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Technical Electives Handbook

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Options for electives

  • ENME 4XX courses
  • Graduate courses (GPA >3.2 and meet pre-reqs)
  • Independent research (ENME 488)
  • Combine elective with study abroad
  • Up to 2 electives from related majors* ……...

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*Related majors:

Business

Chemistry

Computer Science

ENES

Math

Physics

Other engineering

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When is it offered?

Electives offered both fall and spring*:

  • ENME 400, Machine Design (required for students starting in ENME fall 2015 & later plus Frostburg)
  • ENME 466, Lean Six Sigma
  • ENME 470, Finite Element Analysis
  • ENME 408, Automotive Design (FSAE car team)
  • ENME 488, independent research w/faculty

Fall-only Electives*

  • ENME 416, Additive Manufacturing
  • ENME 423, Modern Climate Control Eng
  • ENME 426, Production Management
  • ENME 430, Fund. Of Nuclear Eng
  • ENME 440, Applied Machine Learning for Eng
  • ENME 442, Information Security
  • ENME 444, Assistive Robotics
  • ENME 454, Vehicle Dynamics
  • ENME 467, Engineering for Social Change
  • ENME 473, Mechanical Design of Electronic Sys
  • ENME 489C, Medical Robotics
  • ENME 489E, Design for Sustainability
  • ENME 489F, Fund. Of Atmospheric Flight
  • ENME 489G, Manuf. Processes & Design
  • ENME 489V, Mechanical Contracting
  • ENME 489X, Energy Conversion Sys. for Sustain.

Offered irregularly:

  • ENME 489B, Mechatronics & the Internet of Things
  • ENME 432, Nuclear Reactor Lab
  • ENME 481, Lab on a chip Microsystems
  • ENME 489O, Micro/Nano Robotics
  • ENME 489R, Fiber Optics

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Spring-only Electives*

  • ENME 406, Rollercoaster Design
  • ENME 410, Design Optimization
  • ENME 421, Design Ideation
  • ENME 424, Urban Microclimate & Energy
  • ENME 427, CSI Mechanical
  • ENME 431, Nuclear Reactor Sys & Safety
  • ENME 436, Renewable Energy
  • ENME 461, Control Systems Lab
  • ENME 464, Cost Analysis for Engineers
  • ENME 465, Probability Based Design
  • ENME 489L, Bio-inspired Robots
  • ENME 489N, Residential & Indust. Energy Audit
  • ENME 489P, Combustion Engines
  • ENME 489Q, Managing for Innov. & Quality
  • ENME 489T, Nuclear Reactor Design
  • ENME 489W, Waste Management
  • ENME 489Y, Remote Sensing
  • ENRE 447, Reliability Engineering

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*Subject to change: professors sometimes take a sabbatical or are needed to teach a required class or graduate class

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Popular concentrations within Mechanical Engineering

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Engineering Management

Electives: Lean Six Sigma, Managing for Innovation and Quality, Production Management, Cost Analysis for Engineers, Eng for Social Change

Minor/Special Programs: Project Management, QUEST (process improvement, quality management, and system design), Business Analytics Minor, General Business and Entrep. minors

Study Abroad: International Business Cultures in Eng and Tech (Winter-term Australia, summer in Europe), QUEST winter programs in China and Abu Dhabi

Renewable Energy

Electives: Renewable Energy, Energy Audit, Modern Climate Control Eng., Urban Microclimate and Energy

Minor: Nuclear Engineering

Project/Competitions/Programs: Solar Decathlon, Engineers Without Borders

Study Abroad: Univ of New South Wales (Australia), Energy Tomorrow (Australia), Sustainability and thermal energy in Iceland (ENME407)

Research: Drs. Radermacher and Hwang (Center for Environmental Energy Engineering), Dr. Ohadi (Center for Environmental Energy Engineering), Dr. Srebric city@umd

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Popular concentrations within Mechanical Engineering

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Robotics and Mechatronics

Electives: Medical Robotics, Bio-inspired robots, Control Systems Lab, MEMS, Assistive Robotics, Mechatronics and the Internet of Things, Lab on a chip microsystems

Projects/Competitions: Robotics@ Maryland

Research: Dr. Krieger, Dr. Chopra, Dr. DeVoe

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Automotive Design

Electives: Automotive Design, Vehicle Dynamics, Machine Design, Internal Combustion Engines

Projects/Competitions: SAE Formula and Baja Competitions

Study Abroad: Programs in Germany and Spain both have course material in this area, Summer program in Japan

Research: Dr. Hamilton

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Popular concentrations within Mechanical Engineering

ENME Aero focus with Southern Maryland:

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ENME489Z: Structural Mechanics with aero applications (fall terms)

ENME489F: Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight (fall part 1)

ENME489D: Flight Dynamics and Simulation (spr. part 2)

Class is taught from SMHEC but there is a small College Park section as well.

Design and Manufacturing:

ENME400

ENME410

ENME421

ENME440

ENME465

ENME489G

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Mechatronics

ENME461

ENME476

ENME481: Lab on Chip

ENME489B: Mechatronics & Internet of Things

ENME489c: medical robotics

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Electives by Division

Mechanics and Materials

  • MEMS and Lab on a Chip Microsystems
  • Machine Design
  • Control Systems Lab
  • Mechatronics and the Internet of Things
  • Rollercoaster Design

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Thermal Fluid Science

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Renewable Energy
  • Nuclear courses (fundamentals, systems and safety, nuclear reactor design, reactor lab)
  • Pollution and Waste Tech.
  • Urban Micro-climate & Energy

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Electives by Division

Design and Reliability

  • Applied Machine Learning for Engineering and Design
  • Automobile Design (Formula SAE team class)
  • Assistive Robotics
  • Bio-inspired Robotics
  • FEA
  • Design Ideation
  • Design Optimization
  • Design for Sustainability
  • Engineering for Social Change
  • Fund. Of Reliability Engineering
  • Information Security

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Electronic Product Design

  • Electronic Product Design, Part 1 and 2
  • Cost Analysis for Engineers
  • Managing for Innov. & Quality
  • Manufacturing Proc. & Design
  • Medical Robotics
  • Production Management
  • Remote Sensing

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