{"id":594,"date":"2021-12-01T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/?post_type=academics&#038;p=594"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:58:18","slug":"graduate-courses","status":"publish","type":"academics","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/academics\/graduate\/graduate-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:20vw;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1950\" height=\"720\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3440\" alt=\"Two engineering stdents working on robotics\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies.png 1950w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-1536x567.png 1536w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-1920x709.png 1920w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-1200x443.png 1200w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies-600x222.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container padding-v-lg\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left hero has-white-color has-text-color\">Graduate Courses<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"core-1\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons full-width is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#core\" style=\"background-color:#cc3333\">Core Courses<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#more-courses\" style=\"background-color:#cc3333\">Compulsory and Complimentary Courses<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#directed\" style=\"background-color:#cc3333\">Directed Reading Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"core\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Core Mechanical Engineering Graduate Courses (for credit)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">To view GS\/MECH courses offered for Fall 2024 and Winter 2025, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/academics\/graduate\/coursework-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coursework Requirements<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-block\">\n    <div class=\"accordion js-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6101 3.0  Microfluidics and Nanofluidics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6101, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Low Reynolds number fluid dynamics; liquid and gas flows; surface tension, wetting and capillarity; thermal effects; lubrication theory; experimental methods; biofunctionalization; fabrication techniques; fluids in nanochannels.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6102 3.0 Interfacial Phenomena<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6102, 3 Credits<\/strong><br><br>Topics include: Interfacial thermodynamic principles; equilibrium conditions; contact angles; capillarity and wetting; surface forces and tension; drop-surface interactions; introduction to fluid mechanics involving interfaces; interfacial measurement techniques; special topics on applications.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>MECH 2201, 3202, or consent of the Instructor        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6103 3.0 Convective Heat Transfer<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6103, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Governing conservation equations; examples of formulation and solution; laminar boundary layer; integral method; turbulent heat transfer.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>MECH2201, MECH2202, MECH3202; and MECH3203 (or equivalent).        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6104 3.0 Advanced Heat Transfer<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6104, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course covers Advanced Heat Transfer and its applications. Topics covered include: generalized governing equations, heat conduction, forced and natural convection, condensation, evaporation, boiling, radiation, advanced computational heat transfer and advanced characterization of thermal properties.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> Consent of the Instructor.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6105 3.0 Advanced Fluid Dynamics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6105, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This is a first graduate level course in fluid dynamics with an introduction to turbulent flow and modeling. This course builds from an assumed undergraduate knowledge of fluid mechanics. The course begins with review of tensor notation, flow kinematics and derivation of the equations of fluid motion. Following this, the course covers exact solutions to Navier-Stokes equations, circulation and vorticity, potential flow, boundary layers, turbulence, modeling and closure methods.<br><br><strong>Prerequisite:<\/strong> undergraduate level fluid mechanics.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6106 3.0 Radiative Transfer<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6106, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course is a complete treatment of Radiation Heat Transfer and its applications, covering: fundamentals of thermal radiation; calculation methods for surface-to-surface and volumetric radiative exchange; advanced modelling techniques including Monte Carlo; and applications including: solar energy, space, atmospheric transport, sustainability, advanced energy technologies, and high temperature processes. <br><br><strong>Prerequisite: <\/strong>permission of the instructor.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6107 3.0 Computational Tools for Microscale Research<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6107, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course covers theoretical foundations for microscale computations and introduces several tools with emphasis on molecular dynamics. Applications in engineering will also be emphasized so that students can perform sample simulations according to their research interests. The course involves 3hrs lecture per week and registration requires the instructor consent.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6201 3.0 Advanced Continuum Mechanics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6201, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Indicial notation and tensor calculus; kinematics of a continuum: material and spatial descriptions, infinitesimal strain and rotation tensors, Lagrangian and Eulerian strain tensors, etc.; conservation laws; isotropic and anisotropic linearly elastic solids under small normal, torsional and bending deformations; Newtonian viscous fluids: properties interpretation, Navier-Stokes equation, analysis of special cases, etc.<br><br><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong> LE\/MECH 2301, LE\/MECH 2302 3.00, LE\/MECH 2503 3.00, LE\/MECH 3202 3.00, LE\/MECH 3501 3.00, LE\/ MECH 3502 3.00.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6202 3.0 Advanced Dynamics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6202, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Dynamic system; rigid body kinematics; rigid body kinetics; D\u2019Alembert principle; Lagrange\u2019s Equation; variational principle, Hamilton\u2019s principle; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; stability of dynamic systems; applications to a variety of engineering problems.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> MECH 2302, 3501 and MATH 2270 (or equivalent)        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6203 3.0 Mechanics of Composite Materials<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6203, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include manufacturing methods for composite materials, micro-mechanics of composite lamina, macro-mechanics of composite lamina, analysis of composite laminates (Classical Laminate Plate Theory), failure analysis of composite laminates, design of laminated structures.<br>Prerequisite: Consent of the Instructor        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6204 3.0 Fracture and Failure of Materials<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6204, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics in materials by helping students to obtain a thorough understanding on how cracks initiate and affect engineering materials. This includes when an existing crack in a material may start to grow till catastrophic failure ensues. Considerations in design of engineering materials against failure will be discussed.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisite:<\/strong> Consent of the instructor        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6301 3.0  The Finite Element Method in Engineering Analysis<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6301, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: variational formulations and approximation for continuous systems; stiffness matrix formulations of truss and beam elements; 2D &amp; 3D isoparametric finite elements; shell elements; FEA static analysis; steady state thermal analysis (conduction only); mass matrix formulations; vibration eigen value problems; dynamic (time domain) problems; linear solvers; verification and validation in finite element procedures.<br>Prerequisites: LE\/MECH 3502 3.00, SC\/MATH 2270 3.00, LE\/EECS 1021 3.00 and\/or by Instructor\u2019s permission.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <script>\n    require([\n        'kindling',\n        'kindling\/plugins\/accordion'\n    ], function (K) {\n        new K.Accordion($('.js-accordion'), {allowAllClosed: true, multiExpand: true});\n    });\n    <\/script>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-block\">\n    <div class=\"accordion js-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6302 3.0 Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization for Mechanical Engineers<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6302, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course covers Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Methods and its applications in the field of engineering. To create advanced and complex engineering systems that are competitive (both in performance and life-cycle value), today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s engineers need a rigorous, quantitative multidisciplinary design methodology that can integrate with the intuitive non-quantitative and creative side of the design process. Topics covered include: unconstrained and constrained gradient-based optimization; Gradient-free optimization, various optimization techniques such as sequential quadratic programming, simulated annealing or genetic algorithms and machine learning algorithms such as Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, or Reinforcement Learning.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> Consent of the Instructor.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6401 3.0 Design and Fabrication of Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6401, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: advantages and problems of heterogeneous materials; structure, processing, and properties of composites and nanocomposites; material selections for filler, matrix, and additives; testing and properties of composites and nanocomposites; processing technologies of composites and nanocomposites; applications of composites and nanocomposites in traditional (e.g., automotive and aerospace) and emerging areas (e.g., biomedical and energy).<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>MECH2301 and 3502 (or equivalent)        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6402 3.0 Smart and Multifunctional Materials<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6402, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Shape memory materials; electrically activated materials; magnetically activated materials; optically activated materials; chemically activated materials; structure, processing and properties of smart materials; research, development, and applications of smart materials.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>Consent of the Instructor        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6403 3.0 Advanced Robotics and Automation<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6403, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Covers advanced kinematics topics and their application to complex robotic systems such as redundant manipulators and parallel mechanisms. Topics include, but are not limited to: point, direction, line, and screw motion descriptions; homogeneous transformations; line and screw coordinates; inverse displacement solutions by analytic, hybrid, and numerical methods; appropriate frames of reference; screw systems and transforms; singularity analysis; and parallel manipulator kinematics.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6404 3.0 Advanced Mechatronics: MEMS and Micro-Systems<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6404, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course is designed to be an introduction to advanced mechatronics and MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) and their applications. Topics covered include: introduction to MEMS and micro-systems; working principles of MEMS; design and fabrication of MEMS and micro-systems; microfabrication and micromachining; materials for MEMS; and applications of MEMS.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6405 3.0 Introduction to Nanomaterials and Metamaterials<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6405, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course is designed to be an introduction to nanomaterials and metamaterials and their applications. Topics covered include the crystal structure of matter; the reciprocal lattice; phononic and photonic crystals; acoustic and optical metamaterials; semiconductor-based nanostructures; characterization and fabrication techniques for nanomaterials and metamaterials; and applications of nanomaterials and metamaterials.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6406 3.0 Fundamentals of Polymers and Soft Matter<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6406, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course covers the fundamentals of polymers and other soft matter, which are increasingly under consideration for emerging engineering applications such as light-weighting, soft robotics, biomedical devices, smart materials, and flexible electronics. It presents the various classifications (polymers, gels, foams, biological media etc) of soft matter, and their fundamentals, their common synthesis routes, their associated structure-processing-property relationships, and their engineering applications. Pre-\/Co-requisites: None.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6501 3.0 Advanced Engineering Mathematics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6501, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This core course provides mathematical techniques in the more advanced areas of mathematics that are of most relevance to engineering disciplines. Equations dealt with in the course include the Laplace equation, heat equation, wave equation, and Navier\u2013Stokes equations. Knowledge of ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and multivariable calculus is assumed.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>MATH 2270 (or equivalent)        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6504 3.0 Advanced Bioengineering Concepts in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6504, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Introduction to contemporary and advanced research themes in bioengineering including: biological concepts for engineers; advanced researched in cell and tissue engineering; research in regenerative medicine and stem cells, bionanotechnology, biomaterials, drug screening, bioreactors, biotechnology, and bioinformatics, genetic engineering. <br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>Consent of the Instructor.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6505 3.0 Advanced Optical Measurement Techniques<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6505, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include image processing and analysis with MATLAB, Python and OpenCV; theory and operation of cameras; particle image velocimetry, digital image correlation, tomographic imaging techniques.<br><br><strong>Prerequisite: <\/strong>Consent of the Instructor        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6507 3.0 Sustainable Energy Technologies<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6507, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course is designed to teach students the operation principles, efficiencies, limitations, and environmental effects of a broad portfolio of sustainable energy technologies that are available to meet global energy demands. Topics covered include an overview of global energy demand and production, the environmental factors in energy generation systems, nuclear power, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar energy conversion, oceanic and wind energy conversion, energy storage and transport, and the technical, social, and economic factors involved with creating energy systems and policies.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6508 3.0 Design and Analysis of Experiments<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6508, 3 Credits<br><\/strong><br>This course provides an introduction to the design of experiments (DOE) statistical analysis method. Skills acquired by students are: an understanding Descriptive statistics; Sampling distribution; Testing hypotheses; Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Model adequacy checking; Experiments with blocking factors; Factorial experiments; Two-level and three-level factorial designs.<br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>Background in undergraduate statistics, linear algebra, matrix calculations, and multivariate calculus.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <script>\n    require([\n        'kindling',\n        'kindling\/plugins\/accordion'\n    ], function (K) {\n        new K.Accordion($('.js-accordion'), {allowAllClosed: true, multiExpand: true});\n    });\n    <\/script>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"more-courses\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compulsory Graduate Courses (not for credit)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-block\">\n    <div class=\"accordion js-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">ENG 6000 0.0 Engineering and Academic Ethics<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>ENG 6000, 0 Credits<br><\/strong><br>Topics include: Teaching Skills, Ethical responsibilities for engineering profession; academic and research integrity; technology impact on society; knowledge mobilization; equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI); and public health and safety. <br><br><strong>Pre-requisites: <\/strong>None        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-accordion-item-block accordion-item js-accordion-item accordion-item--small\">        <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-title\">MECH 6000 0.0 Graduate Seminar<\/button>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-body js-accordion-body\">\n            <strong>MECH 6000, 0 Credits<br><\/strong><br>The Graduate Seminar course is a full-year long research writing and presentation event that is conducted annually at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The main purposes of this course is to develop and improve graduate students writing and presentation skills and techniques for their future career paths and to widen the scope of their knowledge by exposing them to research topics in other areas of Mechanical Engineering to establish a sense of community. 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