• To provide a Bachelor of Science degree in a four-year program that enables students to find employment related to Mechanical Engineering Technology.
• To continue to improve the quality of our program through constant feedback and modification.
• To continue to improve the efficacy of our program by recruiting students of diverse backgrounds and interests.
• To continue to improve and evolve our courses and offerings to respond to our state‘s needs and student‘s interests.
• To continue to improve our program by building mutually beneficial partnerships with industry, professional groups and other entities, with a focus on student involvement.

• The MET Program has faculty members specializing in areas including mechanical systems, manufacturing, composites, castings, heat transfer and energy methods.  Please see our faculty list for more specifics.  Our labs focus on foundry, machining, composites, production technology, energy conversion, and systems. Service work is not done, but industry support is prominent and students have access to these resources as the classes are enacted.  Samples of specific resources are listed below:
• The CWU Foundry is an industrial-grade green sand system (2 cubic yards) with flasks up to 12x18”.  There are two furnaces (gas and induction) with 30’ of pour line under the crane.  The pattern shop has a new CNC with various support materials.  Our sand analyses include distribution, compaction, and moisture.
• The CWU Materials Lab has testing equipment for tensile, impact, fatigue, hardness, and creep.  Process equipment includes three injection molders, roto-molding, drape-molding, hot-press and vacuum.  The composites lay-up area has a 10-15’ stainless steel table, three reusable vacuum bags, an oven and all support materials (e.g. manifolds, bag materials, reinforcements, release plies, glues, pre-pregs).
• The machining lab has three industrial-grade 3-axis CNC’s (Miltronics) and two CNC lathes with much other manual equipment (e.g. horizontal saw, knee-mills, grinders). 
• The woods lab has a Techno CNC router (4x8’) and all necessary equipment to produce cabinets (e.g. planer, jointer, sander, pin-router). 
• The fluids/energy lab has a suite of student equipment to interact with appropriate concepts such as wind tunnel, frictionless dynamics, and engines.
• The power lab has hydraulics trainers, power stations, CNC plasma cutter (4x4’), a variety of welding tools and many forming/punch tools.

If you would like to learn more information about the Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Projects, please visit our overview page.

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MET students are strongly encouraged to become involved in professional organizations. A student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional organization for MET students at CWU. A majority of MET students participate in ASME activities. Benefits of ASME membership include student loans, scholarships and the ability to place a resume on an ASME national/international job search bulletin board. In addition the student ASME chapter provides professional development by providing club activities such as field trips to industrial companies, industry speakers at meetings, and trips to ASME student regional conferences and leadership seminars. An interested student may learn more about ASME membership from Dr. John Choi, the faculty advisor.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)  is another student chapter for the MET students. The student SME chapter provides professional development by providing club activities such as field trips to industrial companies, industry speakers at meetings. An interested student may learn more about ASME membership from Professor Charles Pringle, the faculty advisor.

CWU also has a student chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS), advised by Dr Craig Johnson, with students from MET and Industrial Technology programs. The AFS chapter meets with industry professionals and visits working foundries. Other opportunities include trips to AFS national conferences and Foundry Education Foundation (FEF) scholarships. Other student organizations such as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) have been active in the past and could be reactivated if there is enough student interest.

Although not specifically required by the major, students are encouraged to apply for technical internships over the summer months. In addition to complementing their classroom education, internships also help to bolster resumes when seeking permanent employment upon graduation. Employment opportunities for summer internships and permanent positions are announced in class and posted in located in Hogue room 215. Students are also encouraged to establish a placement file with the Career Services office located in Barge Hall and to check with their office or stop by Hogue for posted opportunities about internships or job placement.

NOTE: approximately 25 additional fee requests submitted for FY23 fall implementation to add $5 fee to additional lab courses

(Ratified 2017-May IAB)

1.  MET graduates will perform effectively within their chosen work environments and will enhance their professional skills through continuing professional development.

2.  MET alumni will demonstrate responsible citizenship by participating in professional organizations and community engagement.

1. an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
2. an ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
3. an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;
4. an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes; and
5. an ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

a. Application of principles of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing;
b. Use of computer aided drafting and design software;
c. Perform selection, set-up, and calibration of measurement tools/instrumentation;
d. Elements of differential and integral calculus;
e. Manufacturing processes;
f. Material science and selection;
g. Solid mechanics (such as statics, dynamics, strength of materials, etc.);
h. Mechanical system design;
i. Thermal sciences (such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, etc.);
j. Electrical circuits (ac and dc) and electronic controls;
k. Application of industry codes, specifications and standards; and
l. Technical communications typically used in preparation of engineering proposals, reports, and specifications.

Washington industry has supported the MET program through equipment grants, scholarships, seminars, field trips, summer jobs for students and faculty and research projects that involve students. The MET Program has several industrial advisory committee members that provide oversight review to the program. This committee insures that the MET students receive an education that is relevant in the workplace.

Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

• Absher Construction Co
• Amazon
• Antea Group
• Art Morrison Enterprises
• Astronics AES
• Auburn Mechanical
• Barfield
• Beaver Equipment
• Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group
• BMT USA
• Blue Origin
• Boeing
• Cadence Aerospace, LLC
• Canyon Creek Cabinet Company
• Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
• Creative Motion Control
• Daimler Trucks North America
• DAS Simplified
• Definitive Solutions & Technologies
• Dependable Pattern Works
• Dorvin D. Leis Co., Inc.
• Element Materials Technology
• Emerald City Engineers, Inc.
• Exotic Metal Forming
• Fastenal
• Genie
• GM Namplate
• Guardian Fall Protection
• Hiline Engineering & Fabrication
• HKX Inc.
• Holmberg Mechanical
• J R Hayes & Sons Inc
• Lexco Inc.
• MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions, Inc.
• Magnum Venus Products
• Marq Packaging Systems Inc
• McKinstry Co LLC
• Morel Industries Inc
• Oriental Motor USA
• PA&E
• PABCO Roofing Products
• PEXCO Aerospace
• PureSolar, Inc.
• Romac Industries Inc
• SAFE Boats International
• Silver Eagle Manufacturing Co
• Sonoco
• Sparta Evolution
• Symbotic LLC
• Synsor
• Systima Technologies, Inc.
• Telect, Inc.
• Thyssenkrupp Elevator
• Torklift International
• Triumph Actuation Systems
• Umbra Cuscinetti, Inc.
• UniEnergy Technologies, LLC
• University Mechanical Contractors (UMC)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Veltre Engineering, Inc.
• Yakima Chief - Hopunion