ME 371
Mechanical Design II
Spring 2026
ME 371 / Spring 2026
Team-based machine design using gear trains, component analysis, FEA, prototyping, and physical testing.
Machine designGear analysisFEADesign validation
Academic Foundation
Coursework
Mechanical engineering fundamentals supported by a computer science minor and reinforced through teaching, tutoring, and course grading.
Technical Coursework
Completed courses grouped by engineering discipline.
Design and Manufacturing
Product development from CAD and materials selection through mechanism design, prototyping, and validation.
ME 370
Mechanical Design I
Fall 2025
ME 370 / Fall 2025
Mechanism design and integration through a single-motor walking and dispensing robot.
Linkage designKinematicsGear ratiosPrototype testing
ME 330
Engineering Materials
Fall 2025
ME 330 / Fall 2025
Relationships among material structure, processing, properties, selection, and failure.
Material selectionFailure modesPhase behaviorProcessing-property links
ME 270
Design for Manufacturability
Spring 2024
ME 270 / Spring 2024
Product design shaped by manufacturing, assembly, sustainability, materials, and cost.
DFMAProcess selectionCircular designDesign of experiments
ME 170
Computer-Aided Design
Fall 2023
ME 170 / Fall 2023
Parametric part modeling, assemblies, drawings, tolerancing, and product-design communication.
CADAssembliesEngineering drawingsFits and tolerances
Mechanics and Dynamics
Analytical foundations for understanding forces, motion, deformation, and mechanical-system response.
ME 340
Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
Spring 2026
ME 340 / Spring 2026
Dynamic modeling of mechanical systems using equations of motion and system-response methods.
Dynamic modelingVibrationsSystem responseMATLAB
TAM 251
Introductory Solid Mechanics
Spring 2025
TAM 251 / Spring 2025
Stress, strain, deformation, torsion, bending, and structural loading.
Stress analysisBeam bendingTorsionDeflection
TAM 212
Introductory Dynamics
Spring 2025
TAM 212 / Spring 2025
Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.
Rigid-body motionEnergy methodsMomentumKinematics
TAM 210
Introduction to Statics
Fall 2024
TAM 210 / Fall 2024
Force systems, equilibrium, structures, centroids, and friction.
Free-body diagramsEquilibriumTrussesFriction
Thermal and Fluid Systems
Energy, thermodynamics, and fluid behavior applied to the analysis of mechanical systems.
ME 400
Energy Conversion Systems
Spring 2026
ME 400 / Spring 2026
Performance and design of systems that convert thermal, mechanical, and electrical energy.
Cycle analysisSystem efficiencyEnergy balancesPerformance tradeoffs
ME 310
Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
Spring 2025
ME 310 / Spring 2025
Conservation laws, internal and external flow, dimensional analysis, and pressure losses.
Control volumesPipe flowDimensional analysisFluid forces
ME 200
Thermodynamics
Fall 2024
ME 200 / Fall 2024
Properties, energy balances, entropy, cycles, and thermodynamic system performance.
First and second lawsCycle analysisProperty tablesEfficiency
Computing and Data
Programming, algorithms, mathematics, and statistics used to solve and interpret engineering problems.
CS 225
Data Structures
Spring 2026
CS 225 / Spring 2026
Implementation and analysis of data structures and algorithms in C++.
C++AlgorithmsTrees and graphsComplexity analysis
STAT 400
Statistics and Probability I
Fall 2025
STAT 400 / Fall 2025
Probability models, random variables, estimation, and statistical inference.
ProbabilityDistributionsInferenceData interpretation
CS 128
Introduction to Computer Science II
Fall 2024
CS 128 / Fall 2024
Object-oriented programming, memory, data structures, and software design in C++.
C++Object-oriented designMemory managementDebugging
CS 124
Introduction to Computer Science I
Spring 2024
CS 124 / Spring 2024
Programming fundamentals, algorithms, testing, and structured problem solving in Java.
JavaAlgorithmsTestingProblem decomposition
MATH 257
Linear Algebra with Computational Applications
Spring 2024
MATH 257 / Spring 2024
Matrix methods, vector spaces, eigenvalues, and computational linear algebra.
Matrix methodsEigenvaluesLinear systemsComputational modeling
Electrical Systems and Testing
Circuit analysis, instrumentation, and hands-on experimental measurement.
ECE 206
Electrical and Electronic Circuits Laboratory
Spring 2025
ECE 206 / Spring 2025
Hands-on circuit measurement, instrumentation, assembly, and experimental validation.
OscilloscopesCircuit assemblyMeasurementLab documentation
ECE 205
Electrical and Electronic Circuits
Fall 2024
ECE 205 / Fall 2024
DC and AC circuit analysis, transient response, operational amplifiers, and electronics fundamentals.
Circuit analysisTransient responseOp-ampsElectrical modeling
Computer Science Minor
Computing for engineering problems.
Programming coursework supports automation, technical computation, controls thinking, and clearer problem decomposition.
Java and object-oriented programming
Python for technical workflows
MATLAB for engineering computation
C++ fundamentals
Block-based control logic
Teaching and Course Support
Coursework reinforced by helping others learn it.
ME 170
CAD Lab Grader and Course Assistant
Supported CAD lab sessions, reviewed design work, and helped students develop stronger modeling habits.
CS 124
Programming Tutor
Guided first-year students through programming fundamentals, debugging, and structured problem solving.
ECE 205
Course Grader
Evaluated problem sets covering foundational circuit-analysis concepts.
ME 200
Course Grader
Reviewed thermodynamics problem sets and assessed analytical work.