Professional Successes

In the last two years, 100% of those students eligible to work got jobs in their field after graduation. A significant group of alumni have formed their own successful companies, proving the department’s dedication in promoting entrepreneurship. The following list of companies has employed UE graduates:

• Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center – the 3rd largest naval installation in the world
• Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI) – the world’s leading manufactures and marketer of major home appliances
• The Boeing Company, St. Louis – aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Boeing also designs and manufactures launch vehicles, rotorcraft, satellites, missiles and advanced information, defense, and communication systems.
• Northrop Grumman Corporation – Designer, systems integrator and manufacturer of military aircraft, defense electronics, precision weapons, commercial and military aerostructures.
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. (Princeton, IN) – automotive industry
• Western Digital (Irvine, CA) – large producer of disk drives and memory systems
• iRobot Corporation (Massachusetts) – Famous for the Roomba and other robotic devices for the home.
• Alcoa Warrick Operations (Evansville, IN) – major producer of aluminum
• CIHOLAS, Inc. (Evansville, IN) – Contract research and engineering of complex electronic systems.
• Flanders Electric (Evansville, IN) – a world leader in large electric motors.

About 20% of UE graduates go directly to graduate school and complete a PhD. Graduates have gone on to attend graduate school at universities such as:

• Cornell University
• Tufts University
• University of Illinois
• University of Wisconsin
• University of Missouri
• Indiana University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Iowa State University
• Duke University
• Purdue University
• Vanderbilt University
• Notre Dame University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• University of Toronto