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Endless Career Opportunities
Mechanical engineering is one of the most diverse branches of engineering, and it involves the design and analysis of machines, structures, and materials by applying the principles of physics and materials science. Mechanical engineers can do it all, from designing cars, airplanes, and robots, to developing renewable energy systems, medical devices, and stronger and lighter composite materials.
Air and fluid flow: Mechanical engineers apply the physics of gases and fluids to design devices like air conditioners, heating systems, respirators, engine cooling systems, aircraft, and spacecraft.
Biomechanics: The body is a mechanical system containing fluid flow and structural and dynamical components. Mechanical engineers are leaders in the field of biomechanics, which encompasses medical device design and the analysis and enhancement of human motion.
Composite materials: Composite structures have become the standard for wind-turbine blades, high-performance sporting goods and aerospace vehicles, and mechanical engineers are leading the development of more and better applications for these advanced materials.
Design: Engineering design makes extensive use of science but is concerned with creating new devices or processes that improve our quality of life—turning ideas into reality.
The environment: Mechanical engineering fundamentals are used to understand oceanic and atmospheric transport and transformation of pollutants and particle dynamics.
Manufacturing: Modern manufacturing employs machines (including 3D printers for additive manufacturing) that mechanical engineers design and build.
Robots: Machines that operate autonomously are used in industrial production, space exploration, robotic surgery, bomb disposal and even household cleaning. Self-driving cars are also examples of robots.
Smart materials and controls: Mechanical engineers exploit new engineering materials to develop novel sensors and actuators including artificial muscles, shape memory alloys, self-healing materials, thermoelectric and piezoelectric materials.
Areas of study
- Fluid Mechanics
- Materials
- Dynamics
- Solid Mechanics
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Clean Energy and Environment
- Composites and Advanced Materials
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
- Robotics and Control
What’s special about this program?
Students working on the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree have some flexibility in designing a curriculum to meet their needs and interests. For example, you may choose formal concentrations in aerospace engineering, automotive engineering or manufacturing systems, or a minor in biomechanical engineering, or you can create your own combination of technical electives with the help of your faculty advisor.
Active research ensures that the content of the undergraduate program is constantly renewed and maintained at a challenging technical level that integrates discovery learning into the program. Opportunities abound for mechanical engineering undergraduates to work with faculty and graduate students as research assistants, either for pay or independent study credit.
4+1 BME/MSME Program: Well-qualified Mechanical Engineering majors may apply to the 4+1 program which would culminate in the student earning a Bachelor's degree (BME) and a Master of Science degree (MSME) in Mechanical Engineering within five years.
Get Involved
Aero Society of Automotive Engineering
Alpha Omega Epsilon
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers Without Borders
National Society of Black Engineers
Sigma Phi Delta
Society for the Advancement of Materials and Processing Engineering
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
Sample curriculum
EGGG101
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Introduction to Engineering (FYE)
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CHEM103/133 | General Chemistry Lecture/Lab
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CISC106
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General Computer Science for Engineers
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MATH241
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Analytic Geometry & Calculus A
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ENGL110
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First-Year Writing |
MATH242
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Analytic Geometry & Calculus B
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MEEG102
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Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design |
MEEG104
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Analysis & Communication of Technical Information
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PHYS207/227
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Fundamentals of Physics I Lecture/Lab
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MATH242
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Analytic Geometry & Calculus B
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Breadth Requirement Elective
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MEEG210
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Statics
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MEEG241
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Thermodynaimcs
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MATH243 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus C
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MATH351
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Engineering Mathematics I
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PHYS245
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Introduction to Electricity & Electronics
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MEEG211
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Dynamics
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MEEG215
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Mechanics of Solids
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MEEG216
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Solid Mechanics Lab
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MSEG201
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Materials Science for Engineers
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MATH352
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Engineering Mathematics II
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MATH353
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Engineering Mathematics III
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MEEG301 | Machine Design - Kinematics and Kinetics
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MEEG304 | Machine Design - Elements
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MEEG311 | Vibration and Control
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MEEG312 | Vibration and Control Lab
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MEEG321 | Materials Engineering
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MEEG331 | Fluid Mechanics I
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MEEG332 | Fluid Mechanics II
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MEEG333 | Fluid Mechanics I Lab
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MEEG342 | Heat Transfer
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MEEG346 | Thermal Lab
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Technical Elective I (science)
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Breadth Requirement Electives |
MEEG401 | Senior Design (DLE & Capstone) or
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MEEG402 | Senior Design FSAE (DLE & Capstone)
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Technical Electives
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Breadth Requirement Electives
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