ME 4508 — Mechanical Engineering Computation and Design

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: ThBostonTraditional

Highlights the role of finite element analysis in product development. Introduces the theory of finite elements in elastic/plastic, static, and transient problems. Emphasis is on solid modeling in design using available commercial finite element software. Also covers other numerical techniques such as finite difference schemes in the solution of systems of partial differential equations, and numerical solution to systems of linear and nonlinear equations.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - ME 2355 (min D-)
  - one of:
    - MATH 2341 (min D-)
    - MATH 315M
- all of:
  - BIOE 2350 (min D-)
  - one of:
    - GE 2361 (min D-)
    - MATH 2341 (min D-)
    - MATH 315M

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	3	78	125	62%	15.7
Spring 2024	3	142	144	99%	0.7
Fall 2024	3	84	126	67%	14.0
Spring 2025	3	132	163	81%	10.3
Fall 2025	2	74	90	82%	8.0
Spring 2026	2	119	148	80%	14.5

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 49% · T 10% · W 49% · Th 77% · F 15%

Common patterns: MWR (49% of sections), R (28% of sections), TF (10% of sections), S (8% of sections), F (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Yustianto Tjiptowidjojo (100% of students) · reviews

Spring

Yustianto Tjiptowidjojo (88% of students) · reviews
Yaning Li (12% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (ME course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ME courses · Plan it at numap.app