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| 165 | TOOLS FOR MECHANICAL ENGR | 3 credits |
| Corequisite: 3450:149. Personal computer DOS system, word processing, spreadsheet, computer-aided drafting, math calculating package, mechanical graphics, and introduction to mechanical engineering program and curriculum. | ||
| 203 | DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:222, 3650:291, 4300:201. Corequisite: 3450:223. Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies. Principles of work, energy, momentum and impulse. | ||
| 260 | ENGINEERING ANALYSIS I | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:222; corequisite: 3450:223. Introduction to numerical methods in mechanical engineering; applications of computer tools (MatLab). | ||
| 300 | THERMODYNAMICS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:223. Corequisite: 3650:292. Basic concepts of thermodynamics. Pure substances, closed and open systems, the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Entropy, vapor power cycles and vapor compression refrigeration. | ||
| 301 | THERMODYNAMICS II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 300 and 3450:335. Absorption refrigeration. Gas cycles. Thermodynamics of state, gas mixtures and gas-vapor mixtures. Combustion. | ||
| 305 | THERMAL SCIENCE | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:223. Corequisite: 3650:292. Credit not allowed for both 300 and 305. Introduction to first and second laws of thermodynamics, perfect gas relationships, equations of state, cycle analysis. Introduction to conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. | ||
| 310 | FLUID MECHANICS I | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 203 and 3450:335. Properties and behavior of gases and liquids at rest and in motion. Energy equation. Flow in conduits. Forces on body submerged in moving fluid. Dimensional analysis and similitude. | ||
| 311 | FLUID MECHANICS II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 310. Navier-Stokes equations. The boundary layer. External viscous flows and potential flow. Fundamentals of compressible flow. Concepts of computational fluid dynamics. | ||
| 315 | HEAT TRANSFER | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 4600:310 or 4800:360; 4600:300; 4600:360 or 4800:220. Fundamentals of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. | ||
| 321 | KINEMATICS OF MACHINES | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 165, 203. Displacements, velocities, accelerations and introduction to plan motion mechanisms. Introduction to design of gears, gear trains and cams. | ||
| 336 | ANALY OF MECHANICAL COMPONENTS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 4300:202. Corequisite: 3450:335. Analysis of stress and strain at a point. Mohr's circles, shear centers, elastic instability. Stresses in thick and thin cylinders. Fatigue analysis. | ||
| 337 | DESIGN OF MECHANICAL COMPON | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 336. Application of stress analysis to design of fasteners, welds, springs, ball bearings and gears. Introduction to journal bearings and lubrication. Component design projects. | ||
| 340 | SYSTEMS DYNAMICS & RESPONSE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 203, 3450:335. A unified approach to modeling, analysis, response and stability of engineering systems: analog, digital and hybrid computer simulation of interdisciplinary engineering problems are included. | ||
| 360 | ENGINEERING ANALYSIS II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 260, 3450:335. Numerical methods of solution of mechanical engineering problems. | ||
| 380 | MECHANICAL METALLURGY | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 3150:153; corequisite: 4300:202. Structures of common metallic materials and study of their macroscopic mechanical behavior. Phase changes and heat treatment. Theories of failure. | ||
| 400 | THERMAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301, 311, 315. Performance analysis and design of basic components of thermal energy exchange and conversion systems. Components studied include heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, turbines and expansion engines. | ||
| 402 | SENIOR SEMINAR | 1 credits |
| Corequisites: 400, 441, 460, 401 and 461 or 4700:499. Students need further education in ethics, codes and standards, intellectual property, product liability, safety issues, technical writing, diversity, and job opportunities. | ||
| 410 | HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301 or permission. Corequisite: 315 or permission. Thermodynamics of gas mixtures. Design and selection of air conditioning equipment. Control of gas mixtures, heating, cooling and humidity. | ||
| 411 | COMPRESSIBLE FLUID MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301 and 310. Subsonic and supersonic flow in nozzles, diffusers and ducts. One-dimensional reactive gas dynamics. Prandtl-Myer theory. Applications to design and analysis of compressors, turbines and propulsion devices. | ||
| 412 | FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 311. Introduction to basic aerodynamics, airplane performance, stability and control, astronautics and propulsion. Design considerations are emphasized. | ||
| 413 | INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 311. Introduction of aerodynamic concepts; includes conformal transformations, theory of thin airfoils, two-dimensional airfoil theory, wings of finite span, lifting line theories, lumped vortex, vortex lattice, and panel methods. | ||
| 414 | INTRO TO AEROSPACE PROPULSION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 311. Introduction to propulsion systems currently used in aerospace fields; propulsion principles for turbojets, turbofans, ramjets, chemical rockets, and electrical rocket propulsion. | ||
| 415 | ENERGY CONVERSION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301 or permission. Corequisite: 315 or permission. Topics from fields of internal combustion engines, cycle analysis, modern conversion devices. | ||
| 416 | HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 315 or permission. Analysis, design of extended surfaces. Natural convection and mixed convection, combined modes of heat transfer and heat transfer with phase changes. | ||
| 420 | INTRO TO FINITE ELEMENT METHOD | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 315 and 4300:202. Introduction to matrix and finite element methods. Stiffness and flexibility formulations in solid mechanics and thermal sciences. Basic finite element methods and its implementation. | ||
| 422 | EXPERIMNTL STRESS ANALYSIS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 336 or permission. Experimental methods of determining stress or strain: brittle lacquer, strain gages, photoelasticity, full field techniques. | ||
| 430 | MACHINE DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 321 or permission. Static and dynamic forces in machines, products of inertia, dynamic equivalence, flywheels. Balancing of rotating, reciprocating, cyclic plane motion. Computer simulation of transient mechanism dynamics, other topics in advanced dynamics. | ||
| 431 | FUND OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 203 or permission and 3450:335 or permission. Undamped and forced vibrations of systems having one or two degrees of freedom. | ||
| 432 | VEHICLE DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 203 or permission and 3450:335 or permission. Application of dynamic systems analysis techniques to road vehicles. Newtonian and Lagrangian methods. Tire/road interface. Ride characteristics, handling and stability. Digital simulation. | ||
| 440 | SYSTEM DYNAMICS & CONTROL | 4 credits |
| See department for course description. | ||
| 441 | CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 340 or permission. Methods of feedback control design such as minimized error, root-locus, frequency domain. Compensation techniques. Multivariable and nonlinear design methods and computer-aided control design. | ||
| 442 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC CONTROL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 441 or permission. Operation of basic control mechanisms. Study of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, fluidic control systems, including application areas. Tuning of control devices for optimum performance of system. Case studies on control applications from industry, e.g. boilers, furnaces, process heaters. | ||
| 443 | OPTIMZTN METHODS IN MECH ENG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 360 or permission. Development and method of solution of optimization problems in mechanical engineering. The use of dynamic programming and operational research methods for optimization including computer utilization and applications. | ||
| 444 | ROBOT DESIGN, CONTROL & APPL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 321 or permission, 441 or permission. Robot design and control. Kinematic transformations, velocities and accelerations, path trajectories and dynamics, control and sensing in robotics. The automated factory with robot applications. | ||
| 450 | INTRO: COMPUT FLUID FLW & CONV | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 315 or permission, 360 or permission. Numerical modeling of fluid/thermal systems; numerical solution of the momentum and thermal boundary layer equations; flow simulation using advanced heat transfer/fluid/graphics packages. | ||
| 460 | CONCEPTS OF DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 337. Design process. Creativity and inventiveness. Tools of decision making, engineering economics, reliability, optimization. Case studies. | ||
| 461 | ME SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT I | 2 credits |
| Corequisites: 400, 441, 460. Detailed senior design project. Design, feasibility, and cost analysis. | ||
| 462 | PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 336 or permission. Introduction to modern pressure vessel technology. Topics include basic structural considerations, materials and their environment and design-construction features. | ||
| 463 | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN & MANUFA | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 165 or permission, 360 or permission. The use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of engineering designs, and to plan, manage, and control manufacturing plants. | ||
| 471 | ME SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 461. Detailed senior design project. Final design and implementation. | ||
| 483 | MECHANICAL ENGR MEASURMTS LAB | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 300, 310. Corequisite: 340. Development of methods to measure temperature, pressure, flow rate, viscosity and motion. Includes both lecture and laboratory experience and emphasizes calibration and accuracy of appropriate instruments. | ||
| 484 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 301, 311, 315, 380, 431, 483. Corequisites: 441. Laboratory experiments in area of dynamics, vibrations, thermodynamics, fluids, heat transfer and controls. | ||
| 486 | ST: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Brief description of current content to be announced in schedule of classes. | ||
| 497 | HONORS PROJ IN MECHANICAL ENGR | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: senior standing in Honors Program. Individual creative project in thermal science, mechanics or design relevant to mechanical engineering, supervised by faculty member of the department. | ||
| 498 | EXPER INVESTG IN MECHANIC ENGR | 1-2 credits |
| Individual independent laboratory investigations in areas relevant to mechanical engineering. Student suggests a project and makes appropriate arrangements with faculty for supervision. | ||
| 500 | THERMAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS | 3 credits |
| Performance analysis and design of basic components of thermal energy exchange and conversion systems. Components studied include heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, turbines and expansion engines. | ||
| 510 | HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Thermodynamics of gas mixtures. Design and selection of air conditioning equipment. Control of gas mixtures, heating, cooling, and humidity. | ||
| 511 | COMPRESSIBLE FLUID MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Subsonic and supersonic flow in nozzles, diffusers, and ducts. One-dimensional reactive gas dynamics. Prandtl-Myer theory. Applications to design and analysis of compressors, turbines, and propulsion devices. | ||
| 512 | FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT | 3 credits |
| Introduction to basic aerodynamics, airplane performance, stability and control, astronautics and propulsion. Design considerations are emphasized. | ||
| 513 | INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Introduction of aerodynamic concepts; conformal transformations, theory of thin airfoils, 2-dimensional airfoil theory, wings of finite span, lifting line theories, lumped-vortex, vortex-lattice, and panel methods. | ||
| 514 | INTRO TO AEROSPACE PROPULSION | 3 credits |
| Introduction to propulsion systems currently used in aerospace fields; propulsion principles for turbojets, chemical rockets, and electrical rocket propulsion. | ||
| 515 | ENERGY CONVERSION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Topics from fields of internal combustion engines, cycle analysis, modern conversion devices. | ||
| 516 | HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis, design of extended surfaces. Natural convection and mixed convection, combined modes of heat transfer with phase changes. | ||
| 522 | EXPERIMNTL STRESS ANALYSIS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Experimental methods of determining stress or strain: brittle lacquer, strain gages, photoelasticity, full field thermal techniques. | ||
| 530 | MACHINE DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Static and dynamic forces in machines, products of inertia, dynamic equivalence, flywheels. Balancing of rating, reciprocating, cyclic plane motion. Computer simulation of transient mechanism dynamics, other topics in advance dynamics. | ||
| 531 | FUND OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Undamped and forced vibrations of systems having one or two degrees of freedom. | ||
| 532 | VEHICLE DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Application of dynamic systems analysis techniques to road vehicles. Newtonian and Lagrangian methods. Tire/road interface. Ride characteristics, handling and stability. Digital simulation. | ||
| 540 | SYSTEM DYNAMICS & CONTROL | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Laplace transforms. Mathematical models of physical systems. Transient response and stability. Error analysis and system accuracy. Root locus methods in design. Frequency analysis and design. Compensation techniques. | ||
| 541 | CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Methods of feedback control design such as minimized error, root-locus, frequency domain. Compensation techniques. Multivariable and nonlinear design methods and computer-aided control design. | ||
| 542 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC CONTROL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Operation of basic control mechanisms. Study of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, fluidic control systems, including application areas. Tuning of control devices for optimum performance of system. Case studies on control applications from industry, e.g. boilers, furnaces, process heaters. | ||
| 543 | OPTIMZTN METHODS IN MECH ENG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Development and method of solution of optimization problems in mechanical engineering. The use of dynamic programming and operational research methods for optimization including computer utilization and applications. | ||
| 544 | ROBOT DESIGN, CONTROL & APPL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Robot design and control. Kinematic transformations, velocities and accelerations, path trajectories and dynamics, control and sensing in robotics. The automated factory with robot applications. | ||
| 550 | INTRO: COMPUT FLUID FLW & CONV | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Numerical modeling of fluid/thermal systems, numerical solution of the momentum and thermal boundary layer equations; flow simulation using advanced heat transfer/fluid/graphics packages. | ||
| 562 | PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Introduction to modern pressure vessel technology. Topics include basic structural considerations, materials and their environment and design-construction features. | ||
| 563 | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN & MANUFA | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. The use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of engineering designs, and to plan, manage, and control manufacturing plants. | ||
| 600 | GAS DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 511. Derivation of equations for multi-dimensional irrotational flow of a compressible fluid. Method of small perturbations. Method of characteristics. Ideal flow theory. Transonic flow. One dimensional unsteady flow. | ||
| 608 | THERMODYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Extension and generalization of basic laws of thermodynamics with application to a variety of physical and biological systems. Introduction to irreversible thermodynamics, the third law and statistical thermodynamics. | ||
| 609 | FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622. Introductory development of finite element method as applied to various topics from continuum mechanics. Areas covered include plane; axisymmetric and 3-D stress analysis; conduction; fluid mechanics; transient problems and geometric and material nonlinearity. | ||
| 610 | DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLOW I | 3 credits |
| Derivation and solution of equations governing laminar viscous flow. Applications include unsteady flows, slow viscous flows, parallel flows, lubrication theory and laminar boundary layers. | ||
| 611 | COMPUTATIONL FLUID DYNAMICS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 610 or permission of instructor. Study of numerical methods in fluids; numerical errors and stability, finite differencing, nonlinear convection terms, Poisson equations, boundary conditions, turbulence, spectral and finite element techniques. | ||
| 615 | CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER | 3 credits |
| Study of one-, two- and three-dimensional heat conduction. Development of analytical techniques for analysis and design. | ||
| 616 | CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER | 3 credits |
| Heat transfer from laminar, turbulent external, internal flows. Convective heat transfer at high velocities. Heat transfer to liquid metals; high Prandtl number fluids. | ||
| 617 | RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER | 3 credits |
| Study of governing radiation laws. Black and real systems, geometric factors, gray enclosures, non-gray systems, gaseous radiation, radiation equipment. | ||
| 618 | BOIL HEAT TRANSFER&2-PHSE FLOW | 3 credits |
| Current techniques to determine heat transfer and pressure drop in components such as boilers, heat exchangers, and steam generators, with boiling. Boiling mechanism, slip ratio, critical heat flux and instabilities in boiling flow systems. | ||
| 620 | EXPERIMENTL STRESS ANALYSIS II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 522. Dynamic strain gage methods, transducer design, Moire fringe techniques and topics in photoelasticity. | ||
| 621 | INTRODUCTION TO TIRE MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Topics include tire as vehicle component, tire traction and wear, laminated structures, tire stress and strains and advanced tire models. | ||
| 622 | CONTINUUM MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis of stress and deformation at a point. Derivation of fundamental field equations of fluid and solid mechanics by applying basic laws of dynamics, conservation of mass and energy. Development of constitutive laws. | ||
| 623 | APPLIED STRESS ANALYSIS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622. Continuation of 622 with specific application to solid mechanics. Development of energy theorems due to Reissner, Washizu and generalized Hamilton's principle. Solutions to static and dynamic problems. | ||
| 624 | FUND OF FRACTURE MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622 or permission of instructor. Methods of stress analysis in elastic media containing holes and cracks. Theories of brittle fracture. Dynamic crack propagation. Fatigue fractures. Finite element approaches to fracture mechanics. | ||
| 625 | ANALYS OF MECHANICAL COMPONENT | 3 credits |
| Theories of failure and plastic flow. Fatigue, creep analysis and introduction to fracture mechanics. | ||
| 626 | FATIGUE OF ENGINEERING MTRLS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 624 or permission. Quasi-static and cyclic behavior; dislocation networks and their interactions; correlation of dislocation-microstructure interactions; crack initiation; crack propagation; short cracks; crack closure; environmental effects. | ||
| 627 | ADV MTRLS & MANUFRNG PROCESSES | 3 credits |
| Manufacturing processes for advanced materials; classification; technological aspects of bulk deformation, casting, joining, forming, machining, molding, powder metallurgy, rapid solidification; economic aspects; technical activity. | ||
| 628 | MECHAN BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Mechanical behavior of engineering materials; metallurgy of deformation; dislocation effects and deformation; strengthening mechanisms; thermomechanical processing; mechanical testing. | ||
| 629 | NONLINEAR ENGINEERING PROBLEMS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622. Study of nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations governing phenomena of mechanics. Analysis of phasespace trajectories, singularities and stability. Development of approximate analytical methods. | ||
| 630 | VIBRATIONS OF DISCRETE SYSTEMS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 531 or equivalent. Study of vibrations of multidegree of freedom systems including free and forced vibrations, damped and transient response, normal mode vibrations and matrix iteration techniques. application to seismic design and shock design. | ||
| 631 | KINEMATIC DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The geometry of constrained motion. Analysis of relative plane motion using vectors and the digital computer. Curvature theory. Synthesis of linkages and gearing. Introduction to computer-aided design. | ||
| 632 | RELIABILITY IN DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3470:561. The reliability determination of mechanical components and systems and its use in design. Distribution, reliability determination, normal and log-normal theories, Weibull theory, life spectrum analysis, renewal theory and confidence limits. | ||
| 633 | COMP MODAL ANALY OF STRUCTURES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 630 or equivalent. Modal analysis theory and measurement techniques, digital signal processing concepts, structural dynamics theory, modal parameter estimation with "hands-on" experience in the application of modal measurement methods in vibration analysis. | ||
| 634 | ADV DYNM OF ROTATING MACHINERY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 530 or equivalent. Dynamic modelling and simulation of complex rotor-bearing systems. Steady state, transient and stability analysis with inertia, gyroscopic, imbalance, rotor-bow, disk-skew and impeller-rub interaction effects. | ||
| 635 | STRESS WAVES IN SOLIDS &FLUIDS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 531 or equivalent. The wave equation. Propagation of elastic-plastic stress waves through solid media. Transmission, reflection, absorption and diffraction phenomena. Low and high velocity impact. Dynamic fracture. Numerical simulation techniques. | ||
| 642 | SYSTEM ANALY & CONTROL DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Uniform methods of modeling and response analysis, controlability and observability, stability theory and analysis of linear and nonlinear engineering processes. Design of feedback controls for optimum performance for multivariable real-time control application. | ||
| 645 | PROC IDENT & COMP CONTRL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Obtaining mathematical models of processing from noisy observations. Methods of digital control design. Case studies on computer control of selected processes. | ||
| 646 | EXPT SYST IN CONTROLS & MANUFT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 540 or equivalent or by permission. Expert system methodologies for process control, computer integrated flexible manufacturing and robotics. | ||
| 647 | NEURAL & FUZZY CONTROL SYSTEMS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 540 or permission of instructor. Analysis and design of intelligent control systems. Neural networks and fuzzy sets for process identification and controller design. Applications and case studies in industry. | ||
| 650 | TRIBOLOGY | 3 credits |
| Fundamentals of friction lubrication and wear treated; includes basic theory, advanced topics, applications to bearings, seals, gears, cams. Specific topics include adhesive and abrasive friction/wear, boundary lubrication, fluid film lubrication and bearings, rolling element bearings, bearing dynamics. | ||
| 655 | MICRO- AND NANO-FLUID DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 611 or permission of instructor. The course includes fundamentals of the analytical and numerical solutions of the problems pertinent to fluid mechanics on nano- and micro- scales. Applications will include micro-engines, MEMS, micro-filters, and synthesis of nano-materials. | ||
| 658 | MECH BEH OF NANOSTR MAT & COMP | 3 credits |
| The course is open to students in mechanical engineering, polymer science and polymer engineering, biology and all other engineering disciplines. Some prior consultation with the instructor is encouraged. The course is considered as a graduate elective in ME. An Overview of Lattice Dislocation Theory, Nanostructured Materials: Processing and Properties, Grain Boundaries, Nanoindentation, Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Carbon Nanotubes, Polymer and Bio-MEMS. | ||
| 660 | ENGINEERING ANALYSIS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: B.S. in engineering. Study of analysis techniques as applied to specific engineering problems. Applications include beam deflections, acoustics, heat conduction and hydrodynamic stability. | ||
| 661 | FAILURE ANALYSIS OF MECH SYSTM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 4600:625 or permission by instructor. This course emphasizes engineering techniques for predicting yielding, buckling, fracture and fatigue of mechanical systems. Students will be taught how to link theory with practice by examining case studies of structural and mechanical failures and will obtain practical experience in modeling real complex systems in an end-of-term project. | ||
| 662 | MICROSCALE HEAT & MASS TRANSFR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 608 and 615 or permission. Kinetics theory, classical and quantum statistics, structure of solids, phonons in solids, free electrons in metals, Boltzmann transport theory, hyperbolic heat conduction, thermal conductivity of thin films, laser materials processing. | ||
| 663 | WEB-BASD SOLID MODEL & E-MANUF | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 563 or equivalent, or permission. Team-based collaborative design with a web-based solid modeling library, feature-based manufacturing analysis, and process planning using cross-platform interoperable tools including JAVA, VRML for optimized product realization. | ||
| 664 | FUND OF CRYSTALZTN & SOLIDFCTN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 608 or equivalent, or permission. Fundamental theories and modeling of crystalline nucleation and growth, interface stability and morphology, microstructure formation, and microsegregation. Applications in casting, welding, laser processing, and single crystal growth. | ||
| 670 | INTG FLX CELL MFG SYS-A&D | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 563 or equivalent or by permission of instructor. The analysis of integrated computer-aided manufacturing systems, design of automated manufacturing components and simulations of flexible cellular manufacturing systems. | ||
| 671 | FUNDMNT & APPL - MICRO ELECTRO | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Fundamentals of MEMS based sensors and actuators, MEMS materials, bulk and surface micromachining and MEMS device testing. Applications in optics, automotive, and biomedical instrumentation. | ||
| 672 | DSGN OF MICROSYS & NANO DEVICE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Design principles of various micro and nano sensors and actuators, microfludic devices, microstructure analysis and simulation, microfabrication process design rule. Applications in MOEMS, Lab-on-a-chip devices, BioMEMS and NEMS. | ||
| 693 | MEAS MTH & EXPR ERROR-THRM SCI | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: viscuous flow, conduction heat transfer convection heat transfer. The course will incorporate elements of experimental error analysis, optics, and optical ray tracing, principles of testing, methods and devices for fluid flow quantization and temperature measurements. Laboratory work with hands-on experience. | ||
| 694 | DEFORM & FAIL-POLY& SOFT MATRL | 3 credits |
| This course introduces the concepts of deformation, fracture and failure analyses of engineering polymers, soft and biological materials. | ||
| 696 | ST: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission. For qualified candidate for graduate degree. Supervised research in the student's major field of training or experience. Credit depends upon nature and extent of project as determined by advisor and department chair. | ||
| 697 | ENGINEERING REPORT | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of advisor. A relevant problem in mechanical engineering for students electing the non-thesis option. The final engineering report must be approved by the advisor and the advisory committee. | ||
| 698 | MAS RES: MECHANICAL ENGR | 1-6 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of advisor. (May be repeated.) Research on a suitable topic in mechanical engineering culminating in a master's thesis. | ||
| 699 | MASTERS THESIS | 1-6 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission of advisor. (May be repeated). Supervised research in a specific area of mechanical engineering. | ||
| 704 | FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 609, 4300:702. Curved, plate, shell, brick elements; quasi-analytical elements. Quadrature formulas. Substructuring for static and dynamic analysis. Solution algorithms for linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis. Computer program formulation. Review of large-scale production programs. | ||
| 705 | FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS III | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 704. Static and dynamic contact problems. Tire mechanics. Fracture mechanics. Plasticity problems involving small and large deflections. Shake down analysis. General constitutive models for composite media, thermoviscoelasticity, fluid turbulence. Fluid-solid interaction analysis. | ||
| 710 | DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLOW II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 610. Introduction to turbulence. Turbulence modeling and turbulent boundary layers. Practical methods of solution of boundary layer problems. Transition process. | ||
| 711 | COMP FLUID DYNAMICS II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 611 or permission of instructor. Development of advanced computational techniques for convection-dominated flows. Higher order explicit and implicit schemes including nonoscillatory front-capturing methods applied to benchmark problems. | ||
| 715 | HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 660, 620 or permission. Stability concepts, Stability of Benard convection, Rayleigh-Taylor flow, parallel shear layers, bondary layers, asymptotic solution of Orr-Sommerfeld equation, nonparallel stability. | ||
| 719 | ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 615, 616. Topics include nonhomogeneous or nonlinear boundary value problems of heat conduction, heat transfer with melting, solidification and ablation, heat transfer in porous systems and hydrodynamically and thermally unsteady convection. | ||
| 723 | APPLIED STRESS ANALYSIS II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 623. Continuation of 623. Development of approximate solution techniques including finite elements, method of weighted residuals (Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin, Trefftz, collocation, least squares, etc.) and finite differences. | ||
| 726 | NON-LINEAR CONTINUUM MECHANICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622. Finite deformation and strain, stress, constitutive equations, strain energy functions. Solution of finite deformation problems in hypoelasticity, coupled thermoviscoelasticity and plasticity, electroelasticity and micropolar theories. | ||
| 730 | VIBRATIONS OF CONTINUOUS SYSTM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 630. Continuation of 630. Analysis of continuous vibrating systems, using separation of variables, energy, variational, Rayleigh-Ritz and other approximate techniques. Concepts and solutions of integral equations as applied to continuous systems. | ||
| 732 | ADV MODAL ANALY OF STRUCTURES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 633 or equivalent. Structural excitation techniques. Modal parameter estimation. System modification; mass/stiffness/dumping matrices substructuring. Prediction and evaluation of structural modified dynamic characteristic. | ||
| 741 | OPTIMIZTN THEORY & APPLICATNS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Theory of optimization in engineering systems, development and method of solution optimization problems for physical processes, large systems. Use of dynamic programming, operational research methods of system optimization, control. | ||
| 763 | ADV METHD IN ENGINEERING ANALY | 3 credits |
| Applications of finite difference and finite element methods, variational methods, integral methods and similarity transforms to engineering problems in heat transfers, fluid mechanics and vibrations. | ||
| 790 | ADV SEM: MECHANICAL ENGR | 1-4 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of nine credits) Prerequisite: permission of department chair. Advanced projects and studies in various areas of mechanical engineering. Intended for student seeking Ph.D in engineering degree. | ||
| 898 | PRELIMINARY RESEARCH | 1-15 credits |
| Prerequisite: approval of dissertation director. Preliminary investigations prior to the submission of a dissertation proposal to the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee. | ||
| 899 | DOCTORAL DISSERTATION | 1-15 credits |
| (May be taken more than once.) Prerequisite: acceptance of research proposal by the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee and approval by the dissertation director. Original research by the doctoral student. | ||
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