Minors in Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Catalog Description

The following minors are available to non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students:

• Minor in Engineering Science
• Minor in Energy Systems
• Minor in Mechanical Design
• Minor in Robotics and Mechatronics

Fully enrolled non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students, who have at least a junior status with a cumulative FIU Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better, may apply to the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to request a minor in Engineering Science. To earn a minor in Engineering Science students must complete the

16 credit hours work listed below with a minimum grade of C in each course:

 EGN 3311 Statics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3321 Dynamics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3365 Materials in Engineering (3)

EMA 3702 Mechanics and Materials Science (3) (Note 1) and

EMA 3702L Mechanics and Materials Science Lab (1) (Note 1)

or

EML 3126 Transport Phenomena (3) (Note 1) and

EML 3126L Transport Phenomena Lab (1) (Note 1)

EGN 3343 Thermodynamics I (3) (Note 1)

Note 1:  Students who have taken equivalent course/courses will be exempted from taking these courses. However, they will need to select courses from the following list to satisfy the minimum requirement of 15 credit hours for the minor:

EML 3500 Mechanical Design I (3)

EML 4220 Mechanical Vibrations (3)

EML 3101 Thermodynamics II (3)

EML 4140 Heat Transfer (3)

Fully enrolled non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students, who have at least a junior status with a cumulative FIU Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better, may apply to the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to request a minor in Energy Systems. To earn a minor in Energy Systems students must complete the 16 credit hours work listed below with a minimum grade of C in each course:

EGN 3311 Statics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3321 Dynamics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3343 Thermodynamics I (3) (Note 1)

EML 3126 Transport Phenomena (3) (Note 1) and

EML 3126L Transport Phenomena Lab (1) (Note 1)

EML 4140 Heat Transfer (3)

Note 1:  Students who have taken equivalent course/courses will be exempted from taking these courses. However, they need to select the courses from the following list to satisfy the minimum requirement of 15 credit hours for the minor:

EML 3101 Thermodynamics II (3)

EML 4706 Design of Thermal and Fluid Systems (3)

EML 4601 Principles of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning (3) and EML 4601L Refrigeration and A/C Lab (1)

EML 4xxx Introduction to Computational Thermo-Fluids (3)

Fully enrolled non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students, who have at least a junior status with a cumulative FIU Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better, may apply to the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to request a minor in Mechanical Design. To earn a minor in Mechanical Design students must complete the 16 credit hours work listed below with a minimum grade of C in each course:

EGN 3311 Statics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3365 Materials in Engineering (3) (Note 1)

EMA 3702 Mechanics and Materials Science (3) and

EMA 3702L Mechanics and Materials Sciences Lab (1)

EML 3500 Mechanical Design I (3)

EML 4501 Mechanical Design II (3)

Note 1:  Students who have taken equivalent course/courses will be exempted from taking these courses. However, they need to select the courses from the following list to satisfy the minimum requirement of 15 credit hours for the minor: 

EML 2030 Software for Mechanical Design (3)

EGM 4350 Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Design (3)

EML 4804 Introduction to Mechatronics (3)

EML 4806 Modeling and Control of Robots (3)

Fully enrolled non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students, who have at least a junior status with a cumulative FIU Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better, may apply to the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to request a minor in Robotics and Mechatronics. To earn a minor in Robotics and Mechatronics students must complete the 16 credit hours work listed below with a minimum grade of C in each course:

EGN 3311 Statics (3) (Note 1)

EGN 3321 Dynamics (3) (Note 1)

EML 3301L Instrumentation and Measurement Lab (1)

EMA 3702 Mechanics and Materials Science (3) (Note 1)

EML 4804 Introduction to Mechatronics (3)

EML 4806 Modeling and Control of Robots (3)

Note 1:  Students who have taken equivalent course/courses will be exempted from taking these courses. However, they need to select the courses from the following list to satisfy the minimum requirement of 15 credit hours for the minor:

EML 2030 Software for Mechanical Design (3)

EML 4312 Automatic Control Theory (3)

EML 4503 Production Machine Design and Development (3)

EML 4535 Mechanical Computer Aided Design (3)