Cullen College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Chair:
Matthew Franchek

Associate Chair:
David C. Zimmerman

Professors:
Richard B. Bannerot, Charles Dalton, Roger Eichhorn (Emeritus), Matthew Franchek, Roland Glowinski, Karolos M. Grigoriadis, A. K. M. Fazle Hussain, Isaak A. Kunin (Emeritus), John H. Lienhard (Emeritus), Ralph W. Metcalfe, Y. H. Michael Pao (Adjunct), Alan Powell (Emeritus), Alan Rhodes (Adjunct), Kamel Salama, SuSu Wang, Lewis T. Wheeler, Kenneth W. White, Larry C. Witte, David C. Zimmerman

Associate Professors:
Yi-Chao Chen, Timothy P. Harrigan (Adjunct), D. Keith Hollingsworth, Stanley J. Kleis, J. R. J. Rao, Gangbing Song

Assistant Professors:
Bonnie J. Dunbar (Adjunct), Kirill Larin, Pradeep Sharma, Li Sun, Veronique V. Tran

Lecturer:
Ross L. Kastor

Web: www.me.uh.edu

Mechanical Engineering Program

Mechanical engineering majors must earn a grade of C- or better in all engineering, mathematics, and science courses, including transfer courses. No grade lower than C- will be accepted on other courses transferred to the University of Houston.

Students must earn a 2.25 GPA in all courses and in MECE courses in order to enroll in 3000-level and above MECE courses. A minimum GPA of 2.000, both in MECE and overall, is required for graduation. The major GPA is calculated using all MECE courses except MECE 3400, which cannot be applied to the MECE degree. Prerequisites and corequisites must be satisfied for a course before a student can enroll in that course.

A drafting requirement (for no credit toward graduation) may be satisfied by completing CNST 1330 or MECT 3341. (This requirement may be met using other courses, high school drafting completed in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade, or industrial experience by filing a petition in the department.)

MECE - First Year ⁴

Fall Semester	Hours
CHEM 1117. Fundamentals of Chemistry for Engineers Laboratory	1
CHEM 1332. Fundamentals of Chemistry for Engineers	3
ENGL 1303. Freshman Composition I or ENGL 1309. English Composition for Nonnative Speakers I	3
MATH 1431. Calculus I 2	4
POLS 1336. U.S. and Texas Constitutions and Politics 1	3
Total	14

Spring Semester	Hours
ENGL 1304. Freshman Composition II or ENGL 1310. English Composition for Nonnative Speakers II, or ITEC 3372. Communicating Science, Engineering, and Technology Issues and Trends within the Global Marketplace	3
MECE 1100. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering	1
MECE 1331. Computing for Engineers	3
MATH 1432. Calculus II	4
PHYS 1321. University Physics I	3
Total	14

MECE - Second Year

Fall Semester	Hours
MECE 2336. Mechanics I	3
MECE 2361. Mechanical Design I: Analysis and Synthesis	3
MATH 2433. Calculus III	4
PHYS 1322. University Physics II	3
Humanities Core Course	3
Total	16

Spring Semester	Hours
HIST 1377 or 1378. The United States to 1877 1	3
MATH 3321. Engineering Math	3
MECE 2334. Thermodynamics I	3
MECE 3336. Mechanics II	3
POLS 1337. U.S. Government: Congress, President, and Courts 1	3
Total	15

MECE - Third Year

Fall Semester	Hours
ECE 3336. Introductions to Circuits and      Electronics	3
MATH 3363. Introduction to Partial Differential Equations	3
MECE 3334. Thermodynamics II	3
MECE 3345. Materials Science	3
MECE 3369. Solid Mechanics	3
Visual/Performing Arts Core Course	3
Total	18

Spring Semester	Hours
HIST 1378 or 1379. The United States Since 1877 1	3
MECE 3245. Materials Science Laboratory	2
MECE 3338. Mechanical Design II	3
MECE 3360. Experimental Methods	3
MECE 3363. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics	3
MECE 3370. Computational Methods for Mechanical Engineers	3
Total	17

MECE - Fourth Year

Fall Semester	Hours
MECE 4332. Mechanical Design III	3
MECE 4364. Heat Transfer	3
MECE 4372. Mechanics-Controls-Vibrations Laboratory	3
MECE 53xx. Mechanical Engineering Elective 12	3
MECE 53xx. Mechanical Engineering Elective 12	3
Social Sciences Writing Intensive Core Course	3
Total	18

Spring Semester	Hours
MECE 4334. Mechanical Design IV	3
MECE 4371. Thermal-Fluids Laboratory	3
MECE 53xx. Mechanical Engineering Elective 12	3
MECE 53xx. Mechanical Engineering Elective 12	3
MECE 53xx. Mechanical Engineering Elective 12	3
Social Science Core Course	3
Total	18
Degree Total:	130

Mechanical Engineering Minor

Students who choose to minor in mechanical engineering must complete the general requirements for a minor with at least 18 hours in Mechanical Engineering including MECE 2334, 3363, and 3400 or equivalent.

Courses in the minor program can be selected from any of the Mechanical Engineering courses listed in the Undergraduate Studies Catalog, including the senior level electives. No special problems or thesis courses are permitted.

Students should consult the Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements section of this catalog for general information on the requirements for minors and contact the undergraduate advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Students must earn a 2.00 minimum cumulative grade point average on all courses attempted in the minor discipline at the University of Houston. No course may count toward the minor in which a grade of less than C- is earned.

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering majors must earn a grade of C– or better in all engineering, mathematics, and science courses, including transfer courses.

Once a student has attempted 13 hours from the following majors courses: BIOE 1440, ECE 1331, CHEM 3331/3221, BIOE 2150, a minimum major GPA of at least 2.25 must have been attained. Subsequently, students must maintain a GPA of 2.25 at all times in all BIOE courses and the following major courses: CHEE 33xx (biomaterials elective), 3466, 3369, 4360; CHEM 3331/3221; ECE 1331, 2331, 2300/2100, 3337, 3455.

Students not meeting this major GPA criterion will be placed on engineering major probation or suspension. A student on engineering probation may continue to take engineering courses; but, if the GPA falls below 2.25 in the student’s major courses in a succeeding semester when the student is on engineering probation, the student will be placed on engineering suspension. Once the student achieves a cumulative GPA in major of 2.25 or higher, he/she is removed from engineering probation.

Students may petition for readmission to the Cullen College of Engineering through the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. Readmission is not guaranteed. If readmitted, the student will be on engineering major probation during the semester of readmission. Students must transfer out of engineering after two engineering major suspensions.

BIOE - First Year

Fall Semester	Hours
BIOE 1440. Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering	4
CHEM 1311 and CHEM 1111. Fundamentals of Chemistry and Lab	4
ENGL 1303. Freshman Composition I or ENGL 1309. English Composition for Nonnative Speakers I	3
MATH 1431. Calculus I	4
Total	15

BIOE - Second Year

Fall Semester	Hours
CHEM 3331 and 3221. Organic Chemistry I and Lab	5
ECE 2331. Numerical Methods for ECE	3
HIST 1377. The United States to 1877	3
MATH 2433. Calculus III	4
PHYS 1322. Physics II	3
Total	18

BIOE - Third Year

Fall Semester	Hours
BIOE 3440. Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics	4
Biomaterials Elective	3
ECE 3337. Engineering Analysis I	3
MECE 3400. Introduction to Mechanics	4
POLS 1336. U.S. and Texas Constitutions and Politics	3
Total	17

BIOE - Fourth Year

Fall Semester	Hours
BIOE Technical Elective 13	3
BIOE 4355. Bioanalytics I	3
CHEE 4360. Bioprocess Engineering	3
Social Science	3
Visual/Performing Arts Core Course	3
Total	15

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