Program Placement Rate
80%
Source 2022-23 Dunwoody Career Services Annual Report
Mechanical Engineering Degree
Dunwoody’s Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering is designed for those who want a project-focused, team-oriented engineering education that starts on day one.
81K
Average Salary: School of Engineering, B.S
Source 2022-23 Dunwoody Career Services Annual Report
Class topics include:
- Engineering design
- Manufacturing materials
- Project management
- Basic industrial processes
- Advanced mathematics
- Statistics
- Manufacturing processes
- Statics/dynamics/finite analysis
Degree Requirements
To view program requirements, including required courses, electives, course descriptions, and credit hours, visit:
Common Job Titles
Possible job titles upon graduation include:
- Mechanical Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Project Engineer
- HVAC Design Engineer
Student Organizations
Opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom include:
- SkillsUSA
Dunwoody Earns ABET Accreditation for Mechanical Engineering
The Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET has accredited Dunwoody College’s Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Learn MoreCapstone a success for second Mechanical Engineering class
Dream it. Design it. Build it. Refine It. That is exactly what four senior Mechanical Engineering students did throughout their time at Dunwoody. Their capstone project was no exception.
Learn MoreAcademic Excellence Winner — Elizabeth Rivas, Mechanical Engineering
“Liz has been motivated, conscientious, and dedicated since day one,” Jonathan Aurand, Associate Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering, said. “Her commitment to her studies and her classmates has been top-notch. Her attendance and academic performance are stellar, and she is greatly deserving of this recognition.”
Learn MoreFoundry experience returns to Dunwoody
Mechanical Engineering students create aluminum wrenches
Learn MoreFacilities
Controls Engineering Lab
Assemble and program the industrial controls used in discrete manufacturing and advanced process control applications.
- 24 Allen Bradley L18ERM CompactLogix PLCs
- 24 Allen Bradley PanelView HMIs
- 24 Kinetix Motion Controllers
- 24 Powerflex VFDs
- 24 Cognex Machine Vision Systems
- Emerson Process Controls & Instrumentation
Engineering, Materials, Mechanics & Metrology Lab
Open to all manufacturing and engineering students (and those with training on the equipment), this lab brings together equipment for additive manufacturing, material testing, measurement, and CNC simulation.
- Two Stratasys Fortus 250 3D Printers
- One Stratasys F370 3D Printer
- One Fortus 400 3D Printer
- Two MakerBot 3D Printers
- Two Zeiss Duramax Coordinate Measurement Machines
- Two MTS Criterion Tensile/Shear/Compression Testers
- 7 Haas CNC Controller Simulators
- One Zeiss Stemi 305 Microscope
Basic Electricity Lab
Complete projects that help you learn the fundamentals of electricity, including how to analyze, design, build, and test series, parallel and combination AC and DC circuits.
- 12 Digital Oscilloscopes
- 12 DC power supplies and AC function generators
- 12 Elenco circuit prototyping stations
- 12 NIDA 130E Microprocessor trainers
- 1 LPKF S62 PCB Mill
Gene Haas Manufacturing Innovation Lab
Learn to program CNC milling and turning operations and develop the tooling used in modern manufacturing processes like injection molding and metal stamping.
- 10 Haas CNC Mini Mills
- 2 Haas VF2 Mills
- Haas ST-10 Lathe
- Sodick Wire EDM
- Charmilles Sinker EDM
- Cincinatti Injection Mold Press
Foundry
Learn to cast metal with an industrial kiln.
- 1 VK Industrial Kiln
- Various crucibles and pouring equipment
- Sand casting molds and tools