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Undergraduate Program

Overview

The overall goal of the Mechanical Engineering Program is to provide the student with a fundamental and application based education. This program is designed to prepare the student for employment in research, development, design and production in industry or government as well as to assure a high level of preparation for those students who continue to advanced studies. A part of this preparation is to recognize and respond to ethical and public issues, including safety, social and environmental concerns.

To facilitate and support student development, the department has up-to-date laboratories for education and research, including strength of materials lab, fluid mechanics lab, heat transfer lab, automatic control lab, computer graphics and CAD lab. A technician and a machine shop support these labs. The ME Programs maintains an up-to-date curriculum, has modern laboratories, well-qualified faculty and a strong academic and career advising system. Students have access to the University Center for Experiential Learning and to the Faculty.

Program Objectives

1. Provide mathematics, science and core engineering science courses for a strong foundation for problem formulation and problem solving in both thermal and mechanical systems areas.
2. Provide the ability to use modern skills, tools and techniques by integrating computer skills throughout the ME curriculum including software for simulation, graphics, data manipulation, probability and statistics, and programming.
3. Provide design experience for components, processes, and systems integrated throughout the curriculum and culminating with a capstone senior design project that includes both oral and written communication of results. The integration is shown in the course structure of design concepts and problems in the table at the end of the objectives.
4. Provide laboratory experience in thermal and mechanical systems including conducting of experiments, the design of several experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and formal written technical reports.
5. Provide a broad education through the Core of Discovery emphasizing development of personal values to daily and professional engineering life, development of skills necessary for experiencing informed literary and aesthetic judgment, development of student appreciation of diverse cultures and societies, appreciation of working with people, and a knowledge of contemporary issues.
6. Provide a recognition of the need for lifelong learning through contact with local industry engineers' experiences, the use of real life industrial problems in courses , and a curriculum emphasizing the appreciation of learnibg and new technologies.

Design Integration Table

The Program:
Mechanical Engineering students are required to take 32 credits of basic science and math, 36 credits of Core of Discovery composed of humanities and social science, and 67 credits of engineering, science, and design. This program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
The program is accredited by Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET). A five year cooperative professional practice program is also available.The student must meet the same course requirements as the four year student. Additionally, a total of four work sessions in industry are included. Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA to participate in this option.