The Mechanical Engineering Department has excellent research facilities, including a fully anechoic chamber, wind tunnel, combustion, dynamics, machine vision, and motion and control laboratories. The Fenn College of Engineering's computer network, workstations, and PC laboratory run current analysis software and are available for the broad range of computing requirements of graduate students. The department offers a limited number of graduate assistantships and research assistantships. Additional opportunities for research assistantships exist through the Ohio Aerospace Institute. Upon successful completion of program requirements, students will have a solid education based on the fundamentals of engineering science, and will be prepared for practical applications of engineering design, analysis, and research.
Graduates are, therefore, well prepared for employment in industry or research laboratories.
Return to top Admission Information Admission to the graduate program in mechanical engineering is open to qualified students with a baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering or other fields of engineering. A minimum baccalaureate grade-point average of 2.75 is normally required. Students without a degree in mechanical engineering will be required to take prescribed undergraduate courses in mechanical engineering to ensure adequate preparation for the required graduate-level courses. These courses are available both day and evening from the Mechanical Engineering Department and other departments in the University. Undergraduate courses taken to remediate deficiencies will not count toward graduate degree requirements.