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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Technical Elective Courses

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The following are the Technical courses for the MSME:
GROUP A: Students can select up to three technical courses from the following:
Study Plan Course Credit
Code Course Title Hours Prerequisite(s)

Table 3: Study Plan MEC 551 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & Heat 3 Graduate Status
Transfer (HT)
The following is the study plan for a typical full-time student: MEC 552 Mechanical Design Optimization 3 Graduate Status
Online condition-based Monitoring of Rotating
First Year: Semester I Total Credit Hours : 9 MEC 553 Equipment 3 Graduate Status
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s) MEC 554 MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) 3 Graduate Status
MEC 511 Advanced Mathematics and Applied Statistics 3 Graduate Status MEC 555 Bio-Materials 3 Graduate Status
MEC 513 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 Graduate Status MEC 556 Solar Energy 3 Graduate Status
MEC 515 Linear Elasticity 3 Graduate Status
MEC 557 Advanced Mechatronics 3 Graduate Status
First Year: Semester II Total Credit Hours : 9 MEC 558 Computer Aided Analysis of Multi-Body Systems 3 Graduate Status
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s) MEC 559 Design of Robotics Manipulators 3 Graduate Status

MEC 524 Finite Element Applications in Solids & Heat 3 MEC 465 or Equivalent MEC 560 Production Systems Operations 3 Graduate Status
Transfer
MEC 561 Dynamics of Mechanical Systems 3 Graduate Status
MEC 522 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 Graduate Status
MEC 562 Transport Phenomena in Porous Media 3 Graduate Status
MEC 526 Renewable Energy 3 Graduate Status
MEC 563 Advanced Thermodynamics 3 Graduate Status
Second Year: Semester I Total Credit Hours : 6
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)
GROUP B: Students can select maximum of one course from the following group as a technical elective:
Technical Elective 1 3 Graduate Status
MEC 589 Master Thesis 1 3 Graduate Status Course Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)
Code
Second Year: Semester II Total Credit Hours : 6 MEM 501 Project Management 3 None
MEM 504 Quality Engineering 3 Knowledge of basic statistics
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)
Technical Elective 2 3 Graduate Status
MEC 599 Master Thesis 2 3 MEC 589 Admission Requirements:
A Bachelor’s Degree recognized by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education in Mechanical Engineering or related degree.

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