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The Department of Mechanical Engineering serves the state and the nation as a leading center of education, research, and innovation. The National Research Council ranks the Department among the top eight in the country in the opportunities it offers to graduate students and in the quality of its faculty.
More than 250 faculty, students, and staff actively conduct or support research and teaching. Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scholars come from throughout the world to conduct research here. All share the enthusiasm and esprit de corps associated with working at the frontier of science and technology.
The Mechanical Engineering program is internationally recognized for its heat transfer, plasma and particle technology research. Rapid advances are being conducted in computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques, and in micro-electromechanical systems. Bioengineering studies benefit from close cooperation with the University of Minnesota Medical School and biotechnology industry. Research in many other areas, including thermodynamics, power, combustion, propulsion and environmental engineering is actively pursued by faculty and students working together. The ME faculty represent a wide variety of backgrounds including mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, robotics, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering.
The Industrial Engineering program draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results produced by industrial systems. The IE faculty represent a diverse body of research expertise from decision support systems, computer-aided process planning and queuing theory and simulation to distributed robotics, transportation systems, ergonomics and management of technology. The group is recognized nationally for its work in logistics and manufacturing systems.
Industrial Engineering Graduate Studies Brochure (pdf)
The Integrated B.M.E./M.S. program offers Mechanical and Industrial engineering majors several benefits: a streamlined admissions process from the undergraduate to the graduate program; graduate student status granted in the senior year; eligibility for teaching and research assistantships; and, flexibility in fulfilling required courses for both degrees simultaneously in the last two years of study. The program makes it possible for students to earn a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and an Master's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering in five years.
The Master's and Ph.D. programs in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering include up-to-date core courses taught by top faculty at the forefront in the field, while emphasizing individual thesis and study projects closely supervised by a faculty member. Ample opportunities also exist for graduate students to gain engineering research experience through partnerships with government and industry.
To arrange a visit to the Twin Cities campus and the ME Department, contact John Gardner at 612-625-2009 or email him at jgardner@me.umn.edu
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