研究生课程的教育目标是：提高对高级工程设计，建模和分析的熟练程度。通过积极参与创新研究，为独立的创新发现提供机会。增强技术交流能力。拥有工程学理学硕士（机械）学位的毕业生期待着责任更高的职业机会。机会领域包括但不限于机械系统和结构动力学，系统设计和控制，智能和生物材料，复合材料力学，实验应力分析，工程材料的疲劳和断裂，车辆动力学，实验和计算流体动力学，热能和动力系统，可替代和可再生能源，燃料电池，燃烧，噪声和振动，有限元分析以及微米和纳米技术。随着知识库的快速扩展，机械工程师的机会不断发展。
Mechanical and aerospace engineers solve problems. Mechanical engineers plan and design machines, tools, engines and other equipment or systems that produce or use power, such as instruments, controls, and machines as well as mechanical, thermal, hydraulic and heat transfer systems. Aerospace engineers design, develop, test and help produce commercial and military aircraft, surface effect vehicles, missiles, and other related hardware or systems for inside and outside the atmosphere. Whichever field you choose, earning a degree from Western Michigan University will set you up for success as you pursue your professional goals.<br><br>Graduates with the Master of Science in Engineering (Mechanical) look forward to career opportunities at higher levels of responsibility. Areas of opportunity include, but are not limited to, mechanical systems and structural dynamics, system design and controls, smart and biomaterials, mechanics of composite materials, experimental stress analysis, fatigue and fracture of engineering materials, vehicle dynamics, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, thermal and power systems, alternate and renewable energy, fuel cells, combustion, noise and vibrations, finite element analysis, and micro and nano-technology. Opportunities for mechanical engineers continue to develop with the rapid expansion of the knowledge base.