Courses

    Focuses on the development of a professional skill set. Specific topics addressed include engineering resumes, cover letters, technical interviews, and an overview of the career opportunities available to mechanical engineers. Course format includes lectures, group work, and presentations by guest speakers. Prerequisites: Restricted to sophomore, jurnior, or senior Mechanical Engineering (MCEN) majors only.
    Introductory course covers analysis of electric circuits by use of Ohm's law, network reduction, node and loop analysis, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, DC and AC signals, transient response of simple circuits, transfer functions, basic diode and transistor circuits, and operational amplifiers. Same as ECEN 3010. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of APPM 2360 and PHYS 1140 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students in the MSC/CU-Boulder Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program only.
    Learn to plan and carry out experiments. Topics covered include measurement fundamentals, basic statistical concepts, and uncertainty analysis. Statistical methods are used in data analysis related to regression, correlation, hypothesis testing, classification, time series analysis, and design of experiments. Prerequisites: Requires prereq course of APPM 2360 (min grade C-). Requires prereq or coreq course of MCEN 3030. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.
    Conduct experiments designed to introduce methods of experimentation and data analysis. Experiments taken from solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermal science, and materials science. Emphasizes planning an experiment, applying sound scientific procedures, keeping proper records, and communicating results orally and in written reports. Projects extend over two or more weeks. Prerequisites: Requires prereq of MCEN 2063, 3010, 3037, WRTG 3030 or 3035 or HUEN 1010 or 3100 (all min. grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.
    Emphasizes experiment planning, applying sound experimental procedures, using statistics, keeping proper records, and communicating results orally, visually, and through written reports. Projects extend over several weeks and relate to solid mechanics, acoustics, electronics, and/or other ME-related disciplines. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MCEN 2024 and MCEN 4037 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Mechanical Engineering majors only.
    Enables students to develop and evaluate pollutant transport, fate, exposure, and risk models for air, water, and multi-media systems, with a special emphasis on air. The course emphasizes the fundamental physics and chemistry that govern contaminant fate and transport and the basic mathematical equations and numerical approaches for describing these processes. Same as MCEN 5057. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of GEEN 1300, CHEN 1211 and MCEN 3021 (all minimum grade C-).
    Explores human physiological function from an engineering, specifically mechanical engineering, viewpoint. Provides an introduction to human anatomy and physiology with a focus on learning fundamental concepts and applying engineering (mass transfer,fluid dynamics, mechanics, modeling) analysis. Same as MCEN 5117. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Mechanical Engineering majors only.
    Covers the design of ultrasound systems for medical imaging and therapy, including the physics of wave propagation, transducers, acoustic lenses, pulse-echo imaging and cavitation dynamics, with an emphasis on current topics in biomedical ultrasound. The course will include lectures on theory, practice and special topics; a laboratory on wave propagation; oral presentations on current literature; and a design project. Same as MCEN 5127. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MCEN 3021 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (juniors/seniors).
    Provides in-depth understandings of anatomy and physiology as well as introductions to transport phenomena, flow mechanics and solid mechanics in several organ systems: the cardiovascular, pulmonary, kidney, endocrine and digestive systems. It will also introduce artificial physiological systems to replace or assist physiological functions, and introduce the concepts of physiological barriers that prevent diagnosis or effective therapeutics. Same as MCEN 5137. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MCEN 4117 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (juniors/seniors).
    Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours. Same as MCEN 5228. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Mechanical Engineering majors only.
    Subjects arranged in consultation with instructor and undergraduate advisor. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Mechanical Engineering majors only.
    Offers weekly presentations by visiting speakers, faculty, and students. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to any College of Engineering and Applied Science graduate students or to Mechanical Engineering undergraduate majors only.

    Enables students to develop and evaluate pollutant transport, fate, exposure, and risk models for air, water, and multi-media systems, with a special emphasis on air. The course emphasizes the fundamental physics and chemistry that govern contaminant fate and transport and the basic mathematical equations and numerical approaches for describing these processes. Same as MCEN 4047.

    Same as MCEN 4117. Prerequisites: Restricted to any College of Engineering and Applied Science graduate students or to Mechanical Engineering undergraduate majors only.
    Covers the design of ultrasound systems for medical imaging and therapy, including the physics of wave propagation, transducers, acoustic lenses, pulse-echo imaging and cavitation dynamics, with an emphasis on current topics in biomedical ultrasound. The course will include lectures on theory, practice and special topics; a laboratory on wave propagation; oral presentations on current literature; and a design project. Same as MCEN 4127. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Provides in-depth understandings of anatomy and physiology as well as introductions to transport phenomena, flow mechanics and solid mechanics in several organ systems: the cardiovascular, pulmonary, kidney, endocrine and digestive systems. It will also introduce artificial physiological systems to replace or assist physiological functions, and introduce the concepts of physiological barriers that prevent diagnosis or effective therapeutics. Same as MCEN 4137.

    Credit hours and subject matter to be arranged. Numbered MCEN 5208-5298. Prerequisites: Restricted to any College of Engineering and Applied Science graduate students or to Mechanical Engineering undergraduate majors only.
    May repeated up to 15 total credit hours. Same as MCEN 4228. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students in College of Engineering and Applied Science or to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) or Mechanical Engineering Concurrent Degree students.
    Available only through approval of graduate advisor. Subjects arranged to fit the needs of the particular student. Numbered MCEN 5848--5898. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.

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