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Undergraduate programs

We offer Bachelor of Science degrees and minor programs in aerospace engineering and in mechanical engineering. Learn more about our undergraduate programs. 

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Graduate degrees

We offer graduate degrees in aerospace engineering and in mechanical engineering. Learn more about our graduate programs.

Mechanical Engineering Highlights

  • Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Yan Wang is a corresponding author on a paper describing the generation of a coherent phonon flatband — the first instance of this — in the Sept. 26. 2025 edition of .
  • Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes has been included in the August 2025 Elsevier Data Repository, a ranking creating and maintained by researchers at Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier, an academic publishing company; and the research analytics company Scopus. View the 
  • Teaching Associate Professor Angelina Padilla has received the Ralph E. and Rose A. Hoeper Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advisement in May 2025. Padilla, who also serves as associate chair for the Mechanical Engineering Department, has been recognized for teaching excellence in the past: she was the F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher in 2022.

Mechanical engineering news

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Explore careers in the nuclear power industry

Nuclear Career Spotlight, Sept. 17-19, connects students with national labs, industry leaders and research opportunities

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission funds new nuclear microreactor safety research

University faculty to help develop regulations that ensure safe and rapid deployment of sustained electric power capacity to military and disaster sites

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Nuclear Career Spotlight, held to raise awareness about careers in the nuclear industry, draws nearly 100 students

Organizers plan to offer the event in fall 2025

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