BA/BS in Engineering Mechanics

Mechanical engineering is a specialty within the broader engineering program at Southern. It looks at machines and systems that move or transform energy. Students study how power is transmitted, how engines work, how materials bend under load, and how heat and fluids behave, then apply those ideas to heating, cooling, refrigeration, robotics, manufacturing and electricity generation. The laboratories include demonstrations of thermal and fluid principles, testing equipment for materials, and shop machinery for building and prototyping parts. The department mentions career directions such as machine design, power plants, thermal-fluid work, mechatronics, aerospace, the automotive sector and computer-based analysis. The path begins with a university application. A faculty adviser can then assist with planning courses and comparing this specialty to the others the engineering program provides.