Programs

Mission

To serve society, the public sector, and private industry by:

  • Providing undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering education that prepares students with the knowledge, modern applications, and lifelong learning skills required to serve the engineering profession and industry.
  • Contributing to the development and application of knowledge through faculty scholarship
  • Preparing students for the modern professional-practice environment.

MSME Program Educational Objectives

  1. A strong foundation beyond the undergraduate level in their chosen focus area as well as in mathematics, basic science and engineering fundamentals, to successfully compete for technical engineering positions in the local, national and global engineering market, advance in their current position or pursue doctoral studies.
  2. Professional and lifelong learning skills to be able to apply and extend theory to solve practical contemporary engineering problems.
  3. The expertise necessary to design mechanical engineering systems with possible specialization in areas such as energy systems, electronics cooling, electronics packaging & reliability, finite element analysis & CAD, mechatronics & MEMS, product design, robotics, automation & manufacturing.
  4. Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to read, write and comprehend technical documents.
  5. Ability to think and work independently to perform design and in-depth analysis in solving open-ended mechanical engineering problems.