Mechanical Engineering (ME)

  • ME researchers with materials and manufacturing research outcomes featured as journal covers
    ME researchers with materials and manufacturing research outcomes featured as journal covers
  • ME undergraduate students working on cryogenic research
    ME undergraduate students working on cryogenic research
  • ME Junior/Senior students developed a remote-controlled soft robot for competition
    ME Junior/Senior students developed a remote-controlled soft robot for competition

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Mechanical Engineering

The Rowan University Mechanical Engineering (ME) Program offers an innovative and student-centered program, incorporating leading-edge educational methods that blend theory with engineering practice. The program provides students with a strong foundation in mechanical engineering science and design, and emphasizes the development of effective communication, teaming skills, and professional responsibility, in preparation for a career in a diverse global workforce.

Throughout the curriculum, students are exposed to mechanical engineering methods using hands-on state-of-the-art experiments, modern computational tools, and problem synthesis and solution approaches. The Mechanical Engineering Program is committed to graduating students that have technical excellence, a commitment to professional responsibility, and lifelong learning skills.

Professors Mitja Trkov and Wei Xue are developing soft robotics courses for undergraduate students.

Rowan University to develop new soft robotics educational modules

Professors Mitja Trkov and Wei Xue are developing soft robotics courses for undergraduate students.

Rowan University's Dr. Chen Shen is exploring the concepts behind origami to reshape sound.

Origami could change the shape of acoustics engineering

Rowan University's Dr. Chen Shen has received a $199,999 grant from the NSF to use the concepts behind origami to control sound.

Rowan University's Dr. Behrad Koohbor is examining foams on a microscopic level.

Under pressure, these foams get even stronger

Rowan University's Dr. Behrad Koohbor is examining foams on a microscopic level.