College of Engineering Honors Program

Graduating with Honors is a prestigious distinction that will not only be recognized during commencement, but it will also be noted on your diploma and your permanent academic records.

How to Graduate with Honors in the College of Engineering

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Requirements
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Part I of Application
Part I needs to be filled out and turned into Rebecca Whitaker, Dean's Office, during the semester you are taking Honors Seminar. (Please type directly onto the form.)

Part II of Application
Part II needs to be filled out and turned into Rebecca Whitaker, Dean's Office, at least four weeks prior to your anticipated graduation date. (Please type directly onto the form.) For the Spring 2007 semester, that date is Friday, April 13th. It needs to be turned in with your paper, if not before.

Honors Paper

As part of the requirements for completing the Honors Program, you need to submit a paper about your project. Please use the following links:

Paper Guidelines (margins, text, etc)

Cover sheet for College of Engineering
Original paper and cover sheet with signatures required. Submit to 3100 SC.

University of Iowa Honors Program
If you want to submit your paper to the University of Iowa Honors Program, 420 BHC, please use their cover sheet, in addition to the one for the College of Engineering. (Click here) You will have to take a draft to them, have them approve it, and then get the signatures of your advisors. They also require an orginal copy. They will then submit your paper for binding & storage in their files.

Requirements

Completion of all requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree with a minimum UI cumulative grade-point average of 3.33.
Exceptional accomplishment as demonstrated by completion of an approved project under the supervision of a faculty member. (Examples include: research; directed independent study; development of a computer-assisted tutorial for a course; creation of a demonstration experiment or a new experiment for an engineering course; or other departmentally approved enrichment or extracurricular activity.)
Completion of a written report (at least 10 pages per person) and an oral presentation (about 25 minutes per person) on the finished honors project.
Satisfactory completion of at least one semester of the Honors Seminar course, 57:001, 1 sh.
Verification by the honors certification committee that the honors requirements have been fulfilled. The honors departmental adviser and the student’s faculty mentor will comprise the certification committee. Both committee members must certify the achievement of honors status.
Submission of Part II of the application at least four weeks prior (for Spring 2007 semester, this is Friday, April 13th) to the date of college graduation. Turn this in with your paper.
Hours earned from enrollment in independent study for the honors project cannot count toward the 128 sh required for a B.S.E. degree.

College of Engineering Honors Program Seminar

The College of Engineering Honors Program Seminar (057:001) is one of the requirements for undergraduate engineering students who seek recognition as an Honor Student.

Generally, students register for the seminar in their junior year, but some wait until later. The seminar is a one-credit hour, weekly meeting of the College's Honor Students. The students discuss current events that involve engineering issues, increase their awareness of the College's resources and research areas, participate in a group project that investigates a common interest area of the students, attend other significant University and all-College professional events, and present their Honors Projects in a special seminar.

An example of the group project is the investigation of airport security conducted by the Fall 2002 seminar students. Each student explored a different aspect of airport security: threat & security alternatives, current procedures & plans for improvement, assessment of needs, government regulations & programs, and customer service. The Director of the Eastern Iowa Airport gave an invited lecture to the class. The class prepared a brief report of their findings.

Departmental Honors Advisors

Biomedical Engineering -- Dr. Ed Dove

Chemical Engineering -- Dr. Audrey Butler

Civil Engineering -- Dr. Michelle Scherer

Electrical Engineering -- Dr. John Robinson

Industrial Engineering -- Dr. Linda Boyle

Mechanical Engineering -- Dr. H.S. Udaykumar

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