Princeton University

New first-year courses integrate foundational math and physics with modern engineering challenges

Princeton Professor Andrew Houck’s calculus students had just finished grappling with a set of equations on the forces of tension and gravity when he pulled a large pendulum back to his shoulder and ...
CU Boulder News & Events

First-Year Resource Library

Welcome to the First Year Resource Library! This page is designed to help new Engineering Buffs navigate their first year at CU Boulder. Here you'll find helpful links, video tutorials, and planning ...
Purdue University

First-Year Engineering Program

Purdue Engineering students in West Lafayette begin in the First-Year Engineering (FYE) Program, where they are placed in teams to learn collaboration, communication, math, science, design and problem ...
Michigan Technological University

First-Year Lectures

You're Good at Math and You Like To Build Things. Now What? Brad King, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Endowed Professor (Space Systems), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Space Systems ...
Purdue University

Common questions

All beginning Purdue West Lafayette undergraduate students complete a core first-year curriculum through the First-Year Engineering Program before transitioning to their engineering major in their ...
Drexel University

First-Year Students

Requirements for admission to the College of Engineering are one year of physics with a lab, one year of chemistry with a lab, and four years of mathematics (algebra I, algebra II, ...
Case Western Reserve University

First-Year Experience

At Case School of Engineering, we understand how important hands-on experiences are as you shape and pursue your goals. That’s why we ensure you’ll have plenty of them—starting with the Roger E. Susi ...
The Hindu

Revamping Engineering curriculum: Need for practical and applied first-year course

The first-year Engineering curriculum is largely common for all branches. It has traditionally dealt with a few topics that are expected to be of common relevance across branches. English, Basic ...
The Lantern

First-year engineers go head-to-head in robot competition

Over 220 first-year engineering honors students gathered at the RPAC Saturday to design, build and program robots to complete specific tasks. At the 26th annual Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors ...
Michigan Technological University

First-Year Engineering

As a first-year engineering student at Michigan Tech, you will collaborate with other students in your engineering analysis and problem solving course. A small group will join forces on small ...
CU Boulder News & Events

First-Year Students

As a CU Boulder student, you can personalize your academic experience with hands-on projects and other activities that correspond with your goals. Start your academic journey in the First Year ...