DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

We pride ourselves in having a st rong hands-on curriculum that emphasizes the connect ions between fundamental engineering analysis and pract ical engineering design. Our graduates f ind jobs in aerospace, fossil and renewable energy, manufacturing, and the b iomedical and automot ive indust ries, or they cont inue their educat ion in graduate school at top inst itut ions.

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out-of-class experiencesSTUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Network w ith peers and indust ry leaders, hold leadership posit ions on campus, and receive mentoring from facult y club advisors.

- American Inst itute of Aeronaut ics and Ast ronaut ics (A IAA)

- American Society of Heat ing, Refrigerat ing and A ir Condit ioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

- Formula SAE

- Maker Society

- Robot ics Club

program scope

Areas of Study

Mechanical Eng ineering

Bachelor?s, master?s and PhD offered

degrees

5 Nat ionw ide student compet it ion teams: Shell Eco-marathon, FSAE, NASA Mars Challenges, SpaceX Hyperloop, A IAA Design/ Build / Fly

$68,561Average start ing salary for bachelor's graduates*

- Int roduct ion to Design

- Programming & Hardware Interface

- Design and Fabricat ion

- Inst rumentat ion & Automat ion

- Mechanical Integrat ion & Design

- Capstone Design @ Mines

project-based course sequence

*Informat ion is from the 20 18?19 Mines Career Center Outcomes Survey

areas of emphasisAerospace+

Advanced Manufacturing

Automot ive+

+POPULAR minors

Biomechanics+

The ME senior design experience features over 50 mult id iscip linary, indust ry-driven, year-long capstone projects. W ithin senior design, the Human Centered Design Studio also provides opportunit ies to design adapt ive technologies w ithin the SD experience.

Computer Science+Elect rical Eng ineering+Robot ics & Intell igent Systems+

INTERNSHIPS & TOP EMPLOYERS

Over 85 percent of ME undergrads part icipate in internships. The Mines Career Center invites 30 0 + companies to career fairs held each semester. Top full-t ime employers of ME graduates include:

- Lockheed Mart in

- Kiew it

- Raytheon

- Sierra Nevada

- Solar Turb ines

- IMI Precision

- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

- United Launch A lliance

- Ball Aerospace

- Epic Systems

- ExxonMobil

- Ford AV

- Schlumberger

CAPSTONE DESIGN @ MINES

Advanced Manufacturingmanufacturing.mines.edu

Operat ions Research w it h Eng ineeringorwe.mines.edu

Space Resourcesspace.mines.edu

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DIVISIONS INTERDISCIPLINARYPROGRAMS

PROJECT-BASEDCURRICULUMThe Mines ME program has four project -based courses in the second and third years that support design experiences in the f irst and senior years. The courses integrate design concepts and ME applied skills in programming, machining, GD&T and inst rumentat ion. These experiences prepare students for their year-long mult id iscip linary senior design course, which provides project experiences from indust ry, the community and nat ional compet it ions.

OPPORTUNITIES IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BIOMECHANICSBiomechanics is the applicat ion of t rad it ional mechanical engineering concepts to human mot ion. Our facult y conduct research and teach classes in d iscip lines such as computat ional b iomechanics, musculoskeletal b iomechanics, and modeling and simulat ion of human movement , w ith a focus on immersive, hands-on experience.

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATIONW ith d iverse applicat ions in areas such as surgery, human movement , manufacturing, and defense, robot ics and automat ion are prevalent in our lives. MEs working in this f ield are responsib le for physical design and feedback cont rol and rout inely collaborate w ith elect rical engineers and computer scient ists.

SOLID MECHANICS, MATERIALS, & MANUFACTURINGAdvanced materials and cut t ing-edge manufacturing processes are driving innovat ion in aircraft st ructures, b iological implants, nuclear energy containment , and bat tery technology, among other areas. MEs study process?st ructure?property interfaces on a range of length scales to develop novel solut ions to real-world indust rial problems.

THERMAL FLUID SYSTEMS

Mechanical engineers are essent ial cont ributors to energy technology indust ries. In the Thermal Fluid Systems d ivision, students part icipate in research and pursue careers in alternat ive fuels, fuel cells, st ructural energy eff iciency, smart grids, and clean energy processes. We work closely w ith researchers at the Nat ional Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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