Implementing the converging technologies initiative at Union means bringing together students from engineering and the liberal arts so that they graduate with a broad background that goes beyond that provided by their traditional major.
CT at Union has four areas:
Bioengineering, which
combines the analytical and experimental methods of engineering and computer science with the biological sciences to achieve a better understanding of biological phenomena and to develop new techniques and devices.
Mechatronics, which brings together electrical, mechanical, and computational systems in the study of basic mechanical design, systems analysis,
control systems, and decision analysis. Mechatroncis is used throughout industry today
in automatic control and robotic devices.
Nanotechnology, which is
the convergence of chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, and engineering
to create and use materials, devices, and systems through the control of matter at
the level of atoms and
molecular structures.
Pervasive computing, which
is the convergence of digital communication and computational systems, focusing on such topics as wireless networks, information transmission, and information processing.
The College's converging technologies website (www.ct.union.edu) contains extensive information about the initiative, including
courses and examples of
student projects.