Graduate Program in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


500 Level Courses (No Grad PreReqs)

600 Level Courses

Interdisc. (00-09)

650:500 Experimental Methods
650:504/5 Mathematical Methods in Engineering 1,2



650:601/2 Independent Study
650:604 Advanced Engineering Analysis
650:606 Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics
650:608/9 Seminar in MAE
650:699 Nonthesis Study
650:701/2 Research in MAE

Design and Control (10-29)

650:510 Computer Aided Design
650:512 Robotics and Mechatronics
650:514 Design of Mechanisms
650:518 Biomechanical Systems
650:522 Analytical Dynamics
650:524 Optimal Design in Mechanical Engineering

(Required for Ph.D.: 550, 514, 522, 524)

650:618 Special Applications in Control
650:622 Advanced Optimization
650:626 Advanced Design and Fabrication

Fluid Mechanics (30-49)

650:530 * Fluid Mechanics I
650:532 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
650:534 Computational Fluid Mechanics

(Required for Ph.D.: 530, 570, 574, 630)

650:630 Fluid Mechanics II
650:631 Fluid Mechanics III
650:634 Mechanics of Compressible Fluids
650:636 Turbulence
650:638 Hydrodynamic Stability
650:640 Acoustics
650:642 Suspensions

Solid Mechanics, Materials and Structures (50-69)

650:550 * Mechanics of Materials
650:554 * Mechanics of Continua (SM I)
650:556 Theory of Elasticity (SM II)

(Required for Ph.D.: 522, 550, 554, 556)

650:651 Mechanics of Inelastic Behavior (SM III)
650:652 Composites, Fracture, and Thermo. (SM IV)
650:653 Structural Mechanics (SM V)
650:654 Dynamics of Solids and Structures (SM VI)
650:660 Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics
650:661 Advanced Mechanical and Random Vibration
650:662 Advanced Stress Waves in Solids
650:663 Advanced Plasticity
650:664 Advanced Fracture Mechanics
650:665 Advanced Composite Materials
650:666 Advanced Micromechanics
650:667 Advanced Stability of Elastic Systems
650:668 Advanced Viscoelasticity
650:669 Advanced Thermoelasticity

Thermal Processes (70-89)

650:570 * Conduction Heat Transfer
650:574 * Thermodynamic Theory
650:578 Convection Heat Transfer
650:582 Computational Methods in Heat Transfer

(Required for Ph.D.: 530, 570, 574, 578)

650:670 Combustion
650:674 Radiation Heat Transfer
650:678 Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer
650:682 Thermal Transport in Materials Processing



* 3 Required for MS
* Math 642:527 Also required for MS
Math 642:527/8 Also required for Ph.D.


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