The Lamar University College of Engineering is an engineering college at Lamar University. The college offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in engineering. The college's goal is to provide a foundation of strong theoretical emphasis, the development of practical engineering skills, experience in interpersonal communication and teamwork, and an emphasis on ethics, professional conduct and critical thinking. The vision for LUCOE is to provide students with engineering theory and practice, industrial experience and leadership skills.HistoryLamar's birth was in large part due to the demand for technically trained individuals in the area, after the 1901 Spindletop oil discovery, making Beaumont, Texas one of the most heavily industrialized areas of the United States. The School was founded in 1923 as a junior college. On September 1, 1951 the Texas Legislature promoted the school to a four-year institution and renamed the school Lamar State College of Technology. The legislature noted the school would emphasize engineering, technology, and science to serve the regions large industrial base. The school immediately began granting engineering degrees in 1951. In 1970, Lamar's history as a science and technology school was again a driving force in a name change. The state authorized Lamar to offer its first doctoral degree program, the doctor of engineering. On May 3, 1971, Gov. Preston Smith signed a bill changing the name of Lamar State College of Technology to Lamar University. In 2005, Lamar's First Ph.D program was established in the College of Engineering: the Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering.
