1. Welcome to Mechanical Engineering! Tom Chase Director of Undergraduate Studies Mechanical Engineering Dept trchase@me.umn.edu

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

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

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

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

6. Controls System Dynamics Sensing Control Systems Robotics Transportation Studies

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

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

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

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

12. 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!