About the department
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, in the College of Engineering & Technology, has 31 faculty and teaches across 1 subject area. Instructional labs cover materials testing, thermal-fluid systems, instrumentation, and vibrations, and a senior-design high bay supports year-long sponsored projects.
Degrees and programs
Concentrations, minors, and certificates connected to the department are listed on each program page and in the full program list.
Courses
The department offers courses under these subject codes:
Faculty
| Name | Rank | Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Mbeki | Clinical Associate Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Owen Cho | Assistant Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Talia Weaver | Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Nora Lundgren | Senior Lecturer | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Bianca Novak | Associate Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Kwame Fitzgerald | Clinical Associate Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Camille Rhodes | Assistant Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Delia Amara | Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Priscilla Delacroix | Senior Lecturer | energy systems; tribology |
| Ibrahim Lindqvist | Associate Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Wren Rasmussen | Clinical Associate Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Sana Osei | Assistant Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Freya Haddad | Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Leon Beaumont | Senior Lecturer | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Daniel Bwalya | Associate Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Marisol Larsen | Clinical Associate Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Lucia Bergström | Assistant Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Caleb Ferris | Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Marcus Underwood | Senior Lecturer | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Kendra Fontaine | Associate Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Aisha Winslow | Clinical Associate Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Darnell Trombley | Assistant Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Trevor Persson | Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Josephine Escobar | Senior Lecturer | energy systems; tribology |
| Renata Reinholt | Associate Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Rafael Kaur | Clinical Associate Professor | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Owen Ackerman | Assistant Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Talia Carrasco | Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
| Nora Sundqvist | Senior Lecturer | biomechanics; machine design and mechanisms |
| Bianca Devereaux | Associate Professor | energy systems; tribology |
| Kwame Nakamura | Clinical Associate Professor | materials and fatigue; additive manufacturing |
Advising and contact
Students in the department's programs are assigned a faculty adviser; new and prospective students can reach the department office to be connected with the right person. Office hours for every instructor are posted each term.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This department, its faculty, and its facilities are invented; nothing here describes a real academic unit.