Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum leading to a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering.
All Mechanical Engineering Students have a broad selection of Departmental Elective, which can selected according to the students' interests and career goals. The Department also offer two concentrations in Aerospace and Biomechanics.
- Aerospace Concentration: Students following this concentration are required to select only Aerospace Electives as Departmental Electives. In addition, students under this concentration take Aerospace Engineering Laboratories instead of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II. Students completing the requirements for this concentration receive a certificate in addition to their Mechanical Engineering Diploma.
- Biomechanics Concentration: Students following this Concentration are required to select only Biomechanics Electives as Departmental Electives. In addition, students under this concentration take Biomechanics Engineering Laboratories instead of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II. Students completing the requirements for this concentration receive a certificate in addition to their Mechanical Engineering Diploma.
Throughout the Mechanical Engineering curriculum, every effort is made to fulfil the department's educational objectives, namely:
- To educate and train students in Mechanical Engineering in a technically sound, challenging and professional manner
- To prepare students to enter careers ready to make positive contributions to their professions and society, or to continue on to successful graduate research and education
- To inculcate in students the responsibilities and rewards associated with an engineering career and life-long service to the profession.
Undergraduate Research
The department offers exciting opportunities for conducting research at undergraduate level under the supervision and guidance of faculty.
Dual Degree Programs
BA-BS: The five year programs are offered in cooperation with Rutgers, Livingston, and Douglass Colleges, and are described in detail on page 386 of the New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog, 1999-01. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students pursuing the five-year BA-BS program jointly with Douglass, Livingston or Rutgers College, must complete 48 credits of liberal arts course work, beyond the general and technical courses required by the Mechanical and Aerospace curriculum. Eighteen of these 48 credits must satisfy the Hum/Soc. elective requirements of the School of Engineering. Students interested in the five-year program should consult with the undergraduate director during each term of their first two years. The total number of credits required for the dual-degree program must be at least 30 credits more than is required for the B.S. program alone. Details of the dual degree curriculum for physics and eligibility requirements can be reached from the jump station above.
BS-MBA: Qualified candidates for the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in the School of Engineering, are given the opportunity to obtain the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management in one year of academic work, following the completion of the requirements for their B.S. degree. Ordinarily, candidates for the MBA degree must complete 61 credits of academic work at the Graduate School of Management. However, with careful curriculum planning, candidates for the BS. degree in Mechanical Engineering may reduce this requirement by at least 15 credits by work completed while enrolled in the School of Engineering, thereby shortening the time required to obtain the combined degree by one or two terms. Details of the dual degree curriculum and eligibility can be reached from the jump station above.
BS-MS:Qualified candidates for the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree are given the opportunity to obtain the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in an expedited way. This is made possible by conducting research at the undergraduate level or by taking graduate level courses. Click here for more details about the BS-MS program and here for more on the MAE graduate program.
Co-op Internship
The department participates on the School of Engineering wide co-op program, where students are able to gain practical work experience for a 6-month period in any of our industrial co-op partners.
