New dean of engineering named

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>vincent poor, princeton graduate alumnus and current professor of electrical engineering. sounds like an all-around ideal choice.</p>

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<p>As dean, Poor said a top priority will be to build on the core elements of the school’s strategic vision: setting a new standard for engineering education with an emphasis on innovation and leadership; and conducting cross-disciplinary research that has a major impact on national and global problems. </p>

<p>Poor said he wants the school to leverage its already significant collaborations with the broader University in areas such as biological engineering, neuroscience, environmental science, materials science, information technology policy, finance, architecture and music. “This is happening already, but we want to make these collaborations as easy as we can,” he said.</p>

<p>“At the same time, we must maintain our emphasis on fundamental research, which has been a hallmark of Princeton engineering,” Poor said.</p>

<p>It also is critical for the school to build its relations with industry and government, both to provide a real-world context for education and to maximize the impact of Princeton research in solving problems and creating opportunities, Poor said. His own experience has included consulting relationships with more than a dozen corporations and government labs.</p>

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<p>Uh… That’s nice. But, in all honesty, Princeton overall science/eng is not that good I heard. I know they have a well known math/physics dept. But engineering??? hmmm… i dont know about that. My take on that is no matter how hard HYP try, they’re not going to attract many engineering students away from Stanford/MIT. :)</p>

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<p>you heard wrong, then. princeton ranks #12 in u.s. news’s latest rankings of undergraduate engineering programs. that puts it second in the ivies behind only cornell (#10), and leagues ahead of both harvard (#31) and yale (#44, actually up three spots). MIT and stanford, as you might expect, are #1 and #2.</p>

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<p>Interesting that you emphasize Princeton engineering’s ranking for the relatively small group of undergrads majoring in the field rather than for the graduate program. </p>

<p>The ranking of graduate schools of engineering is much more extensive - and based on hard data - rather than the limited poll used to rate undergrad programs.</p>

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<p>I don’t have any numbers but there are many MIT engineering cross admits at Princeton this year. Many kids who have been accepted to MIT along with HYP will choose one of the Ivies for the other advantages available for the four undergraduate years. Stanford is another story being on the left coast.</p>