Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Design

Northeastern University

The combined major in mechanical engineering and design is designed to educate students in topics of both disciplines and the interface between them. Mechanical engineering involves the design, development, and manufacture of machinery and devices to transmit power or to convert energy from thermal to mechanical form in order to power the modern world and its machines. Its current practice has been heavily influenced by recent advances in computer hardware and software. Today, engineers also play a primary role in the development of new technologies in a variety of fields-energy conversion, solar energy utilization, environmental control, prosthetics, transportation, manufacturing, and new-materials development. Design is the discipline that shapes human experiences in specific situations to improve quality. Designers pose important questions about-and provide significant answers to-how we live. Designers are needed when we don’t know what is needed as well as when we think we do. Students in this program will combine the disciplines in order to address complex problems with human-centered solutions.