COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE

Mechanical Engineering

Program Highlights

Mechanical engineers design, develop, test, manufacture, and maintain machines, systems, devices, and components for the betterment of society. Of all the engineering disciplines, mechanical engineering is the most diversified and offers the largest selection of career paths. If you can see it or touch it, a mechanical engineer probably helped to create it.

Mechanical engineers may deal with hardware as small as a microchip or as large as an aircraft carrier. They may work from the bottom of the ocean up to the weightless environment of interplanetary space.

The Louisiana Tech Mechanical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org. To find out more information about the program mission, educational objectives, student outcomes, and enrollment and graduation data, go to our Accreditation & Enrollment page.

Job Opportunities

  • Aerospace engineering
  • Automatic control systems
  • Automotive engineer
  • Computer-aided design and manufacturing
  • Control and instrumentation engineer
  • Energy conversion, utilization, and storage
  • Engineering materials
  • Environmental engineering
  • Machine design
  • Maintenance engineer
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Medicine
  • Nuclear engineer
  • Production manager
  • Robotics
  • Stress analysis
  • Technical sales engineer
  • Thermal systems
  • Water engineer

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For a list of prerequisites and required courses, select the curriculum sheet below.

Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Fall 2022 – Present

Mechanical Engineering Flowchart Fall 2019 – Present

Faculty

Dr. Prabhu Arumugam

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator

Departments: Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Mechanical Engineering

Office: IFM 213

Phone: 318.257.5122

Fax: 318.257.2777

Email: parumug@latech.edu

Dr. Henry Cardenas

Professor, Director Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Consortium, Director MALT Center

Departments: MALT Center, Mechanical Engineering

Office: BOGH 255

Phone: 318.257.4600

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: cardenas@latech.edu

Nia Collins

Administrative Coordinator 3

Departments: Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Office: BOGH 253

Phone: 318.257.2357

Email: collins@latech.edu

Dr. Krystal Corbett Cruse

Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering, First-Year Engineering Programs Coordinator, Director of the Office for Women in Science and Engineering

Departments: Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Office: IESB 133

Phone: 318.257.2422

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: kcorbett@latech.edu

Dr. Melvin R. Corley

Professor Emeritus

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Phone: 318.202.9635

Email: mcorley@latech.edu

Dr. Kelly Crittenden

Program Chair and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Director Integrated STEM Education Research Center

Departments: Integrated STEM Research Center, Mechanical Engineering

Office: BOGH 256

Phone: 318.257.2714

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: kellyc@latech.edu

Dr. David E. Hall

Associate Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Office: IESB 115

Phone: 318.257.4127

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: dehall@latech.edu

Dr. Hisham Hegab

Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Emeritus

Departments: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Undergraduate Studies Office

Office: IESB 101

Phone: 318.257.2684

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: hhegab@latech.edu

Dr. William Long

Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering | Program Chair, Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology | Director, Project-Based Learning

Departments: Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Office: IESB 120

Phone: 318.257.2157

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: long@latech.edu

Dr.  Arden Moore

Associate Professor, Director of Institute for Micromanufacturing, Interim Associate Dean of Research.

Departments: Institute for Micromanufacturing, Mechanical Engineering

Office: IFMM 203

Phone: 318.257.5106

Fax: 318.257.2777

Email: amoore@latech.edu

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman

Assistant Professor

Departments: Institute for Micromanufacturing, Mechanical Engineering

Office: IFM 114

Phone: 318.257.5140

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: srahman@latech.edu

Dr. Timothy Reeves

Lecturer

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Office: BOGH 237

Phone: 318.257.2395

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: treeves@latech.edu

Dr. Louis Reis

Program Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering

Departments: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Office: BMEB 212

Phone: 318.257.2954

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: lgreis@latech.edu

Dr. Michael Swanbom

Distinguished Lecturer

Departments: Integrated STEM Research Center, Mechanical Engineering

Office: BOGH 239

Phone: 318.257.3908

Fax: 318.257.2562

Email: mswanbom@latech.edu

Dr. Leland Weiss

Director – Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering; Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Departments: Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Science and Nanotechnology

Office: BOGH 253A

Phone: 318.257.5113

Email: lweiss@latech.edu