机械工程学系提供的研究生课程可导致获得机械工程理学硕士学位和博士学位。每个研究生在与研究生委员会协商后，都会准备一份单独的学习课程。目前的研究领域包括：生物力学和生物医学工程，仿生生物，复合材料和结构，计算力学，控制和动力系统，设计优化，流体力学，传热，海洋可再生能源，纳米材料和装置海上工程，降阶建模，机器人技术，智能材料，太阳能，固体力学，热科学，不确定性量化和工程教育。博士 学位课程只针对学生和教职员工感兴趣的主题。跨学科博士研究是与其他学科的教师合作进行的，这是机械工程专业研究生课程的一部分。
The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers graduate programs leading to Master of Science and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Each graduate student, in consultation with his or her graduate committee, prepares an individual program of study. Current areas of research include: Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Biomimetics, Composite Materials and Structures, Computational Mechanics, Controls and Dynamic Systems, Design Optimization, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Marine Renewable Energy, Nanomaterials and Devices Offshore Engineering, Reduced-Order Modeling, Robotics, Smart Materials, Solar Thermal Energy, Solid Mechanics, Thermal Sciences, Uncertainty Quantification and Engineering Education. The Ph.D. degree program is more narrowly focused on a topic of interest to the student and the faculty advisor. Interdisciplinary PhD research is performed in collaboration with faculty in other disciplines as a part of a coherent graduate degree program in Mechanical Engineering.