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! Registration for teams
• 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

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

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"
• MEEM Teams Photos and Videos
• Michigan Tech Expo 2011
• 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

Michigan Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle Mobile Lab

New Program of Study Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Engineering

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.