Program Overview

Undergraduate Program

The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering offers both fundamental and advanced courses that prepare students for careers in the engineering profession or for advanced study at the graduate level. Two ABET-accredited majors, one in mechanical engineering and the other in industrial engineering, as well as the major in engineering management, constitute the department's degree programs. The former two lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, while the latter leads to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management. Students entering the department should consult their assigned advisor in selecting their courses to satisfy the degree requirement of 128 hours in these majors.

Graduate Program

The graduate program covers broad areas of mechanical and industrial engineering as well as the related fields. The primary areas of concentration include mechanical analysis and design, fluids engineering, thermal sciences, robotics, manufacturing, and industrial engineering. Students may select basic and applied courses dealing with such topics as fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, combustion, stress analysis, noise and vibrations, mechanisms, mechanical design, dynamics and control, computer aided design and manufacturing, materials processing, production engineering, and human factors.