MME Graduate Courses for the 2024-2025 Academic Session 

Students choose courses during September, January or May before each semester begins. For example, if your admission is September - then you begin choosing and registering for classes in late August/early September. 

Graduate students in our department cannot use the cart in SOLUS to register in classes. 4th year undergrad courses are limited because undergrad students often receive first priority for registration. 

To register for graduate courses, you may need permission from the course instructor and your supervisor. All course registrations require you to complete the SGS_Academic_Change_Form and submit to the Graduate Assistant at mme.graduate@queensu.ca.

Course descriptions for all Mechanical and Materials Engineering graduate courses can be found on the School of Graduate Studies Academic Calendar.

All Graduate Programs (MEng, MASc & PhD)

Fall 2024

The table below outlines the graduate courses offered in Fall 2024.
Course # Course Title Instructor(s) Term
APSC 896 Engineering Leadership Hungler Fall
MECH 816 Energetics & Mechanics of Locomotion Li Fall
MECH 831 Convective Heat Transfer Oosthuizen Fall
MECH 839 Introduction to Turbulence Piomelli
MECH 840 Selected Topics in Thermal Fluids Systems **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Fall
MECH 842 Selected Topics in Dynamics, Manufacturing and Design **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Fall
MECH 843 Selected Topics in Biomechanical Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Fall
MECH 844 Selected Topics in Materials Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Fall
MECH 851 Materials Characterization

Balogh/Yao

Fall
MECH 852 Mechatronics for Automation

Surgenor

Fall
MECH 855 Bio-Inspired Robot Locomotion

Wu

Fall

MECH 868 Introduction to Computational Materials Science

Béland

Fall

Winter 2025

The table below outlines the graduate courses offered in Winter 2025.
Course # Course Title Instructor(s) Term
APSC 888 Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship McLellan TBA
MECH 811 Lasers in Manufacturing Applications Zak Winter
MECH 812 Corrosion Persaud Winter
MECH 818 Functional Morphology of the Musculoskeletal System M. Rainbow TBA
MECH 840 Selected Topics in Thermal Fluids Systems **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Winter
MECH 842 Selected Topics in Dynamics, Manufacturing and Design **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Winter
MECH 843 Selected Topics in Biomechanical Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Winter
MECH 844 Selected Topics in Materials Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Winter
MECH 853 From Science-Fiction to Science-Fact through Robotics Engineering Research and Design Robertson Winter
MECH 858 System Dynamics & Control Notash Winter
MECH 878 Dislocation Theory Diak Winter
MECH 883 Nuclear Materials Yao & TBD Winter

Summer 2025 - update pending

Course availability for summer semester is limited

The table below outlines the graduate courses offered in Summer 2025.
Course # Course Title Instructor(s) Term
APSC 877 Engineering Project Management (awaiting confirmation on this course offering) TBA Summer 2025
MECH 840 Selected Topics in Thermal Fluids Systems **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Summer 2025
MECH 842 Selected Topics in Dynamics, Manufacturing and Design **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Summer 2025
MECH 843 Selected Topics in Biomechanical Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Summer 2025
MECH 844 Selected Topics in Materials Engineering **Only with a supervisor and with permission Various Summer 2025
MECH 898 Master's Project (Can be taken once. Recommended for Summer semester.) Various Summer 2025

*Note: Not all courses are offered due to interest and instructor availability. Please confirm with the Graduate Assistant.

**Note: MECH 840, 842, 843, and 844 are "topics" courses. These courses require the student to find a professor to supervise them during the semester, in addition to submitting a Study Plan which is to be agreed upon by the Professor/Supervisor, Graduate Coord., and the student prior to registration. These courses are best taken during Summer term (May-Aug.) when course choices are limited. An example would be an independent study.

Courses - MASc and PhD Only

The table below outlines MASc and PhD courses.
Course # Course Title Term
MECH 897/997 Graduate Seminar (for thesis-based students - MASc & PhD) mandatory Fall
Winter
MECH 899 Master's (MASc) Thesis Research Fall
Winter
Summer
MECH 999 PhD Thesis Research Fall
Winter
Summer

Courses - MEng Only

The table below outlines MEng courses.
Course # Course Title Term
MECH 898 Master's Project - recommended for Summer semester. Not mandatory. Worth 3.0 units only. Can take in any term, only once. Must study under the direction of a professor. Marked as a "pass/fail".

Winter
Summer

APSC 801 Master of Engineering Foundations. Mandatory. Not for credit. Fall

Royal Military College (RMC) Courses 2024-2025

MME Graduate Students have the opportunity to take relevant RMC Courses as part of your graduate studies, however, you need approval from your Supervisor or the MEng Coordinator as well as to complete the RMC course registration form.

RMC Graduate Course List 

The table below outlines graduate courses offered by RMC, available to MME students.
Course # Course Title Instructor(s) Email Term
CC523 Nuclear Reactor Engineering Corcoran emily.corcoran@rmc.ca Fall
CC577 Explosives and Explosions Lau-Chapdelaine shem.lau-chapdelaine@rmc.ca  Fall
CC510 Ammunition Management Kelly fiona.kelly@rmc.ca  Winter
CC551 Propulsion in Guns and Rockets Lau-Chapdelaine shem.lau-chapdelaine@rmc.ca  Winter
AE503 Fundamentals of Aeroelasticity Poirel poirel-d@rmc.ca  Fall
AE515 Advanced Plasma Spacecraft Propulsion Jugroot manish.jugroot@rmc.ca  Fall
ME547 Advanced Finite Element Analysis Wowk diane.wowk@rmc.ca  Fall
AE501 Robust Control Khayati karim.khayati@rmc.ca  Winter
AE505 Advanced Design & Optimization of Engineering Systems Perez ruben.perez@rmc.ca  Winter
AE531 Composite Materials for Aerospace Applications Jansen peter.jansen@rmc.ca  Winter
AE561 Aerodynamics of Turbomachines Allan billy.allan@rmc.ca  Winter
AE570 Signal and Image Processing Aerospace Engineering Wu xiaohua.wu@rmc.ca  Winter
ME529 Connective Heat Transfer Goni-Boulama goni.boulama@rmc.ca  Winter

If you have been approved by your Supervisor or MEng Coord to take a course at RMC, please see the graduate advisor for the application form and more details. These courses are NOT ADDED using the Queen's registration form. RMC courses will appear on the transcript as a transfer credit only "TR" (3.0 units). The course title will not be listed. This will not show on SOLUS until after the course is successfully completed.

The course descriptions can be found at

    https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/registrars-office/graduate-programmes-chemistry-chemical-engineering

Other Engineering Courses* (by department)

*Students may be able to take graduate [typically "800" level] or undergrad courses ["400 level"] from other departments, depending on their degree requirements. If allowed under the regulations, you will need both the Instructor's and Graduate or MEng Coordinator's permission to take the course.

Not Offered during 2024/2025

The table below outlines graduate courses not offered in 2024-2025.
Course # Course Title Instructor(s) Term
MECH 812 Corrosion Persaud Not Offered
MECH 817 Systematic Review Methodology for Product Evaluation Davies Not Offered
MECH 823 MEMs Lai Not Offered
MECH 826 Experimental Vibration & Machinery Analysis Mechefske Not Offered
MECH 828 Biomechanics of Human Gait Deluzio Not Offered
MECH 829 Tissue Mechanics Ploeg Not offered
MECH 832 Combustion Dynamics Ciccarelli Not offered
MECH 835 Intro to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (taught in alternate years) Piomelli Not offered
MECH 836 Radiative Heat Transfer Birk Not Offered
MECH 846 Fluid Systems Analysis Sellens Not Offered
MECH 848 Measurement Systems I Sellens Not Offered
MECH 852 Mechatronics for Automation Surgenor Not Offered
MECH 857 Robotics Notash Not Offered
MECH 861 Principles of Metal Forming Pilkey Not Offered
MECH 863 Materials Selection in Design Daymond/Diak/Pilkey Not Offered
MECH 866 Advanced Phase Transformations Fallah Not Offered
MECH 868 Introduction to Computational Materials Science Béland Not Offered
MECH 940 Selected Topics in Thermal Fluid Engineering Any Professor Not Offered