MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

530.101 (E)

FRESHMAN EXPERIENCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (4) Busch-Vishniac   Limit 9 per sec.    An overview of the field of mechanical engineering along with topics that will be useful throughout the mechanical engineering program. Examples of the latter are dissection of an IC engine, MatLab, the design process, report preparation, and teamwork.

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Lab

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M 2-4

MTW 1

W 2-4

MTW 1

T 6-8pm

MTW 1

Th 3-5

530.201 (E)

STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (4) Brady  Limit 20 per section (Lab)     Equilibrium of rigid bodies, free-body diagrams, design of trusses. One-dimensional stress and strain, Hooke’s law. Properties of areas. Stress, strain, and deflection of components subjected to uniaxial tension, simple torsion, and bending. Cross listed with 560.201

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MTW 2 11

M 4-6pm

T 5-7pm

W 4-6pm

Th 4-6pm

530.231 (E)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (4) Meneveau Limit 70  Prereq: 110.109, 171.102    Properties of pure substances, phase equilibrium, equations of state. First law, control volumes, conservation of energy. Second law, entropy, efficiency, reversibility. Carnot and Rankine cycles. Internal combustion engines, gas turbines. Ideal gas mixtures, air-vapor mixtures. Introduction to combustion. 

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Lab

MTW 1

W 4

530.241 (E) 530.341

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION (4) (3) Cowan Limit 18/Sec.1 & 16/Sec.2 20 per section   Prereq: 171.101-102, 110.201, 110.302 Perm. Req’d.   Department Majors only      Introduction to basic analog electronics and instrumentation with emphasis on basic electronic devices and techniques relevant to mechanical engineering. Topics include basic circuit analysis, laboratory instruments, discrete components, transistors, filters, op-amps, amplifiers, differential amplifiers, power amplification, power regulators, AC and DC power conversion, system design considerations (noise, precision, accuracy, power, efficiency), and applications to engineering instrumentation.

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Lab

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MTW 9 1

W 2-5

MTW 9 1

F 9-12

530.327 (E,N)

INTRODUCTION TO FLUID MECHANICS (4) Su    Limit 60   Prereq: 560.202 and either 110.302 or 550.291 Physical properties of fluids. Fluid statics. Control volumes and surfaces, kinematics of fluids, conservation of mass. Linear momentum in integral form. Bernoulli's equation and applications. Dimensional analysis. The Navier-Stokes equations. Laminar and turbulent viscous flows. External flows, lift and drag.

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MTW 10

530.352 (E)

MATERIALS SELECTION (4) Hemker   Limit 50   Prereq: 530.215 or Perm.  Req'd.    An introduction to the properties and applications of a wide variety of materials: metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites. Considerations include availability and cost, formability, rigidity, strength, and toughness. This course is designed to facilitate sensible materials choices so as to avoid catastrophic failures leading to the loss of life and property.

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MTW 11

530.403 (E,Q,N)

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ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT (4) Chirikjian Conn   Limit 25 per section   Prereq: ME Majors: 530.215, 530.327 EM & BME Majors: 530.215 or 530.405, and 530.327   This senior year capstone design course is intended to give some practice and experience in the art of engineering design. Students working in teams of two to four will select a small-scale, industry-suggested design problem in the area of small production equipment, light machinery products, or manufacturing systems and methods. A solution to the problem is devised and constructed by the student group within limited time and cost boundaries. Preliminary oral reports of the proposed solution are presented at the end of the first semester or sooner. A final device, product, system, or method is presented orally and in writing at the end of the second semester. Facilities of the Engineering Design Laboratory (including machine shop time) and a specified amount of money are allocated to each student design team for purchases of parts, supplies, and machine shop time where needed.

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Th 9-11:30

F 9-11:30

530.414 (E)

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (3) Stoianovici   Limit 21   Prereq: 530.215, 500.100 This course attempts to integrate the concepts developed in 530.215 with the use of the computer as a design tool. The topics covered include the design of mechanical systems. Extensive use is made of computer-aided design software, including object modeling, system assembly, and mechanism solution procedures. Computer-aided drafting and dimensioning.

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Th  1-4 1:30-4:30

530.416 (E,N)

ADVANCED MECHANICAL DESIGN (3) Sharpe  Limit 20 70   Prereq: 550.215 A continuation of 530.215 expanding on topics such as fatigue, fracture, and various mechanical components and including linkage synthesis and cams. Student teams will be assigned different experimental or computational projects. Three lectures per week initially and then two per week during the project work.

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MTW 2

530.421 (E)

MECHATRONICS (3) Okamura   Limit 20 per section  Prereq: 530.420 or Perm Req’d   Mechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanism, electronics, and computer control to achieve a functional system. This interdisciplinary course includes lectures, lab assignments, and projects that teach the student to design and build mechatronic devices, building upon the themes of 530.420 Robot Sensors & Actuators. We expand on the topics of mechanism design, motors and sensors, interfacing and programming microprocessors, mechanical prototyping, and creativity in the design process. Course labs and projects are performed in small student groups. Each group develops a microprocessor-controlled electromechanical device, such as a mobile robot or art-making machine. Project topics vary from year-to-year.

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W 10

Th 9-12

F 1-4

530.446 (E,N)

EXPERIMENTAL BIOMECHANICS (3) Belkoff     Limit 10 50   Prereq: 530.445     An introduction to experimental methods used in biomedical research. Standard experimental techniques will be applied to biological tissues, where applicable and novel techniques will be introduced. Topics include strain gauges, extensometers, load transducers, optical kinematic tracking, digital image correlation, proper experimental design, calibration and error analysis. Of particular emphasis will be maintaining native tissue temperature and hydration. Laboratory will include “hands-on” testing and may involve cadaveric tissue.  Students will need to arrange occasional transportation to the Biomechanics Lab on the Bayview Campus.

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TTh MW 3-4:15

530.451(E,N)

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING LAB (2) Haase/ Wang Limit 8 50  Seniors and Graduate students only  This laboratory course will consist of three experiments that will provide students with valuable hands-on experience in cell and tissue engineering. Experiments include the basics of cell culture techniques, gene transfection and metabolic engineering, basics of cell-substrate interactions I, cell-substrate interactions II, and cell encapsulaton and gel contraction.

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TF 1-5

530.454 (E)

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING (3) Sharpe   Limit 50 An introduction to the various manufacturing processes used to produce metal and nonmetal components. Topics include casting, forming and shaping, and the various processes for material removal including computer-controlled machining. Simple joining processes and surface preparation are discussed. Economic and production aspects are considered throughout.

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MW 11

530.461 (E)

ENGINEERING BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (3) Rothman Limit 50 An introduction to the business and management aspects of the engineering profession, project  management, prioritization of resource allocation, intellectual property protection, management of technical projects, and product/production management.

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TTh 4:30-5:45pm

530.470 (E)

SPACE VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL (3) Guzman Limit 50 Prereqs: Vectors and Matrices; linear algebra and elements of ordinary differential equations--material covered in most undergraduate curricula in mechanical engineering and physics; undergrad course in dynamics.
In this course we study applied spacecraft orbital and attitude dynamics and their impact on other subsystems. In the orbital dynamics part of the course, we discuss some of the issues associated with orbital insertion, control and station keeping. Focus is on the two-body problem regime where conic solutions are valid. Orbit perturbations are also considered. For attitude dynamics, different attitude representations such as of direction cosines, quaternions, and angles are introduced. Then we look at the forces and moments acting on space vehicles. Attitude stability and control considerations are introduced. Topical areas: Orbital Dynamics, Orbital Maneuvers and Control, Rotational Kinematics, Rigid-Body Dynamics, Rotational Maneuvers and Attitude Control. Course added 4/20/06

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TTh MW 5-6:30pm

530.491

SPECIAL TOPICS (1) Staff   Selected topics for third- and fourth-year students in mechanical engineering and other engineering departments. Perm Req’d: Offered by arrangement with faculty adviser and instructor in charge.

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TBA

530.495 (E)

MICROFABRICATION LABORATORY (4) Wang / Andreou Limit 4 9 per section   Perm. Req’d, Seniors only     This laboratory course is an introduction to the principles of microfabrication for microelectronics, sensors, MEMS, and other synthetic microsystems that have applications in medicine and biology.  Course comprised of laboratory work and accompanying lectures that cover silicon oxidation, aluminum evaporation, photoresist deposition, photolithography, plating, etching, packaging, design and analysis CAD tools, and foundry services. 
Co-listed with 520.495 & 580.495

Secs. 04 & 05 added 9/20/06

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Th 5-8pm F 9-12

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Th 8-11

530.496 (E)

MICRO/NANOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (3) Wang Limit 40   Co-listed with 580.496
An introduction to the physical and chemical principles important to MEMS, BioMEMS, and Bionanotechnology. Topics include scaling laws, colloids and surfaces, micro and nanofluidics, thermal forces and diffusion, chemical forces, electrokinetics, electric aspects of surface chemistry, capillary forces and surface tension, and top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication.

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MW 2-3:30

530.525

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

530.527

INDEPENDENT STUDY

530.601

CONTINUUM MECHANICS Ramesh An introduction to the foundations of continuum mechanics. Vectors and tensors; properties and basic operations. Kinematics of deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of motion. Stress in a continuum. Conservation laws; mass and momentum balance. Thermodynamics; energy balance and entropy. Introduction to statistical mechanics. Constitutive equations; linear elasticity, finite elasticity, and mechanics of soft matter.

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MTW 2 10 TTh 11-12:20

530.621

FLUID DYNAMICS I Knio  Kinematics. Stress. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Newtonian fluids. The Navier-Stokes equations. Inviscid flows. Laminar viscous flows. Vorticity. Instability. Turbulence. Boundary layers. External flows. Compressible flows. Introduction to non-Newtonian fluids.

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MTW 1 MW 1-2:20

530.625

TURBULENCE Meneveau  Limit 20 Fundamental equations of fluid mechanics, Reynolds averaging, and the closure problem. Scaling and self-preservation in boundary-free and wall-bounded shear flows. Isotropic turbulence and spectral theories. Vorticity dynamics, intermittency, and cascade models. Turbulence modeling: one- and two-equation models, Reynolds stress modeling, and large-eddy simulations. Overview of modern developments in turbulence theory: renormalization group theory, chaos, fractals, etc. Course added 3/28/06

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MW 10-12

530.632

CONVECTION  Prosperetti  Limit 20 This course begins with a review of the phenomenological basis of the constitutive models for energy and mass flux. Then, using the transport theorem, general conservation and balance laws are developed for mass, species, energy, and entropy. Scaling analysis is used to determine when simplifications are justified, and simplified cases are solved analytically. Experimental results and correlations are given for more complex situations. Free, mixed, and forced internal and external convection are studied, and convection with a phase change is also explored.

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T 2-4, Th 1-3

530.634

HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES IN LIVING TISSUE Herman  Limit 30 Prereq: Background in heat transfer is necessary. The course introduces the fundamentals of Bioheat Transfer. Topics covered include: mechanisms of heat transfer, conduction, convection and radiation; bioheat equation, analytical and numerical solutions; thermal therapies and cryopreservation; experimental methods; infrared thermometry; micro and nanoscale phenomena in bioheat transfer. Project. Course added 9/01/06

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TBA

530.646

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS Whitcomb Cowan    Limit 30   Graduate-level introduction to robotics with emphasis on the mathematical tools for kinematics and dynamics. Topics include forward and inverse kinematics, trajectory generation, position sensing and actuation, and manipulator control.

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Th 4-5:30pm, F 2:30-4 ThF 8:30-10

530.651

HAPTIC SYSTEMS FOR TELEOPERATION AND VIRTUAL REALITY   Okamura  Limit 40   Open to Undergraduates with permission    Graduate-level introduction to the field of haptics, focusing on teleoperated and virtual environments that are displayed through the sense of touch. Topics covered include human haptic sensing and control, design of haptic interfaces (tactile and force), haptics for teleoperation, haptic rendering and modeling of virtual environments, control and stability issues, and medical applications such as tele-surgery and surgical simulation. Course work includes reading and discussion of research papers, presentations, and a final project.  Appropriate for students in any engineering discipline with interests in robotics, virtual reality, or computer-integrated surgical systems. Co-listed with 600.651

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MTW 11

530.671

STATISTICAL MECHANICS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Sun   Limit 20  Principles of statistical physics are discussed in the context of biological problems. After an introduction, topics covered will include equilibrium theory of liquids and polymers, theory of chemical reactions in complex environments, stochastic models, dynamics of membrane and channels, theory of biological motors, computer simulation of liquids and proteins.

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MW 11-12:20

530.710

APPLIED OPTICS Katz   Limit 20  Optic-based techniques are being utilized as measurement and data transmission tools in a growing number of applications. The objective of this course is to introduce graduate students with limited background in optics (but with background in graduate-level mathematics) to the fundamentals of optics and their implementation. Topics covered include reflection, refraction, fluorescence, phosphorescence and diffraction of light; review of geometric optics, lenses, lens systems (microscope, telescope), mirrors, prisms; aberrations, astigmatism, coma, and methods to correct them; light as an electromagnetic wave; Fourier optics; spectral analysis of optical systems; coherent and incoherent imaging, holography, interferometry, diffraction grating; lasers, polarization, light detectors; elements of non-liner optics, birefringence; optical fibers, data transmission, and networking. Course canceled 5/31/06

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TBA

530.748

STRESS WAVES, IMPACT, AND SHOCKS Ramesh    Limit 25   Elastic waves in unbounded media. Elastic waveguides. Waves in elastic-plastic and nonlinear elastic materials. Analysis of impact on materials and structures. Impact on various scales, from planetary to microscopic. Shock waves. Impact signatures in materials (time permitting).

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MTW 1 Th 1-3, F 9-11

530.759

RESEARCH SEMINAR: PLASTICITY Ramesh   Limit 25   A weekly research seminar featuring ongoing research as well as reviews of new papers of interest in the general areas of plasticity and failure. The course will have an emphasis on dynamic phenomena, but will consider both engineering materials and biological systems. Students will be expected to make two presentations during the semester.   

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F 8-10

530.766

NUMERICAL METHODS Knio Limit 25   Elementary introduction to numerical methods for the solution of fundamental problems in engineering. Computer assignments requiring programming.

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MW 3-4:20

270.621

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY: PRACTICE AND APPLICATIONS Veblen

Cross-listed with Earth & Planetary Sciences

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TBA

360.605

SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENT & APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS Meneveau  Limit 100

Cross-listed with Geography & Environmental Engineering, Earth & Planetary Sciences, & Interdepartmental

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F 11

530.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY

(Refer to 530.801 for registering with faculty)

530.801

GRADUATE RESEARCH   Use the following section when registering with a faculty member:

Sec. 01 - Staff              Sec. 14 - Okamura
Sec. 02 - Meneveau      Sec. 15 - Oguz
Sec. 03 - Stoianovici    Sec. 16 - Molinari
Sec. 04 - Chen     Sec. 17 - Staff
Sec. 05 - Herman         Sec. 18 - Chao
Sec. 06 - Ramesh        Sec. 19- Su
Sec. 07 - Taylor           Sec. 20 - Wang
Sec. 08 - Prosperetti     Sec. 21 - Sun
Sec. 09 - Sharpe          Sec. 22 - Cowan
Sec. 10 - Knio             Sec. 23 - Busch-Vishniac
Sec. 11 - Hemker        Sec. 25 - Katz
Sec. 12 - Chirikjian
Sec. 13 - Whitcomb 

530.803

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Prosperetti  Limit 100

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