The Engineering Mechanics (EM) program provides a strong foundation and interdisciplinary framework for the discovery, development, transfer, and implementation of knowledge in the areas of mechanics of materials and material systems, fluid mechanics, dynamics and vibration, biomechanics, and computational and experimental methods. The Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM), home to the EM program, is fully committed to providing an educational environment that emphasizes fundamental understanding, high-quality teaching, frontier-level research, innovation, and service to the professional mechanics community. Instilling EM graduates with a rigorous background and a highly flexible professional perspective enables them to pursue successful careers in a variety of engineering industries, in research environments, and in higher education. Engineering Mechanics graduates teach and conduct research in academic departments across the nation and around the world, start up, lead, and work in a breadth of domestic and international companies and government laboratories, serve as science and technology advisors to local, regional, and federal agencies, hold leadership positions in professional societies, and actively promote the role and value of engineering science in the technological competitiveness of the Commonwealth of Virginia and our nation.