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


*Choose one from ENGR 616 or ENGR 617 with the approval of the student's advisor.

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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Kirkbride Hall, Room 101
tel: 610-499-4198
tlferguson@widener.edu

 
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