📚 Textbook(s) (title,
Course (Term) Description (with sources)
University author, ed.)
Intro to statics and mechanics of
solids: equilibrium, compatibility, and
2.001 material behavior; stress–force and Mechanics of Materials –
MIT Mechanics & strain–displacement relations; linear Hibbeler, R.C. (6th ed.,
Materials I (Fall) elasticity and failure modes; 2004) 2 .
applications to rods, beams, shafts,
and trusses 1 .
(No text; seminar format)
Weekly seminars by practicing
ME 10 Thinking – suggestion: use a design
engineers introducing fundamental
Caltech Like an primer (e.g. Engineering
ME concepts and techniques at an
Engineer (Fall) Fundamentals, Moaveni)
informal level 3 .
for background.
Hands-on, interdisciplinary design (No standard text; project-
projects introduce various engineering based course) –
ID³EA 101 Intro
fields; students learn to identify real- suggestion: an intro
Rutgers to Data-Driven
world problems and create solutions engineering text like
Design (Fall)
using math, computation, teamwork, Engineering Fundamentals
and communication 4 . (Moaveni) or similar.
E.g. И. Я. Бойцов & Ю. И.
First-year [No English syllabus found] Likely covers Молодова, Прикладная
ITMO Mechanics (1st basic mechanics and machine механика. Детали машин
sem) elements. (Applied Mechanics,
Machine Elements) 5 .
Introductory calculus-based physics No ME-specific text.
Physics 12a: (Mechanics): Newtonian motion, (Physics uses e.g.
Harvard
Mechanics (Fall) forces, energy, momentum, etc. 6 – Introduction to Classical
no separate first-year ME course. Mechanics, Morin).
(No required text) –
Covers mechanics, energy, waves, and
EGR 151 suggestion: standard
introductory thermodynamics in an
Princeton Foundations of mechanics/physics
engineering context; hands-on labs
🎓 Eng: Mech/ textbooks (e.g. Hibbeler’s
focus on design and problem solving
Energy (Fall) Mechanics, or Serway &
7 .
Jewett Physics).
1
📚 Textbook(s) (title,
Course (Term) Description (with sources)
University author, ed.)
(No fixed textbook) –
Overview of core ME concepts: design/
suggestion: e.g. Budynas/
MECH1560 Intro machines, intelligent systems,
McHugh Shigley’s
Sydney to Mechanical materials, fluid machinery; plus
Mechanical Engineering
Eng (Fall) practical modules on manufacturing
Design, or Callister’s
processes and CAD 8 .
Materials Science.
Intro to engineering and innovation:
(No text; project-based) –
design process, material selection,
ENAS 1180 Intro suggestion: a general
modeling, data acquisition, sensors,
Yale to Eng & Design engineering/design text
rapid prototyping, and basic
(Fall) like Engineering
microcontrollers; includes team
Fundamentals (Moaveni).
projects 9 .
Introductory ME course: students (No textbook) –
study example devices, examining suggestion: use a design/
ME 1 Intro to
Stanford how they were designed; covers reference book such as
Mech. Eng
💻 fundamentals of sketching and Shigley’s Mechanical
(Spring)
modeling, and analytical tools for Engineering Design
design 10 . (Budynas & Nisbett).
2
1 Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) | MIT Course Catalog
https://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/2/
2 Syllabus | Mechanics & Materials I | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-001-mechanics-materials-i-fall-2006/pages/syllabus/
3 Courses 2024-25 | Caltech Academic Catalog
https://www.catalog.caltech.edu/current/2024-25/department/ME/
4 Engineering Curriculum | Rutgers School of Engineering | Rutgers School of Engineering
https://soe.rutgers.edu/academics/undergraduate-engineering-program/engineering-curriculum
5 Прикладная механика. Часть II. Детали машин Учебные издания НИУ ИТМО
https://books.ifmo.ru/book/1094/prikladnaya_mehanika._chast_II._detali_mashin.htm
6 PHYSCI 12A: Mechanics and Statistical Physics from an Analytic, Numerical and Experimental Perspective
– Quantitative Reasoning with Data
https://qrd.college.harvard.edu/directory/physci-12a/
7 Foundations of Engineering: Mechanics, Energy, and Waves | Keller Center at Princeton University
https://kellercenter.princeton.edu/courses/foundations-engineering-mechanics-energy-and-waves
8 Unit - The University of Sydney
https://www.sydney.edu.au/units/MECH1560
9 Engineering & Applied Science (ENAS) < Yale University
https://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/courses/enas/
10 Stanford University Explore Courses
https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&q=ME1
