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Energy Track

Energy Track Recommended Core Courses 

Highly recommended:
ME 400. Energy Conversion Systems  
ME 403. Internal Combustion Engines
ME 404. Intermediate Thermodynamics
ME 420. Intermediate Heat Transfer
ME 432. Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
ME 501. Combustion Fundamentals
ME 598. Computational Modeling of Industrial Transport Processes
ME 598. Carbon Capture and Storage

Recommended:
ME 411. Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer
ME 471. Finite Element Analysis
ME 502. Thermal Systems
ME 503. Design of IC Engines
ME 504. Multiphase Systems & Processes
ME 512. Physicochemical Hydrodynamics
ME 520. Heat Conduction
ME 521. Convective Heat Transfer
ME 522. Thermal Radiation
ME 523. Nanoscale Energy Transport
ME 598. Carbon Capture and Storage
TAM 541. Mathematical Methods I
TAM 542. Mathematical Methods II
TAM 574. Adv Finite Element Methods

Courses offered online:
ME 404. Intermediate Thermodynamics
ME 420. Intermediate Heat Transfer
ME 501. Combustion Fundamentals
ME 520. Heat Conduction
ME 522. Thermal Radiation
ME 598. Computational Modeling of Industrial Transport Processes
ME 598. Carbon Capture and Storage

Detailed course descriptions can be found using the University of Illinois Course Explorer. Online course catalog is available here. Additional ME 598 Special Topics classes are offered on a regular basis. These fluctuate in availability from semester to semester. Please check back frequently for updates.

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