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for Research on the Structure of
Matter (LRSM), which is the home of the MSE Department.
A senior design project forms the capstone to the MSE
curriculum and provides students with the opportunity
to carry out graduate-level research or to participate
in team projects focusing on the applications of
materials in emerging technologies. Since the
founding of the department in 1946, undergraduates have
received numerous University and national awards
recognizing the excellence they have achieved in our
program, and have gone on to numerous positions of
national prominence.
The minimum requirements for the
BSE degree in Materials Science and Engineering are:
• Five Mathematics
courses
• Seven Natural
Science courses
• Thirteen Engineering
courses
• Five Technical
Elective courses
• Seven Social
Science, Humanities or Technology in Business and
Society courses
• Three Free Elective
courses
Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics
Mechanical engineers impact a
broad spectrum of technology and are engaged in
analysis, design, and fabrication of devices and
systems. Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics (MEAM) involves the study of forces,
deformation and motions of solid bodies and fluids,
heat generation and its transport phenomena,
electro-mechanical systems including emerging devices
at the micro- and nano-scale, robotics, as well as
biomechanics. The MEAM curriculum offers its students a
broad-based education that will allow them to adapt to
changes in technology in our rapidly changing society.
At the same time, the curriculum offers the flexibility
to specialize in one or more areas in mechanical
engineering such as computer-aided-design and
manufacturing (CAD/CAM), energy engineering, design and
product development, fluid mechanics, or structure
mechanics, or even such cross-disciplinary areas as
robotics, biomechanics, micro-electromechanical systems
(MEMS), or mechanics of materials. Students are
encouraged to do research during their course of study
and are provided every opportunity to master critical
skills to be successful in their future career.
Career opportunities available to
our graduates are perhaps the broadest among all fields
of engineering. A wide variety of industries, including
aerospace, automotive, electronics and computers,
chemical and materials, and biomedical, recruit
mechanical engineers. Positions range from research and
development to design and manufacturing to field
engineering and marketing. Graduates have taken
positions with consulting and financial institutions,
while others have gone on to graduate studies in
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engineering, business, law, and
medicine.
Program Educational Objectives: The Mechanical Engineering program at
Penn is designed to provide graduates a broad and
rigorous education empowering them with the tools to
work on technologies of today and preparing them to
master technologies of tomorrow. Students will develop
literacy and competency in utilizing mathematical,
scientific and engineering techniques commonly used by
mechanical engineers, while being able to apply these
techniques to create useful engineering artifacts or
products. The ultimate goal of the program is to
prepare our graduates to be intellectual leaders in
academia, industry, government and society. The
Mechanical Engineering Program Objectives are:
• To educate our
students in the fundamental principles of mathematics,
science, and engineering, and to train them in modern
problem-solving tools used commonly by mechanical
engineers;
• To train students to
apply their basic knowledge of mechanical engineering
principles and techniques to analyze, synthesize and
design engineering systems;
• To maintain a
flexible curriculum providing students a broad
education and a skill set that allows them to think
critically and contribute to areas well outside
traditional boundaries of mechanical engineering;
• To prepare students
to be engineering professionals by training them to
communicate effectively, function effectively as
members and leaders of multi-disciplinary teams, and
exposing them to the broad range of social, ethical and
environmental issues that may be relevant to mechanical
engineering; and
• To support and
prepare students in the pursuit of advanced degrees for
those who wish to, by providing opportunities to
participate in research activities and mentoring
interactions with faculty and graduates.
Mechanical engineering students
are expected to formulate a degree program that
includes basic coursework in several aspects of
mechanical engineering. The curriculum is sufficiently
flexible so that the student can pursue a number of
elective options in depth either in traditional
mechanical engineering subjects or in another
engineering program at Penn. Flexibility in the
curriculum, primarily in the junior and senior years
and coupled with a senior design project, enables a
student to pursue an elective program in fields such as
aeronautics, robotics, computers, electronics, business
administration, advanced mathematics, automatic
control, and materials.
The minimum requirements for the
BSE degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics are:
• Five Mathematics
courses
• Five Natural Science
courses
• Ten Mechanical
Engineering courses
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