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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)

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