You may not have heard about Texas A&M's Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology program...

 

Here's what you should know:

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• MXET is a young major aimed at supplying the growing robotics and mechatronics field, as well as any engineering field with dynamic, do-all, individuals

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• The MXET Mechatronics track focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer science elements to create an engineer capable of impacting every part of a project's scope.

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• Mechatronics engineers are masters of integration, spending the majority of their time marrying hardware and software in the most powerful and efficient ways possible.

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• A mechatronics engineer tasked with only one aspect of a project has a greater understanding of how his/her part interacts with the whole than a more focused discipline engineer.

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• Program graduates have spent hundreds of hours tackling difficult problems as a team, as most lab classes involve a large, team-based final project.

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• Texas A&M mechatronics engineers gain experience in:

  • C, Python, Assembly, LabVIEW, Multisim, Solidworks, MATLAB, Simulink, Verilog HDL, among others​

  • Microcontroller development and integration using Arduino, BeagleBone, TI MSP432, Raspberry Pi, among others

  • Materials, thermodynamics, fluids, statics, dynamics, and other disciplines

  • Mobile and industrial robotic systems, as well as their control systems

  • Product design and development

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Here's what Texas A&M has to say about the program:

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"The MXET curriculum is based on a strong underpinning of engineering math and science courses followed by a core sequence. This core includes mechanical, electronic, and embedded systems/software fundamentals, principles, and design concepts. Throughout their curriculum, students work on multiple open-ended projects to design, implement, test, and evaluate mechanical and electronic hardware and software systems. One of the most unique aspects of the Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology program is that most courses provide a hands-on laboratory experience using state-of-the-art equipment and industry-standard design and analysis software. The curriculum is augmented with courses in written/oral communications and project management. A team-based industry-sponsored capstone design sequence provides a challenging opportunity to apply technical, managerial, and communications skills to solve a real-world problem."