welcome from the department chair

Dr. Jack Mahaney, P.E. jack.mahaney@mercer.edu Associate Professor & Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering

What’s so great about mechanical engineering, anyway? In this age of computerized and miniaturized everything, it’s hard to remember that there is very often a machine in the background, and someone has to design and build it. Cranes, planes, nuclear reactors...even the food processor in your kitchen was designed by a mechanical engineer. You can go all over the world, and find interesting and challenging jobs in the field of mechanical engineering.

Why should you prepare for a mechanical engineering career at Mercer? We have small classes (generally less than 25 students), all taught by professors. No teaching assistants. And those professors are available to meet you outside of class when you need help with your homework, need advice on which career path you might follow, or even just want to talk.

Our graduates have gone to work for Georgia Power, Milliken, Boeing, Frito-Lay... the list goes on. Some of our graduates have gone on to graduate schools, such as Purdue, Georgia Tech, and West Virginia. So our program will prepare you equally well for success in graduate school or in the workplace.

To top it all off, the engineering school at Mercer is “one of the best undergraduate engineering programs in the Southeast” as identified by US News and World Report.

If you want to know more, give me a call, send me an email or drop by when you’re on campus.  I’ll be happy to tell you more about our school and our department, and show you why Mercer is a great place to prepare for a mechanical engineering career.