is taught, learned and practiced. Through coursework focused on real-world design experiences, Design Engineers combine traditional and technical engineering skills with creative problem solving techniques and design thinking in order to create innovative solutions to the world’s largest and most complicated problems.
Design Engineers chart new pathways through old problems, and change the way the world looks in the process.
FOCUS AREAS
AUDIO ENGINEEING
Classes you can take include “Real World Recording/Research”, “Music Technology” and “Electronic Devices and Circuits”
ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Classes you can take include “Artificial Intelligence”, “Introduction to Computer Vision” and “Machine Design”.
ENERGY STUDIES
Classes you can take include “Nucleur Energy”, “Energy Engineering” and “Energy Economics”.
WATER SECURITY
Classes you can take include “Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering” and “Global Water Politics and Policy”.
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Classes you can take include “Engineering For Social and Environmental Responsibility” and “Community-Based Research”.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Classes you can take include “Artificial Intelligence”, “Introduction to Computer Vision” and “Machine Design”.
K-12 STEM TEACHING
Classes you can take include “Engineering and Sustainable Community Development” and “Energy and Society”.
INDIVIDUALIZED
The Individualized Focus Area allows you to work with advisors to find a course of study that best matches your interest.
Audio Engineering
Classes you can take include “Real World Recording/Research”, “Music Technology” and “Electronic Devices and Circuits”
Robotics & Automation
Classes you can take include “Artificial Intelligence”, “Introduction to Computer Vision” and “Machine Design”.
Energy Studies
Classes you can take include “Nucleur Energy”, “Energy Engineering” and “Energy Economics”.
Water Security
Classes you can take include “Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering” and “Global Water Politics and Policy”.
Corporate Sustainability
Classes you can take include “Engineering For Social and Environmental Responsibility” and “Community-Based Research”.
Community Development
Classes you can take include “Engineering and Sustainable Community Development” and “Energy and Society”.
K-12 Stem Education
Classes you can take include “Educational Psychology and Assessment” and “Physics and Chemistry Teaching Techniques”.
Design Your Own
The Individualized Focus Area allows you to work with advisors to find a course of study that best matches your interest.
Life AFTER MINES
DE graduates can chart their own futures. They will be technically skilled, experienced with innovating problem solving in real-world contexts, able to collaborate across diverse disciplines and ready to lead and innovate in any organizational setting.
In addition to traditional engineering or design careers in technology and product-based industries, DE graduates are ideal candidates for roles in NGOs, start- ups and government agencies, and they are uniquely suited to contribute technical design expertise to the fields of healthcare, policy, law and finance.
Integrative Design Studios
The core of the DE curriculum is Mines’ signature integrative design studios—a sequence of project- based design studios that integrate technical, creative and contextual aspects of the design challenge. These studios provide design methodologies that apply broadly to technical problem solving and span all of the program’s focus areas. A human-centered design perspective incorporates social, political, environmental and economic dimensions of the design context, leading to more meaningful solutions.
TESTIMONIALS
Nathan LI
“My favorite part of being in the DE program is being able to do what I want to do. Being a MechE or CivE might be able to get me close to my passions, but the DE program lets me do almost exactly what I want to do without adding majors, minors, or years on top of the program. I also couldn’t be more at home than with the people in this program. DE has a very tight-knit nature, and I couldn’t ask for better peers!”
Brogan Carey
“I enjoy how the DE program has taught me so many valuable skills. Classes such as communications and the integrated design studios really push you to think outside the box and tackle problems differently. I also appreciate the time and effort the faculty in the program give towards their students to ensure they are best set up for success.”
