Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering! We look forward to meeting you at our Freshman Orientation on Monday, August 26, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Hodson Hall, Room 213.

View this important information…

• Websites to See

  Please view these websites for information:

  • The University’s Student Orientation page
  • Info for new Whiting School of Engineering students
  • Mechanical Engineering Academic Advising (including advising manuals and checkout sheets)
  • Math Placement Exam (to select your first math class, though not required, it’s strongly recommended)
  • The Undergraduate “Top 12” page with all kinds of info for undergrad students.

• Facebook

  Facebook
  Check out and “like” the Mechanical Engineering Facebook page!
  

• Read this Letter

  Check out this welcome letter and other useful information from Dr. Steven Marra, the instructor for EN.530.111 Intro to MechE Design and CAD.
  

• WIN a $50 Gift Card! Take the Challenge by August 22

  Take the Undergraduate Advising Manual Quiz Challenge! You could win a $50 gift card to the JHU Barnes and Noble Bookstore or one of our fabulous Mechanical Engineering T-shirts.

  ENTER THE CONTEST!

  Visit the Undergraduate Advising Manual Quiz Challenge and answer the questions. Answers can be found in our Undergraduate Advising Manual.

  HOW YOU CAN WIN

  Quizzes with all correct answers will be entered into a drawing for the Gift Card and the t-shirts, to be awarded at the Freshman Orientation on Monday, August 26. If no one answers all questions correctly, those whose quizzes have the most correct answers will be entered in the drawing.

  ENTRIES DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

  Don’t delay! Play today and have fun!

• About the Introductory Chemistry Requirement

  You may have noticed that older online advising manuals refer to an “Introduction to Materials Chemistry” course.  This course is no longer offered.

  Please register for the course 030.101 Introductory Chemistry.  This course will fulfill the intro to chemistry requirement.

  Neither the Mechanical Engineering nor Engineering Mechanics degrees require the Intro to Chemistry Lab, so it is not necessary to take the lab section of the course.
  

• What Computer and Software Should I Buy?

  The Mechanical Engineering department has no recommendations about the type of computer to purchase.  It seems that our students prefer Mac iOS systems and Windows-based systems equally well.  The University offers a discount student rate for laptops and other hardware.

  Suggested software:

  • Microsoft Office or an Open Office equivalent.
  • Matlab – you can download a free copy from the University.

  Visit the JHU Mechanical Engineering “Top 12 – Undergraduate” page’s section on Computing and select the “Computers and Software” tab for info on this software.

• First Day of Class - Monday-on-Thursday - A Scheduling Oddity - Take Heed!

  Vice Dean Michael Falk tells us:  “Under university policy, every semester must have 13 days of Monday classes, 13 days of Tuesday classes, etc. Due to holidays and semester breaks, we have typically met this requirement by converting a calendar Thursday into a day where Monday classes meet. For the past few years, this has happened on the last Thursday before fall break.

  “The ‘extra’ day of Monday classes will take place on the very first day of classes, Thursday, August 29, as noted on the academic calendar. Classes will meet as normally scheduled throughout the rest of the semester.”

  This means that only on Thursday, August 29 you will go to your Monday classes. After that, you will attend classes on the day of the week that corresponds to the calendar.

Questions?
Contact Academic Program Manager, Mr. Mike Bernard at me-academic@jhu.edu or +1-410-516-7154.