The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering is one of the Southwest's institutes of higher learning for students seeking degrees in engineering and technical disciplines. The Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...

 School is divided into five departments, or areas of study

Departments

Computer Science and Engineering- Offers degrees in both computer science and computer engineering. Undergraduate and graduate programs focus on all aspects of computer design as well as software construction and applications.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

- Offers degrees in electrical engineering covering core technology topics in areas such as biomedical engineering, communications and information technology, control systems, digital signal processing, and computer vision, lasers, optoelectronics, electromagnetic theory and microwave electronics, circuit and VLSI design.

Engineering Management

Engineering management

Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...

, Information

Information

Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

, and Systems- Offers degrees in systems engineering, engineering management, operations research, and management science. Programs focus on the study, design, and management of the technology rich systems that drive today's information-intensive organizations.

Civil

Civil

Civil may refer to:*Civic virtue, or civility*Civil action, or lawsuit*Civil affairs*Civil and political rights*Civil disobedience*Civil engineering*Civilian, someone not a member of armed forces*Civil law , multiple meanings...

 and Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...

- Offers degrees in both civil engineering and environmental engineering. Programs focus on planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and managing the nation’s physical infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, power plants, water and wastewater systems while also focused on conservation, natural resource recovery, air quality and pollution control, and environmental health. SMU Engineering is the only school in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 to offer a degree in Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites...

, an area of growing demand all across industry.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

- Offers degrees in mechanical engineering. Programs focused on solutions to problems in design and manufacturing, robotics, automotive and transportation systems, energy production and distribution, as well as all other aspects of mechanical systems.

Facilities

Lyle School of Engineering offers students teaching and research facilities. In addition to the Jerry R. Junkins Building which opened in 2002, SMU has now added the J. Lindsay Embrey Engineering Building to the engineering quadrangle. In 2009 Caruth Hall was torn down and construction for a new and improved Caruth Hall began. Caruth Hall "2.0" (as it was dubbed in construction plans) opened in 2010.

The Embrey Building is home to the departments of Mechanical, Environmental & Civil Engineering. Overall there are more than 30 laboratories used by SMU Engineering faculty and students.

Work experience

Students gain experience through the undergraduate co-op program, the oldest in the Southwest; the Industry Scholars Program, offering corporate-sponsored internships and scholarships; and other domestic and international internships.

Executive and Distance Education

Lyle Engineering is a pioneer in distance learning, beginning in 1969. Today, students are subjected to digitally-recorded instruction in all graduate engineering degree programs. Lyle Engineering offers the largest Executive Master's Degree Program in the country and one of the largest and oldest degree-granting distance education programs for working students.

International Education

Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

)- The Lyle School of Engineering offers two programs for students from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico:
The Visiting Student Certificate Program enables Tecnologico de Monterrey undergraduates to spend a semester studying at SMU in Dallas.
The Collaborative Master's Degree Program enables Tecnologico de Monterrey students to earn a master's degree from SMU in one year.

City of Knowledge (Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

)- The Lyle School of Engineering and the City of Knowledge have initiated an executive master’s degree program that enables participants to acquire a master’s degree from SMU with the convenience of a Central American location.

Universidad Francisco Marroquin

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Universidad Francisco Marroquín is a private, secular, university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the school's website, "the mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a sociey of free and responsible persons."...

(Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

)- The Lyle School of Engineering has signed an agreement with the School of Business and Economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City that will enable business students from Guatemala to spend a semester taking engineering courses in Dallas

Gender Parity Initiative

The percentage of women in engineering at SMU Lyle is 50% higher than the national average. Lyle Engineering's goal is to reach gender parity in the next five years.

Research & Special Programs

The Lyle School of Engineering also houses the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing

-Mission:Also known as the RCAM, the mission of the center is to promote and apply university led advanced manufacturing research and development work...

 in the Mechanical Engineering Department which is extensively funded by government agencies and industry. This center is headed by Dr. Radovan Kovacevic

Radovan Kovacevic

Radovan Kovacevic is the director of the Southern Methodist University Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing. He holds 3 U.S. patents.-References:...

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The School also houses:

• The Caruth Institute for Engineering Education
• The Linda and Mitch Hart eCenter
• The Infinity Project
• The Hart Center for Engineering Education
• The Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity