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OLINInnovative Engineering Education
At a Glance2012–13
C O L L E G EO F E N G I N E E R I N G
About Olin The idea for Olin goes back nearly two decades. That’s when the National Science Foundation
and the leaders of the engineering community began urging fundamental reforms in engineer-
ing education, including more emphasis on entrepreneurship, teamwork and communication.
The F.W. Olin Foundation took up the challenge, committing more than $460 million to create
a new undergraduate engineering college. Bringing together some of the best minds and the
best ideas in engineering education, Olin developed a hands-on, interdisciplinary program
geared toward producing engineering innovators.
At a GlanceLocation Needham, Massachusetts, 14 miles west of Boston
First Commencement May 2006
Majors Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering
Concentrations Bioengineering, Computing, Design, Materials Science, Systems
Admission Highly selective, with an emphasis on outstanding academic achievement and extracurriculars; special attention given to creativity, passion and enterprise
Scholarship Policy Every admitted student receives a four-year, half-tuition scholarship valued at more than $80,000
Funding The F.W. Olin Foundation committed in excess of $460 million to support the college, one of the largest grants in the history of higher education
Facilities Olin’s facilities encompass 382,000 square feet of first-class academic, adminis-trative and residential space, including a fully converged IT infrastructure, campus-wide wireless connectivity and state-of-the-art labs and classrooms
Partnerships Olin, Babson and Wellesley are part of a wide ranging collaboration that brings together liberal arts, business and engineering perspectives to tackle major societal issues
Alumni & Student Accomplishments• 72% of students completed an internship or research
assignment last summer
• On a per capita basis, Olin is one of the top producers of National Science Foundation (NSF) scholars in the country
• 39% of all alumni have been accepted or have attended graduate school; of those
• 44% who entered a STEM graduate program attend a Top 10 graduate school as defined by U.S. News & World Report
• 24% who entered a STEM graduate program won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Undergraduate alumni giving rate ranked #1 nationally by the Council for Aid to Education
Institutional Accomplishments • Admission rate is 19% — placing Olin among the most
selective colleges and universities in the country
• Founding leadership received Gordon Prize for innovation in engineering and technological education (2013)
• Olin named one of “New Ivies” by Kaplan/Newsweek (2005)
• Ranked #6 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, non-doctoral, by U.S. News & World Report (2012)
• Ranked #1 in nation among ‘Colleges Where it’s Easiest to Get Involved,’ according to U.S. News & World Report (2011)
• Ranked #1 Top 10 Financial Aid Providers by Parents & Colleges
• Ranked as a Top Fulbright Scholar producer by the Chronicle of Higher Education four times since 2006
• Named Best 377 College, Best Value College + Best in the Northeast by Princeton Review (2012)
• Additional 2012 Princeton Review rankings include:
• #2 Students Study the Most
• #4 Best College Dorms
• #10 Best Quality of Life
• #10 Best Classroom Experience
• #17 Great Financial Aid
• #18 Their Students Love This College
• #19 Professors Get High Marks
• #19 Lots of Race/Class Interaction
• Named one of the Fiske Guide’s 2013 Best Buy Schools
Olin Makes its MarkThe college has garnered a national reputation for innovation
in engineering education, and its alumni are making their
mark at top companies, entrepreneurial ventures and graduate
schools. Below are statistics that highlight our accomplish-
ments to date:
Faculty ProfileTheir expertise ranges from astrophysics to Chopin, from
circuit design to entrepreneurship, from robotics to genetics.
Working with the faculty are academic partners and
instructors.
Full-time 35 (37% women/63% men)
Part-time and Adjunct 13 (46% women/54% men)
Student to Faculty Ratio 9 to 1
Passion Undergraduate teaching and working with students on research and scholarly activities
Innovation No tenure awarded; no academic departments; many faculty are multi-disciplinary
SCOPE Senior Capstone Program in Engineering
Olin’s hands-on curriculum culminates in SCOPE, a substantial, year-long project under the
realistic constraints of a corporation or other sponsor. As part of SCOPE, the sponsor supplies
an authentic, challenging engineering problem. Olin provides a student engineering team, a
dedicated project space, a faculty adviser and access to the Olin technology base.
Working according to the highest professional standards in teams with approximately five to
seven members, the students spend more than one
fourth of their senior year
working on the project
over two semesters.
Projects involve multiple
engineering disciplines,
including elements of
engineering science,
engineering design and
entrepreneurship.
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and SOCIAL SCIENCESThe Olin CurriculumThe Olin curriculum is a synthesis of creative ideas and best practices in engineering education.
Its aim is to apply new ways to teach engineering, and to graduate students who are prepared to
lead technological innovation in the 21st century.
The Olin curriculum is based on the Olin Triangle of rigorous science and engineering, entrepre-
neurship and the liberal arts. Equally important is a dedication to lifelong learning, so students
can continually update their skills to meet new technical challenges.
From the beginning students learn through team-based, hands-on projects and tackle open-
ended problems, the kind that go far beyond the textbook and call for a considerable amount of
creativity and initiative. The curriculum also emphasizes interdisciplinary learning,
communication and the role of design in engineering.
To produce the kind of well-rounded, creative students it envisions, Olin
supports a “learning continuum” that extends from classroom work to
research, independent study, personal passions and other areas which,
taken together, make up Olin’s unique learning environment.
SCOPE Sponsors 2012–13AGCOAnalogicAriensArmy Research LabAutodeskBoeingBoston ScientificBrandeis UniversityDePuy MitekFacebookHutchinson/Barry ControlsOricaParietal SystemsRaytheon
Academic AffairsVincent MannoProvostDean of Faculty781-292-2591vincent.manno@olin.edu
AdmissionCharles S. NolanVice President Dean of Admission781-292-2201 charles.nolan@olin.edu
DevelopmentJ. Thomas KrimmelVice President for Development781-292-2291thomas.krimmel@olin.edu
FinanceStephen P. HannaburyExecutive Vice President and Treasurer781-292-2401stephen.hannabury@olin.edu
Information Technology and OperationsJoanne KossuthVice President for OperationsChief Information Officer 781-292-2431joanne.kossuth@olin.edu
Marketing and Communication Michelle DavisChief Marketing Officer781-292-2251michelle.davis@olin.edu
Office of the President Richard K. MillerPresident781-292-2301 richard.miller@olin.edu
Post Graduate PlanningSally PhelpsDirector of Post Graduate Planning781-292-2281 sally.phelps@olin.edu
SCOPE ProgramAndrew BennettSCOPE Director781-292-2522 andrew.bennett@olin.edu
Student LifeRod CraftsDean of Student Life781-292-2321rod.crafts@olin.edu
Olin College Contacts
Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringOlin WayNeedham, MA 02492-1200781-292-2300
www.olin.edu
Nondiscrimination Statement Olin College does not discriminate in admission, employment, or other college-administered programs on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or veteran, marital or citizenship status.
Employment, Graduate Schools, Research and InternshipsStudents enter Olin College ready for real-world challenges.
Many of them spend summers in labs, corporations and service
organizations after just one year at Olin. The project-based,
real-world learning at Olin prepares them, and our Office of Post
Graduate Planning helps to place them. The following informa-
tion represents data from Olin’s 501 alumni, classes of 2006–12.
Top 10 Employers athenahealth
Boeing
Intuit
Microsoft *
Raytheon Corp./ Raytheon BBN *
Rockwell Automation *
Synapse Product Development
United States Navy
Top 10 Intern EmployersApple
Boston Scientific *
GE
Intuit
Microsoft *
MITRE *
Raytheon BBN *
SoftArtisans
* Denotes a company that has also sponsored a SCOPE project
Top 10 Graduate SchoolsBabson College
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Harvard University
MIT
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Illinois
University of Washington
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Top 10 Summer Research ProgramsBoston University
Caltech
Cornell University
Harvard University
IMEC – Belgium
Johns Hopkins University
MIT
University of California, Berkeley
UCLA
University of Massachusetts
Alumni ProfileClasses of 2006–12 at six months post-graduation
Employed or in Graduate School 98%
• Employed 55%
• Graduate school in Engineering, Math or Science 29%
• Graduate School – Other 10%
• Entrepreneurs 5%
Other 2%
Fulbright Scholars 9
Goldwater Scholarships 1; Honorable Mentions 2
Gates Cambridge Scholarship 1
Class of 2016 ProfileApplicants 782
Invited to Candidate Weekends 210
Admitted 151
Enrolled 83 students
Geography 23 states; 5 foreign countries
Average GPA 3.9/4.0 (unweighted)
Percent Female/Male 43% women/57% men
Recognized by National Scholarship Programs 31%
Leadership 82% participated in community service; 71% musicians; 60% athletes; 58% competed on academic teams; 43% held a job during high school; 37% involved with robot-ics; 30% drama/theater; 23% involved in research projects; 22% were student government officers; 21% worked on student publications
This class includes students who:
• Gave a TEDx presentation on a new form of digital encryption
• Won the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Award (2)
• Ran six half-marathons
• Founded a high school robotics team
• Helped manage an online community of over 200,000 members
• Installed solar panels in Uganda
• Was a finalist for the Broadway cast of ‘Newsies’
• Developed an iPhone app (that solves triangles) with Objective-C and published it in iOS app store
• Built an ROV to capture images of a sunken barge in New Hampshire
• Created a Japanese language tutoring system
• Started a non-profit that gives toiletries to the homeless
• Redesigned molecular cloning labs
Student ProfileEnrollment 342 students — 48% women/52% men
Origins 38 states, 10 countries, 23 foreign nationals
First-to-Second Year Retention Rates 96%
Six-year Graduation Rate 94%
National Merit Finalists 30%