<p>Most undergraduate texts in the more advanced subject like transport phenomena are written for graduate level courses, but the professors just don’t go into the full depth available since it is an undergraduate class. At least that is how it was at UIUC.</p>
<p>Is it a good idea to take all of my technical electives in 1 semester or is that an overload of information?</p>
<p>Mechanical Design
Vibration of Mechanical Systems
Compressible Flow
Viscous Flow Analysis
Principles of Turbomachinery
Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics</p>
<p>I’m taking these next semester (each worth 3 credits). The last 4 are my engineering electives. The first two are just required for M E major. Am I just setting myself up for reasons to suicide?</p>
<p>That would be absolutely insane. I have no idea how you could possibly pass every class with a load like that while still maintaining sanity and some semblance of a social life.</p>
<p>In addition to areas already mentioned, technologies involving lubrication and mitigation of frictional wear (bearing design etc.) also require an understanding of fluids.</p>
<p>Weldon is right–tribology is another area for TFS. </p>
<p>Lilkiller, that course load is very very intense especially if those classes are at the graduate level. Keep in mind that a 3 courses is considered a FULL load for a graduate student.</p>
<p>These are at the undergraduate level. I’m taking them as my 400 level technical electives. Next year, I’m planning to take some at the graduate level (maybe 2 per semester and the rest will be senior design, and all the other courses I still need to graduate).</p>
<p>Lilkiller,</p>
<p>Are these “dual undergraduate and graduate” classes? Typically the basic graduate classes are open to undergraduates. Anyway, I still feel that is a pretty rigorous schedule but best of luck!</p>
<p>Which ones are you asking if they are “dual undergrad/grad courses”? The ones I have listed is my schedule for next semester and are strictly 400 level undergraduate courses. The grad courses that I want to take next year (numerical solutions to heat transfer and fluid mechanics problems, compressible flow 2 and maybe some others) are grad courses. The policy in my school is that undergrads with a 3.5+ gpa are free to take grad courses with the permission of the instructor. Those with a 3.0-3.49 gpa range must get permission from their advisor as well as permission from the instructor.</p>
<p>P.S. This is the only way to keep my gpa high. I hardly pass my gen eds.</p>
<p>Killer,</p>
<p>Ok just clarifying. Some schools offer classes that are list under undergraduate and graduate course listings under different names but are actually the same class. While the UGs have different grading guidelines the material was still the same. If those are straight undergraduate classes then your schedule is rigorous but do-able. Though, anything involving viscous and compressible flow (turbomachinery) can be pretty difficult.</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>they drink them</p>
<p>Killer,</p>
<p>During my undergrad at UIUC, I took was was listed under ME 411/AE 412. This class, while a 400-level “senior elective” as you call them, also serve as the entry level graduate classes for these topics. For instance, this class, which was Viscous Flow and Heat Transfer, was probably about 75% graduate students at least. There were probably 40 people in the class, 10 of which were undergrads. While it was an undergrad class, it was also a graduate class at the same time. I believe the graduate students needed to do extra work on their end-of-semester projects was the biggest difference. While I did really well in the class, it took a considerable amount of time on top of the fact that it is an incredibly difficult class. If I had taken, for example, my 400-level heat transfer, 400-level compressible flow and 400-level FEA classes during the same semester, things likely would have been a lot different. All of those classes took a lot of time and effort.</p>
<p>I would SERIOUSLY reconsider your schedule.</p>
<p>Boneh3ad mentioned exactly what I’m talking about–there are plenty of upper division listed classes that are dually filled with graduate students. Anyway I think you should wait to take your FEA next semester after your learn the basics of turbulence/viscous flow.</p>
<p>Yeah FEA was a bear when I took it. It was a LOT of work, especially when we had to do some of our own coding of FEA codes. YUCK!</p>