The Design聽Concentration is comprised of five (5)聽courses in the area of design, including the completion of an interdisciplinary project.
Required Courses (6 credits)
Two of the five are the Required courses from the list below:
MECH 498
Interdisc. Design Project 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Completion of an individual project on an interdisciplinary theme with emphasis on a balanced combination on analysis and synthesis.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
MECH 499
Interdisc. Design Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: The individual project initiated in MECH 498 is continued and finalized in this course.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
Complementary Courses (9-10 credits)
Three courses聽from the list below:
ABEN 412
Course not available
ARCH 515
Sustainable Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Architecture: This course will address sustainable design theory and applications in the built environment with students from a variety of fields (architecture, urban planning, engineering, sociology, environmental studies, economics, international studies). Architecture will provide the focus for environmental, socio-cultural and economic issues.
Offered by: Architecture
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEE 453
Process Design
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: The role of the chemical engineer. Steps in the preparation of a process design. Detailed information about most common chemical engineering equipment. Materials of construction. Analysis of process control and application to large systems. Structure of process design systems. Safety, environmental control in plant design. Process design costing and return on investment. Computer-aided process and plant design programs.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Philippe Salama, Norman Peters
MECH 497
Value Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Value Engineering is an in-depth analysis of an industrial product or process with a view to improving its design and/or performance to increase its worth. This is a workshop type of course. Projects will be supplied by industrial firms and students will work in teams with industrial personnel.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (0-8-1)
- Prerequisites: MECH 393 and completion of 45 credits
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MECH 526
Course not available
MECH 528
Product Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: A study of the design issues present in product life cycle demands. Computer-aided systems. Rapid prototyping. Design for manufacturability. Integration of mechanics, electronics and software in products. Effect on design of product cost, maintainability, recycling, marketability.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Permission of the instructor
- **This course will be held on July 14-26, 31, August 1, 2 and there will be an exam due on August 16, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MECH 530
Mech of Composite Materials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Fiber-reinforced composites. Stress, strain, and strength of composite laminates and honeycomb structures. Failure modes and failure criteria. Environmental effects. Manufacturing processes. Design of composite structures. Computer modelling of composites. Computer techniques are utilized throughout the course.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Corequisite: MECH 321 or equivalent/instructor's permission.
MECH 541
Course not available
MECH 543
Design With Composite Mat'ls
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Material systems/selection process. Cost vs. performance. Laminate layup procedures. Theory and application of filament winding of composite cylinders. Regular oven and autoclave oven curing, analysis of resulting material performance. Practical design considerations and tooling. Analysis of environmental considerations. Joining techniques. Analysis of test methods. Theory of repair techniques.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MECH 554
Course not available
MECH 557
Course not available
MECH 565
Fluid Flow &Heat Trans. Equip
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Pipes and piping systems, pumps, and valves. Fans and building air distribution systems. Basic thermal design methods for fins and heat exchangers. Thermal design of shell-and-tube and compact heat exchangers.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MECH 576
Course not available
MECH 577
Course not available
MECH 579
Multidisciplinary Design Optim
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: A comprehensive introduction to important algorithms in sensitivity analysis and multidisciplinary design optimization of large systems. Topics include: unconstrained and constrained optimization, sensitivity analysis, gradient-free optimization, multi-objective optimization, and various multidisciplinary algorithms and approaches for design optimization.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MECH 593
Course not available
Note: Students should see their Academic Advisor and complete the聽Request for Course Authorization form聽to add this concentration.