Areas of Concentration
Students
who complete recommended courses in an
area of concentration may receive, upon
request, a letter from the Department
Head attesting to the fact that the student
has completed the requirements in the
selected area of concentration in the
Mechanical Engineering Department. With
proper planning, students should be able
to take these course offerings without
overload.
To better prepare our students for the interdisciplinary field of Advanced Transportation, an area of concentration is offered to expose students to modern automotive, aviation, and off-highway design methodologies and technologies. Two courses in Model-Based System Design, the modern design practice in the aviation and automotive industry, is required of all participants. Three additional elective courses are required which permit students to provide either depth or breadth according to their interests.
Required Courses
ECE/ME 497 Introduction to Model-Based System Design
ECE/ME 497 Advanced Model Based-System Design
Elective Courses
CHEM 470 Combustion Chemistry
ECE 320 Linear Control Systems or ME 406 Control Systems
ECE 420 Nonlinear Control Systems or ME 506 Advanced Control Systems
ECE 370 Machines & Power
ECE 410 Communication Networks
ECE 452 Power Electronics
ME 408 Renewable Energy
ME 410 Internal Combustion Engines
ME 411 Propulsion Systems
ME 422 Finite Elements for Engineering Applications
ME 427 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
The
aerospace industry provides job opportunities
each year for many mechanical engineering
graduates. The aerospace engineering area
of concentration is intended to provide
specialty courses which focus the application
of basic mechanical engineering skills
on aerospace systems.
The
courses that comprise this area of concentration:
- ME
305 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
- ME 405 Theoretical Aerodynamics*
- MA 330 Vector Calculus*
- ME 411 Propulsion Systems
- ME
427 Introduction to Computational Fluid
Dynamics
- ME
461 Aerospace Design
- ME 503 Viscous Flow
- ME
510 Gas Dynamics
- ME 512 Light Weight Structures
- MA 336 Boundary Value Problems
- PH
322 Celestial Mechanics and Solar System
Physics
Any student who completes five of these recommended courses may receive, upon request, a letter from the Department Head attesting to the fact that the student has completed the requirements in the aerospace engineering area of concentration in the Mechanical Engineering Department. With proper planning, students should be able to take at least five of these course offerings without overload.
* Select only one, either ME405 or MA330 will count toward the Aerospace concentration.
Rising energy costs, air pollution, climate change, petrochemical production, environmental friendly and green processes and machines, alternative power sources and renewable energy are some of the topics topping local, national and international news. Rose-Hulman offers a series of courses, across several disciplines that broadens, educates and addresses solutions to these relevant contemporary issues.
Students who complete any five of the recommended courses in Energy Production, Utilization, and Forecasting area of concentration may receive, upon request, a letter from their Department Head, a certificate and transcript annotation attesting to the fact that the student has completed the requirements in this area of concentration in the Energy Production, Utilization, and Forecasting. With proper planning, students should be able to take these course offerings without overload.
Recommended Energy Production, Utilization, and Forecasting Concentration Courses:
- CE561 or CHE450 Air Pollution (cross-listed class)
- CE590 Climate Change Assessment
- CHE490 Energy and Environment
- CHE512 Petrochemical Processes
- ECE370 Power and Energy Systems
- ECE371 Industrial Power Systems
- ME407 Power Plants
- ME408 Renewable Energy
- ME501 Advanced Thermodynamics
Many mechanical engineering students are attracted to industry for both technical and leadership opportunities. Graduates often are responsible for project management and may develop over time into more significant leadership roles. This area of concentration is intended to take advantage of Rose-Hulman offerings in Mathematics, Engineering Management, and Humanities and Social Sciences to provide skills and knowledge that would be useful for graduates with increasing managerial responsibilities. Since part of leadership is also practice, the area of concentration requires one industrial internship and one significant leadership experience. To complete the requirements of the area of concentration in industrial leadership, each student must take a total of six courses, two from the Math list, two from the Engineering Management list, and two from the Humanities, Social Sciences list.
Math List:
- MA 385 Quality Methods
- MA 487 Design of Experiments
- MA 387 Statistical Methods in Six Sigma Engineering
Management List:
- EMGT330 Introduction to Engineering Management
- EMGT427 Project Management
- EMGT520 Accounting for Technical Managers
- EMGT521 Financial Management in a Technical Environment
- EMGT522 Organizational Management
- EMGT523 Marketing Issues in a Technical Environment 4
- EMGT524 Production/Operations Management
- EMGT526 Technology Management and Forecasting
- EMGT527 Project Management
- EMGT531 Economics for Technical Managers
- EMGT532 Technical Entrepreneurship
- EMGT533 Intercultural Communication
- EMGT534 Management Science
- EMGT535 Strategies for Organizational Change
- EMGT586 Supply Chain Management
- EMGT587 Systems Engineering
- EMGT588 Quality Management
- EMGT589 Manufacturing Systems
Humanities, Social Sciences List:
- GL 357 European Economics
- GL 458 International Trade
- GL 459 International Finance
- RH 230 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
- SL 151 Principles of Economics
- SL 350 Managerial Accounting
- SL 351 Managerial Economics
- SL 356 Game Theory
- SL 398 The Research and Development Organization
- VA 303 Business and Engineering Ethics
- VA 304 Bioethics
- VA 352 Financial Markets and Institutions
- VA 353 Industrial Organization
- VA 452 Environmental Economics
- VA 454 Financial Economics
- VA 498 Technology Management and Forecasting
In addition to coursework, students must complete one Industrial Internship (of approximately three month duration) and one significant co-curricular leadership experience. To get credit for the leadership experience, the student must submit an application with reference support which is approved by the department head. Possible examples of qualifying leadership could include leadership experience in design-build competitions or serving as a Resident Assistant in the residence halls.
Many
mechanical engineering graduates will
work in tasks related to the manufacture
of various products. The manufacturing
and production engineering area of concentration
is intended to bridge the gap between
the analytical and design courses which
are the heart of the professional program
and the practical problems of producing
acceptable hardware, on time, at a profit.
The
courses that comprise this area of concentration:
List 1:
- EMGT 330 Introduction to Engineering Management
- EMGT 427 Project Management
- EMGT 588 Quality Management
- EMGT 589 Manufacturing Systems
- MA 385 Quality Methods
- ME 317 Design for Manufacturing
-
ME 417 Advanced Materials Engineering
- ME
435 Robotics
- ME
520 Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided
Manufacturing
When choosing humanities and social science electives, we suggest that the following are most pertinent to the manufacturing/production working environment:
List 2:
- SL
151 Principles of Economics
- SL 171 Principles of Psychology
- SL
350 Managerial Accounting
- SL 351 Managerial Economics
- VA 353 Industrial Organizations
- VA 453 The Entrepreneur
- VA 454 Financial Economics
With proper planning, students should be able to take the elective offerings in this area without overload. Any student who completes five courses from List 1 and three of the recommended HSS courses from List 2 may receive, upon request, a letter from the Department Head attesting to the fact that the student has completed the requirements in the manufacturing and production engineering area of concentration in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
The broad field of solid mechanics prepares the mechanical engineering graduate with many career opportunities in areas such as stress analysis, dynamics, vibrations, materials, and the design of mechanical components and systems.
The
courses that comprise this area of concentration:
- ME
417 Advanced Materials Engineering
- ME
422 Intro. Finite Element Fund.
- ME
512 Light Weight Structures
- ME
513 Environmental Noise
- ME
518 Advanced Kinematics
- ME 522 Advanced Finite Element Analysis
- EM
403 Advanced Mechanics of Materials
-
EM 406 Vibration Analysis
- EM
502 Advanced Dynamics
- EM
503 Advanced Vibration Analysis
- EM
505 Theory of Elasticity
With
proper planning, students should be able
to take five elective courses in the area
without overload. Any student who completes
five of these recommended courses may
request a letter from the Department Head
attesting to the fact that the student
has completed the requirements in the
solid mechanics area of concentration
within the M.E. Department.
Many
Mechanical Engineering graduates will
work with engineering systems that are
based on the principles of thermodynamics,
heat transfer and fluid mechanics. The
Mechanical Engineering curriculum offers
an opportunity for the student to concentrate
his studies on the analysis and design
of these systems. The courses that comprise
the thermal fluid area of concentration
may be classified according to whether
the main emphasis is on the system or
on the thermal or fluid concepts which
underpin its design and operation.
Thermal Fluid Systems
- ME
407 Power Plants
- ME
408 Renewable Energy
- ME
409 Air Conditioning
- ME
410 Internal Combustion Engines
- ME
411 Propulsion Systems
- ME 426 Turbomachinery
Thermal
Fluid Sciences
- ME
402 Advanced Heat Transfer
- ME
403 Numerical Heat Transfer
- ME
405 Theoretical Aerodynamics
- ME 427 Computational Fluid Dynamics
- ME
501 Advanced Thermodynamics
- ME
502 Topics in Heat Transfer
- ME
503 Viscous Fluid Flow
- ME
510 Gas Dynamics
- EM
501 Topics in Fluid Mechanics
In order to complete the requirements in the thermal fluid areas of concentration a student must select five electives from the lists such that at least one course is taken from the "Thermal Fluid Systems" list and at least two courses are taken from the "Thermal Fluid Sciences List".
With proper planning students should be able to take five elective courses in the area without overload. Any student who completes these requirements may receive, upon request, a letter from the Department Head attesting to the fact that the student has completed the requirements in the thermal fluid area of concentration in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
