Mechanical Systems Analysis
ME 448 covers mathematical modeling and analysis of linear and nonlinear mechanical systems under various loads.
Summary
Historical reviews of Krishnan Suresh: The course is rated as easy with a difficulty of 2, though it is heavy on MATLAB usage.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSenior standing and declared in Biomed, Biological Sys, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Geological, Industrial, Mechanical or Nuclear Egr, Materials Sci & Egr, Egr Physics, Egr Mechanics, Applied Math, Egr and Physics, grad/prof or EGRG
- Senior standing
- Biomed
- Biological Sys
- Chemical
- Civil
- Computer
- Electrical
- Geological
- Industrial
- Mechanical or Nuclear Egr
- Materials Sci & Egr
- Egr Physics
- Egr Mechanics
- Applied Math
- Egr and Physics
- grad/prof
- EGRG
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- Biomed
- Biological Sys
- Chemical
- Civil
- Computer
- Electrical
- Geological
- Industrial
- Mechanical or Nuclear Egr
- Materials Sci & Egr
- Egr Physics
- Egr Mechanics
- Applied Math
- Egr and Physics
- grad/prof
- EGRG
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Krishnan Suresh: Krishnan Suresh is described as an awesome professor who excels at explaining complex material, particularly in a MATLAB-heavy course. Reviewers highlight his ability to make difficult topics seem easy and praise the interesting subject matter.
KRISHNAN SURESH is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Krishnan Suresh: Krishnan Suresh is an excellent instructor for this MATLAB-heavy elective, making complex topics easy to understand and the subject matter interesting.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.86 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.68 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.76 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Krishnan Suresh: The course is rated as easy with a difficulty of 2, though it is heavy on MATLAB usage.
Historical reviews of Krishnan Suresh: Students found the professor's explanations of difficult topics clear and would definitely recommend taking his class.
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Model & dataset provenance
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