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The field of Mechanical Engineering includes all aspects of design, development, control, and manufacture of mechanical systems and energy conversion systems.

   Mechanical engi­neering is essential to the proper design and manufacture of nearly every physical product in our modern world. As such, mechanical engineers are a fundamental resource for most industries, and work in interdisciplinary environments. Mechanical engineers must have the ability to see broad perspectives across disciplines and indus­tries, and yet solve very local and specialized problems.                                      

 

 

Mechanical Engineering News & Events

  •  Congratulations to the 2009 Solar Decathlon Team!

    Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 5:16 PM

    Team California, comprised of students from all disciplines at Santa Clara University and California College of the Arts took Third Place in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon Competition.  Team California finished 3rd overall, taking 1st Place awards in both the Architecture  and Communications categories.  Congratulations to all those students who worked tirelessly on this project.

  •  Welcome Professor Hohyun Lee

    Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2009 4:11 PM

    The Mechanical Engineering Department is thrilled to welcome its newest member, Professor Hohyun Lee!  Professor Lee joins Santa Clara University from M.I.T. and will be teaching in the thermo-fluids area.

  •  SCU Students Control NASA Satellite

    Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 12:42 PM

    Engineering students in the Robotic Systems Laboratory are performing
    mission operations for a NASA satellite that was launched on May 19.  The
    satellite contains an experimental biological payload that is exploring
    how microbes may become resistant to drugs used to treat sick
    astronauts.  SCU students have engineered all of the communications and
    control systems used to operate the spacecraft, and they are performing
    their own research on advanced techniques to detect and diagnose faults on
    remote spacecraft.
     

  •  Professor Kitts receives the School of Engineering's Award for Teaching Excellence.

    Friday, Dec. 19, 2008 11:33 AM

    Congratulations to Professor Christopher Kitts for receiving the School of Engineering's Award for Teaching Excellence for 2008.  Professor Kitts, the head of the Robotics Systems Lab, teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of dynamics, controls, robotics, and mechatronic systems. Besides being an outstanding teacher and researcher, he serves well as advisor and mentor to many students. We are very proud and lucky to have such a unique and dynamic individual as our colleague .