Engineering Mechanics (E M)
E M 306 Statics 3 Hours
(TCCN: ENGR 2301, ENGR 2401)
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Vector algebra, force systems, free-body diagrams; engineering applications of equilibrium, including frames, friction, distributed loads; centroids, moments of inertia. Three lecture hours and two discussion hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Mathematics 408D, 408L, 408M, or 408S, and Physics 301 or 303K with a grade of at least C- in each.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
E M 311M Dynamics 3 Hours
(TCCN: ENGR 2302, ENGR 2402)
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Kinematics, dynamics, and energy and momentum methods for points as well as 2D/3D rigid bodies. Describe and predict the motion of different types of rigid bodies in space and time. Vibrations of simple systems. Three lecture hours and two discussion hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Engineering Mechanics 306, and Mathematics 408D or 408M with a grade of at least C- in each.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
E M 319 Mechanics of Solids 3 Hours
(TCCN: ENGR 2332)
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Internal forces and deformations in solids; stress and strain in elastic and plastic solids; application to simple engineering problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with discussion hours if necessary.
Pre/Corequisites: Engineering Mechanics 306, and Mathematics 408D or 408M with a grade of at least C- in each.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
E M 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Engineering Mechanics 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office or the school's International Engineering Education programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
E M 119T, 219T, 319T, 419T, 519T, 619T, 719T, 819T, 919T Topics in Engineering Mechanics 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
E M 339 Advanced Strength of Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Curved beams, shear deformation, beam columns, beams on elastic foundations; inelastic behavior of members; elementary plate bending. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ASE 339
Pre/Corequisites: Engineering Mechanics 319 with a grade of at least C-.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
E M 360 Topics in Engineering Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced work in the various areas of engineering mechanics, based on recent developments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing in engineering and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 4: Theory of Material Science.
Topic 9: Introduction to Biomechanics.
Topic 11: Biomedical Materials.
Topic 12: Mechanics of Product Liability.
Topic 13: Applications of Finite Element Methods.
Topic 17: Individual Research.
E M 179S, 279S, 379S, 479S, 579S, 679S, 779S, 879S, 979S Topics in Engineering Mechanics 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office or the school's International Engineering Education Programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
E M 380 Theory of Plasticity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Physical basis of plastic deformation; mathematical theory of incremental plasticity; total theories; numerical implementation; slip and physical theories of plastic deformation; rate dependent (viscoplastic) models; applications to several engineering problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 388 or the equivalent.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 381 Advanced Dynamics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies; vibration theory; analytical dynamics, including Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations; dynamic stability; continuous systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 382 Nonlinear Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods for analyzing various types of nonlinear differential equations of dynamical systems; exact methods, perturbation and averaging techniques, direct method of Liapunov. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 384K Continuum Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Foundations of the general nonlinear theories of continuum mechanics; general treatment of motion and deformation of continua, balance laws, constitutive theory; particular application to elastic solids and simple materials. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 386K or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 384L Structural Dynamics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Free and forced vibration of single-degree-of-freedom, multiple-degree-of-freedom, and continuous systems. Lagrange's equations and Hamilton's principle; discretization of continuous systems; numerical methods for response and algebraic eigenvalue problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ASE 384P.3
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 386K Analytical Methods I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic topics in real and complex analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, and other areas of applied mathematics with application to applied mechanics. Aerospace Engineering 380P (Topic 1) and Engineering Mechanics 386K may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 386L Analytical Methods II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Engineering Mechanics 386K. Only one of the following may be counted: Aerospace Engineering 380P (Topic 2), Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics 386L, Engineering Mechanics 386L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 386K or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 386M Functional Analysis in Theoretical Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to modern concepts in functional analysis and linear operator theory, with emphasis on their application to problems in theoretical mechanics; topological and metric spaces, norm linear spaces, theory of linear operators on Hilbert spaces, applications to boundary value problems in elasticity and dynamical systems. Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics 386M and Engineering Mechanics 386M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: CSE 386M
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Engineering Mechanics 386L, and Mathematics 365C.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 386N Qualitative Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A study of methods for assessing the qualitative behavior of solutions to equations governing nonlinear continuum mechanics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Engineering Mechanics 386M.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 387 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Governing equations in differential and integral forms; applications to both inviscid and viscous flow problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388 Solid Mechanics I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mathematical description of stress, deformation, and constitutive equations of solid mechanics; boundary value problems of elasticity. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ASE 384P.1
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388F Fracture Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Griffith theory of brittle crack propagation, other theories, crack toughness testing concepts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 388 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388L Solid Mechanics II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of Engineering Mechanics 388. Additional topics in elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, variational methods, and other areas of solid mechanics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ASE 384P.2
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Engineering Mechanics 388 or Aerospace Engineering 384P (Topic 1), and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388M Micromechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Constitutive characterization of materials based on their microstructure. Relationships between internal structure and mechanical properties for composites, polycrystals, and polymers on the basis of linear elasticity, plasticity, and theories that account for rate-dependence. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and a graduate course in solid mechanics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388N Mechanics of Soft Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to soft tissues and soft tissue mechanics; continuum mechanics (kinematics, stress, balance laws and hyperelasticity); and nonlinear finite element analysis in soft tissue mechanics. Engineering Mechanics 388N and 397 (Topic: Soft Materials) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388S Soft Tissue Biomechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to soft tissues and soft tissue mechanics; continuum mechanics (kinematics, stress, balance laws and hyperelasticity); and nonlinear finite element analysis in soft tissue mechanics. Engineering Mechanics 388S and 397 (Topic: Soft Tissue Biomechanics) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388T Thin Film Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss an extensive overview of mechanics-related subjects including stress, strain, fracture, delamination, instability, characterization, and important applications of thin films. Engineering Mechanics 388T and 397 (Topic: Thin Film Mechanics) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 388V Theory of Viscoelasticity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to linear viscoelasticity; methods of characterizing viscoelastic material behavior; analytical and approximate solution techniques for engineering problems, including contact, wave propagation, and thermoviscoelastic problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 388 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 389J Experimental Mechanics 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Principles and techniques of measurement in mechanics; includes discussion of strain gauges, optical interference methods, photoelasticity, and dynamic measurements. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 391 Behavior and Mechanics of Active/Smart Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuum physics and thermodynamics including thermal, mechanical, electrical and magnetic behaviors of active/smart materials. Linear and non-linear behavior of ferroelectrics, ferromagnetic materials, and shape memory alloys. Crystal symmetry, domain structure, phenomenological constitutive models, phase-field modeling, and dielectric elastomers. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 392R Random Vibrations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to probability theory and its application to random excitation of linear and nonlinear systems; a probabilistic discussion of failure and fatigue in structures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 393N Numerical Methods for Flow and Transport Problems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Approximate solution methods for flow and transport problems in engineering and applied science. Finite element, finite difference, and residual methods for linear and nonlinear problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 394 Structural Stability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamental theory of buckling of elastic structural elements such as bars, frames, rings, plates, and shells; also special stability topics including inelastic buckling, creep buckling, and buckling under dynamic loading. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 388 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 394F Finite Element Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Derivation and implementation of the finite element method; basic coding techniques; application to problems of stress and diffusion. Only one of the following may be counted: Aerospace Engineering 384P (Topic 4), Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics 393F, Engineering Mechanics 394F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ASE 384P.4, CSE 393F
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 394G Computational Techniques in Finite Elements 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Organization and data management in finite element codes; element models and calculations; equation solving; preprocessing and postprocessing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Engineering Mechanics 394F.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 394H Advanced Theory of Finite Element Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Contemporary topics in the theory and application of finite element methods. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Engineering Mechanics 394F, and Engineering Mechanics 386L or the equivalent.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 394V Wave Propagation I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Solutions of linear wave equations; waves in elastic media, including plates and cylinders; transient waves, transform methods, asymptotic approximation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Engineering Mechanics 388 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397, 697, 997 Topics in Advanced Engineering Mechanics 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Advanced Topics in Viscoelasticity.
Topic 2: Individual Research.
Topic 3: Advanced Computational Flows and Transport.
Topic 4: Grid Generation and Adaptive Grids.
Topic 5: Adaptive Boundary/Finite Element Methods.
Topic 6: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Sciences. Discuss machine learning algorithms, including linear models, kernel machines, tree-based algorithms, density estimation, clustering, dimensionality reduction and deep neural networks; foundations of machine learning, including optimization theory, probability theory, advanced linear algebra, statistics; evaluation of machine learning methods; and convolutational neural networks. Engineering Mechanics 397 (Topic: Intro to Machine Learning) and 397 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
E M 397.1, 697.1, 997.1 Advanced Topics in Viscoelasticity 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397.2, 697.2, 997.2 Individual Research 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397.3, 697.3, 997.3 Advanced Computational Flows and Transport 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397.4, 697.4, 997.4 Grid Generation and Adaptive Grids 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397.5, 697.5, 997.5 Adaptive Boundary/Finite Element Methods 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397.6, 697.6, 997.6 Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Sciences 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss machine learning algorithms, including linear models, kernel machines, tree-based algorithms, density estimation, clustering, dimensionality reduction and deep neural networks; foundations of machine learning, including optimization theory, probability theory, advanced linear algebra, statistics; evaluation of machine learning methods; and convolutational neural networks. Engineering Mechanics 397 (Topic: Intro to Machine Learning) and 397 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397R, 697R, 997R Individual Research 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Must be arranged by mutual agreement between student and faculty member. Individual research.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397S Mechanics Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Current topics in mechanics. All engineering mechanics graduate students are required to register for either Engineering Mechanics 397S or 397T each semester. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 397T Computational Mechanics Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Current topics in computational mechanics. All engineering mechanics graduate students are required to register for either Engineering Mechanics 397S or 397T each semester. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in engineering mechanics and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser; for 698B, Engineering Mechanics 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
E M 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in engineering mechanics and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
E M 398T Supervised Teaching in Engineering Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Teaching methods and objectives, criteria for evaluating teaching effectiveness, procedures and regulations, laboratory teaching. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a teaching assistant.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
E M 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral