About Us
Mission
The mission of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest is to serve our region, nation, and the world by:
- Providing quality undergraduate and graduate engineering education featuring experiential learning, excellent teaching, and comprehensive educational and research resources
- Offering undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees to meet the needs of our students, communities, and industry
- Being a technical resource for industry and our local communities
- Advancing the state-of-the-art in applications of science and technology
Research
PNW’s mechanical engineering faculty lead two world-class research centers/institutes with 10 specialized labs.
Our funding sources include:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Department of Education (DOE)
- Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Industries
Our Students Work For
- Advance Micro Devices
- ArcelorMittal Steel
- British Petroleum
- Cisco Systems
- Caterpillar
- Ford
- Hewlit Packard
- Honeywell
- Intel
- Johnson Controls
- John Deere
- Kimberly Clark
- Lockheed
- Lucent Technologies
- Motorola
- NASA
- National Semiconductor
- Northrop Grumman
- Panduit
- Proctor & Gamble
- Peoples Energy
- Sargent & Lundy
- Siemens
- Texas Instruments
- U.S. Steel
- Westinghouse