The ME Department at the School of Mines offers a Bachelor's of Science, Master's, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Our mission is to prepare our graduates for leadership roles in engineering by offering a quality education to foster a distinctive curriculum accentuating design and project-based learning; committing to individual development while emphasizing the values of teamwork in a culturally diverse, multidisciplinary environment; and encouraging undergraduate and graduate research to nurture creative solutions to complex engineering problems.
Our vision is to become the undergraduate mechanical engineering program of choice within South Dakota and among our peer groups of specialized science and engineering schools across the nation, by offering a premier engineering design curriculum and by providing our graduates with a superior educational experience through teaching and learning, research and development, and service and responsibility.
Mechanical engineering (ME) is a very broad field that provides opportunities for interesting and challenging work in every phase of modern technology. The curriculum in the mechanical engineering department is designed to give students a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of engineering and science within the major areas of mechanical engineering:
Manufacturing
Mechanical systems
Thermal science and energy
ME B.S.
ME M.S.
ME Ph.D.
