A joint appointment with primary affiliation in the School of Medicine.
Mechanical engineering is among the most diversified of the traditional engineering disciplines.
The mechanical engineer builds machines to extend our physical and mental capabilities and to convert traditional and novel energy sources into useful forms. These new areas offer mechanical engineering students special opportunities for creativity, demanding that they learn not only in depth but also in breadth. In all these tasks, the utmost consideration of the modern mechanical engineer is improving the quality of human life. The engineer must be constantly aware both of the finiteness of the earth's resources and its environment and of the burden that engineering works place on them. The program in Mechanical Engineering provides a broad education in the foundations of the disciplines mentioned above and prepares students both for graduate studies in these areas and for entry into appropriate positions in research laboratories, industry, or government, with possibilities for careers in engineering, medicine, law, or business.