The Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a wide range of upper-level courses designed to increase students’ knowledge and allow them to pursue more advanced career opportunities. View the Mechanical Engineering Graduate and Elective Courses guide to view full descriptions of our current courses.

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ME Technical Elective & Graduate Courses

  • 4000-level courses are open to mechanical engineering undergraduate juniors and seniors. 
  • 5000-level are open to engineering graduate students and mechanical engineering undergraduate juniors and seniors. 
  • 6000-level and above courses are recommended for graduate students. 

Spring 2024  Course Offerings

Classes indicated with the symbol are approved for the Biomedical Engineering minor.
Classes indicated with the  symbol are approved for the Energy Engineering minor.

MCEN 4012/5012 Renewable Fuels, Fuel Cells and Internal Combustion Engines 
MCEN 4113/5113 Mechanics of Cancer 
MCEN 4117/5117 Anatomy and Physiology 
MCEN 4125/5125 Optimal Design
MCEN 4133/5133 Intro to Tissue Biomechanics 
MCEN 4135/5135 Wind Energy and Wind Turbine Design 
MCEN 4138/5138 Feedback Control
MCEN 4171/5171 Biofluids on the Micro Scale
MCEN 4173/5173 Finite Element Analysis
MCEN 4193/5193 Design of Coffee 
MCEN 4195/5195 Bioinspired Robotics 
MCEN 4228/5228-003 Fluid Mechanics in the Human Body
MCEN 4228/5228-006 Thin Film Materials
MCEN 4228/5228-011 Mechanics of Snow

MCEN 4228/5228-100 Mechatronics 2
MCEN 4228/5228-801 Design for Inclusion (application required)
MCEN 4231/5231 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MCEN 4238 Design for Community
MCEN 4279/5279 Aesthetics in Design
MCEN 4291/5291 Project Based Learning in Rural Schools (see flyer) 
MCEN 5022 Classical Thermodynamics
MCEN 5024 Materials Chemistry and Structures
MCEN 5042 Heat Transfer
MCEN 5045 Design for Manufacturability
MCEN 5055 Advanced Product Design (priority goes to MS Design Track students, but students can submit an Intent to Enroll to be considered)
MCEN 5228-005 Fracture Mechanics
MCEN 5228-007 Advanced Dynamics
MCEN 5298 Introduction to Polymers

MCEN Course Catalog