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Mechanical Engineering Home > Education: Graduate: Course Suggestions

Course Suggestions

The following is a listing of suggested courses for graduate students in Mechanical Engineering. These suggestions are divided into different topic areas that reflect common areas of research. The listing is not an exhaustive one and is provided only as a general suggestion. Each student should consult with his or her thesis advisor before registering for courses.

Design, Manufacturing, and Controls
Core Classes
ME 5247, Stress analysis, sensing and transducers
ME 5248, Vibration Engineering
ME 5243, Advanced Mechanism Design
ME 8221, New Product Design and Business Development I
ME 8222, New Product Design and Business Development II

Controls Focus
Complete list of classes and scheduled offerings for classes (pdf)

Fluid Power/Control Focus
ME 5232, Fluid Power Control Laboratory
ME 5281, Analog and Digital Control
*See also listing of classes for Controls Focus

Medical Device Focus
ME 5241, Computer-Aided Engineering
ME 5243, Advanced Mechanism Design
ME 5281, Analog and Digital Control
ME 5223, Materials in Design
ME 8221, New Product Design and Business Development I
ME 8222, New Product Design and Business Development II

Sensors Focus
ME 5241, Computer-Aided Engineering
ME 5281, Analog and Digital Control
ME 8254, Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
EE 5171, Microelectronic Fabrication
ECE 5657, Principals of Thin Film Technology

Solid Mechanics Focus
Complete list of classes and scheduled offerings for classes (pdf)

Transportation Research Focus
ME 5286, Introduction to Robotics
ME 8772, Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar

Thermal and Fluid Sciences
Core Courses
ME 5080, Energy - Resources, Technology and Society
ME 5351, Computational Heat Transfer
ME 5666, Modern Thermodynamics
ME 8341, Conduction
ME 8342, Convection
ME 8343, Radiation
ME 8345, Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
ME 8228, Finite Elements in Multidisciplinary Flow/Thermal/Stress and Manufacturing
AEM 8201, Fluid Mechanics I
AEM 8202, Fluid Mechanics II
AEM 8207, Hydrodynamic Stability
AEM 8211, Theory of Turbulence I
AEM 8212, Theory of Turbulence II
AEM 8213, Turbulent Shear Flows

Topic Courses
ME 5105, HVAC System Design
ME 5341, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering and Design
ME 5344, Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow with Applications
ME 5348, Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment

Biotransport Focus
Complete list of classes and scheduled offerings for classes (pdf)

Energy Conversion and Renewable Energy Focus
ME 5103, Thermal Environmental Engineering
ME 5312, Solar Thermal Technologies
ME 5461, Internal Combustion Engines
ME 5446, Introduction to Combustion
ME 5101, Vapor Cycle Systems

Combustion, and Plasmas
ME 5361, Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
ME 5446, Introduction to Combustion
ME 8362, Introduction to Plasma Technology
ME 8361, Molecular Gas Dynamics
ME 5446, Introduction to Combustion
ME 5461, Internal Combustion Engines

Power Systems Focus
ME 5101, Vapor Cycle Systems
ME 5461, Internal Combustion Engines
ME 5446, Introduction to Combustion
ME 8462, Turbomachinery

Nanotechnology/Nanomanufacturing
ME 5113, Aerosol/Particle Engineering
ME 8361, Molecular Gas Dynamics
ME 8362, Introduction to Plasma Technology
NPSE 8001, Introduction to Nanoparticle Science and Engineering
ME 8253 Computational Nanomechanics
ME 8113, Advanced Aerosol/Particle Engineering
ME 8254, Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

Environmental/Aerosol Science and Environmental Engineering Focus
ME 5113, Aerosol/Particle Engineering
ME 5133, Aerosol Measurement Laboratory
ME 8113, Advanced Aerosol/Particle Engineering
CE 8521, The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
CE 8572, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CE 8541, Aquatic Chemistry
EnHS 6190, Environmental Chemistry
EnHS 6191, Air Pollution

Thermal Environmental Focus
ME 5101, Vapor Cycle Systems
ME 5103, Thermal Environmental Engineering
ME 5105, HVAC Systems Design
ME 5113, Aerosol/Particle Engineering

 

 

 
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