ABET认可的机械工程计划旨在提供有关热力学，流体力学，传热，固体力学，机械设计，动力学，控制，机械系统，制造和材料的基础知识。该课程包括对所有机械工程师都重要的基础主题，并提供设计和制造，动力学和控制以及流体和热工程学方面的选项。
Mechanical engineering is a broad discipline finding application in virtually all industries and manufactured products. The mechanical engineer applied principles of mechanics, dynamics, and energy transfer to the design, analysis, testing, and manufacture of consumer and industrial products. A mechanical engineer usually has specialized knowledge in such areas as design, materials, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, dynamics, control systems, manufacturing methods, and human factors. Applications of mechanical engineering include design of machines used in manufacturing and processing industries, mechanical components of electronic and data processing equipment, engines and power-generating equipment, components and vehicles for land, sea, air, and space, and artificial components for the human body. Mechanical engineers are employed throughout the engineering community as individual consultants in small firms providing specialized products or services, as designers and managers in large corporations, and as public official in government agencies.<br><br>The mechanical engineer with specialization in Power Systems and Thermal Design is concerned with energy utilization and thermal environment control Design of power and propulsion systems (power plants, engines) and their components is a major activity. Thermal environment control requires the design of thermal control systems having heat pumps, heat pipes, heat exchanges, thermal insulation, and ablation heat shields. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), vacuum technology, cryogenics, and solar thermal energy are other areas to which the mechanical engineer contributes.