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Mechanical Engineering Graduate Course List

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The following courses are offered by the department of mechanical engineering at Northern Illinois University.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REQUIRED COURSES

 (Thesis Option 30 Hours, Non-Thesis Option 33 Hours)

 

THESIS OPTION (30)*

(At Least 15 Hours 500-Level Courses)

NON-THESIS OPTION (33)*

(At Least 21 Hours 500-level Courses)

MEE Speciality Courses (6)

(Selected from the following table)

MEE Speciality Courses (6)

(Selected from the following table)

Applied Mathematics or Advanced Engineering Analysis (6)

(Selected from the following table)

Applied Mathematics or Advanced Engineering Analysis (6)

(Selected from the following table)

Other Graduate Courses:

Electives from All Graduate Courses (12)

Other Graduate Courses:

Electives from All Graduate Courses (18)

MEE 599: Master Thesis (6)

MEE 597: Independent Study (3)

* Courses taken outside the Department of Mechanical Engineering must have departmental approval in advance.

 

MEE SPECIALITY COURSES (6)

(Two Courses From One Of The Following Groups)

Applied Mechanics

Materials and Manufacturing

MEE 510

Experimental Stress Analysis (3)

MEE 529

Materials Engineering in Mechanical Design (3)

MEE 511

Continuum Mechanics of Materials (3)

MEE 530

Structure and Properties of Polymers (3)

MEE 512

Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3)

MEE 531

Computer-Aided Design of Mech. Systems (3)

MEE 513

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (3)

MEE 532

Tribology (3)

MEE 514

Theory of Elasticity and Applications (3)

MEE 533

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3)

MEE 516

Mechanical Behavior of Composites (3)

MEE 534

Experimental Methods in Materials Science (3)

Dynamic Systems and Control

Thermal-Fluid Engineering

MEE 520

Advanced Dynamics (3)

MEE 540

Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3)

MEE 521

Advanced Vibrations (3)

MEE 542

Dynamics of Viscous Fluids (3)

MEE 522

Experimental Methods in Mechanical Vibrations (3)

MEE 550

Advanced Thermodynamics (3)

MEE 523

Robot Vision Control (3)

MEE 555

Conduction Heat Transfer (3)

MEE 524

Robot Dynamics and Control (3)

MEE 556

Convection Heat Transfer (3)

MEE 525

Robot Programming and Control (3)

MEE 558

Computational Heat transfer & Fluid Mechanics (3)

MEE 526

Advanced Control Systems Design (3)

 

APPLIED MATHEMATICS OR ADVANCED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (6)

MEE 592*

Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis (3)

MEE 515

Applied Finite Element Analysis (3)

MEE 480

Finite Element Methods (3)

MEE 558

Computational Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics(3)

MEE 511

Continuum Mechanics (3)

MATH

A Mathematics Course Approved by Advisor

* Required course

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES WITH A B.S. IN AN AREA OTHER THAN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(In Addition To The Above Courses, 9 Hours From One Of The Following Groups With A or B Grade)

Applied Mechanics

Thermal-Fluid Engineering

MEE 210

Engineering Mechanics I (3)

MEE 340

Fluid Mechanics (3)

MEE 211

Engineering Mechanics II (3)

MEE 350

Engineering thermodynamics (3)

MEE 212

Strength of Materials (3)

MEE 351

Applied Thermodynamics (3)

MEE 220

Mechanism Design (3)

MEE 352

Heat Transfer (3)

MEE 350

Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

MEE 451

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (3)

MEE 470

Design of Machine Elements (3)

MEE 452

Design of Thermal Systems (3)

 

 

MEE 453

Propulsion (3)

Dynamic Systems and Control

Materials and Manufacturing

MEE 211

Engineering Mechanics II (3)

MEE 212

Strength of Materials (3)

MEE 321

Mechanical Vibrations I (3)

MEE 330

Materials Science (4)

MEE 322/ ELE 380

Dynamic Systems and Control I

 / Controls Systems I (4)

IENG 431/ IENG 450/ IENG 451

Reliability Engineering (3) /

Integrated Manufacturing Systems (3) /

Expert Systems in Engineering (3)

MEE 421

Dynamic Systems and Control II (3)

MEE 331

Manufacturing Processes (3)

MEE 422

Design of Robot Manipulators (3)

MEE 423

Mechanical Reliability (3)

MEE 424

Machinery Vibration (3)

MEE 431

Composite Materials (3)

MEE 425

Design of Mobile Robots (3)

TECH 345 /TECH441

Plastic Molding Processes (4) / Thermoforming Fabricating, and Expanding Plastic Polymers (3)

MEE 470

Design of Machine Elements (3)

 

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northern Illinois University