ME 201 Thermodynamics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CEM 141 or CEM 151 or CEM 181H or LB 171) and ((MTH 234 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently)) and (PHY 183 or PHY 183B or PHY 193H or PHY 233B or LB 273)
Not open to students with credit in:
BE 351 or CHE 321
Description:
Basic concepts of thermodynamics. Property evaluation of ideal gases and compressible substances. Theory and application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Entropy and Carnot efficiency.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 221 Statics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
{(PHY 183 or PHY 183B or PHY 193H) or (PHY 231 and PHY 233B)} and ((MTH 234 or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently))
Description:
Vector description of forces and moments. Two- and three- dimensional equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of trusses, frames, and machines. Coulomb friction.
Interdepartmental With:
Civil Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
ME 222 Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
MTH 234 and CE 221
Description:
Tension compression and shear stresses. Axially loaded bars. Torsion of circular shafts. Beam theory. Combined stresses. Mohr's circles. Columns.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
ME 280 Graphic Communications
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(EGR 100) and ((LB 118 or concurrently) or (MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently)) and ((EGR 102 or concurrently) or (CSE 231 or concurrently))
Description:
Computer-aided three-dimensional design. Freehand sketching. Two-and-three-dimensional visualization. Blueprint reading.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
ME 300 Professional Issues in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Professional conduct and ethical behavior in the workplace. Practice in professional writing and oral presentation. Global, economic, environmental and societal context of engineering. Contemporary issues in engineering. Group dynamics and working in teams. Intellectual property.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 332 Fluid Mechanics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 361 and (CHE 321 or ME 201) and ((ME 391 or concurrently) and completion of Tier I writing requirement)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Statics, control volume equations, similitude, and exact fluid solutions. Turbulence, pipe flow, boundary layer flow, compressible flow, and Navier-Stokes equations.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 361 Dynamics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CE 221) and (MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 347H)
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Kinematics of particles, rigid bodies, and mass moments of inertia. Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
ME 370 Mechanical Design and Manufacturing I
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 222 and (ME 300 or concurrently) and (ME 391 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Engineering design of machine elements and mechanical systems. Computer-based analysis in support of design. Design for static and fatigue strength, deflection, and reliability.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
ME 372 Machine Tool Laboratory
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Principles and practice of machine tools. Safety, terminology, measurement, and working procedures for hand and machine tools.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 385 Computer Aided Design Tools
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lab Hours: 6
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Advanced 3-D solid modeling
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 391 Mechanical Engineering Analysis
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 347H) and CSE 231
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Biosystems Engineering Major or in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Analytical and numerical methods for the modeling and analysis of mechanical engineering systems. Applications to vibrating elements, heat transfer, linear springs, and coupled spring-mass systems.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
ME 399 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Topics selected to supplement and enrich existing courses.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 412 Heat Transfer Laboratory
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(ME 410 or concurrently) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Practices and measurement techniques for heat transfer and thermal systems. Experimental problem solving applied to heat transfer.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 413 Cryogenic-Thermal Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 410 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Low temperature properties of materials and fluids. Introduction to cryogenic liquefaction and refrigeration cycles, separation and purification systems, instrument systems for low temperature measurement, fluid storage and distribution, vacuum technology.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 414 Mechanical Design of Cryogenic Systems
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 470 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Engineering mechanical design of cryogenic refrigeration fluid systems. Design, analysis and introduction to ASME codes pertaining to piping systems/components, vacuum insulated transfer-lines, cold boxes, and super-conducting magnet cooling.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 416 Computer Assisted Design of Thermal Systems
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
(ME 410 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Classifying, cataloging and processing design information. Modeling of thermal equipment. Simulation and optimization of thermal systems. Computer based design projects.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 417 Design of Alternative Energy Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 410 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Analysis of alternative energy systems, including ocean, wind, fuel cells, solar, and nuclear. Predictive models for the systems. Design studies.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 422 Introduction to Combustion
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 332 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Thermodynamics, chemistry, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer principles applied to combustion.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 423 Intermediate Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Stress, strain and linearly elastic behavior. Plane stress and plane strain. Torsion. Yield criteria. Elastoplastic behavior of beams, shafts and cylinders. Unsymmetrical bending. Curved beams.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 425 Experimental Mechanics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Measurement of stress, strain, vibration, and motion using strain gauges, accelerometers, photoelasticity, holography, Moire patterns, laser speckle and electronic imaging. Transducer design.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 426 Introduction to Composite Materials
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Constituents and interfacial bonding. Manufacturing techniques. Microstructure and micromechanics. Theory of anisotropy. Classical laminate theory. Material characterization. Failure and damage. Composite structure design.
Interdepartmental With:
Materials Science and Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 433 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 410 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Description:
Theory and application of finite difference and finite volume methods to selected fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems developed based on Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. Application of commercial software to computational fluid dynamics problems.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
ME 440 Aerospace Propulsion
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Fundamentals of thrust and propulsion systems, including gas turbines, ramjets, rockets and electric devices. Compressible flow through nozzles and shocks. Cycle analysis of airbreathing jet propulsion and chemical rocket propulsion. Performance and design of propulsion components.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 441 Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Solutions to inviscid and viscous fluid dynamical equations. Aerodynamics of airfoils, wing and fuselage. Aircraft performance parameters and basics of flight, including cruise, turning, takeoff and landing. Introduction to stability, including control surfaces, longitudinal and lateral stability and power effects.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 442 Turbomachinery
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Applying energy, momentum, and continuity equations of thermo-fluids to turbomachinery. Blade geometry and aerodynamics. Performance and design parameters. Turbomachine design.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 444 Automotive Engines
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 410 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Design and development of internal and external combustion engines for vehicular propulsion.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 445 Automotive Powertrain Design
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Design of powertrain systems including piston ring assembly, combustion and induction systems, and transmissions. Performance emission tradeoffs with emphasis on emission control. Detailed design study required.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 451 Control Systems
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 461 and ECE 345
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems. Standard feedback control formulation. Transient and sinusoidal steady state analysis. Time and frequency domain controller synthesis.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 456 Mechatronic System Design
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ECE 345 or concurrently) and (ME 391 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Description:
Application of imbedded microcontrollers to the design of mechatronic systems. Introduction to feedback and feedforward control concepts. Application to automotive, consumer, industrial and commercial systems.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
ME 461 Mechanical Vibrations
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 361 and ME 391
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering major.
Description:
Modeling and analysis of oscillatory phenomena found in linear discrete and continuous mechanical systems.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 464 Intermediate Dynamics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Kinematics and kinetics of particle and rigid body systems. Virtual work, Lagrangian method, and Euler equations. Basic vibrations of discrete and continuous systems. Elementary wave propagation.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 465 Computer Aided Optimal Design
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 222 and ME 280) and (ME 370 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Modeling for mechanical design optimization. Algorithms for constrained and unconstrained optimization. Optimality criteria. Optimization using finite element models. Design projects.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 470 Mechanical Design and Manufacturing II
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 361 and ME 370
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Kinematic analysis of linkage mechanisms, spur gears and cam-follower systems. Completion of design project.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 475 Computer Aided Design of Structures
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Computational methods for analysis, design, and optimization of structural components. Basic concepts in geometric modeling, finite element analysis, and structural optimization.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 477 Manufacturing Processes
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 222 and MSE 250
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Applied Engineering Sciences Major or in the Materials Science and Engineering Major or in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Fundamentals of manufacturing processes such as casting, heat treating, particulate processing, forming, machining, joining, and surface processing. Selection of manufacturing processes based on design and materials.
Interdepartmental With:
Materials Science and Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 478 Product Development
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Materials Science and Engineering Major or in the Mechanical Engineering Major.
Description:
Simulation of industrial environment for product development. Product concept, design, and manufacturing.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 481 Mechanical Engineering Design Projects
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 6
Prerequisite:
(ME 410 and ME 470) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Application of design concepts in mechanical engineering. Problem definition, design specifications. Modeling and analysis methods. Design optimization, economics, reliability. Manufacturing considerations in design. Capstone design projects.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 490 Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Approval of department.
Description:
Independent study in mechanical engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 491 Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Approval of department.
Description:
Topics selected to supplement and enrich existing courses.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open
ME 494 Biofluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 410 or concurrently) or (CHE 311 or concurrently) or (BE 350 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Applications of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics to biological processes, including blood flow in the circulatory system, heart function, effects of heating and cooling on cells, tissues, and proteins. Pharmacokinetics.
Interdepartmental With:
Biomedical Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
ME 495 Tissue Mechanics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Application of solid mechanics to understanding mechanical responses of biological tissues. Microstructure and biological function for soft and hard connective tissues and muscle.
Interdepartmental With:
Biomedical Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
ME 496 Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 470 or concurrently
Description:
Experimental and analysis methods used in biomechanics of human movement. Signal processing. Kinematics. Kinetics. Electromyography. Modeling. Computer programming.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
ME 497 Biomechanical Design in Product Development
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 370 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Description:
Biomechanical product design with application to people or animals. Synthesis, prototyping, and analysis of designs. Project management. Market research.
Semester Alias:
BME 491A, MSM 445
Interdepartmental With:
Biomedical Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 800 Engineering Analysis
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Use of analytical methods of mathematics in engineering applications. Applications of partial differential equations to thermal-fluid and vibration problems, vector calculus and tensor analysis in fluid and solid mechanics, and analytical function theory in mechanics.
Effective Dates:
FS04 - Open
ME 810 Advanced Classical Thermodynamics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 391
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Postulational treatment of the laws of thermodynamics. Equilibrium and maximum entropy postulates. Principles for general systems.
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
ME 811 Micro-Scale Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 332
Description:
Basic concepts of micro-scale processes. Molecular derivation of the conservation equations of fluid dynamics, Boltzmann equation and Monte-Carlo methods of modern micro-applied science. Theory of micro-scale heat transfer. Applications to fluid mechanics, heat transfer, combustion.
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
ME 812 Conductive Heat Transfer
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 391 and ME 410
Description:
Theory of steady and unsteady heat conduction. Derivation of describing equations and boundary conditions. Numerical methods. Nonlinear problems.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open
ME 814 Convective Heat Transfer
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analysis of convective transfer of heat, mass and momentum in boundary layers and ducts. Thermal instability. Free convection.
Effective Dates:
FS94 - Open
ME 819 Combustion
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1
Recommended Background:
ME 822
Description:
Thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Multicomponent systems. Premixed and diffusion flames. Flame radiation.
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
ME 820 Continuum Mechanics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Mathematical tools of continuum mechanics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, fundamental laws and equations. Applications in linear elasticity and classical fluids.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open
ME 821 Linear Elasticity
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 820
Description:
Fundamentals of isotropic linear elasticity. Solution of plane elasticity problems. St. Venant bending and torsion. Singular solutions. Basic three-dimensional solutions.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open
ME 824 Plasticity
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 821
Description:
Yield conditions, stress-strain relations, plastic potential, hardening theories, torsion, bending. Thick walled shells under internal pressure. Limit analysis. Slip line theory.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open
ME 825 Experimental Mechanics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Measurement of strain, displacement, velocity, and acceleration using resistance strain gages, accelerometers, and related methods. Detailed study of strain gages and accelerometers. Transducer design. Basic modal analysis.
Effective Dates:
US05 - Open
ME 830 Fluid Mechanics I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Integral and differential conservation laws, Navier-Stokes' equations, and exact solutions. Laminar boundary layer theory, similarity solutions, and approximate methods. Thermal effects and instability phenomena.
Effective Dates:
FS94 - Open
ME 832 Fluid Mechanics II
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 830 and MTH 425
Description:
Inviscid flow, vortex motion, flow past bodies. Complex variables and conformal mapping. One-dimensional steady and unsteady compressible flow, shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion. Small perturbations theory and method of characteristics.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
ME 834 Fundamentals of Turbulence
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Statistical descriptions of turbulent flows: isotropic, free shear and wall bounded. Correlation and spectral descriptions. Conditional probabilities and coherent motions. Experimental methods. Scaling relationships.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
ME 835 Turbulence Modeling and Simulation
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
(ME 830) and and familiarity with graduate-level fluid mechanics and mathematics.
Description:
Basic turbulence theory. Transport equations for calculations of turbulent flows. Current status of modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. Direct numerical simulation. Reynolds-averaged simulations. Large eddy simulation. Probability density function methods in turbulence.
Effective Dates:
SS03 - Open
ME 836 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Description:
Modern techniques of fluid mechanics measurement and data analysis. Pressure, temperature and velocity measurement techniques. Optical diagnostics.
Effective Dates:
FS20 - Open
ME 840 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
((ME 410) and programming experience.) and (ME 830 or ME 814)
Description:
Theory and application of finite difference and finite volume methods to selected fluid mechanics and heat transfer models including the full potential flow model, the systems of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, and turbulence. Grid generation techniques.
Effective Dates:
SS97 - Open
ME 842 Advanced Turbomachinery
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 442
Restrictions:
Open only to seniors and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering.
Description:
Application of energy, momentum, continuity and heat transfer equations to energy transfer and transformation in turbomachinery.
Effective Dates:
FS96 - Open
ME 851 Linear Systems and Control
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Undergraduate coverage of linear algebra, differential equations and control/systems
Description:
State models and their stability, controllability, and observability properties. Finding minimal realizations of transfer functions. Design of state and output feedback controllers. Design of state observers. LQ regulator and the Kalman filter. Time-varying systems.
Interdepartmental With:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Administered By:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS06 - Open
ME 853 Optimal Control
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Static optimization. Nonlinear optimal control of discrete and continuous systems, with specialization to the LQ regulator and tracking. Extending the deterministic results to the Kalman filter and the LQG regulator. Dynamic programming and inequality constraints. Convex optimization and LMI’s.
Interdepartmental With:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Administered By:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS06 - Open
ME 854 Robust Control
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Linear systems and norms for signals and systems. Investigation of stability and performance of control systems. Model reduction, uncertainty, and robustness. Parameterization of stabilizing controllers, Ricatti equations and related factorizations. Application to H-2, H-infinity, and L-1 control.
Interdepartmental With:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS09 - Open
ME 856 Adaptive Control
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Real-time parameter estimation. Design of self-tuning regulators and model reference adaptive controllers. Investigation of robustness and robust adaptive controllers. Extension to nonlinear systems.
Interdepartmental With:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Administered By:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS06 - Open
ME 859 Nonlinear Systems and Control
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ECE 851
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Second-order systems and fundamental properties of solutions. Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, passivity, absolute stability, and linearization. Design of feedback controllers using integral control, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, Lyapunov redesign, passivity-based control, and recursive methods. Applications to electrical and mechanical systems.
Interdepartmental With:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS09 - Open
ME 860 Theory of Vibrations
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Discrete systems and continua. Analytical mechanics. Variational principles. Modal analysis. Function spaces. Eigenfunction expansions. Integral transforms. Stability. Approximations. Perturbations.
Effective Dates:
SS03 - Open
ME 861 Advanced Dynamics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Euler angles. Applications in system dynamics and vibrations.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open
ME 863 Nonlinear Vibrations
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 461
Description:
Perturbation methods. Weakly nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations. Modal interactions, internal tuning, saturation, sub/super/combination resonances, jump phenomenon. Nonlinear normal modes.
Effective Dates:
FS95 - Open
ME 872 Finite Element Method
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Theory and application of the finite element method to the solution of continuum type problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis.
Semester Alias:
AE 809, MSM 809
Interdepartmental With:
Civil Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open
ME 874 Analysis of Metal Forming and Manufacturing Processes
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 471 and MSM 809 and MSM 817 and MSM 810
Description:
Review of fundamental knowledge in mechanics, materials and numerical analysis. Modeling, simulation and analysis of metal forming and manufacturing processes.
Effective Dates:
FS01 - Open
ME 881 Cardiovascular Mechanics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3
Recommended Background:
(ME 222 or ME 332) or undergraduate level of solid mechanics or fluid mechanics.
Description:
Solid and fluid mechanics of the cardiovascular system. Computational modeling tools for simulating hemodynamics and stress-mediated growth and remodeling in patient-specific geometry.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
ME 891 Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open
ME 892 Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1
Description:
Attend and present seminars in order to develop research and presentation skills relevant to mechanical engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS09 - Open
ME 898 Master's Project Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 7 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to master's students in the Mechanical Engineering major. Approval of department.
Description:
Master's degree Plan B individual student project: original research, research replication, or survey and reporting on a topic such as system design and development, or system conversion of installation.
Effective Dates:
SS97 - Open
ME 899 Master's Thesis Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 8
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 24 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open
ME 921 Nonlinear Elasticity
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 821
Description:
Kinematics and kinetics of large deformations. Incompressible and compressible finite elasticity. Solution of basic problems. Nonuniqueness, stability, and buckling. Singular fields near cracks and flaws.
Effective Dates:
FS05 - Open
ME 922 Viscoelasticity and Poroelasticity
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 820
Description:
Linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity. Micromechanics models and constitutive theories. Frequency response. Thermal effects. Poroelasticity. Compressible and incompressible constituents. Application to gels, pastes, soft tissue, and geotechnical materials.
Effective Dates:
SS24 - Open
ME 940 Selected Topics in Thermal Science
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
ME 812 and ME 814 and ME 816
Restrictions:
Open only to Mechanical Engineering majors.
Description:
Conduction, convection, radiation, phase change and interactive combined modes of heat transfer. Mass transfer. Irreversible thermodynamics.
Effective Dates:
FS95 - Open
ME 960 Selected Topics in Vibrations
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
ME 860
Description:
Current topics of interest to the student and faculty.
Effective Dates:
FS95 - Open
ME 961 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 857 or ME 860 or ECE 826 or MTH 441
Description:
Qualitative theory of dynamical systems applied to physical system models. Bifurcation theory for continuous and discrete-time systems, chaos, the Smale horseshoe, Melnikov's method, and nonlinear data analysis.
Effective Dates:
FS98 - Open
ME 990 Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Individualized study of a current problem in mechanical engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open
ME 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open