The Department's mission is to be a leader in education and research. We seek to produce future leaders for industry, academia, government, and society–leaders whose vision is founded upon fundamental knowledge, analytical skills, creativity, perspective, and ethics. We seek to advance technology and science by combining basic knowledge with the innovative application of engineering and scientific principles. And we seek to enrich our educational and research programs, and ultimately society, through service. Our educational mission is to prepare students for careers involving technological innovation and leadership. Our undergraduate educational program provides a broad base on which successful careers in engineering and a number of other fields can be founded, whereas the graduate program aims to prepare specialists, professionals, and scholars in mechanical engineering. The research mission of the Department–which is to create knowledge, technologies and ideas through fundamental research and its application–is closely intertwined with its educational mission.

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