PRACTICUM IN FINITE ELEMENTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( E M A 303 or M E 306), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the nature of an engineering problem and devise a simplified model that estimates expected behavior Audience: Undergraduate 2. Perform various types of finite element analyses such as static structural, thermal, modal, harmonic, transient, random vibration, nonlinear materials, nonlinear contact, and buckling analyses Audience: Undergraduate 3. Qualitatively and quantitatively verify the results using visual observations, a variety of simplified calculations, preliminary analysis, tabulated results, and numerical techniques Audience: Undergraduate 4. Prepare and present informative reports on finite element modeling results Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the nature of an engineering problem and devise a simplified model that estimates expected behavior Audience: Undergraduate 2. Perform various types of finite element analyses such as static structural, thermal, modal, harmonic, transient, random vibration, nonlinear materials, nonlinear contact, and buckling analyses Audience: Undergraduate 3. Qualitatively and quantitatively verify the results using visual observations, a variety of simplified calculations, preliminary analysis, tabulated results, and numerical techniques Audience: Undergraduate 4. Prepare and present informative reports on finite element modeling results Audience: Undergraduate