Thermal Fluid
Area of Concentration

    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 404    Optimization of Thermal Systems
        ME 411    Propulsion Systems

  Thermal Fluid Sciences
        ME 402    Advanced Heat Transfer
        ME 403    Numerical Heat Transfer
        ME 405    Theoretical Aerodynamics
        ME 501    Advanced Thermodynamics
        ME 502    Topics in Heat Transfer
        ME 503    Viscous Fluid Flow
        ME 504    Boundary Layer Theory
        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 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 recieve, upon request, a letter from the 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.