530.103 (E)

INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICS I (2)  Meneveau Limit 45   Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Undecided Engineering majors,  and others with Permission of instructor This is the first half of a one-year course offering in-depth study of elements of mechanics, including linear statics and dynamics, rotational statics anddynamics, thermodynamics, fluids, continuum mechanics, transport, oscillations, and waves. This is an alternate to 171.101, designed specifically for Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics students taking 530.101 concurrently.

Sec. 01

MW 11-11:50 1:30-2:20

530.105 (E)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FRESHMAN LAB I (1)  Okamura Limit 15 per section  Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Undecided Engineering majors,  and others with Permission of instructor Hands-on laboratory complementing 530.101 and 530.103, including experiments, mechanical dissections, and design experiences distributed throughout the year.  Experiments are designed to give student background in experimental techniques as well as to reinforce physical principles.  Mechanical dissections connect physical principles to practical engineering applications.  Design projects allow students to synthesize working systems by combining mechanics knowledge and practical engineering skills.

Sec. 04 added 7/15/08

Sec. 01

02

03

04

Th 9-11:50

Th 1:30-4:20

F 9-11:50

F 12-2:50

530.201 (E)

STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (4) Graham-Brady   Limits: Lab 01=17/Lab 02=18/Lab 03=16/Lab 04=16 18 per section (Lab)   Freshmen by Permission Only  Prereq: 171.101 Basic principles of classical mechanics applied to the equilibrium of particles of rigid bodies of rest, under the influence of variouse force systems. In addition, the following topics are studied: free body concept, analysis of simple structure, friction, centroids and centers of gravity, and moments of inertia. Includes laboratory experience. Co-listed with 560.201

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Sec. 01

02

03

04

TTh 10:30-11:45

M 4-6pm

T 4-6pm

W 4-6pm

Th 4-6pm

530.231 (E)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (4) Katz Limit 70   Prereq: 110.109, 171.101 or 530.103 171.102    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.

Sec. 01

Lab

MWF 1:30-2:20

W 4-5

530.327 (E)

INTRODUCTION TO FLUID MECHANICS (4) Su   Limit 60   Prereq: 530/560.202 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.

Sec. 01

MWF 10-10:50

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.

Sec. 01

MWF 11-11:50

530.403 (E)

ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT (4) Staff   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.

Sec. 01

02

T 1:30-4:20

Th 1:30-4:20

530.414 (E)

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (3) Stoianovici   Limit 21 per section  Prereq: 530.215 or Perm. Req’d 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.

Sec. 01

02

F 1:30-4:30

F 4:30-7:30

530.415 (E,N)

ENERGY ENGINEERING: FUNDAMENTALS AND FUTURE (3) Erlebacher/ Katz/ Hemker  
Limit 50 Prereq: Undergraduate course in thermodynamics   This course examines the science and engineering of contemporary and cutting-edge energy technologies.   Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering fundamentals in this area will be complemented by case studies that include fuel cells, solar cells, lighting, thermoelectrics, wind turbines, engines, nuclear power, biofuels, and catalysis.  Students will consider various alternative energy systems, and also to research and engineering of traditional energy technologies aimed at increased efficiency, conservation, and sustainability. Co-listed with 500.405

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

530.420 (E)

ROBOT SENSORS AND ACTUATORS (3) Whitcomb  Limit 20 per section  
Prereq: 171.101-102, 110.108-109, 110.202, 550.291 or 110.302 plus 530.241 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.

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02

03

M 1:30-4 and M 4:30-5:30

W 3-6

Th 5-8pm 3-6

F 3-6

530.445 (E)

INTRODUCTION TO BIOMECHANICS (3) Belkoff   Limit 50  Prereq: 530.215 An introduction to the mechanics of biological materials and systems. Both soft tissue such as muscle and hard tissue such as bone will be studied as will the way they interact in physiological functions. Special emphasis will be given to orthopedic biomechanics.

Sec. 01

TTh 12-1:30

530.451 (E,N)

CELLULAR AND TISSUE ENGINEERING LAB (2) Haase Limit 4 per section   Seniors and Graduate Students only others Perm. Req’d   Lab Fee: $100  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. Co-listed with 580.451

Sec. 01

02

TF 12-1:50

TF 2-3:50

530.454 (E)

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING (3) Staff  Limit 50   Prereq: 530.215 and 530.352 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.

Sec. 01

MWF 11-11:50

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. 

Sec. 01

MW 4-5:30pm T M 4-6:30pm

530.467 (E)

THERMAL DESIGN ISSUES FOR AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (3) Herman    Limit 50   This course deals with processes, systems, instruments, and equipment for aerospace systems.  Issue 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

TTh  10:30-11:45

530.470 (E)

SPACE VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL (3) Guzman   Limit 50    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 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.

Sec. 01

W TTh 4:30-5:45pm

530.491

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

Sec. 01

TBA

530.495 (E,N)

MICROFABRICATION LABORATORY(4) Andreou/Wang Limit 4 per section   Seniors only or Perm. Req’d  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

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05

W 1:30-2:20

Th 1-5

Th 5-8pm

F 8-12

F 1-5

Th 8-12

500.405 (E,N)

ENERGY ENGINEERING: FUNDAMENTALS AND FUTURE (3) Erlebacher/ Katz/ Hemker  
Limit 50   Prereq: Undergraduate course in thermodynamics    
Cross-listed with General Engineering and Materials Science

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

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.

530.527

INDEPENDENT STUDY
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.

530.605

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND MATERIALS I Nguyen  Limit 40 This course provides an introduction to the mathematical and theoretical foundations of the mechanics of solids and materials. We will begin with the mathematical preliminaries of continuum mechanics: vectors and tensors calculus, then introduce the kinematics of deformation and descriptions of stress in a continuum: Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions, followed by conservation laws: mass, momentum, and energy balance, and entropy. These concepts will be applied to develop the concepts of constitutive relations: frame invariance, material symmetry, and dissipation. The second half of the class will be devoted to elasticity, both classical and finite elasticity, and solution methods for boundary value problems. 

Sec. 01

TBA

530.610

STATISTICAL MECHANICS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Sun  Limit 30 

Sec. 01

TBA

530.616

INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR SYSTEMS Cowan  Limit 30  A beginning graduate course in linear, time-invariant systems. Topics include state-equation representations, input-output representations, response properties, controllability, realization theory, stability, and linear feedback. 

Sec. 01

TTh 1:30-2:50 10:30-11:45

530.621

FLUID DYNAMICS I Knio   Limit 25 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

MW 3-4:15

530.632

CONVECTION   Prosperetti   Limit 30   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.

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-12

530.637

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Herman   Limit 30 Prereq: Thermodynamics The course focuses on advanced topics related to energy and thermodynamics. The objective of this course is to provide a thorough understanding of the environmental impacts related to energy conversion systems. The use of the second law of thermodynamics is introduced to quantify the performance of energy conversion systems. Topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources (solar, wind power, geothermal, tides, etc.) and new technologies (fuel cells and hydrogen economy) and resources and sustainable development are addressed. A section of the course is devoted to current trends in nuclear energy generation and environmental issues associated with it.  

Sec. 01

T 3-4:15
Th TBA

530.646

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS Whitcomb   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.

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:20

530.647

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS Whitcomb
Graduate-level introduction to adaptive identification and control. Emphasis on application to mechanical systems possessing unknown parameters (e.g. mass, inertia, friction). Topics include stability of linear and nonlinear dynamical systems, Lyapunow stability, input-output stability, adaptive identification, and direct and indirect adaptive control.
Course added 5/16/08

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:20

530.672

BIOSENSING AND BIOMEMS Wang   Limit 30    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.

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-12

530.730

FINITE ELEMENT METHODS Staff   Limit 10   The basic concepts of the FEM are presented for one-, two-, and three-dimensional boundary value problems (BVPs). Problems from heat conduction and solid mechanics are addressed.  The key topics include relationships between strong, weak, and variational statements of BVPs, weighted residual methods with an emphasis on the Galerkin method, specialization of Galerkin approximations of weak statements and Ritz approximations of variational statements to obtain finite element formulations, specific element formulations, convergence properties, solutions of linear systems of equations, and time-dependent problems. Co-listed with 560.730

Sec. 01

MWF 1:30-2:20

530.732

FRACTURE OF MATERIALS Ramesh   Limit 25   An advanced examination of fracture mechanisms in ductile and brittle materials. Both the mechanics and the materials aspects are covered with importance placed on the synthesis of the two approached. Topics include linear elastic fracture mechanics, ductile fracture, the J-integral, atomistic aspects of fracture in polycrystalline materials, fracture in ceramics and polymers, influence of the material microstructure on fracture toughness and ductility in FCC and BCC materials.

Sec. 01

TBA

530.759

RESEARCH SEMINAR: PLASTICITY AND FAILURE 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.

Sec. 01

TBA

530.766

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

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:20

500.602

SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENT & APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS Meneveau 
Cross-listed with Geography & Environmental Engineering, Earth & Planetary Sciences, and General Engineering

Sec. 01

F 10:30-12:30

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. 02 Meneveau
Sec. 03 Stoianovici
Sec. 04 Chen
Sec. 05 Herman
Sec. 06 Ramesh
Sec. 07 Taylor
Sec. 08 Prosperetti
Sec. 09 Nguyen
Sec. 10 Knio
Sec. 11 Hemker
Sec. 12 Chirikjian
Sec. 13 Whitcomb
Sec. 14 Okamura
Sec. 15 Su
Sec. 16 Wang
Sec. 17 Sun
Sec. 18 Cowan
Sec. 19 Katz
Sec. 20 Vidal
Sec. 21 Fichtinger
Sec. 22 Belkoff

530.803

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Wang  Limit 100

Sec. 01

Th 3-4:30

530.807

GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR IN FLUID MECHANICS  MeneveauLimit 100

Sec. 01

F 3-6