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What is Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering?

               
 
       
          Mechanical and aerospace engineers are key professionals in the invention, design and manufacture of devices, vehicles, machines and systems that meet the changing needs of our society.     
         
          Our graduates practice in exceedingly diverse careers. They interact with everything mechanical - simple to complex, small to large - from artificial limbs to supersonic transports, household appliances to precision instruments, space shuttles to mass transit networks, fuel cells to power plants, lawn mowers to automobiles.  

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Starting Salaries
Aerospace Engineering Graduates
$37,000 - $61,000

Mechanical Engineering Graduates
$40,000 - $69,000

*Salary ranges provided by the 2006 College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Graduate Survey

      Mechanical engineers also apply their expertise to producing, using, and conserving all forms of energy. Aerospace engineers apply their expertise to solving problems in high-speed ground transportation and environmental pollution, as well as, being the key professionals in the design and manufacture of air and space vehicles for transportation, exploration, and military purposes.    
         
               
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