This is the list of current and anticipated undergraduate courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Visit the Graduate Course Schedule page for info on Mechanical Engineering graduate courses.

Spring 2023

VIEW THE OFFICIAL SCHEDULE HERE.  this is a summary of courses being offered.
UPDATED January 3, 2023

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
AREA
INSTRUCTOR
DAY/TIME
500.114 Gateway Computing – MATLAB E Prof. David Kraemer Sec 1 MWF 10:00-10:50

Sec 2 MWF 11:00-11:50

Sec 3 TBD

Sec 4 MWF 4:00-4:50 pm

530.108 MechE Undergraduate Seminar I E Prof. Steven Marra F 3:00-3:50
530.116 MechE Freshman Lab II E Prof. Steven Marra Sec. 1 – Th 9:00-11:50

Sec. 2 – Th 12:00-2:50

Sec. 3 – Th 3:00-5:50

Sec. 4 – F 12:00-2:50

530.124 Intro to Mechanics II E N Prof. Ishan Barman MW 3:00-3:50
530.202 Mechanical Engineering Dynamics E Prof. Noah Cowan TTh 10:30-11:45
530.212 Mechanical Engineering Dynamics Lab E Prof. Noah Cowan Sec. 1 – M 3:30-5:20

Sec. 2 – M 6:00-7:50

Sec. 3 – W 4:30-6:20

Sec. 4 – Th 3:30-5:20

Sec. 5 – Th 6:00-7:50

530.215 Mechanics Based Design E Prof. Vicky Nguyen TTh 1:30-2:45

Problem Solving TBA

530.216 Mechanics Based Design Lab E Prof. Steven Marra Lecture: T 6:00-6:50

Labs:

Sec. 1 – M 3:30-5:20

Sec. 2 – M 6:00-7:50

Sec. 3 – T 3:30-5:20

Sec. 4 – W 3:30-5:20

Sec. 5 – Th 7:00-8:50

Sec. 6 – Th 6:00-7:50

Sec. 7 – W 7:00-8:50 CANCELLED

530.241 Electronics and Instrumentation E Prof. David Kraemer MWF 1:30-2:20.
530.243 Electronics and Instrumentation Lab E Prof. David Kraemer Sec 1. – W 6:00-8:50

Sec. 2 – Th 3:00-5:50

Sec. 3 – Th 6:00-8:50

Sec. 4 – F 3:00-5:50

530.254 Manufacturing Engineering E Ms. Anna Goodridge Lecture:

F 2:40-4:30

Labs:

Sec 1 – M 8:00-11:00

Sec 2 – M 12:00-3:00

Sec 3 – T 2:00-5:00

Sec 4 – W 8:00-11:00

Sec 5 – W 12:00-3:00

Sec 6 – Th 2:00-5:00

Sec 7 – F 8:00-11:00

530.334 Heat Transfer E Prof. Charles Meneveau MWF 10:00-10:50

Problem Solving F 12:00-12:50

530.335

Sections 2, 7, and 8 are cancelled

Heat Transfer Lab E Prof. Steven Marra Lecture: W 6:00-6:50

Labs:

Sec 1 – M 2:00-3:50

Sec 2 – T 1:00-2:50

Sec 3 – W 12:00-1:50

Sec 4 – W 2:00-3:50

Sec 5 – W 4:00-5:50

Sec 6 – Th 4:00-5:50

Sec 7 – F 2:00-3:50

Sec 8 – F 4:00-5:50

Sec 9 – M 4:00-5:50

Sec 10 – T 7:00-8:50

530.343 Design and Analysis of Dynamical Systems E Prof. Louis Whitcomb TTh 9:00-10:15

Problem Solving TBA

530.344 Design and Analysis of Dynamical Systems Lab E Prof. Steven Marra Sec. 1 – M 6:00-8:50

Sec. 2 – T 3:00-5:50

Sec. 3. – Th 6:00-8:50

530.404 MechE Senior Design Project II E Prof. Steve Belkoff and Prof. Gretar Tryggvason Team Meetings only
530.410 Biomechanics of the Cell E Prof. Sean Sun MWF 3:00-3:50
530.411

NEW!

Composite Materials E Prof. Nilanjan Mitra TTh 4:30-5:45
530.421 Mechatronics E Prof. Jeremy Brown Lecture M 9:00-9:50

Lab 1 – M 1:30-4:20

Lab 2 – T 1:30-4:20

Lab 3 – W 1:30-4:20

530.425 Mechanics of Flight E Dr. Young J. Moon TTh 4:30-5:45
530.438 Aerospace Materials E Prof. Kevin Hemker TTh 10:30-11:45
530.448

NEW!

Biosolid Mechanics E Prof. Jill Middendorf TTh 4:30-5:45
530.468 Locomotion Mechanics: Fundamentals E Prof. Chen Li WF 1:30-2:45
530.470 Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control E Dr. Brett Shapiro and Dr. Pradipto Ghosh MW 4:30-5:45
530.480 Image Processing and Data Visualization E Prof. Yun Chen MW 4:30-5:45
530.501 Undergraduate Research Research without weekly meetings.

See also 530.511.

TBA
530.511 Group Undergraduate Research Research with weekly meetings.

See also 530.501.

TBA
530.526 Independent Study

Visit the graduate courses page for graduate courses.

Fall 2023

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.
UPDATED June 9, 2023

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
AREA
INSTRUCTOR
DAY/TIME
530.107 MechE Undergraduate Seminar I E Prof. Steven Marra F 3:00-3:50
530.111 Intro to MechE Design and CAD E Prof. Steven Marra MW 4:30-5:20
530.115 MechE Freshman Lab I E Prof. Steven Marra Sec 1 Th 9:00-11:50

Sec 2 Th 12:00-2:50

Sec 3 Th 3:00-5:50

Sec 4 F 12:00-2:50

530.123 Intro to Mechanics I E, N Prof. David Kraemer MW 3:00-4:15
560.201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials E Dr. Rachel Sangree TTh 10:30-11:45
560.211 Statics and Mechanics of Materials Lab E Dr. Rachel Sangree Sec 1 M 4:00-5:50

Sec 2 M 6:00-7:50

Sec 3 T 2:00-3:50

Sec 4 T 4:00-5:50

Sec 5 W 4:00-5:50

Sec 6 Th 4:00-5:50

530.231 Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics E Prof. Joe Katz MWF 1:30-2:20

Problem Solving Th 4:30-6:00 p.m.

530.232 Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics Lab E Dr. Steven Marra T 6:00-6:50, lab sessions TBA
530.254 Manufacturing Engineering E Staff Lecture:

TTh 1:30-2:20

Labs:

Sec 1 – M 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Sec 2 – M 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Sec 3 – T 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Sec 4 – W 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Sec 5 – W 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Sec 6 – Th 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Sec 7 – F 8:00-11:00 a.m.

530.310 Reverse Engineering and Diagnostics E Dr. Steve Belkoff LECTURE  TTh 1:30-2:45

LAB T 3:00-6:00

530.327 Intro to Fluid Mechanics E Prof. Rui Ni TTh 10:30-11:45
530.329 Intro to Fluid Mechanics Lab E Dr. Steven Marra W 6:00-6:50, lab sessions TBA
530.352 Materials Selection E Prof. Kevin Hemker MWF 11:00-11:50
530.403 MechE Senior Design Project I E Prof. Steve Belkoff Lecture TBA for first week of the semester, otherwise 17 team meeting sessions, one per team.
530.414 Computer Aided Design E Dr. Dan Stoianovici Sec 1 – MW 3:00-4:15

Sec 2 – MW 4:30-6:00

530.418 Aerospace Structures E Dr. Tom Dragone TTh 9:00-10:15
530.420 Robot Sensors and Actuators E Dr. David Kraemer LECTURES

Sec 1-4: TTh 12:00-1:15

Sec 5-8: TTh 1:30-2:45

LABS

Sec 1-5 W 6:00-8:50

Sec 2-6 Th 3:00-5:50

Sec 3-7 Th 6:00-8:50

Sec 4-8 F 3:00-3:50

530.424 Dynamics of Robots and Spacecraft E Dr. Jin Seob Kim TTh 1:30-2:45
530.427 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics E Prof. Charles Meneveau TTh 10:30-11:45
NEW!

530.429

Musculoskeletal Biomechanics E Prof. Jill Middendorf MW 4:30-5:45
530.430 Applied Finite Element Analysis E Dr. Michael Boyle TTh 4:30-5:45
530.436 Bioinspired Science and Technology E Prof. Sung Hoon Kang TTh 1:30-2:45
530.443 Fundamentals, Design Principles and Applications of Microfluidic Systems E Prof. Claire Hur TTh 10:30-11:45
NEW!

530.465

Spacecrafts, Submarines, and Glaciers: Solid Mechanics in Extreme Environments E Prof. Jaafar El-Awady MW 12:00-1:15
530.468 Locomotion Mechanics: Fundamentals E Prof. Chen Li TTh 1:30-2:45
530.474 Effective and Economic Design for Biomedical Instrumentation E Prof. Yun Chen LECTURE MW 4:30-5:45

LAB Th 4:30-6:30

530.483 Applied Computational Modeling in Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer E Dr. Jung-Hee Seo TTh 9:00-10:15
530.501 Undergraduate Research Research without weekly meetings. Faculty TBA. See also 530.511.
530.511 Group Undergraduate Research Research with weekly meetings. Faculty TBA. See also 530.501.
530.527 Independent Study

Visit the graduate courses page for graduate courses.

Spring 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.
UPDATED jUNE 6, 2022

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
AREA
INSTRUCTOR
DAY/TIME
500.114 Gateway Computing – MATLAB E Prof. David Kraemer Sec 1 MWF 4:00-4:50 pm

Sec 2 MWF 9:00-9:50

Sec 3 MWF 10:00-10:50

Sec 4 MWF 11:00-11:50

500.309 Multidisciplinary Engineering Design E Alissa Burkholder-Murphy TBA
530.108 MechE Undergraduate Seminar II E Prof. Steven Marra F 3:00-3:50
530.116 MechE Freshman Lab II E Prof. Steven Marra Sec 1 – Th 9:00-11:50

Sec 2 – Th 12:00-2:50

Sec 3 – Th 3:00-5:50

Sec 4 – F 12:00-2:50

530.124 Intro to Mechanics I E N Prof. Steve Belkoff MW 3:00-3:50
530.202 Mechanical Engineering Dynamics E Prof. Steve Belkoff TTh 10:30-11:45
530.204 Manufacturing Engineering Theory E Dr. Michael Duffy TTh 1:30-2:45
503.205 Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory E Mr. Richard Middlestadt
Mr. David Carrington
TBA
530.212 Mechanical Engineering Dynamics Lab E Prof. Steve Belkoff Sec. 1 – M 3:30-5:20

Sec. 2 – M 6:00-7:50

Sec. 3 – W 4:00-5:50

Sec. 4 – Th 3:30-5:20

Sec. 5 – Th 6:00-7:50

530.215 Mechanics Based Design E Prof. Jaafar El-Awady TTh 1:30-2:45
530.216 Mechanics Based Design Lab E Prof. Steven Marra Lecture: T 6:00-6:50

Labs:

Sec. 1 – M 3:30-5:20

Sec. 2 – M 6:00-7:50

Sec. 3 – T 3:30-5:20

Sec. 4 – W 3:30-5:20

Sec. 5 – T 7:00-8:50 p.m.

Sec 6 – Th 6:00-7:50

530.241 Electronics and Instrumentation E Prof. David Kraemer Lecture: MWF 1:30-2:20.
530.243 Electronics and Instrumentation Lab E Prof. David Kraemer Sec 1. – W 6:00-8:50

Sec. 2 – Th 3:00-5:50

Sec. 3 – Th 6:00-8:50

Sec 4 – F 3:00-5:50

530.334 Heat Transfer E Staff MWF 10:00-10:50

Problem Solving F 12:00

530.335 Heat Transfer Lab E Prof. Steven Marra and Prof. Nathan Scott Lecture – W 6:00-6:50

Lab 1 M 2:00-3:50
Lab 2 T 1:00-2:50 cancelled
Lab 3 W 12:00-1:50
Lab 4 W 2:00-3:50
Lab 5 W 4:00-5:50
Lab 6 Th 4:00-5:50
Lab 7 F 2:00-3:50
Lab 8 F 4:00-5:50

530.343 Design and Analysis of Dynamical Systems E Dr. Jin Seob Kim TTh 9:00-10:15
530.344 Design and Analysis of Dynamical Systems Lab E Prof. Steven Marra Sec. 1 – M 6:00-8:50

Sec. 2 – T 3:00-3:50

Sec. 3. – Th 6:00-8:50

530.381 Engineering Design Process E Prof. Nathan Scott TTh 1:30-2:45
530.404 MechE Senior Design Project II E Prof. Nathan Scott 10 Team Meeting sections TBA
530.410 Biomechanics of the Cell E Prof. Sean Sun TTh 10:30-11:45
530.417 – CANCELLED Fabricatology E Prof. Sung Hoon Kang TTh 1:30-2:45
530.421 Mechatronics E Prof. Jeremy Brown Lecture – Th 9:00-10:20,

Lab 1 – M 1:30-4:20,

Lab 2 – W 1:30-4:20

Lab 3 – T 1:30-4:20

CANCELLED

530.426

Biofluid Mechanics E Prof. Rajat Mittal TTh 1:30-2:45
530.432 Jet and Rocket Propulsion E Prof. Joe Katz TTh 12:00-1:15
530.441 Intro to Biophotonics E Prof. Ishan Barman TTh 1:30-2:45
530.480 Image Processing and Data Visualization E Prof. Yun Chen MW 4:30-5:45
530.501 Undergraduate Research Research without weekly meetings. Faculty TBA. See also 530.511.
530.511 Group Undergraduate Research Research with weekly meetings. Faculty TBA. See also 530.501.
530.526 Independent Study

Visit the graduate courses page for graduate courses.

Fall 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.
UPDATED december 16, 2022

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
AREA
INSTRUCTOR
DAY/TIME
530.107 MechE Undergraduate Seminar I E Prof. Steven Marra F 3:00-3:50
530.111 Intro to MechE Design and CAD E Prof. Steven Marra MW 4:30-5:20
530.115 MechE Freshman Lab I E Prof. Steven Marra Sec 1 Th 9:00-11:50

Sec 2 Th 12:00-2:50

Sec 3 Th 3:00-3:50

Sec 4 F 12:00-2:50

530.123 Intro to Mechanics I E N Prof. David Kraemer MW 3:00-4:15
560.201 / 560.211

 

Statics and Mechanics of Materials and Lab E Dr. Rachel Sangree 560.201 Lecture – TTh 10:30-11:45

560.211 Labs

Lab 1 – W 3:00-4:15

Lab 2 – M 3:00-4:15

Lab 3 – M 4:30-5:45

Lab 4 – T 1:30-2:45

Lab 5 – T 3:00-4:15

Lab 6 – T 4:30-5:45

Lab 7 – Th 1:30-2:45

Lab 8 – Th 3:00-4:15

Lab 9 – Th 4:30-5:45

530.231 Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics E Prof. Joe Katz MWF 1:30-2:20

Problem Solving Th 4:00-5:30

530.232 Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics Lab E Prof. Steven Marra T 6:00-6:50, lab sessions TBA
530.254 Manufacturing Engineering E Ms. Anna Goodridge Lecture:  F 2:30-4:30

Labs: times and sections may change. Updates to come soon.

Sec 1 – M 8:00-11:00

Sec 2 – T 12:00-3:00

Sec 3 – M 2:00-5:00

Sec 4 – W 8:00-11:00

Sec 5 – W 12:00-3:00

Sec 6 – Th 2:00-5:00

Sec 7 – F 8:00-11:00

530.327 Intro to Fluid Mechanics E Prof. Rui Ni TTh 10:30-11:45
530.329 Intro to Fluid Mechanics Lab E Prof. Steven Marra W 6:00-6:50, lab sessions TBA
530.352 Materials Selection E Prof. Kevin Hemker MWF 11:00-11:50
530.403 MechE Senior Design Project I E Prof. Steve Belkoff 10 Sections meeting once weekly, each day of the week either 9:00-12:00 or 1:00-4:00
530.405 Mechanics of Advanced Engineering Structures E Prof. Jaafar El-Awady MW 3:00-4:15
530.414 Computer Aided Design E Prof. Dan Stoianovici Sec 1 – T 12:00-2:50

Sec 2 – T 3:00-5:50

530.420 Robot Sensors and Actuators E Prof. David Kraemer LECTURES

Sec 1-4: TTh 12:00-1:15

Sec 5-8: TTh 1:30-2:45

LABS

Sec 1 and 5 – W 6:00-8:50

Sec 2 and 6 – Th 3:00-5:50

Sec 3 and 7 – Th 6:00-8:50

Sec 4 and 8 – F 3:00-3:50

530.424 Dynamics of Robots and Spacecraft E Dr. Jin Seob Kim TTh 1:30-2:45
530.427 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics E Prof. Charles Meneveau TTh 10:30-11:45
530.430 Applied Finite Element Analysis E Dr. Liming Voo Th 3:00-5:30
530.436 Bioinspired Science and Technology E Prof. Sung Hoon Kang TTh 1:30-2:45
530.455 Additive Manufacturing E Prof. Kevin Hemker and Dr. Syed “Ali” Jalali MWF 12:00-1:15
530.469 Locomotion Mechanics: Recent Advances E Prof. Chen Li WF 1:30-2:45
530.474 Effective and Economic Design for Biomedical Instrumentation E Prof. Yun Chen Lecture: MW 4:30-5:45

Lab: Th 4:30-6:30

 

530.479 Modern Tools and Applications in Experimental Solid Mechanics E Prof. Ryan Hurley MW 12:00-1:15
530.483 Computational Modeling in Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer E Dr. Jung Hee Seo TTh 9:00-10:15
530.501 Undergraduate Research Research without weekly meetings.

See also 530.511.

530.511 Group Undergraduate Research Research with weekly meetings.

See also 530.501.

530.527 Independent Study

Visit the graduate courses page for graduate courses.