Mechanical Engineering
Student Advising Information
2010-2011 Academic Year
When in doubt send to Chairfor undergrad and Grad Coordinator (Saeed)for grad.
Grad Evaluation
Advise students to ask for graduation evaluation 4 quarters before planned graduation. Point students to the degree progress evaluation available through their portal.
Catalog Choice
Ask what catalog they plan to graduate on. Virtually all students whohave not already completed their senior project should ask to be evaluated on the 2009-2011 catalog (I can’t think of any reason they would not do this). Students planning on using 2005-2007or earlier should come see the chair if they have questions.
Prerequisites
Emphasize the importance of following the flow chart and the student’s responsibility to have the appropriate prerequisites. Mention the concept of the critical path and help them understand which classes are most important for them to get.
New for 2009-2011 Catalog
ME153 has been replaced with ME251, these are interchangeable in every way. ME 463 is gone, this material is now covered in the senior design project sequences.
The senior project sequences are now:
ME 428, ME429, ME 430 General and Mechatronics (fall-winter-spring, and winter-spring-fall)
ME 459, ME 460 HVAC&R (winter-spring)
2009-2011 Catalog
Concentrations:
General Concentration
ME 428, 429, 430 Sr. Design Project I, II, III 3,2,1
EE 255, 295 Energy Conversion Electromagnetics and Lab 3,1
Technical electives selected from emphasis area 12
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Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Concentration (HVAC&R)
ME 359 Fundamentals of HVAC Systems 4
ME 456 HVAC Air and Water Distribution System Design 4
ME 457 Refrigeration Principles and Design 4
ME 458 Building Heating and Cooling Loads 4
ME 459, 460 HVAC Senior Design Project I, II 3,2
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Mechatronics Concentration
ME 305 Introduction to Mechatronics 4
ME 405 Mechatronics 4
ME 423 Robotics: Fundamentals and Applications4
ME 428, 429, 430 Sr. Design Project I, II, III 3,2,1
1 CPE 336/IME 356/ME 506 4
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1 Elective based on interests of students.
Technical Electives
Approved technical electives list is available from the ME website under Student Resources-Department Resources-Approved Technical Electives. The new policy has been implemented (see next page). A six month co-op is acceptable as a technical elective for 4 units. Information on getting tech elec credit for co-op is available from the advising center website
and the Career Services website
Have students interested in co-op make an appointment to see the chair.
Change of Major
Send them to the Engineering Advising Center
Academic Probation and Disqualification
An undergraduate student is automatically placed on academic probation when the grade point average drops below 2.0 (C). The grade point average applies to the current term (unadjusted for any subsequent grade forgiveness), the Cal Poly cumulative, or the higher education cumulative. The student is advised promptly, by email or other means, of being placed on probation. It is the student’s responsibility to check his/her campus email account regularly.
II. Academic Disqualification
A. An undergraduate student is subject to disqualification when any of the following is true:
(1) The student is on academic probation for two consecutive quarters.
(2) The student has been on academic probation for four non-consecutive quarters.
(3) The student’s Cal Poly cumulative, or higher education cumulative grade point average is below 2.0.
An undergraduate student who is subject to disqualification
may be disqualified at the discretion of his/her college.
B. An undergraduate student will be disqualified when either of the following is true:
(1) The student has been on academic probation three consecutive quarters.
(2) The student has been on academic probation three or more non-consecutive quarters and has a current Cal Poly cumulative or higher education cumulative grade point average that is below 2.0.
Criteria B above, we are being told, is automatic!
To satisfy the required 12 units of technical elective credit for the ME General
Concentration you must take:
At least 8 units of ME electives:
Mechanical Engineering
Student Advising Information
2010-2011 Academic Year
ME 305 Introduction to Mechatronics
ME 359 Fundamentals of HVAC Systems
ME 401 Stress Analysis
ME 402 Orthopedic Biomechanics
ME 404 Applied Finite Element Analysis
ME 405 Mechatronics
ME 410 Exp. Methods in Mechanical Design I
ME 412 Composite Materials Analysis and Design
ME 415 Energy Conversion
ME 416 Ground Vehicle Dynamics
ME 423 Robotics: Fundamentals And Application
ME 424 Design of Piping Systems
ME 431 Mechanical Design Techniques
ME 432 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
ME 434 Enhanced Oil Recovery
ME 435 Drilling Engineering
ME 436 Petroleum Production Engineering
ME 441 Single Track Vehicle Design
ME 443 Turbomachinery
ME 444 Combustion Engine Design
ME 445 Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
ME 446 Advanced and Hybrid Vehicle Design
ME 450 Solar Power Systems
ME 456 HVAC Air and Water Dist. System Design
ME 457 Refrigeration Principles and Design
ME 458 Building Heating and Cooling Loads
ME 488 Wind Energy Engineering
ME 501 Continuum Mechanics and Linear Elasticity
ME 503 Inelastic Stress Analysis
ME 504 Finite Element Analysis I
ME 505 Finite Element Analysis II
ME 506 System Dynamics
ME 507 Mechanical Control System Design
ME 517 Advanced Vibrations
ME 518 Machinery Vibration and Rotordynamics
ME 531 Acoustics and Noise Control
ME 540 Viscous Flow
ME 541 Advanced Thermodynamics
ME 542 Dynamics and Thermodyn. of Comp. Flow
ME 551 Mechanical Systems Analysis
ME 552 Advanced Heat Transfer I
ME 553 Advanced Heat Transfer II
ME 554 Computational Heat Transfer
ME 555 Micro Systems Laboratory
ME 579 Fluid Power Control
Mechanical Engineering
Student Advising Information
2010-2011 Academic Year
Up to 4 units of non ME electives:
Any upper division or graduate level course in the College of Engineering with the exception of GE area F, senior project, thesis, special problems, and coop courses.
Notes:
1)ME 470, ME 471, ME 570 and ME 571 are variable topics courses and may or may not count as ME electives. Please contact instructor for additional information.
2)ME 400 and ME 500 are independent study classes and may be acceptable for technical elective credit. A course substitution form is required.
3)Exceptions to this policy are possible through consultation with the department chair.
4)EE255/295 can be substituted with an additional ME elective for general concentration.