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Mar 16, 2026
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2025-2026 University Catalog
Mechanical Engineering Supplemental Information (GR)
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Applied Math Selectives
Courses not allowed on the plan of study to satisfy the math requirement include: MA 580; ME 562 and 579; MSE 697; STAT 501 & 513. ME Area of Interest Courses
Listed below are courses offered specifically by Mechanical Engineering that pertain to different research areas. These are not hard-and-fast categories; this is just a guide, and not an exhaustive list. Research-based students should always discuss with their advisor what courses are best for their degree and career goals. Acoustics & Noise Control
Combustion, Energy Utilization, & Thermodynamics
Computational Engineering
Heat & Mass Transfer
Students interested in Heat & Mass Transfer are also encouraged to consider courses from other areas, including Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. High Performance Buildings
Manufacturing & Materials
Systems, Measurements, & Control
Non-ME Electives
Below is a list of allowable non-ME courses for the ME Plan of Study. This list is not all-inclusive, so if students are interested in taking a course not listed, they should consult with their major advisor. - AAE 50700 - Principles Of Dynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 51100 - Introduction To Fluid Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 51200 - Computational Aerodynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 51400 - Intermediate Aerodynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 51800 - Low-Gravity Fluid Dynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 51900 - Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 52000 - Experimental Aerodynamics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 52100 - Plasma Laboratory Credits: 3.00
- AAE 52300 - Introduction To Remote Sensing Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53200 - Orbit Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53400 - Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53500 - Propulsion Design, Build, Test Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53700 - Hypersonic Propulsion Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53800 - Air Breathing Propulsion Credits: 3.00
- AAE 53900 - Advanced Rocket Propulsion Credits: 3.00
- AAE 54500 - Dynamic Behavior of Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 54800 - Mechanical Behavior Of Aerospace Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55000 - Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55200 - Nondestructive Evaluation Of Structures And Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55300 - Elasticity In Aerospace Engineering Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55400 - Fatigue Of Structures And Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55500 - Mechanics Of Composite Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55600 - Aeroelasticity Credits: 3.00
- AAE 55800 - Finite Element Methods In Aerospace Structures Credits: 3.00
- AAE 56000 - System-Of-Systems Modeling And Analysis Credits: 3.00
- AAE 56100 - Introduction To Convex Optimization Credits: 3.00
- AAE 56400 - Systems Analysis And Synthesis Credits: 3.00
- AAE 56700 - Introduction To Applied Stochastic Processes Credits: 3.00
- AAE 56800 - Applied Optimal Control And Estimation Credits: 3.00
- AAE 59000 - Projects In Aeronautical Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
Titles:
- Aerospace Propulsion
- Applied Control in Astronautics
- Computational Combustion
- Data Science in Mechanics of Materials
- AAE 590 Des of Comp Mat & Struct
- Ducted Rocket Design
- Ducted Rocket Performance Analysis and Design
- Mfg of Advanced Composite Materials
- Molecular Gas Dynamics
- Multi-Agent Autonomy & Control
- Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flow
- Plasma Laboratory
- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
- Surrogate Methods
- Sustainable Aviation
- AAE 60700 - Variational Principles Of Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 64200 - Graduate Professional Practice Credits: 0.00
- AAE 64600 - Elastic Wave Propagation Credits: 3.00
- AAE 64800 - Modeling Damage And Strengthening Mechanisms In Materials Credits: 3.00
- AAE 65400 - Fracture Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- AAE 66600 - Nonlinear Dynamics, Systems, And Control Credits: 3.00
- AAE 66800 - Hybrid Systems: Theory And Analysis Credits: 3.00
- AAE 67500 - Advanced Signals And Systems For Satellite Navigation Credits: 3.00
- AAE 69000 - Advanced Aeronautical Engineering Projects Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
Titles:
- Liquid Propellant Chemistry & Applications
- Modeling Damage & Strengthening Mechanics in Materials
- Numerical Methods for High-Speed Flows
- ABE 59100 - Special Topics Credits: 0.00 to 4.00
Titles:
- Design and Modeling of Fluid Power Systems
- Microparticulates: Surface Interactions & Performance
- Polymeric Biomaterials
- ABE 62700 - Colloidal Phenomena In Bioprocessing Credits: 3.00
- AGRY 53500 - Boundary Layer Meteorology Credits: 3.00
- BCHM 60501 - Macromolecules Credits: 3.00
- BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
Titles:
- Indoor Air Quality
- Neural Mechanisms of Health & Disease
- BME 50100 - Multivariate Analyses In Biostatistics Credits: 3.00
- BME 51100 - Biomedical Signal Processing Credits: 3.00
- BME 51500 - Practical MRI And Applications Credits: 1.00
- BME 54200 - Cell & Tissue Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- BME 54400 - Musculoskeletal Biology And Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- BME 58100 - Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) & Biomedical Microsystems Credits: 3.00
- BME 59500 - Selected Topics In Biomedical Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Titles:
- Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems & Miomed Microsys
- Tissue Mechanics
- Implantable Devices
- Neural Mechanisms of Health & Disease
- Polymeric Biomaterials
- Principles of Tissue Engineering
- Wearable Sensors in Healthcare
- BMS 59800 - Introduction To Research In Basic Medical Sciences Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
- CE 50701 - Geospatial Data Analytics Credits: 3.00
- CE 51300 - Lighting In Buildings Credits: 3.00
- CE 51401 - Building Controls Credits: 3.00
- CE 51501 - Building Energy Audits Credits: 3.00
- CE 54400 - Subsurface Hydrology Credits: 3.00
- CE 54900 - Computational Watershed Hydrology Credits: 3.00
- CE 57000 - Advanced Structural Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- CE 57300 - Structural Dynamics Credits: 3.00
- CE 57900 - Structural Stability Credits: 3.00
- CE 59500 - Finite Elements In Elasticity Credits: 3.00
- CE 59700 - Civil Engineering Projects Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
Titles:
- Architecture & BIM for High-Performance Buildings
- Biological Wastewater Treatment
- Design Principles and Practice of Drinking Water Systems
- Fundamentals of Nanomaterials and Nanotech
- Groundwater Cycle
- Indoor Air Quality
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Nanomaterials for Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
- Sustainable Bldg Design, Construction & Operation
- Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems
- CE 63100 - Advanced Concrete And Aggregates Credits: 3.00
- CE 65000 - Photochemical Reactors: Theory, Methods, And Applications Of Ultraviolet Radiation Credits: 3.00
- CE 68901 - Plasticity Theory Credits: 3.00
- CE 69700 - Civil Engineering Projects Credits: 0.00 to 18.00 Title: Photochemical Reactors: Theory, Methods, Applications of Ultraviolet Radiation
- CHE 52100 - Principles Of Tissue Engineering Credits: 3.00
- CHE 52300 - Engineering Applications Of Biological Molecules Credits: 3.00
- CHE 54000 - Transport Phenomena Credits: 3.00
- CHE 54400 - Structure And Physical Behavior Of Polymer Systems Credits: 3.00
- CHE 55400 - Smart Manufacturing In Process Industries Credits: 3.00
- CHE 56400 - Organic Electronic Materials And Devices Credits: 3.00
- CHE 59700 - Special Topics In Chemical Engineering Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
Titles:
- Finite Element Analysis in Chemical Engineering
- Intro to Energy Storage Systems
- Data Science in Chemical Engineering
- CHE 61000 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Credits: 3.00
- CHE 62100 - Advanced Transport Phenomena II Credits: 3.00
- CHE 63200 - Linear Operator Methods In Chemical Engineering Credits: 3.00
- CHE 63300 - Probabilistic Methods In Chemical Engineering Credits: 3.00
- CHE 66800 - Colloidal And Interfacial Phenomena Credits: 3.00
- CHE 69700 - Special Topics In Chemical Engineering Credits: 0.00 to 18.00 Title: St Instability & Trans Phen
- CHM 53800 - Molecular Biotechnology Credits: 3.00
- CHM 57900 - Computational Chemistry Credits: 3.00
- CHM 62000 - Spectrochemical Instrumentation Credits: 3.00
- CHM 63800 - Biophysical Chemistry Credits: 3.00
- CHM 67100 - Advanced Physical Chemistry Credits: 3.00
- CHM 67300 - Computational Quantum Chemistry Credits: 3.00
- CHM 67500 - Chemical Kinetics Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
- CHM 67605 - Molecular Spectroscopy Credits: 3.00
- CHM 68200 - Statistical Thermodynamics Credits: 3.00
- CHM 69600 - Special Topics In Chemistry Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
Titles:
- Bio-Nanotechnology
- Electrochemical Science and Engineering
- Math Methods for Chemistry
- CS 50023 - Data Engineering I Credits: 1.00
- CS 50024 - Data Engineering II Credits: 1.00
- CS 50025 - Foundations Of Decision Making Credits: 1.00
- CS 50100 - Computing For Science And Engineering Credits: 3.00
- CS 50300 - Operating Systems Credits: 3.00
- CS 51400 - Numerical Analysis Credits: 3.00
- CS 51500 - Numerical Linear Algebra Credits: 3.00
- CS 52000 - Computational Methods In Optimization Credits: 3.00
- CS 52500 - Parallel Computing Credits: 3.00
- CS 53000 - Introduction To Scientific Visualization Credits: 3.00
- CS 53100 - Computational Geometry Credits: 3.00
- CS 54300 - Introduction To Simulation And Modeling Of Computer Systems Credits: 3.00
- CS 55800 - Introduction To Robot Learning Credits: 3.00
- CS 57100 - Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3.00
- CS 57300 - Data Mining Credits: 3.00
- CS 57700 - Natural Language Processing Credits: 3.00
- CS 57800 - Statistical Machine Learning Credits: 3.00
- CS 58000 - Algorithm Design, Analysis, And Implementation Credits: 3.00
- CS 59000 - Topics In Computer Sciences Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
Titles:
- Generative Methods in Computer Graphics
- Machine Learning Method for NLLP
- CS 59200 - Computer Science Seminar Credits: 3.00
Titles:
- Modeling Digital & Real Humans
- Motion Planning
- CS 59300 - New Topics In CS Credits: 3.00
Titles:
- Reinforcement Learning
- Robotics
- CS 61500 - Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations I Credits: 3.00
- CS 63500 - Capturing And Rendering Real-World Scenes Credits: 3.00
- ECE 50024 - Machine Learning Credits: 3.00
- ECE 50616 - Physics And Manufacturing Of Solar Cells Credits: 3.00
- ECE 50631 - Fundamentals Of Current Flow Credits: 1.00
- ECE 50632 - Introduction To Quantum Transport Credits: 1.00
- ECE 50633 - Boltzmann Law: Physics To Computing Credits: 1.00
- ECE 50836 - Introduction To Data Mining Credits: 3.00
- ECE 50863 - Computer Network Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 51018 - Hybrid Electric Vehicles Credits: 3.00
- ECE 51220 - Applied Algorithms Credits: 3.00
- ECE 51300 - Diffraction, Fourier Optics, And Imaging Credits: 3.00
- ECE 52600 - Fundamentals Of MEMS And Micro-Integrated Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 53800 - Digital Signal Processing I Credits: 3.00
- ECE 54400 - Digital Communications Credits: 3.00
- ECE 55200 - Introduction To Lasers Credits: 3.00
- ECE 55700 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory Credits: 3.00
- ECE 55900 - MOS VLSI Design Credits: 3.00
- ECE 56200 - Introduction To Data Management Credits: 3.00
- ECE 56300 - Programming Parallel Machines Credits: 3.00
- ECE 56800 - Embedded Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 56900 - Introduction To Robotic Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 57000 - Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3.00
- ECE 57700 - Engineering Aspects Of Remote Sensing Credits: 3.00
- ECE 58000 - Optimization Methods For Systems And Control Credits: 3.00
- ECE 59500 - Selected Topics In Electrical Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
- ECE 60000 - Random Variables And Signals Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60146 - Deep Learning - Theory And Practice Of Deep Neural Networks Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60200 - Lumped System Theory Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60400 - Electromagnetic Field Theory Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60421 - Nanophotonics And Metamaterials Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60422 - Primer On RF Design Credits: 1.00
- ECE 60424 - RF Design: Passive And Active Components Credits: 1.00
- ECE 60600 - Solid State Devices Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60614 - Reliability Physics Of Nanoelectronic Transistors Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60800 - Computational Models And Methods Credits: 3.00
- ECE 60827 - Programmable Accelerator Architectures Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61000 - Energy Conversion Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61010 - Time Domain Simulation And Optimization For Design Credits: 1.00
- ECE 61014 - Electromagnetic And Electromechanical Component Design Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61016 - Power Electronic Converters And Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61500 - Nonlinear Optics Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61600 - Ultrafast Optics Credits: 3.00
- ECE 61700 - Antennas: Design And Applications Credits: 3.00
- ECE 62900 - Introduction To Neural Networks Credits: 3.00
- ECE 63700 - Digital Image Processing I Credits: 3.00
- ECE 64100 - Model Based Image And Signal Processing Credits: 3.00
- ECE 64700 - Convex And Stochastic Optimization And Applications Credits: 3.00
- ECE 66100 - Computer Vision Credits: 3.00
- ECE 67500 - Introduction To Analysis Of Nonlinear Systems Credits: 3.00
- ECE 68000 - Modern Automatic Control Credits: 3.00
- ECE 69500 - Advanced Topics In Electrical And Computer Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
- EEE 53000 - Life Cycle Assessment: Principles And Applications Credits: 3.00
- EEE 59500 - Environmental And Ecological Engineering Projects Credits: 0.00 to 6.00 Title: Indoor Air Quality
- EEE 69500 - Experimental Courses Credits: 0.00 to 6.00 Title: Sustainable Manufacturing
- HSCI 55200 - Introduction To Aerosol Science Credits: 3.00
- IE 53000 - Quality Control Credits: 3.00
- IE 53300 - Industrial Applications Of Statistics Credits: 3.00
- IE 53500 - Linear Programming Credits: 3.00
- IE 53700 - Discrete Optimization Models And Algorithms Credits: 3.00
- IE 53800 - Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms And Models Credits: 3.00
- IE 54100 - Nature-Inspired Computation Credits: 3.00
- IE 54500 - Engineering Economic Analysis Credits: 3.00
- IE 54600 - Economic Decisions In Engineering Credits: 3.00
- IE 56100 - Introduction To Convex Optimization Credits: 3.00
- IE 56600 - Production Management Control Credits: 3.00
- IE 57000 - Manufacturing Process Engineering Credits: 3.00
- IE 57400 - Industrial Robotics And Flexible Assembly Credits: 3.00
- IE 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering Credits: 3.00
- IE 57800 - Applied Ergonomics Credits: 3.00
- IE 57900 - Design And Control Of Production And Manufacturing Systems Credits: 3.00
- IE 58000 - Systems Simulation Credits: 3.00
- IE 58100 - Simulation Design And Analysis Credits: 3.00
- IE 58800 - e-Work And e-Service Credits: 3.00
- IE 59000 - Topics In Industrial Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
- IE 65900 - Human Aspects In Computing Credits: 3.00
- IE 69000 - Advanced Topics In Industrial Engineering Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
Titles:
- Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning
- Optimization, Game Theory & Uncertainity
- Reinforcement Learning & Control
- Sensing Approaches for HF Res (Human Factors Research)
- Stochastic Network Analysis
- System Dynamics
- Topics in Modern Continuous Optimization Algorithms
- MA 50400 - Real Analysis Credits: 3.00
- MA 51900 - Introduction To Probability Credits: 3.00
- MA 59500 - Topics In Mathematics Credits: 1.00 to 5.00 Title: Mathematical Modeling
- MA 59800 - Topics In Mathematics Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
Titles:
- Intro to Mathematical Biology
- Math Neural Networks
- Math Theory Apps Deep Learning
- Topological Data Analysis
- MA 69200 - Topics Applied Math Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Fast Matrix Method Data Science
- ME 59700 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects I Credits: 0.00 to 6.00 Title: Intro to Ele Pkg and Hetero Infg
- ME 69700 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects II Credits: 1.00 to 6.00 Title: Comp Mthd Nanoscale Engr Transp
- MSE 50200 - Defects In Solids Credits: 3.00
- MSE 50800 - Phase Transformations In Solids Credits: 3.00
- MSE 51000 - Microstructural Characterization Techniques Credits: 3.00
- MSE 51200 - Powder Processing Credits: 3.00
- MSE 51700 - Materials For Hypersonics Credits: 3.00
- MSE 51800 - Failure Analysis Credits: 3.00
- MSE 52000 - Steel And Aluminum Alloys: Processing, Structure And Properties Credits: 3.00
- MSE 52300 - Physical Ceramics Credits: 3.00
- MSE 52400 - Mechanical Behavior Of Polymers Credits: 3.00
- MSE 52500 - Struct-Property Relationships Of Engineering Polymers Credits: 3.00
- MSE 52700 - Introduction To Biomaterials Credits: 3.00
- MSE 53000 - Materials Processing In Manufacturing Credits: 3.00
- MSE 53100 - Quantitative Analysis Of Microstructure Credits: 3.00
- MSE 54700 - Introduction To Surface Science Credits: 3.00
- MSE 54800 - Deposition Processing Of Thin Films And Coatings Credits: 3.00
- MSE 55000 - Properties Of Solids Credits: 3.00
- MSE 55500 - Deformation Mechanisms In Crystalline Solids Credits: 3.00
- MSE 55600 - Fracture Of Materials Credits: 3.00
- MSE 56200 - Soft Materials Credits: 3.00
- MSE 56700 - Polymer Synthesis Credits: 3.00
- MSE 57000 - Introduction To Materials Modeling And Informatics Credits: 3.00
- MSE 57700 - Materials Science Of Rechargeable Batteries Credits: 3.00
- MSE 58500 - Magnetic Materials: Physical Properties And Applications Credits: 3.00
- MSE 58600 - Experimental Characterization Of Advanced Composite Materials Credits: 3.00
- MSE 59700 - Selected Topics In Materials Engineering Credits: 0.00 to 18.00
- MSE 60000 - Materials Engineering Fundamentals Credits: 3.00
- MSE 64000 - Transmission Electron Microscopy And Crystal Imperfections Credits: 3.00
- MSE 67000 - Atomistic View of Materials: Theory, Modeling And Simulations Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 50100 - Nuclear Engineering Principles Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 50200 - Nuclear Engineering Systems Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 52000 - Radiation Effects And Reactor Materials Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 55300 - Nano-Macro Scale Applications Of Nuclear Technology Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 57000 - Fuzzy Approaches In Engineering Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 57500 - Neural Computing In Engineering Credits: 3.00
- NUCL 65000 - Thermal Hydraulics For Nuclear Reactor Safety Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 51000 - Physical Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 52600 - Physics Of Quantum Computing And Quantum Information Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 53000 - Electricity And Magnetism Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 54500 - Solid-State Physics Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 55000 - Introduction To Quantum Mechanics Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 57000 - Selected Topics In Physics Credits: 3.00 Titles:
Hydrodynamics & Plasma Physics
Stochastic Processes in Physics
- PHYS 58000 - Computational Physics Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 60000 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics I Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 60100 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics II Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 63000 - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism Credits: 3.00
- PHYS 66000 - Quantum Mechanics I Credits: 3.00
- PSY 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51300 - Statistical Quality Control Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51400 - Design Of Experiments Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51500 - Statistical Consulting Problem Credits: 0.00 to 1.00
- STAT 51600 - Basic Probability And Applications Credits: 3.00
- STAT 51700 - Statistical Inference Credits: 3.00
- STAT 52200 - Sampling And Survey Techniques Credits: 3.00
- STAT 52900 - Applied Decision Theory And Bayesian Statistics Credits: 3.00
- STAT 54500 - Introduction To Computational Statistics Credits: 3.00
- STAT 59800 - Topics In Statistical Methods Credits: 0.00 to 6.00
Titles:
- Machine Learning 1
- Statistical Machine Learning
- STAT 65600 - Bayesian Data Analysis Credits: 3.00
- SYS 50000 - Perspectives On Systems Credits: 3.00
- SYS 51000 - Tools And Methodologies For Designing Systems Credits: 3.00
- SYS 53000 - Practical Systems Thinking Credits: 3.00
Professional Development Selectives
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