Area Minor in Thermal Fluids
To complete the requirements of the thermal-fluids area minor, a student must fulfill the following three expectations:
- Completion of a set of 2 courses covering basic fluid mechanics and basic thermodynamics. These are commonly required for most engineering majors. Acceptable sets include:
- ES 201 Conservation & Accounting Principles and ES 202 Fluid & Thermal Systems or
- ME 201 Thermodynamics and EM 301 Fluid Mechanics or
- CHE 201 Conservation Principles & Balances and CHE 301 Fluid Mechanics
- One of the following foundational prerequisites.
- ME 301 Thermodynamics II
- CHE 303 Chem. Engineering Thermodynamics
- ME 302 Heat Transfer
- CHE 314 Heat Transfer
- Three of the thermal-fluids electives listed below.
- 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 401 Foundation of Fluid Mechanics
- ME 402 Advanced 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
Successful completion of an area minor is indicated on the student's transcript. A student interested in pursuing an area minor in mechanical engineering should consult with the chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineeering.
* Requires one of the heat transfer prerequisites from section 2 above.
**Requires one of the thermodynamics prerequisites from section 2 above.
Note that ME Majors do not qualify for ME Area Minors, but may pursue ME Concentrations.
