About Us
Highly ranked* and led by respected faculty and staff, our college graduates a roster of successful engineers, scientists, health care professionals and educators.
Our Commitment
More than 10 undergraduate and graduate departments and programs prepare you to pursue excellent jobs in highly sought after STEM fields in the high-tech, data-based 21st century.
We are committed to a quality and broad education in the sciences by encouraging and supporting teaching excellence and by fostering research and community-outreach activities.
STEM on the Road
This peer-to-peer opportunity sees PNW students travel to local high schools to share share research and engineering demonstrations, highlighting what it’s like to be a STEM student at PNW.
A World of Opportunities
As an undergraduate or graduate student, you can work on a broad range of research, ranging from statistical analysis, biological and chemical processes, smart technologies, ecology and environmental hazards, and more.
- Our engineering departments house internationally-recognized groups in steel-production improvement, offering a multi-disciplinary bridge between science and engineering disciplines in a major industry.
- Fifty percent of our Chemistry and Physics students go to graduate school.
- If you intend to become a doctor, dentist, veterinarian, or pharmacist, PNW can prepare you to apply.
Where Our Graduates Work
Our graduates are actively and consistently recruited by numerous companies, including:
- Sherwin Williams
- Monosol
- Midline Industries
- GEA Farm Technologies
- Solvay Industries
- NIPSCO
- Remis America Refrigeration Systems
- General Motors
- Department of Natural Resources
- INVISTA (Texas) Flinthills Resources
- (Minneapolis)
- Alverno Labs
- University of Chicago and
- Indiana University Healthcare Systems
Leadership
Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Sciences; Director, School of Engineering
(219) 989-8327
Hammond Campus, POTT 121B
Associate Dean; Professor of Mathematics
(219) 989-2270
Hammond Campus, CLO 344
Interim Chair, Biological Sciences
(219) 989-2014
Hammond Campus, NILS 340P
Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physics and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
(219) 989-2624
Hammond Campus, GYTE 268
Chair, Department of Computer Science; Professor of Computer Science
(219) 989-2697
Hammond Campus, CLO 370
Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(219) 989-2486
Hammond Campus, POTT 323
Chair of Mathematics and Statistics, and Professor of Mathematics
(219) 989-2707
Hammond Campus, CLO 378
Interim Chair of Mechanical and Civil Engineering | NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation | Director, the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)
(219) 989-2665
Hammond Campus, PWRS 121
Advisors
Bill Baginski, M.B.A.
Engineering Career Advisor & Internship Coordinator
(219) 989-4122
Hammond Campus, GYTE 171C
Neil Hunt
Academic Advisor & Internship Coordinator
(219) 989-4116
Hammond Campus, GYTE 171F
JC White
Academic Advisor
(219) 785-5582
Westville Campus, LSF 221 (Monday)
Hammond Campus, GYTE 171H (Tuesday to Friday)
Specialists
Leslie Dorworth Thompson, M.S.
Aquatic Ecology Specialist
(219) 989-2726
Hammond Campus, GYTE 279
Staff
