You are required to take a specific number of elective credits but we give you the flexibility to choose electives that will help you gain the skills and experience required to obtain your future goals. Below you will find some popular concentration areas in Mechanical Engineering. You may choose to specialize in one specific area or combine multiple courses and experiences to create something unique! Outside of class you can further your education in these areas by participating in research, studying abroad, joining a club or organization, or attending presentations by faculty and industry.

Concentration Areas & Courses or Experiences


  •      ENME406 - Rollercoaster Design
  •      ENME410 - Design Optimization
  •      ENME416 - Additive Manufacturing
  •      ENME421 - Design Ideation
  •      ENME465 - Probability Based Design
  •      ENME489G - Manufacturing Processes and Design
  •      Study Abroad : Denmark
  •      Student Group: Thrill Design Club
  • ENME423 - Modern Climate Control Engineering
  • ENME424 - Urban Microclimate and Energy
  • Nuclear Courses (ENME430 Fundamentals, ENME431 Systems and Safety, ENME489T Nuclear Reactor Design, ENME432 Reactor Lab)
  • ENME436 - Renewable Energy
  • ENME489M - Ultra Energy Efficient Thermal System Design
  • ENME489N - Energy Audit of Buildings
  • ENME489W - Pollution and Waste Technology
  • ENME489X - Energy Conversion Systems for Sustainability
  • Minors: Nuclear Engineering, Sustainability
  • Student Groups: Solar Decathlon, Engineers Without Borders
  • Study Abroad: University of New South Wales (Australia), Energy Tomorrow (Australia), Kassel winter term program for Environment and Industry (Germany)
  • ENME444 - Assistive Robotics
  • ENME461 - Control Systems Lab
  • ENME476 - MEMS
  • ENME481 - Lab on a Chip Microsystems
  • ENME489B - Mechatronics and the Internet of Things
  • ENME489L - Bio-Inspired Robots
  • ENME489O - Micro/Nano Robots
  • Student Group: Robotics@Maryland
  • ENME408 - Automotive Design
  • ENME454 - Vehicle Dynamics
  • ENME489P - Internal Combustion Engines
  • Student Group: Terps Racing
  • Study Abroad: Germany, Spain, (summer) Japan
  • ENME489D - Flight Dynamics and Simulation
  • ENME489F - Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight
  • ENME489Z  - Structural Mechanics - Aerospace Applications
  • Special Opportunity: Southern Maryland Program

Electives By Division


  • ENME461 - Control Systems Lab
  • ENME476 - MEMS
  • ENME481 - Lab on a Chip Microsystems
  • ENME489B - Mechatronics and the Internet of Things
  • ENME489I - Computational Dynamics
  • ENME489O - Micro/Nano Robots
  • ENME 423 - Modern Climate Control and Building Energy Design/Analysis
  • ENME424 - Urban Microclimate and Energy
  • Nuclear Courses (ENME430 Fundamentals, ENME431 Systems and Safety, ENME489T Nuclear Reactor Design, ENME432 Reactor Lab)
  • ENME436 - Renewable Energy
  • ENME483/484 - Physics/Dynamics of Turbulent Flow
  • ENME489I - Computational Fluid Mechanics
  • ENME489P - Internal Combustion Engines
  • ENME489W - Pollution and Waste Technology
  • ENME408 - Automotive Design (Formula SAE team class)
  • ENME410 - Design Optimization
  • ENME416 - Additive Manufacturing
  • ENME421 - Design Ideation
  • ENME426 - Production Management
  • ENME440 - Applied Machine Learning for Engineering and Design
  • ENME442 - Information Security
  • ENME444 - Assistive Robotics
  • ENME445 - Design for Reliability
  • ENME467 - Engineering for Social Change
  • ENME470 - Finite Element Analysis
  • ENME489G - Manufacturing Processes and Design
  • ENME489E - Design for Sustainability
  • ENME489L - Bio-Inspired Robots
  • ENME489M - Ultra Energy Efficient Thermal System Design
  • ENME489Q - Managing for Innovation and Quality
  • ENRE447 - Fundamentals of Reliability Engineering
  • ENME427 - CSI - Mechanical: Finding Reasons for Compromised Structural Integrity
  • ENME464 - Cost Analysis for Engineers
  • ENME473 - Mechanical Design of Electronic Systems

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