List of Mechanical Engineering Courses

Mechanical Engineering Topic Areas

Dynamics and Controls Course Offerings

Fluid Dynamics and Wind Energy Course Offerings

Manufacturing Course Offerings

Materials Engineering Course Offerings


 

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Contribution to the Graduate Gallery Competition (2025) by Sahil Wankhede (Advisor: Associate Professor Xian Du)

Dynamics and Controls Course Offerings

Mechanical Engineering Topic Area: Dynamics and Controls

Courses Offered Every Year

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 605Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
MIE 666Fluid-Structure Interactions
CMPSCI 603Robotics
CEE 541Structural Dynamics

Courses Offered Every Two Years

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 610Nonlinear Dynamics
MIE 615Robotics
MIE 682Highly Compliant Structures
MIE 697SSimulation-Based Optimization *currently not offered*
CEE 615Probabilistic Methods in Structural Mechanics
MATH 532HNonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with Applications
MIE 510Feedback Control Systems
MIE 642Advanced Design Feedback Systems
PHYS 860CMonte Carlo Techniques
MIE 597STIntroduction to MEMS and Microsciences
MIE 641Advanced Vibrations
MIE 643Mechatronics
MIE 644Applied Data Analysis
MIE 597WAdaptive and Nonlinear Control *currently not offered*
MIE 685Biorobotics

Mechanical Engineering Courses (Typical, 21 CR Thesis-Only; 30 CR Coursework)
External, ME-adjacent Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
Industrial Engineering Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
External, IE-adjacent Courses (0 CR substituted allowed)

Degree Requirements Table


 

Fluid Dynamics and Wind Energy Course Offerings

Mechanical Engineering Topic Area: Fluid Dynamics and Wind Energy

Courses Offered Every Year

Course CodeCourse Title
sMIE 551Thermal Environmental Engineering *currently not offered*
MIE 573Engineering Windpower Systems
MIE 601Advanced Thermodynamics
MIE 603Advanced Numerical Analysis
MIE 607Advanced Fluid Mechanics
MIE 666Fluid-Structure Interactions
MIE 570Solar and Direct Energy Conversion
MIE 605Finite Element Analysis

Courses Offered Every Two Years

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 604Computational Fluid Dynamics
MIE 649Ocean and Coastal Waves
MIE 652Ocean Renewable Energy
MIE 673Wind Turbine Design
MIE 674Offshore Wind Energy Systems
MIE 701Advanced Thermodynamics *currently not offered*
MIE 707Viscous Fluids
MIE 821Turbulence *currently not offered*

External Courses

Course CodeCourse Title
ChE 633Transport Process
CEE 670Transport Processes in Environmental and Water Resources
PHYS 850Soft Condensed Matter PHYS
CEE 662Water Resource Systems Analysis
CEE 561Open Channel Flow
CEE 560Hydrology
PHYS 553Optics-With Lab

Mechanical Engineering Courses (Typical, 21 CR Thesis-Only; 30 CR Coursework)
External, ME-adjacent Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
Industrial Engineering Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
External, IE-adjacent Courses (0 CR substituted allowed)

Degree Requirements Table

Manufacturing Course Offerings

Mechanical Engineering Topic Area: Manufacturing

Courses Offered Every Year

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 601Advanced Thermodynamics
MIE 605Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
MIE 609Mechanical Properties of Materials
MIE 617Computational Materials Science
MIE 619Nanomaterials & Sensors
MIE 630Advanced Solid Mechanics
ECE 597NENanoelectronics
CMPSCI 603Robotics

Courses Offered Every Two Years

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 615Robotics
MIE 618Additive Manufacturing
MIE 659Intelligent Manufacturing
MIE 608Adv. Polymer Manufacturing
MIE 614Optical Engineering & Photonics
MIE 579Advanced Materials Engineering
MIE 611Advanced Materials Characterization
MIE 640Introduction to MEMS & Microscience
MIE 643Mechatronics
MIE 685Biorobotics
CMPSCI 589Machine Learning
ECE 597TNPhotonics

Mechanical Engineering Courses (Typical, 21 CR Thesis-Only; 30 CR Coursework)
External, ME-adjacent Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
Industrial Engineering Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
External, IE-adjacent Courses (0 CR substituted allowed)

Degree Requirements Table

Materials Engineering Course Offerings

Mechanical Engineering Topic Area: Materials Engineering

Courses Offered Every Year

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 605Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
MIE 609Mechanical Properties of Materials
MIE 617Computational Materials Science
MIE 619Nanomaterials & Sensors
MIE 630Advanced Solid Mechanics
ChE 621Thermodynamics I
MSE 601Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
MSE 690SIntroduction to Interdisciplinary Materials Science Research
Polymer 797EMElectron Microscopy
Polymer 897FSurface & Interfacial Mechanics
ChE 597DNanostructured Biomaterials
ChE 622Thermodynamics II
MSE 690AMaterials and Additive Manufacturing: From Concept to Application
Phy 588Solid State PHYS
Polymer 501Introduction to PSE

Courses Offered Every Two Years

Course CodeCourse Title
MIE 603Adv. Numerical Analysis
MIE 571Phys. & Chem. Processing of Mater. *currently not offered*
MIE 579Advanced Materials Engineering *currently not offered*
MIE 668Molecular, Cellular, & Tissues Biomech.
MIE 611Advanced Materials Characterization
MIE 612Metamaterials
MIE 614Optical Engineering & Photonics

Mechanical Engineering Courses (Typical, 21 CR Thesis-Only; 30 CR Coursework)
External, ME-adjacent Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
Industrial Engineering Courses (Max 9 CR substituted allowed)
External, IE-adjacent Courses (0 CR substituted allowed)

Degree Requirements Table