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Program Description
Whether your interests are in finding solutions to climate change, advancing medical care, or improving product design and safety, you'll find what you are looking for in the ABET-accredited Department of Mechanical Engineering at the U of U!
Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah is not your everyday classroom experience. Each student has the opportunity to work closely with our internationally renown faculty on creative and critical hands-on experiments. Undergraduates also participate in the research and development of diverse real-world applications. By your senior year, you will have the skills to design and build, as part of a team, an actual device or product, such as an electric skateboard, a robotic hand, or a solar car. Mechanical engineering education involves learning how to design safe, reliable, environmentally sound, and cost effective devices and systems.
At the core of our curriculum are the engineering science classes where you learn to predict how energy, forces, fluids and materials will interact in almost any application or natural environment. Mechanical engineering students learn how to program a computer to produce numerical simulations of complicated phenomena, or to control a device to do a specific set of tasks. Teamwork, communication, and computer skills are important to all ME's.
Mechanical Engineers (ME's) look at the world and find ways to make things better. Almost every human-made device, product or system that you interact with everyday was created by an engineer. Products ranging from the Space Shuttle or a nerve-controlled prosthetic arm to a snowboard or umbrella are designed by Mechanical Engineers. Because Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of all the engineering disciplines, ME's impact the lives of people all over the world! Now, that's making a difference!
ME's work everywhere: in big and small cities, rural communities, even remote wilderness areas. Some ME's go into medicine, law, business management, or policy. Some work in business offices or classrooms, others in factories or research labs; some work outdoors - even in outer space! ME's work in almost every technical field imaginable, including aerospace, automotive, biomedical engineering, computer aided design and manufacturing, transportation, energy production, and environmental systems. Mechanical engineering is the broadest of all engineering disciplines, with the widest applicability and most flexibility in terms of career paths.
Mechanical engineering typically involves team effort. ME's work on projects with experts in many different fields and interesting people from different backgrounds - even different countries. The Department of Mechanical Engineering provides a broadbased education opportunity for our students that will empower you to make significant contributions to the solution of society's problems in a wide variety of challenging, interesting and rewarding careers. For more information visit: http://www.mech.utah.edu/about/employment.html
Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of all the engineering fields. Areas of research include:
- Bio-Mechanical Engineering
- Composite Materials
- Controls
- Design
- Energy Systems
- Ergonomics & Safety
- Fluid Mechanics
- Heat Transfer
- Manufacturing
- Microsystems & Nanosystems
- Thermodynamics
- Robotics
- Solid Mechanics
Engineering programs are rigorous and challenging. For incoming students, the general requirements include 2 years of Algebra, courses in Geometry and Trigonometry, Pre-calculus, and 1 year each of Chemistry and Physics. More information about U of U required courses can be found by visiting the ME website, www.mech.utah.edu, or by calling 801-581-8977.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a variety of scholarships and fellowships to undergrad students. In addition, the opportunity to experience a year of part-time research training with a ME faculty member is available through the Undergrad Research Scholars (URS) Award. URS is your chance to learn more about research in the various areas of mechanical engineering, gain experience in potential areas of research interest and get a head start on a graduate level degree. For more information about Undergrad Financial Aid & Scholarships or to apply online, visit: http://www.mech.utah.edu/undergrad/financial.html
If you would like more information on program requirements or need to speak to someone regarding career questions, please contact:
Dona Holm
Undergraduate Academic Program Specialist
email: dholm@mech.utah.edu
phone: (801) 581-8977
fax: (801) 585-9826
office: 2220 MEB (50 S Central Campus Dr)
www.mech.utah.edu