Undergraduate Program

Mechanical engineering is one of the core disciplines of engineering. It encompasses a large number of subdisciplines that are at the heart of both traditional and leading edge technologies. Mechanical engineers can be found in leadership roles in almost any sector of industry, ranging from electronics and aerospace to civil transportation and consumer household products. The undergraduate mechanical engineering program at Stony Brook recognizes that students have a variety of career path objectives within the wide variety of industrial environments available to mechanical engineers.

More specifically, the educational objectives of the mechanical engineering curriculum at Stony Brook are to prepare our graduates to:

1. Establish a successful career in mechanical engineering or related fields in industry and other organizations where an engineering approach to problem solving is highly valued.

2. Contribute significantly in multidisciplinary work environment with high ethical standards and with an understanding of the role of engineering in the economy and the environment.

3. Excel in graduate study and research, reaching advanced degrees in engineering and related disciplines.

4. Achieve success in professional development through life-long learning.

Please read the new Undergraduate Student Guide by Mechanical Engineering Department for more information.

 

NEW CALCULATOR POLICY

Effective spring, 2008 only the following calculators will be permitted to be used on all midterm and final exams in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. There will be no exceptions! This list of calculators is identical to that allowed for the National Council for Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam that many of you will take in your senior year, as well as the Professional Engineering (PE) exam that you may take several years from now. The sooner you become comfortable on one of these calculators, the better.

NCEES Allowed calculators as of spring 2008:

Casio:	All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name.
Hewlett Packard:	The HP 33s and HP 35s models, but no others.
Texas Instruments:	All TI-30X and TI-36X models. Any Texas Instruments calculator must contain either TI-30X or TI-36X in its model name.

The NCEES policy on calculators can be found here: http://www.ncees.org/exams/calculators.

Clarification of New Minimum Grade

Requirements for

Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Curriculum

 

This serves to clarify recent changes to the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum regarding minimum grades for the following courses (see current M.E. Handbook for details) :

A minimum grade of “C” in MEC 260 before being able to take MEC 262 and MEC 363

A minimum grade of “C” in MEC 260 and MEC 262 to graduate

These requirements only hold for students entering the Mechanical Engineering program as of fall, 2008.  This holds both for freshmen just starting their Mechanical Engineering studies as well as students who transfer into the program (both from within Stony Brook and from other institutions).  In other words, if your first semester in Mechanical Engineering program is fall, 2008 or later, then the new requirements apply to you.

Students who have already completed at least one semester as a Mechanical Engineering  prior to fall, 2008 are grandfathered in, and these requirements do not apply.  If you have difficulty in registering for MEC 262 and/or MEC 363, please come to see me.  It should be noted, however, that these restrictions were implemented in the first place because students who did not meet these requirements inevitably wound up doing poorly in subsequent courses.  Thus, if you are grandfathered in, but do not meet the above minimum grade requirements, you may wish to adhere to these requirements anyway.

                    

UNDERGRADUATE

TOWN HALL MEETING

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Mechanical Engineering held its annual student town hall meeting on November 12th, 2008. Close to 70 students attended to hear about updates to the curriculum and to voice their opinions about the program. Please visit this link to view the slides from the Town Hall Meeting Presentation.

2008 Town Hall Meeting

 

 

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