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Course Selection Guidance for MEng Students with Interests in Materials, Solid Mechanics or Structural Mechanics


What is "solid mechanics"?
• The mechanics and physics of materials
• Mechanics of structures and solid mechanics,
• Computational science and statistical mechanics & physics
• Analytical, experimental and computational methods,
• Continuum, multi-scale and non-continuum approaches
• And some materials that are not so "solid"


Suggested core courses:

  • MAE 6110 Foundations of Solids Mechanics (Fall) or CEE 6710 Fundamentals of Structural Engineering (Fall)
  • MAE 5700 Finite Element Analysis for Mech and Aero Design (Spring)
  • MAE 4130 Mechanics of Composite Structures (Fall)
  • MAE 4140 Mechanics of Lightweight Vehicles (Fall)


Typically, students take two or more of these core courses.
Follow-on courses include:

  • MSE 5120/MAE 5130 - Mechanical Properties of Thin Films (Fall)
  • MAE 5200 Dimensional Tolerancing in Mechanical Design (Fall)
  • MSE 6020 Elasticity, Plasticity, and Fracture(Spring)


Most students could benefit from taking a course in Applied Mathematics such as:

  • MAE 3100 Intro to Applied Math (Fall)
  • MAE 6810 Methods of Applied Mathematics I (Fall)
  • CEE 6290 Numerical Methods for Engineers (Fall)


Additional courses to broaden engineering knowledge

  • MAE 5730 Intermediate Dynamics and Vibrations (Fall)
  • MAE 5230 Intermediate Fluid Dynamics with CFD (Spring)


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