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Our undergraduate program culminates in a capstone design course where students work in teams to develop innovative engineering projects designed for industry or community partners.
Mechanical Engineering
If it moves, a mechanical engineer probably had something to do with it.
From automobiles, airplanes and space shuttles to robots, artificial limbs and biochips – all moving and transforming our future.
Mechanical engineering news
Dr. Floris van Breugel studies insects for inspiration in designing robust and novel control systems for robots
Faces of the Pack: Passion for mechanical engineering helps graduate student succeed
Rebecca Histed, graduate student, won a prestigious National Science Foundation award and makes a difference in the mechanical engineering department
Aerospace engineering program readies for takeoff
Petros Voulgaris will join the University in 2020 to lead the new program, which will build on the College of Engineering's established research strengths in unmanned aerial systems.
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- Location: Palmer Engineering
- Room Number: PE 204
- Mailstop: 0312
- Address: 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557
- Email: me@unr.edu
- Phone: (775) 784-6931
- Fax: (775) 784-1390
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