Below you will find a list of Mechanical Engineering graduate specializations and a course listing for each area. In each specialization, students develop skills in the following:
- Dynamics and Mechatronics – electromechanical system dynamics, mechanical vibrations, rigid-body dynamics, MEMS/NEMS, acoustic measurement techniques, mechatronics, robotics, microscale vibrations and acoustics, nonlinear dynamics, sensors and actuators, control systems
- Manufacturing and Materials - computer-aided design, design with reliability, additive manufacturing, materials characterization, microstructure/property relationships, thin films, computational materials, interfacial phenomena, functional materials, materials processing, micro-and nano-fabrication
- Solid Mechanics and Mechanical Design - mechanics of materials and structures, computational mechanics, biomechanics, waves and vibration, computer-aided design, design optimization, design with reliability, design for additive manufacturing
- Thermofluid and Energy Sciences - heat and mass transfer in biological/environmental/industrial applications, microfluidics/nanofluidics, complex fluids, interfacial phenomena/wetting, additive manufacturing, energy generation, energy storage, energy efficient space heating and cooling, smart electronics and data center cooling, small-scale power harvesting
Dynamics and Mechatronics courses include:
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Faculty associated with this: Gu, Miles, Selleck, Towfighian, Younis, Yu, J. Zhou
Manufacturing and Materials courses include:
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ME 545 - Intro to Mech of Soft Matter
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the world of soft materials including colloids, polymers, gels, foams, and active materials such as biological tissues and active swarms. Its goals are to (1) imbue students with a strong understanding of how the underlying physics of ?softly interacting? constituents drive their emergent mechanical responses at the macroscale in ways we can readily observe; and (2) introduce the arsenal of tools available for theoretically modeling, and experimentally characterizing soft and polymeric materials. Modules tentatively included in this course are: (1) Physics of Solutions, Colloidal Suspensions, and Polymer Melts; (2) Mechanics of Polymers & Networked Materials; (3) Mechanics of Gels; (4) Non-equilibrium Systems: Active Matter & Living Systems. Prerequisites: PHYS 131 Gen. Physics I, or equivalent, ME 211 Intro. to Solid Mechanics, or equivalent, ME 331 Thermodynamics, or equivalent, ME 362 Sci. of Engr. Materials, or equivalent. Offered in the fall.
Faculty associated with this: Cho, Liu, Ke, Schiffres, Singler, Wagner, Zhao, G. Zhou
Solid Mechanics and Mechanical Design courses include:
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ME 545 - Intro to Mech of Soft Matter
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the world of soft materials including colloids, polymers, gels, foams, and active materials such as biological tissues and active swarms. Its goals are to (1) imbue students with a strong understanding of how the underlying physics of "softly interacting" constituents drive their emergent mechanical responses at the macroscale in ways we can readily observe; and (2) introduce the arsenal of tools available for theoretically modeling, and experimentally characterizing soft and polymeric materials. Modules tentatively included in this course are: (1) Physics of Solutions, Colloidal Suspensions, and Polymer Melts; (2) Mechanics of Polymers & Networked Materials; (3) Mechanics of Gels; (4) Non-equilibrium Systems: Active Matter & Living Systems. Prerequisites: PHYS 131 Gen. Physics I, or equivalent, ME 211 Intro. to Solid Mechanics, or equivalent, ME 331 Thermodynamics, or equivalent, ME 362 Sci. of Engr. Materials, or equivalent. Offered in the fall.
Faculty associated with this: Ke, Lee, Park, Pitarresi, Razavi, Wagner, Zhang, Zhao
Thermofluid and Energy Sciences courses include:
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*Graduate students admitted prior to Fall 2025 follow respective Bulletin Year requirements.