The Department of Mechanical Engineering prepares students for successful careers in fields such as dynamics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. After building a solid foundation ...

Finite Element Methods for solving problems with material and geometric nonlinearities; transient dynamics analysis with explicit and implicit time integration, partitioned methods, and stability; ...

All engineers need a working knowledge of electronics. In this course you will learn to design circuits and instrumentation. The confidence to design circuits comes from successfully designing ...

Analysis of vibrations in single- and multidegree-of-freedom systems. Free and forced vibrations with various types of damping. Response to transite-state and transient excitations. Complex machines ...

Theory of elasticity: elastic stability, principal of minimum potential energy, Raylegh-Ritz methods. Introduction to finite element methods of stress analysis: computer implementation and use of ...

Friction. Kinetics of rigid bodies in planar motion. Equilibrium of rigid bodies. Mass centers and moments of inertia of rigid bodies, dynamics of rigid bodies in planar motion. Kinetics of particles.

Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan Road, Room B224, Evanston, IL 60208 ...

Introduction to microelectromechanical devices with an emphasis on their manufacturing and mechanical behavior. Material properties, microfabrication technology, mechanical behavior of of ...

Former VP and Co-Owner, Milex Products Inc. Bob Shaw is currently a volunteer consultant at Northwestern University and serves on the ME Advisory Board, the McCormick Advisory Committee, and is an ...

Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan Road, Room B224, Evanston, IL 60208 ...

This class covers the foundations of rigid multi-body mechanics. Topics include geometry of rigid bodies, rotating bodies, Lagrangian mechanics and variational principles, conservation of energy and ...