Mechanical Engineering Design Experience:
A major curriculum objective is to provide mechanical engineering students with the ability to systematically apply engineering fundamentals to the design of mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing components and/or systems. Courses with engineering design content are integrated throughout the mechanical engineering curriculum.
Engineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum, starting with the definition of engineering and engineering design in ENGR 1020 Freshman Engineering Seminar in the freshman year. The design experience continues in the sophomore year with ENGR 2010 Thermodynamics, ENGR 2110 Statics, and ENGR 2120 Dynamics.
The sequence is followed in the Junior year with an interdisciplinary design course ENGR 3200 Introduction to Design.
Mechanical Design begins in the junior year with ENGR 2130 Mechanics of Material, MEEN 3210 Mechanism Design, MEEN 3220 Design of Machine Elements, MEEN 3250 Computer Aided Design, and follows in the senior year with MEEN 4230 Machine Design. Students may take an elective course of MEEN 4800 Advanced Machine Design with 100% design content and a technical elective course of MEEN 4100 Instrumentation and Automatic Controls or MEEN 4700 Mechanical Vibration.
The thermo-fluid design experience builds on ENGR 2010 Thermodynamics, CVEN 3100 Fluid Mechanics with two senior level thermal design courses MEEN 4150 Heat Transfer, MEEN 4250 Thermal-Fluid Systems Design, and an elective course with 100% design content MEEN 4200 Heating and Air Conditioning.
The mechanical engineering design requirement is completed with two-semester capstone design courses ENGR 4500, 4510- Capstone Design I & II, which draw upon previous course work. An integral part of the design experience is the introduction of ethics, economics, social issues, design constraints, safety, and security which are required to make a design successful. These concepts are introduced in the junior year and are reinforced in the capstone design courses. Design and design integrated courses, starting in the junior year, require formal written reports and formal oral presentations to communicate the final design requirements.
The Bachelor of Science degree program in Mechanical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC of ABET), http://www.abet.org.
Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering: 128 Semester Hours
Technical Electives: Choose two from the following: MEEN 4100, 4120, 4300, 4400, 4600, 4700, EECE 4020, or any other approved by the advisor and Department Chair.
Design Electives: Choose one from the following: MEEN 4200, 4800, or any other approved by the advisor and Department Chair
