Degree Programs

Aerospace Engineering - Program and Objectives

Aerospace engineers design and develop aircraft, spacecraft and other non-terrestrial vehicles and their systems. In the pursuit of optimally efficient vehicles, aerospace engineers utilize sophisticated computational tools to design and analyze state-of-the-art, aerodynamically efficient wings and surfaces. They invent and design light-weight composite materials and structures, highly efficient propulsion devices and autonomous, intelligent control systems. A degree in Aerospace Engineering prepares students for an exciting career in these and related fields.

The Aerospace Engineering program has four educational objectives, which describe the expected capabilities and achievements of graduates during the first several years following completion of the program. The objectives of the program are to:

1. Provide graduates with the ability to think in a critical and evaluative manner and to consider a broad perspective, in order to solve technical and non technical problems.
2. Prepare professionally successful graduates who provide effective leadership, who act in an ethical manner and whose skills include the ability to communicate well and to work successfully within diverse groups.
3. Provide the depth and breadth of engineering education that prepares graduates for
   1. Employment in the Aerospace engineering profession, or
   2. Admission to graduate programs in Aerospace engineering or a related field, or
   3. The pursuit of advanced education in other professional areas, such as business, law, medicine, etc.
4. Cultivate in our graduates a spirit of inventiveness, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Mechanical Engineering - Program and Objectives

Mechanical engineering is a creative and diverse discipline. Mechanical Engineers draw upon the basic sciences to design, build and control the devices, machines, processes and systems that are the mainstay of modern society. Mechanical engineering encompasses a vast multitude of applications from the efficient conversion and transmission of energy and power to the design and implementation of nanoscale devices. A degree in Mechanical Engineering prepares students for an exciting career in these and related fields.

The Mechanical Engineering program has four educational objectives, which describe the expected capabilities and achievements of graduates during the first several years following completion of the program. The objectives of the program are to:

1. Provide graduates with the ability to think in a critical and evaluative manner and to consider a broad perspective, in order to solve technical and non technical problems.
2. Prepare professionally successful graduates who provide effective leadership, who act in an ethical manner and whose skills include the ability to communicate well and to work successfully within diverse groups.
3. Provide the depth and breadth of engineering education that prepares graduates for
   1. Employment in the Mechanical engineering profession, or
   2. Admission to graduate programs in Mechanical engineering or a related field, or
   3. The pursuit of advanced education in other professional areas, such as business, law, medicine, etc.
4. Cultivate in our graduates a spirit of inventiveness, creativity and entrepreneurship.