Undergraduate Students

In an effort to accommodate the growing enrollment to the upper-division BSME program, students are placed on course plans for their junior year. Students are required to follow their assigned course plan, to ensure enough seats in the required ME courses. All students will be completing the same junior year coursework, just in a different sequence, to maintain a healthy student to faculty ratio.

For BSME degree requirements and course plans, please see BSME Degree Requirements & Course Plans.

For archived BSME degree requirements and course plans, please see Course Plans & Blue Sheet Archives.

University Studies

Sophomore Inquiry

Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ) selections will determine the upper-division clusters students are eligible to take.  The following SINQ courses will enable students to take Ec 314U:  Private and Public Investment Analysis, a BSME-required course, as part of their upper-division cluster.  Therefore, students can 'double-dip' to save time and money:

• UNST 220:  Understanding Communities
• UNST 222:  Design Thinking/Innovation/Entrepreneurship
• UNST 239:  Knowledge, Values, and Rationality

Upper Division Clusters

All students, with the exception of post-bac students, must complete an upper-division cluster.  The following clusters are recommended as they contain Ec 314U:

• Understanding Communities
• Design Thinking/Innovation/Entrepreneurship
• Knowledge, Values, and Rationality

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MECOP

The Multiple Engineering Co-Op Program (MECOP) is a highly structured internship program that gives students the opportunity to participate in two paid six-month internships with different companies as a part of the BSME Program. Local industry members select interns from the admitted MECOP students.

Applying to MECOP

Students from universities across Oregon apply to the MECOP program at the end of their Sophomore year.  

Requirements

• Must apply to and gain acceptance to the BSME upper division program spring term of your sophomore year
• Must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be considered

How does the MECOP program work?

MECOP students have a split junior year. During the first half, students complete 300 level ME courses and interview with participating companies for their initial internship placement. After placement, students spend the spring and summer terms of their junior year in the first MECOP internship. This same format holds true for the second internship, in that the second half of the junior courses are completed during fall and winter terms with the second internship following in the spring and summer terms. 

Because of this onsite work experience, the length of the degree plan is extended one full year. MECOP students will also need to register for EAS 407, a one-credit MECOP seminar, for fall term. MECOP students will be placed on the MECOP Course Plan.

For More Information

For complete MECOP information, see the associated calendar and MECOP website.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Lemmy Meekisho is the MECOP faculty advisor for the BSME program.

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Capstone for Students

Capstone Projects

The senior capstone sequence (ME 491, ME 492 and ME 493) is the culminating experience for students in the BSME Program.  Students teams work with industry partners to bring a design concept to life.  Starting in the fall term, students begin exploring the design process.  In winter term, capstone projects are presented to the class and students form their capstone teams.  Capstone teams spend the term putting the design process into practice while ensuring they are meeting the needs of the capstone sponsor.  Spring term is time for students to roll up their sleeves and build the prototypes.

In the capstone course sequence, students learn about the design process, identifying and interviewing customers, developing the product design specifications, developing engineering specifications, performing benchmarking and setting performance targets, performing parametric analysis, developing house of quality, performing external and internal searches for solutions, and making decisions about best options.

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Electives 

Elective courses are typically taken in the senior year of the BSME program. They are 400-level courses that are not already required, like ME 411/L Engineering Measurement & Instrumentation, ME 488 Design of Experiments, and ME 491 - ME 493 Senior Capstone Sequence. Approved BSME Electives are listed in the PSU Bulletin. BSME students are permitted to take 4 credits within MCECS- either from Civil & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or Engineering & Technology Management. 16 credits of ME-Approved Electives are required for graduation.