The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota is one of the foremost graduate programs in the United States, serving the state and nation as a leading center of education, research, and innovation. Mechanical Engineering is one of thirteen departments in the College of Science and Engineering, which includes departments of mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering. This structure is highly effective at fostering multidisciplinary research and education. Coursework and research for all graduate degrees are offered in bioengineering, biomechanics, combustion, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, computer graphics, control systems, design, energy conservation, environmental control, environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, history of science and technology, human factors engineering, industrial engineering, innovative methodologies, integration of structural and environmental systems, lubrication, manufacturing engineering, particle technology, plasma chemistry, plasma heat transfer, power, propulsion, and applied thermodynamics, socioeconomic systems, solar energy, solar processing and thermochemistry, statistics, structures, systems dynamics, technology assessment, thermal energy storage, thermal environmental engineering, thermodynamics, transportation, tribology, vibration, and interdisciplinary finite element methodology. Additional instructional and research programs can be formulated.