Mechanical Engineering Department

Transforming healthcare…

Mechanical Engineering……now

Smart Foldable-electronics

MEMS

Transforming communication…

nanotechnology

Transforming habitat…Energy conservation

Fuel cell testbed

Solar shingles

LED lighting

Renewable energy generation

Fuel cell bus

Life extension of Shuttle fleet

Transforming transportation..

• Faculty (tenure-track): 45• Undergraduate Students: ~1100 • Graduate Students: ~350• BS/MS program: 5-20 students per year• Average high school GPA of Freshmen: 4.3

Special Programs • 181 in University Honors• 95 in College Park Scholars• 36 in Gemstone• 25 INVENTIS and Hinman• 25 QUEST

Snapshot of the Department

The Mechanical Engineering major offers maximum flexibility• Required courses are offered both fall and spring, and many

in summer and winter as well. • Six senior electives from 6 career paths and from other depts.

• participate in competitions:• Terps Racing• Solar Decathlon• Small Energy Appliances

• join special programs (eg. QUEST, EWB, Hinman, GEMTONE

This flexibility makes it easier to:• study abroad• pursue internships or co-op• participate in academic research projects• have a minor or a double major• lead a student organization

Popular concentrationsRenewable EnergyElectives: Renewable Energy, Energy Audit,

Energy and the Environment, Building Cooling Heating and Power, Ultra low energy appliance project

Minor: Nuclear EngineeringProject/Competitions/Programs: Solar

Decathlon (UMD won this competition in 2011), DOE Max Tech and Beyond (UMD Mechanical Engineering won this competition in 2012) , Engineers Without Borders

Study Abroad: Univ of New South Wales (Australia), Energy Tomorrow (Australia), Kassel Germany winter term program (Environment & Industry)

Research: Drs. Radermacher and Hwang (Center for Environmental Energy Engineering), Dr. Ohadi (Center for Environmental Energy Engineering)

Popular concentrations

Automotive DesignElectives: Automotive Design, Vehicle Dynamics,

Machine Design, Internal Combustion EnginesProjects/Competitions: SAE Formula One and Baja

CompetitionsStudy Abroad: Programs in Germany and Spain both

have course material in this area

RoboticsElectives: Medical Robotics, Bio-inspired robots, Control Systems Lab, Micro/nano robots, MEMSProjects/Competitions: Robotics@ MarylandResearch: Dr. Sarah Bergbreiter (micro robots), Dr. Axel Krieger (medical robotics)

Engineering ManagementElectives: Lean Six Sigma, Managing for Innovation and Quality, Production Management, Engineering EconomicsMinor/Special Programs: Project Management, QUEST (process improvement, quality management, and system design)Study Abroad: International Business Cultures in Eng and Tech (Winter-term Australia), QUEST winter program in China

Popular concentrations

UG Teams and CompetitionsTerps Racing

Solar DecathlonHuman Powered Vehicle

Human Powered Submarine

UG Teams and Competitions

Team UMD Dryer is the 2013 winner of the Department of Energy’s Max Tech and Beyond, low energy appliance competition. UMD mechanical engineering students, and their advisor Dr. YunHo Hwang, have won this national contest for 2 consecutive years. Last year’s winning project was an ultra low energy air conditioner. This competition is funded by DOE and managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

UG Teams and Competitions

Facilities provide students with opportunities to design, build, race, learn, and do research• Terps Racing Lab• Virtual Reality Lab • Research labs and centers

520µm

Student Organizations

• ASME• ASHRAE• Black Engineers Society (BES)• Engineers Without Borders (EWB/MDSE)• Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics (oSTEM)• Robotics@Maryland (RAM)• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineering (SHPE)• Society of Manufacturing Engineers• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)• Honor Societies: Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi