Engineering, B.S.

During your first two years in the engineering program, you develop a robust, multidisciplinary foundation in engineering. Then, in your final two years, you can specialize your expertise through focused concentrations. These immersive upper-division courses allow you to gain advanced hands-on experience in the career path you want to pursue.

Engineering Management

Engineering management integrates technical expertise, sound business principles, and economic wisdom to oversee complex engineering projects and teams, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and meet quality standards.

Professionals in engineering management work in all industries and hold leadership roles such as project manager, engineering director, plant manager, engineering consultant and business development manager.

Manufacturing Systems

Manufacturing systems involve the design, implementation and management of production processes to streamline the creation of goods efficiently and effectively.

Careers in manufacturing systems span all industries that produce goods, from electronics to pharmaceuticals to automotive. Positions include production engineers, operations managers, quality assurance specialists and supply chain analysts.

Mechatronics Systems

Mechatronics blends mechanical and electrical engineering with computer engineering and computer science, so you can build smarter, more capable mechanical devices under the intelligent control of embedded electronics.

Mechatronic devices include automatic welders in factories, advanced driver assistance systems in cars, consumer appliances and artificial organs. Careers in mechatronics span automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, consumer electronics, healthcare and more.

Robotic Systems

Robotics systems is a specialty within mechatronics that combines computer, electrical and mechanical engineering to save humans from dangerous, repetitive or laborious tasks. From automated household vacuum cleaners to autonomous cars to delivery drones to planetary rovers, robotics employ various sensors to observe their environments. They can leverage sophisticated embedded processing to plan their next actions and utilize mechanical devices to interact with the world around them.

Robotics careers encompass manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, logistics, agriculture, healthcare and more.

Complete a culminating project during your final year at Kettering. Take on a senior thesis topic that applies the multidisciplinary knowledge and skills you’ve developed through your chosen engineering concentration and addresses a real-world problem. By completing your thesis, you prove that you are ready to launch your career in engineering. Recent thesis topics have included:

• “Lean Office: RFQ Process Improvement and Implementation”
• “Improvements to the Outbound Logistics Forecasting Process”

Our interdisciplinary bachelor’s in engineering program provides you with a versatile skill set to pursue career opportunities across diverse industries. Your chosen concentration aligns you with particularly high-demand roles in fields like robotics and mechatronics.

For example, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects the employment of engineers who work with mechanical devices and thermal sensors to grow 10 percent through 2032. The BLS also reports that in 2023, the median pay for these engineers was $99,510.

Similarly, the BLS forecasts the employment of engineers working in industrial settings will grow 12 percent through 2032. The median pay in 2023 was $99,380.

With the recent graduation of BSE's first students, the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program now meets all requirements to seek accreditation with the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. We are actively preparing our submission for the 2025 cycle, and we expect to successfully receive ABET accreditation in 2026.