Off-campus Graduate Engineering Program

Director: Richard C. Thompson, Jr, PhD, Jr.,
Associate Dean of Engineering for Professional Programs

Mission: To create and deliver quality education and research programs that support the careers of all students, and that also supports the US National Defense/Security industries and organizations.

Off-campus organizations/locations:

US Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia for the Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate employees. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science teaches graduate courses to students – Electrical Engineering - that may lead to a Certificate in Electronics or MS degree or PhD.

US Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division employees at West Bethesda, Maryland. The Department of Mechanical Engineering teaches graduate courses to students – Mechanical Engineering (Acoustics and Vibrations) - that may lead to an MS degree or PhD.

US Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) employees at SE Washington DC, at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding DC office near Washington Navy Yard. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science teaches graduate courses - Power Electronics - that may lead to a Graduate Certificate and/or MS degree.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) employees at Newport News, Virginia. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science teaches graduate courses to a cohort of students – Computer Science - that may lead to the MS degree in Computer Science with concentration in Software Development for Industrial Control Systems or concentration in Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems.  The Department of Mechanical Engineering teaches graduate courses to a cohort of students - Acoustical Engineering - that may lead to a Graduate Certificate in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Acoustical Engineering and may lead to a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Acoustical Engineering.