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Faculty
Chair
Jamal Yagoobi
Room 243 Engineering 1
Ext. 73239
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
John Kallend
Room 205 Engineering 1
Ext. 73054
Professors
Barnett, Kallend (Associate Chair, Undergraduate
Studies), Meade, Nagib (Rettaliata Distinguished
Professor), Nair, Nash, Wark, Williams, Yagoobi
Associate Professors
Cassel (Associate Chair, Graduate Studies), Clack, Gosz,
Mostovoy, Pervan, Raman, Rempfer, Ruiz, Tin
Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
Students are introduced to the scope of the engineering
profession in the first-semester course Introduction to the
Profession, and to the ethical, economical, safety, environmental
and other responsibilities of being a professional
engineer. Strong emphasis is placed on development of
oral and written communication skills. Accompanying
courses in mathematics and the basic sciences provide
the foundation for later studies of engineering sciences
relevant to the students’ major fields of study. These
areas include: energy, structures and motion for the ME
major; materials, structure-property relations, materials
processing, service behavior and design for the MSE
major; and structures and materials, propulsion and
aerodynamics for the AE major. Regardless of the students’
intended major, all MMAE students have a
common curriculum for the first three semesters.
The second year emphasizes building a foundation for the
eventual study of engineering design. The engineering
sciences offer a rational approach to solving detailed
problems encountered in major-specific courses, including
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is an essential part of most
industries and modern technologies, and includes the
analysis, design and development of machines and structures
that involve motion. Mechanical engineers are
employed in areas such as the design and control of
machinery; the development of means of transportation
including automobiles, aircraft, space and marine vehi-
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Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professors
Qian, Vural
Lecturer
Cesarone
Research Professors
Broutman, Copley, Kumar, Sciammarella
Adjunct Professors
Khounsari, Morel, Natarajan, Patwardhan, Routbort,
Singh, Thakkar
Faculty Emeriti
Bonthron, Breyer, Dix, Donnell, Gordon, Graham,
Higgins, Kalpakjian, Lavan, Morkovin, Porter, Rasof,
Rettaliata, Way
the IPROs and capstone design courses of the third and
fourth years.
In the third year, students begin the transition to professional
practice and learn to develop sound engineering
judgment by studying open-ended problems and realistic
constraints. Students build further on the engineering
sciences, and approximately one-third of major-specific
coursework is devoted to the introduction of tangible
engineering design. The student’s professional experience
is developed by participation in a minimum of two interprofessional
projects in the third and fourth years.
The process continues into the fourth year where the
three programs culminate in senior-year design projects.
Mechanical engineering projects involve design of thermal
and mechanical systems; materials science and
engineering students develop new or optimized materials,
processing routes or selection schemes; and aerospace
engineering students produce conceptual designs of aircraft
and spacecraft missions.
cles, and railroads; computer-aided design and
manufacture of products, consumer goods, devices
and industrial equipment; medical technology utilizing
mechanical and electromechanical devices; the generation
of energy from fossil and nuclear fuels; and the
utilization, storage and distribution of alternative
energy sources.
IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 2006–2008
113