Vision
To develop the people and technologies of tomorrow through excellence in education, research, and service; train highly qualified engineers who make immediate positive contribution in their professions as well as their communities; strive to invest in research and gain recognition in addressing regional and global technological challenges.
Mission
- Provide excellent quality education by maintaining high standards of student achievement and continuously improving the education pedagogy.
- Invest in research areas in traditional and emerging areas
- Positively impact society by training the next generation of mechanical and materials engineers capable of making immediate impact in industry, government, and research.
- Promote the inclusion and advancement of underrepresented groups in mechanical engineering.
Values
The MME Department nurtures a professional, collaborative and supportive learning environment that encourages initiative, innovation, and willingness to change; promotes scholarship and teaching excellence; and sustains a vital, state-of-the-art research enterprise for students and faculty to create, interpret, apply and disseminate knowledge.
Strategic Goals
Goal 1: Innovate the curriculum to be responsive to the needs of ever-evolving industry in technology and engineering advancement
- Develop courses that are of interest to students and local industry and community.
- Enhance the quality of learning through thoughtful integration of technology into the classroom.
- Improve the quality of educational labs and equipment.
Goal 2: Expand and enhance the research focus of the department in the areas of design and manufacturing, thermal and fluid sciences, advanced material science and engineering.
- In the area of design and manufacturing, our emphasis is agile and adaptive robotics, mechatronics, and controls, advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, innovative machining and joining processes.
- In the area of thermal and fluid science, our emphasis is transport phenomena at multiple scales, focusing on indoor and urban environmental quality, renewable energy, human health, energy efficiency, fluid-structure interactions, and the environment.
- In the area of advanced materials and manufacturing, our emphasis is semiconductor materials, 2D materials, 3D printing materials, metal/mental alloys and their fabrication processes as well as the materials’ applications in Nano-technology.