The range and scope of mechanical engineering has undergone radical changes over the past decade, while retaining and expanding traditional areas of endeavor. Some of the changes have been due to the improvements in auxiliary fields, such as materials, or to the introduction of new fields, such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), information technology, nanotechnology, and bioengineering.

Traditionally, the design and production of machines have been major concerns of the mechanical engineer, working to the basic criteria of price, efficiency, and delivery date. Safety and environmental considerations have added new dimensions to the mechanical engineer’s problem. This is most apparent in the design of new automobiles, where improved mileage and cleaner engines have been coupled with a reduction in weight and size, and greater emphasis on highway safety.

In all areas, increasing emphasis has been placed on synthesis, looking to the performance of complete systems as opposed to that of single components. Career opportunities are traditionally found in such diverse areas as power generation, design of machinery, manufacturing, research and development, guidance systems, product design and development, robotics, propulsion engineering, system analysis and design, and many others. Our graduates wishing to further their education have been successful in gaining admission to the schools of their choice.

Reflecting the wide diversity of subject matter to be found in the present-day practice of mechanical engineering, the department offers a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Major areas of interest include: energy conversion, design and manufacturing, HVAC, solid mechanics, automatic controls, dynamics, fluid mechanics, machine design, heat transfer, turbomachinery, combustion, robotics, and noise control. If you have particular interests or highly-specific objectives, we can generally satisfy your individual goals by elective courses and appropriate project work. Furthermore, it ought to be noted that the available pool of electives allows the student to specialize in one of the following concentration areas: Aerospace Engineering, Automation and Robotics, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Power Plant Engineering, and Product Design and Manufacture.

The mission of the Mechanical Engineering Department is to produce graduates with a broad-based foundation in fundamental engineering principles and liberal arts, together with the depth of disciplinary knowledge needed to succeed in a career in mechanical engineering or a related field, including a wide variety of advanced technological and management careers.

To achieve its mission, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, with input from its constituents, has established the following Program Educational Objectives:

• Graduates identify and solve problems in mechanical engineering and related fields using their broad-based knowledge of fundamental engineering concepts and state-of-the art tools and techniques.

• Graduates develop mechanical and thermal devices and systems to meet the needs of society.

• Graduates excel in working within and leading multi-disciplinary teams.

• Graduates conduct themselves in a socially responsible manner and engage in technological change.

The following are requirements for graduation of all engineering students and are not included for academic credit. They will appear on the student record as pass/fail.

Physical Education

All engineering students must complete a minimum of three semester credits of Physical Education (P.E.). A large number of activities are offered in lifetime, team, and wellness areas. Students must complete at least one course in their first semester at Stevens; the other two can be completed at any time, although it is recommended that this be done within the first half of the students' program of study. Students can enroll in more than the minimum required P.E. for graduation and are encouraged to do so.

Participation in varsity sports can be used to satisfy the full P.E. requirement.

Participation in supervised, competitive club sports can be used to satisfy up to two credits of the P.E. requirement with approval from the P.E. Coordinator.

English Language Proficiency     All students must satisfy an English Language proficiency requirement.

PLEASE NOTE: A comprehensive Communications Program will be implemented for the Class of 2009. This may influence how the English Language Proficiency requirement is met. Details will be added when available.

Areas of Concentration

Mechanical engineering students can select their elective courses among two technical electives and three general electives in various ways. Some of them may wish to cluster those electives in ways that would help them gain expertise in an area of specialization within mechanical engineering. The following groupings are possible specialty (concentration) areas that students can select from within the mechanical engineering program: 

Aerospace Engineering ME 545 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

And two courses from the following:

ME 423 and ME 424 Senior Design Project
ME 453 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ME 520 Analysis and Design of Composites
ME 546 Introduction to Turbomachinery

Automotive Engineering
ME 423 and ME 424 Senior Design Project
ME 515 Automotive Engineering
ME 529 Modern and Advanced Combustion Engines

Biomedical Engineering
ME 525 Biomechanics
ME 526 Medical Device Design and Manufacture in a Regulated Environment

And one course from the following:

ME 527 Human Movement and Control
BME 306 Bioengineering
BME 342 Transport in Biological Systems
BME 482 Engineering Physiology

Mechatronics
ME 522 Mechatronics I
ME 523 Mechatronics II
ME 573 Introduction to Micro-Elecromechanical Systems

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ME 530 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
ME 535 Good Manufacturing Practice in Pharmaceutical Facilities Design
ME 540 Validation and Regulatory Affairs in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Power Generation
ME 510 Power Plant Engineering

And two courses from the following:

ME 529 Modern and Advanced Combustion Engines
ME 532 Air Pollution Principles and Control
ME 546 Introduction to Turbomachinery
ME 595 Heat Exchanger Design

Product Design and Manufacturing
ME 554 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design
ME 564 Principles of Optimum Design and Manufacture
ME 566 Design for Manufacturability

Product Engineering Architecture PAE 610 The Creative form and the Digital Environment PAE 630 Introduction to Interactive digital Media PAE 640 Performative Environments

Robotics and Automation
ME 522 Mechatronics I
ME 551 Microprocessor Applications in Mechanical Engineeting
ME 598 Introduction to Robotics

Students from other engineering programs may pursue a minor in Mechatronics by taking the required courses indicated below. Enrollment in a minor program means that you must also meet Stevens’ School of Engineering and Science requirements for minor programs. Only courses completed with a grade of "C" or better are accepted towards the minor.

Requirements for a Minor in Mechatronics ME 225 Dynamics ME 358 Machine Dynamics and Mechanics ME 483 Control Systems ME 509 Mechatronics I ME 551 Microprocessor Applications in ME or ME 523 Mechatronics II or ME 573 Introduction to Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering provides three programs of graduate study leading to the degree of Master of Engineering: Mechanical, the professional Mechanical Engineer degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree, with a concentration in mechanical engineering. A major objective of the graduate program is to encourage research work at all levels so that individuals can progressively undertake more challenging problems with a wider research scope as they gain confidence and competence.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has active research interests in the following areas: composites and structured materials, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, computer-aided design and manufacturing, integrated product and process design, control theory, design of thermal systems, industrial heat transfer, kinematics, knowledge-based engineering systems, machine design, metal forming, noise control and vibration, precision engineering, robotics and automation, system dynamics nano/micro modeling, and micro/nanofabrication.

The Master of Engineering - Mechanical degree program is intended to extend and broaden the undergraduate preparation. It can be considered as a terminal degree or as preparation for the Ph.D. program. A bachelor’s degree with a concentration in mechanical engineering is needed for acceptance to the master’s program. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in other engineering disciplines may be required to take appropriate undergraduate courses before being formally admitted into the program.

The Master of Engineering - Mechanical degree requires 30 credits, approved by the student’s academic advisor. Fifteen of the credits (or five courses) form the core and comprise the student’s major field.

ME 635 Simulation and Modeling
ME 641 Engineering Analysis I
ME 636 Project Management and Organizational Design

and two more courses from any one of the following four tracks:

Manufacturing Systems

ME 644 Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing
ME 645 Design of Production Systems
ME 652 Advanced Manufacturing
ME 665 Advanced Product Development

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Systems

ME 535 Good Manufacturing Practices in Pharmaceutical Facilities Design
ME 540 Validation and Regulatory Affairs in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
ME 628 Pharmaceutical Finishing and Packaging Systems
ME 645 Production Systems

Product Design

ME 615 Thermal System Design
ME 644 Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing
ME 659 Advanced Structural Design
ME 665 Advanced Product Development

Thermal Engineering

ME 601 Engineering Thermodynamics
ME 604 Advanced Heat Transfer
ME 615 Thermal Systems Design
ME 674 Fluid Dynamics

The remaining five courses (15 credits) constitute the student’s elective field and will consist of:

At least one course of 600-level or higher given in the Mechanical Engineering Department;
A maximum of four courses of 500-level given in the Mechanical Engineering Department; and
A maximum of two courses given in other departments. 

A student may substitute a project (ME 800 Special Problems in Mechanical Engineering, 3 credits) or a thesis (ME 900 Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, 5 credits) for the appropriate number of credits. The available pool of electives allows the student to specialize in one of the following areas: Advanced Manufacturing, Air Pollution Technology, Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Design and Production Management, Power Generation, Robotics and Control, Structural Analysis and Design, and Vibration and Noise Control.

In order to graduate with a Master of Engineering - Mechanical degree, a student must obtain a minimum of "B" average in the major field, as well as an overall average of "B" in all the courses needed to meet the 30-credit requirement for the degree. Please see the Office of Graduate Admissions section on Student Status.

Admission to the doctoral program will be made through the Department Director and will be based on an assessment of your academic background, competence, and aptitude for advanced study and research. An appropriate Master of Engineering degree or its equivalent is required. If deemed acceptable, you will be assigned an advisor with whom you will select a thesis topic and complete a study plan within the first year in the program.

Courses are selected to develop skills in a particular area of interest. While this coursework is necessary to develop the tools and skills of your profession, the most important aspect of the doctoral program is your original research topic.

The subject of the doctoral dissertation (ME 960) is open to a wide range of particular choices. The selection of a topic by the doctoral aspirant provides for a sub-specialization within the broad range of mechanical engineering disciplines. The courses selected for your study plan should complement your dissertation subject.

Upon submission of an approved study plan by the student, a doctoral committee is appointed for each student by the Department Director, with the thesis advisor as the chairperson. All doctoral students are required to present a research proposal (includes a written report and an oral presentation) to the doctoral committee for its approval. The candidate must present the proposal within 18 months of enrollment into the program. The committee, at its discretion, may decide on additional oral/written examinations before qualifying a student for the doctoral program and accepting the proposed dissertation plan. In the cases where the committee rejects a proposal, the candidate may submit a request for a second and final chance for presenting a revised dissertation proposal during the following academic semester.

Upon satisfactory completion of the thesis proposal and all coursework, you will be considered a doctoral candidate and continue the research which will form the basis of your dissertation. The dissertation must be based upon original investigation in the field of mechanical engineering, approved by the departmental supervisory committee, and must be a contribution worthy of publication in the current professional literature. Before receiving the doctoral degree, you must also satisfy the requirements for residence and publication of the dissertation.

The Mechanical Engineering doctoral program is an integral part of the institute-wide Nanotechnology Graduate Program. A Ph.D. degree option in Mechanical Engineering with concentration on Nanotechnology is available to students who satisfy the conditions and requirements of the Nanotechnology area which are outlined in a separate section of the catalog.

Thirty credits beyond a master’s degree are required for the Mechanical Engineer degree (with no more than three courses at the 500-level). A design project, ME 950 (12 credits), is a part of the 30 credits. The degree candidate must also demonstrate professional competence by having at least two years of responsible engineering experience. This industrial experience is to be completed before entering the program or in the process of being satisfied upon entering the program.

Each candidate will be assigned an advisor. The candidates and their advisors will submit a study plan for approval to the departmental committee on the engineer degree. The plan must include descriptions of the required professional experience and the design project. There will be an oral presentation of the design project after the departmental committee has approved a written report.

It is assumed that you will already have the Master of Engineering degree in your concentration from Stevens, or its equivalent; otherwise, additional courses will be required.

The Master of Engineering in Product-Architecture and Engineering degree program is intended to integrate the study of Product Design, Computational Architecture, and Engineering with production methodologies and emerging materials. All students in the program must complete 10 courses (30 credits) comprised of five core courses and up to five elective courses. Three of the five electives must be taken from the recommended list (see below) of relevant graduate courses offered by the mechanical engineering department. The remaining two courses (6 credits) constitute the student’s elective field and will consist of at least one course of 600-level or higher offered within the Product-Architecture and Engineering program. Students may elect to complete a Thesis (PAE 900 Thesis in Product-Architecture and Engineering) in lieu of completing of the two open electives.

A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, a B.I.D. (B.F.A, B.A., or B.S.) in Industrial Design, or a B.Arch. (Bachelor in Architecture) is needed for acceptance to the program. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in other engineering or design disciplines may be required to take appropriate undergraduate courses before being formally admitted into the program.

Core Courses

PAE 610 The Creative Form and the Digital Environment
PAE 620 The Creative Form and the Production Environment
PAE 630 Introduction to Interactive Digital Media
PAE 640 Performative Environments  
PAE 800 Product Architecture and Engineering Design Project

To complete the degree, requirements students can choose from the following list of courses:

ME 502 Introduction to Engineering Analysis
ME 520 Analysis and Design of Composites
ME 564 Principles of Optimum Design and Manufacture
ME 566 Design for Manufacturability
ME 635 Simulation and Modeling

In order to graduate with a Master of Engineering in Product-Architecture and Engineering, a student must obtain a minimum of "B" average in the major field, as well as an overall average of "B" in all the courses needed to meet the 30-credit requirement for the degree. Please see the Office of Graduate Admissions section on Student Status.

The Integrated Product Development degree is an integrated Master’s of Engineering degree program. The core courses emphasize the design, manufacture, implementation, and life-cycle issues of engineering systems. The remaining courses provide a disciplinary focus. The program embraces and balances qualitative, as well as quantitative, aspects and utilizes state-of-the-art tools and methodologies. It aims to educate students in problem-solving methodologies, modeling, analysis, simulation, and technical management. The program trains engineers in relevant software applications and in productive deployment and integration in the workplace.

All students in this program must complete ten courses (30 credits) comprised of four core courses and up to six elective courses selected from one of the four engineering tracks listed below. The student, with the approval of the program director, may design customized tracks. Up to six elective credits may be taken in lieu of the course credits toward a project relevant to the selected track.

Core Courses - Integrated Product Development

IPD 601 Integrated Product Development I
IPD 602 Integrated Product Development II
IPD 611 Simulation and Modeling
IPD 612 Project Management and Organizational Design
(Full course descriptions can be found in the Interdisciplinary Programs section.)

Students then choose from one of the following four engineering tracks:

• Armament Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Manufacturing Technologies
• Systems Reliability and Design

The complete description of the IPD program can be found in the Interdisciplinary Programs section.

Armament Engineering Track

This technology track provides an interdisciplinary graduate education in Armament Engineering. The program emphasizes system engineering of military weapons from concept through development and field use. Technical disciplines in the design and manufacture of explosives, modeling and simulation of the interior and exterior ballistics, rocket and missile design, guidance and control, modern research instrumentation, and testing procedures are emphasized.

ME 504 Interior Ballistics and Design for Projection
ME 505 Theory and Performance of Propellants and Explosives I
ME 506 Theory and Performance of Propellants and Explosives II
ME 507 Exterior Ballistics
ME 508 Terminal Ballistics
Plus one free elective.

Manufacturing Technologies Track

This track integrates product design, materials processing, and manufacturing expertise with modern computer software technology. The program is specifically concerned with product design for manufacturing, manufacturing systems analysis and development, robotics and control, and the integration of the various phases and activities associated with turning a concept into a deliverable product. Different manufacturing processes are introduced, and the design and control of these processes are discussed. Of particular interest are the development and implementation of models to predict the effects of design and manufacturing choices on system performance, producibility, and economics.

ME 560 Total Quality Control
ME 564 Principles of Optimal Design and Manufacture
ME 598 Introduction to Robotics
ME 621 Introduction to Modern Control Engineering
ME 644 Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing or 
ME 520 Analysis and Design of Composites
ME 645 Design of Production Systems

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Engineering (PME) master’s degree program is intended to integrate the study of pharmaceutical manufacturing concepts with more advanced engineering design and scientific methodologies to satisfy specialty needs within the industry. One of two degrees can be earned in this program, either a Master of Engineering degree or a Master of Science degree. The choice of degree is generally defined by the student’s background and the electives taken in the program:

a) A Master of Engineering degree can be earned if the student has a bachelor’s degree in engineering and takes engineering electives,

b) A Master of Science Degree can be earned if the student has a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, technology, or another field and takes a mix of technical and/or management-type elective courses.

Following the above PME Program listing of Master’s Degrees, please add the paragraphs:
All students should take five foundation PME courses. Among the first courses taken should be PME 530, which is an introductory course and a pre-requisite for many PME electives. After that, other introductory courses including PME 535 and PME 540 should be taken. Core required courses also include the PME 609 (for the pharmaceutical industry), and either PME 600 (for Master of Science) or PME 639 (for Master of Engineering). Thus, the five foundation courses for all Master’s Degree students are PME 530, 535, 540, 609, and 600 or 639.

Following the foundation courses, many electives are available for students for the remaining five courses. As a general rule, a certain number of electives should be 600-level PME technical courses (e.g. PME 628, 643, 646, 647, 649, 653). For Master of Engineering students, these should be at least three of the five electives; for Master of Science students, these should be at least two of the five. Other electives can be 500-level courses (e.g. PME 538, 539, 541, 542, 551, 560).

In addition to the Master’s degree-level offerings, the program currently offers five Graduate Certificates. While one of the graduate certificates is of a general nature, the remaining four address specialty areas within the process and equipment engineering aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Each of the graduate certificates currently available is described below, and has three required courses and a recommended elective course:

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practices (PMP)
This Graduate Certificate is an introductory overview of the industry, touching on all basic manufacturing processes, facilities design issues, validation and regulatory affairs concepts which drive the industry, and one elective dealing with more technical aspects of manufacturing processes in either the chemical or mechanical areas. This is the best sequence for individuals relatively unfamiliar with the industry.
Required courses: PME 530, PME 535, PME 540; recommended elective: PME 538 or PME 628.

Validation & Regulatory Affairs (VRA)
Many individuals work or aspire to work in the validation part of the industry, to test and confirm that equipment and processes meet all specifications. For those individuals, this GC provides more detailed studies of the general concepts, specific applications to computerized systems, compliance issues, and quality aspects of manufacturing.
Required courses: PME 540, PME 541, PME 542; recommended elective: PME 560.

Design of Pharmaceutical Facilities (DPF)
Individuals who work in engineering companies, or who deal with facilities issues, would find this Graduate Certificate of interest. It covers overall facilities design issues, the more detailed design of water systems and HVAC systems, and the challenges required in biopharm facility design.
Required courses: PME 535, PME 649, PME 647; recommended elective: PME 646.

Project Engineering in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (PEPM)
Project engineers and project managers, and those aspiring to these positions in the pharm industry, will find that this Graduate Certificate provides more depth and understanding of these coordination efforts. In addition to the overall discipline view of facilities design, included are a formal introduction to project management concepts, specific implementation concepts for sterile facilities, and the newer PAT concepts.
Required courses: PME 535, PME 609, PME 643; recommended elective: PME 551.

Bioprocess Systems in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (BSPM)
With the tremendous growth of biopharm facilities, this Graduate Certificate helps individuals address those manufacturing technical issues. It includes the overall facilities issues, biotechnology processes, specific biopharm facilities design concepts, and sterile facilities approaches.
Required courses: PME 535, PME 539, PME 646; recommended elective: PME 643.

Generally, the recommended technical elective is the one required for the graduate certificate. There may be another course that may be substituted for a recommended elective, but such a course must be relevant to the certificate being earned, and must be approved in advance on a Study Plan.

The Mechanical Engineering department offers several graduate certificate programs to students meeting the regular admission requirements for the master’s program. Each graduate certificate program is self-contained and highly focused, carrying 12 or more graduate credits. All of the courses may be used toward the Master of Engineering degree, as well as for the graduate certificate. Current programs include:

Advanced Manufacturing

ME 566 Design for Manufacturability
ME 621 Introduction to Modern Control Engineering
ME 645 Design of Production Systems 
ME 652 Advanced Manufacturing

Air Pollution Technology

ME 532 Air Pollution Principles and Control
ME 590 Environmental Law for Practicing Engineers
ME 612 Selected Topics in Air Pollution Technology

Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

ME 594 Computer Methods in Mechanical Engineering
ME 604 Advanced Heat Transfer or 
ME 609 Convective Heat Transfer
ME 674 Fluid Dynamics
ME 675 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Design and Production Management

ME 566 Design for Manufacturability
ME 636 Project Management and Organizational Design
ME 644 Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing
ME 645 Design of Production Systems

Ordnance Engineering

ME 505 Theory and Performance of Propellants and Explosives I
ME 507 Exterior Ballistics

and any two of the following three courses:

ME 504 Interior Ballistics and Design for Projection
ME 506 Theory of Performance of Propellants and Explosives II
ME 508 Terminal Ballistics

Power Generation

ME 510 Power Plant Engineering
ME 595 Heat Exchanger Design

and two of the following:

ME 529 Modern and Advanced Combustion Engines
ME 546 Introduction to Turbomachinery
ME 625 Gas Turbines

Product Architecture and Engineering

PAE 610 The Creative Form and the Digital Environment
PAE 620 The Creative Form and the Production Environment
PAE 630 Introduction to Interactive Digital Media
PAE 640 Performative Environments

Robotics and Control

ME 598 Introduction to Robotics
ME 621 Introduction to Modern Control Engineering
ME 622 Optimal Control and Estimation of Dynamical Systems or
ME 623 Design of Control Systems
ME 654 Advanced Robotics

Structural Analysis and Design

ME 658 Advanced Mechanics of Solids
ME 659 Advanced Structural Design
ME 663 Finite-Element Methods
ME 664 Special Topics in Applied Finite-Element Methods or 
ME 668 Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Vibration and Noise Control

ME 584 Vibration and Acoustics in Product Design
ME 611 Engineering Acoustics
ME 631 Mechanical Vibrations I
ME 651 Analytic Dynamics

• Alfred W. Fielding Computer-Aided Design Laboratory
  This laboratory contains a number of high-speed workstations and peripherals serviced via local area networks. The installed software includes the general purpose CAD/CAM package Pro-Engineer and Solid Works, as well as finite element codes ABAQUS, ALGOR, ANSYS, and Pro-Mechanica. Also installed are several special purpose design, analysis, and educational packages.
• Clean Air Vehicle Facility
  The Clean Air Vehicle Facility focuses on methods to reduce automotive pollutant emissions. The laboratory houses a 50 hp single-axle chassis dynamometer and a 1000 hp engine dynamometer with fully-computerized instrumentation. The emission sampling and analysis systems permit accurate determination of CO, CO2, Ox, NOx, total hydrocarbons, methane, and non-methane hydrocarbons in raw or constant-volume sampled exhaust.
• Engineered Structural Materials Laboratory
  This laboratory focuses on the design, modeling, and analysis and characterization of modern micro/nano-structurally engineered materials. The laboratory has filament winding, resin transfer molding, and robotic lamination equipment for prototyping tailored composite materials. The laboratory is capable of characterizing physical and mechanical properties, long-term durability, and failure behavior of composite structures.
• Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
  This laboratory includes a low-noise subsonic wind tunnel with several custom-fabricated test sections, a pump performance test-rig; a blower and internal-flow test-rig; a hydraulic bench; and experimental set-ups for flow metering, force of a jet, and dimensional-analysis/similitude. The laboratory is fully networked and includes space to support undergraduate and graduate design and research projects in aerodynamics and hydraulics with modern flow instrumentation and computer-aided data acquisition systems.
• Kenneth A. Roe Senior Design Laboratory
  This facility provides work space and support (instrumentation, tools, etc.) for the design, construction, and testing of capstone design projects in Mechanical Engineering. The laboratory serves as a base for all the senior design teams. It has workbenches for at least ten design teams to build and assemble prototypes.
• Mechanical Systems Laboratory
  This laboratory houses 10 experimental set-ups in mechanisms, machine systems, and robotics, including apparati for experiments on vibrations of machine systems (natural response, step response, frequency response, resonance, etc.), gear mechanisms (train value, rigid vs. flexible machine, etc.), and balancing of rotors, as well as the experiments with various displacement sensors to measure beam deflection and calculate beam stiffness, to measure backlash existing in mechanical joints and motion system, and to measure motion errors in mechanical systems of various components. Several educational robot manipulators and Lego-based mobile platforms are included.
• Metal Forming Laboratory (MFL)
  This laboratory focuses on advancing the state-of-the-art in computer modeling of thermo-mechanical processing of metals. The results of the computer simulations are verified using experimental techniques. The manufacturing processes investigated include forging, rolling, extrusion, and stamping. Recent projects explored the microstructure changes in metals during the hot forging of aerospace components, whereby the resulting grain size is predicted as a function of the processing parameters using heuristic models and numerical approaches on multiple length scales.
• Noise and Vibration Control Laboratory
  Research activities in the areas of engineering acoustics, vibrations, and noise control are conducted in this laboratory. The laboratory has an anechoic chamber with internal dimensions of 4.52 m x 5.44 m x 2.45 m. In addition, the Laboratory houses sophisticated instrumentation, such as multi-channel signal analyzer and sound and vibration transducers, transducers with adapters for mounting to a robot end effector, and a number of grippers designed and constructed by students.
• Precision Engineering Laboratory
  The facility focuses on advancing the state-of-the-art in the areas of precision machine design, precision robot design, and precision manufacturing. Nano-precision sensors and actuators, as well as precision coordinate measuring machines, provide powerful tools for research, development, and education. Current experimental studies include the development of an innovative diamond wheel sharpening process at high-speed, a six degree-of-freedom robotic measuring system, precision industrial robot design and performance evaluation techniques, service robots, and ultra-precision fine-position systems for industrial robots.  
• Robotics and Control Laboratory (RCL)
  The Robotics and Control Laboratory (RCL) provides experimental research support in advanced intelligent control of robotic systems with emphasis on non-linear systems adaptive control, intelligent control, neural networks, and optimization-based design and control. Projects include investigations on man-machine systems; telerobotics; haptics; robotic deburring; and robust and adaptive motion, force, and vision-based control. The major facilities consist of one PA-10 robot, a Phantom haptic device with GHOST development software; two PUMA 500s; and several robotic arms. The PA-10 is equipped with a JR3 wrist and an ATI base force sensor and a Sony eye-in-hand camera system.
• Thermal Engineering Laboratory
  The principal equipment in this laboratory includes: a single cylinder CFR engine with dynamometer and data acquisition systems, a fully-instrumented oil-fired hot water furnace, and a heat pump experiment and reciprocating air compressor setup. Modern emissions testing equipment and computer-aided data acquisition systems are available for student use.
• Thermodynamics Laboratory
  This laboratory includes a CFR engine set-up equipped with a custom-made power controller and a fully computerized data-acquisition system, a two-stage, 10 hp, air compressor with inter-cooling instrumented with a computer-assisted data acquisition system; a hot water furnace experimental set-up; and an educational version of a vapor-compression refrigeration/heat pump cycle. Modern emissions testing equipment and computer-aided data acquisition systems are available for use.

The Design & Manufacturing Institute (DMI) (http://www.dmi.stevens-tech.edu/index.php) is an interdisciplinary center integrating materials processing, product design, and manufacturing expertise with simulation and modeling utilizing state-of-the-art computer software technology. Located in the historic Carnegie Laboratory, DMI bridges the gap between academic- and application-oriented research and development. DMI partners with industry and government to create practical solutions to product-design challenges that address cost, performance, and productibility across the product life-cycle. DMI’s expertise spans processing studies and modeling, competitive product development; multi-component, multi-process system design and optimization; life-cycle analysis; ma terial characterization and testing; and rapid prototyping and manufacturing.

Building on more than a decade of experience in cutting-edge product design solutions, the Design & Manufacturing Institute continues to lead in developing "next generation" solutions to today’s challenges of product development. DMI’s expertise in manufacturing processes and knowledge-based software is epitomized in its Automated Concurrent Engineering Software (ACES) system and methodology development. The ACES system offers product designers performance and process modeling and life-cycle optimization for multi-component, multi-process systems. In its continuous refinement of "next generation" product development methodologies and tools, such as ACES, DMI is engineering the future of polymer- and metals-based products.

DMI has particular expertise with polymers and composites, and maintains extensive modeling capabilities and databases on materials, processing, tooling, and machinery. The Learning Factory at DMI, a 6,000-square-foot facility, provides a computer-controlled, state-of-the-art manufacturing environment. It offers industry representatives and students the research, testing, and training for product design and testing, materials characterization, rapid prototyping, and production. Part of DMI is the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, which contains industrial scale NC machines with CAD/CAM software.