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Course Numbers Are Preceded By MEE
300 Level Courses
400 Level Courses
500 Level Courses
200. ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (3). Development and current status of energy sources,
technologies, consumption patterns, conservation, and energy policies.
Emphasis on environmental effects of various choices made at each step of
the energy cycle, and examination of those choices from technological and socioeconomical points of view.
PRQ: PHYS 150 or CHEM 110.
210.
ENGINEERING MECHANICS I (3).
Principles of engineering mechanics; vector algebra, force systems,
free-body diagrams, resultants, equilibrium, centroids
and centers of gravity; application to trusses, frames, machines, and
beams; moments of inertia; friction.
PRQ: MATH 229 with grade of C or better; PHYS 250A with grade of C or
better.
CRQ: MATH 230.
211.
ENGINEERING MECHANICS II (3).
Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies; kinetics of particles and rigid
bodies: force-mass-acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum.
PRQ: MEE 210 and MATH 230 with grade of C or better.
212. STRENGTH
OF MATERIALS (3). Mechanics of
deformable bodies with emphasis on principles of stress and strain; shear
and bending moments; torsion, buckling; failure criteria and design
concepts.
PRQ: MEE 210.
220.
MECHANISM DESIGN (3).
Introduction to kinematics and mechanism; mechanism design philosophy;
displacement, velocity, and acceleration analysis; CAM
design; gears; introduction to kinematic
synthesis. Concepts of design supplemented by computer techniques of
analysis.
PRQ: CSCI 230 and MEE 211, or consent of department.
CRQ: UEET 101.
270. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS (3). Graphics in engineering and geometric
constructions; orthographic projection and descriptive geometry with
auxiliary views and revolution; pictorial presentation; developments;
introduction to computer-aided drawing.
CRQ: MATH 155 or MATH 229.
300 Level Courses
321.
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS I (3).
Oscillatory motion, free vibration of single degree freedom systems, harmonically
excited vibration, vibration under general forcing conditions, two or more
degrees of freedom systems, and generalized eigenvalue
problems.
PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336.
322.
DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL I (4).
Introduction to simple harmonic motion, damping, resonance, and multiple degree of freedom systems. Modeling of mechanical
systems and their transfer functions, feedback control, and introduction to
Root-locus and Bode design. Lecture, discussion three periods per week;
laboratory, problem session two periods per week.
PRQ: ELE 315 or MEE 321, or consent of department.
330.
MATERIALS SCIENCE (4).
Introduction to principles of the mechanical, electronic, magnetic,
optical, and thermal behavior of metallic, ceramic, and polymeric
materials. Relation between processing, structure, properties, and
performance of engineering materials. Principles of corrosion. Introduction
to failure analysis.
PRQ: CHEM 210T and CHEM 212 with grade of C or better and PHYS 251A with
grade of C or better.
CRQ: MEE 212 or consent of department.
331.
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES (3).
Mechanical properties of materials; metallurgical control of mechanical
properties; casting and forming processes; machining processes; welding and
allied processes; processes and techniques related to manufacturing.
|PRQ: MEE 330.
340. FLUID
MECHANICS (3). Introduction and
fundamentals of fluid statics, integral form and
control volume analysis, differential analysis and potential flow,
incompressible viscous internal and external flow, and compressible flow.
PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336.
350.
ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (3).
Principles of thermal energy conversion; properties of pure substance; work
and heat; first law of thermodynamics, control volume, steady state and
steady flow process, uniform state and uniform flow process; second law of
thermodynamics, entropy, availability; power and refrigeration cycles.
PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336.
351.
APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS (3).
Thermodynamic cycles and processes; generalized thermodynamic relationships;
mixtures and solutions; chemical reaction; phase and chemical equilibrium;
nozzles, diffusers, and flowmeters.
PRQ: MEE 350.
352. HEAT
TRANSFER (3). Basic laws of heat
transfer; steady state heat conduction, heat generation, and extended
surfaces; unsteady and multidimensional conduction; analytical, graphical,
and numerical solutions; external and internal forced convection; boundary
layer theory; free convection, similarity and integral solutions; radiation
properties and exchange between black and nonblack
surfaces; numerical solutions techniques.
PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350.
CRQ: MEE 380.
380.
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (3). Number representation, root finding, differentiation
and integration, a system of linear equations and matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, interpolation and
extrapolation, least-squares methods and splines,
linear programming.
PRQ: CSCI 230 and MATH 336.
381.
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS & PROGRAMMING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (3). Number representation, root finding, matrix
inversion/factorization, eigenvalues/eigenvectors,
minimization, integration of functions, and ODEs.
Covers many of the same subjects as MEE 380. However, this course
places more emphasis on programming style and technique in the C++
language, including object-based programming, computational efficiency,
code reuse, and scalability. Students wishing to participate in the
advanced computing track should take this course instead of MEE 380. PRQ:
CSCI 240 and MATH 336.
390.
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING I
(3). Basic concepts of
measurement methods and planning and documenting experiments. Typical
sensors, transducers, and measurement system behavior. Data sampling and
computerized data acquisition systems. Statistical methods and uncertainty
analysis applied to data reduction. Laboratory experiments with measurement
of selected material properties and solid-mechanical and fluid/thermal
quantities. A writing-intensive course.
CRQ: ELE 215, MEE 212, MEE 340, MEE 350, and STAT 350 or IENG 335.
400
Level Courses
410.
INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3). Buckling, unsymmetric bending,
transverse loading, curved beams, thick-walled cylinders and rotating
disks, torsion of thin-walled tubes, contact stresses, plastic behavior,
strain energy and Castigliano’s theorem, strength
theories and design equations, fatigue, and fracture.
PRQ: MEE 212, MATH 336, and CSCI 230.
421.
DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL II (3). Concepts
of linear system theory; modal analysis, Lagrange’s Equations, approximate
numerical methods for solving vibration problems. Root-locus and frequency
response design. State-space analysis. Case studies in control system
design.
PRQ: MEE 322 or ELE 380, or consent of department.
422.
DESIGN OF ROBOT MANIPULATORS (3).
Mathematics, programming, and control in the design of robot manipulators.
Includes topics on kinematics, differential relationships and dynamics,
motion trajectories, and control algorithms.
PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336, or consent of department.
423.
MECHANICAL RELIABILITY (3). Basic
probability, statistics, and reliability concepts applicable to mechanical
systems. Probabilistic treatment of loads, stress, strength, safety
indices, and fatigue. Mechanical equipment reliability; wear-out;
reliability-based design, testing, and maintenance.
PRQ: MEE 212.
CRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
424.
MACHINERY VIBRATION (3).
Machinery vibration analysis: signature analysis in time and frequency domains,
fault detection, diagnosis, and correction; instrumentation; case studies;
machine monitoring programs.
PRQ: MEE 322.
CRQ: MEE 470.
425. DESIGN OF MOBILE
ROBOTS (3). Configuration and
architecture design. Position estimation, planning, and control. Perception
and learning. Group capstone project in the design and development of a
mobile robot. Lecture, discussion, case studies of mobile robot design. A
writing-intensive course.
PRQ: MEE 211 or TECH 375, or consent of department.
426.
MECHATRONICS SYSTEM DESIGN (3).
Use of computers embedded in mechanical systems, microcontrollers,
real-time software, analog and digital world, sensors and actuators
interfacing, electronics for mechatronics,
measures of system performance, state transition logic and multitasking, mechatronics system design problems, advanced concepts
and case studies of mechanical systems with embedded electronics.
PRQ: CSCI 230 or CSCI 240, ELE 215, and ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of
department.
430.
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (3). Computers for CAD/CAM; computer-aided design;
numerical control, origin of CAM; industrial robots; group technology and
process planning; computer control; computer-integrated manufacturing.
PRQ: MEE 230 or CRQ: MEE 331.
431.
COMPOSITE MATERIALS (3). Macromechanical behavior of a lamina; micromechanical
behavior of a lamina; macromechanical behavior of
a laminate; bending, buckling, and vibration of laminated plates.
PRQ: MEE 212, MEE 330, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
451. REFRIGERATION
AND AIR CONDITIONING (3).
Refrigerants; vapor compression and absorption refrigeration systems;
cryogenics; psychrometrics and humidity
measurements; extended surface coils and transfer processes between moist
air and water; solar radiation and heating and cooling loads of buildings
and structures.
PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352.
452.
DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS (3).
Application of principles of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and
thermodynamics in the component design of thermal systems. Examples are drawn
from power generations, environmental control, and industrial processes.
Students work on group projects for integration of these components in the
design of thermal systems.
PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352.
453.
PROPULSION (3). Aerodynamics and
thermodynamics of gas turbine airbreathing and
rocket engines; quasi-one-dimensional flow; ideal and real cycle analysis;
component performance; engine operating off-design characteristics.
PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350.
470.
DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS (3).
Fatigue analysis; design of screws, fasteners, and connections; design of
welded, brazed, and bonded joints; mechanical springs; bearings; gears;
shafts; design of clutches, brakes, couplings, and flywheels; flexible
mechanical elements.
PRQ: MEE 212 and MEE 220.
CRQ: MEE 331 or consent of department.
480.
FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (3).
Concepts of finite element methods, variational
formulation and approximation; linear and quadrilateral elements; finite
element formulation; error analysis; isoparametric
elements; computer implementation; applications from solid mechanics,
dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.
PRQ: MEE 322, MEE 352, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
481.
ENGINEERING DESIGN SEMINAR (1).
Complete preparation of an engineering system design or project proposal
covering problem identification, conceptual design, and the schedule of
work required to carry out the project. (Projects are carried out in MEE
482). Concurrent seminar of methodology, standards and safety codes,
professional ethics, decision making, and design evaluations. A
writing-intensive course.
CRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 470.
482.
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT (3). Special design project under individual
supervision of the instructor. A writing-intensive course.
PRQ: MEE 481.
484. ADVANCED
COMPUTING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (3). A project-based course in which students write a substantial
portion of a vehicle dynamics simulation. In this course which
combines engineering science with advanced computing, students get a unique
and practical introduction to object oriented programming, data structures
and other topics that facilitate programming-in-the-large. Students
participating in the advanced computing track are encouraged to take MEE
481 concurrently, to begin working on elements of the senior design
project. PRQ: MEE 381, or consent of instructor.
490.
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING II (3). Experimental design; statistical analysis of
data; computerized data acquisition and reduction; experiments on signature
analysis, fluid flow, heat transfer, material properties, and vibrations;
individual experimental design projects. A writing-intensive course.
PRQ: MEE 390 or consent of department.
494.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMPETENCY (1). Review of fundamental concepts and problem solving in mathematics,
physics, chemistry, electrical circuits, statics,
dynamics, strength of materials, material science,
fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control, and computer
programming. Grades based on performance on a national standardized
examination.
PRQ: Senior status.
497.
INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3).
Independent pursuit of problems in mechanical engineering under faculty
supervision. Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3
semester hours.
PRQ: Consent of department.
498.
SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3). Topics not
included in regular courses. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester
hours.
PRQ: Consent of department.
500 Level Courses
510. EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS (3). Elementary elasticity;
brittle-coating methods; strain meaurement
methods and related instrumentation; photoelasticity;
Moire methods; residual stress analysis.
PRQ: MEE 490 or consent of department.
511. CONTINUUM MECHANICS (3). Vectors and tensors; stress; deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian
strain; physical laws; constitutive equations; solid mechanics; fluid
mechanics.
PRQ: Consent of department.
512. ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(3). Stress-strain temperature
relations; failure criteria; energy methods; torsion; nonsymmetrical
bending; curved beams; flat plates; beams and elastic foundations; rotating
discs; contact stresses.
PRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
513. FATIGUE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS
(3). Yielding; brittle fracture
mechanics; plasticity induced fracture; fracture toughness; fatigue testing
and analysis; stress concentration and notch sensitivity; low-cycle,
corrosion, acoustic, and thermal fatigues.
PRQ: MEE 512 or consent of department.
514. THEORY OF ELASTICITY AND
APPLICATIONS (3). Plane stress
and plane strain in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates;
analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions; torsion of bars; bending
of bars and plates; axisymmetric problems;
thermal stress; propagation of waves in elastic solid media.
PRQ: MEE 511 or consent of department.
515. APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (3).
Implementation of analysis and interpretation of results for discrete and
continuous systems; computational techniques; available computer software;
selection of model parameters; model evaluation and determination of
accuracy; applications in mechanical engineering problems.
PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
516. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR
OF COMPOSITES (3). Comprehensive treatment of laminated beams, plates, and tubes.
Bending, buckling, and vibration analysis. Various orders of theory and
their range of parametric applications with respect to designing with
composites. Hygrothermal and residual stresses.
PRQ: MEE 431 or consent of department.
520. ADVANCED DYNAMICS (3). Newtonian mechanics; analytical mechanics;
rotating reference frames; rigid body dynamics; geometric theory; stability
of autonomous and nonautonomous systems;
perturbation techniques; transformation theory; gyroscope.
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
521. ADVANCED VIBRATIONS (3). Advanced principles of dynamics; discrete and
continuous systems; free and forced vibrations; damped and undamped system reponse;
approximate methods; wave solutions for continuous systems; random
vibrations.
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
522. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (3). Random
vibrations; vibration pick-ups; dynamic strain measurements; beam
vibrations; response analysis; modal analysis.
PRQ: MEE 521 or consent of department.
523.
ROBOT VISION CONTROL (3).
Generalized images; segmented images; geometrical structures; relational
structures; robot machine vision systems.
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
524.
ROBOT DYANMICS AND CONTROL (3).
Motion trajectories; principles of rigid body dynamics; robot dynamics;
digital control systems; control of multilink manipulators.
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
525.
ROBOT PROGRAMMING AND CONTROL (3).
Task description; structured programming; teaching; compliance and control;
high level of robot language.
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
526. ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN
(3). Review of conventional and
modern control design using block-diagram-transfer function, state-variable
method, pole placement technique, estimation, and robust control schemes;
digital control system analysis and design; z-transform theory and
digitization process; nonlinear control system design; describing
functions, phase plane and Liapunav’s stability
criterion; control system design problems and case studies including
open-ended hands-on design projects from current research topics.
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
529. MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN
MECHANICAL DESIGN (3). The
engineering design process, engineering materials, and their properties,
materials selection charts, case studies, selection of material and shape,
and aesthetics of design.
PRQ: Consent of department.
530. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF
POLYMERS (3). Molecular structure
of amorphous, crystalline, and network polymers; theories of glassy state;
transition and melting temperatures; model prediction of viscoelastic properties; time-temperature superposition
principle; theory of rubber elasticity.
PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
531. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (3). Finite
element methods in structural analysis; computer-aided design of symmetric
and asymmetric machine elements under dynamic, impulsive, and thermal
loadings; computer graphics; computer analysis and animation of kinematics
of linkages.
PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
532. TRIBOLOGY (3). Surface topography and integrity; sliding and
rolling friction; temperature in sliding contact; types, mechanisms, and
theories of wear; antifriction and wear resistant material; boundary,
hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication;
high pressure and wear resistant additives; solid lubricant; examples of tribology applied engineering design.
PRQ: Consent of department.
533. COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING (3). Manufacture of parts and assemblies; design for
manufacturability; numerically controlled machine tools; robotics.
PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
534. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MATERIAL
SCIENCE (3). Structural evaluation of
materials with X-ray techniques; scanning electron microscopy for image
formation and use of column related techniques to characterize bulk
specimens; transmission microscopy for image formation and defect analysis
in materials science applications.
PRQ: consent of department.
540. ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS (3). Kinematics of fluid flow; plane irrotational and incompressible fluid flows; Navier-Stokes equations; hydrodynamic stability;
turbulence; two-dimensional boundary layers in incompressible flow; flow
separation.
PRQ: Consent of department.
542. DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLUIDS (3). Fundamentals of viscous fluid; Navier-Stokes equations; exact solutions, boundary
layer equations and their physical interpretations; mathematical techniques
of similarity transformations, integral methods, perturbation methods and
numerical solutions.
PRQ: MEE 540 or consent of department.
550. ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS (3). Thermodynamic postulates and conditions of
equilibrium; the Euler equation and the Gibbs-Duhem
relations; Legendre transformations and the extreme principle; Maxwell
relations; stability of thermodynamic systems; the Nernst Postulate;
chemical reactions and combustion; chemical equilibrium; irreversible
thermodynamics.
PRQ: Consent of department.
555. CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Fundamentals of heat conduction; approximate and
exact analytical methods; finite and semiinfinite
bodies; one-dimensional composite media; phase change problems; nonlinear
problems; heat transfer in anisotropic solids.
PRQ: Consent of department.
556. CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Conservation principles; laminar internal and
external flows; natural convection; turbulent flow; heat transfer at high
velocities; heat transfer through porous media; numerical methods in
convection heat transfer.
PRQ: Consent of department.
558. COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER AND
FLUID MECHANICS (3). Application
of partial differential equations, finite difference methods, and finite
element methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics; stability analysis,
convergence criteria, and accuracy of computational techniques.
PRQ: Consent of department.
592. ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS (3). Calculus of
variations for deformable bodies; Sturm-Liouville
problems; LaGrange’s equations and generalized dynamical entities; integral
equations in mechanical engineering; Green’s functions; theory of
distributions; one dimensional boundary value problems; partial
differential equations in mechanical engineering. Applications of heat,
conduction and convection, fluid dynamics, and structural mechanics.
PRQ: Consent of department.
597. INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3). Independent pursuit of advanced problems in
mechanical engineering under faculty supervision. A written report is
required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Combined credit
in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours.
PRQ: Consent of department.
598. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING (1-3). Advanced
study of mechanical engineering topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 3
semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3
semester hours.
PRQ: Consent of department.
599. MASTER’S THESIS (1-6). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
PRQ: Consent of department.
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