Making a World of Difference in
the World’s Problems
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University is where innovation thrives and the impossible is made possible. This is where your passion for problem-solving and hands-on learning can make a real difference in our world. Whether you’re helping improve the environment, creating safer automobiles, or advancing medical technologies, and athletic performance, the Department of Mechanical Engineering gives you the tools and talent to blaze your own trail to an amazing career.
USE YOUR HEAD AND YOUR HANDS
When it comes to hands-on learning, we’re all hands on deck. You’ll hit the ground running as you work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled professors and wicked-smart classmates to create tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. Along with a formal curriculum, you’ll be engaged in research projects, labs, and informal clubs working directly on groundbreaking engineering projects applying the principles you’ve learned firsthand.
What does a mechanical
engineer do?
As a mechanical engineer, you’re able to make a real difference for a happier, healthier world.
Featured News
Using video game-based tools to teach STEM
A mechanical engineering (ME) alum, Christopher Whitmer, hopes to engage the next generation of scientists and engineers by using a video game interface to teach them STEM concepts and methods.
Applying ME concepts to create a metaverse
After completing his studies at the end of the Spring 2022 semester, Yi Zheng, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering (ME), will spend two years serving as a postdoc research scientist for the Facebook Reality Lab in Seattle.
ME student designs, fabricates outdoor desks to reduce spread of COVID-19
Juliana “Jana” Camaioni, senior in mechanical engineering (ME), answered the call when the ME department was looking for ways to increase outdoor seating options to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Developing a skilled workforce using advanced learning technologies
A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Iowa State University, including ME’s Eliot Winer, will study ways that they can utilize digital teaching technologies to effectively develop a robust workforce that will serve Iowa’s rural communities.
Lights. Instruments. Action!
The Iowa State University Cyclone Football ‘Varsity’ Marching Band is performing during the 2018 Band Extravaganza. The drumline is equipped with lights that flash different colors every time they hit their drums and the crowd goes wild over the spectacle. This is when Jacob Schmieder, a trumpet player in the band, came up with a business idea.