B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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Program Description
The undergraduate mechanical engineering program is very broad in its scope, yet it contains sufficient depth to ensure competency in the discipline. Mechanical engineering students must take a heavy load of science and mathematics as prerequisites for their engineering science courses.
Mechanical engineers in industry must be able to interact with many engineering disciplines, so they are required to take courses in other engineering disciplines. Also, because mechanical engineers design and manufacture components and systems, they are required to take courses that emphasize the engineering design/definition process. The mechanical engineering graduate engineer should be well equipped to undertake a professional engineering career in any technology that he or she chooses.
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The mechanical engineering program at New Mexico Tech offers the students hands-on laboratory experience in fluid and thermal sciences, mechanics of Materials, vibrations, mechatronics, dynamic systems and controls, instrumentation, and measurement. Junior and senior mechanical engineering students work on design projects for two years that range from building an off-road vehicle for the Baja SAE® competition to aerospace aircraft design to designing and launching a rocket in the Spaceport American Cup Challenge. Included in the range of design projects are those sponsored by national laboratories and industry.
- ES201
- ES216
- ES3002
- ES3003
- ES3016
- ES3032
- ES3047
- ES3050
- MENG110
AND MENG110L - MENG210
AND MENG210L - MENG3002L
- MENG3004
- MENG3005
- MENG3041
- MENG3081
- MENG3082
- MENG4005
AND MENG4005L - MENG4021
AND MENG4021L - MENG4031
AND MENG4031L - MENG4041
- MENG4051
- MENG4081
- MENG4082
- MENG4083
AND MENG4083L
Students changing degree programs may substitute ES 111 for MENG 210 (lecture only).
- MTLS202
AND MTLS202L
- MATH2532
- MATH3035
Technical Electives: Six hours from upper-division (300, 400, or 500 level) technical courses chosen by the student with the faculty advisor’s approval. Recommendations include classes from AE, EXPL, MENG, or other engineering or science disciplines.
Credit for MATH 1240, pre-calculus, and MATH 1230, trigonometry, is not allowed for mechanical engineering students.
Courses used for the degree, including the General Education Core Curriculum, may not be taken on an S/U basis except for two courses in Humanities and/or Social Science.
Mechanical engineering majors must take the Fundamentals in Engineering (FE) exam as a requirement for graduation. Passing this exam is a major step in the process of attaining professional registration. It is strongly recommended that the exam be taken in semester 7, before the graduation semester (semester 8).