The achievement of the learning objectives will be measured through the students' ability to:

apply mathematical tools to solve mechanics problems, compute the stress, strain and displacement in a beam subject to normal and shear loads, compute the stresses in shafts due to torsion, use the governing equations for 3-D and 2-D solid mechanics, compute the critical load that a component can withstand using different failure criteria including maximum shear stress criteria, von Mises criteria and buckling criteria. design a component for a specified fatigue life, use computational tools to model and analyze structural components, carry out a design project in a team environment and present the results.