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contributor and sometimes in a leadership role [ABET (d)]
PO-E: an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems [ABET (e)]
PO-F: an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility [ABET (f)]
PO-G: an ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences with written, oral and
visual means within the context of mechanical engineering practice [ABET (g)]
PO-H: the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
global, economic, environmental, and societal context [ABET (h)]
PO-I: a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning [ABET (i)]
PO-J: a knowledge of contemporary issues and an awareness of current best practices in
mechanical engineering and a recognition of the need and an ability to engage in
entrepreneurial activities [ABET (j, f, h, k)]
PO-K: an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice [ABET (k)]
Overall perhaps the greatest single reason for studying mechanical engineering is that students
become well prepared for employment in a very wide range of exciting industries including aerospace,
automotive, chemical industry, computers, electronics, fossil and nuclear power, manufacturing,
pharmaceuticals, robotics, and textiles.
Mechanical engineers find employment in eight broad classifications within the field: research,
development, design, testing and evaluation, production and manufacturing, operation and maintenance,
marketing and sales, and administration. The breadth of the mechanical engineering program also
provides for greater mobility for career shifts later in life.
Program Outlook
The mechanical engineering curriculum is a four-year program (133 credit hours course work plus a
compulsory internship/industrial training of two credit hours) leading to a Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering; many courses have a hands-on laboratory component.
This undergraduate program combines a broad-based education in the engineering sciences (mechanics,
materials, fluid and thermal sciences, systems, and control) with a strong grounding in quantitative,
problem-solving, design, and communications skills. By emphasizing both analytical and creative
methods, the program intends to give students the broad skills set they need to pursue their goals;
whether that means working as engineers, founding a company, or continuing on to graduate studies
and research.
Many courses throughout the curriculum incorporate design projects into the classroom experience.
After their junior year, students participate in a summer internship program that requires them to work in
an engineering environment for no less than four weeks (full-time) or equivalent. Before graduation, all
students complete a yearlong (2 terms) senior design project plus an internship.
The mechanical engineering is built to help students develop independence, creative talent, and
leadership, as well as the capability for continuing professional growth.
Following is a broad outlook of the 4-year program:
Year 1: Students will be exposed to general education of university requirement courses in order for
them to develop the aptitude for higher education. Specifically, they will be involved in calculus I and
II, engineering chemistry, waves, optics and modern physics, engineering design and drawing,
communication skills, scientific and technical writing, history of science, human rights in law and
shari’ah and an exploratory engineering course; i.e. laboratory in engineering fundamentals.
Year 2: Students will be engaged in a number of mathematics, physics, mechanics, and engineering
courses. In particular, they will be involved in differential equations and linear algebra, calculus III,
statistics, electromagnetism, electric circuits and devices, statics and dynamics, mechanics of materials,
materials science, as well as engineering thermodynamics I, programming, and introduction to
economics or introduction to entrepreneurship.
Year 3: Students will begin to specialize in mechanical engineering. They will be exposed to the
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