Welcome to Mechanical Engineering! Tom Chase Director of Undergraduate Studies Mechanical Engineering Dept

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Welcome to Mechanical Engineering! Tom Chase Director of Undergraduate Studies Mechanical Engineering Dept

Thermal Engineering Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Refrigeration Heat Exchangers Electronics cooling Cryopreservation of cells

Fluid Mechanics Incompressible fluid flow Compressible fluid flow Fluid power systems Combustion processes Wind Power Aeronautics

Energy Conversion Gasoline & Diesel engines Gas turbines Solar Power Steam cycles Alternative fuels Fuel cells

Bioengineering Medical Devices Handicapped Assists Joint Orthoses Cell Manipulation & Preservation MEMS Biosensors Exoskelatal Force Augmentation

Controls System Dynamics Sensing Control Systems Robotics Transportation Studies

Manufacturing Manufacturing Processes –Machining –Polymer Processing –Bulk Deformation –Sheet Metal –Casting –Welding NC Manufacturing Composites Process Planning Plant Layout

Particle Technology Air Pollution Control Clean Room Design Filtration Plasmas & Coatings Nanofabrication

Machine Design Stress Analysis Machine Elements Mechanisms Computer Aided Design Finite Element Analysis

Student Shop Available to undergrads for class projects & team projects Hand tools, lathes, mills, NC machining center

Mechanical Engineering Is: Machine Design Thermal Engineering Fluid Mechanics Energy Conversion Bioengineering Controls Manufacturing Particle Technology All of the Above & Much More! ME’s Help People!