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ME-3614: Mechanical Design I

Description: Design of mechanical components subject to static and fatigue loads. Design using screws, fasteners, springs and bearings. Computer-aided design using transfer matrix and finite element methods.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-2214 or MATH-2214H) and ESM-2204 and (MATH-2114H or MATH-2114)

Required By: BMES-5164, MSE-4384

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.12 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 20.92%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.23%

Ling Li201927.0%41.8%22.4%4.2%1.1%3.6%2.932
Richard L Clark201920.3%59.4%17.2%0.0%3.1%0.0%2.951
Pinar Acar201943.3%46.3%9.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.281
Shivakumar Ranganathan201930.0%45.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.041
Alan T Asbeck202068.2%31.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Brian Y Lattimer201940.4%34.0%21.4%4.2%0.0%0.0%3.111

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Term050% W