In addition to their teaching activities, the faculty are engaged in a wide variety of research projects including manufacturing, mechanical design, energy conservation, materials science, automation and robotics, quality assurance, service systems engineering, human factors engineering, and applications of artificial intelligence to manufacturing.
All faculty work with undergraduates.
In addition, the department has Ph.D. and Master's programs in ME and I.E. and offers a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering. There are approximately 350 undergraduate and 170 graduate students in the Department. In addition to the above programs offered on the Amherst Campus, the department offers a Master's Degree in Engineering Management through the Video-Instruction Program. The Fields Mechanical engineers design, analyze, develop and test engineering systems, such as power plants, jet aircraft, prosthetic limbs and windmills, and the myriad components from which they are comprised. Industrial engineers are concerned with the design, installation, analysis and improvement of integrated systems of people, material and equipment.