Mechanical Engineering Technical Electives
- MEE 330 — Manufacturing Engineering*
- 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 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.
- MEE 330 is accepted as a technical elective only for students who began pursuing a B.S. degree in MEE prior to Fall 2019.
Schedule of Technical Electives and Graduate-Level Courses
Courses listed as being offered during future semesters are subject to change
Spring 2025
- MEE 444 — Robot Dynamics and Control
- MEE 452 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
- MEE 498 — Mechanics of Polymeric Fluids
- MEE 550 — Mechanics of Laminated Composite Structures
- MEE 551 — Robot Dynamics and Control
- MEE 552 — Aircraft & Automobile Structures
- MEE 557 — Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
- MEE 639 — Advanced Radiative Heat Transfer
- MEE 646 — Advanced Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics
- MEE 697 — Mechanics of Polymeric Fluids
Summer 2025
- MEE 394 — Mechanical Engineering Practice
- MEE 441 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
- MEE 480 — Wind Energy Engineering
- MEE 522 — Advances in Materials I
- MEE 541 — Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
- MEE 580 — Wind Energy Engineering
Fall 2025
- MEE 430 — Digital Manufacturing
- MEE 448 — Aircraft Design
- MEE 450 — Mechanics of Composite Materials
- MEE 459 — Engineering Optimization
- MEE 462 — Fluid Mechanics II
- MEE 477 — Introduction to Structural Dynamics
- MEE 486 — Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Systems
- MEE 490 — Modern Control Theory & Applications
- MEE 491 — Offshore Wind Farm Engineering
- MEE 549 — Numerical Methods in Engineering
- MEE 553 — Aircraft Design
- MEE 554 — Theory of Elasticity
- MEE 559 — Engineering Optimization
- MEE 564 — Fluid-Structure Interaction
- MEE 577 — Introduction to Structural Dynamics
- MEE 590 — Modern Control Theory & Applications
- MEE 591 — Offshore Wind Farm Engineering
Courses Recommended for Engineering Elective
| Course | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| MEE 348 | Introduction to Flight | MAT 127, PHY 121, and MEE 125 |
| MEE 394 | Mechanical Engineering Practice | None |
| MEE 4xx | Any MEE Technical Elective | See Curriculum Sheet |
| CHE 350 | Statistical Process Control and Analysis | MAT 127 |
| CHE 461 | Combustion and Fuel Processing | CHY 121 and MEE 230 |
| CIE 340 | Introduction to Structural Analysis | MEE 150 and MEE 251 |
| CIE 365 | Soil Mechanics | MEE 251 |
| ECE 316 | Random Signal Analysis | MAT 228 |
| ECE 417 | Introduction to Robotics | MAT 228, and ECE 177 or COS 220 |
| ECE 457 | Nanoscience | CHY 122 or 131, PHY 122, and MAT 258 |
| ECE 462 | Intro to Basic Semiconductor Devices and Assoc. Circuit Models | CHY 121 or 131, and PHY 122 |
| ECE 464 | Microelectronics Science and Engineering | PHY 122, CHY 121 or 131; Coreq: MAT 258 |
| ECE 465 | Introduction to Sensors | Junior standing in engineering |
| ECE 467 | Solar Cells and Their Applications | ECE 209 |
| EET 414 | Introduction to Printed Circuit Boards | ECE 209 |
| EET 460 | Renewable Energy and Electricity Production | PHY 122 and MAT 126 |
| EET 484 | Engineering Economics | Permission required (contact instructor) |
| EET 486 | Project Management | Sophomore standing in engineering |
| INV 392 | Commercialize: Innovation Engineering II | INV 180 |
| MET 321 | Industrial Vibrations | Permission required (contact instructor) |
| MET 391 | Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning | Permission required (contact instructor) (Not allowed if MEE 486 is used as a Tech Elective) |
| MET 440 | Lean Six Sigma | MAT 127 |
| PPA 466 | Paper Technology | MEE 360 |
| SVT 475 | Small Business Management | None |
Other 300- or 400-level engineering courses in the College of Engineering and Computing (BEN, CHE, CIE, CET, ECE, EET, MET, SVT), Innovation Engineering (INV), or Pulp and Paper (PPA) may be accepted as an Engineering Elective with MEE Department approval.
Courses Not Allowed for Engineering Elective
(Due to overlap with required courses in the MEE curriculum)
- CET 413 — Statics and Strength of Materials
- CHE 352 — Process Control
- CHE 385 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
- CHE 386 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
- CHE 410 — Advanced Materials
- CIE 350 — Hydraulics
- EET 330 — Electrical Applications
- MET 317 — Dynamics
- MET 325 — Fluid Flow Technology
- MET 355 — Engineering Materials
- MET 433 — Thermodynamics
- MET 462 — Design I
- MET 463 — Design II