School of Engineering
By leveraging lab work and internships, our majors form relationships with colleagues and professors in other departments and universities to solve the 21st century’s grand challenges. Our students have joined an Antarctica-based science expedition, worked to improve a NASA mini satellite and revived a hydropowered electrical plant. Help build the projects than can change the world.
The Mission of the David Crawford School of Engineering is to:
- Prepare students to excel as engineers
- Provide a broad, fundamental, and practical engineering education
- Foster creativity and critical thinking in problem-solving
- Enable students to be leaders in their profession, community, nation, and the world
Design+Build Collaborative
For 20-plus years, Norwich’s Design+Build Collaborative has called on students to “act as well as conceive” and address Vermont community needs by constructing full-scale building projects. The Collaborative continues to design and prototype regionally informed projects, partner with community organizations and organize research across Schools.
Accreditations
Regional Accreditation
Norwich University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), known formerly as the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC).
Program Accreditations
Norwich University is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission ABET.
- Civil Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Civil Engineering Program Criteria.
- Construction Management is accredited by the ANSAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Construction Management Program Criteria.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program Criteria.
- Interdisciplinary Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria.
- Mechanical Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Mechanical Engineering Program Criteria.
Meet our Engineering Faculty
“I want future engineers to be conceptually creative, qualitatively strong, and eloquent in their designs. I want them to be able to research, differentiate between fact and fiction, and make real change.” Dr. Tara Kulkarni, Associate Provost of Academic Research and Chief Research Officer
Karen Supan
Position(s):
- Associate Dean, College of Professional Schools
- Director, David Crawford School of Engineering
- Professor
Moses Tefe
Position(s):
- Chair, Civil Engineering and Construction Management
- Chair, Dodge Committee
- Professor
Scott A. Smith, PhD
Position(s):
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Program Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Engineering
William F. Lyons
Position(s):
- Vice President of Distance Education, College of Graduate and Continuing Studies
- Director Emeritus, Center for Global Resilience and Security
- Professor of Practice
Engineering Related News
Building the Future with Benjamin Weers '26
By NU Marketing & Communications Office
An internship combined with his on-campus experiences prepares a student-athlete for his future.
4 min read
Norwich University Mechanical Engineering students collaborate with Norwich Technologies
By NU Marketing & Communications Office
Four students spent the 2024-25 school year working with the R&D team designing a racking system to support vertically mounted bifacial solar panels.
Norwich University students successfully design and build flour applicator for local bakery
By Eric Blaisdell Staff Writer, Times Argus
The piece of equipment, which has since been installed at La Panciata in Northfield, won Best Overall Engineering Project of the Year Award at this year’s engineering convocation. The team is comprised of Norwich seniors Will Thornton, Enock Nyame, Owen McLaughlin and Ishmael Sesay.