Mechanical Engineering Fast Facts
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Rankings & Awards
In 2005, Princeton Review ranked the University of Arkansas as one of the 20 "Best Bargains." In the past two years, Mechanical Engineering has risen 38 positions in the U.S. News and World Report rankings.
Students
2006 Enrollment
| Undergraduate | Master's | Doctoral | Total | |
| Mechanical Engineering |
334 |
25 |
11 |
370 |
| Undecided |
74 |
|
4 |
78 |
| Micro Electronics-Photonics |
|
20 |
14 |
34 |
Faculty
| Undergraduate | Undergraduate to Faculty Ratio | |
| Mechanical Engineering |
17 |
18.1 |
Academics
Students can choose from the following degree programs:
- Mechanical Engineering: BSME, MSME, MSE, PhD
- Micro Electronics-Photonics: MS, PhD
Incoming engineering student average ACT: 27
Incoming engineering student average High School GPA: 3.75
Research
Here are just a few of the research projects in mechanical engineering:
Materials processing, nano surface engineering of materials, micro/nano tribological studies of hard coatings, atomistic simulations of interface structure-property relationships, thermodynamic modeling of metastable phases, synthesis of carbon nanotubes, atomic layer deposition of conformal nano-scale coatings and laser processing. MEMS devices, molecular motors and packaging. Energy systems, improved performance of K-12 school buildings, building simulation. Combustion, Biofuels, Spacecraft Systems and Simulations.
