About This Department

Department: Engineering
Insitution: Old Dominion University
  Norfolk, VA
 

The Batten College is one of eight colleges at the University, and includes 107 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 2,500 full-time undergraduates, and 750 graduate students. The College is made up of five departments: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. We offer ten undergraduate programs and multiple master’s and doctoral programs. The Batten College’s diverse student population includes a 40% minority population and 15% military/veteran student population – the highest in Virginia. Over 44% of the College’s freshmen are first-generation students. Our faculty members are highly active in research, publications and public service. From advanced manufacturing to battling cancer; transportation to cybersecurity; renewable energy to marine engineering; plasmas to nanomaterials, artificial intelligence to robotics, the Batten College provides a significant share of the research and development within the University through research centers, laboratories, institutes, and clusters, while greatly contributing to the regional, national, and international prosperity of humanity. Learn more about the Batten College on our website.