Mechanical Engineering Technology (BS)
Bachelor of Science Degree
Manufacturing in the United States had its start in New England, where it has been the cornerstone of the economy. Today, New England has many new small manufacturing companies creating a job market for today's engineers and designers.
The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology, which focuses on product and process design, addresses today's job market emphasizing product design, tool and machine design, and manufacturing methods, as well as supporting engineering professions such as development engineers, application engineers, CAD engineering specialties, and basic engineering problem-solvers. Students begin by studying the design of products by learning design principles, sketching, problem-solving, and how both the engineering materials and manufacturing processes and machines are selected and scheduled. Students gain a wide background of knowledge in such areas as electricity and electronics, metrology and the measurements of products, manufacturing processes, and tool design. Higher-level courses allow students to link the design aspect of product development to the production phase and facilitate delivery to the customer. Students learn the theory and application of hydraulics, pneumatics, dynamics, instrumentation, thermodynamics and heat transfer, and machine design. Additionally, students gain knowledge in mechatronics, materials and inventory control, and plastics design.
Near the end of the program, students are required to complete a capstone course, which provides an excellent opportunity to tie the coursework together into a comprehensive senior project.
Graduates are well prepared for employment opportunities in research and development, as well as the design and problem-solving professions in manufacturing and design departments. The opportunities for design professionals are diverse and they are needed for virtually every conceivable type of manufactured product, including those less obvious process-intensive product types such as clothing and foodstuffs. Product design offers exceptional opportunities for those especially creative individuals in such fields as machine design, specialized or customized product design, packing or container design, and toy design. Graduates are also prepared for employment opportunities as technologists in the area of production, quality, processes, automation, and tooling.
Upon completion of this program, students may also choose to continue into the NEIT Master of Science in Engineering Management degree program.
Accreditation Status
The Bachelor of Science Degree program in Mechanical Engineering Technology is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
Term I | Quarter Credit Hours | |
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ENG 118 | Introduction to Engineering Technology and Lab | 3 |
MCT 115 | Computer-Aided Design I | 4 |
MCT 212 | Metrology | 3 |
Choose one of the following (depending upon Math Placement): | 4-5 | |
Basic College Math with Lab (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
Introduction to College Math (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
Technical Math I (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
Quarter Credit Hours | 14-15 | |
Term II | ||
MCT 124 | Computer-Aided Design II | 4 |
MCT 125 | Manufacturing Processes | 4 |
EN 100 | Introduction to College Writing (COM Core) 1 | 4 |
Choose one of the following (depending upon Term I): | 4 | |
Technical Math I (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
Technical Math II (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term III | ||
MCT 113 | Design Principles | 3 |
MCT 134 | Computer-Aided Design III | 4 |
PHY 200 | Physics I & Lab (MA/SCI Core) 1 | 4 |
Choose one of the following (depending upon Term II): | 4 | |
Technical Math II (MA/SCI Core) 1 | ||
100-200 Level Math/Science Core 1 |
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Quarter Credit Hours | 15 | |
Term IV | ||
MCT 130 | Engineering Materials | 4 |
MCT 215 | Statics | 4 |
ERD 110 | Fundamentals of Electronics | 5 |
EN 200 | Workplace Communications (COM Core) 1 | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 17 | |
Term V | ||
MCT 224 | Mechanics of Materials | 4 |
MCT 239 | Quality | 4 |
ERD 246 | Data Acquisition Systems | 4 |
PHY 300 | Physics II & Lab (MA/SCI Core) 1 | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term VI | ||
MCT 235 | Industrial Robotic Automation | 4 |
MCT 237 | Capstone Project | 4 |
Elective | 100-200 Level Humanities, Social Sciences or Arts/Foreign Language Core 1 | 4 |
Choose one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Engineering Internship | ||
AutoCAD Essentials | ||
Manufacturing Planning | ||
Principles of Management | ||
Planning Your Financial Future | ||
Career Development | ||
Leadership in Action | ||
OFC/OAW, Electric Welding and Cutting | ||
Quarter Credit Hours | 15-16 | |
Term VII | ||
MCT 300 | Applications of Kinematics | 4 |
MCT 314 | Mechatronics | 4 |
EN 322 | Argumentative Research Writing (COM Core) 1 | 4 |
MA 310 | Calculus I (MA/SCI Core) 1 | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term VIII | ||
MCT 310 | Programmable Automation Controller Essentials | 4 |
MCT 322 | Fluid Power | 4 |
EN 421 | Technical Communications (COM Core) 1 | 4 |
MA 320 | Calculus II (MA/SCI Core) 1 | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term IX | ||
MCT 317 | CAD/CAM Design & Manufacturing | 4 |
MCT 336 | Dynamics | 4 |
MCT 422 | Manufacturing Processes II | 4 |
SS 311 | The Global Economy | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term X | ||
MCT 418 | Advance Computer Applications | 3 |
MCT 424 | Design with Plastics | 4 |
MCT 431 | Machine Design | 4 |
ELT 475 | Automation and Process Control & Lab | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 15 | |
Term XI | ||
MCT 324 | Design for Manufacture and Assembly | 4 |
ENG 400 | Microsoft Applications for Engineers | 3 |
ENG 489 | Introduction to Senior Capstone | 2 |
MGM 340 | Engineering Finance | 3 |
CHM 300 | Chemistry I and Lab (MA/SCI Core) 1 | 4 |
Quarter Credit Hours | 16 | |
Term XII | ||
MCT 433 | Thermal Energy Analysis | 4 |
ENG 499 | Senior Capstone | 5 |
Choose one of the following: | 4 | |
Cultural Competence in the Workplace (HU Core) 1 | ||
Ethics and Technology (HU Core) 1 | ||
Communication in the Global Workplace (SS Core) 1 | ||
Choose one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Operations Management | ||
Construction Methods & Materials | ||
Commercial Drone / UAV Certification | ||
Commercial Utilization of Drones / UAVs | ||
Senior Engineering Internship | ||
Computer and Networking Fundamentals for Engineering | ||
IT Project Management | ||
AutoCAD Essentials | ||
Product and Service Marketing | ||
Human Resource Management | ||
Customer Relations and Sales | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Negotiation | ||
Career Leadership | ||
Entrepreneurship | ||
OFC/OAW, Electric Welding and Cutting | ||
Industrial Welding I (SMAW) | ||
Quarter Credit Hours | 16-17 | |
Total Quarter Credit Hours | 188-191 |
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Liberal Arts Core.
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C = Number of lecture hours per week
L = Number of laboratory hours per week
T = Total Quarter Credit Hours where each lecture hour per week is one credit, every 2-4 laboratory hours are one credit depending on the expected amount of pre- or post-lab work.
All bachelor’s degree students are required to take 28 credits of liberal arts and math/science courses as selected from the liberal arts core. See the course descriptions section of this catalog for a list of the core area courses.
Subject to change.
Program Mission
The mission of the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology is to provide students to link the design aspect of product development to the production phase and facilitate delivery to the customer. The program, which focuses on product and process design, addresses today's job market emphasizing product design, tool and machine design, and manufacturing methods, as well as supporting engineering professions such as development engineers, application engineers, CAD engineering specialties, and basic engineering problem solvers. Students learn the theory and application of hydraulics, pneumatics, dynamics, instrumentation, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and machine design. Additionally, students gain knowledge in mechatronics, materials and inventory control, and plastics design.
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates will assume responsibilities for training through involvement in professional organizations, formal educational opportunities, employer-based training programs, or other training that enhances their ability to be productive in their place of employment.
- Graduates will solve problems using the modern tools of the discipline.
- Graduates will be effective communicators capable of working as professionals in cross-functional teams.
- Graduates respect professional, ethical, and social issues as well as a commitment to quality and dependability in their profession.
Student Outcomes
Students will develop:
- an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
- an ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
- an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;
- an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes; and
- an ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.
Questions & Answers
Technical Standards
These technical standards set forth by the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, establishes the essential qualities considered necessary for students admitted to this program to achieve the knowledge, skills and competencies to enter these fields. The successful student must possess the following skills and abilities or be able to demonstrate that they can complete the requirements of the program with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
Cognitive Ability
- Ability to concentrate for long periods of time and retain information on intricate details of component theory and analysis of engineering design and operation of computers and machinery.
- Ability to deal with materials and problems such as organizing or reorganizing information.
- Ability to deal with materials and problems such as organizing or reorganizing information.
- Ability to use abstractions in specific concrete situations.
- Ability to break information into its component parts.
- Ability to understand spatial relationships.
- Possession of basic math skills through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions using both the U.S. and Metric systems of measurement.
- Ability to perform tasks by observing demonstrations.
- Ability to perform tasks by following written instructions.
- Ability to perform tasks following verbal instructions.
Communications Skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with faculty and students.
- Ability to demonstrate and use the knowledge acquired during the classroom training process and in the lab setting.
Adaptive Ability
- Ability to maintain emotional stability and the maturity necessary to interact with other members of the faculty and students in a responsible manner.
- An ability to work in a standing, sitting, squatting, kneeling, or lying position.
- An ability to lift, lower, push, and pull using both arms and legs.
- Ability to lift objects weighing up to 35 pounds.
- Ability to stand on a hard surface, usually concrete, for 4-6 hours at a time.
- Sufficient upper body strength to carry 20 pounds.
- Sufficient strength and agility to lift equipment and move large pieces of equipment independently.
- Sufficient strength and agility to grasp and maintain tension for long periods of time.
- Ability to wear and tolerate ear plugs, safety glasses and other protective equipment.
- Ability to perform learned skills, independently, with accuracy and completeness within reasonable time frames in accordance with procedures.
- Ability to manipulate wrenches, screwdrivers, and other tools.
- Sufficient motor function and sensory abilities to participate effectively in the classroom laboratory.
- Sufficient manual dexterity and motor coordination to coordinate hands, eyes and fingers in the operation of tools and other equipment.
Sensory Ability
Visual
- Visual ability, with or without correction, to enable the student to differentiate tools and instruments, wires, and components.
- Acute enough to read dials, and position of control settings of measurement and industrial equipment.
- Acute enough to read small print.
- Acute enough to read small numbers on precision measuring instruments.
Auditory
- Acute enough to hear and understand words spoken by others in an environment with a high level of noise in the background.
Mechanical Engineering Technology - BS
Degree Progress Checklists
- For students entering October 2024 or later
- For students entering October 2023 to September 2024
- For students entering October 2022 to September 2023
- For students entering July 2022 to September 2022
- For students entering October 2021 to June 2022
- For students entering April 2021 to September 2021
- For students entering October 2020 to March 2021