Welcome – Dr. Silverberg

Associate Head & Director of UG Programs

Advising – Dr. Tran

Director of UG Advising and Curricula

Labs – Mr. Terry Gilbert Director of ME Undergraduate Labs

Other UG Information

– Mrs. Tran Director of Scheduling and Outreach

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering administers two separately accredited degree programs:

Aerospace EngineeringBS, BSE-DE, ABM, MS, MS-DE, PhD

Mechanical Engineering BS, BSE-DE, ABM, MS, MS-DE, PhD

A single department head and administrative structure directs the educational, research and outreach missions of these two closely related disciplines

Ewin Pritchard

Advanced energy plug-in hybrid school bus

(3-2-08)

•At the heart of many cutting edge technologies

•The most popular UG engineering degree

•3rd most popular GR engineering degree

• Over 16 thousand UG degrees awarded in 2008

•Critical to the 3 sectors critical to America’s future: energy, security & defense, and healthcare

• 4 main disciplines: thermodynamics & fluids, solid mechanics, dynamics & controls, manufacturing

•Producing among the most stable careers in the nation

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering are on the Rise… from US News and World Report

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering are on the Rise…

248,000 square feet

103M$ for building

and infrastructure

80 laboratories

Occupancy in July of 2010

Professional Societies: ASME, AIAA, ASHRAE

Honor Societies: (ME), (AE)

Club activities: ARC, WMS

Undergraduate Research

• Aerial Robotics– Pres. Tim Josey tjjosey@ncsu.edu – VP J. B. Scoggins jbscoggi@ncsu.edu– Advisor: Chuck Hall chall@skyraider.mae.ncsu.edu

• AIAA– Pres. Isaac Owolabi ioowolab@ncsu.edu – VP Kevin Kennedy kmkenne3@ncsu.edu – Advisor: Ashok Gopalarathnam agopalar@ncsu.edu

• ASHRAE– Pres. Christopher Dulin crdulin@ncsu.edu – VP Emily Rader errader@ncsu.edu – Advisor :Steve Terry sdterry@ncsu.edu

• ASME– Pres. Scott Barnes sdbarne2@ncsu.edu – VP Aaron Hover amhover@ncsu.edu – Advisor Jeff Eischen eischen@ncsu.edu

• Pi Tau Sigma– Pres. Myles Bohon mdbohon@ncsu.edu – VP Christian Daily cmdaily@ncsu.edu – Advisor: Greg Buckner greg_buckner@ncsu.edu • Wolfpack Motorsports– Pres. Seth Chavka sdchavka@ncsu.edu – VP Jonathan Parker jdparke3@ncsu.edu – Advisor: Eric Klang klang@ncsu.edu

• Sigma Gamma Tau– Pres. Brett Pearce mbpearce@ncsu.edu – VP Lindsey Benner lrbenner@ncsu.edu – Advisor Kara Peters kjpeters@ncsu.edu

• Weel/EcoCar – Pres. Adam Zipperer arzipper@gmail.com – VP – Advisor Terry Gilbert terry_gilbert@ncsu.edu

AE and ME Requirements

1. The student must complete a total of 9 hours of honors classes.2. At least 3 of the hours are an Undergraduate Thesis (MAE 496). 3. The other six hours are selected from any of the following: Additional thesis hours (MAE 586) , a graduate class in MAE, an undergraduate classin MAE taken at an honors level.

Honors contract guidelines and forms are found at the MAE website. To qualify for admission, the student must have an overall 3.50 grade point average or better at the time of admission and complete a plan of work.

Participation in the honors program can be a very positive experience and is highly encouraged.

Supports 8 MAE students for conducting UG research in the broad area of energy under the supervision of a faculty mentor

Each award consists of a $2000 stipend

The awards are advertised in September.