Graduate Course Offerings

MechSE offers a variety of courses in fluid mechanics and thermal sciences, solid mechanics and materials, controls & dynamics, nanomechanics & nanomanufacturing, and biomechanics. Note that there is considerable flexibility built into MechSE graduate degree programs to allow students to take courses in other engineering departments. Courses in other departments are not listed on this website; please see my.illinois.edu for courses in other departments.

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Number	Title	Prerequisites	Web Site
ME 170	Computer-Aided Design		Website
ME 199	Automotive Design Projects-ADV		Website
ME 200	Thermodynamics	Credit in MATH 24- or MATH 241
ME 270	Design for Manufacturability	Credit in ME 170
ME 310	Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics	Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 320	Heat Transfer	Credit in ME 310 or TAM 335 Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200
ME 330	Engineering Materials	Credit in CHEM 102 Credit in TAM 251
ME 340	Dynamics of Mechanical Systems	Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 415 Credit in MATH 284 or MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 205 Credit in TAM 212
ME 360	Signal Processing	Credit in ME 340
ME 370	Mechanical Design I	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in ME 270 Credit in TAM 251
ME 371	Mechanical Design II	Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 Credit in ME 370
ME 400	Energy Conversion Systems	Credit in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 404	Intermediate Thermodynamics	Credit in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 410	Intermediate Gas Dynamics	Credit in AE 311 or ME 310 or TAM 335
ME 412	Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs	Credit in ME 320
ME 445	Introduction to Robotics	Credit in MATH 225 or MATH 286 or MATH 415 or MATH 418
ME 446	Robot Dynamics and Control	Credit in AE 353 or ME 340 or SE 320
ME 452	Num Control of Mfg Processes	Credit in CS 101 Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 455	Micromfg Process & Automation	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 460	Industrial Control Systems	Credit in ME 360
ME 470	Senior Design Project	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270	Website
ME 471	Finite Element Analysis	Credit in AE 370 or ME 371 or TAM 470
ME 472	Introduction to Tribology
ME 481	Whole-Body Musculoskel Biomech	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in TAM 251
ME 483	Mechanobiology	Credit in CHEM 103 Credit in TAM 251
ME 487	MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication	Credit in PHYS 212
ME 496	Honors Project
ME 498	Special Topics
ME 498 TL3	Laser Diag for Propulsion
ME 498 TL4	Laser Diag for Propulsion
ME 501	Combustion Fundamentals
ME 502	Thermal Systems
ME 510	Advanced Gas Dynamics
ME 520	Heat Conduction
ME 540	Control System Theory & Design
ME 546	Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
ME 598	Special Topics
ME 598 AV1	Nano-Fab & Characterization
ME 598 AV2	Nano-Fab & Characterization
ME 598 AWJ	Science Communication for ME
ME 598 DFS	Fun with Mechanics - Part 2
ME 598 DM	Intro to Digital Materials
ME 598 KNC	Advanced Robust Control
TAM 210	Introduction to Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 211	Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 212	Introductory Dynamics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 251	Introductory Solid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 252	Solid Mechanics Design	Credit or concurrent registration in TAM 251
TAM 270	Design for Manufacturability
TAM 324	Behavior of Materials	Credit in TAM 251 Credit in CHEM 104
TAM 335	Introductory Fluid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 212
TAM 412	Intermediate Dynamics	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in MATH 225 or MATH 415 Credit in MATH 284 or MATH 285 or MATH 441
TAM 445	Continuum Mechanics	Credit in TAM 251
TAM 456	Experimental Stress Analysis
TAM 524	Micromechanics of Materials
TAM 532	Viscous Flow
TAM 542	Mathematical Methods II
TAM 552	Solid Mechanics II
TAM 574	Adv Finite Element Methods
TAM 598	Soft Matter
TAM 598 SH	Soft Matter

Number	Title	Prerequisites	Web Site
ME 199	Undergraduate Open Seminar		Website
ME 200	Thermodynamics	Credit in MATH 24- or MATH 241
ME 400	Energy Conversion Systems	Credit in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 496	Honors Project
TAM 212	Introductory Dynamics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 251	Introductory Solid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 335	Introductory Fluid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 212

Number	Title	Prerequisites	Web Site
ME 170	Computer-Aided Design		Website
ME 199	Undergraduate Open Seminar		Website
ME 200	Thermodynamics	Credit in MATH 24- or MATH 241
ME 290	Seminar
ME 310	Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics	Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 320	Heat Transfer	Credit in ME 310 or TAM 335 Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200
ME 330	Engineering Materials	Credit in CHEM 102 Credit in TAM 251
ME 340	Dynamics of Mechanical Systems	Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 415 Credit in MATH 284 or MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 205 Credit in TAM 212
ME 360	Signal Processing	Credit in ME 340
ME 370	Mechanical Design I	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in ME 270 Credit in TAM 251
ME 371	Mechanical Design II	Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 Credit in ME 370
ME 400	Energy Conversion Systems	Credit in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 401	Refrigeration and Cryogenics	Credit or concurrent registration in ME 320
ME 403	Internal Combustion Engines	Credit or concurrent registration in ABE 466 or ME 400
ME 404	Intermediate Thermodynamics	Credit in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 410	Intermediate Gas Dynamics	Credit in AE 311 or ME 310 or TAM 335
ME 411	Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer	Credit in AE 311 or ME 310 or TAM 335
ME 412	Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs	Credit in ME 320
ME 420	Intermediate Heat Transfer	Credit in ME 320
ME 430	Failure of Engrg Materials	Credit in ME 330
ME 431	Mechanical Component Failure	Credit in ME 330 or TAM 324 Credit in ME 371
ME 432	Fundamentals of Photovoltaics	Credit in PHYS 212 Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 or TAM 324
ME 440	Kinem & Dynamics of Mech Syst	Credit in ME 370
ME 445	Introduction to Robotics	Credit in MATH 225 or MATH 286 or MATH 415 or MATH 418
ME 446	Robot Dynamics and Control	Credit in AE 353 or ME 340 or SE 320
ME 451	Computer-Aided Mfg Systems	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 452	Num Control of Mfg Processes	Credit in CS 101 Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 453	Data Sci in Mfg Quality Cntrl
ME 455	Micromfg Process & Automation	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 460	Industrial Control Systems	Credit in ME 360
ME 461	Computer Cntrl of Mech Systems	Credit in ABE 425 or ME 360
ME 470	Senior Design Project	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270	Website
ME 471	Finite Element Analysis	Credit in AE 370 or ME 371 or TAM 470
ME 472	Introduction to Tribology
ME 481	Whole-Body Musculoskel Biomech	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in TAM 251
ME 482	Musculoskel Tissue Mechanics	Credit in TAM 251
ME 483	Mechanobiology	Credit in CHEM 103 Credit in TAM 251
ME 485	MEMS Devices & Systems
ME 487	MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication	Credit in PHYS 212
ME 496	Honors Project
ME 498	Special Topics
ME 498 TL3	Special Topics
ME 498 TL4	Special Topics
ME 501	Combustion Fundamentals
ME 502	Thermal Systems
ME 503	Design of IC Engines
ME 504	Multiphase Systems & Processes
ME 510	Advanced Gas Dynamics
ME 520	Heat Conduction
ME 522	Thermal Radiation
ME 523	Nanoscale Energy Transport
ME 532	Fracture Resistant Design
ME 540	Control System Theory & Design
ME 544	Dynamic System Reliability
ME 546	Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
ME 561	Convex Methods in Control
ME 562	Robust Adaptive Control
ME 570	Nonlinear Solid Mech Design
ME 586	Mechanics of MEMS
ME 598	Special Topics
ME 598 AV1	Special Topics
ME 598 AV2	Special Topics
ME 598 AWJ	Special Topics
ME 598 DFS	Special Topics
ME 598 DM	Special Topics
ME 598 KNC	Special Topics
TAM 195	Mechanics in the Modern World
TAM 201	Mechanics for Technol & Mgmt
TAM 210	Introduction to Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 211	Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 212	Introductory Dynamics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 251	Introductory Solid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 252	Solid Mechanics Design	Credit or concurrent registration in TAM 251
TAM 270	Design for Manufacturability
TAM 324	Behavior of Materials	Credit in TAM 251 Credit in CHEM 104
TAM 335	Introductory Fluid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 212
TAM 412	Intermediate Dynamics	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in MATH 225 or MATH 415 Credit in MATH 284 or MATH 285 or MATH 441
TAM 413	Fund of Engrg Acoustics
TAM 416	Intro to Nonlinear Dyn & Vib
TAM 424	Mechanics of Structural Metals	Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 or TAM 324
TAM 428	Mechanics of Composites
TAM 435	Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
TAM 445	Continuum Mechanics	Credit in TAM 251
TAM 451	Intermediate Solid Mechanics
TAM 456	Experimental Stress Analysis
TAM 461	Cellular Biomechanics
TAM 470	Computational Mechanics	Credit in CS 101 or CS 125 Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441
TAM 518	Wave Motion
TAM 524	Micromechanics of Materials
TAM 529	Viscoelasticity Theory
TAM 531	Inviscid Flow
TAM 532	Viscous Flow
TAM 537	Experimental Fluid Mechanics
TAM 538	Turbulence
TAM 541	Mathematical Methods I
TAM 542	Mathematical Methods II
TAM 545	Advanced Continuum Mechanics
TAM 549	Asymptotic Methods
TAM 551	Solid Mechanics I
TAM 552	Solid Mechanics II
TAM 554	Plasticity
TAM 557	Mechanics of Random Media
TAM 570	Computational Fluid Mechanics
TAM 574	Adv Finite Element Methods
TAM 598	Advanced Special Topics
TAM 598 SH	Advanced Special Topics

Number	Title	Prerequisites	Web Site
ME 170	Computer-Aided Design		Website
ME 199	Automotive Design Projects		Website
ME 200	Thermodynamics	Credit in MATH 24- or MATH 241
ME 270	Design for Manufacturability	Credit in ME 170
ME 290	Seminar
ME 310	Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics	Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200 or ME 300
ME 320	Heat Transfer	Credit in ME 310 or TAM 335 Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ME 200
ME 330	Engineering Materials	Credit in CHEM 102 Credit in TAM 251
ME 340	Dynamics of Mechanical Systems	Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 415 Credit in MATH 284 or MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441 Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 205 Credit in TAM 212
ME 360	Signal Processing	Credit in ME 340
ME 370	Mechanical Design I	Credit in TAM 212 Credit in ME 270 Credit in TAM 251
ME 371	Mechanical Design II	Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 Credit in ME 370
ME 401	Refrigeration and Cryogenics	Credit or concurrent registration in ME 320
ME 403	Internal Combustion Engines	Credit or concurrent registration in ABE 466 or ME 400
ME 410	Intermediate Gas Dynamics	Credit in AE 311 or ME 310 or TAM 335
ME 411	Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer	Credit in AE 311 or ME 310 or TAM 335
ME 420	Intermediate Heat Transfer	Credit in ME 320
ME 430	Failure of Engrg Materials	Credit in ME 330
ME 432	Fundamentals of Photovoltaics	Credit in PHYS 212 Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 or TAM 324
ME 445	Introduction to Robotics	Credit in MATH 225 or MATH 286 or MATH 415 or MATH 418
ME 451	Computer-Aided Mfg Systems	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270
ME 453	Data Sci in Mfg Quality Cntrl
ME 461	Computer Cntrl of Mech Systems	Credit in ABE 425 or ME 360
ME 470	Senior Design Project	Credit in ME 270 or TAM 270	Website
ME 471	Finite Element Analysis	Credit in AE 370 or ME 371 or TAM 470
ME 482	Musculoskel Tissue Mechanics	Credit in TAM 251
ME 487	MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication	Credit in PHYS 212
ME 496	Honors Project
ME 498	Special Topics
ME 504	Multiphase Systems & Processes
ME 522	Thermal Radiation
ME 523	Nanoscale Energy Transport
ME 540	Control System Theory & Design
ME 562	Robust Adaptive Control
ME 586	Mechanics of MEMS
ME 598	Special Topics
ME 598 AWJ	Science Communication for ME
ME 598 DFS	Fun with Mechanics
TAM 195	Mechanics in the Modern World
TAM 201	Mechanics for Technol & Mgmt
TAM 210	Introduction to Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 211	Statics	Credit in PHYS 211 Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 24- or MATH 241
TAM 212	Introductory Dynamics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 251	Introductory Solid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 210 or TAM 211
TAM 270	Design for Manufacturability
TAM 324	Behavior of Materials	Credit in TAM 251 Credit in CHEM 104
TAM 335	Introductory Fluid Mechanics	Credit in TAM 212
TAM 413	Fund of Engrg Acoustics
TAM 416	Intro to Nonlinear Dyn & Vib
TAM 424	Mechanics of Structural Metals	Credit in CEE 300 or ME 330 or TAM 324
TAM 428	Mechanics of Composites
TAM 435	Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
TAM 451	Intermediate Solid Mechanics
TAM 461	Cellular Biomechanics
TAM 470	Computational Mechanics	Credit in CS 101 or CS 125 Credit in MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441
TAM 531	Inviscid Flow
TAM 537	Experimental Fluid Mechanics
TAM 541	Mathematical Methods I
TAM 545	Advanced Continuum Mechanics
TAM 549	Asymptotic Methods
TAM 551	Solid Mechanics I
TAM 598	Orthopedic Biomechanics

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