2012 Winter Baja Saturday February 18:
The 2012 Winter Baja Competition will be on Saturday February 18, 2012 at Lake Linden Community Park in Lake Linden MI. The event is an informal, but competitive Mini-Baja race held on a motocross-style track made out of snow!
• See videos and photos of the February 2011 Winter Baja.

2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge on March 4-10. The ME-EM Department, along with the Keweenaw Research Center, will host the event. See KRC link for registration, sponsorship, schedule of events and other information.

• 2011 Clean Snowmobile Challenge Video Player at Michigan Tech ME-EM Page

Expo 2012 on April 14, 2012

Congratulations to all ME-EM Senior Capstone Design Teams Fall 2011
Senior Banquet Awards and Keynote Speaker Dr. Paul Rogers, Executive Director for Research U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development & Engineering

Bill Shapton Featured in Michigan Tech Magazine: An engine of change (PDF)
A bumpy ride in the bush in an off-road vehicle has paved the way for the industrial readiness of engineering students nationwide.

See the historic video clips from 1970s SAE Collegiate Design competitions

Expo 2012 on April 14, 2012

Congratulations to all ME-EM Senior Capstone Design Teams Spring 2011
First Place Award Winning Team Expo 2011: "Hammer Mill Optimization - Human Powered Grain Processor"
• Students' Creative Problem Solving Helps Tech Alumni Tackle Engineering Issues
• Michigan Tech Students Bring Gifts of Mobility to Indian Kids

April 2011 Senior Banquet and Order of the Engineer Induction

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Williams, Vice President, Advance Vehicle Engineering & Vehicle Architecture, Chrysler

About Mechanical Engineering @ Michigan Tech:

• The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Tech is proud to have been selected as the THE FIRST MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM in the Peace Corps Masters International Program.
  
  
• Mechanical engineering grads average offer for Spring 2010 was $58,457 according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). More about Engineering Jobs
  
  
• Our Graduate Program is ranked 48th nationally among doctoral granting Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools (ranked in 2011)
  
  
• NSF ranked the ME-EM Department 18th in Research Expenditures in FY2008 with $12,695 Million among all Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S.
  
  
• Our Undergraduate Program is ranked 22nd nationally among doctoral-granting Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2008 U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Colleges
  
  
• Our Undergraduate Program is currently 9th in the U.S. in BSME degrees awarded (latest ASEE data). We have been in the top 9 in this category for the past 28 consecutive years.
  
  
• The Keweenaw Research Center and the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering at Michigan Tech will host the 2012 SAE CLEAN SNOWMOBILE CHALLENGE (CSC) during March 4-10, 2012 and has hosted it for the last 9 years.