MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The mechanical engineering program offers post-graduate study in both traditional and currently emerging specialties. The curriculum is designed to provide maximum flexibility in the selection of courses according to each student's specific interests. The objective is to enhance professional skills through advanced technical courses that build upon a foundation of mathematical, experimental, and modern computational methods.
| Curriculum-Required Courses |
Semester Hours |
|
Engineering Mathematics* |
3 |
| ENGR 691 Thesis I or Technical Elective |
3 |
| ENGR 692 Thesis II or Technical Elective |
3 |
|
Two Courses from Group I or II |
6 |
|
Technical Electives |
15 |
|
Technical Elective for Non-Thesis Students |
3 |
Group I
ENGR 671 Applied Stress Analysis I**
ENGR 672 Applied Stesss Analysis II
ENGR 673 Experimental Mechanics
ENGR 674 Vibrations
ENGR 675 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENGR 676 Advanced Mechanical Design
Group II
ENGR 681 Fluid Mechanics
ENGR 682 Computational Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer
ENGR 683 Heat Transfer
ENGR 684 Heat Transfer Processes
ENGR 686 Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning
Technical Electives
ENGR 611 Deterministic Optimization
ENGR 614 Engineering Management I
ENGR 616 Engineering Mathematics I
ENGR 617 Engineering Mathematics II
ENGR 618 Engineering Mathematics III
ENGR 619 Technical Communications
ENGR 621 Transport Phenomena
ENGR 633 Structural Mechanics
ENGR 634 Structural Dynamics
ENGR 636 Finite Elements
ENGR 639 Structural Stability
ENGR 640 Theory of Plates & Shells
ENGR 671 Applied Stress Analysis I**
ENGR 672 Applied Stress Analysis II
ENGR 674 Vibrations
ENGR 675 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENGR 676 Advanced Mechanical Design
ENGR 677 Acoustics & Noise Control
ENGR 680 Advanced Computational Methods
ENGR 681 Fluid Mechanics
ENGR 682 Computational Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer
ENGR 683 Heat Transfer
ENGR 684 Heat Transfer Processes
ENGR 685 Aerodynamics
ENGR 686 Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning
ENGR 694 Special Graduate Engineering Topics
ENGR 695 Independent Research

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Secretary
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tel: 610-499-4198
tlferguson@widener.edu