The BSME in Mechanical Engineering teaches students the principles of physics and materials science for design, analysis and manufacturing of mechanical and thermal systems. Graduates use core concepts: mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics and tools: computer-aided design and modeling to design and build machines, weapons, medical devices, and robotics. The MAE department is located at the easternmost corner of one of the biggest research parks in the country, Cummings Research Park. Surrounded by high-tech aerospace companies, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the Army's Redstone Arsenal, our graduates are sometimes offered jobs before they even graduate. This situation is unique around the country and MAE graduates are very fortunate to have made the decision to join MAE and UAH. Because of this, our enrollment has doubled in eight years and MAE is the largest major on campus.