As a student studying mechanical engineering at Boston University, you will learn how robots move, airplanes fly, and big data enables big ideas. You will learn about technological innovations that enable sustainable energy, engineer biological tissues, create new materials, and advance scientific pursuits at the nanoscale and at the scale of our solar system. You will design and create engineering solutions to real-world challenges. The College of Engineering's goal is to create the societal engineera student who will take their engineering education and experiences and improve our society.
Our students can specialize their mechanical engineering studies by concentrating on aerospace engineering, manufacturing, energy technologies & sustainability, nanotechnology, machine learning, or technology innovation. Outside of the classroom, our mechanical engineers lead student-run groups that launch rockets (Rocket Propulsion Group, BURPG) and build electric and gas-powered race cars (BU Racing, BU Baja SAE). Students perform experimental, computational, and interdisciplinary research with professors who design biomedical devices, build soft robots, study graphene, fold origami, control the flight of drones, and utilize additive manufacturing. As a mechanical engineering student, you will design and build products, machines, and research prototypes in the Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC), turn your ideas into reality at the IDG Capital Student Innovation Center (InnovateBU), and collaborate with students in the Questrom School of Business to understand how practicing engineers thrive in industry.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Mechanical Engineering BS program will have:
An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
