School of Engineering and Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pacific is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The first two years of the program concentrate primarily on math, science, general education, and general engineering. During the last remaining years, students concentrate more on Mechanical Engineering topics. Several courses include a laboratory component, and a variety of equipment is available such as vibration and noise instruments, robots & mechatronic systems, a wind tunnel, furnaces, solar collectors, HVAC test equipment, a complete machine shop, data acquisition systems, computer aided design software, materials testing machines, and analytical devices including optical and electron microscopes.
Pacific’s Co-op Program offers paid internships with major firms such as:
- Kinematic Automation
- Diamond Foods
- Cisco Systems
- New United Motor Company
- Spinal Kinetics
- E & J Gallo
Upon graduation a mechanical engineer may choose from a variety of general fields including:
- Energy systems design & analysis
- Mechanical systems design & analysis
- Manufacturing
- Project management
- Research & Development
