MECH&AE 162E · MAE 162EMechanical Engineering Design II
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Limited to seniors. Second of two mechanical engineering capstone design courses. Student groups continue design projects started in course 162D, making use of CAD design laboratory, CAD analysis laboratory, and mechatronics laboratory. Design theory, design tools, economics, marketing, manufacturability, quality, intellectual property, design for manufacture and assembly, design for safety and reliability, and engineering ethics. Students conduct hands-on design, fabrication, and testing. Culminating project demonstrations or competition. Preparation of design project presentations in both oral and written formats.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Enforced requisite: course 162D.
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MECH&AE 162E
- MECH&AE 162DMechanical Engineering Design I
- MECH&AE 94Introduction to Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
- MECH&AE 156AAdvanced Strength of Materials
- MECH&AE 171AIntroduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I
- MECH&AE 183AIntroduction to Manufacturing Processes
- MECH&AE M183BIntroduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields3 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity3 more beneath
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