BSc Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering degree offered by the University of Arizona is about movement and machines, including the human body, the most complex machine.
Quick Facts |
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Full-time Duration: | 4 years |
Starting in: | August, January, May |
Tuition Fee: | $37,116 per year |
Location: | Tucson, United States |
Mechanical engineers need a deep understanding of physics, mathematics and materials to design components ranging in size from cellular matrices for tissue engineering, to cooling systems for hot underground mines, to hardware for military machinery and medical prosthetics.
Research Opportunities
UA mechanical engineers are conducting research with biomedical engineers to create soft tissues, implants and prosthetics for patients with heart disease, brain aneurysms and glaucoma. Other research includes developing efficient solar energy systems and fuel cells to create clean energy.
Courses include:
- Solid and Fluid Mechanics
- Thermal Sciences
- Dynamics and Controls
- Nanotechnology
- Mechanical Design
“Choosing the Master’s program for Physiological Sciences at the University of Arizona was one of the best decisions I could have made in my education. Our department is warm and collaborative, offering an array of research topics and techniques underneath a vast and integrative umbrella of physiology. Beyond my research experience, I was presented with teaching opportunities, which I feel honed my skill of scientific communication. Having the dynamic research/teaching/class schedule not only kept me active but helped me reinforce material in multiple contexts. Overall, this program was exactly what I wanted in my segway into the medical sciences… and with my teaching assistantship paying for my tuition, how could I say no?”
Andrew Wojtanowski // MS 2016
Career
Mechanical engineers are needed in virtually every industry, from automotive, transportation and marine to construction, consumer and utilities, to defense, chemical and medical.