Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
ME 363 Fluid Dynamics covers mechanics and thermodynamics applied to fluid statics and dynamics, including potential, viscous, pipe, boundary-layer, and compressible flow analysis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Workload emphasizes careful homework completion, as exams mirror assignments, though some find tests significantly harder than homework and grading harsh.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Elementary Heat Transfer covers fundamental concepts of conduction, convection, and radiation, along with heat-exchanger principles.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students report spending considerable time on homework, which involves specific formatting requirements and debugging EES software rather than just conceptual application.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 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.
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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 563 covers intermediate fluid dynamics, focusing on incompressible flow analysis, exact Navier-Stokes solutions, and boundary layer theory.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleME 601 covers advanced special topics in Mechanical Engineering including vibrations, manufacturing, and energy systems.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Xiaobin Xiong: The syllabus is dense and math-intensive, with exams that can be impossibly hard and homework that may not align with lecture content.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 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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NE 890 is a research course for Ph.D. students conducting work before becoming dissertators.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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NE 990 is a flexible research and thesis course where students conduct directed study projects arranged individually with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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