The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University offers a richly integrated curriculum of education and research to its students. It is this duality of effort that distinguishes the department's programs and provides the necessary foundation upon which the graduates become recognized leaders in their chosen fields.
Students have an opportunity to delve into a broad range of research areas such as energy, environment, information technology, manufacturing, and transportation. Major research projects are under way in air pollution modeling, computer head-disk mechanics, turbomachinery, spray technology, and manufacture by shaped deposition. New initiatives are under way in nontraditional finishing processes and aircraft and automobile brakes. In all of these areas, research is being conducted to uncover the underlying physical phenomena with a view toward controlling and designing systems for desired attributes. Also under way are research projects to develop enabling technologies such as new measurement techniques and computational methods and codes for use by industry. Much of the research is conducted within the department, but many projects are carried out in collaboration with other departments and centers on campus, as well as with other parts of the university and with close industrial collaborations.
Department Overview
Faculty & Staff
26 professors and lecturers.
15 administrative, shop, laboratory, and computer personnel
Students in 2008-2009
308 declared sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
106 sophomores.
17% women
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is about 13:1
Curriculum at a Glance
Major course sequences:
Mechanical systems:Statics, Stress Analysis, Dynamics, Dynamic Systems and Controls, Mechanical Systems Experimentation
