Welcome!

Dr. Sridhar Santhanam (Dr. S)(sridhar.santhanam@villanova.edu)

Professor & ChairDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

What do mechanical engineers do?

Planes, Trains, Automobiles

Advanced materials

Structural and Dynamic Design

Robotics

Energy Systems Bio engineering Clean Water

What Skills Will I Develop at Villanova?

Ethics

Global Sensitivity

Entrepreneurial Approaches

Teamwork

Communication

Critical Thinking

Imagination & Creativity

Math & Science

Core Curriculum

Basic Foundational Courses

• Calc I,II,III, Diff Eq, Statistics, Phy I & II, Chem I, Freshmen Engineering

Mechanics/materials • Statics, Solid Mechanics, Materials, Manufacturing

Thermal Fluids • Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer

Dynamic Systems • Dynamic Systems I & II, Fundamentals of EE

Design Specific • Analysis & Design, Capstone

Arts • Communications, THL, PHI, Ethics, Humanities

Flexibility in Electives

Junior Spring

• 3 of 6• 1 ME• 2 Humanities• Plus 3 req’d ME

classes and lab

Senior Fall

• 4 of 6• 3 ME• 1 Humanities• plus capstone

and ethics

Senior Spring

• 4 of 5• 2 ME, 1 free, 1

math• plus capstone

Concentrations and Minors

Dynamic Systems

Thermal Sciences

Materials & Mechanics

Aerospace

Mechatronics

BiomedicalEngineering

Entrepreneurship

Business

Other….

May 2019 Minors

7

Total number of minors 78

Students with double minor 20

Students with triple minor 1

Total students with a minor 57

% with at least one minor 74%

Aero 15Math 12Biomedical Engineering 9EGR Entrepreneurship 9Mechatronics 9SBI 9Business 4Finance 3Chinese 1Classics 1Computer Science 1History 1Honors 1Physics 1Sustainability Studies 1

Double MajorMath and ME 1

Last year - 73%

Undergraduate Research

World Renowned faculty with cutting-edge

research

Novel Nanomaterials

Data Center

Efficiency

Dynamic control of

unmanned vehicles

Swarm Robotics

Advanced Energy Storage

Biomimetic materials

M.E. Students in Action

Service Learning Hands On Laboratories Outreach programs

Formula SAE Unmanned Boat Partnership opportunities

After Graduation, what?

• 2019 Placement Stats (ME)– 75% FT employment– 14% grad school– 10% other endeavors98.6% Successful Placement Rate– ME Student mean salary $67,932– Student with at least one internship – 82% (does

not include research or NROTC)

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Excellent Job Placement Statistics

• Air Products• BASF, Inc.• BioKinetics, Inc.• Boeing Helicopters• DuPont• Deloitte• Environmental Partners Corp.• Ernst & Young Management

Consulting• Exxon Mobil• Ford• General Dynamics• NADC• L3Harris Technologies

• Henkels & McCoy • Lockheed Martin• Metrologic Instruments• U.S. Navy (NSWC)• Northrop Grumman• PECO Energy• Peterson Consulting• Rolls Royce Marine• Sargent & Lundy• SKF USA, Inc.• Sun Microsystems• Sun Co.• Zeneca, Inc.

Graduate Schools: Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Villanova

Villanova Mechanical Engineering

Unique curriculum featuring flexibility for minors and study abroad, and a well

rounded education emphasizing communication

skills and service to others

Highly acclaimed faculty teach our undergraduate classes and offer research

opportunities

Hands-on learning, student project teams, strong classroom bonds and

personal attention

Mechanical Engineering in Action• Senior Capstone Design

https://youtu.be/Z8OzJnXKXCY

• Villanova EOD Robothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v

=sl37k9cjuko&feature=emb_title

• Formula SAE car racinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Ei7cI9Of0

Luigi Siligato (lsiligat@Villanova.edu)• Class of 2020• 5-year BS/MS, Concentration in Dynamics &

Controls• A cappella (Vocal Minority), Musical Theatre,

Pastoral Musicians• Studied abroad in Madrid, Spain & Urbino,

Italy• TA, Summer Research• Boeing intern in summer 2019 and 2020

Rebecca Moretti (rmoretti@villanova.edu)• Class of 2020• Biomedical Engineering Minor• Study Abroad: Trinity College Dublin• Stryker Advanced Operations Global

Engineering Development Program• SWE, ASME, and NovaCANE Exec board• MATE Robotics Competition Student

Coordinator

Samantha Sandler (ssandler@villanova.edu)• Class of 2020• Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor• 2 L3Harris Technologies Internships -->

Committed post-grad • Makerspace Supervisor• Formula SAE Racing Team• L3Harris Innovate Researcher• Research with Dr. Seth & Dr. Clayton • Tau Beta Pi & Pi Tau Sigma Honor Societies

Peter Coyle (coyle.peter@bcg.com)• Class of 2017• Minor in Economics• Campus Clubs: Formula SAE, Villanova

Consulting Group, Villanova Equity Society• Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in

Philadelphia, primarily focused in strategy for consumer goods companies

Student and Alumni Panel