Mechanical Engineering
Major, Minor
DEPARTMENT: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The Union ME program promotes collaboration, inquiry and experimentation, with opportunities for summer research fellowships and symposium participation. Most students present at the annual Steinmetz Symposium, and some engage in research with local startups like Ener-G-Rotors or abroad at labs such as the Laboratory for Energetics in Bremen, Germany.
Mechanical engineering students lead and join active clubs, including ASME, Engineers for a Sustainable World, SAE Aero and Baja Teams, NSBE, Rocket Club, SWE, SAME, SHPE, and Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma honor societies.
The Mechanical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
Careers after Union
Chief design engineer, General Electric
Design engineer, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems
Engineer, Toyota Racing Development
Founder, Forsake footwear startup
Manager, Engineering Solutions, ARAMARK
Mechanical engineer, DoD Architecture & Planning
Mechanical engineer, GE Renewable Energy
Mechanical engineer, LaBella Associates
Nuclear plant engineer, Bechtel, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Pilot, Wasabi Air Racing
Process engineer, Global Foundries