Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
at Colorado State University

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University is where students from all backgrounds come to roll up their sleeves, find their passion, and create new knowledge that solves global challenges. 

As a part of Colorado State University’s land grant mission and our innate nature as mechanical engineers, we employ our skills and understanding of health, energy, aerospace, and materials and manufacturing to make the world a better place for generations to come.

Undergraduate Programs

Kickstart your career by enrolling in the hands-on, ABET accredited undergraduate degree program.

Graduate Programs

Continue your education with our in-person and online mechanical engineering graduate programs.

Research

Learn about our ongoing and cutting edge research in aerospace, biomedical, energy, and materials.

Develop and refine
Your Engineering Skills

Undergraduate and graduate students have options to develop their engineering skills through different on campus opportunities.

Build up your resume by getting research experience in one of our faculty research laboratories. Work on on cutting edge research in aerospace, biomedical, energy, and materials funded by industry and government organizations. 

Working in industry is more your jam? Check out other on campus and local internship and job opportunities. 

Find Your
Community

Join one of the engineering student organizations.

Find your community and meet new friends across the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering by joining one of of the many engineering student organizations. 

Whether you’re interested in aerospace, student leadership, robotics, or something else, there’s a student organization for you! 

Develop and refine
Your Engineering Skills

Your undergraduate experience culminates

Learn more about Engineering Days 

Department of Mechanical Engineering
In the News

Graphic featuring Noah Horesh, Energy Institute Researcher.

Ask the Expert: The Road Forward for Electric Vehicles in the United States

CSU Engineering Source sat down with Noah Horesh, Energy Institute researcher, about the future of electric vehicles in the United States.

Two female students sit in the background of the photo stirring liquid in colorful buckets. In the foreground are two prosthetic feet prototypes. The first is very simplistic, and the one on the right resembles more of a human foot.

CSU Students Develop Low-Cost Prosthetic for Future Clinical Use

A mechanical and biomedical engineering senior design team is working on a foot prosthetic to give low-income patients the ability to walk again.

Eli House, Ciprian Dumitrache, Katie Plese, and Spencer Teeter stand in front of a hypersonic wind tunnel chamber.

CSU Home to Novel Aerospace Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

Mechanical engineers at CSU built a new hypersonic wind tunnel that will advance high-speed military, space, and commercial transportation.