Mechanical Engineering

An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics

An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors

An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences

An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives

An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions

An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Micro/Nanoscale Emphasis: All students should understand micromachining technologies and techniques.

Micro/Nanoscale Emphasis: Students will understand microsystem design and characterization.

Data Science: Gain experience working with computer scientists and high-level code development for processing a wide array of data types and inputs.

Data Science: Extend beyond the conventional, deterministic nature of engineering and master a probabilistic and statistical foundation.

Data Science: Develop the ability of formulating a computational framework to support not only the current engineering problem at hand, but one that will support many future scenarios through generalization.

Data Science: Understand the future of data-driven engineering and to know how to leverage advances in CS to extend the field of ME.

Systems Emphasis: Design and manage complex mechanical and organizational systems.

Systems Emphasis: Understand the fundamentals of systems engineering and be able to develop, analyze, and model systems of all kinds.

Systems Emphasis: Develop both general system performance requirements and quantitative system metrics for the management and evaluation of systems.

Mechatronics Emphasis: Ability to design, model, control and experiment with mechatronic systems consisting of microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators.

Mechatronics Emphasis: Ability to integrate a variety of skills in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computing towards the aforementioned outcome.

Solid Mechanics Emphasis: Students will gain a foundational understanding of Solid Mechanics in order to apply it to the design and analysis of structures found in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, energy, and biomedical applications.

Solid Mechanics Emphasis: Students will gain more in-depth knowledge about how structures and materials move, transmit loads, deform, interact, and fail.

Solid Mechanics Emphasis: Students will be able to understand and predict the behavior of structures comprising materials that range from engineering materials (like metals, composites, and concrete) to biological materials (like soft tissues and bones)

Ergonomics & Safety Emphasis: Understand the human body as a musculoskeletal or structural system and be able to design (create) and adapt (through analysis) work tasks to prevent injury and accident.

Ergonomics & Safety Emphasis: Explore, understand, and apply human-centered engineering techniques to solve real-world design problems.

Ergonomics & Safety Emphasis: Understand hazard, risk, safety, and health in human-machine systems to design and apply risk-management countermeasures.

Ergonomics & Safety Emphasis: Focus on the human as one important component of modern, large, complex engineer-designed systems.