Opportunities to work with the Product Development Center on entrepreneurial innovations such as this one for Marble Arms.

Watch the TV 9&10 News report about LSSU and Skate Fenders.

There are many excellent colleges and universities that offer degrees in engineering and technology, and there are various reasons to choose one college over another. There are many reasons why LSSU might be the right school for you – here are a few:

• Our emphasis is on educating students. While our professors do write papers and grant proposals, our primary goal is to teach well and prepare students for rewarding careers in engineering and technology.
• Our faculty members are experts at teaching and most have industrial experience. We do not assume that a Ph.D. degree makes a person a good teacher. We evaluate our faculty primarily on their ability to teach.
• Our classes and laboratories are taught by full-time professors. At Lake State, your professor will know you by name, not by your student number, and you will never be taught by a graduate teaching assistant, not even in your labs! 
• Our engineering classes are small – typically 10-15 students. You will never sit in an auditorium style lecture class with 100 other engineering students. Our professors have much more time to spend personally mentoring and tutoring students.
• Our atmosphere is not highly competitive. Engineering coursework is difficult, regardless of where you enroll. In some schools, you may find that there is an extreme level of competition among students. Ours is quite the opposite. We foster cooperation among students, as we believe this is much more representative of the work environment for engineers, and much more conducive to learning.
• Our Product Development Center offers students real-world experience. The Product Development Center (PDC) works with major engineering companies to develop prototypes and bring products to market. The PDC hires many of our engineering students to work on these projects. Students thus are introduced to real engineering projects, and to companies that are potential future employers. Some students even have their names on patents prior to graduation!

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to one thing: seeing you succeed in college. Our goal is to turn you into a high quality, high value engineer who will flourish upon graduation. If this sounds like the type of program you would be interested in, please investigate further, and consider what an LSSU engineering degree can do for you! 

Once again, welcome. If there is anything else that we can help you with please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail.

We would love to hear from you!

Prof. David Baumann, Ph.D., School Chair and Coordinator for Electrical & Computer Engineering
dbaumann@lssu.edu | 906-635-2142

Dr. Robert Hildebrand, Coordinator for Mechanical Engineering
rhildebrand@lssu.edu | 906-635-2139

Prof. Jim Devaprasad, Coordinator for Manufacturing Engineering Technology & Engineering Technology
jdevaprasad@lssu.edu | 906-635-2131

Laura Bofinger, Academic Administrative Assistant
lbofinger@lssu.edu | 906-635-2207

Jeanne Shibley, Administrative Assistant
jmshibly@lssu.edu | 906-635-2597