Welcome to the website of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Temple University. We are pleased that you are visiting us electronically. We would also like to extend an invitation for you to come and see the Department in person. We would be pleased to arrange a tour for you during which you can meet with our faculty and students and learn more about our programs and facilities.

The mission of the Department is to provide an excellent educational experience in mechanical engineering. This experience includes an emphasis on the technical, communication, and teamwork skills that today’s graduate engineers need to succeed, in both the workplace and society in general. In order to achieve these goals, the Department places great importance on teaching, hands-on laboratory experience, research, scholarship, engineering practice and service to the community and the engineering profession. Our students are also provided with opportunities to participate in national competitions, attend conferences and workshops. Furthermore, our students also have the opportunity to participate in an optional Co-operative Education (Co-op) program available through the College of Engineering at Temple University.

The Department offers Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees and currently has approximately 300 undergraduate students and 50 graduate students. At the undergraduate level, the Department offers Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering with an option to specialize in Energy Systems or Bioengineering.  At the graduate level, the Department offers a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Engineering. High achieving undergraduate students also have an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree within five years through the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters Degree (ABMD) program. Our graduate students are given an opportunity to choose a research area and advisor after rotating among our different research labs and are trained with in-depth knowledge in a specific area of interest.

The Mechanical Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org The Department is home to 11 tenured/tenure track faculty, 3 teaching track faculty, and 3 research faculty. We are committed to excellence in engineering education and state of the art research. Our classes are generally small in size and most of our courses typically offer multiple sections to accommodate the schedules of students. Our faculty members are involved in student advising every semester, during which the progress of our students is monitored as well as advice is provided to facilitate a timely graduation of our students.

In addition to teaching and academic advising, our faculty are actively involved in scholarly research and publications. Our Department has strong research presence in areas such as renewable/alternative energy, biomaterials, biomechanics, biofluidics, fluid mechanics, composite materials, dynamical systems and tissue imaging and spectroscopy. Our world-class research is funded by a number of federal and private agencies including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA and the American Heart Association. Our research also receives significant support and funding from Industry. An increase in external funding in recent years is leading to the rapid expansion of our graduate program and enables us to offer many graduate teaching and research assistantships to our high achieving students. Furthermore, we also take great pride in offering our best undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct research under the advisement of our faculty.

Once again, welcome to our website. Hope to see you in person in the near future.

Mohammad F. Kiani, Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Professor and Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering