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BME 399 offers directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The workload involved completing one project per week, supplemented by self-directed study using a textbook and practice problems from BME 463.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to Robotics provides a hands-on overview of key concepts and tools for understanding and developing robotic systems.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
One reviewer states that learning the topic requires significant effort outside of class because the classwork does not provide a good feel for the code.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025EMA 202 Dynamics covers kinematics, force-mass-acceleration, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and mass moments of inertia.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course requires two homework assignments per week and includes required discussions. Exams are described as predictable but hard, with significant time spent on equation derivations.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 340 covers mathematical modeling and analysis of dynamic systems with mechanical, thermal, and fluid elements.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Thelen's homework is straightforward, but Xu's assignments require independent practice because exams often feature in-depth questions not covered in lecture.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 446 introduces linear feedback control analysis and design techniques for mechanical systems.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Michael Zinn: The course material is reported as tedious and outdated, with a desire for more state-space methods. The techniques seem very old to some students.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ME 489 is an honors independent study course focused on conducting research and preparing a thesis in mechanical engineering.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleME 491 involves individual lab projects conducted under staff supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleMECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS II is a continuation of ME 491.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews for Tim Osswald describe him as a genuine professor who cares about students and knows his subject deeply, with graduate students who enjoy his teaching.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleME 699 is an advanced independent study course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleME 790 is a directed study course for Mechanical Engineering graduate students to conduct research projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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ME 890 is a PhD research and thesis course offering directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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ME 990 is a directed study course for Mechanical Engineering PhD students to conduct dissertation research and thesis work arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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ME 999 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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