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Mechanical Engineering
Explore Marquette : Majors & Minors : Engineering : Mechanical Engineering

BUILD AND RACE OUR INDY CAR
Yellow Robotic Item From virtually indestructible composite materials to the most fragile fiber optics, mountainous earth-movers to microsurgical robots, today’s automobiles and tomorrow’s spacecrafts, the diverse work of mechanical engineers touches nearly every aspect of life.
RACE CAR




THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE

SHIFT GEARS. Marquette engineers design and build solar-powered boats and mini-Indy race cars that race against collegiate and corporate competitors throughout the world.

PRACTICE WHAT YOU LEARN. From your first day of classes, you’ll get hands-on experience in our materials science, mechanical and industrial labs. You can also work in our labs for metallography, computer-aided design, stress analysis, engines, flexible manufacturing/

robotics and ergonomics.

MAKE YOUR PROGRAM UNIQUE. Focus on the science of materials and the design of machine elements and robotics through your elective courses. You can also add a minor in business administration or computer science without putting a strain on your curriculum.

LOOKING FOR A "HOT" JOB? USNews & World Report, citing increased industrial reliance upon the multifaceted expertise of mechanical engineers, projects mechanical engineering as one of the nation’s “40 hottest jobs.”

BE AN ENGINEER BEFORE YOU GRADUATE. Through our Co-op Program, you’ll incorporate 12 to 16 months of real engineering experience into your curriculum.

SPARKS FLY. Starting with a spark of the imagination and ending with the spark plug that fires the engine of a concept car or the sparks of a robotic welder, mechanical engineers design, develop and produce not only the machines that we rely upon, but the machines that make those machines.

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FRESHMAN
Engineering: The Art of Creating Change
Engineering Projects: The Practice of the Art
Computational Tools for Problem Solving
Graphical Tools for Design Communication

Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective
General Chemistry I & II
Rhetoric and Composition I & II
Calculus I & II
Individual and Social Behavior Elective
SOPHOMORE
Dynamics
Engineering Orientation
Engineering Statistics
Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Statics

Diverse Cultures Elective
Calculus III
General Physics with Calculus I & II
Differential Equations

JUNIOR
Design of Machine Elements
Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
Electrical Circuits and Machinery
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Manufacturing Engineering I
Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
Mechanical Measurements and Instrumentation
Thermodynamics I

Philosophy of Human Nature
Theory of Ethics

SENIOR
Computer-aided Engineering
Engineering Fundamentals
Principles of Design
Senior Design Project
Thermodynamics II
Three Mechanical Engineering Electives

Introduction to Theology
Literature/Performing Arts Elective
Theology Elective

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WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO
A small group of mechanical engineering grads go to graduate school at places like Marquette, Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin and Purdue University. About 95 percent of Marquette’s mechanical engineers are working within six months of graduation as design engineers or manufacturing engineers.

• A.O. Smith Corp.
• Briggs & Stratton Corp.
• Caterpillar Inc.
• Eaton Corp.
• Ford Motor Co.
• General Motors Corp.
• Harley-Davidson
• Johnson Controls Inc.
• Kimberly-Clark Corp.



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