J. B. Speed School of Engineering
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Speed Scientific School was founded in 1924 as part of the University of Louisville in the U.S. state of Kentucky with money from the James Breckenridge Speed Foundation which was created by his children William S. Speed and Olive Speed Sackett to honor J. B. Speed.
In 2003 the name was changed from Speed Scientific School to the J. B. Speed School of Engineering. The term 'Scientific' was originally used to indicate that the school focused on math and science rather than trades, but was deemed to be an anachronism, hence the name change.
The school offers Bachelors of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in six fields:
- Chemical Engineering (ChE)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
- Computer Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
- Industrial Engineering (IE)
- Mechanical Engineering (ME)
As of 2004, the student body consisted of 2,100 students (1,500 undergraduate and 600 graduate). The largest departments are CECS and ME, with approximately 500 students each.
In addition to the six major departments the school has two departments which assist in the general engineering education, Engineering Graphics and the Engineering Analysis Core.
When undergraduate students enter the school, they enter into a 5-year combined Bachelors and Masters program. Most students go to school year-round, in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, for a total of 14 semesters. Three of the 14 semesters are for co-op internships, to be done at industry locations, three of the 14 semesters are for the graduate (Masters) program, and the other eight semesters are for the undergraduate (Bachelors) program.
The campus lies almost entirely south of Eastern Parkway on the Belknap Campus (main campus) of the University of Louisville and consists of the following buildings:
- Engineering Graphics building—for the Engineering Graphics department
- Henry Vogt building—attached to Sackett Hall, used by several departments
- Sackett Hall—attached to the Henry Vogt building, used by the Mechanical Engineering department
- J. B. Speed building—used by general administration, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, and Industrial Engineering departments
- W. S. Speed building—used by Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering departments
- R. C. Ernst Hall—used by the Chemical Engineering department
- Lutz Hall—used by Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Departments
- Kersey Library
It is planned that, before 2007, the entire collection of the Kersey engineering library will move to the main library on campus, Ekstrom Library.
It is also planned that a new building will be added that concentrates in engineering. This building will open in the Spring of 2006 and is temporarily named the Belknap Research Center.
External links
- Speed School website (http://speed.louisville.edu/)