The Bachelor's Master's Program is an accelerated degree program available to current undergraduate students pursuing an engineering degree at one of UCR's Bourns College of Engineering's eligible degree programs. UCR ME's curriculum is structured around building the fundamentals of the discipline augmented by hands-on experience that employers have found to be critical. Explore the examination, design, use, and manufacture of mechanical devices. Students have the opportunities to put their skills into real-world practice.<br><br><br>Applied finite element methods<br>Transport phenomena in living systems <br>Vibrations<br>Environmental impacts of energy production <br>Mechatronics <br>Combustion and energy systems<br>Optics and lasers <br>Several ME courses, including laboratory courses, incorporate design. The culmination of the students' design experience is a three-quarter capstone design course, in which students draw upon various aspects of their previous engineering science and design knowledge to address a meaningful design problem. The first quarter focuses on engineering economics, engineering/professional ethics, and review of fundamental design concepts. In the second quarter, project (concept) analysis, preliminary evaluation (economical and technical), data and literature collection, and preliminary process design and evaluation is carried out. The third quarter of the capstone design course focuses on the final detailed technical design of the process (equipment sizing and specification, etc.), followed by prototyping and construction of hardware, and detailed technical analysis of the final design. The course concludes with a formal oral presentation and written technical report.<br>The Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) offers the opportunity for graduate study in specialized areas of mechanical engineering. It is composed of 26 faculty members and roughly 90 graduate students. We offer both Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs with a large variety of research activities.