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
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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 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 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 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 |
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 |
530.421 | 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
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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
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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
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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. |
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530.511 | Group Undergraduate Research | Research with weekly meetings.
See also 530.501. |
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530.527 | Independent Study |
Visit the graduate courses page for graduate courses.