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Mechanical Engineering: Advanced Manufacturing
BS

Manufacturing is rapidly evolving through innovations like robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing. The advanced manufacturing concentration in Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth’s mechanical engineering program prepares you to be part of this transformation, turning ideas into real products using the latest technologies and production strategies.

Advanced manufacturing focuses on smarter, faster, and more efficient ways to create the products that power modern life, from aerospace components and medical devices to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. In this concentration, you’ll learn how engineers bring designs to life by selecting the right materials, tools, and production methods while optimizing quality, cost, and sustainability.

Student success

Mechanical engineering major James Bonnell working in the machine lab

Student spotlight

James Bonnell '25

James Bonnell ’25, a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in advanced manufacturing, collaborated with Dr. Hangjian Ling on cutting-edge research involving superhydrophobic surfaces. He further honed his expertise through an internship at Innofiber, where he contributed to the design of innovative medical devices. On campus, Bonnell actively applied his hands-on skills alongside peers in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SolidWorks Club, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Internships

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat
  • Innofiber
  • KVH Industries
  • MicroMagnetics
  • Mass Department of Transportation
  • U.S. Army

Career placements

  • Altair ProductDesign Inc.
  • Applied Materials
  • Bio-Detek
  • Bose Corporation
  • Boston Engineering Corporation
  • GE Aviation
  • GE Oil & Gas
  • Hasbro
  • Heat Transfer Products, Inc.
  • Lockheed Martin
  • New England Institute of Technology
  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Raytheon
  • Siemens Industry Inc.
  • Texas Instruments
  • Zachry Nuclear Engineering

Our program emphasizes hands-on education by providing small lab sections and lab and computer facilities dedicated to undergraduate teaching.

You'll choose from courses in manufacturing, materials science, design, fluid mechanics, control theory, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and robotics. The culmination of your work will be your senior project, which allows you to solve real-life engineering problems.

For the BS in mechanical engineering, you'll complete 40 credits in mechanical engineering courses and a total of 123 credits overall.

With the minor in mechanical engineering, you have the option to specialize in controls, design, manufacturing, and thermal sciences—or you may choose an open path of studies.

For the minor, you'll complete 20 to 22 credits.

  • Capstone projects: most senior engineering students work in small teams on real-world, industry-specific challenges that demand analysis, proposals, prototypes, and solutions
  • Experience: participate in co-op and internship programs to gain valuable experience with regional industries, often while also earning money for college
  • Community: join organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers, the National Society of Black Engineers, and Engineers Without Borders
  • New initiatives: collaborate, create, and explore at the

International (F-1) students who receive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees may be eligible to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion optional practical training (OPT). To learn about the eligibility criteria and detailed steps to apply, please review the International Student & Scholar Center (ISSC) OPT page and . F-1 students must consult with the ISSC to apply for STEM OPT.