Mechanical Engineering Technical Electives

  • MEE 430 — Digital Manufacturing
  • MEE 433 — Solar-Thermal Engineering
  • MEE 434 — Thermodynamic Design of Engines
  • MEE 441 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
  • MEE 444 — Robot Dynamics and Control
  • MEE 448 — Fixed Wing Aircraft Design
  • MEE 450 — Introduction to Mechanics of Composite Materials
  • MEE 452 — Aircraft and Automobile Structures
  • MEE 453 — Experimental Mechanics
  • MEE 455 — Advanced Strength of Materials
  • MEE 459 — Engineering Optimization
  • MEE 462 — Fluid Mechanics II
  • MEE 463 — Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • MEE 475 — Fuel Cell Science and Technology
  • MEE 477 — Introduction to Structural Dynamics
  • MEE 480 — Wind Energy Engineering
  • MEE 483 — Turbomachine Design
  • MEE 484 — Power Plant Design and Engineering
  • MEE 486 — Refrigeration & Air Conditioning System Design
  • MEE 489 — Offshore Floating System Design
  • MEE 490 — Modern Control Theory & Applications
  • MEE 491 — Offshore Wind Farm Engineering

Note:
400-level courses offered by other engineering programs may, with MEE Department approval, be used to satisfy the mechanical engineering technical elective requirement.

500-level courses in MEE or other engineering programs may, with instructor and MEE Department approval, also be used to satisfy the technical elective requirement.

Schedule of Technical Electives and Graduate-Level Courses

Courses listed as being offered during future semesters are subject to change


Spring 2026

  • MEE 433 — Solar-Thermal Engineering
  • MEE 441 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
  • MEE 444 — Robot Dynamics and Control
  • MEE 452 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
  • MEE 453 — Experimental Mechanics
  • MEE 463 — Applied CFD
  • MEE 489 — Offshore Floating System Design
  • MEE 498-01 — Nanocomposites and Nanomaterials
  • MEE 498-02 — Advanced Materials II
  • MEE 520 — Nanocomposites and Nanomaterials
  • MEE 524 — Advanced Materials II
  • MEE 541 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
  • MEE 551 — Robot Dynamics and Control
  • MEE 552 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
  • MEE 565 — Offshore Floating System Design

Summer 2026

  • MEE 150 — Applied Mechanics: Statics
  • MEE 230 — Thermodynamics I
  • MEE 251 — Strength of Materials
  • MEE 270 — Dynamics
  • MEE 360 — Fluid Mechanics
  • MEE 370 — System Dynamics & Intro. Control
  • MEE 394 — Mechanical Engineer Practice
  • MEE 432 — Heat Transfer
  • MEE 480 — Wind Energy Engineering
  • MEE 486 — Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Systems Design
  • MEE 522 — Advances in Materials I
  • MEE 580 — Wind Energy Engineering

Fall 2026

  • MEE 449 — Aircraft Performance
  • MEE 450 — Mechanics of Composite Materials
  • MEE 459 — Engineering Optimization
  • MEE 462 — Fluid Mechanics II
  • MEE 536 — Advanced Heat Transfer I
  • MEE 540 — Advances in Materials I
  • MEE 549 — Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • MEE 559 — Engineering Optimization

Spring 2027

  • MEE 441 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
  • MEE 444 — Robot Dynamics and Control
  • MEE 452 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
  • MEE 463 — Applied CFD
  • MEE 477 — Introduction to Structural Dynamics
  • MEE 486 — Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Systems
  • MEE 524 — Advanced Materials II
  • MEE 541 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
  • MEE 546 — Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics
  • MEE 550 — Mechanics of Laminated Composite Struct
  • MEE 551 — Robot Dynamics and Control
  • MEE 552 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
  • MEE 577 — Introduction to Structural Dynamics