Hello, I’m Chip Cole-
Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
at The University of Vermont. I welcome you to our campus and
invite you to sit back and enjoy some of the great things about UVM.
On screen: The power of engineering thought
On Screen: Prof. Chris Danforth, Mathematics & Statistics:
We challenge our students everyday to use
their imagination to create innovative
solutions and to be intellectually curious and find the holes in their
scientific intuition.
On Screen: Prof. Donna Rizzo, School of Engineering
One of the nice things at UVM is the size and the fact that your faculty get to know you
– makes, I think, unusual opportunities for undergraduates.
On Screen: Introduction to CEMS
Allison, Environmental Engineering
This summer, I was able to travel to Bozeman, Montana to collect and
process Tubifex tubifex and them came back here to analyze them,
and now we are in the processing of writing and submitting our research
for publication.
On Screen: Anthony, School of Engineering
I went to Costa Rica for a conservation monitoring project.
On Screen: Prof. Arne Bomblies, School of Engineering
Undergraduate research experiences are wonderful for students because they
open doors for career opportunities.
On Screen, Prof. Jackie Hordon, Computer Science
One of our goals in this College is to allow students to work across
disciplines. This trains the students to work in a highly interdisciplinary,
collaborative environment.
On Screen: David, Double Major, Mathematics and Business
I’m an applied mathematics major and a business major with a concentration
in finance.
On Screen: Brianna, Civil Engineering
This summer I will be going down to Honduras to do watershed and restoration
work and community development work too.
On Screen: Prof. Alan Ling, Computer Science
In today’s working environment, employers expect students to reinvent
themselves so having a strong theoretical background allows them to pick up
new knowledge and apply the new knowledge to the working environments.
On Screen: Prof. Paul Hines, School of Engineering:
One of our goals is to prepare students to be tomorrow’s leaders.
My goals as a researcher is to make electricity more reliable, more economically
efficient and with less environmental cost. My goal as an educator is to train students
who will become the engineers who will design the electricity infrastructure of
tomorrow.
On Screen: Prof. Jane Hill, School of Engineering
Our research here in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences goes from the very fundamental
all the way through to the applied involving undergraduates all the
way through to post doctoral researchers.
On Screen: Franz, School of Engineering
For me as an international student coming from Germany, I was amazed by the level
of hospitality and interest that was shown in me, especially by the teaching staff,
and our advisors who helped me to settle in and actually made it possible for me to call
UVM “home”!
On Screen :Fu-Chiung, Mathematics and Statistics
As students here, it is easy to get involved because there are many clubs and
associations and organizations for students that you have interest in – anything you that you want.
On Screen :Matt, Environmental Engineering
If you can walk through the snow, yeh, you can do anything you want to.
On Screen :Kelsey , Electrical Engineering
Downtown Burlington is actually one of the most key points why I came here.
It’s very close, it’s within walking distance with tons of live bands all the time, and there’s
great restaurants, there’s the mall down there, there’s cute little
boutique shops – it’s just a great time down there. And the waterfront
is close, you can go down there and watch the sunset, or just hang out
by the water, play some Frisbee – it’s really nice how close it
is!
On Screen: Prof. Alan Ling, Computer Science
And the fact that Burlington
is so close to Montreal and Boston, it allows me to do a weekend trip
to the city and enjoy the rich culture activities.
On screen: Prof. Josh Bongard, Computer Science
I encourage students to pursue
their passion while here on campus. Knock on doors, find out what your
professors are doing, and get involved in research projects here at
the undergraduate level. As an undergraduate myself, I took the
initiative, found out what my professors were working on and I was fortunate
to get involved with a professor who was building robots and luckily
for me that lead to a career in robotics and research here at UVM.
CHIP COLE: I hope you’ve
enjoyed this brief introduction to the College of Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences at the University of Vermont. I invite you to join us! Become
part of a College that gives YOU the power to change the world.
On screen: CEMS – College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences