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2620 Howe Hall
Phone: 515-294-4932

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Mechanical Engineering’s professional advisors are:

  • Interested in the academic, personal and professional development of their advisees
  • Knowledgeable about university, college and departmental policies and procedures
  • Advocates for their advisees, the department, the college and the university

Academic advisors can help you:

  • Navigate university, college and department systems
  • Identify university resources
  • Understand program requirements
  • Plan your course schedules
  • Find solutions to academic problems
  • Make academic decisions
  • Register for courses
  • Manage personal concerns
  • Transfer courses from other institutions

Our academic advisors encourage their advisees to be:

  • Serious about their studies and learning
  • Responsible and accountable for their decisions and actions
  • Knowledgeable about Iowa State policies and procedures and graduation requirements for the Mechanical Engineering program
  • Conscientious about integrating degree requirements with out-of-class, leadership and career opportunities

Mechanical Engineering Learning Teams (MELT)

The College of Engineering offers nearly 20 different learning communities to meet the individual needs of incoming, transfer and current engineering students in all majors. The Mechanical Engineering Learning Teams (MELT) community brings mechanical engineering students from diverse backgrounds together to create a social support network with ME peers.

These course-based learning communities composed of men, women and students of color help you make great networking connections, find study groups, make new friends you’ll likely have for the rest of your life.

Learning teams help students build on social and academic skillsets. You’ll enroll in a set of required courses and team up with other mechanical engineering students. One of the required linked courses is ME 190, a seminar course led by a peer mentor. Our peer mentors are academically successful upper-class students in the mechanical engineering curriculum. You’ll also have opportunities to interact with ME faculty, staff, and upper-level mechanical engineering students.

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