Courses
The VRCIM Lab facilities are also used by the following courses offered by Washington State University under the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
ME 316 Systems Design 3cr Prereq CE 215; ME 216; ME 313; MSE 201 or major in engineering. CE 211 Engineering design process for systems and components; design criteria, creativity, engineering economics, CAD, standards, product safety; design projects.
ME 473 Computer-aided Design 3cr (2-3) Prereq ME 316. Interactive computer programming and graphics in the design of engineering systems.
ME 474 Advanced Manufacturing Processes 3cr Prereq ME 310. Mechanical and metallurgical fundamentals of metal machining and materials processing by deformation; manufacturing systems concepts in production.
ME 475 Manufacturing Automation 3cr (2-3) Prereq Cpt S 203 or 251; EE 304; ME 310. Computer control of manufacturing processes; numerically controlled machine tools, robotics, control algorithms, component and system design.
ME 574 Foundations of CAD 3cr Topics fundamental to the creation of CAD, engineering visualization, and virtual reality based engineering software. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (ME 534)
ME 575 Geometric Modeling 3cr Study of the mathematics behind the creation of complex shapes for CAD using curves, surfaces, and solids.
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Student ProjectsTake a look at some of the projects created by Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students enrolled in these courses. |
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Engineer's Office of the FutureThe Office of the Future is a concept that was proposed by Professors S. Jayaram, U. Jayaram, and B. R. Ramaprian of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The overall goals are to educate engineers in software and information technology tools and techniques and prepare the next generation of graduates for the changing engineering culture that involves globalized corporations with distributed product teams. |
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