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Undergraduate Programs

Knowledge and Meaningful Skills that Make a Difference

By combining a comprehensive education in the engineering sciences with a solid foundation in practical, problem-solving know-how, WPI’s Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program prepares students to take on challenges that may carry technological and societal consequences.

That means mechanical engineering students may design and build a more fuel efficient airplane, design a lighter wheelchair, test flow in constricted blood vessels, or determine the optimal design of mechanical elements.

Learning by Doing

As part of WPI’s commitment to hands-on learning, projects and research are critical components of a mechanical engineering education. Projects include the Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) and Major Qualifying Project (MQP) before graduation. These can be completed here or abroad at one of our worldwide Project Centers.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Jamal S. Yagoobi
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: George I. Alden Professor

Professor Yagoobi enjoys teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels because it is very rewarding and allows for interaction the students. He is also head of the department.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Diran Apelian
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor

Professor Apelian’s research has helped establish mechanisms and fundamentals in metal processing, and helped lay the foundations for significant industrial developments.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Isa Bar-On
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor

Professor Bar-On co-founded the Healthcare Delivery Institute (HDI) @WPI, an interdisciplinary research institute working with several clinical partners.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Christopher Brown
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor

Professor Brown has published over 100 articles on design, surfaces and surface metrology and has patents a fractal method for characterizing surface textures and for friction testing.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Chrysanthe Demetry
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Associate Professor

Professor Demetry enjoys the opportunity to help students develop holistically as critical thinkers and lifelong learners, innovators, and effective and ethical communicators.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Simon Evans
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Title: Assistant Professor

Professor Evans’ teaching interests include thermo-fluids and aeronautical engineering disciplines within the department's Aerospace program.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Allen Hoffman
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor / Associate Department Head

Professor Hoffman teaches project-based design courses in which teams, usually made up of four students design, build, and evaluate devices.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Jianyu Liang
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Associate Professor

Professor Liang’s educational effort is focused on contributing to the creation of a well-structured nanoscience and nanotechnology curriculum at WPI.

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Faculty Profile

Name: David Olinger
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Associate Professor

Professor Olinger’s research group (including graduate and undergraduate students) works on an emerging renewable energy technology, airborne energy systems.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Brian Savilonis
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor

For Professor Savilonis, the project mode of education is a significant tenet of WPI; project based courses are common, along with the required IQP and MQP.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Richard Sisson
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Professor

Professor Sisson is dean of graduate studies, George F. Fuller Professor, and director of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering at WPI.

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Faculty Profile

Name: Yan Wang
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Assistant Professor

At WPI, Professor Wang’s main responsibilities are teaching and research. “I enjoy teaching and interacting with students because I like to impart my knowledge…”

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