Engineering Clinics

The Engineering Clinic program is the signature facet of the engineering curriculum in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University. Modeled after the clinic program in medical schools, the Engineering Clinic program offers our students an active and immersive hands-on experience to reinforce classroom learning with open-ended, team-based engineering and research projects that address challenges faced by industry and in the real world.

The clinic program is a continuous and substantive part of the Chemical Engineering curriculum that spans the entire four years of our students’ undergraduate studies. The first year and sophomore year clinics focus on laying foundational skills, including engineering and design thinking, technical communication, and working in multi-disciplinary teams. The junior and senior year clinics then focus on projects driven by our Chemical Engineering faculty.

Many of our Chemical Engineering clinic projects are supported by industry and serve as valuable collaborative opportunities to solve problems faced by industry. We value industry engagement in our clinics as students benefit from working with industrial partners and addressing real-world issues, while industry partners benefit from engaging our faculty’s specialized expertise and being involved with training our future workforce. 

Clinics deliver the following goals of the engineering curriculum:

• Hands on – students engage in active learning outside of the classroom
• Integrated – students make connections with supporting coursework
• Multidisciplinary – students leverage synergies across different fields
• Teamwork – students recognize the value of community in problem solving
• Communication – students develop effective written and oral communication skills
• Entrepreneurial – students develop a value-based engineering mindset
• Contextual – students understand the broader impact and big picture

First Year and Sophomore Year Clinics