MEEN 368: Solid Mechanics in Mechanical Design (Fall, Spring Semester)

This course focuses on the design of structural/mechanical members for stiffness, strength and stability under a variety of loading conditions; use of Static and Fatigue Failure Theories to estimate life of components.

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MEEN 475: Materials in Design (Fall Semester)

The heuristics of synthesis of material properties, configuration and processing in the optimization of material selection in the design process; product design and development overview, failure mode effects analysis, design margin establishment; role of the generic failure modes and codes and standards; fundamental characteristics of process methods.

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MEEN 440/696: Bio Inspired Design (Fall Semester)

Expand design space available to engineering by developing an understanding of how nature solves problems; study of effective bio-inspired design and biomimetic applications to draw solutions from nature; enhance concept generation through the use of bio-inspired design; use current state of the art methods in bio-inspired design; view nature's solutions to different problems from an engineering perspective.