New York University Tandon School of Engineering
| New York University Tandon School of Engineering | |
|---|---|
| motto | Homo et Hominis Opera Partes Naturae |
| founding | 1854 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | New York City , New York , USA |
| president | Jerry M. Hultin |
| Students | 2,800 |
| Professors | 125 |
| Foundation assets | 173 million US dollars |
| Website | www.poly.edu |
The Polytechnic Institute of New York University (also known as Brooklyn Poly) is a private university in New York City . From 1889 to 1973 the college was called the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn . It was founded in 1854, making it the second oldest private engineering school in the USA. Since 2008 it has been assigned to New York University .
About 3000 students are registered there. The main part of the campus is in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood . The student-to-professor ratio is 13 to 1, and the average number of students per class is 22.
Faculties
The main focus of teaching and research at this university is electrical engineering, computer science and chemistry.
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemical and Biological Sciences
- Civil engineering
- Computer and Information Sciences
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Finance and Risk Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering
- Physics
Personalities
Lecturers
- Paul Peter Ewald , physicist
- David Chudnovsky , mathematician
- Ronald Martin Foster , engineer
- Gordon Gould , physicist
- Maurice Karnaugh , physicist and computer scientist
- Frederick B. Llewellyn , electrical engineer
- Elliott Montroll , mathematician
- Rudolph Arthur Marcus , chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
- Hermann F. Mark , chemist
- Murray Rothbard , economist
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb , finance mathematician
- Hans Jacob Reissner , engineer, mathematician and physicist
Graduates
- James Truslow Adams , historian and writer
- Jacob Bekenstein , physicist
- Charles Joseph Camarda , astronaut
- Bern Dibner , electrical engineer
- Fritz Augustus Heinze , entrepreneur
- O. Winston Link , photographer
- Paolo Nespoli , astronaut
- Joseph Owades , biochemist
- Judea Pearl , computer scientist
- Martin L. Perl , physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1995
- Robert Anton Wilson , bestselling author and philosopher
Web links
Commons : New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′ 39.9 " N , 73 ° 59 ′ 11.5" W.