Graduate Course Descriptions

ME EN 500 : (MeEn-CEEn) Design and Materials Applications.

PREREQUISITE:	CEEn 203; MeEn 372 or CEEn 321; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Applied and residual stress; materials selection; static, impact, and fatigue strength; fatigue damage; surface treatments; elastic deflection and stability--all as applied to mechanical design.

ME EN 501 : (MeEn-CEEn) Stress Analysis and Design of Mechanical Structures.

PREREQUISITE:	CEEn 321 or MeEn 372 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Stress analysis and deflection of structures; general bending and torsion, with computer applications to mechanical and aerospace structure design.

ME EN 503 : (MeEn-CEEn) Plasticity and Fracture.

PREREQUISITE:	CEEn 203; MeEn 250; Math 303; senior standing or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Tensor algebra; stress and deformation tensors; relationships between dislocation slip, yielding, plastic constitutive behavior, and microstructure development; cracks and linear elastic fracture mechanics.

ME EN 504 : (Me En-CE En) Computer Structural Analysis and Optimization.

PREREQUISITE:	Linear algebra; CE En 321 or Me En 372; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Matrix analysis of rods, shafts, beams, trusses, frames, and grids using the generalized stiffness method. Optimization methods for these structures. Organizing computer programs for structural analysis and structural optimization.

ME EN 506 : (MeEn-CEEn) Continuum Mechanics and Finite Element Analysis.

PREREQUISITE:	Linear algebra; CE En 321 or Me En 372; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Equilibrium, constitutive, and compatibility equations; closed-form solutions from elasticity; finite element theory, programming, and usage; membrane, axisymmetric, and solid elements. Application to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and seepage.

ME EN 508 : (Me En-CE En) Structural Vibrations.

PREREQUISITE:	CE En 321 or Me En 372 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Dynamic analysis of single degree-of-freedom, discrete multi-degree-of-freedom, and continuous systems. Applications include aerospace, civil structures, and mechanical components.

ME EN 510 : Compressible Fluid Flow.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 312 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	One-dimensional analysis of compressible flow with area change, friction, heat transfer, shock waves, and combined effects, including experimental methods.

ME EN 512 : Intermediate Fluid Dynamics.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 312 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Review of fluid properties, Navier-Stokes equations, exact and similarity solutions, introduction to potential flows, stream functions, lift and drag, boundary layers, vorticity, and turbulence.

ME EN 521 : Intermediate Thermodynamics.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 422 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Review of first and second law analysis; exergy; equations of state and other thermodynamic relations; properties of mixtures and multiphase systems; chemical reactions and equilibrium.

ME EN 522 : Combustion.

PREREQUISITE:	Chem 105, Me En 422; or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to first- and second-law ideal gas combustion systems along with elementary models of homogeneous and heterogeneous premixed and/or diffusion flames.

ME EN 523 : (Me En-CE En) Aircraft Structures.

PREREQUISITE:	CE En 321 or Me En 372; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Requirements, objectives, loads, materials, and tools for design of airframe structures; static behavior of thin-wall structures; durability and damage tolerance; certification and testing. Airframe component team design project.

ME EN 534 : Dynamics of Mechanical Systems.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 335 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamics, generalized coordinates, linear and angular momentum, Euler angles, rigid-body motions, and gyroscopic effects. Theory taught with applications integrated.

ME EN 535 : Mechanical Vibrations.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 335 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to energy methods for system modeling, eigenvalues and mode shapes, frequency response, and spectral characterization of vibrations.

ME EN 537 : Advanced Mechanisms, Robotics.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 437 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Kinematics and dynamics of advanced mechanisms, such as robots, with computer simulation of mechanism motion.

ME EN 538 : Compliant Mechanisms.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 372; 475 or concurrent enrollment; or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Design and analysis of compliant mechanisms and compliant structures. Large-deflection analysis/force displacement relationships; mechanisms synthesis.

ME EN 540 : Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 340 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Analytical approaches to conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer. Introduction to mass transfer.

ME EN 541 : Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 340 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Heat transfer analysis by numerical methods. Finite difference and finite element methods, stability, and error analysis.

ME EN 550 : (Me En-EC En) Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS).

PREREQUISITE:	EC En 450 or Me En 372 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Design, fabrication, and applications of MEMS. Mechanical properties governing their design and reliability and the processing technologies used to fabricate them.

ME EN 555 : Introduction to Biomechanics.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 372, 312; Math 303 or equivalent.
RECOMMENDED:	Me En-CE En 506.
DESCRIPTION:	Mechanics of biological systems. A continuum mechanics-based approach to the structure, function, mechanical response, and active remodeling of hard and soft tissues of the body.

ME EN 558 : Metallurgy.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 250 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental principles of physical metallurgy and their application to design.

ME EN 561 : (Me En-Phscs) Fundamentals of Acoustics.

PREREQUISITE:	Phscs 123 or equivalent; Math 303 or 334 or equivalent.
RECOMMENDED:	Phscs 318, 321; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Sound generation, transmission, reflection, and reception. Vibrating systems, elastic media, mechanical energy, and radiation. Sound in tubes and cavities. Acoustic filters. Noise measurement and perception.

ME EN 562 : (Me En-Phscs 660) Analysis of Acoustic Systems.

PREREQUISITE:	Phscs 561 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Analyzing and modeling electro-mechano-acoustic systems. Transducers, calibration, and acoustical measurements. Sound sources, arrays, coupling, radiation, and directivity. Duct acoustics. Energy-based acoustics.

ME EN 564 : Digital Instrumentation and Mechatronic Systems.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 363 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Design and analysis of instrumentation systems, fundamental sensor characteristics, and computer data acquisition; time and frequency domain modeling with analog and digital components.

ME EN 570 : (Me En-CE En) Computer-Aided Engineering Software Development.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 373 or C programming.
DESCRIPTION:	Programming methods for development of engineering software. Data structures, architecture, libraries, and graphical user interfaces, with applications to CAD systems.

ME EN 574 : Product Development Automation.

PREREQUISITE:	Prerequisite: Me En 475, 476; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Design automation, network modeling of design systems, mass customization, agent-based methods, transnational design systems. Aerospace, automotive, and consumer product applications.

ME EN 575 : (Me En-CE En) Optimization Techniques in Engineering.

PREREQUISITE:	Math 302 and FORTRAN, C, or similar computer language.
DESCRIPTION:	Application of computer optimization techniques to constrained engineering design. Theory and use of state-of-the-art computer routines. Robust design methods.
NOTE:	Fee.

ME EN 576 : Product Design.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 475 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Emerging design methodology and design strategies for complex systems, including decomposition methods and sensitivity analysis. Advanced CAD/CAE/CAM technologies applied to design.

ME EN 578 : CAD/Cam Applications.

PREREQUISITE:	Advanced FORTRAN, C, or C++.
DESCRIPTION:	Principles and practices involved in parametric surface and solid modeling, associativity, NC tool path generation, etc. Construction of complete CAD models for design, analysis, and manufacture.

ME EN 579 : Global Product Development.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 475, 476 (or equivalents); senior or graduate status.
DESCRIPTION:	Preparing students to be leaders in globally-influenced product development organizations. Includes visits to U.S. and overseas companies and universities.

ME EN 584 : Manufacturing Process Machine Design.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 372 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Applying machine design principles to manufacturing process machines and tooling; integrating machine elements; precision machine design. Designing and analyzing the effects of loading, combined stresses, and deflections on machine process capability. Sensors applied to process machines.

ME EN 585 : Manufacturing Competitiveness: Quality and Productivity.

PREREQUISITE:	Stat 332, Me En 282; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Production strategies to improve quality, decrease cost, and increase throughput to create market advantage; effective production management systems; applying quality improvement tools to process data; theory of constraints and lean production.

ME EN 595R : Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering.

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Departmental consent.

ME EN 602 : (MeEn-CEEn) Composite Structures.

PREREQUISITE:	ME EN-CE En 506
DESCRIPTION:	Applied and residual stress; materials selection; static, impact, and fatigue strength; fatigue damage; surface treatments; elastic deflection and stability--all as applied to mechanical design.

ME EN 606 : (MeEn-CEEn) Plates and Shells.

PREREQUISITE:	ME EN-CE En 506
DESCRIPTION:	Beam and plate theories, includ- ing flexural and shear deformation. Large displacement beam and plate theory. Axisymmetric shells and general curved shells. Finite element analysis of beams, plates and shells, including buckling analysis.

ME EN 608 : (MeEn-CEEn) Nonlinear Structural Analysis.

PREREQUISITE:	ME EN-CE En 506, 508
DESCRIPTION:	Geometrically nonlinear analysis of trusses, frames, membranes, and plates, including buckling and large deformation analysis. Materially non -linear analysis, including plasticity and viscoelasticity.

ME EN 609 : (MeEn-CEEn) Spectral Analysis of Dynamic Systems .

PREREQUISITE:	Math 302 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Digital signal processing and analysis applied to computer-aided esting, system identification, and characterization of random processes. Applications include vibration and acoustic testing, seismic recording and analysis, and system identification for control.

ME EN 611 : (MeEn-CEEn) Turbulence.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 512.
DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to turbulence, flow instability and transition, concept of scale, Reynolds averaging, wall-bounded and free shear flows, closure modes, and measurement techniques.

ME EN 612 : Environmental Fluid Dynamics.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 512, or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans related to air quality, water quality, and human safety. Freesurface, two layer, and continuously stratified flows emphasizing linear and nonlinear free-surface and internal gravity waves.

ME EN 613 : Experimental Fluid Mechanics .

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 312, or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Experimental methods for analyzing fluid flow and heat transfer. Theory and application of techniques in velocimetry, pressure sensing, thermometry, and flow visualization.

ME EN 625 : Advanced Internal Combustion Engines .

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 425 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Detailed combustion analysis of compression and spark ignition engines. Modeling concepts from zero to multidimensional. Engine heat transfer and I. C. engine diagnostics.

ME EN 633 : (Me En-EC En 673) Digital Control Systems.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 431 or ECEn 483 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Design of digital controllers for dynamical systems, analysis using the z-transform, digital filter implementation, application of transform-based classical design methods, and modern state-space techniques.

ME EN 634 :(Me En-EC En 674) Flight Dynamics and Control.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 431 or EC En 483 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Dynamics of flight, stability, and control derivatives, longitudinal and lateral control design; state-space control strategies for aircraft; unmanned air vehicle applications.

ME EN 642 :Radiative Heat Transfer.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 540
DESCRIPTION:	Advanced engineering analysis of radiant heat exchange between surfaces, in enclosures, and in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media.

ME EN 643 :Convective Heat Transfer.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 540
DESCRIPTION:	Advanced engineering analysis of convective heat transfer in internal and external laminar and turbulent flows.

ME EN 651 :Microstructure and Properties.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 506
DESCRIPTION:	Representations of inhomogenous material microstructure, crystallography, orientation distribution functions, Fourier representations, bounding theories for defect-insensitive properties, grain boundaries and grain boundary engineering, microstructure sensitive design.

ME EN 671 :Advanced Strategies for Product Development.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 475 or instructor's consent
DESCRIPTION:	Theory of advanced strategies for product development. New concepts developed, tested, and applied to real products.

ME EN 673 : Advanced Design Tool Development.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 570 or instructor's consent
DESCRIPTION:	Development and implementation of advanced tools and methods for mechanical design.

ME EN 684 : Production System Design.

PREREQUISITE:	MeEn 671 or instructor's consent
DESCRIPTION:	Designing manufacturing systems for competitive advantage. Factory layout, simulation and design, and tooling design. Integration of manufacturing design into product development process.

ME EN 685 : (MeEn-Mfg 675) Advanced Manufacturing Strategies for Product Development.

PREREQUISITE:	Mfg 232 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Theoretical and experimental study of manufacturing methods such as machining, forming, casting, welding, etc.

ME EN 695R : Special Problems for Master’s Students.

PREREQUISITE:	Department chair’s consent.
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ME EN 699R : Master's Thesis.

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ME EN 733 : (Me En-EC En 773) Linear System Theory.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 431 or EC En 483 or equivalent; EC En 671.
DESCRIPTION:	Mathematical introduction to time-varying linear systems; state-space descriptions, controllability, observability, Lyapunov stability, observer-based control. Design of linear quadratic regulators and infinite-horizon Kalman filters.

ME EN 734 :(Me En-EC En 774) Non-Linear System Theory.

PREREQUISITE:	Me En 431 or EC En 483 or equivalent; EC En 671.
DESCRIPTION:	Mathematical introduction to non-linear dynamic systems. Topics include Lyapunov methods, passivity, input-output stability, and non-linear feedback design.

ME EN 795R : Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering.

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ME EN 799R : Doctoral Dissertation .

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