• Students who elect the mechanical engineering program may prepare themselves for a variety of mechanical engineering careers and fulfill the educational requirements for taking the Fundamentals of Engineering professional examination before graduation.
  • The junior and senior years of the mechanical engineering program build upon the foundation courses to provide greater depth in engineering science, engineering design, and the program areas of mechanical engineering. Students complete required and elective courses distributed in thermal systems, mechanical design and manufacturing, and mechanical systems and control.
  • Integral to all four years of the program is a “design and build” educational philosophy incorporated through extensive laboratory and project activities as preparation for professional practice. Students engage in design at all levels of the curriculum. At each level they must realize their designs and proceed with testing, validation, and redesign.
  • This approach allows students to experience many real world constraints such as project economics, project planning and scheduling, environmental considerations, manufacturability/producibility of the designs, laboratory and product safety, and product reliability.