School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering


Phone: 616-331-6750
Fax: 616-331-7215
Administrator
engineer@gvsu.edu

301 West Fulton Street, KEN 136
Grand Rapids, MI 49504


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Students selecting the mechanical engineering emphasis are expected to have an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field.

The course requirements for the mechanical engineering emphasis are shown in the following table.

All of the following three courses must be taken for 9 credits:

Number

Course Title

Semester Offered

 EGR 611

Computer-Aided Design and Engineering

Fall

EGR 680

Topics in Solid Mechanics

Winter (odd years)

EGR 615

Applied Finite Element Analysis

Winter (even years)

Note that students in this depth area are required to complete electives as follows:

     EGR 692/693 Capstone or EGR 696/697 Capstone (9 credit hours of electives)
     EGR 690 Capstone (15 credit hours of electives)

Students are encouraged to consider electives in product design and manufacturing engineering and manufacturing operations, as well as computer science, statistics, and the Seidman College of Business. 

 

  Last Modified Date: March 11, 2008
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