New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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About New York University Tandon School of Engineering

According to Wikipedia, The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States. The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions, the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, were founded. The school was renamed in 2015 in honor of NYU Trustees Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon following their donation of $100 million to the school.

New York University Tandon School of Engineering's Online Degrees

What Is New York University Tandon School of Engineering Known For?

New York University Tandon School of Engineering is known for it's academic work in the following disciplines:

New York University Tandon School of Engineering's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Who Are New York University Tandon School of Engineering's Most Influential Alumni?

New York University Tandon School of Engineering's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Philosophy. Here are some of New York University Tandon School of Engineering's most famous alumni:

Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
An American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic.
Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl
A Computer scientist.
Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein
A Mexican-Israeli physicist.
Martin Hellman
Martin Hellman
An American cryptographer.
Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki
An American architect.
Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude B. Elion
An American biochemist and pharmacologist.
A. Michael Noll
An American engineer.
Robert Jarvik
An American inventor, creator of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Ursula Burns
Ursula Burns
An American businessperson.
Lawrence J. Fogel
An American computer scientist.
Jack Ruina
An American academic engineer.
Erol Gelenbe
Erol Gelenbe
A French-Turkish computer scientist.

Who Are New York University Tandon School of Engineering's Most Influential Faculty?

New York University Tandon School of Engineering's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Philosophy. Here are some of New York University Tandon School of Engineering's most famous alumni:

Francis Crick
Francis Crick
A British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist. Francis Crick is co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard
An American economist .
Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun
A Computer scientist working in machine learning and computer vision, (1960 - ), France.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst.
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse
An American painter and inventor .
Leonard Peikoff
Leonard Peikoff
A Canadian-American philosopher.
Rudolph A. Marcus
Rudolph A. Marcus
A Canadian chemist.
Paul Peter Ewald
Paul Peter Ewald
A German physicist.
Amir Pnueli
Amir Pnueli
An Israeli computer scientist researching temporal logic, model checking, and concurrent systems.
Gordon Gould
Gordon Gould
An American inventor.
Maurice Karnaugh
An American physicist.
Sal Restivo
An American sociologist.

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