University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Mechanical Engineering

A Department of the College of Engineering

Graduate Course Offerings

Course: Credit Hours: Prereq:
802. Turbomachinery (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 300 and
310.
803. Internal Combustion Engines (3 cr I, II)
Lec 3, lab 2.
Prereq: MECH 300 or equivalent.
804. Theory of Combustion (3 cr, I) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
300, 820 or permission.
806. Air Conditioning Systems Design (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 300 or equivalent. A comprehensive design project
is an integral part of course.
807. Power Plant Systems Design (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 300 or equivalent. A comprehensive design project is an
integral part of course.
808. Heat Exchanger Design (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
300 or equivalent.
*810. Viscous Flow I (3 cr II) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 310
and MATH 821.
*812. Viscous Flow II 3 cr I, II) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
*810, MATH 822 or 824 or MECH *890.
813. Aerodynamics (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 200 and
310.
814. Compressible Flow (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 300
and 310.
815. Two-Phase Flow (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3. Prereq or parallel:
MECH 310 and 380.
816. Engineering Acoustics (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
310 and MATH 821.
820. Heat Transfer (3 cr I, III) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 310.
825. Solar Energy Engineering (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 820 or permission.
826. Heat Transfer at Nanoscales and in Ultrashort
Time Domains
(3 cr I, II) Prereq: MECH 820.
831. Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (3 cr
II) Lec 3.
Prereq: MECH 310; MATH 814; MECH 820 or
parallel.
836. Introduction to Continuum Biomechanics (3 cr)
Lec 3.
Prereq: ENGM 373; MECH 310 and 820.
842. Intermediate Kinematics (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 342.
844. Intermediate Dynamics of Machinery (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 342 and 350.
845. Mechanical Engineering Design Concepts (3 cr)
Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: MECH 200, 310, 342, and 350.
850. Mechanical Engineering Control Systems Design (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 2. Prereq: MECH 350.
852. Digital Control of Mechanical Systems (3 cr) Lec 2,
lab 3.
Prereq: MECH 450.
853. Robotics: Kinematics and Design (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 350.
855. Vehicle Dynamics (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3. Prereq: MECH
343 and 350.
857. Mechatronic Systems Design (3 cr) Lec 3, lab 2. Prereq: ELEC 231; MECH 350 or parallel.
881. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MATH *820 or 821.
*890. Advanced Analysis of Mechanical Engineering
Systems
(3 cr I) Lec 3.  
898. Laboratory and Analytical Investigations (1-6 cr,
max 6, I, II, III) Lab.

*899. Masters Thesis (6-10 cr) Prereq: Admission to masters
degree program and permission of major adviser.
900. Advanced Thermodynamics (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
Permission.
904. Advanced Combustion Theory (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 804 or equivalent.
912. Advanced Topics in Fluid Dynamics (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH *812 or permission.
916. Turbulent Flows (3 cr I, II) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
*812.
922. Conduction Heat Transfer (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 820 or permission.
923. Convection Heat Transfer (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq:
MECH 820 or permission.
924. Radiation Heat Transfer (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH
820 or permission.
932. Advanced Finite Element Methods (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: MECH 831, *890.
943. Machine Design (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3. Prereq: MECH
842 or permission.
945. Probabilistic Design of Machine Elements (3 cr) Prereq: MECH 845; STAT 880; or permission.
950. Impact Engineering (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: ENGM 848,
MECH 831 or ENGM 851 or CIVE 851.
958. Advanced Mechatronics (3 cr) Lec 3, lab 2. Prereq:
MECH 457/857 or permission.
991-992. Seminar (1 cr each)  
996. Laboratory and Analytical Investigations    
999. Doctoral Dissertation (1-24 cr, max 55) Prereq:
Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of
supervisory committee chair.

Contact:

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Chair:
Soloman To Ph.D.