Engineering Department | Westmont College

Gain technical skills and deep understanding to address crucial engineering challenges.

Deeply grounded in the liberal arts, our engineering program blends courses in engineering, physics, mathematics and chemistry. We equip graduates to find innovative solutions to enduring problems by cultivating collaboration, problem-solving and moral discernment. Increasingly, solutions to local and global challenges require insights from engineers, especially when addressing social mobility, caring for the environment, reducing poverty and promoting human welfare. Our graduates benefit from thorough technical and scientific training and the interdisciplinary sensitivity and moral imagination of the Christian liberal arts. We’ve embraced the National Science Foundation’s challenge to prepare adaptive engineers committed to blending science, engineering and the arts.

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Do you seek to innovate and design? Want to create things to help people?

Classic Excellence. National Impact.

Colleges of Distinction

The 2026-2027 badge of distinction for excellence in Engineering reflects Westmont’s dedication to preparing future engineers through a robust combination of theoretical foundations, hands-on experiences, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Awards and Rankings

The Education Magazine

Westmont College: Where Faith Meets the Future of Engineering

Since 1937, Westmont has been building people for a world that rewards precision and demands wisdom. Today, that combination has never been more relevant. The program’s engineers are carrying it forward, one carefully designed solution at a time...

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Currently 59 students major in engineering. Westmont proudly graduated its first engineering majors in May 2023 with a graduation rate of 89% of those who declared an engineering major in their sophomore year.

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Alumni Stories

Faith Palombi ’21, an Engineering Physics major at Westmont, conducted original research in both nuclear physics and astronomy alongside professors Robert HaringKaye and Michael Sommermann. Her contributions earned her second authorship on a paper submitted to Physical Review C, a leading journal in nuclear physics. She is now working as a software engineer at General Motors in Austin, Texas.

Logan Hodgson ’21, came to Westmont as an Augustinian Scholar and graduated as a triple major in engineering physics, math, and music. He received the Outstanding Graduate Award in both engineering physics and music. During his time at Westmont, he served as principal cellist in the Westmont Orchestra, was an outstanding TA in several classes, and conducted research at Las Cumbres Observatory. He is now pursuing a master’s degree in electrical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Engineering Career Paths

Interested in pursuing a career in Engineering?

Engineering graduates find tremendous opportunities across a broad range of industries such as design, energy, sustainability, environmental resources, robotics, automation, vehicle design, aeronautics, space, manufacturing and the internet of things (IoT).

Engineering continues to be one of the most rapidly growing majors in the country, with demand in the job market for engineers soaring. With many industries employing engineers in Santa Barbara County, Westmont engineering students will find a rich source of internships during college and jobs when they graduate. Opportunities for women and ethnic minorities are especially abundant.

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Faculty and Staff

Dan Jensen, Ph.D.

Professor of Engineering

Adam Goodworth, Ph.D.

Professor of Engineering

Will Allison, M.S.

Lab Manager, Instructor

Susan Leyva

Administrative Assistant in Winter Hall 805.565.6174sleyva@westmont.edu

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Engineering Design Innovation Camp

June 15 - 20, 2026

Join us in Santa Barbara for Westmont’s Engineering Design Innovation Camp, the first immersive hands-on camp experience for high school students passionate about exploring the world of engineering.

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News and Events

Career Resources Center hosts the Career Cafe

Career Resource Center Wins Career Spark Award

Westmont’s College Career Resource Center earned a 2026 Handshake Career Spark Award on Nov. 1, landing among the nation’s top career services teams for its success in launching graduates into early career opportunities nationwide.

Alumna Sharon Schock's "Evening Settles In"

Exhibition Celebrates Community Art Connections

The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art celebrates local creative partnerships in a new exhibition, “In Good Company: Westmont Faculty Invites,” which opens with a free public reception Thursday, Nov. 19, from 4-6 p.m. The exhibition runs through Dec. 19.

Christmas Festival Offers ‘Gifts for the King’

Celebrate Advent with glorious music at the 22nd annual Westmont Christmas Festival, a holiday tradition cherished by Santa Barbara residents, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m., at the Granada Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. Tickets, which cost $30 each, are available for purchase at westmont.edu/christmas-festival. Audience members will reserve seats when purchasing tickets this year.

Major in Engineering

48 units of General Education Liberal Arts, 30 units of Core Science/Mathematics and 56 units of Engineering and Technical content.

Fall | total units 17

Engineering & the Liberal Arts EN 005 & 005L | 3
General Physics I (Common Inquiries #2) PHY 021 | 4
General Physics I Lab (W.I.) PHY 022 | 1
Calculus I-MA 009 (Common Inquiries # 4; also QAR) | 4
G.E. (Intro to New Testament) RS 010 | 4
P.E. (Fit for Life) PEA 032 | 1

Spring | total units 17

Statics & Engineering Software EN 050 | 3
General Physics II PHY 023 | 4
General Physics II Lab PHY 024 | 1
Calculus II MA 010 | 4
G.E. (Intro to Old Testament) RS 001 | 4
P.E. | 1

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Fall | total units 19

General Chemistry + Lab CHM 005 | 4
Multivariable Calculus MA 019 | 4
G.E. (Christian Doctrine) RS 020 | 4
G.E. (Writing for the Liberal Arts) | 4
Mechanics of Materials EN 040 | 3

Spring | total units 17

Dynamics EN 055 | 4
Circuits & Electronics EN 142 | 4
Electronics Lab EN 143 | 1
Linear Algebra & Differential Equ. MA 040 | 4
G.E. (World History) HIS 010 | 4

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Mayterm | Total Units 6

Materials Engineering EN 030 | 3
Manufacturing Processes EN 150 | 3

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Fall | total units 15

Thermodynamics EN 120 | 4
Machine Design EN 160 | 3
Instrumentation & Measurement EN 140 | 4
Technical Elective #1 | 3
G.E. (Philosophical Perspectives) PHI 060 | 4

Spring | total units 15

Fluid Mechanics EN 110 | 3
Junior Design: interdisciplinary (Service-Learning) EN 080 | 3
G.E. (Common Inquiries #1 & #5) | 4
G.E. (Common Inquiries #8) | 4
P.E. | 1
Optional: Engineering internship EN 190 | 0-3

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Fall | total units 16

G.E. (Foreign Language) | 4
Control Systems EN 100 | 3
G.E. (Common Inquiries #3) | 4
Senior Design Capstone I EN 180 | 3

Spring | Total units 12

Senior Design Capstone II EN 181 | 3
Technical Elective #2 | 3
G.E. (Common Inquiries #6 & #7) | 4
P.E. | 1
Engineering Seminar: Faith, Technology, and Christian Responsibility EN 196 | 1
Preparation for FE exam | 0

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Engineering Students and staff communicating

Program Educational Objectives

Three to five years after graduating, Westmont engineering students have:

Made significant progress in their chosen profession and/or pursuit of an advanced degree.
Gained increasing leadership responsibility and engaged in service, advancing their employment goals and/or the betterment of their communities, culture and society.
Experienced increasing effectiveness in teamwork by establishing and demonstrating respect for diverse teams.
Applied principles of innovation, engineering expertise and/or technical knowledge to challenging issues in their chosen field, addressing societal and cultural challenges while continuing to learn.
Demonstrated steadfastness in their commitment to uphold high ethical standards of trustworthiness, honor and humility.
Demonstrated growth in their faith, becoming lifelong disciples of Jesus who serve the world through compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience (Colossians 3:12).

Fletcher Jones Foundation Center for Engineering

Students in Fletcher Jones Foundation Center for Engineering

Students and Faculty in Fletcher Jones Foundation Center for Engineering

Opportunities for Engineering Students

Ecuador outreach design projects every May for juniors

Industry-supported design projects for senior majors

Semester abroad opportunities in numerous locations

Paid summer research opportunities with department faculty

Paid summer internships in engineering industry

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Westmont Engineering is built around three pillars.

Our program is distinctive in many ways.

A solid CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS foundation

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING learned in small classes, focused on HANDS-ON ACTIVE LEARNING, with professors that are very engaged with their students

INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING DESIGN AND INNOVATION throughout the curriculum

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