Technical Electives for Mechanical Engineering

ME Tech Electives

As of March 16, 2023

Students should determine the area of ME that most interests them as early as possible in their undergraduate careers and consider elective courses whenever they qualify. To assist in that endeavor, the following themes are offered with potential Tech Electives to support your interests (including the upcoming semesters they will tentatively be offered):

1. Advanced Fluids:
   1. MIE 440 – Aerospace Fluid Mechanics: S25
   2. MIE 441 – Internal Combustion Engines: every fall
   3. MIE 442 – Propulsion Systems Performance, Analysis & Design: S24
2. Biomedical:
   1. MIE 458 – Connections in Medicine, Biology, & Engineering: F23
   2. MIE 443 – Mechatronics: S25
   3. MIE 687 – Practical Medical Device Design: F23 (requires instructor approval)
3. Design:
   1. MIE 381 – Inclusive Design in Healthcare: F23
   2. MIE 414 – Industry-Sponsored Mechanical Design (prior to MIE 415): every fall
   3. MIE 562 – Power Systems Design: S23
   4. MIE 597av – Vehicle Automation: TBD
4. Dynamic Systems and Control:
   1. MIE 379 – Deterministic Operations Research: every fall
   2. MIE 485 – Vibrations: S24
   3. MIE 510 – Feedback Control Systems: F23
5. Energy Conversion:
   1. MIE 570 – Solar & Direct Energy Conversion: every spring
   2. MIE 573 – Engineering Windpower Systems: every fall
   3. MIE 550 – Ocean Renewable Energy: S24
   4. MIE 597dw – Dynamics of Waves: S25
6. Manufacturing:
   1. MIE 422 – Statistical Quality Control: every fall
   2. MIE 477 – Production Planning & Control: every spring
   3. MIE 578 – Supply Chain Logistics: S24
   4. MIE 553 – Industrial Automation: S25
   5. MIE 597if – Programming for Industry 4.0: S24
7. Materials (certificate program):
   1. MIE 571/572 – Physical & Chemical Processing of Materials with Project
   2. MIE 579 – Advanced Materials Engineering (or other 500-level advanced materials course)
   3. ChE 573 – Materials Science & Engineering Project
   4. ChE 590c – Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Note that these electives will be capped at 40 students and some are only offered every 2 years.  Students accepted onto the Supermileage Vehicle team will be registered for MIE 497s in the fall and spring; it is a three credit course that will count as the MIE Elective in the fall (or your first semester) and as a ME Technical Elective in the spring (or your second semester).  Other technical courses in Engineering, Math, CS, Kinesiology, OIM, and science departments may be acceptable as Tech Electives; however, only one ME Technical Elective can be satisfied with a non-MIE course;  e-e-mail your student number, major, and a course description to the CUA for approval. Examples of previously approved non-MIE technical electives are: Biomedical Engineering 597a, 597d; Building & Construction Technology 540; Chemical Engineering 555, 589, 597m; Civil & Environmental Engineering 310, 331, 462, 597a; CICS 210; Computer Science 335, 403; Electrical & Computer Engineering 241, 331; Environmental Conservation  697sb; Kinesiology 460, 530; and Math 425, 456, 532h, 545, 551, 552. Lastly, students with strong GPAs can request permission to take non-MSEM 600-level courses to satisfy technical electives. Note that none of the MIE Electives listed below satisfy a ME Technical Elective.

MIE Elective

ME students can take one of the following courses to satisfy their MIE Elective requirement: Computer Science 119, CICS 110, or ECE 122 (if not used to satisfy MIE 124); Building & Construction Technology 550; Chemistry 112; Environmental Science 397r; Kinesiology 236, 430; Math 235; and MIE 382 (competition team practicum), 398t (UTA practicum), EMM or MSEM courses (see https://mie.umass.edu/graduate-students/ms-programs/master-science-engineering-management).  Other technical courses in Engineering, Math, CS, Kinesiology, OIM, and science departments may be acceptable as the MIE Elective; e-mail your student number, major, and a course description to the CUA for approval.