About Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics, energy, materials, and machine design. Courses carry the ME subject code and are offered through the College of Engineering & Technology. Numbers below 300 are introductory, 300–499 advanced undergraduate, and 500 and above graduate. Prerequisites are enforced at registration.
How the sequence works
Of the 9 ME courses listed, 3 are introductory (numbers under 300), 2 are advanced undergraduate (300–499). 1 course has no prerequisite and is a reasonable first step. Later courses assume the earlier ones, so read prerequisites before you plan a term — they are enforced at registration and an override from the Mechanical Engineering department is the only way around them.
ME 1000 — Introduction to Engineering 2 cr
The engineering method, teamwork, technical drawing, measurement, and a hands-on design–build project in the first term.
Prerequisite: none.
ME 2100 — Statics 3 cr
Forces and moments on bodies in equilibrium: trusses, frames, friction, centroids, and free-body diagrams as a habit.
Prerequisite: MATH 2400, PHYS 2010.
ME 2200 — Dynamics 3 cr
Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and vibration basics.
Prerequisite: ME 2100.
ME 2400 — Mechanics of Materials 3 cr
Stress, strain, axial and torsional loading, bending, deflection, combined loading, and failure criteria.
Prerequisite: ME 2100.
ME 2600 — Thermodynamics 3 cr
The first and second laws, properties of pure substances, and analysis of power and refrigeration cycles.
Prerequisite: MATH 2400, PHYS 2010.
ME 3100 — Fluid Mechanics 3 cr
Fluid statics, control-volume analysis, the Bernoulli and Navier–Stokes equations, pipe flow, and pumps.
Prerequisite: ME 2200.
ME 3300 — Machine Design 3 cr
Designing shafts, gears, bearings, fasteners, and springs against fatigue and other failure modes, with codes and safety factors.
Prerequisite: ME 2400.
ME 3500 — Heat Transfer 3 cr
Conduction, convection, and radiation; heat exchangers; and thermal analysis of real components.
Prerequisite: ME 2600, ME 3100.
ME 4900 — Senior Design 3 cr
A two-term team project taking an engineering problem from requirements through analysis, prototype, and test for an industry sponsor.
Prerequisite: senior standing.
Planning and advising
Your degree audit shows exactly how ME courses apply to your requirements; this list only shows what is offered. If you are choosing between two courses, deciding when to take a heavy one, or wondering whether a course will run next term, your academic adviser or the Mechanical Engineering program office can tell you. Course availability by term is set close to registration and is not guaranteed by anything on this page.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every course, prerequisite, credit value, and department on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real curriculum or a course you can enroll in.