Mechanical engineers put energy and machines to workfrom rockets, robots, and airplanes to automobiles, satellites, and renewable energy systems. In RIT's mechanical engineering BS degree you'll study math, science, physics, engineering science, and engineering systems. Wherever there is motion or energy, mechanical engineers have played a role in the innovations that define modern life. RIT's mechanical engineering bachelor's degree provides you with a broad academic base complemented by hands-on laboratory activities and cooperative education experience. You may also choose to expand your studies with professional electives focusing on aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, energy and the environment, bioengineering, or manufacturing and design.<br><br>Mechanical engineering is perhaps the most comprehensive of the engineering disciplines. The mechanical engineer's interests encompass the design of automotive and aerospace systems, bioengineering devices, and energy-related technologies. The spectrum of professional activity for the mechanical engineering graduate runs from research through design and development to manufacturing and sales. Because of their comprehensive training and education, mechanical engineers often are called upon to assume management positions.<br><br>RIT's bachelor's of science in mechanical engineering offers professional courses in bioengineering, energy systems, applied mechanics, manufacturing, materials science, systems analysis, computer-aided graphics and design, robotics, and automotive and aerospace engineering. The department's laboratories are equipped to provide extensive experimentation in these areas. Laboratory facilities include a well-instrumented wind tunnel, a particle imaging velocimetry laser system for flow visualization, advanced heat transfer systems, robotics, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, engine dynamometers, fluid flow loops, refrigeration systems, tensile testers, compression testers, torsion testers, hardness testers, X-ray diffractometer, atomic force microscope, dynamic system simulators, a spectrum analyzer, and a well-equipped machine shop.<br>The bachelor's in mechanical engineering provides a broad academic base complemented by hands-on laboratory activities and cooperative education experience. You will devote your first two years to the study of mathematics, physical sciences, liberal arts, and engineering sciences, while the third and fourth years emphasize engineering science, design, and systems.<br><br>You may then specialize by choosing appropriate technical and free elective courses in an area of interest. Each of the listed professional electives includes a significant design project. In the fifth year, you are required to complete Multidisciplinary Senior Design I and II, a two-course capstone design experience.<br><br>You will complete liberal arts general education courses in various perspectives to round out your education. During the course of your studies, you must demonstrate writing competency in the English language by successfully completing a Contemporary Issues course offered by the mechanical engineering department.