| Institution: | Texas Tech University |
| Lubbock, TX |
ABOUT THE COLLEGE: The Whitacre College of Engineering is home to seven academic departments (chemical, civil & environmental & construction, electrical & computer, industrial, mechanical, petroleum, and computer science), offers over 30 degrees to nearly 6,600 students including more than 850 graduate students. Research funding has grown substantially, with research awards totaling $15.4 million in the last fiscal year. The major research strengths are in wind-science & engineering, pulsed power and power electronics, microscale and nanoscale devices and semiconductor materials, medical imaging, bioengineering, energetics, intelligent software systems, and polymer materials. Texas Tech University, classified as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, enrolls approximately 35,000 students in 10 colleges.