A Broad Discipline
Preparing students for the lifelong practice of mechanical engineering and related engineering disciplines.
Academic Programs
The Department of Mechanical Engineering prepares students for the lifelong practice of mechanical engineering and related engineering disciplines. The department teaches students to become problem solvers through the application of science in order to deal with the relations among forces, work or energy, and power in designing systems, which will ultimately contribute to the betterment of the human environment.
What's Happening
The 25-year-old triumph of two UNLV engineering professors and their quest to build the world’s largest flying disc.
Kwang Kim, a 2018 Distinguished Professor, work in biomedical engineering is inspiring a new generation of researchers.
March 31 game marks 8-year-old Las Vegas girl Hailey Dawson's first Major League Baseball park pitch in 2018 using her UNLV 3D-printed hand.
In the News
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Feb. 13, 2018 | NHL
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Nov. 15, 2017 | The Stem Cell Podcast
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Nov. 1, 2017 | KNPR News
Accomplishments
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Apr. 13, 2018
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Mar. 23, 2018
Upcoming Events
Helpful Links
Mechanical engineers deal with the relations among forces, work or energy, and power in designing systems, which will render the achievements of science to the betterment of the human environment. Below are helpful links for students and the community.