Advisors: Dr. Michael Abbott, Dr. Sthanu Mahadev, Dr. Panthea Sepehrband, Dr. Jun Wang, Dr. Peter Woytowitz, Dr. Xiaoou Yang
The Design & Manufacturing (DM) emphasis in the Department of Mechanical Engineering allows students to develop abilities and skills in mechanical design and aspects of manufacturing in achieving competence in product development.
Core Courses:
Students will need to take at least 8 units out of these courses:
- MECH 251 Finite Element Methods I (4 units)
- MECH 275 Design for Competitiveness (2 units)
- MECH 281 Elasticity, Fracture, and Fatigue (4 units)
- MECH 285 Computer-Aided Design of Mechanisms (2 units)
- MECH 325 Computational Geometry for Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture (2 units)
- MECH 415 Optimization in Mechanical Design (2 units)
Other Related Courses:
- MECH 252 Finite Element Methods II (4 units)
- MECH 257 Engineering Simulation and Modeling (4 units)
- MECH 259 Engineering and Design with Applied Machine Learning (4 units)
- MECH 276 Design for Manufacturability (2 units)
- MECH 293 Special Topics in Design & Manufacturing (2-4 units)
(Tentative Topics: Designing with Plastic Materials; Processing Plastic Materials; CNC Machining; Additive/Hybrid Manufacturing; Advanced Manufacturing Lab) - MECH 371/372 Space Systems Design and Engineering I, II (4 units each)