What might I have heard about Rose-Hulman?
Many people are familiar with Rose-Hulman because of the activities of its faculty. Staff at NSF have remarked on the quality of the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement proposals prepared by Rose-Hulman faculty. In one year Rose received eight different ILI grants. Faculty at Rose developed an innovative Integrated First Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics that was formerly taken by one quarter of our first year students. Another group of faculty designed a core engineering curriculum for the sophomore year that is now part of the curricula of three engineering majors. This effort was partially funded from a $15 million, five-year Engineering Education Consortium grant from NSF. Many people know about Rose-Hulman because of the Solar Phantom solar powered cars that have participated in recent races. The latest automotive student project is Challenge X, involving over 80 students in a project to reduce energy consumption and emissions, and to increase fuel eco
