Department News

2nd Annual Herff Day of Service!



10-16-2024

Come volunteer! Bring a pair of work gloves and your civic pride to the Herff Engineering Complex for an afternoon of helping clean our grounds and buildings!

November 8, 2024 from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Meet in EA 2nd Floor Lobby

Refreshments will be provided

Please Wear Tiger Blue!

GMMDC Career Fair



10-16-2024

The Herff College of Engineering is hosting the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council Career Fair on Tuesday, October 29 in the Edward Innovation and Research Building (ERIC) from 3:00 – 5:00 PM. This is an opportunity for you to meet human resources and engineering hiring managers from local medical device companies. Click here to register: GMMDC Career Fair Student Registration

[ed note: this MIGHT be of interest for Manufacturing / Product Realization students. I am not sure if they have positions for Eng Tech Students or not]

Professor Hewitt's Engineering Technology Website



8-25-2024

If you are looking for info on the Manufacturing / Product Realization FOS, take a look at Prof Hewitt's Website. It contains all the information he has gathered over his years of teaching, Student Project Examples, Featured ET Alumni and much more.

Of particular interest is info on Senior Projects (TECH 4943) for this semester, including project ideas for groups.

UofM Majors that pay the most



11-8-2022

From: Commercial Appeal (Oct 9, 2022)

In the article "Want a big paycheck? These University of Memphis majors pay the most - and least" by Becca Wright it was stated that the five highest-earning bachelor's degrees offered at the UofM were:

  • Mechanical engineering: $71,690
  • Electrical, electronics and communications engineering: $68,655
  • Computer engineering: $68,033
  • Engineering technology: $64,943
  • Civil engineering: $62,591

The lowest-earning bachelor's degree made $22,882.

Tau Alpha Pi



4-19-2024

We are proud to announce this year's Tau Alpha Pi Engineering Technology Honor Society's Inductees:

Christopher Madlinger (GR), Annmarie Chowbay, Zoe Armstrong, Maria Sosa, Hamzah Ghrayeb, Alaina Brown, Brandon Rodriguez, Cooper Werth, Dallas Pope, Nicholas Goffer, Ahmad Ghrayeb, Kyle Duvall, Parvara Mufti, Corterreus Bedford, Dr. Ahmed (Faculty)

These students represent the upper 10% of all Engineering Technology Students.

Please join us in congratulating our latest Honorees.