This is a 12-credit hour (4 course) Graduate Certificate in Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering. This graduate certificate program in computer-aided mechanical engineering is designed specifically to train engineers to become professionally certified in the computer-aided mechanical engineering field without formally pursuing a graduate degree. It will provide a set of integrated courses on the fundamentals of finite element analysis and CAD/CAM and enable students completing the certificate program to understand the theoretical foundations of modeling and analysis of various mechanical components and to conduct performance analysis.
The program's emphasis will be on fundamentals of analysis and design, which will be supplemented by learning commercially available computer codes such as ProEngineer, Ansys, StarCD,Patran, andAbaqus.
GPA requirements:
- Successful completion of the certificate requires at least a B average over all courses counting toward the certificate.
- Minimum grade acceptable is C. Courses with a grade of C- or less must be retaken to count toward the certificate.
- All requirements for the certificate must be completed within three years of admission.
There are two specialty areas. You may select one of the two following specialties:
- Computations of Mechanical Systems
- Computations of Fluid and Thermal Systems
Required courses:
There are two required and two elective courses for each specialty area.
- ME 55100: Finite Element Analysis
- ME 54600: CAD/CAM: Theory and Applications
Computations of Mechanical Systems specialty courses (choose 2):
- ME 55000: Advanced Stress Analysis
- ME 55200: Advanced Applications of the Finite Element Method
- ME 56100: Optimum Design: Theory and Practice
- ME 56300: Mechanical Vibrations
- ME 56900: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- ME 55800: Composite Materials
- ME 59700: Advanced Mechanical Engineering ProjectsI
Computations of Fluid and Thermal Systems specialty courses (choose 2):
- ME 50500: Intermediate Heat Transfer
- ME 50900: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
- ME 52500: Combustion
- ME 55200: Advanced Applications of the Finite Element Method
- ME 58100: Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
- ME 59700: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects I
- ME 61400: Computational Fluid Dynamics
For more information regarding course requirements, application process, and certificate completion requirements, please go to this website: https://et.iupui.edu/departments/mee/programs/me/grad/certificates/
