About the Department

Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of the engineering disciplines. Graduates from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University complete a curriculum that provides a strong foundation in mathematics and the physical sciences of chemistry and physics followed by an in-depth education in five of the principal mechanical engineering areas: thermal science, fluids engineering, mechanics and materials, dynamics and controls, and mechanical design.

Graduates from the department will find employment opportunities covering a wide spectrum, including the aerospace, automotive, petroleum production and refining industries, electrical power, electronics, semiconductors, manufacturing, and production, as well as research positions in industry and government laboratories. Problem-solving techniques learned in the mechanical engineering curriculum are also applied to continued educational pursuits or graduate study in engineering, as well as in areas such as law, medicine, business administration, and other professions.

News

Available Faculty Positions The Department of Mechanical Engineering is currently accepting applications for the Whitacre Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering and two tenure-track positions at the assistant or associate professor level. For more information, visit the Faculty Search page.

ASME Students Win Old Guard Presentation Texas Tech won first place in the Old Guard Oral Presentations at the regional District E competition of ASME’s Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) and has qualified for a spot at the International ASME Meeting this November. The winning student presenter was Pejmon Arbrapour. Their project was "Reinventing the Wheel: A Radially Collapsing Wheel for an innovative Wheelchair Design." Kyle Ellis won second place for the poster competition for the same project.