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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering majors learn to design, develop and manufacture machines that produce, transmit and use power. Wherever machines are produced or used, there are mechanical engineers. The mechanical engineering program stresses lab work, internships, and a focus on solving real-world problems.

About the Program

Mechanical engineers play a pivotal role in nearly everything that makes life work. From seemingly simple devices like doorknobs and zip-lock freezer bags to complex robots and spacecrafts, there is hardly an area of everyday life that hasn’t been influenced by a mechanical engineer somewhere along the path from invention to installation.

It is one of the broadest engineering categories. Mechanisms that mechanical engineers design, manufacture and test include: appliances, clocks, robots, airplanes, weapons, space stations, heating and air conditioning, pumps and turbines, electric power generators, automobiles and engines, hearing aids, artificial knees, air pollution control devices, energy-conserving devices, roller coasters

Accreditations - David Crawford School of Engineering

New England Commission of Higher Education

REGIONAL ACCREDITATION

Norwich University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), known formerly as the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC).

Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

Civil Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET,  under the General Criteria and the Civil Engineering Program Criteria.

Construction Management is accredited by the ANSAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Construction Management Program Criteria.

Electrical and Computer Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program Criteria.

Interdisciplinary Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria.

Mechanical Engineering is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Mechanical Engineering Program Criteria.

Goals, Outcomes & Details

To view additional program details for programs such as course offerings, requirements, and curriculum maps for the mechanical engineering course offerings and a curriculum map, visit the Norwich University Course Catalog using these links.

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Our Faculty

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R. Danner Friend

Position(s):

  • Professor
  • Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tara Kulkarni

Tara Kulkarni

Position(s):

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Provost for Research
  • Chief Research Officer
John E. Patterson

John E. Patterson

Position(s):

  • Associate Professor
  • Program Coordinator, Construction Management
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Karen Supan

Position(s):

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, David Crawford School of Engineering
Moses Tefe

Moses Tefe

Position(s):

  • Associate Professor
  • Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Chair, Construction Management
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Ali Al Bataineh

Position(s):

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence