Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
in the city of New York, from the webpage of Dr. Hoe I. Ling on the Civil Engineering Website]]Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in mathematics, engineering, physics and applied science. Formerly known as the School of Mines and then the School of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry, it was the United States's first mining school. When Chinese businessman Z Y Fu gave $26 million to the Columbia Engineering School, it was renamed in his honor on October 1, 1997. On campus, the school is known by many names, inluding SEAS and the engineering school. Fu is pronounced foo or fooh; it is never pronounced such that the letters are verbally spelled out.
Today the school is known for its ongoing research, numerous patents, and involvement in Biosphere 2. It is also the only academic institution to hold a share of the patents for MPEG-2.
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Birthplace of the Manhattan Project and home of Columbia's new High-Beta Tokamak (HBT), the school of engineering has a reputation for innovation in nuclear engineering.
Columbia's Plasma Physics Laboratory is part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), in which the HBT and Columbia Non-Neutral Torus are housed.
The school also two wind tunnels, a machine shop, and a nanotechnology laboratory.
Students in the mechanical engineering program will study the operation of a Ford Mustang engine as part of their final project.
In the basement of the Seeley W. Mudd Building is a General Electric Nuclear Fission Reactor.
Carleton Labs, of the Civil Engineering department has:
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