Student Resources
For Prospective Graduate Students
Each year our faculty members offer research opportunities to incoming Masters and PhD students. Students come from many different countries and backgrounds.
Please explore the information on our research areas in solid mechanics and related fields.
As you apply to the Purdue University Graduate School, please list your research interests, the names of faculty members you are interested in working with, and in your statement of purpose indicate your interest in solid mechanics and the reason for such interest.
Related Program: Computational Science & Engineering.
AAE
- AAE 51100 - Introduction To Fluid Mechanics
- AAE 55300 - Elasticity In Aerospace Engineering
- AAE 55800 - Finite Element Methods In Aerospace Structures
- AAE 60300 - Theoretical Methods In Engineering Sciences I
- AAE 60400 - Theoretical Methods In Engineering Sciences II
- AAE 60700 - Variational Principles Of Mechanics
- AAE 64600 - Elastic Wave Propagation
- AAE 65200 - Theory Of Plates And Shells
- AAE 65400 - Fracture Mechanics
- AAE 66600 - Nonlinear Dynamics, Systems, And Control
CE
- CE 57000 - Advanced Structural Mechanics
- CE 57300 - Structural Dynamics
- CE 57700 - Analysis Of Plates And Shells
- CE 59500 - Finite Elements In Elasticity
- CE 67500 - Finite Element Analysis
- CE 68901 - Plasticity Theory
- CE 68700 - Introduction To Earthquake Engineering
CS
- CS 51400 - Numerical Analysis
- CS 51500 - Numerical Linear Algebra
- CS 51501 - Parallelism In Numerical Linear Algebra
- CS 52000 - Computational Methods In Analysis
- CS 50100 - Introduction To Computational Science
- CS 52500 - Parallel Computing
- CS 53000 - Introduction To Scientific Visualization
- CS 53100 - Computational Geometry
- CS 61400 - Numerical Solution Of Ordinary Differential Equations
- CS 61500 - Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations I
MA
- MA 46200 - Elementary Differential Geometry
- MA 51000 - Vector Calculus
- MA 51400 - Numerical Analysis – CS514
- MA 52700 - Advanced Mathematics For Engineers And Physicists I
- MA 52800 - Advanced Mathematics For Engineers And Physicists II
- MA 50400 - Real Analysis
- MA 54000 - Analysis I
- MA 54100 - Analysis II
- MA 54400 - Real Analysis And Measure Theory
- MA 54600 - Introduction To Functional Analysis
- MA 51100 - Linear Algebra With Applications
- MA 55400 - Linear Algebra
- MA 56200 - Introduction To Differential Geometry And Topology
- MA 61500 - Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations
ME
- ME 48000 - Finite Element Analysis
- ME 47800 - Introduction To Numerical Methods In Mechanical Engineering
- ME 48100 - Introduction to Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 55100 - Finite Element Analysis
- ME 55200 - Advanced Applications of Finite Element Method
- ME 50000 - Advanced Thermodynamics
- ME 50100 - Statistical Thermodynamics
- ME 61200 - Continuum Mechanics
- ME 56000 – Kinematics
- ME 56200 - Advanced Dynamics
- ME 55000 - Advanced Stress Analysis
- ME 55900 - Micromechanics Of Materials
- ME 56900 - Mechanical Behavior Of Materials
- ME 58100 - Numerical Methods In Mechanical Engineering
- ME 60800 - Numerical Methods In Heat, Mass, And Momentum Transfer
- ME 61400 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
- ME 66000 - Advanced Kinematics
- ME 68100 - Finite And Boundary Element Methods
MSE
- MSE 50500 - Modeling and Simulation of Materials Processing
- MSE 55600 - Fracture Of Materials
PHYS
- PHYS 58000 - Computational Physics
- PHYS 61000 - Advanced Theoretical Mechanics
For Undergraduate Students
We encourage undergraduate students to participate in research projects both during the academic year as well as during the summer months. Interested students are encouraged to contact our faculty members.
The SURF Program provides additional research opportunities for undergraduates.
