MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

530.106 (E,Q)

COMPUTING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (3) Su   Coreq: 110.109     Elementary numerical analysis including differentiation, integration, and solution of ordinary differential equations.  Fundamentals of computer operation.  Programming in Matlab.  Introduction to the use of computers in data acquisition, analysis, and visualization.

Sec. 01

MTW 9

530.215 (E)

MECHANICS-BASED DESIGN (4) Ramesh  Prereq: 530.201 Limit 18/lab section (all Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering majors may enroll over stated limit)    Stresses and strains in three dimensions, transformations. Combined loading of components, failure theories. Buckling of columns. Stress concentrations. Introduction to the finite element method. Design of fasteners, springs, gears, bearings, and other components.

Lec.

Lab 01

02

03

MTW 11

M 4-6pm

Th 10-12

Th 12-2

530.328 (E,N)

FLUID MECHANICS II (3) Meneveau Linear and angular momentum in integral form, applications to turbomachines. The Navier-Stokes equations. Inviscid flow. Laminar viscous flow. Boundary layers. Turbulence. Compressible flows. Projects using computational tools, design of pipe network.

Sec. 01

MTW 1

530.334 (E,N)

HEAT TRANSFER (4) Herman Prereq: 530.231 and 530.327 Conduction in one, two, and three dimensions. External and internal forced convection, convection with change in phase. Performance and design of heat exchangers. Black-body radiation, Stefan-Boltzmann law. Computational modeling and experimental study of selected topics in conduction, convection, and radiation.

Sec. 01

MTW 2

530.343 (E)

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (4) Okamura Prereq: 110.108, 110.109, 110.202 and 550.291, and 530.341    Modeling and analysis of damped and undamped, forced and free vibrations in single and multiple degree-of-freedom linear dynamical systems. Introduction to stability and control of linear dynamical systems.

Sec. 01

Lab

Sec. 02

Lab

Problem Session

MTW 10

Th 9-12

MTW 10

F 1-4

T 4

530.404(E,Q,N)
(W)

SENIOR ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT II (4) Conn 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.

Sec. 01

02

F 9-11:30

Th 9-11:30

530.405 (E,N)

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES (3) Staff  Prereq: 110.201, 550.291 or 110.212, 530.215 or 560.206 or Perm. Req’d.  Continuum Mechanics provides a rigorous basis to the study of deformable solids and fluids. Review of vector calculus and tensor analysis. Kinematics of a body. Stress. Conservation laws. Constitutive equations for solids and fluids. Linear elasticity. Energy methods and foundations of the finite element method.

Sec. 01

MW 4:30-6pm

530.410 (E,N)

BIOMECHANICS OF THE CELL AND ORGANISMS (3) Sun/Spector Prereq: Introductory Physics, one year of Calculus, Linear Algebra (preferred) Mechanical aspects of the cell are introduced using the concepts in continuum mechanics.  Discussion of the role of proteins, membranes and cytoskeleton in cellular function and how to describe them using simple mathematical models.  Co-listed with 580.448          

Sec. 01

TTh 2-3:30 MTW 11

530.420 (E)

ROBOT SENSORS AND ACTUATORS (3) Whitcomb  Limit 20/section    Prereq: 171.101, 171.102, 110.108, 110.109, 110.202, 550.291 and 530.341 or 520.345   Introduction to modeling and use of actuators and sensors in mechatronic design. Topics include electric motors, solenoids, micro-actuators, position sensors, and proximity sensors. 

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

Problem session

M 3-5pm 2-4

W 3-6pm 2-5

Th 2-5

F 9-12

M 5-6pm 4

530.421 (E)

MECHATRONICS (3) Chirikjian         
Limit 20     Students from various engineering disciplines are divided into groups of two to three students. These groups each develop a microprocessor-controlled electromechanical device, such as a mobile robot. The devices compete against each other in a final design competition. Topics for competition vary from year to year. Class instruction includes fundamentals of mechanism kinematics, creativity in the design process, an overview of motors and sensors, and interfacing and programming microprocessors.

Sec. 01

TBA

530.432 (E)

JET & ROCKET PROPULSION (3) Katz   Prereq: 530.231, 530.327 The course covers several topics associated with power generation and conversion. Gas turbines, such as turbojet, turbo-fan, and turbo-prop engines, as well as their components, are discussed. Included are the characteristics of compressors, turbines, combustion chambers, diffusers, and nozzles. A brief introduction to rocket propulsion with liquid and solid fuels is also given. The second part of the course deals with internal combustion engines, including two- and four-stroke engines as well as diesel engines.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

530.457 (E, N)

INTRODUCTION TO ACOUSTICS (3) Busch-Vishniac     This course is an introduction to the science of sound and its applications to music, speech communication, science, and engineering. Topics include hearing, speech, wave propagation, microphones and loudspeakers, noise control, underwater sound, and room acoustics.  Assignments will include laboratory and field measurements of acoustic phenomena.

Sec. 01

MTW 12

530.467 (E)

THERMAL DESIGN ISSUES FOR AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (3) Herman
This course deals with processes, systems, instruments and equipment for aerospace systems. Issues of energy conversion and thermal design are emphasized. Topics include thermodynamic concepts and heat transfer processes for aerospace systems (with emphasis on radiation), the space environment, influence of gravity on heat transfer, power generation for space systems (energy sources, solar cell arrays, energy storage), thermal control (analysis techniques, design procedures, active versus passive design, heating and refrigeration), environmental effects.

Sec. 01  

T 3-4:30,
Th 1-2:30

530.525

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH Students pursue research problems individually or in pairs. Although the research is under the direct supervision of a faculty member, students are encouraged to pursue the research as independently as possible.

530.526

INDEPENDENT STUDY

530.602

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS Volokh  
An introduction to elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, and fracture, using the mathematical tools developed in 530.601 Continuum Mechanics. Stress and equilibrium. Kinematics. Principle of virtual work. Constitutive relations: linear elasticity, plasticity, and viscoelasticity. Illustrative boundary value problems. Linear elastic fracture mechanics. Micromechanics of inelastic deformations.

Sec. 01

MTW 1

530.622

FLUID DYNAMICS II Katz  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.

Sec. 01

MTW 12 10

530.646

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS Whitcomb     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.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

530.657

TOPICS IN ACOUSTICS Busch-Vishniac     This course provides a foundation for modern acoustics including derivation of the wave equation and its solution in various media, sound radiation, sound propagation, instrumentation, and sound/structure interaction.  Specific applications of focus will be determined by the research interests of the students in the class.

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:30

530.672

BIOSENSING & BIOMEMS Wang     The course discusses the principles of biosensing and introduces micro- and nano-scale devices for fluidic control and molecular/cellular manipulation, measurements of biological phenomena, and clinical applications.                       Co-listed as 580.672

Sec. 01

MW 11-12:30

530.676

MECHANICS OF CONTROL & LOCOMOTION Cowan  
Prereq: Graduate course in robotics, controls, or dynamical systems theory; or Perm. Req’d.   Introduction to the mechanics of locomotion. In this context students will learn topics such as Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, impacts, Poincare analysis and nonholonomic mechanics.

Sec. 01

ThF 8:30-10

530.757

NANOMECHANICS Ramesh  
A research-level course examining the mechanics of nanoscale assemblies and microscale structures used for investigating nanoscale phenomena. Applications in scanning probe systems, materials, and biology will be of interest.  Each student will be expected to complete a paper on a research topic chosen together with the instructor.

Sec. 01

M 3-4:30, W 2-3:30

530.759

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PLASTICITY AND FAILURE Ramesh Permission of instructor and advisor required     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.

Sec. 01

F 8-9:30

530.762

ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF ENGINEERING Prosperetti     A unified view of the classical methods of applied mathematics based on the theory of finite-dimensional and Hilbert spaces. Matrix theory, systems of ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, eigenfunction expansions. Green's functions. Designed to follow either 530.661 or 530.761.

Sec. 01

TW 9-11

530.767

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS Knio   Advanced introduction to major approaches in the simulation of the incompressible flow: finite-difference, finite-element, finite-volume, boundary-element, spectral, and Lagrangian discretizations. Computer project requiring programming.

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:30

530.777

MULTI-PHASE FLOW Prosperetti     
An introduction to basic contemporary ideas concerning gas, liquid, and solid-fluid two-phase flows.

Sec. 01

M 10-12, W 12-2, Th 1-3

360.605

SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS Meneveau

Cross-listed with DOGEE, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Interdepartmental

Sec. 01

F 11

530.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01 - Staff              Sec. 14 - Okamura
Sec. 02 - Meneveau      Sec. 16 - Molinari
Sec. 03 - Katz             Sec. 17 - Stoianovici
Sec. 04 - Prosperetti     Sec. 18 - Chao
Sec. 05 - Herman         Sec. 19 - Su
Sec. 06 - Ramesh        Sec. 20 - Wang
Sec. 07 - Taylor           Sec. 21 - Sun
Sec. 08 - Chen             Sec. 22 - Cowan
Sec. 09 - Sharpe          Sec. 23 - Busch-Vishniac
Sec. 10 - Knio             Sec. 25 - Katz
Sec. 11 - Hemker        Sec. 26 - Vidal
Sec. 12 - Chirikjian     Sec. 27 - Fichtinger
Sec. 13 - Whitcomb      

530.802

GRADUATE RESEARCH

Sec. 01 - Staff              Sec. 14 - Okamura
Sec. 02 - Meneveau      Sec. 16 - Molinari
Sec. 03 - Katz             Sec. 17 - Stoianovici
Sec. 04 - Prosperetti     Sec. 18 - Chao
Sec. 05 - Herman         Sec. 19 - Su
Sec. 06 - Ramesh        Sec. 20 - Wang
Sec. 07 - Taylor           Sec. 21 - Sun
Sec. 08 - Chen             Sec. 22 - Cowan
Sec. 09 - Sharpe          Sec. 23 - Busch-Vishniac
Sec. 10 - Knio             Sec. 25 - Katz
Sec. 11 - Hemker        Sec. 26 - Vidal
Sec. 12 - Chirikjian     Sec. 27 - Fichtinger
Sec. 13 - Whitcomb  

530.804

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Prosperetti

Sec. 01

Th 3