院长的话

Hi, I’m 谢丽尔Ehrman, the Don Beall Dean of the Charles Davidson College of 工程 at 圣何塞州立大学 (十大菠菜软件). Coming up through San José’s public schools, I realized in high school that I loved chemistry, but I was most interested in seeing how knowledge of chemistry could be applied to help people on a large scale, in particular with respect to improving environmental sustainability and health. 选择之前 chemical engineering as a major, I didn't know a single chemical engineer, but met 一个 in my sophomore year and off I went.

After holding academic positions nationally and globally, I returned to San Jose in 2017 to lead the Davidson College of 工程 at 十大菠菜软件. 作为一个大学学生 in the heart of 硅谷, 十大菠菜软件 has played an important part in making this high tech tech region 一个 of the most innovative areas in the world.  我们自豪地 regional university with global impact.    

圣何塞州立大学 sends over 1800 engineers into the workforce every year, providing more engineers to 硅谷 companies than any other university. 我们的 students are creative, resilient and resourceful. They bring their lived experience to our classrooms, labs and project courses. Many students are the first in their families to attend college, many are immigrants, many are self-financing their education, 有些是以上所有的. The combination of lived experience and experiential learning through our hands-on curriculum is powerful. 我们的学生很有名 for their smooth transitions to the workplace and graduate school, and our alumni 在他们的成功中脱颖而出.

With the growth of our research enterprise, our faculty and students are contributing increasingly to knowledge generation and innovation. Challenges such as climate change and health inequity are best addressed by teams that include those most directly impacted. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are best developed by teams that also include those who would directly benefit  by the use of these technologies. Now, more than ever before,we have the right engineers, at the right place, at the 正确的时间.   

Future students, I invite you to learn more about the College of 工程 at 十大菠菜软件 在这里 and alumni, let us know what you’re up to by sharing your news with us 在这里.

谢丽尔Ehrman