Four-Year Curriculum Code: 650
The Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program is
accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,
https://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program
Criteria for Mechanical Engineering. The program includes three options: mechanical, aerospace, and energy.
First Year
See First-Year Program (35)
Sophomore Year
First Semester
14:440:222 Engineering
Mechanics: Dynamics (3)*
01:640:251 Multivariable
Calculus (4)
14:650:388 Computer-Aided Design in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
(3)*
01:750:227
Analytical Physics IIA (3)
01:750:229
Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)
14:650:289 Professional Development and Leadership in MAE (1)
Second Semester
01:640:244 Differential
Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)
14:650:291 Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (3)
14:650:361 Introduction to Mechatronics (4)*
01:750:228 Analytical
Physics IIB (3)
01:750:230 Analytical
Physics IIB Laboratory (1)
-technical elective (3)
Junior Year
First Semester
14:650:351 Thermodynamics
(3)*
01:640:421 Advanced Calculus for Engineering
(3)*
14:650:312 Fluid Mechanics
(3)*
14:650:350 Mechanical Engineering
Measurements with Lab (4)*
-humanities/social sciences elective (3)
Second Semester
01:540:343 Engineering Economics
(3)
14:635:407 Mechanical
Properties of Materials (3)*
14:650:342 Design of
Mechanical Components (3)*
14:650:439 Multiphysics Simulations (3)*
-humanities/social sciences elective (3)*
Senior Year
First Semester
14:650:431 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Laboratory I (2)
14:650:467 Design and
Manufacturing I (2)
14:650:481 Heat Transfer (3)*
14:650:4__ MAE
dept., aerospace, energy electives (3)
14:650:4__ MAE
dept., aerospace, energy electives (3)
-technical elective (3)
Second Semester
14:650:401 Dynamic Systems and
Controls (3)
14:650:432/3/5 ME,
Aerospace, Energy Lab (2)
14:650:468 Design and
Manufacturing II (2)
14:650:4__ MAE dept., aerospace,
energy elective (3)
-technical elective (3)
-general elective (3)
Total
Credits = 131
Notes
*May be taken during the first or second semester, within the listed year.
All mechanical and aerospace engineering department electives may count for technical electives.
Department Electives (select three from the lists below; can mix and match)
14:650:443 Vibrations (3)
14:650:451 Vehicle Dynamics (3)
14:650:455 Design of Mechanisms (3)
Energy Electives (select three for energy concentration)
14:650:461 Internal Combustion
Engines (3)
14:650:462 Power Plants (3)
14:650:474 Alternative Energy Systems I (3)
14:650:477 Alternative Energy Systems II (3)
Aerospace Electives (select three for aerospace engineering concentration)
14:650:447 Probabilistic Models in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Systems (3)
14:650:449 Aerospace
Materials (3)
14:650:457 Spacecraft and Mission Design (3)
14:650:458 Aerospace
Structures (3)
14:650:459 Aerospace Propulsion (3)
14:650:460 Aerodynamics (3)
14:650:463 Compressible Fluid Dynamics (3)
14:650:465 Orbital
Mechanics (3)
14:650:471 Aircraft
Flight Dynamics (3)
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