The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Established:	1859
Type:	Private
Endowment:	$282 million
President:	George Campbell Jr.
Students:	918
Location:	New York, NY
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Maroon and Gold
Nickname:	The Cooper Union, Cooper
Website:	http://www.cooper.edu/

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (commonly referred to simply as The Cooper Union) is a privately-funded college in Downtown Manhattan, New York City. The Cooper Union is located in the East Village, around Cooper Square and Astor Place (Third Avenue & 6th-9th Streets). The school offers accredited degree programs in architecture, fine arts, and engineering and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States. Cooper is considered to be one of the best fine arts schools in the nation, often sharing the spot with Rhode Island School of Design. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 739 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Dr. George Campbell Jr. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... The term Downtown Manhattan may have different meanings to different people, especially depending on what part of New York City they live in. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... Cooper Square is a junction of streets in Manhattan, New York City. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, running in that borough from East 4th Street north for over 120 blocks. ... This article is about building architecture. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria. ... AICAD logo. ... The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced /RIZ-dee/) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. ...

The Cooper Union is one of the few American institutions of higher learning to offer a full-tuition scholarship (valued at $120,000 as of 2008) to every admitted student. As a result, The Cooper Union is one of the most selective colleges in the United States, with an acceptance rate of 10% (although both the art and architecture schools have acceptance rates lower than 5%.)^[1] The school experienced a 20% increase in applications for the 2008-2009 academic year, further lowering this number. ^[2]

A substantial portion of the annual budget, which supports the full-tuition scholarships in addition to the school's costs, is generated through donations from alumni in both the public and the private sector.

Founding and early history

The Cooper Union
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Peter Cooper, the founder
Location:	Cooper Square, 7th Street and 4th Avenue, New York, NY
Coordinates:	40°43′45.29″N 73°59′27.08″W / 40.7292472, -73.9908556Coordinates: 40°43′45.29″N 73°59′27.08″W / 40.7292472, -73.9908556
Built/Founded:	1858
Architect:	F.A. Peterson
Architectural style(s):	Italianate
Designated as NHL:	July 4, 1961[3]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966[4]
NRHP Reference#:	66000540
Governing body:	Private

The Cooper Union was founded in 1859 by American industrialist Peter Cooper, who was a prolific inventor and a successful entrepreneur. Peter Cooper was a workingman's son who had less than a year of formal schooling. Yet he went on to become an industrialist and an inventor; it was Peter Cooper who designed and built America's first steam railroad engine. Cooper made his fortune with a glue factory and an iron foundry. Later, he turned his entrepreneurial skills to successful ventures in real estate, insurance, railroads and telegraphy. He even once ran for President. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 778 KB) The statue of Peter Cooper, on the background of the school he founded, called Cooper Union In Manhattan, NYC File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not... New York, New York redirects here. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. ... Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common-carrier railroad. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is one of the largest New York based life insurance companies Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Telegraph and Telegram redirect here. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...

In the late 1850s, when Cooper was a principal investor and first president of the New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Co., the firm undertook one of the 19th century's monumental technical enterprises—laying the first Atlantic cable. Cooper also invented instant gelatin, with help from his wife, Sarah, who added fruit to what the world would come to know as Jell-O. JELL-O is a brand name belonging to USA-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. ...

Originally intended to be called simply "the Union," the Cooper Union began with adult education in night classes on the subjects of applied sciences and architectural drawing, as well as day classes for women on the subjects of photography, telegraphy, typewriting and shorthand (in what was called the College's Female School of Design). Discrimination based on race, religion, or sex was expressly prohibited. Libraries are useful resources for adult learners. ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... Telegraph and Telegram redirect here. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ...

Early board members included Horace Greeley and William Cullen Bryant. Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, reformer and politician. ... William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) an American romantic poet, journalist, political adviser, and homeopath. ...

Those free classes—a landmark in American history and the prototype for what is now called continuing education—have evolved into three distinguished schools that make up The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art: the School of Art, the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering.

Peter Cooper's dream was to give talented young people the one privilege he lacked—a good education. He also wanted to make possible the development of talent that otherwise would have gone undiscovered. His dream—providing an education "equal to the best"—has come true. Since 1859, the Cooper Union has educated thousands of artists, architects and engineers, many of them leaders in their fields.^[5]

Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken February 27, 1860 in New York City by Mathew Brady, the day of his famous Cooper Union speech.

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Important speeches

On February 27, 1860, the school's Great Hall became the site of a historic address by Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln's dramatic speech opposed Stephen A. Douglas on the question of federal power to regulate and limit the spread of slavery to the federal territories and new States. Widely reported in the press and reprinted throughout the North in pamphlet form, the speech galvanized support for Lincoln and contributed to his gaining the Party's nomination for the Presidency. It is now referred to as the Cooper Union Address. Cooper Union's Great Hall was also the site of the school's inauguration whose primary address was given by Mark Twain. is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Stephen Arnold Douglas (nicknamed the Little Giant because he was short but was considered by many a giant in politics) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. ... Slave redirects here. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... The Cooper Union Address is a name given by historians to a speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered on February 27, 1860 at Cooper Union. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humanist,[2] humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ...

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Clinton spoke on May 12, 1993 about reducing the federal deficit and on May 23, 2006, as the Keynote Speaker at The Cooper Union's 147th Commencement along with Anna Deavere Smith. He appeared a third time on April 23, 2007, along with Senator Edward Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, and others, at the memorial service for historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons of the same name, see Anna Smith. ... Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. ... This article is about Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ...

The Great Hall continues to serve as an important metropolitan art space, hosting lectures and performances by key figures such as Joseph Campbell, Steve Reich, Salman Rushdie, Ralph Nader, Hamza Yusuf, Richard Stallman, Rudolph Giuliani, Pema Chodron, Mike Bloomberg, Evo Morales and Hugo Chávez. For other uses, see Joseph Campbell (disambiguation). ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947) is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in five elections. ... Hamza Yusuf Hanson is an Islamic scholar who teaches at the Zaytuna Institute in California, U.S.. He is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. ... Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated rms,[2] is an American software freedom activist, hacker,[3] and software developer. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... Pema Chodron portrait Pema Chödrön (formerly Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, born 1936) is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. ... Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Mike Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a businessman and mayor of New York City. ... Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (pronounced ), is the President of Bolivia, and has been declared the countrys first fully indigenous head of state since the Spanish Conquest in 470 years. ... Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (pronounced ) (born July 28, 1954) is the current President of Venezuela. ...

Barack Obama delivered an economic policy speech at Cooper Union on March 27, 2008. “Barack” redirects here. ...

Modern changes

The Cooper Union evolved over time into its current form of a college with three schools in architecture, art, and engineering. Despite the changes, the education is still tuition-free.

The Great Hall

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A new facility designed by Thom Mayne (Morphosis) and Gruzen Samton will provide new Art Studios and Engineering Labs, replacing an aged Hewitt Building on Cooper Square. The new Academic Building at the Cooper Union occupies an unusually unencumbered site whose four free facades rise from a glass-framed lobby. Entered from the north-west corner, the lobby extends the exterior surface to the inside to become a mezzanine overlooking the gallery on the floor below. Thom Mayne (image courtesy Morphosis Thom Mayne (b. ...

From the entry lobby the ground plane moves on to the central atrium, a “vertical campus,” that rises to the full height of the building. This open connective space, spanned at various levels by sky bridges, ensures interaction throughout the building while opening up view corridors across Third Avenue to the Foundation Building. The atrium also contributes to the building’s high degree of physical and visual permeability, which helps integrate it into the college’s neighborhood.

The School of Art

The School of Art draws on the creative energy of the East Village to produce some of the most distinguished artists in the world today. The Cooper Union is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States. Students spend most of the time in studio courses equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. Notable alumni of the Cooper Union School of Art include illustrator/designer Seymour Chwast, designer Milton Glaser, designer Herb Lubalin, designer J. Abbott Miller, designer Lou Dorfsman, writer/educator Ellen Lupton, designer Paul Carlos, designer Tom Kluepfel, designer Stephen Doyle, artist Eva Hesse, and artist/printmaker Alex Katz. Internationally-known faculty have included alumni such as conceptual artist Hans Haacke. Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... AICAD logo. ... Seymour Chwast is an illustrator and graphic designer. ... Milton Glaser, 2003 I Love New York campaign by Milton Glaser. ... Herb Lubalins studio logo. ... J. Abbott Miller or Abbot Miller was born in Indiana and studied at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. ... Ellen Lupton is a graphic designer, writer, curator and educator. ... Stephen Doyle (born 13 July 1981) is a South Australian Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. Doyle was selected by the Swans under the father-son rule in the 1999 National Draft. ... Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970), was a German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. ... Alex Katz (born July 24, 1927) is an American figural artist associated with the Pop Art movement. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Curriculum

The School of Art offers a four-year program leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Unlike most art schools, Cooper Union does not require students to declare a major; instead they encourage a generalist approach and curriculum, encompassing all of the fundamental disciplines and resources of the visual arts as well as Art History and General Studies components. After their foundation year, students are allowed to choose classes from any of the art departments, facilitating a flexible and personal curriculum.

Saskia Bos was appointed Dean of the School of Art in 2005.

Computer Studio

The School of Art's Computer Studio is a state-of-the-art computing facility that provides classroom and lab space for students and faculty to produce and present digital work. It features 40 Macintosh workstations for student use, along with many high-end input and output devices for archival, large format printing, film printing, video production, and audio production. The studio also provides services which include loaning equipment (such as digital still and video cameras, audio capture devices, and presentation devices), hardware and software services for the entire School, and a friendly help desk service to facilitate the needs of students, faculty and staff.^[8]

The School of Architecture

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union offers a five-year program leading to a Bachelor of Architecture degree. The school ranks among the top five architecture programs in the United States.^[9] The philosophical foundation of the school is committed to the complex symbiotic relationships of education, research, theory, and practice.

The five-year Design sequence is structured to integrate the elements of architecture: investigation of program, construction, structure, and form/space. The Design sequence is intended to generate effective, forceful and spirited architecture.

With over 8,000 square feet of studio space, each student has his or her own drafting and work area. The studio functions as a classroom in which instruction occurs, as a laboratory in which projects are conceived and developed, and as a base of operations. Classroom facilities include a lecture hall, seminar room, and ample presentation space. There is also a computer lab available for student use on the seventh floor.

The faculty includes many influential practicing architects and theorists (Diana Agrest, Diane Lewis, and Lebbeus Woods). Well-known graduates of the school include Shigeru Ban, Daniel Libeskind, Karen Bausman, Elizabeth Diller, and Toshiko Mori. The current dean is Anthony Vidler. Lebbeus Woods (born 1940 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American architect and artist. ... Shigeru Ban is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. ... Daniel Libeskind in front of his extension to the Denver Art Museum. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

The School of Engineering

The Albert Nerken School of Engineering has about 550 students. It is one of the most prestigious non-doctoral engineering schools in the nation.^[10]The school offers ABET accredited Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) programs in Chemical Engineering (ChE), Civil Engineering (CE), Electrical Engineering (EE), and Mechanical Engineering (ME); a Middle States accredited Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program in engineering (BSE); and a Master of Engineering (M.E.) program. The Accredition Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is a non-profit organization that serves the public by making accreditations of the universities and scientific institutions which live up to certain qualities defined by the organization. ... Chemical engineers design, construct and operate plants Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e. ... The Petronas Twin Towers, designed by Thornton-Tomasetti and Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn Bhd engineers, and Cesar Pelli, were the worlds tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems. ... Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. ...

Until the class of 2006, students chose to major in one of the four traditional disciplines (ChE, CE, EE, and ME), or customize their education by opting for the BSE degree that has fewer requisite courses and greater opportunity for elective courses.

New curricula take effect beginning with the class of 2007. Under the currently published Course Catalog, students can still choose to pursue the traditional ChE, CE, EE, and ME degree programs, but greater flexibility in course selection is being planned for the four degree programs. In addition, there are proposals to offer students choices of "concentrations" (possibilities include Nanotechnology and Bio-engineering) that will offer groups of courses in more specific fields than the four traditional disciplines. The details of the new curricula are work in progress and therefore subject to change. Nanotechnology refers to a field of applied science and technology whose theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, generally 100 nanometers or smaller, and the fabrication of devices that lie within that size range. ...

The Master of Engineering program offers an opportunity for Cooper Union undergraduate students to obtain a master's degree in one of the four disciplines while conducting research at the school. The requirements for the Master's Degree are a 30-credit course of study including a 12 credit major and a 12 credit minor. At least 6 credits of thesis study are required. Candidates for this degree are also required to conduct an oral defense of their thesis which is organized by the student's department.

Unlike many schools, there is no option for "general studies" at the Cooper Union, even in the first year. All applicants must declare their major on their application, enrolling themselves in a particular department (or the IDE program) before they arrive. Once at Cooper, switching majors within the Nerken school is allowed, but a cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required. Most department-specific courses do not begin until the latter half of the second year, meaning switching majors until that point is very feasible from a curricular standpoint. However, given the intense and competitive nature of the first two years (often resulting in low GPAs), in practice switching majors can be extremely difficult.

Curriculum

All bachelor's programs offered by the School of engineering require a minimum of 135 credits for graduation, including completion of a 55-credit core program in general engineering and science classes (regardless of specialty) and a minimum of 24 credits in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. [3]

Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering program at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art provides a thorough overview of the chemistry, mathematics, and engineering thinking necessary for a practicing Chemical Engineer. The Chemical Engineering student will take two year-round chemistry courses: organic chemistry and physical chemistry. In addition, the student will take the core principles of physical chemistry (Thermodynamics) and general chemistry with its laboratory class. In addition, many engineering classes will be taken, such as a year round course on chemical engineering thermodynamics as well as heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid mechanics. Additionally, courses that reinforce the mathematical skills are taught as well as laboratory classes. The following is a breakdown of the required courses for the Chemical Engineering degree, which will follow suit with the breakdown given in the other majors:

• Mathematics - 17 credits (6 courses, CORE)
• Chemistry - 21.5 credits (7.5 core, 7 organic chemistry, 5 physical chemistry, 2 instrumental analysis)
• Chemical Engineering - 40 credits (Heat, Mass, Fluids, Chem Reaction Eng, Math Methods, Control Theory, Materials Science, etc)
• Physics - 12.5 credits (CORE)
• Humanities and Social Sciences - 20-24 credits
• Engineering and Engineering electives - 20-24 credits

Total of 135 credits

The chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering is Professor Irving Brazinsky. Also working within the Chemical Engineering Department are Professors Richard Stock, Zikri Ahmed, and O. Charles Okorafor. Additionally, the Chemical Engineering Department works closely with the Chemistry Department, which includes Professor John Bové (Chair), Professor Andrea Newmark, and Professor Ruben Savizky. For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ...

In addition to the major, chemical engineering students have the option to obtain one of four minors: biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, applied chemical technology, or energy engineering. In order to obtain a minor the student must enroll in four classes in his/her discipline of choice.

Students work closely with faculty and acquire basic research and design skills in the first two years of their education. In the sophomore year, students are to separate and identify two unknown organic chemicals in an independent fashion. In the junior year, the students are to design an experiment, carry it out, and present its results to their peers as well as the faculty of the chemistry department; this research project is conducted as part of the instrumental analysis laboratory. In the senior year, the year-long multi faculty 9-credit senior project is carried out - a true pinnacle of the chemical engineering education.

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is the oldest degree granting engineering program at Cooper Union. The department maintains small class and laboratory enrollment to provide for personal attention. Approximately 20 students are admitted by the department in the undergraduate program each year. The department also offers a master's degree.

Civil Engineering graduates are recruited regularly by companies nationwide. Alumni are found in the top management and research leadership of many American corporations; hold key positions in federal, state and city agencies and distinguish themselves on university faculties and administrations nationwide. Through their many and varied professional accomplishments, alumni have earned for the department and the school their reputation for excellence.

Electrical Engineering

The full-time Electrical Engineering faculty includes the following professors:

• Department Chair: Fred L. Fontaine (signal processing, DSP, communications)
• Toby J. Cumberbatch (circuits and electronics, VLSI)
• Carl Sable (computer engineering)
• Hamid Ahmad (circuits, control systems)
• Kausik Chatterjee (electromagnetic theory, Random-Walk Algorithms)

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Required courses:

• Math: 20 credits
• Chemistry: 7.5 credits
• Physics: 13.5 credits
• Engineering, Interdisciplinary: 8 credits
• Electrical Engineering: 51.5 credits
• Humanities/Social Sciences: 12 credits

Elective courses:

• Engineering/Science: 10.5 credits
• Humanities/Social Sciences: 6 credits or 12 credits depending on track

In the required undergraduate electrical engineering courses, electrical engineering students learn about the fundamental concepts of digital logic, circuit theory, electronics, digital signal processing, computer architecture, control systems, communication theory, electromagnetics, integrated circuits, and electromechanical energy conversion. Juniors are guided through a series of lab experiments and assigned projects. Seniors propose their own projects and many of them participate in inter-collegiate contests.

In the new tentative curriculum proposed for the class of 2007 and beyond, three tracks of specialization are offered: Computer Engineering, Signal Processing & Communications, and Electronic Systems & Materials Engineering. The tracks offer different selections of advanced courses for specialization, while sharing the same "foundation courses".

Mechanical Engineering

Like the other named majors, the curriculum of the Mechanical Engineering Department requires 135 credits for graduation. The current Department Chair, Professor Chih-Shing (Stan) Wei, has overseen a sizeable expansion in the past two years, which has included the hiring of two new professors, Drs. Delagrammatikas and Gan (the latter having recently been replaced by Dr. Baglione). The tenure-track (non-adjunct) roster of the "MechE" department now includes the following^[11]:

• Dr. Melody Baglione, Assistant Professor
• Dr. George Delagrammatikas, Assistant Professor
• Dr. George Sidebotham, Professor
• Dr. Chih-Shing (Stan) Wei, Professor and Chair
• Dr. David M. Wootton, Associate Professor

There are several important adjunct faculty serving the Mechanical Engineering Department, including Dr. James Abbott, Director of the Acoustic Laboratory, and Mr. Robert Dell [4], Director of the Laboratory for Energy Reclamation and Innovation.

Recent curriculum changes include the addition of several upper-level electives covering topics such as Advanced Engine Concepts, Heat Exchanger Dynamics, Micro-Elecro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Autonomous Mobile Robots, and others. This has coincided with a reinforcement of the traditional curriculum, especially areas such as thermodynamics and instrumentation labs. Other sections of traditional curriculum include control systems, mechanics (beams, etc.), materials science, and a few other areas. A mite next to a gear set produced using MEMS. Courtesy Sandia National Laboratories, SUMMiTTM Technologies, www. ...

Other

Curriculum development was supported by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation and directed by Dean Simon Ben-Avi. The new multi-disciplinary B.E. degree has a freshman and sophomore class already. (2004-2005). First graduation is expected in 2007.

Eleanor Baum is Dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. She is the first woman to be named as dean of an engineering college or university and is an Electrical Engineer. Dean Baum was recently named to the National Women's Hall of Fame [5]

Facilities

Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

• Instrumental Analysis Lab: FTIR, GC-MS, NMR, LCMS, Polarography, AA, UV-Vis, and HPLC.
• Organic Chemistry Lab - Synthesis, Derivatization, Chemical Identification
• Environmental Engineering Lab - through Professor Bove
• Instrumental Analysis/General Lab - used for any class which needs a lab, including instrumental analysis and general chemistry
• Special Chemistry Research Lab - Rotary Evaporator, Thin Layer Chromatography, flash chromatography
• Senior Chemical Engineering Laboratory - Unit Operations: Distillation, Filtration, Liquid-liquid extraction, Gas separation, Reverse Osmosis, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Flooding Point in a packed column, Drying, as well as Batch and Plug flow Reactor Dynamics^[12]

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Electrical Engineering

• S*PROCOM² (Signal PROcessing, COMmunications and COMputer Engineering Research Center)
• Micro EE Lab (μLab): equipment for Computer Architecture, such as programmers for microcontrollers and programmable logic devices
• Integrated Circuit Engineering Lab (ICE Lab): workstations and software (HSPICE, Cadence, Verilog, ADS) for designing integrated circuits and microwave circuits
• Junior EE Lab: equipment and workbenches with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power sources, etc.
• Senior EE Lab: workbenches with uncertain collections of equipment used by the senior projects that are in progress
• Multimedia and Microprocessor Lab
• Wireless Communications Lab
• Imaging Systems Lab
• Electronic Materials Lab

Mechanical Engineering

• The Forrest Wade Rapid Prototyping Laboratory: includes large CAD/CAM setup, fused deposition modeling (FDM) rapid prototyper, 3-D digitizing equipment
• Special Materials Lab: materials testing equipment, i.e. Rockwell and Sharpy hardness testers, tensile and compression testing equipment, equipment for making carbon composite materials
• Acoustics Laboratory (featuring the only anechoic chamber in NYC)
• Combustion Laboratory (current research includes testing of flammability of operating room materials)
• Brooks Engineering Design Center: features computer consoles with graphics and rendering software as well a color printer, etc.
• Laboratory for Energy Reclamation and Innovation - specializes in micro-green energy solutions

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Civil Engineering

• Materials & Structures lab
• Soil Mechanics lab
• Hydraulics lab
• Environmental Research lab
• Asphalt (SUPERPAVE) lab
• Biomechanics lab

Notable alumni

The Cooper Union Alumni Council presents three awards annually to notable alumni: the Augustus Saint Gaudens Award for professional achievement in art, the Gano Dunn Award for professional achievement in engineering, industry, or finance, and the John Q. Hejduk Award for architecture alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to the theory, teaching and/or practice of architecture. Other awards presented by the Alumni Council are the Alumnus of the Year and the Young Alumnus of the Year Awards.

Notable alumni of the Cooper Union include:

• Russell Hulse, a 1993 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.^[13]
• Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Investor
• Thomas Edison, Inventor^[14]
• Augustus Saint Gaudens, American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts
• Shigeru Ban, Pioneer, "Paper Architecture"
• Wangechi Mutu, world-renowned Kenyan artist
• Karen Bausman, Rome Prize recipient and the only American woman architect to hold both the Eliot Noyes (Harvard) and Eero Saarinen (Yale) Chairs.
• Kevin Burke, CEO, Consolidated Edison, Inc.
• Daniel Libeskind, master mind for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center.
• Milton Glaser, founder New York Magazine, creator I Love New York logo.
• Albert Carnesale, former chancellor of UCLA
• Will Cotton, Painter
• William Francis Deegan, architect and political leader, namesake of the Major Deegan Expressway
• Elizabeth Diller, with Ricardo Scofidio, the first architects to win a MacArthur Prize–the so-called "genius grant."
• Leonardo Drew, installation artist
• Mitch Epstein, photographer
• Thom Fitzgerald, filmmaker
• Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice^[15]
• John Hejduk One of New York Five a highly distinguished group of five New York City architects
• Eva Hesse
• Chuck Hoberman, winner of the Chrysler Design Award for Innovation and Design.
• Herb Lubalin
• Joseph Margulies, artist
• Mike Mills, Filmmaker
• Bruce Pasternack, President and CEO of the Special Olympics (also a member of the Board of Trustees)
• Charles E. Pont, painter, illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer
• Malini Ramanarayanan, musician
• Arnold Alfred Schmidt, painter
• Ricardo Scofidio (see Elizabeth Diller, above)
• Zak Smith, artist
• Charles B.J. Snyder (1860-1945), Chief Architect and Superintendent of School Buildings, New York City Board of Education, 1891-1923
• Hy Turkin, Sportswriter and editor of the first baseball encyclopedia
• Tom Wesselmann, painter
• Joel-Peter Witkin,fine art photographer
• Tobi Wong
• Rodrigo Zamora
• Harry Zaverdas, recipient of ITC's Herb Lubalin Award

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Artist Zak Smith was born in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1976, and grew up in Washington, D.C. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University in 2001. ... The New York City Department of Education is a department of the City of New York in the State of New York, United States. ... 1952 Baseball Encyclopedia Hy Turkin (born May 9, 1915 in New York, New York, died June 24, 1955) was a sportswriter best known for co-editing the first baseball encyclopedia. ... Tom Wesselmann, Sunset Nude with Matisse Odalisque, oil on canvas, 2003 Tom Wesselmann, Still Life #20, mixed media, 1962, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York Tom Wesselmann (February 23, 1931 - December 17, 2004) was an American pop artist who specialised in found art collages. ... Joel-Peter Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin (born September 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American photographer. ... 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In Pop Culture

• The Cooper Union acts as a symbol of Progressivism in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel His Family by Ernest Poole.
• In Susan Skoog's coming-of-age independent film Whatever, precocious suburban teen Anna Stockard (Liza Weil) harbors dreams of moving to the city to study art at the Cooper Union in the early 80s.^[16]
• The Cooper Union is mentioned in a spoken word performance of Bowery Blues read by Jack Kerouac and with piano by Steve Allen.
• The Cooper Union and their student dorms were featured as background in "The Interpreter" starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. The school is also frequently seen in episodes of "Law and Order: SVU".
• The Cooper Union makes an appearance in the Norwegian childrens' television program "Lillys Butikk" as the school of the lead character's son John, in his video-letter home
• Appeared in an episode of "The Office"
• In the pop sitcom "Will and Grace", the Heroine Grace Addler is a graduate from the school. She is an interior designer.

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References

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External links

• The Cooper Union web site
• The Cooper Union Alumni web site
• Rankings
• New York Architecture Images- the Cooper Union Foundation Building
• Original 1861 Harper's Weekly Story on the Cooper Union
• Lincoln's Speech at the Cooper Union
• Book about Lincoln's speech at CU (ISBN 0-7432-2466-3)
• The Cooper Union Speech

• Cooper Union is at coordinates 40°43′46″N 73°59′26″W / 40.729405, -73.990417 (Cooper Union)Coordinates: 40°43′46″N 73°59′26″W / 40.729405, -73.990417 (Cooper Union)

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