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Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science

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» Program Overview

Are you an analytical type? A problem-solver? Interested in solving some of today’s toughest problems? If so, LTU’s Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering might be the program for you. Mechanical engineers combine creativity and ingenuity to bring their ideas to life. They use their technical know-how to design and build machines and the devices that power them. And they are involved throughout the product development and manufacturing process, from concept and design to installation and implementation.

LTU’s mechanical engineering program is built around a core curriculum in manufacturing, mechanical systems, and thermal science. In this program, you will learn how products are designed, manufactured, and tested, as well as the basics of mechanisms and structures, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and energy conversion. You can choose from six concentrations: alternative energy, automotive, manufacturing, nanotechnology, solid mechanics, and thermal fluids, and can further augment your preparation by pursuing minors in aeronautical engineering or energy engineering. Since many consumer products are electromechanical in nature, a mechatronics sequence is also included.

Why LTU

  • Since Lawrence Tech has been educating successful engineers for nearly 90 years, you’ll graduate with the tools and knowledge you’ll need to create tomorrow’s great inventions
  • The curriculum emphasizes the development of strong analytic and problem-solving skills – making you highly valuable to employers
  • Dedicated, caring faculty will provide you with one-on-one attention and bring current industry experience as well as cutting-edge research to the classroom
  • You’ll experience Lawrence Tech’s signature theory and practice approach to learning through extensive laboratory work in LTU’s state-of-the-arts labs

» Awards + Accreditation


The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission(s) of ABET, www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Architectural Engineering Program Criteria.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.