Research in MAE covers a wide range of subjects and employs the latest experimental and high-speed computational techniques. Mechanical Engineering is broad in scope, encompassing design and analysis of vehicles, robotics, machinery, thermal and fluid engineering, and energy. Aerospace Engineering deals with all aspects of flight such as aerodynamics, propulsion, structural mechanics, and dynamics and control. Most graduate students and many undergraduates participate in research, which provides financial support and the basis for theses and dissertations. Details of current research activities are found by selecting Research Programs on the main menu to the left.

Academic Programs leading to Bachelors, Masters, and Doctors degrees are offered. Aerospace engineering studies may focus on aeronautics or astronautics and involve studies at the forefront of science, technology and systems management associated with aircraft and spacecraft. Mechanical engineering studies may deal with the design and power for ships, trains, automobiles, and space vehicles; the design of power plants that convert the energy in fossil fuels, atoms, waterfalls, and sunlight into useful mechanical forms, and the creation of intelligent machines and robots as well as the gears, cams, bearings, and couplings that facilitate and control all kinds of mechanical motion. Details are found by selecting Academic Programs on the main menu.

Faculty, staff, and students form the heart of MAE. A distinguished faculty, including two members of the National Academy of Engineering, is supported by administrative, technical and computational staff. Students find friends plus social and professional experiences thru various student Professional Societies, such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. For additional information select People or General Information on the menu.

We hope that you find our activities interesting and that you will want to join us.
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