About Us
The Department of Engineering and Technology in the College of Science and Technology at CMU is a community of students, faculty, and industry partners. Together, we study, teach, and research, with each group contributing to and benefitting from the others. Our shared goal is excellence, and we are a leading institution for engineering, science and technology.
Engineering and Technology
Electrical and mechanical engineering breakthroughs supply the technological push for creating new industries as well as improving old ones. Teams of engineering professionals translate advances in basic sciences into improved equipment, techniques, processes, and management skills that deliver products and services to consumers.
The Department of Engineering and Technology promotes change and growth by educating talented engineers and technology specialists, and by pushing the limits of applied research. Students may pursue majors in mechanical or electrical engineering, as well as a number of options in industrial and engineering technology, construction management, and industrial education.
ET faculty members bring both academic and technical expertise to CMU programs. They hold combinations of academic degrees and technical certificates, professional state engineering registrations, and other forms of certification as appropriate for their respective disciplines.
The department has more than 30 research and instructional labs and classrooms for student use. Facilities are provided for computer-aided engineering, automotive technology, plastics technology, solid mechanics, thermal/fluid dynamics, mechanical measurements, robotics, materials testing, metal fabrication, manufacturing systems, construction/wood technology, industrial education, electronics instrumentation and design, and engineering design graphics.
Internship opportunities in ET laboratories and at cooperating industrial sites provide students with valuable experiences.
One thing you have to do
CMU's engineering majors complete design projects as part of the curriculum. One example is the annual cardboard boat race for freshman engineering students, which was named one of the "101 Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate" by Sports Illustrated on Campus.