This is the list of current and anticipated graduate courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Visit the Undergraduate Course Schedule page for info on Mechanical Engineering undergraduate courses, including upper-undergraduate .400-level courses that can be counted for the Mechanical Engineering master’s degree.
Fall 2024
UPDATED JuLY 25, 2024
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OFFERED. COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. Visit the JHU PUBLIC COURSE SEARCH PAGE for course offerings for current and past semesters.
The schedule and availability of courses are subject to change. The official schedule will be announced prior to Advising Week of the previous semester in time to determine course schedules.
COURSES
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
530.605 | Mechanics of Solids and Materials | Prof. Vicky Nguyen | TTh 12:00-1:15 |
530.610 | Quantitative Cell Mechanics | Prof. Sean Sun | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.616 | Introduction to Linear Systems Theory | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | TTh 4:30-5:45 |
530.621 | Fluid Dynamics I | Prof. Tamer Zaki | M 4:30-7:00 p.m. |
530.624 | Dynamics of Robots and Spacecraft | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.625 | Turbulence | Prof. Charles Meneveau | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.641 | Statistical Learning for Engineers | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | WF 1:30-2:45 |
530.643 | Fundamentals, Design Principles, and Applications of Microfluidic Systems | Prof. Claire Hur | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.646 | Robot Devices, Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | TTh 10:30-11:45
Labs TBA |
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530.683 | Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer | Prof. Jung-Hee Seo | MW 12:00-1:15 |
530.691 | Haptic Interface Design for Human-Robot Interaction | Prof. Jeremy Brown | MW 3:00-4:15 |
NEW!
530.693 |
Fabrication of Biomaterials, Engineered Tissues and Food | Prof. Yun Chen | Lecture: MW 4:30-5:45
Lab: Th 4:30-5:45 |
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530.738 | Micromechanics of Heterogeneous and Granular Materials | Prof. Ryan Hurley | MW 12:00-1:15 |
530.761 | Mathematical Methods of Engineering I | Prof. Dennice Gayme | MW 1:30-2:45 |
530.766 | Numerical Methods | Prof. Rajat Mittal | TTh 4:30-5:45 |
530.777 | Multiphase Flow | Prof. Gretar Tryggvason | MW 4:30-5:45 |
530.800 | Independent Study | various sections | n/a |
530.801 | Graduate Research | various sections | n/a |
530.822 | MSE Essay – Co-Op | For “essay” MSE only | n/a |
530.823 | MSE Graduate Research | For either “all-course” MSE (limit 3 credits, 1 course) or “essay MSE” (limit 6 credits – either one semester or two 3-credit semesters) | n/a |
SEMINARS
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
500.602 | Seminars in Environmental Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM) | Prof. Joe Katz | F 3:00-3:50 |
500.745 | Seminar in Computational Sensing and Robotics | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | W 12:00-1:15 |
530.803 | Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar | Prof. Tamer Zaki | Th 3:00-4:15 |
530.807 | Graduate Seminar in Fluid Mechanics | Prof. Joe Katz | F 4:00-4:50 |
530.809 | Mechanics and Materials Graduate Seminar | Prof. Ryan Hurley | F 3:00-5:00 |
Visit the Undergraduate Courses page for undergrad courses.
Spring 2025
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OFFERED. COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. Visit the JHU PUBLIC COURSE SEARCH PAGE for course offerings for current and past semesters.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
The schedule and availability of courses are subject to change. The official schedule will be announced prior to Advising Week of the previous semester in time to determine course schedules.
COURSES
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
530.606 | Mechanics of Solids and Materials II | Prof. Vicky Nguyen | MW 1:30-2:45 p.m. |
530.607 | Introduction to Wind Energy | Prof. Dennice Gayme | MW 3:00-4:15 p.m. |
530.622 | Fluid Dynamics II | Prof. Joe Katz | TTh 1:30-2:45 p.m. |
530.627 | Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (graduate) | Prof. Charles Meneveau | TTh 10:30-11:45 p.m. |
530.638 | Aerospace Materials | Prof. Kevin Hemker | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.646 | Robot Devices, Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | TTh 12:00-1:15 |
530.648 | Biosolid Mechanics (graduate) | Prof. Jill Middendorf | TTh 4:30-5:45 p.m. |
530.663 | Robot Motion Planning | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | MW 4:30-5:20 p.m. and F 1:30-2:20 |
530.666 | Magnetically Actuated and MRI Compatible Robots | Prof. Axel Krieger | MW 4:30-5:45 p.m. |
530.668 | Locomotion Mechanics: Fundamentals (graduate) | Prof. Chen Li | WF 1:30-2:45 p.m. |
NEW!
530.692 |
Flexible Robotic System Modeling | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | TBA |
530.696 | Learning-Based Control for Robotics | Dr. Joseph Moore | F 1:30-4:15 |
530.707 | Robot Systems Programming | Prof. Simon Leonard | TTh 1:30-2:45 p.m. |
530.800 | MechE PhD Independent Study | various sections | n/a |
530.801 | MechE PhD Graduate Research | various sections | n/a |
530.822 | MSE Essay – Co-Op | For “essay” MSE only | n/a |
530.823 | MSE Graduate Research | For either “all-course” MSE (limit is 3 credits, 1 course) or “essay” MSE (limit is either one 6 credit semester or two 3-credit semesters) | n/a |
SEMINARS
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
530.803 | Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar | Prof. Tamer Zaki | Th 3:00-4:15 p.m. |
530.807 | Graduate Seminar in Fluid Mechanics | Prof. Joe Katz | F 4:00-4:50 p.m. |
530.809 | Mechanics of Materials and Structures Graduate Seminar | Prof. Jill Middendorf | F 12:00-1:15 |
500.602 | Seminars in Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM) | Prof. Joe Katz | F 3:00-3:50 p.m. |
500.745 | Seminar in Computational Sensing and Robotics | Profs. Louis Whitcomb and Peter Kazanzides | W 12:00-1:15 |
Visit the Undergraduate Courses page for undergrad courses.
Fall 2025
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OFFERED. COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. Visit the JHU PUBLIC COURSE SEARCH PAGE for course offerings for current and past semesters.
UPDATED January 17, 2024
The courses listed here were offered in Fall 2023. We expect that most or all of these courses will be offered in Fall 2025. The updated course schedule for Fall 2025 will be announced in March 2025.
The schedule and availability of courses are subject to change. The official schedule will be announced prior to Advising Week of the previous semester in time to determine course schedules.
COURSES
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
530.605 | Mechanics of Solids and Materials I | Prof. Ryan Hurley | MW 12:00-1:15 |
530.610 | Quantitative Cell Mechanics | Prof. Sean Sun | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.616 | Introduction to Linear Systems Theory | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | TTh 4:30-5:45 |
530.619 | Aerospace Structures (graduate) | Dr. Thomas Dragone | TTh 9:00-10:15 |
530.621 | Fluid Dynamics I | Prof. Tamer Zaki | M 4:30-7:00 |
530.624 | Dynamics of Robots and Spacecraft (graduate) | Dr. Jin Seob Kim | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
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530.641 | Statistical Learning for Engineers | Dr. Jin Seob Kim | WF 1:30-2:45 |
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530.646 | Robot Devices, Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control | Dr. Jin Seob Kim | Lecture – all sections – TTh 10:30-11:45
Lab sections TBA |
530.656 | Deformation Mechanisms | Dr. Syed “Ali” Jalali | MWF 9:00-9:50 |
530.668 | Locomotion Mechanics: Fundamentals (graduate) | Prof. Chen LI | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.673 | Introduction to Molecular and Atomistic Modeling and Simulation | Dr. Nilanjan Mitra | MW 12:00-1:15 |
530.674 | Effective and Economic Design for Biomedical Instrumentation (graduate) | Prof. Yun Chen | MW 4:30-5:45 |
530.683 | Computational Modeling in Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer (graduate) | Dr. Jung Hee Seo | TTh 9:00-10:15 |
530.691 | Haptic Interface Design for Human-Robot Interaction | Prof. Jeremy Brown | MW 3:00-4:15 |
530.712 | Computational Solid Mechanics | Prof. Vicky Nguyen | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.721 | Medical Robotics Systems Design | Prof. Axel Krieger | MW 4:30-5:45 |
530.761 | Mathematical Methods in Engineering | Prof. Gretar Tryggvason | MW 1:30-2:45 |
530.766 | Numerical Methods | Prof. Rajat Mittal | TTh 4:30-5:45 |
530.800 | Independent Study | various sections | n/a |
530.801 | Graduate Research | various sections | n/a |
530.822 | MSE Essay – Co-Op | For “essay” MSE only | n/a |
530.823 | MSE Graduate Research | For either “all-course” MSE (limit 3 credits, 1 course) or “essay MSE” (limit 6 credits – either one semester or two 3-credit semesters) | n/a |
SEMINARS
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
500.602 | Seminars in Environmental Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM) | Prof. Joe Katz | F 3:00-3:50 |
500.745 | Seminar in Computational Sensing and Robotics | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | W 12:00-1:15 |
530.803 | Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar | Prof. Tamer Zaki | Th 3:00-4:15 |
530.807 | Graduate Seminar in Fluid Mechanics | Prof. Joe Katz | F 4:00-4:50 |
530.809 | Mechanics and Materials Graduate Seminar | Prof. Ryan Hurley | M 3:00-5:00 |
Visit the Undergraduate Courses page for undergrad courses.
Spring 2026
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OFFERED. COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. Visit the JHU PUBLIC COURSE SEARCH PAGE for course offerings for current and past semesters.
UPDATED Janaury 31, 2024
The schedule and availability of courses are subject to change. The official schedule will be announced prior to Advising Week of the previous semester in time to determine course schedules.
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
530.604 | Mechanical Properties of Materials | Dr. Nilanjan Mitra | TTh 9:00-10;15 |
530.606 | Mechanics of Solids and Materials II | Dr. Jeffrey Lloyd | MW 1:30-2:45 |
530.607 | Introduction to Wind Energy | Prof. Dennice Gayme | MW 3:00-4:15 |
530.611 | Composite Materials | Dr. Nilanjan Mitra | TTh 9:00-10:15 |
530.618 | Fabricatology – Advanced Materials Processing | Prof. Sung Hoon Kang | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.622 | Fluid Dynamics II | Dr. Ehsan Roohi | MW 4:30-5:45 p.m. |
530.623 | Design of Marine Robots | Prof. Jim Bellingham | MW 1:30-2:45 |
530.632 | Convection | Dr. Jung-Hee Seo | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.635 | Guidance and Control of Flight Vehicles | Mr. Danny Dembner, BS ’17 | MW 4:30-5:45 |
530.646 | Robot Devices, Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | TTh 12:00-1:15 |
530.647 | Adaptive Systems and Control | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | TTh 4:30-5:45 p.m. |
530.663 | Robot Motion Planning | Prof. Jin Seob Kim | MW 4:30-5:20 p.m.
and F 1:30-2:20 p.m. |
530.669 | Locomotion Mechanics: Recent Advances (graduate) | Prof. Chen Li | WF 1:30-2:45 |
530.672 | Biosensing and BioMEMS | Prof. Jeff Wang and Dr. Kuangwen Hsieh | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.694 | Scanning Electron Microscopy 101: Fundamentals of Nanocharacterization and Nanofabrication | Prof. Mo-Rigen He | TTh 1:30-2:45 |
530.696 | Learning-Based Control for Robotics | Dr. Joseph Moore | F 1:30-4:15 |
530.707 | Robot Systems Programming | Dr. Simon Leonard | TTh 10:30-11:45 |
530.748 | Stress Waves, Impact, and Shocks | Prof. K.T. Ramesh | T 11:00-12:00 |
530.767 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Prof. Rajat Mittal | TTh 4:30-5:45 |
530.800 | PhD Independent Study | various sections | n/a |
530.801 | PhD Graduate Research | various sections | n/a |
530.822 | MSE Essay – Co-Op | For “essay” MSE only | n/a |
530.823 | MSE Graduate Research | For either “all-course” MSE (limit 3 credits, 1 course) or “essay MSE” (limit 6 credits – either one semester or two 3-credit semesters) | n/a |
SEMINARS
NUMBER |
TITLE |
INSTRUCTOR |
DAY/TIME |
500.602 | Seminars in Environmental Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM) | Prof. Joe Katz | F 3:00-3:50 |
620.745 | Seminar in Computational Sensing and Robotics | Prof. Louis Whitcomb | W 12:00-1:15 |
530.803 | Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar | Prof. Tamer Zaki | Th 3:00-4:15 |
530.807 | Graduate Seminar in Fluid Mechanics | Prof. Joe Katz | F 4:00-4:50 |
530.809 | Mechanics and Materials Graduate Seminar | Prof. Jill Middendorf | M 3:00-5:00 |
Visit the Undergraduate Courses page for undergrad courses.