Mechanical Engineering

Mohammad Kiani, Chair

Richard Cohen, Program Coordinator

Room 607A, Engineering and Architecture Building
215-204-6245

Program Goals, Objectives & Design Integration

The mission of the Mechanical Engineering Department is to provide an excellent educational experience for the students in its programs. This experience includes an emphasis on the technical, communication, and teamwork skills that 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, research, scholarship, engineering practice, and service to the university community and the Engineering profession. The mechanical engineering program is structured to prepare the graduate for the professional practice of engineering and/or graduate school. The curriculum emphasizes a rigorous treatment of the mathematical and scientific approach to the solution of engineering problems. It provides a coherent set of courses in energy conversion and structures/motion in mechanical systems. The program has design across the curriculum and is capped with an integrated design experience in the form of a senior project.

Most technical courses in the program are offered during the day only.

Summary of Requirements

University Requirements

All new students starting in the 2010-2011 academic year and beyond are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.

All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed below and are identified by "WI" in the RCI column.

Foundation Science & Math Courses for Mechanical Engineering

Required Communications, Humanities, & Social Science for Mechanical Engineering

Required Engineering Courses for Mechanical Engineering

*Students in the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program must take either of the following sequences of courses (excludes Bioengineering concentration):

• Mechanical Engineering 4422: Mechanical Vibrations (technical elective; offered every fall semester) and
• Mechanical Engineering 4405: Vibrations & Controls Laboratory (lab elective)

OR

• Mechanical Engineering 4571: Advanced Thermodynamics & Combustion (technical elective; offered every fall semester) and
• Mechanical Engineering 4506: Energy Conversion Laboratory (lab elective)

Required Engineering Courses for Mechanical Engineering - Bioengineering Concentration

Students in the optional Concentration in Bioengineering within the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering program must take the following sequence of courses:

• Engineering 1101: Introduction to Engineering (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• Engineering 3033: Entrepreneurial Engineer (free elective; offered every fall semester)
• Engineering 3496: Materials Science and Engineering (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• Engineering 3553: Mechanics of Fluids (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• Engineering 3571: Classical & Statistical Thermodynamics (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• Engineering 3719: Introduction to Bioengineering (technical elective; offered every other spring semester)
• Engineering 3725: Cell Biology for Engineers (technical elective; offered every fall semester)
• Biology 3334: Mammalian Physiology (technical elective)
• One Bioengineering elective from below:
  Engineering 4741: Biomaterials for Engineers (offered every other spring semester)
  Mechanical Engineering 4731: Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics (offered every other spring semester)

Students are required to complete a minimum of 124 credit hours for the Concentration in Bioengineering in the Mechanical Engineering major.

Required Engineering Courses for Mechanical Engineering - Energy Systems Concentration

Students in the optional Concentration in Energy Systems within the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering program must take the following sequence of courses:

• ME 4506: Energy Conversion Laboratory (technical elective)
• ME 4571: Advanced Thermodynamics (technical elective)
• ME 4572: Heat  Mass Transfer (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• ME 4574: HVAC - Heating Ventilating & Air Conditioning (technical elective; offered every fall semester)
• ME 4575: Renewable & Alternative Energy (technical elective; offered every other spring semester)
• Engineering 1101: Introduction to Engineering (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• Engineering 3033: Entrepreneurial Engineer (free elective)
• Engineering 3571: Classical & Statistical Thermodynamics (required course within the B.S.M.E. program)
• CE 3711: Environmental Engineering (technical elective)

Students are required to complete a minimum of 124 credit hours for the Concentration in Energy Systems in the Mechanical Engineering major.

Suggested Semester by Semester Plans

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Bioengineering Concentration

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Energy Systems Concentration

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year

Cooperative Education Programs

A Cooperative Education (Co-op) is an optional program available at the College of Engineering where you have the opportunity to gain professional work experience before graduation. It is designed to give you the chance to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to real life problems. You will be exposed to the latest technology and new ideas at a worksite helping you understand your field of work more extensively. During the Co-op, you will make valuable connections with professionals in your field. A cooperative education can enhance and strengthen you academically, professionally and personally.

Below are the five-year curricula for the Co-op programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Bioengineering, and the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Energy Systems. The minimum requirement for graduation is 127 semester hours.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Cooperative Experience

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Bioengineering Concentration with Cooperative Experience

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Energy Systems Concentration with Cooperative Experience

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year