The NC State Havelock Engineering Program in Havelock, NC is a site-based College of Engineering program located on the Havelock campus of Craven Community College. The Havelock program supports NC State’s land grant mission by serving the Eastern North Carolina community with a local, transformative experience that creates career-ready engineers. Students in the program earn a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a concentration in either Electrical Engineering Systems (EES) or Mechanical Engineering Systems (MES). Electrical and mechanical engineering courses, taught by nationally recognized NCSU faculty, are delivered live from the Raleigh campus. Havelock students participate in these courses in dedicated classrooms equipped for interactive, synchronous course delivery.

On-site NC State faculty teach the systems engineering content, conduct all laboratory experiences, and direct students in the two-semester capstone design experience, where they are partnered with an industry sponsor to design a solution to a real-world problem. Hands-on laboratory exercises and design-build projects each semester allow students to explore and experience theoretical concepts learned in their courses and practice important skills such as manual and computerized measurement techniques, data acquisition and analysis, troubleshooting, design of experiments, project management, teamwork, engineering design, and technical communication. The Havelock Engineering program produces a workforce of residents who want to permanently live and work as professional engineers in Eastern North Carolina.

Problem Statement:

Hiring and retaining engineering talent can be difficult in Eastern North Carolina. Many engineering graduates want the amenities of a larger, metropolitan area and do not want to relocate here. Or they take a position here and stay just long enough to gain valuable experience and move on, leaving employers struggling to maintain full employment in their engineering ranks.

Technology Solution Statement:

The Havelock Engineering site-based program offers ENC residents access to an engineering degree that, in many cases, would not otherwise be possible.