Mission and Objectives
The mission of the MME Department at the undergraduate level is:
• to offer programs that support and complement the mission of the University of Denver;
• to provide a general undergraduate education in mechanical engineering that prepares students for either employment or graduate study;
• to include interdisciplinary engineering work in all programs;
• to encourage the professional status of the faculty, and
• to foster the professional awareness of the students.

This statement concisely sums up the goals and objectives of our programs which follow:

Industry Partners: Most of our research efforts have been generously supported for many years by such prestigious funding agencies as the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Electric Power Research Institute, various branches of NASA including the NASA Glenn Research Center, and numerous major US and international industries.

In the MME Department, the focus is on innovation. We are leading the development of an education that prepares graduates to be at the forefront of creating new technologies that meet the needs of global society. Jointly, with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), we have championed curricula that foster creative analysis, modeling and prediction through hands-on design courses and research. Faculty and students are creating new knowledge by exploring the convergence of engineering with other disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, information, and business.