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Mechanical Engineering Design

Mechanical Engineering Design deals with the needs of over $770 billion design engineering markets in the U.S. As the product developmental processes for original equipment manufacturing is advanced to the next level, design engineering is the place to be. Many graduates of the program in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa are finding employment in engineering design in large manufacturing industries, such as GM, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, John Deere, Rockwell, Caterpillar, Maytag, HON, and Pella, in addition to the numerous small and medium size industries throughout the Midwest. In addition, many U.S. industries maintain the development of new products, even though they might depend on other countries for production. Many firms are involved with electronic designs where the design process from conceptualization to production is simulated using software tools.

The Elective Focus Area (EFA) in Mechanical Engineering Design emphasizes engineering design with special applications to mechanical engineering. The Elective Focus Area in Mechanical Engineering Design builds on the regular courses required for a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering and provides students with enhanced education in computational methods in modeling, analysis, simulation, and optimization of mechanical, thermal, and fluid systems as needed to be successful for careers in engineering design.

The following courses are required:

Semester Required Course SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
4 (Spring)
22M:072 Elementary Numerical Analysis or
058:111 Numerical Calculations
3
 22M:032, 059:006 or
22M:034
5 (Fall)
 Elective
3
  
6 (Spring)
Elective
3
  
7 (Fall)
Elective
3
  
7 (Fall)
Elective
3
  
8 (Spring) 058:186 Enhanced Design Experience
3
 058:086
8 (Spring) Elective
3
  

Choose two of the following courses:

Course # Design Electives SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
058:143 Computational Fluid and Thermal Engineering
3
 058:045
058:110 Computer Aided Engineering
3
 057:019, 22M:072 or 058:111, 058:052
058:112 Engineering Design Optimization
3
 057:019, 22M:033
058:115
 Finite Element I
3
 057:019

 

Course # General Electives SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
 

Flexible Elective – Choose one from:

  1. engineering courses that are required in another (non-ME) program,
  2. engineering courses at the 100-level,
  3. mathematics, physics or chemistry courses at a more advanced level than those required in the ME curriculum, or
  4. independent investigation in a mechanical engineering subject area
3
  
056:054
 Engineering Economy
3
 22S:039 Soph. Status
058:145
 Intermediate Heat Transfer
3
 058:045
058:150
 Intermediate Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
3
 057:019
058:154
 Intermediate Kinematics and Dynamics
3
 057:010/058:052
058:153
 Fundamentals of Vibrations
3
 057:019
058:136 Digital Human Modeling
3
 None
058:158
 Fatigue/Durability in Design
3
 058:055 or 058:150
058:159
 Fracture Mechanics
3
 058:055 or 058:150
058:160
 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
3
 057:020

--The sessions listed are typical but are not guaranteed to be taught

For Further information, please contact: Professor K.K. Choi or Professor S. Rahman, department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, Tel: (319) 335-5684

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