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ME 246 - Heat Trans
(3 cr; Student Option)
ME 2011 - Introduction to Engineering
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE pre-major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Skills critical for practicing engineers. Mechanical engineering, engineering design. Visual, written, and oral communication forms. Computer-based design tools. Substantial design projects, including prototype construction.
ME 2021 - Introduction to Programming and Computations for Mechanical Engineers
(4 cr; Prereq-Completed or concurrent registration in Math 1272 or 1372 or 1572H; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
This course introduces programing concepts and numerical methods, specific to engineers using MATLAB. Programming concepts include variable types, data structures, programming logic, debugging, file input and output, functions, and data visualization. These topics will then be used to develop numerical methods, topics to include root finding, differentiation, integration, systems of equations, and an introduction to solving ordinary differential equations. An emphasis will be placed on using these methods to solve mechanical engineering problems.
ME 3080 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 16 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Specialized topics within various areas of mechanical engineering. Topics vary each semester.
ME 3221 - Fundamentals of Design & Manufacturing
(4 cr; Prereq-2011, AEM 3031, MatS 2001; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Material behavior and failure in design and manufacturing. Models for material removal, bulk deformation, sheet metal forming, and consolidation processes. Characterization of process capabilities and parts.
ME 3222 - Mechanisms & Machine Design
(4 cr; Prereq-[3221 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3221], [CSci 1113 or equiv]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Selection of standard mechanical components such as bearings, gears, and fasteners. Analysis and synthesis of motion in machines. Displacement, velocity, and acceleration of mechanisms. Machine design project: Apply lecture topics to develop new machines that fulfill customer specifications.
ME 3281 - System Dynamics and Control
(4 cr; Prereq-AEM 2021, [Math 2243 or Math 2373], ME upper div; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Dynamics of mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluid, and hybrid systems. System response using Laplace transform and numerical integration. Fourier transform and convolution. Transfer functions and frequency response. Introduction to classical control.
ME 3324 - Introduction to Thermal Science
(3 cr; Prereq-Chem 1061, Chem 1065, Math 2243 or Math 2373, Phys 1301, [CSE student]; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Thermodynamics, heat transfer. Thermal properties of substances. First/second laws of thermodynamics. Steady/unsteady heat conduction. Thermal resistance concept. Convection heat transfer. Radiative heat transfer between solid surfaces. Boiling/condensation heat transfer.
ME 3331 - Thermodynamics
(3 cr; Prereq-Chem 1061, Chem 1065, Phys 1301; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Properties, equations of state, processes, cycles for reversible and irreversible thermodynamic systems. Modes of energy transfer. Equations for conservation of mass, energy, entropy balances. Application of thermodynamic principles to modern engineering systems.
ME 3332 - Fluid Mechanics
(3 cr; Prereq-Math 2243 or Math 2373, 3331; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Mass, momentum conservation principles. Fluid statics, Bernoulli equation. Control volume analysis, dimensional analysis, internal and external viscous flow. Momentum and energy considerations. Introduction to boundary layers.
ME 3333 - Heat Transfer
(3 cr; Prereq-3332; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Mechanisms of heat transfer. Conduction, convection, radiation. Boundary layer analysis using momentum and energy equations. Applications such as fins, heat exchangers, electronics cooling, bioheat transfer, energy conversion technologies, phase change energy storage and boiling.
ME 3990 - Curricular Practical Training
(1 cr; Prereq-ME major; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Industrial work assignment involving advanced mechanical engineering technology. Reviewed by faculty member. Final report covering work assignment.
ME 4031W - Basic Mechanical Measurements Laboratory [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-IE 4521, upper div ME; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ME 3031 until 20-JAN-04
Experimental methods, statistical estimates of experimental uncertainty, calibration, signal conditioning, selected transducers for mechanical measurements, data acquisition/processing. Temperature, pressure, humidity, stress-strain, force, velocity, flow/radiative properties.
ME 4053 - Mechanical Engineering Modeling
(4 cr; Prereq-ME 3221, ME 3222, ME 3281, ME 3331, ME 3332, ME 3333 ; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
This course is aimed at teaching undergraduate students mechanical engineering modeling, technical analysis and technical design capabilities from a non-compartmentalized perspective. The course focuses on, (i) modeling complex, multi-disciplinary mechanical engineering problems by identifying critical elements of a problem, (ii) design and development of analysis tools using analytical and numerical techniques and (iii) developing optimized solutions/designs to problems/challenges.
ME 4054W - Design Projects [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-2011, 3221, 3222, 3281, 3331, 3332, 3333, 4031W, AEM 2021, AEM 3031, EE 3005, ME upper div; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ME 4054 until 05-SEP-00
Students work in teams and undertake single, substantial design project. Design problems are open-ended. Product design process. Teams give formal presentation of progress at mid-semester design review, show completed work at design show.
ME 4080 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-ME upper div; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was ME 5080 until 06-SEP-11
Topics vary each semester.
ME 4090 - Advanced Engineering Problems
(2 cr [max 4]; Prereq-ME upper div, instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was ME 5090 until 23-MAY-11
Independent research project with faculty advisor in mechanical engineering, typically related to advisor's research interests. Student contacts advisor to develop project description well before project's start date.
ME 4131W - Indoor Environment & Energy Laboratory [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-ME 3333, ME 4031W, admitted to upper division/ME major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ME 4131 until 05-SEP-00
Experiments in psychrometrics, refrigeration, air conditioning, solar energy, indoor air quality, and other topics related to refrigeration, building heating/cooling, and indoor air quality.
ME 4231 - Motion Control Laboratory
(4 cr; Prereq-3281, 4031W, ME upper div; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Microprocessor programming, digital filters, frequency response testing, modeling of eletromechanical systems, closed loop velocity and position control, programmable logic controllers, factory automation, open loop position control of a vibratory system using input shaping, closed loop position control using pole placement.
ME 4232 - Fluid Power Control Lab
(4 cr; Prereq-3281, 4031W, ME upper div; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Fluid power fundamentals. Description/operation of components. Fluid power symbols/circuits. Component sizing. Modeling/simulation, system identification, controller design/implementation. Connecting/making measurements on hydraulic circuits. Lab.
ME 4331 - Thermal Energy Engineering Laboratory
(4 cr; Prereq-[3331, 3332, 3333, 4031W], [ME upper div or grad student]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ME 4331W until 06-SEP-05
Measurement/analysis of heat transfer in single phase, multiphase, reacting environments. Experimental measurements relevant to thermal/fluid systems, statistical design of experiments/uncertainty analysis. Heat exchange.
ME 4431W - Energy Conversion Systems Laboratory [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-3333, 4031W, [ME upper div or grad student]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ME 4431 until 05-SEP-00
Analyze operation/control of engines, power plants, heating/ventilation systems. Performance characteristics of devices, measurement techniques. Interpretation of experimental data. Presentation of results.
ME 4583 - Design for Life: Water in Tanzania [GP TS]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: CEGE 4583 (inactive)
Teams will evaluate community needs and infrastructure to design potable water-handling systems in rural Tanzania, typically off the power grid. Fluid mechanics: complex distribution networks, system losses, pump selection, borehole development; field measurements. Designs must address Tanzanian design guidelines.
ME 4585 - Mechatronics in Switzerland
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Summer Even Year)
Students work in teams to design, build andtest an autonomous robot. Course instructionincludes topics in electronics, systemdynamics and control, and mechanical design.This course is intended for interdisciplinaryteams, such that each member brings aparticular expertise.
ME 5070 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad student; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Specialized topics within areas of mechanical engineering. Emphasis on topics of current interest. Topics vary each semester.
ME 5101 - Vapor Power Cycles
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Vapor power cycle analysis, regeneration, reheat, compound cycle modifications, combined gas turbine--vapor cycle systems, components, fuels and combustion, heat sources -- solar, nuclear, geothermal, low T cycles, bottoming cycles, environmental concerns. EES software used extensively for cycle analysis.
ME 5103 - Thermal Environmental Engineering
(4 cr; Prereq-3331 or 3332, 3333, CSE upper div or grad; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Thermodynamic properties of moist air; psychrometric charts; HVAC systems; solar energy; human thermal comfort; indoor air quality; heating and cooling loads in buildings.
ME 5113 - Aerosol/Particle Engineering
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Kinetic theory, definition, theory and measurement of particle properties, elementary particle mechanics, particle statistics; Brownian motion and diffusion, coagulation, evaporation and condensation, sampling and transport.
ME 5133 - Aerosol Measurement Laboratory
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or graduate student; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Principles of aerosol measurement. Single particle analysis by optical and electron microscopy. Aerosol samplers and inertial collectors. Integral mass concentration and number concentration detectors. Size distribution by laser particle counter and differential mobility particle sizer. Aerosol generation and instrument calibration.
ME 5221 - Computer-Assisted Product Realization
(4 cr; Prereq-3221, AEM 3031, CSci 1113, MatS 2001; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Injection molding with emphasis on design of manufacturing processes. Tooling design and specification of processing conditions using computer-based tools; process simulation software and computer-controlled machine tools. Simultaneous process and part design. Production of tooling and parts. Part evaluation.
ME 5223 - Materials in Design
(4 cr; Prereq-3221, ME upper division or grad student; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Fundamental properties of engineering materials. Fabrication, treatment. Physical/corrosive properties. Failure mechanism, cost/value analysis as related to material selection/specification.
ME 5228 - Introduction to Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Design
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad, 3221, AEM 3031, CSci 1113, MatS 2001; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Finite elements as principal analysis tool in computer-aided design (CAD); theoretical issues and implementation aspects for modeling and analyzing engineering problems encompassing stress analysis, heat transfer, and flow problems for linear situations. One-, two-, and three-dimensional practical engineering applications.
ME 5229 - Finite Element Method for Computational Mechanics: Transient/Dynamic Applications
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Computational mechanics involving transient/ dynamic situations for solids and structures, heat transfer, fluid flow, nano-mechanics and the like. Development and analysis of numerical methods and computational algorithms. Stability and accuracy of algorithms, convergence issues; linear/nonlinear situations. Implicit, explicit, mixed, and variable time discretization approaches; modal-based methods for engineering problems. CSE upper div or grad, CSCI 1113, ME 3221, ME 3333, ME 5228 or equiv
ME 5241 - Computer-Aided Engineering
(4 cr; Prereq-3222, CSci 1113 or equiv, CSE upper div or grad; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Apply computer-aided engineering to mechanical design. Engineering design projects and case studies using computer-aided design and finite element analysis software; design optimization and computer graphical presentation of results.
ME 5243 - Advanced Mechanism Design
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad, 3222 or equiv, basic kinematics and dynamics of machines; knowledge of CAD packages such as Pro-E recommended; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Summer)
Analytical methods of kinematic, dynamic, and kinetoelastodynamic analysis and synthesis of mechanisms. Computerized design for function, path, and motion generation based on Burmeister theory.
ME 5247 - Applied Stress Analysis
(4 cr; Prereq-AEM 3031, MatS 2001, ME 3221; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Intermediate-level solid mechanics with application to common machine elements such as unsymmetrical beams, non-circular shafts and plates. Stress functions. Introduction to energy methods for stress analysis. Experimental methods for measuring strains and determining related stresses, with lab.
ME 5248 - Vibration Engineering
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad, 3281; Student Option; offered Periodic Summer)
Apply vibration theory to design. Optimize isolators, detuning mechanisms, and viscoelastic suspensions and structures. Use modal analysis methods to describe free vibration of complex systems, relating to both theoretical and test procedures.
ME 5281 - Feedback Control Systems
(4 cr; Prereq-3281; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Continuous and discrete time feedback control systems. Frequency response, stability, poles and zeros; transient responses; Nyquist and Bode diagrams; root locus; lead-lag and PID compensators, Nichols-Ziegler design method. State-space modeling/control. Digital implementation. Computer-aided design and analysis of control systems.
ME 5286 - Robotics
(4 cr; Prereq-[3281 or equiv], [upper div ME or AEM or CSci or grad student]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
The course deals with two major components: robot manipulators (more commonly known as the robot arm) and image processing. Lecture topics covered under robot manipulators include their forward and inverse kinematics, the mathematics of homogeneous transformations and coordinate frames, the Jacobian and velocity control, task programming, computational issues related to robot control, determining path trajectories, reaction forces, manipulator dynamics, and control. Topics under computer vision include image sensors, digitization, preprocessing, thresholding, edge detection, segmentation, feature extraction, and classification techniques. A weekly 2 hr. laboratory lasting for 8-9 weeks, will provide students with practical experience using and programming robots; students will work in pairs and perform a series of experiments using a collaborative robot.
ME 5312 - Solar Thermal Technologies
(4 cr; Prereq-[3333, CSE upper Div] or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Solar radiation fundamentals. Measurement/processing needed to predict solar irradiance dependence on time, location, and orientation. Characteristics of components in solar thermal systems: collectors, heat exchangers, thermal storage. System performance, low-temperature applications. Concentrating solar energy, including solar thermo-chemical processes, to produce hydrogen/solar power systems and photovoltaics. Solar design project.
ME 5332 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
(4 cr; Prereq-ME 3332, Admitted to upper division/ME major or graduate student; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Bridge between introductory fluid mechanics and advanced graduate level course. Principles of incompressible and compressible flows, boundary layer theory, and analysis using differential formulations of the governing conservation equations. Analysis of phenomena relevant to the practice of engineering is emphasized through problem solving.
ME 5341 - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering and Design
(4 cr; Prereq-3333, CSE upper div or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Characteristics of applied heat transfer problems. Nature of problem specification, incompleteness of needed knowledge base, accuracy issues. Categories of applied heat transfer problems.
ME 5344 - Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow With Applications
(4 cr; Prereq-ME 3331, ME 3332, completed, or concurrent registration in ME 3333; admitted to upper division/ME major or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Odd Year)
Conservation of mass, momentum, energy. Relevant thermodynamic properties. Nozzles, diffusers, thrust producers, shocks. Fluid-wall frictional interactions. Wall heat transfer, internal heat release. Temperature recovery. Mass addition.
ME 5351 - Computational Heat Transfer
(4 cr; Prereq-3333, CSE upper div or grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Numerical solution of heat conduction/analogous physical processes. Develop/use computer program to solve complex problems involving steady/unsteady heat conduction, flow/heat transfer in ducts, flow in porous media.
ME 5446 - Introduction to Combustion
(4 cr; Prereq-3331, 3332, 3333, CSE upper div or grad student; concurrent registration with 3333 is allowed with instructor consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Thermodynamics, kinetics, energy and mass transport, pollutants in reacting systems. Reactors, laminar, and turbulent flames. Ignition, quenching, and flame stability. Diffusion flames. Combustion in reciprocating engines, furnaces, and turbines, with emphasis on internal combustion engine performance and emissions.
ME 5461 - Internal Combustion Engines
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE upper div or grad student, C or better in [3332, 3333] or 3324; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Basic spark ignition and diesel engine principles, air, fuel-air and actual engine cycles, cycle modeling, combustion and emissions, knock phenomena, air flow and volumetric efficiency, mixture requirements, ignition requirements and performance. Lectures/complementary labs.
ME 5666 - Modern Thermodynamics
(4 cr; Prereq-3331 or equiv; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Applications of thermodynamics to natural phenomena. Multiscale approach. Student group projects, with undergrads and grad students in same group. Three hours/week classroom instruction, one hour/week project discussion. Project presentations at weeks 8 and 14 are webcast.
ME 8001 - Research Ethics and Professional Practice
(0 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Intellectual property, data management, social responsibility, authorship, and plagiarism, conflict of interest, and reporting misconduct. Case studies. Recent newspaper articles.
ME 8111 - Multiphase Systems Analysis
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
This course provides an introduction to the physical behavior of multiphase systems, including aerosols, granular systems, colloids, sprays, foams, dusty plasmas, and emulsions. The course emphasis is on developing fundamental relationships that describe how the behavior of one phase is influenced by its interaction with the other phase. The course will be divided into four sections. In the first, transport of dilute systems of rigid particles in a gaseous or liquid medium is examined at the single particle level. Students will be taught how to construct and numerically solve Lagrangian particle tracking models with one-way coupling and will be provided with codes to compute the free molecular drag force on particles of arbitrary shape (IMoS). In the second section, the course will discuss dense dispersed media, including effective medium approximations to describe thermal and electrical transport in complex systems, an introduction to foams and unit cells, flow in porous media, and granular systems (four-way coupled systems). In the third section, the course will return to dilute systems, but wherein the dispersed phase is deformable (droplets). Topics will include droplet behavior on a surface (wetting and line tension), an introduction to emulsions, droplet-droplet coalescence, and atomization processes. The fourth and final section of the course, phase change and multiphase system formation will be introduced, including the kinetics of nucleation of condensed phase material in a gas, as well as solid (ice) formation in a liquid. The overarching goal of the course is to prepare PhD and MS students to be able to address research level questions experimentally, numerically, and theoretically in their studies beyond the course.
ME 8113 - Advanced Aerosol/Particle Engineering
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Introduction to kinetic theory, definition, theory, and measurement of particle properties; elementary particle mechanics, particle statistics; Brownian motion and diffusion, coagulation, evaporation and condensation, sampling, and transport.
ME 8221 - New Product Design and Business Development I
(4 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student, some design experience; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: ENTR 6041 (starting 21-MAY-01), SCO 6061 (ending 21-MAY-12, was OMS 6061 until 21-MAY-12), ENTR 6042 (ending 08-SEP-20), ENTR 6087 (starting 12-JUN-00), PDES 8721, BMEN 8401 (starting 07-SEP-99)
Students and faculty work with company representatives to develop a product concept, a working physical prototype, and an extensive business plan. Concept design, detail design, manufacturing, marketing, introduction strategy, and profit forecasting. Sponsoring company intends to bring product to market. ME 8222 must be taken in sequence the same year.
ME 8222 - New Product Design and Business Development II
(4 cr; Prereq-8221; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: PDES 8722, BMEN 8402
Students and faculty work with company representatives to develop a product concept, a working physical prototype, and an extensive business plan. Concept design, detail design, manufacturing, marketing, introduction strategy, and profit forecasting. Sponsoring company intends to bring product to market. Must be taken in sequence with 8221 the same year.
ME 8228 - Finite Elements in Multidisciplinary Flow/Thermal/Stress and Manufacturing Applications
(4 cr; Prereq-3222, 5341, AEM 3031, CSci 1113; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Multidisciplinary and coupled effects involving flow/heat transfer/stress. In-depth understanding of modeling and analysis in each discipline. Coupling multi-disciplines for engineering problems. Applications to manufacturing and process modeling of, e.g., metals, alloys, polymers.
ME 8229 - Finite Element Methods for Computational Mechanics: Transient/Dynamic Problems
(4 cr; Prereq-5228 or equiv, 5341, AEM 3031, CSci 1113; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Computational mechanics involving transient or dynamic situations; development and analysis of computational algorithms. Stability and accuracy of algorithms, convergence issues; linear/nonlinear situations. Implicit, explicit, mixed, and variable time discretization approaches; modal-based methods for engineering problems
ME 8243 - Topics in Design: Advanced Materials (Topics course)
(2 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; 4 academic progress units; 4 financial aid progress units; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Topics vary with each offering.
ME 8253 - Computational Nanomechanics
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: SCIC 8253
Fundamentals of mechanical properties in nanometer scale. Role of discrete structure and underlying atomic, molecular, and interfacial forces are illustrated with modern examples. Overview of computational atomistic methods. Lectures, hands-on computing using publicly available or personally developed scientific software packages.
ME 8254 - Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Major classes, components, and applications of MEMS. Principles behind operation of MEMS devices/ systems. Standard microfabrication techniques. Unique requirements, environments, and applications of MEMS. Students apply microfabrication techniques/applications to design/manufacture of a MEMS device or microsystem.
ME 8255 - Introduction to Nanotechnology
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This course covers a broad range of subjects introducing students to the science and technology of nanoscale materials. This includes from fundamental principles, to synthesizing and characterizing nanomaterials, to incorporating them into advanced manufacturing processes and hybrid nano-bio systems. Indeed, establishing a critical scientific understanding of properties at the nanoscale will ultimately enable a variety of next-generation devices. The focus of this course thus is on the fundamental techniques necessary for investigations at small dimensions, and the very latest research developments in this rapidly evolving field.
ME 8262 - Topics in Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes (Topics course)
(4 cr; Prereq-3221, AEM 3016; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Advanced topics in Manufacturing. Analytical/numerical modeling of manufacturing processes. Use of computer-based modeling tools and computer controlled manufacturing machines. Comparison of predictions/measurements of process variables and part characteristics. Part production/testing. Processes, technologies, and topics vary with each offering.
ME 8281 - Advanced Control System Design-1
(3 cr; Prereq-5281; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Loop Shaping. Review of controllability/observability. LQR/LQG/LTR. Repetitive control. Input shaping. Tracking control (feedforward, precompensation). Lyapunov stability. System identification.
ME 8282 - Advanced Control Systems Design-2
(3 cr; Prereq-5281; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Introduction to nonlinear systems, bifurcations, chaos, Lyapunov stability. Input-output stability (circle theorem, passivity, Lure'). Input-output and input-state feedback linearization. Lyapunov-based design. Sliding surface control, dynamic surface control. Parameter identification (least squares, gradient, etc). Lyapunov-based adaptive control, integrator back-stepping, singular perturbations.
ME 8283 - Design of Mechatronic Products
(4 cr; Prereq-An introductory system dynamics and controls course or permission of instructor. ; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Odd Year)
The purpose of this course is for advanced mechanical engineering students to gain additional mechatronic skills by learning how to use microcontrollers to implement control systems in the context of a practical product or device. Embedded microcontrollers are ubiquitous in modern products from washing machines to cell phones to automobiles to space rockets. Knowing how to design and program microcontrollers, how to interface microcontrollers to sensors and actuators, and how to implement control algorithms on a microcontroller is an important skill for the modern control system design engineer. The course is hands-on and follows a learn by doing approach. Students spend 1/3 the course in a microcontroller boot camp and 2/3 on a substantial microcontroller project. The lectures cover didactic material related to microcontrollers, sensors, actuators, electronics circuit design and fabrication and control algorithm implementation.
ME 8284 - Intermediate Robotics with Medical Applications
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Even Year)
Course Objectives:1. Provide a broad survey of modern robotics topics. Students will be conversant with the leading topics in leading international robotics journals and conferences. This includes an emphasis on medical and surgical robotic applications.2. Provide sufficient background in mathematical and modeling techniques and their use to technically critique and advance technical robotics topics.3. Provide sufficient exposure and background to engage in international robotics conferences and research.
ME 8285 - Control Systems for Intelligent Vehicle Applications
(3 cr; Prereq-5281 or EE 5231 or equiv; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This course focuses on a study of several advanced control design techniques and their applications to smart vehicles. The control system topics studied include lead and lag compensator design, loop shaping, analysis of system norms, H2-optimal control, feedback linearization, sliding surface control, and observer design. The vehicle application topics studied include cruise control, adaptive cruise control, automated lane keeping, automated highway systems, yaw stability control, active rollover prevention, engine control, and active and semi-active suspensions. In each application, a dynamic model is first developed that is simple enough for control system design, but at the same time, rich enough for capturing the essential features of the dynamics. The control design for each application is studied in-depth during lecture and further analyzed during hands-on homework.
ME 8287 - Topics in Dynamics and Control (Topics course)
(2 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Topics Course in Dynamics and Control
ME 8332 - Advanced Fluid Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Advanced fluid dynamics course addressing the theory and applications of fluid flows pertinent to mechanical engineering. The course focuses on the physical phenomena, mathematical formulations, and advanced problem-solving techniques for flows ranging from microscale flows to turbulence, with examples from mechanical engineering practice. Prerequisite an intermediate fluid mechanics course or permission of instructor.
ME 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
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ME 8337 - Experimental Methods in the Thermal Sciences
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
The course will provide fundamentals on optics theory and optical instruments for students to understand and implement cutting-edge optical diagnostic tools, and to design optical methods for measurements in fluid and thermal sciences. The course will cover commonly used optical measurement techniques including particle image/tracking velocimetry, laser induced fluorescence, Schlieren photography, and digital holography.
ME 8341 - Conduction
(3 cr; Prereq-Undergrad class in heat transfer or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Advanced understanding/application of conduction/diffusion to heat/mass transfer problems. Solving ordinary/partial differential equations related to physics of diffusion. Special topics in numerical microscale heat transfer.
ME 8342 - Convection
(3 cr; Prereq-Grad level course on fundamentals of fluid mechanics that has a substantial component on viscous flows or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Heat transfer in fluids flowing around bodies and in tubes/ducts. Forced/natural convection. Laminar/turbulent flow regimes. Turbulent transport and modeling. High-speed flows, viscous dissipation, variable property effects. Application to heat exchange devices. Convective mass transfer.
ME 8343 - Radiation
(3 cr; Prereq-Undergrad class in heat transfer or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Advanced radiation heat transfer problems. Physics foundation for radiation. Materials properties. Radiation transfer problems. Solution methods for integro-differential equations. Statistical methods. Multi-mode heat transfer.
ME 8345 - Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Finite volume method for solution of governing equations for heat transfer and fluid flow. Mathematical models of turbulence. Construction of general computer program. Practical applications.
ME 8350 - Heat Transfer Physics
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; A-F only; offered Spring Odd Year)
Physical fundamentals of storage, transport, transformation of thermal energy by energy carriers. Phonons, electrons, fluid particles, photons. Physical mechanisms, multiple time scales. Heat transfer processes. Atomic-molecular dynamics, solid state physics, electromagnetism, quantum optics.
ME 8361 - Molecular Gas Dynamics
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: AEM 8231 (starting 07-SEP-99)
Kinetic theory of gases, Boltzmann equation, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, collisions, transport properties. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Statistical thermodynamics, classical/quantum statistics. partition functions and thermodynamic properties. Irreversible thermodynamics.
ME 8362 - Introduction to Plasma Technology
(3 cr; Prereq-8361; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Fundamentals of gaseous plasmas. Thermal/nonequilibrium plasmas. Types of plasma generation. Electron energy distribution function. Sheaths, glow discharges, electric arcs, RF plasmas. Steady/unsteady plasmas. Plasma heat transfer. Plasma diagnostics.
ME 8363 - Introduction to Reactive Flow Systems
(3 cr; Prereq-ME 8361 is a co-prerequisite and can be taken in parallel with ME 8361; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This is an advanced graduate level course that covers the basics of reactive flow systems pertinent to mechanical engineering. After the introduction/review of the fundamentals of collisions, chemical kinetics, reactions and relevant aspects of basic physical chemistry, the course focuses on reaction kinetics and transport phenomena in reactive flow systems. It will introduce modeling approaches of zero and one dimensional reaction kinetics systems and diagnostics to measure the chemical and transport properties of reactive flow systems. The fundamentals and approaches introduced in this course will be applied to examples of reactive flow systems from mechanical engineering practice including both gas phase and multiphase systems (solid-gas and liquid-gas).
ME 8381 - Bioheat and Mass Transfer
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student, upper-division transport/fluids course; [physics, biology] recommended; Student Option; offered Periodic Summer)
Analytical/numerical tools to analyze heat/mass transfer phenomenon in cryobiological, hyperthermic, other biomedically relevant applications.
ME 8390 - Advanced Topics in the Thermal Sciences : Biostabilization in Biomedicine, and Biotechnology (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Topics vary according to instructor.
ME 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
ME 8446 - Advanced Combustion
(3 cr; Prereq-Undergrad courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, IT grad student; 5446 or 8641 highly recommended; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Fundamental understanding of linkage between thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport phenomena in combustion systems. Heat release rate, flame stability, and emissions. How those issues arise in furnaces, internal combustion engines, and rockets.
ME 8462 - Turbomachinery
(3 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student, 3321, 3322 or equiv or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Summer)
Thermodynamic analysis of energy transfer between fluid and rotor; dimensional analysis; principles of axial, mixed, and radial flow pumps, fans, compressors, and turbines; cascade performance; computer flow simulations; applications to propulsion systems and power plants.
ME 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
TBD
ME 8772 - Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: CEGE 8213 (inactive, was CE 8213 until 08-SEP-15)
Advanced technologies specifically related to transportation. Topics draw from core science/technology areas of human factors, intelligent vehicles, traffic modeling/management, sensing, communications, and controls.
ME 8773 - Graduate Seminar
(1 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Recent developments.
ME 8774 - Graduate Seminar
(1 cr; Prereq-8773; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Recent developments.
ME 8775 - Technical Communication
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
One-day workshop on presenting a seminar. Students deliver one-hour seminar on technical topic and attend nine other technical seminars.
ME 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
ME 8794 - Mechanical Engineering Research
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-instr consent; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Directed research.
ME 8800 - Modern Developments in Mechanical Engineering
(1 cr; Prereq-CSE grad student; S-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Seminars on topics in engineering science of importance to mechanical engineers. Invited scholars deliver five-lecture series on each topic; two to five topics each semester.
ME 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
ME 8990 - Curricular Practical Training
(1 cr [max 2]; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Industrial work assignment involving advanced mechanical engineering. Review/approval by faculty member and director of graduate studies. Final report covering work assignment.

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