400 Level M.E. Courses
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
ME
403 - Introduction to Combustion
ME
404 - Gas Turbines
ME 405 - Indoor Air Quality
ME
430 - Introduction to Combustion
ME
432 - Rocket Propulsion
ME
445 - Micro Computer Interfacing
ME
456 - Industrial Robotic Applications
ME 458 - Noise Control in Machinery
ME 461 - Finite Element Analysis
ME 462 - Lubric. in Mach. Design
ME 463 – Micro/Nano-scale Sci.& Eng.
ME
481 - Comp. Aided Anal. of Mech. Systems
ME 497B – Hybrid
Electric Vehicle I
ME
497C – Appl.
Numerical Methods
|
ME
401 – Refrig. and Air Conditioning
ME 402 - Power Plants
ME 406 - Intro. to Statistical Thermo.
ME 411 - Heat Exchanger Design
ME 420 - Compressible Flow I
ME
421 – Intermediate Viscous Flow
ME 422 - Principles of Turbomachinery
ME 430 – Intro. to Combustion
ME 431 - Internal Combustion Engines
ME 433 - Fundamentals of Air Pollution
ME 445 - Micro
Computer Interfacing
ME 446 - Reliability
and Risk Concepts in Design
ME 452 - Vehicle Dynamics
ME 455 - Automatic Control Systems
ME 460 - Adv. Machine Design Prob.
ME 461 - Finite Element Analysis
ME 470 - Vibration Eng.
ME 471 - Noise Control in Machinery |
M
E 401 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (3) Theoretical
principles, design, performance, and selection of various refrigeration
and air-conditioning systems; building heat and cooling loads; solar heating.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 410
M
E 402 Power Plants (3) A study of fossil-fuel steam
generation and utility plants, including cogeneration, gas turbine, and
combined cycles.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 410
M
E 403 Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Engines (3) Introduction
to Fundamentals of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs). Includes fundamentals
of electrochemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer materials,
and manufacturing issues of PEFCs. A brief survey ofother fuel cell types
is also included.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 300, M
E 320, CMPSC
201 Concurrent: M
E 410 or equivalent
M
E 404 Gas Turbines (3) Thermodynamic cycles relating
to gas turbines; analysis and performance of compressors, combustion chambers,
single- and multi-stage turbines; recent developments.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320 or M
E 202
M
E 405 Indoor Air Quality Engineering (3) Prediction
of the motion of contaminants (both gaseous particulate) in gas streams;
analysis of ventilation systems and air pollution control systems; comparison
of experimental sampling techniques.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320 or equivalent
M
E 406 (NUC E 406) Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics (3)
Statistical description of systems composed of large numbers of particles
in the context of classical and quantum mechanics; basic concepts of probability
theory and thermodynamics as they relate to statistical mechanics.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 300 or M
E 201 or M
E 202 or CH
E 303; MATH
230 or MATH
231
M
E 411 Heat-Exchanger Design (3) Thermal design and
application of different heat-exchanger types, including surface selection
and design optimization.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 410
M
E 420 Compressible Flow I (3) Introductory compressible
flow (gas dynamics), mathematical background, and physical concepts of
isentropic flow, shock waves, expansion waves, and applications.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320
M
E 421 Viscous Flow Analysis and Computation (3) Investigate
analytical and computational methods for solving the differential equations
describing fluid flow. Incompressible external flows past objects and internal
flows in pipes and ducts are some problems considered.
Effective: Fall 2007 Ending: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320, M
E 202, AERSP
311 or C
E 261; CMPSC
201C or CMPSC
201F; MATH
220, MATH
251
M
E 421 Viscous Flow Analysis and Computation (3) Investigate
analytical and computational methods for solving the differential equations
describing fluid flow. Incompressible external flows past objects and internal
flows in pipes and ducts are some problems considered.
Effective: Spring 2008 Future: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: M
E 320, M
E 202, AERSP
311 or C
E 261; CMPSC
201 or CMPSC
202; MATH
220, MATH
251
M
E 422 Principles of Turbomachinery (3) Application
of Newton's laws of motion and basic laws of thermodynamics to analysis
of fluid flow in turbomachinery.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320
M
E 430 (EGEE 430) Introduction to Combustion (3) Concepts
related to laminar and turbulent premixed and nonpremixed combustion with
applications to propulsion and stationary systems.
Effective: Spring 2008 Future: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: M
E 201 or M
E 300 or EGEE
301
M
E 431 Internal Combustion Engines (3) Thermodynamic
aspects of internal combustion engine design and performance; two- and
four-stroke cycle, supercharged and non-supercharged, diesel and spark-ignition
types.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 202
M
E 432 Rocket Propulsion (3) Design and performance
of rocket propulsion components and systems; thermodynamics, solid and
liquid fuels, heat transfer, materials, controls, and instrumentation.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320, M
E 410
M
E 433 Fundamentals of Air Pollution (3) Natural and
man-made sources of pollution; atmospheric dispersion; biological and health
effects; control systems; legislation and regulations.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 201 or M
E 300
M
E 445 Microcomputer Interfacing for Mechanical Engineers (4)
Interfacing of electro-mechanical systems to microcomputers for data acquistion,
data analysis and digital control.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 345 and seventh-semester standing
M
E 446 (NUC E 446) Reliability and Risk Concepts in Design (3)
Introduction to reliability mathematics. Failure data collection and analysis.
Components and systems reliability prediction. Effects of maintenance on
reliability. Risk Analysis. Case studies in engineering applications.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: MATH
250 or MATH
251; M
E 345 or STAT
401 or I
E 424 or NUC
E 309
M
E 452 Vehicle Road Dynamics (3) Investigations of
three-dimensional dynamics and design into the study of vehicle dynamics
including tire forces, suspension, and stability.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 370
M
E 455 Automatic Control Systems (3) Dynamic analysis
of systems involving automatic control of position, speed, power, flow,
pressure, temperature, and other physical quantities.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320, M
E 450
M
E 456 (I E 456) Industrial Robot Applications (3)
Introduction to robotics, with emphasis on robot selection, programming,
and economic justification for manufacturing applications.
Effective: Fall 2007 Ending: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: MATH
220; MATH
250 or MATH
251; I
E 328 or M
E 360; CMPSC
201C or CMPSC
201F
M
E 460 Advanced Machine Design Problems (3) Special
machine design problems in unusual types of springs; gear problems and
involutometry; cam design and application; multiple diameter shaft deflections
and ball bearings.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 360, M
E 370
M
E 461 (E MCH 461) Finite Elements in Engineering (3)
Computer modeling and fundamental analysis of solid, fluid, and heat flow
problems using existing computer codes.
Effective: Fall 2007 Ending: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: E
MCH 013, E
MCH 110H or E
MCH 210; CMPSC
201C or CMPSC
201F
M
E 461 (E MCH 461) Finite Elements in Engineering (3)
Computer modeling and fundamental analysis of solid, fluid, and heat flow
problems using existing computer codes.
Effective: Spring 2008 Future: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: E
MCH 213, E
MCH 210H or E
MCH 210; CMPSC
201 or CMPSC
202
M
E 462 Lubrication in Machine Design (3) Lubricants
and lubrication with applications to design aspects of machines and mechanisms
including bearings, gears, cams, and automotive engines.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: MATH
251, M
E 360
M
E 470 (E MCH 470) Analysis and Design in Vibration Engineering (3)
Application of Lagrange's equations to mechanical system modeling, multiple-
degree-of-freedom systems, experimental and computer methods; some emphasis
on design applications.
Effective: Fall 2007 Ending: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: E
MCH 012 or E
MCH 112H; M
E 370 or E
SC 407H
M
E 470 (E MCH 470) Analysis and Design in Vibration Engineering (3)
Application of Lagrange's equations to mechanical system modeling, multiple-
degree-of-freedom systems, experimental and computer methods; some emphasis
on design applications.
Effective: Spring 2008 Future: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: E
MCH 212 or E
MCH 212H; M
E 370 or E
SC 407H
M
E 471 Noise Control in Machinery (3) Nature of noise
sources in machine elements and systems. Propagation and reduction of noise.
Effects of noise on man.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 320, M
E 370
M
E 481 Introduction to Computer-Aided Analysis of Machine Dynamics (3)
Techniques and formulations for computer based kinematic and dynamic analyses
of machines.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M
E 480
M
E 497B Hybrid Electric Vehicle Lab I (2) This lab
was created to encourage student participation in the Advanced Vehicle
Technology Competition (AVTC) project, Challenge X, by providing credit
for completing a AVTC-related project.
Effective: Fall 2007 Ending: Fall 2007
M
E 497C (NUC E 497C) Dynamic Modeling of Energy Systems (3)
Objective: To provide engineers with information about energy supplies,
their future prospects, and how each can be used most effectively.
Effective: Spring 2008 Ending: Spring 2008 Future: Spring 2008
500 Level M.E. Courses
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
ME
514 - Radiation
ME
515 - Two-Phase Heat Trans.
ME
520 - Compressible Flow II
ME
521 - Foundations in Fluid Mechanics I
ME 524 - Homogeneous Turb.
ME
532 - Turbulent and Two-Phase Combustion
ME
535 - Physics of Gases
ME
550 - Found. Engineering Systems Analysis
ME 559 - Nonlinear Control and Stability
ME 560 - Solid Mechanics
ME 563 - Nonlinear Finite Elem.
ME 565 - Opt. Design Mech. Str.
ME 571 - Structural Dynamics
ME
580 - Advanced Dynamics of Machines
ME 597A – Innov.
Design with TRIZ
ME
597B – Intro.
Compl. Dyn. Systems
ME
597D – Adv.
Mechatronics |
ME
504 – Advanced Eng. Thermo.
ME 512 - Conduction
ME
513 - Convection
ME
522 - Foundations in Fluid Mechanics II
ME 523 - Num. Solut. Heat Transfer
ME
525 - Inhomogeneous Turb.
ME 527 - Comp. Methods in Transonic Flow
ME
530 - Fundamentals of Combustion
ME 546
ME 555
- Automatic Control Systems
ME 554 - Digital Process Control
ME 558 - Robust Control
ME 564 - Structural Stability
ME
572 - Experimental Modal Analysis
ME 573 – Design of Quiet Structures
ME 577 - Stochastic Systems
ME
581 - Simulation of Mechanical Systems
ME 597A – Laser
Materials Interaction
ME
597D – Adv.
Topics in PEFC Engines
ME 597I
- Geom. Nonlinear Control
|
M E
504 ADVANCED
ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (3 - 6 per semester) Pure and applied thermodynamics
including its application to advanced engineering problems; collateral reading
and discussion of the classical works on the subject.
M E 505 DESIGN
OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS (3) Advanced principles of design
drawn from professional literature, including mechanical collectors, electrostatic
precipitators, filters, scrubbers, and industrial ventilation systems. Prerequisite: M
E 405
M E 512 HEAT
TRANSFER--CONDUCTION (3) One- and two-dimensional conduction heat transfer
for steady state and transient systems with varying boundary conditions.
M E 513 HEAT
TRANSFER--CONVECTION (3) Laminar and turbulent flow heat transfer in
natural and forced convection systems.
M E 514 HEAT
TRANSFER--RADIATION (3) Thermal radiation fundamentals; specular and
diffuse systems; differential and integral methods; numerical techniques; industrial
applications.
M E 515 TWO-PHASE
HEAT TRANSFER ( 3) Heat transfer processes involving evaporation, boiling,
and condensation.
M E 517 TECHNIQUES
FOR HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT (3) Study of advanced concepts in convective
and two-phase heat transfer, with emphasis on techniques of heat transfer enhancement.
Prerequisite: M
E 033, M
E 412
M E 518 APPLIED
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (3) Application of theoretical fundamentals
to the design of heat exchange equipment, and the analysis of simultaneous heat
and mass transfer processes. Prerequisite: M
E 033 OR M
E 412
M E 520 COMPRESSIBLE
FLUID FLOW Compressible Flow II (3) Two-dimensional subsonic flow; similarity
rules; theory of characteristics; supersonic and hypersonic flows; nonsteady
flow; oblique shock waves.. Prerequisite: M
E 420
M E 521 FOUNDATIONS
OF FLUID MECHANICS I (3) First semester of core sequence in fluid mechanics;
Navier-Stokes equations, potential flow, low Re flow, laminar boundary layers.
Prerequisite: M
E 030, M
E 033
M E 522 FOUNDATIONS
OF FLUID MECHANICS II (3) Second semester of core sequence in fluid
mechanics; continuation of boundary layers, stability, transition, turbulence,
turbulent boundary layers, turbulence models. Prerequisite: M
E 421 OR M
E 521
M
E 523 NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS APPLIED TO HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID MECHANICS
PROBLEMS ( 3) Application of finite difference methods to the study
of potential and viscous flows and conduction and convection heat transfer.
M E
524 (AERSP) TURBULENCE AND APPLICATIONS TO CFD: DNS AND LES (3)
Effective Date: SP2006 First of two courses: Scalings, decompositions, turbulence
equations; scale representations, Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation; modeling;
pseudo-spectral methods; 3 computer projects. Prerequisite: a graduate-level
course in fluid mechanics
M E
525 (AERSP) TURBULENCE AND APPLICATIONS TO CFD: RANS (3)
Effective Date: SP2006 Second of two courses: Scalings, decomposition, turbulence
equations; Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) modeling; phenomenological
models; 3 computer projects. Prerequisite: M
E 524
M E 526 (AERSP) COMPUTATIONAL
METHODS FOR SHEAR LAYERS (3) Study of numerical solution methods for
steady and unsteady laminar or turbulent boundary-layer equations in two and
three dimensions. Prerequisite: AERSP
423 or M
E 540
M E 527 (AERSP) COMPUTATIONAL
METHODS IN TRANSONIC FLOW (3) Numerical solution of partial differential
equations of mixed type, with emphasis on transonic flows and separating boundary
layers. Prerequisite: AERSP
423 or M
E 540
M E 528 (AERSP) COMPUTATIONAL
METHODS FOR RECIRCULATING FLOWS (3) Numerical solution techniques for
laminar/turbulent flow with large recirculation zones. Both primitive variable
and stream function-vorticity equations used. Prerequisite: M
E 540
M E 530 FUNDAMENTALS
OF COMBUSTION ( 3) Theoretical formulations and methods of solution of engineering
problems and physical/chemical processes in various propulsion systems.
M E 532 TURBULENT
AND TWO-PHASE COMBUSTION (3) Fundamentals of chemically reacting turbulent
flows in homogeneous systems including turbulent flames, spray combustion, ignition,
reacting boundary layers. Prerequisite: F
SC 421 or M
E 416 or M
E 531
M E 533 SOLID
PROPELLANT COMBUSTION (3) Introduction to phenomena of solid propellant
combustion, analytical techniques for modeling propellant ignition and combustion
behavior, experimental methods. Prerequisite: M
E 412
M E 535 PHYSICS
OF GASES (3) An introduction to kinetic theory, statistical mechanics,
quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure, chemical thermodynamics, and
chemical kinetics.
M E 536 LASER
DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (1) A study of methods for measuring velocities,
turbulence quantities, and particle sizes employing laser light scattering principles.
M E 537 LASER
DIAGNOSTICS FOR COMBUSTION (3) A study of laser-based techniques for
measuring gas temperature and concentration in chemically reacting flows. Prerequisite: M
E 535
M E 550 FOUNDATIONS
OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (3) Analytical methods are developed
using the vector space approach for solving control and estimation problems;
examples from different engineering applications. Prerequisite: MATH
436
M
E 554 DIGITAL PROCESS CONTROL ( 3) Analysis and
design of control systems with digital controllers, including PID, finite
settling time, state feedback, and minimum variance algorithms. Prerequisite: M
E 450 , M
E 455
M E 555 AUTOMATIC
CONTROL SYSTEMS (3) Advanced problems and techniques in the design
of automatic control systems with emphasis on stability, controller design, and
optimum performance. Prerequisite: M
E 455
M E 556 (I
E) ROBOTIC CONCEPTS (3) Analysis of robotic systems; end effectors,
vision systems, sensors, stability and control, off-line programming, simulation
of robotic systems. Prerequisite: I
E 456 or M
E 456
M E 557 MECHANISM
SYNTHESIS (3) Geometrical and algebraic methods for synthesizing planar
and spatial mechanisms, dynamics of spatial mechanism.
M
E 558 ROBUST CONTROL THEORY ( 3) Effective Date:
SP2008 Fundamentals of Robust Control Theory with emphasis on stability
and performance analysis and design. Prerequisite: E
E 580 or M
E 555
M E 559 (E
E) NONLINEAR CONTROL AND STABILITY (3) Design of nonlinear
automatic control systems; phase-plane methods; describing functions; optimum
switched systems; Liapunov stability; special topics in stability. Prerequisite: E
E 417 OR E
E 428 OR M
E 455
M
E 560 (E
MCH 500) Solid Mechanics (3) Introduction to continuum mechanics,
variational methods, and finite element formulations; application to
bars, beams, cylinders, disks, and plates.
M E 561 STRUCTURAL
OPTIMIZATION USING VARIATIONAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS (3) Shape and
size optimization of elastic structures, continuous and discrete solution methods
and numerical algorithms, design of compliant mechanisms. Prerequisite: M
E 461
M E 563 (
E MCH) NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS (3) Advanced theory of semidiscrete
formulations for continua and structures; emphasizes dynamic and nonlinear problems.
Prerequisite: A
B E 513, E
MCH 461, OR E
MCH 560
M E 564 ELASTIC
AND DYNAMIC STABILITY OF STRUCTURES (3) An introduction to the concept
and analysis methods of structural stability; structures under static/dynamic
loading and high speed conditions. Prerequisite: E
MCH 013, M
E 440; students need to have basic understanding of mechanical behavior
of materials to follow the equations in this course, and basic concepts of "system
stability" to expand them to elastic structures
M E 565 OPTIMAL
DESIGN OF MECHANICAL AND STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS (3) Application of numerical
optimization techniques to design mechanical and structural systems; design sensitivity
analysis.
M
E 571 (AERSP;E MCH) FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
AND VIBRATION ( 3) Modeling approaches and analysis methods
of structural dynamics and vibration. Prerequisite: AERSP
304 , E
MCH 470 , M
E 450 , or M
E 570
M
E 572 EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS ( 3) The development
of structural dynamic models from experimental data, analytical and
experimental vibration, analysis methods, laboratory techniques. Prerequisite: M
E 450
M
E 573 (ACS) DESIGNING
QUIET STRUCTURES (3) Course integrates structural dynamics, acoustics
and optimization into unified method for designing quiet structures virtually
for early product development. Prerequisite: M
E 454 and ACS
502
M E 577 (MATH) STOCHASTIC
SYSTEMS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3) The course develops the theory
of stochastic processes and linear and nonlinear stochastic differential equations
for applications to science and engineering. Prerequisite: MATH
414 or MATH
418; M
E 550 or MATH
501
M E 578 (E
SC) THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF WAVELETS (3) Theory and physical
interpretation of continuous and discrete wavelet transforms for applications
in different engineering disciplines. Prerequisite: M
E 550
M E 579 (I
E) DESIGNING PRODUCT FAMILIES (3) Product families, product
platforms, mass customization, product variety, modularity, commonality, robust
design, product architectures. Prerequisite: M
E 414 or M
E 415 or I
E 430 or I
E 466
M
E 580 ADVANCED DYNAMICS OF MACHINES ( 3) Effective
Date: SP2008 Linear and torsional vibrations in and balancing of
rotating and reciprocating machinery; exact analysis of stresses
produced by these and other dynamic forces in machine parts. Prerequisite:
E MCH 212 , M E 370
M
E 581 SIMULATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ( 3)
Introduces computational fundamentals, including digital logic; programming
language, basic numerical analysis and data processing, as applied
to mechanical simulation techniques. Prerequisite: M
E 480
M E 596 INDIVIDUAL
STUDIES (1 - 9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which
are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal
courses.
