Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UTSA! Mechanical Engineering offers a wealth of opportunities in virtually all industries such as: aerospace, automotive, biomedical, energy (wind/solar/petrochemical), heating & cooling systems, machinery, materials, microelectronics, robotics, structures, and others. The UTSA M.E. program prepares students for work in these industries through a concentration of focused classes in the areas of design and manufacturing, mechanics and materials, and thermal and fluid systems. These classes are supported through a sequence of labs with experiments such as: a Rankine-cycle power generation, rotordynamics, thermal heat exchangers, diesel engine efficiency, aerodynamics using a wind tunnel, and others. |
Excellent computer facilities are available with state-of-the-art software products including: Ansys, Labview, Matlab, and Solidworks. A 192-core cluster supercomputer is available for computing as well as three student labs equipped with Windows-based PCs. In addition, a recently-developed Advanced Visualization Lab is now available to students. The UTSA M.E. program is an ABET accredited program, last receiving accreditation in 2010. A number of professional organization student chapters are available at UTSA including ASME, ASHRAE, SAE, SWE, MAES and others (see the list).
UTSA offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. programs to prepare student for all levels. The Ph.D. program is a joint effort with Southwest Research Institute. Undergraduate scholarships and research opportunities are available. Graduate fellowships are available for both MS and PhD students.
Three world-class centers are associated with the ME department: iTEC - education, CAMLS - manufacturing, SiViRT - visualization and real-time computing. As you can see, UTSA offers a world class education to provide Texas and the nation our next generation of mechanical engineers. We welcome you to join us.
Harry R. Millwater, Ph.D.
Interim
Department Chair