Engineering Technology

Part of Buffalo State Engineering Technology Department, the industrial technology offers two concentrations that provide students with the opportunity to develop a specialty within a broader framework of technical operations knowledge. The concentrations are:

• Manufacturing: Students specialize in direct manufacturing support of a technical or managerial nature. They learn management principles, physical sciences, technology of industry, and liberal arts to optimize manufacturing processes, materials, and personnel.
• Quality: This concentration allows students to develop the ability to assist the product or service organization in obtaining the maximum level of quality performance in a lean environment. It requires a professional internship in a specialty position in a local organization as a culminating activity.

All industrial technology students benefit from:

• Professional accreditation: Our program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
• High job placement: Typically, 100 percent of students will find industry employment within one year or less after graduating. Students with the highest GPAs usually have multiple job offers.
• State-of-the-art facilities: IT students may utilize the Thermal Sciences Lab, Vibrations and Structures Lab, CAD/CAM Lab, Control Systems Lab, Electrical Power Systems Lab, and/or Student Project Labs.
• 3D printer: Buffalo State engineering technology students are using the new 3D printers to make a range of objects out of plastic, including tools and a remote-control helicopter. 

Buffalo State College offers over 100 student clubs and extracurricular organizations that give students the opportunity to socialize, expand their interests, and gain hands-on experience that will enhance their employability upon graduation. Clubs which may be of particular interest to industrial technology students include:

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (student chapter)
• National Association of Black Engineers (student chapter): Founded at Purdue University in 1975, NSBE now has more than 31,000 members with 250 active collegiate chapters. NSBE offers plenty of academic support including professional development, leadership training, resume building, and gateways to career opportunities.
• Epsilon Pi Tau (National Honor Society for Technology students)
• Math Club: Math Club takes the topics learned in the classroom and applies them to the real world. The club meets weekly through the semester and members engage in everything from games to indepth talks from professors, guest speakers, and students. Our focus is to increase students' appreciation for the subject as well 
• SAE Mini Baja Competition: This is one of the most unique and exciting extracurricular activities open to electronic technology and mechanical engineering majors. The goal of the competition is to design, build, and race off-road vehicles that can withstand the harshest elements and roughest terrain allows students to design, build and race off-road vehicles