Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

By studying mechanical engineering, you can learn how to design and build for general-purpose machinery manufacturing, automotive parts manufacturing, and management of other companies and testing laboratories – all within the context of a Christian worldview.

This program will focus on developing hands-on, practical, and technical skills using both lecture and lab environments. Your assignments are designed to simulate real-life scenarios because we believe that having experience is imperative to your pursuit of jobs with a mechanical engineering degree.

Our curriculum seeks to prepare you to apply mathematical and scientific principles to design engineering solutions as well as develop operational evaluations of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems. We desire to equip you to use engineering methodology to develop machines and other products to make processes more efficient.

In addition to offering hands-on training in the classroom, we’ve partnered with a number of companies that provide the opportunity to complete an internship and gain real-world skills alongside professionals who are already in the field. This is a chance to make practical use of your skills and put your knowledge to the test in real problem-solving situations. Our students have worked for companies like:

• Boeing
• Georgia Pacific
• NASA
• Disney
• National Ground Intelligence Center

You can have the opportunity to serve God and use your engineering talents to impact industrial, environmental, and societal contexts for Christ.

The Mechanical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.* Accreditation adds value to your degree. Companies and organizations looking at your résumé will know that your degree has met certain engineering industry standards.

*ABET accredits postsecondary degree-granting programs housed within regionally accredited institutions. They accredit programs only, not degrees, departments, colleges, or institutions.

You will be taught the time value of money, analysis of investments, break-even concepts, risk analysis, alternatives analysis, tax implications, certainty, and uncertainty.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Atomic and molecular effects, properties, and applications
• Atomic and molecular structure of materials
• Discussion of metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites
• How to tailor microstructure composition of materials to desired mechanical, electrical, optical, magnetic, and smart properties
• Survey of the abundance, selection, design, manufacturing, and designation of engineering materials

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• In this course, an introductory study of the fundamental principles and technologies found in modern computer-controlled machines and processes is taught. 
• You will learn the 4 main components of a mechatronic system: sensors, actuators, motion transmission mechanisms, and controllers. You will be expected to design and build a mechatronic system.

This course will contain an introduction to the design process. Topics that will be discussed include system engineering, team dynamics, design specifications, conceptual design, scheduling, developing a business plan, market survey, and budgeting.