Computing

Mechanical Engineering aims to prepare students to tackle some of the world’s most challenging engineering problems by leveraging computational tools and methods. This concentration allows students to learn about mechanical systems modeling combined with computing and numerical methods. This concentration considers the intersection between engineering and computational methods by applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computation to practical engineering problems. Students can learn techniques to represent complex engineering systems digitally, create and optimize computational models of real-world applications, and finally, learn to apply methods that can learn and make predictions about a system based on data, theory, and/or domain-specific rules. As with all 2-A concentrations, there is flexibility in designing your curriculum, and many upper-level classes from classes 2 and 6 may be counted in your concentration.