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<p>Not quite sure what you mean by project specific, but starting sophomore year we were doing small group design projects in at least 3 classes (between fall and spring term). This included a design class (use modeling software to create a new design to some problem, like an easier-to-use jewelry clasp for instance) and two mechanics classes (design a retaining wall that needs to hold so much dirt back on a hill so steep, for example).</p>
<p>Junior year and Senior year the MechE’s get more in depth with their statics and heat transfer classes. I know senior year they are in an intensive lab for at least 1 if not both terms. Everyone in the department also does a big cumulative research project with a faculty advisor (senior design) where you spend the term working on some real-life problem (how to cool data servers more efficiently for example, or better knee brace design for operations) and we create a paper, poster, and presentation talk at the end of term which everyone in the department is invited to.</p>