机械工程是最大，最广泛和最古老的工程学科之一。机械工程师使用能量，材料和力学原理来设计，分析，优化和制造各种类型和规模的机器和设备。他们创建了驱动技术和行业的流程和系统。航空航天工程是一个高度专业化但又广泛多样的领域。航空航天工程师开发了用于航空，国防系统和太空探索的创新技术。我们的综合研究生课程提供机械和航空航天工程学的硕士学位（ME），理学硕士学位（MS）和哲学博士学位（PhD）。MS和PhD都是需要在最终论文/答辩中报告的独立研究的研究学位，而ME学位是基于课程的学位，没有研究要求。
Mechanical engineering is one of the largest, broadest, and oldest engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineers use the principles of energy, materials, and mechanics to design, analyze, optimize and manufacture machines and devices of all types and scales. They create the processes and systems that drive technology and industry. Aerospace engineering is a highly specialized, yet widely diverse field. Aerospace engineers develop innovations and technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration.<br><br>The faculty of the department strives to offer graduate courses that will challenge the students capabilities, inform them of cutting-edge innovations, and develop in them an appreciation of the deep beauty and history of our discipline. Toward these ends, the curriculum has three goals: <br><br>To ensure that all graduates possess a broad knowledge of the fundamentals that underlie Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<br><br>To ensure that all graduates have a deep knowledge within one of the department's three primary disciplines<br><br>To provide sufficient flexibility within our program for interdisciplinary students, acknowledging the great diversity within MAE and its emerging areas<br><br>The particular focus areas range in scales from macro to nano, and in scope from highly theoretical to quite applied, and utilize state-of-the-art analytical, computational, and experimental tools.