As a graduate student, you will be directed by a diverse group of faculty who create an academic atmosphere dedicated to learning and investigation. Because many of our faculty take an interdisciplinary approach to study, you will benefit not only from the expertise of the faculty in your area of interest, but also from the exposure to the ideas and skills of scientists in many other fields. Our group of faculty is growing, too. This means you will work closely with a specially assembled group of researchers and educators who are leaders in their fields and deeply committed to student success and involvement. We've put our unique location to work for our graduate students by forging close ties with the Big Three automotive companies and other major manufacturers.
Graduate students take advantage of our affiliations with industry in many ways.
You may be involved in one of our hundreds of research projects, including investigations being done in one of our five major research centers supported by industry and government. These projects bring you into regular contact with industry engineers as well as real-life engineering programs and solutions. In doing so, you will create an important network of contacts on which to draw. Even if you decide not to go into an automotive or manufacturing career, this experience gives you invaluable knowledge that enriches your overall mechanical engineering training. In addition, industry engineers are often guest speakers in classrooms and workshop seminars.