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The Ohio State University, Columbus
(http://osu.edu)

Established in 1870, The Ohio State University is a world-class public research university and the leading comprehensive teaching and research institution in the state. The university brings a sense of history and identity to the Columbus community and to the state as Ohio’s flagship university. Ohio State provides a distinctive educational experience for students and pursues cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that brings together scholars from diverse disciplines to solve key problems in society.

• With approximately 50,000 students, 18 colleges, and 170 majors, the university offers its students tremendous opportunity in the liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions.
  
  
• The Ohio State University has many strong programs in Computational Engineering and Sciences.
  
  
• Among them are an NSF funded Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymer Biomedical Devices (CANPBD), an NSF funded Center for Advanced Polymers and Composites Engineering (CAPCE), an industry supported Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials (CAMM), Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing (NSM), Micro MD laboratory, Center for Automotive Research (CAR).
  
  
• The Edison Welding Institute (EWI), a leading welding research center that has a close working relationship with OSU Welding Engineering.

College of Engineering
(http://engineering.osu.edu/overview/index.php)

Established in 1870, Ohio State has focused on engineering and the sciences since its beginning.

• The Department of Mathematics and Engineering was one of the original seven departments, and in 1882 the School of Engineering was instituted.
  
  
• 13 undergraduate and 17 graduate engineering programs are offered through 10 engineering departments and the Biomedical Engineering Center, as well as two undergraduate and three graduate degrees from the Knowlton School of Architecture.
  
  
• The quality of Ohio State's engineering educational experience continues to be among the very best in the country. According to the U.S. News and World Report, Ohio State's College of Engineering is solidly among the top engineering schools in the nation.

Department of Mechanical Engineering
(http://www.mecheng.osu.edu)

The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is the education of professionals in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, the dissemination of knowledge and technology, and the development of innovative solutions to problems in these fields.

The department:

• provides students opportunities to perform cutting edge research in state-of-the-art research laboratories with many of the top faculty in their respective fields.
  
  
• provides diverse opportunities for studies in fundamental and applied research in all areas of mechanical engineering.

The new $71.1 million departmental home, the Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory, was completed in the Fall of 2006 and provides students and faculty with state-of-the-art facilities in the form of well-equipped academic and research laboratories and classrooms, resulting in a superb teaching and learning environment.

Scott Lab is a high-tech, growth-oriented teaching and research center that sets the standard for university-level mechanical engineering facilities in the country.

In addition to Scott Lab, there are numerous other labs associated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering including the Gas Turbine Lab and the nationally renowned Center for Automotive Research (CAR).