School of Engineering
By leveraging lab work and internships, our majors form relationships with colleagues and professors in other departments and universities to solve the 21st century’s grand challenges. Our students have joined an Antarctica-based science expedition, worked to improve a NASA mini satellite and revived a hydropowered electrical plant. Help build the projects than can change the world.
The Mission of the David Crawford School of Engineering is to:
- Prepare students to excel as engineers
- Provide a broad, fundamental, and practical engineering education
- Foster creativity and critical thinking in problem-solving
- Enable students to be leaders in their profession, community, nation, and the world
Design+Build Collaborative
For 20-plus years, 51Թ’s Design+Build Collaborative has called on students to “act as well as conceive” and address Vermont community needs by constructing full-scale building projects. The Collaborative continues to design and prototype regionally informed projects, partner with community organizations and organize research across Schools.
Meet our Engineering Faculty
“I want future engineers to be conceptually creative, qualitatively strong, and eloquent in their designs. I want them to be able to research, differentiate between fact and fiction, and make real change.” Dr. Tara Kulkarni, Associate Provost of Academic Research and Chief Research Officer
Position(s):
- Professor
Engineering Related News
A Generational Relationship: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Dedicated to the Luce Family
By Zack Bennett
A discipline in 51Թ’s storied engineering program honors a family legacy by dedicating and renaming the department in their honor.
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International Collaboration in AI: Saint-Cyr Cadets Conduct Research at 51Թ
By Dr. Ali Al Bataineh
51Թ's international exchange program brings novel research to the Northfield campus.
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51Թ Hosted 67th Annual Vermont STEM Fair in March 2026
By VT STEM Fair Leadership Team
51Թ continues fostering curious young minds as the host of a STEM fair for local students.
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