Mechanical Engineering - Design Honours (B.Eng.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering
Program credit weight: 15
Program Description
**This program is not currently offered**
Students in this concentration take five courses in the area of design, including the completion of an interdisciplinary project.
Students should complete a Course Authorization Form, available from the McGill Engineering Student Centre (Student Affairs Office) (Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 22) or from the Undergraduate Program Coordinator, indicating their intention to take the concentration.
Total concentration credit weight: 15-16 credits
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (6 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MECH 498 | Interdisciplinary Design Project 1. | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Design Project 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Completion of an individual project on an interdisciplinary theme with emphasis on a balanced combination on analysis and synthesis. | ||
| MECH 499 | Interdisciplinary Design Project 2. | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Design Project 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The individual project initiated in MECH 498 is continued and finalized in this course. | ||
Complementary Courses
9-10 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 515 | Sustainable Design. | 3 |
Sustainable Design. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course will address sustainable design theory and applications in the built environment with students from a variety of fields (architecture, urban planning, engineering, sociology, environmental studies, economics, international studies). Architecture will provide the focus for environmental, socio-cultural and economic issues. | ||
| CHEE 453 | Process Design. | 4 |
Process Design. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The role of the chemical engineer. Steps in the preparation of a process design. Detailed information about most common chemical engineering equipment. Materials of construction. Analysis of process control and application to large systems. Structure of process design systems. Safety, environmental control in plant design. Process design costing and return on investment. Computer-aided process and plant design programs. | ||
| MECH 497 | Value Engineering. | 3 |
Value Engineering. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Value Engineering is an in-depth analysis of an industrial product or process with a view to improving its design and/or performance to increase its worth. This is a workshop type of course. Projects will be supplied by industrial firms and students will work in teams with industrial personnel. | ||
| MECH 528 | Product Design. | 3 |
Product Design. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A study of the design issues present in product life cycle demands. Computer-aided systems. Rapid prototyping. Design for manufacturability. Integration of mechanics, electronics and software in products. Effect on design of product cost, maintainability, recycling, marketability. | ||
| MECH 530 | Mechanics of Composite Materials. | 3 |
Mechanics of Composite Materials. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Fiber-reinforced composites. Stress, strain, and strength of composite laminates and honeycomb structures. Failure modes and failure criteria. Environmental effects. Manufacturing processes. Design of composite structures. Computer modelling of composites. Computer techniques are utilized throughout the course. | ||
| MECH 543 | Design with Composite Materials. | 3 |
Design with Composite Materials. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Material systems/selection process. Cost vs. performance. Laminate layup procedures. Theory and application of filament winding of composite cylinders. Regular oven and autoclave oven curing, analysis of resulting material performance. Practical design considerations and tooling. Analysis of environmental considerations. Joining techniques. Analysis of test methods. Theory of repair techniques. | ||
| MECH 565 | Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Equipment. | 3 |
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Equipment. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Pipes and piping systems, pumps, and valves. Fans and building air distribution systems. Basic thermal design methods for fins and heat exchangers. Thermal design of shell-and-tube and compact heat exchangers. | ||
| MECH 579 | Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. | 3 |
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A comprehensive introduction to important algorithms in sensitivity analysis and multidisciplinary design optimization of large systems. Topics include: unconstrained and constrained optimization, sensitivity analysis, gradient-free optimization, multi-objective optimization, and various multidisciplinary algorithms and approaches for design optimization. | ||