Mechanical Engineering

• ENG ME 425: ENG ME 425 Compressible Flow and Propulsion
  Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow with application to external and internal flows as found in propulsion systems. Fluid/thermal related topics include: normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, variable area duct flow, and wave drag. Propulsion applications include rocket nozzles, rocket engine staging, supersonic inlets, and exhaust nozzles for airbreathing propulsion systems. Parametric cycle analysis for ramjet, turbojet, turbofan, and turboprop engines. 4 cr.
• ENG ME 452: Directed Study in Mechanical Engineering
  Under faculty supervision, students may study a subject that is relevant to mechanical engineering and is not covered in a regularly offered course. Term paper and/or written examination required at end of semester.
• ENG ME 457: Engineering Projects in Mechanical Engineering
  Project for seniors in mechanical engineering. Students select, develop, and complete a project and prepare a report.
• ENG ME 460: Electro-Mechanical Systems Design
  This course melds traditional machine component design with the design, instrumentation, and control of high precision, computer-controlled automation systems, using concrete examples drawn from the photonics, biotech, and semi-conductor industries. Topics covered include design strategy, high-precision mechanical components, sensors and measurement, servo control, design for controllability, control software development, controller hardware, as well as automated error detection and recovery. Students will work in teams, both in classroom and out-of-classroom, to integrate and apply the material covered in class to a term-long multi-part design project in Pro-Engineer, Solid Works, or other comparable CAD system, culminating in a group presentation at the end of the semester. 4 cr.
• ENG ME 461: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Experience
  The main activity in this course is the planning, and execution of a capstone project that represents a culmination of the Mechanical Engineering program. Students work in teams on either a research or design problem in some area of Mechanical Engineering that builds upon previous coursework. Class time will be focused on weekly project meetings with faculty, with bi-weekly lectures on ethics, entrepreneurship, project management and other professional topics. Aside from the capstone project, students will also complete a common fabrication project (same project for all students) that will include shop-ready drawings and fabrication of a multi-component part. Oral and written communications will be emphasized. 4 cr.
• ENG ME 465: Materials Processing
  The influence of manufacturing processes on structure and properties of materials. Manufacturing by liquid and solid state processing techniques, material removal processes and bonding and joining processes. Surface modification techniques for enhancing performance and product service life. Includes lab. Meets with ENGMS465. Students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 500: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  Seminar course on a topic of current interest in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
• ENG ME 501: Dynamic System Theory
  Introduction to analytical concepts and examples of dynamic systems and control. Mathematical description and state space formation of dynamic systems; modeling, controllability, and observability. Eigenvector and transform analysis of linear systems including canonical forms. Performance specifications. State feedback: pole placement and the linear quadratic regulator. Introduction to MIMO design and system identification using computer tools and laboratory experiments. Meets with ENG EC 501 and ENG SE 501; students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 502: Invention: Technology Creation, Protection, and Commercialization
  This course provides students with the knowledge and tools necessary to create, protect, and commercialize engineering and scientific intellectual assets. Students will first make use of creativity tools to attack posed engineering problems, then turn to means for protecting their solutions. Rapidly growing areas that are affecting nearly all businesses (e.g., software and the internet) as well as "high-tech" areas including microelectronics, communications, and bioenegineereing will be emphasized. Extensive patent searches and analysis will be carried out to develop skills for quickly ascertaining the protected technical content of patents, and for recognizing what intellectual property (IP) should be and can be protected. Legal aspects for protecting creative ideas will be studied at a level appropriate for engineers to interact easily and smoothly during their technical careers with IP lawyers. Various business models for the commercialization of intellectual assets will be analyzed. Extensive class exercises and projects will explore in depth all three of these important areas of IP, with emphasis on key contributions during engineering and scientific research and development activities.
• ENG ME 503: Kinetic Processes in Materials
  Kinetics of mass transport, continuum and atomistic approaches, chemical diffusion; kinetics of chemical reactions, kinetics of adsorption and evaporation; nucleation and growth; solidification; spinodal decomposition; coarsening; martensitic transformations; order-disorder reactions; point defects and their relation to transport kinetics. Meets with ENGMS503; students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 504: Polymers and Soft Materials
  An introduction to soft matter for students with background in materials science, chemistry, and physics. This course covers general aspects of structures, properties, and applications of soft materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, amphiphiles, gels, and biomaterials. Emphasis on chemistry and forces related to molecular self-assembly. Topics include forces, energies, kinetics in material synthesis, growth and transformation; methods for preparing synthetic materials; formation, assembly, phase behavior, and molecular ordering of synthetic soft materials; structure, function, and phase transition of natural materials such as nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, and lipids; techniques for characterizing the structure, phase, and dynamics of soft materials; application of soft materials in nanotechnology. Meets with ENG MS 504; students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 505: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  The laws of thermodynamics; general formulation and applications to mechanical, electromagnetic and electromechanical systems; thermodynamics of solutions, phase diagrams; thermodynamics of interfaces, adsorption; defect equilibrium in crystals; statistical thermodynamics, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, and phase transitions. Same as ENGME505; students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 507: Process Modeling and Control
  An introduction to modeling and control as applied to industrial unit processes providing the basis for process development and improvement. Major themes include an integrated treatment of modeling multi-domain physical systems (electrical, mechanical, fluid, thermal), application of classical control techniques, and system design. Topics include modeling techniques, analysis of linear dynamics, control fundamentals in the time and frequency domain, and actuator selection and control structure design. Examples drawn from a variety of manufacturing processes and case studies. Meets with ENGMS507. Students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 508: Computational Methods in Materials Science
  Introduction to computational materials science. Multi-scale simulation methods; electronic structure, atomistic, micro-structure, continuum, and mathematical analysis methods; rate processes and rare events. Materials defect theory; modeling of crystal defects, solid micro-structures, fluids, polymers, and bio-polymers. Materials scaling theory: phase transition, dimensionality, and localization. Perspectives on predictive materials design. Same as ENGMS508; students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG ME 509: Computational Nanomechanics
  This course offers an introduction to the computational techniques that are needed to study the mechanical behavior and properties of nanomaterials. There will be two focus topics of the course. First, we will discretize and study the differential equations at the continuum and atomistic scales. Second, we will study methods of coupling the atomistics to continua via multiple scale simulation techniques that enable length and time scale bridging to occur.
• ENG ME 510: Production Systems Analysis
  Operations research and dynamic systems methods applied in modeling, analysis, and control of production systems. Inventory analysis and control for single and multi-item systems based on deterministic and stochastic demand models. Demand forecasting. Supply chain management. Machine, flow shop and job shop scheduling, project scheduling with PERT and CPM. Production control methods: MRP, MRP-II, Just-in-Time, and Kanban.
• ENG ME 511: Manufacturing Information Systems
  This course provides a basic introduction to Information Systems concepts, design and analysis techniques, and their application to Manufacturing Operations Management. The impact of contemporary Information Technology solutions on Manufacturing Operations Management is explored by focusing on Enterprise Resource Planning, Manufacturing Execution, and Advanced Planning and Scheduling systems. Trends and challenges facing Information Technology solutions to Manufacturing Operations Management are highlighted through case studies focusing on Lean and Agile manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Electronic Procurement, six sigma, and related methodologies.
• ENG ME 512: Engineering Analysis
  Mathematical methods in aerospace and mechanical engineering; vectors and tensors; partial differential equations of heat and mass transfer, wave motion and potential theory, classification of second order PDEs; eigenfunction expansions, method of characteristics, Fourier and Laplace transforms; complex variable theory, residue integration, conformal mapping; Green's functions, integral equations, variational methods; perturbation methods for non-linear differential equations.
• ENG ME 513: Compressible Aerodynamics
  Aerodynamics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow. Laval nozzles, Prandtl-Meyer flow, normal and oblique shock waves. Linearized theory. Application to external and internal flow problems such as airfoils. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to ENG ME 423.
• ENG ME 514: Simulation
  Modeling of discrete event systems and their analysis through simulation. Systems considered include, but are not limited to, manufacturing systems, computer-communication networks and computer systems. Simulating random environments and output analysis in such contexts. A simulation language is introduced and is the main tool for simulation experimentation. Meets with ENG EC 514; students may not receive credit for both.

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