Program Overview
At our core, engineers are professional problem solvers. We see unmet needs, understand the constraints on choices, use mathematics to solve simplified models and get our hands dirty to test for solutions.
Join a program where everyone knows your name. Our small class sizes and elite faculty lend themselves to your personal success and challenge you to integrate faith and learning. You’ll also be taught in an environment built for engineering — our brand new building is home to small classrooms, study spaces, an innovation studio with the latest tools, cutting-edge laboratories and a machine shop.
With unique opportunities like engineering missions, professional societies, world-class partnerships and innovative design projects, you’ll thrive and grow here. And once you graduate, you’ll join your peers studying in top-ranked graduate programs or working for some of the world’s best companies.
Our program is ABET-accredited.
Courses
Specific courses required within mechanical engineering:
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BI 3123 - Engineering Ethics: Redemption and Technology
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EN 3143 - Technical Writing
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Mathematics, physical science, and social science are satisfied in major.
Courses for major (97 hours)
- CM 1113 - General Chemistry I
- CM 1211 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
- EECE 2013 - Survey of Electrical Engineering
- ENGR 1113 - Introduction to Engineering
- ENGR 3303 - Applied Mathematics
- ENGR 3513 - Introduction to Control Systems
- ENGR 3943 - Engineering Economy and Planning
- ENGR 4943 - Interdisciplinary Design I
- ENGR 4953 - Interdisciplinary Design II
- MA 1314 - Calculus I
- MA 2314 - Calculus II
- MA 2324 - Calculus III
- MA 3133 - Differential Equations
- PH 2414 - General Physics I
- ME 2053 - Principles of Mechanical Engineering Design
- ME 2113 - Statics
- ME 2123 - Dynamics
- ME 2513 - Mechanical Engineering Computer Applications
- ME 3113 - Strength of Materials
- ME 3211 - Solid Mechanics and Materials Laboratory
- ME 3213 - Instrumentation and Measurement
- ME 3313 - Mechanical Vibrations
- ME 3413 - Dynamics of Machinery
- ME 3443 - Engineering Materials
- ME 3613 - Fluid Mechanics
- ME 3703 - Thermodynamics
- ME 3803 - Heat Transfer
- ME 3831 - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science Laboratory
- ME 4423 - Design of Machine Elements
- ME 4513 - Design of Thermal-Fluid Systems
- Approved technical electives: 6 hours. See Course Descriptions in this section for technical electives.
- Approved basic math or science elective: 3 or 4 hours. Approved courses include: BY 1134 , BY 2434 , CM 1123 & CM 1221 , PH 2424 , MA 4303 , or other approved by department chair.
The minor requirement in applied mathematics is automatically satisfied.
MA 1314 - Calculus I MUST be taken during the fall semester of the freshman year in order to enroll in PH 2414 in the spring semester. Otherwise, completion of the program may require more than eight semesters. Students who are not eligible to begin in the calculus sequence should consider enrolling in MA 1123 in the summer session before starting freshmen year.
