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Welcome to ME Department


The mechanical engineering field is one of the oldest of the several engineering fields. It is also one of the broadest in scope, for it is not identified with nor restricted to any particular technology (like nuclear engineering), nor to any particular vehicle (like land-based automobiles), nor to any particular device or particular system.

 

It is, in fact, concerned with so many areas of modem technology that the tasks and challenges of the mechanical engineer are most interesting and varied.

 

The field is logically associated with mechanical things, but this can lead to a restrictive image. For example, one often associates mechanical engineers with automobiles and, thus, with engines. To the non-engineer this is an acceptable association that implies a knowledge of pistons and carburetors. As engineers know, this picture is very shallow; the breadth of understanding implied when one thinks of designing an engine challenges the imagination. Automobile engines are just one of many devices that convert energy into useful work.



News and Events


Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award

Professor T. Shim received the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering in March, 2008 for his outstanding achievements in teaching and research in the area of automotive engineering.

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Faculty Promotion

Professor Hong Tae Kang was promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure effective September, 2009. 

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Award from U.S. Department of the Navy
Professor Pravansu Mohanty, in collaboration with Dr. Armen Zakarian of the IMSE department, received a $2.9 million award from the U.S. Department of the Navy.
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Oak Ridge Grant Competition
Professor Oleg Zikanov received a grant in the Oak Ridge Associated Universities/Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Performance Computing Grant competition.
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Distinguised Research Award
Professor Oleg Zikanov received the 2009 Distinguished Research Award.
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Alumnus Honors Professor George Kurajian
with Named Scholarship Fund

 

 

When Professor George Kurajian joined the University of Michigan-Dearborn's School of Engineering (now the College of Engineering and Computer Science) in 1964, he was assigned a student assistant: Roy Rennolds.

 

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