Northwestern’s Mechanical Engineering BS transforms students into creative problem-solvers who turn physics and materials into kinetic reality. Beginning with design-studio challenges that hack 3-D printers and solar racers, majors dive into dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and control theory before specializing in robotics, aerospace, biomechanics, or renewable-energy systems. A culture of hands-on learning means undergraduates populate wind-tunnel labs, machine shops, and the Segal Prototyping & Fabrication Lab, while co-ops with SpaceX, Caterpillar, and local clean-tech startups forge professional mastery. By graduation, students can model a jet engine’s combustor in ANSYS, optimize a bionic hand’s tendon routing, and pitch a net-zero HVAC retrofit to investors—skills prized in industry and top PhD programs.
Design a regenerative braking system for micro-mobility e-scooters and validate efficiency gains
Model airflow and acoustic comfort of high-speed electric vertical-takeoff aircraft cabins
Fabricate a soft robotic gripper using silicone casting and tendon-driven actuation
Optimize heat-pipe networks for laptop processors with CFD and topology optimization
Develop autonomous sailing drones that sample Lake Michigan microplastics
Create a hybrid rocket motor test stand with LabVIEW-based PID control
3-D print lattice-reinforced bicycle cranks and perform fatigue testing
Simulate peristaltic pump waveforms for biomedical drug-delivery catheters
Build a Stirling-cycle concentrated-solar generator for off-grid villages
Design an adaptive vibration damper for high-rise buildings using MR fluids
Evaluate life-cycle CO₂ savings of aluminum-foam car body panels
Prototype an exosuit that augments plantar flexion during uphill hiking
Implement swarm-robot path planning for warehouse order fulfillment
Analyze boundary-layer transition on reusable rocket fairings with wind-tunnel PIV
Create an open-source MATLAB library for inverse kinematics of continuum robots
Engineer motion, power, and sustainability with Northwestern Mechanical Engineering.
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