George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

http://www.me.gatech.edu/research/index.shtml


At its core, Mechanical Engineering is about thermal systems and mechanical systems, and the design, manufacture, and operation of these systems.

Georgia Tech has a strong program in manufacturing. Mechanical Engineering’s contribution to this activity is major, including design, controls, precision manufacturing, rapid prototyping, polymer processing, and electronic packaging. Environmentally conscious design and “green engineering” is also addressed.

Top Mechanical Engineering Departments USA

2008 rank followed by 2007 rank
1
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
2
Stanford University (CA)
3
3
University of California–Berkeley*
4
5
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor*
6
6
Georgia Institute of Technology*
7
7
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)*
8
10
Cornell University (NY)
9
8
California Institute of Technology
10
15
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

* denotes a public institution

For more details visit

http://www.universityportal.net/2008/04/top-university-of-mechanical.html

The site has rankings for various other disciplines

Mechanical Engineering at MIT

MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) is the second oldest and second largest academic program at MIT.

The editors of U.S. News & World Report, among others, consistently rank it the top graduate and undergraduate mechanical engineering program among North American colleges and universities. Its students are drawn from all 50 states and more than 50 countries. Its alumni are leaders in business and industry, education and government; they range from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, to astronauts on the Space Shuttle, to award-winning scholars, inventors, entrepreneurs and innovators.

In 2005, Mechanical Engineering merged with the Department of Ocean Engineering to create a new department made up of approximately 75 faculty, 367 undergraduate students, 227 doctoral students, and 281 masters program students. Following the merger, the newly formed department retained its original name, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, which includes the Center for Ocean Engineering. As ME enters a new phase of its existence, it recognizes that its future lies in seven key "thrust areas" that will define its research and scholarly agenda. These areas have their foundations rooted in the Institute's 100-plus year history of research defined by the Scientific Method, their vibrant growth by the cross-pollination of interdisciplinary studies, and a potential yield of inventions and innovations only limited by the imagination and ingenuity of its faculty, researchers and students. They are:

Mechanics
Product Realization
Controls, Instrumentation & Robotics
Energy Science & Engineering
Ocean Science & Engineering
Bio-Mechanics & Engineering
Micro/Nano Mechanics & Engineering

More than two-dozen research laboratories and centers provide ME faculty, research scientists, post-doctoral associates and undergraduate and graduate students the opportunities to meet the challenges of the future by developing ground-breaking innovations today.

Department of Mechanical Engineering links
Visit the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering home page at:http://me.mit.edu/
Review the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering curriculum at:http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#2