Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering represents a wide diversity of pursuits including the analysis, design, and testing of machines, products, and systems essential to everyday life - everything from doorknobs, tennis rackets, and fishing reels to power plants, skyscrapers, and automobiles. Mechanical engineers work in a variety of fields such as aerospace, utilities, materials processing, transportation, manufacturing, electronics, and telecommunications. Program Mission and Educational Objectives The mission of the Mechanical Engineering program is to graduate professionally competent and responsible students who can meet industry’s current and future needs in the general area of mechanical engineering. In order to achieve its mission, the Mechanical Engineering program must ensure that its graduates will be able to: I. Practice mechanical engineering in the private or public sector. II. Engage in self-emprovement through special training, independent inquiry or professional certification. III. Pursue graduate studies in engineering, business law, medicine or related fields, if they so choose. By the time they graduate, mechanical engineering students should be able to: A) Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering B) Design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data C) Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability D) Function multidisciplinary teams E) Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems F) Understanding professional and ethical responsibility G) Communicate effectively H) Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context I) Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning J) Know contemporary issues K) Use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tolls necessary for engineering practice Recognizing current knowledge-based demands on graduating engineers and responding to input from the program’s stakeholders, the Mechanical Engineering Department has embraced the concept of a multidisciplinary foundation to discipline-specific education. Thus, the bachelor of science in mechanical engineering (B.S.M.E.) curriculum includes a sequence of ten (EAS prefix) foundation courses. Mechanical engineering classes are small (rarely more than twenty students) and are taught almost exclusively by full-time faculty. Restricted and technical elective courses offer the opportunity for further learning in areas such as fluids, energy, design, heat transfer, numerical analysis and computers, aerospace sciences, and control systems. Experienced practitioners from industry may also contribute their expertise in selected courses. Faculty and students work with industry in research and design projects.