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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 (MATH-2114 or MATH-2114H) and ESM-2204

Required By: BMES-5164, MSE-4384

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 98

Average GPA: 2.78 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 16.20%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.02%

Alan T Asbeck202068.2%31.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Shivakumar Ranganathan201930.0%41.8%23.6%1.2%0.0%3.5%3.053
Donatus C Ohanehi200719.0%53.1%19.4%6.3%2.1%0.0%2.797
Vahid Bateni201427.5%37.5%17.5%0.0%0.0%17.5%3.131
John M Kennedy201714.8%34.0%28.9%11.1%3.6%7.7%2.4823
Linda W Vick201825.7%40.7%22.7%6.4%2.9%1.5%2.7810
Curtis H Stern201213.2%35.5%37.9%9.0%3.0%1.3%2.459
Tomonari Furukawa201130.9%44.3%20.2%1.4%1.3%2.0%3.043
Eric A Williams201317.4%42.0%33.1%5.2%2.4%0.0%2.712
Matthew J Rice201836.1%49.0%12.2%2.1%0.0%0.7%3.172
Ling Li201927.5%48.2%18.4%2.6%0.4%2.9%3.045
Pinar Acar201968.5%26.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%3.573
Brian Y Lattimer201929.2%47.3%18.0%2.9%0.7%1.8%3.014
Mehdi Ahmadian201550.5%40.8%8.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%3.332
Dennis W Hong201022.4%34.5%28.0%10.3%3.0%1.7%2.596
Javid Bayandor201527.5%47.4%18.7%3.3%0.0%3.1%3.013
Robert L West200815.5%39.4%33.7%8.7%2.7%0.0%2.553
Wei Tong200723.8%47.0%23.8%5.3%0.0%0.0%2.902
Lynn V Ehrke201230.2%47.9%18.1%2.9%1.1%0.0%2.992
Reza Mirzaeifar201735.6%41.3%16.8%2.8%0.0%3.6%3.104
Xinyu Zhang200421.0%45.2%17.7%11.3%4.8%0.0%2.631
Richard L Clark201920.3%59.4%17.2%0.0%3.1%0.0%2.951
Ping Ren200921.2%43.9%28.8%3.0%3.0%0.0%2.811

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