ME 680Advanced Design Engineering
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Mechanical Engineering
ME 680 as listed in the Spring 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
An overview of advanced engineering design, from the establishment of the need to preliminary design, including formal and informal methods to facilitate and encourage innovation. Focus is places on a fundamental understanding of the problem and various theoretical and practical techniques to arrive at feasible solutions. There is a strong focus on practical applications, including case studies, and culminating in a major design project.
Check it elsewhere for Spring 2026
- Graduate Calendar, Spring 2026The archived entry
- Requirements for Spring 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Spring 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them