* Asynchronous offerings available

ME 635. Plastics and Injection Molding Manufacturing. 3 Credits.

Product and process engineering for manufacturers of plastic products; material evaluation and selection, mold design, process design, quality evalutaion of manufactured plastic parts. Cross-listed with IME 635. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 435.}.

ME 636. Biopolymers and Biocomposites. 3 Credits.

Structure/properties/synthesis of biopolymers, biomaterials and engineered biocomposites derived from plant based materials. An interdisciplinary course designed for graduate students. Introduction to science and engineering of converting biorenewable resources into novel biobased materials and products. Introduction to principles and concepts critical to successful design of polymeric biomaterials, coatings, and biocomposites. Understanding environmental impacts through life cycle analysis (LCA). Restrictions: A junior standing student can register if accepted to an accelerated graduate program. Cross-listed with CHEM 636 and CPM 636. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - See ME 436.}.

ME 637. Engineering Ceramics. 3 Credits.

Study the crystal and defect structures to determine the electrical and mass transport behaviors in ceramic materials. Investigation on microstructure of ceramic materials and its effect on optical, magnetic, dielectic, and thermo-mechanical properties. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 437.}.

*ME 668. Introduction to Biomechanics. 3 Credits.

Introduction to the fundamentals of biomechanics including force analysis, mechanics of deformable bodies; stress and strain, transport phenomena, and viscoelasticity, as well as their applications on the biomechanics of soft and hard tissues. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 468.}.

*ME 669. Energy Storage Technology. 3 Credits.

This course will cover the fundamentals of energy storage. It will provide an introduction to the principles of thermal, mechanical, and electrochemical storage technologies. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 469.}.

ME 670. Renewable Energy Technology. 3 Credits.

Introduction to renewable energy technology, solar thermal energy systems, solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines; biomass; bio-fuels; urban waste to energy from pyrolysis plants; hydrogen energy and fuel cells. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 470.}.

ME 671. Experimental Stress Analysis. 3 Credits.

Introduction to experimental techniques for the measurement of stresses and strains, including strain gages, optical methods, photoelasticity, and brittle coatings. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 471.}.

ME 672. Fatigue and Fracture of Metals. 3 Credits.

Causes and effects of fatigue failure and fracture of metals, analytical methods for fatigue design and fatigue life prediction, fatigue crack initiation and propagation, fatigue testing and validation. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 472.}.

ME 673. Engineering with Polymeric Materials. 3 Credits.

This course will introduce basic polymer materials including plastics, rubbers, fibers, and adhesives; structures, properties, and their relationships of polymers; additives; processing technologies, applications and development. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 473.}.

*ME 674. Mechanics of Composite Materials. 3 Credits.

Materials, properties, stress, and strength analyses; engineering design and manufacturing aspects of short and continuous fiber-reinforced materials.{Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 474.}.

ME 675. Automatic Controls. 3 Credits.

Introduction to industrial automatic controls. Theory and applications of pneumatic control, continuous process control, and programmable logic control. Demonstrations and discussion of the current industrial practice. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 475.}.

*ME 676. Mechatronics. 3 Credits.

Design and development of mechatronic systems that require an integrated knowledge of mechanical engineering, electronics, computer science and control theory. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 476.}.

*ME 677. ME Finite Element Analysis. 3 Credits.

Introduction to the finite element method and its application to problems in mechanical engineering, including stress analysis. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 477.}.

*ME 678. Advanced Flow Diagnostics. 3 Credits.

Introduction and review of fundamentals of advanced thermal and fluid measurement techniques for engineering applications including advanced laser and optical diagnostics, high speed imaging, infrared thermography, fiber optics, fluorescence, etc. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - See ME 478}.

ME 679. Fluid Power Systems Design. 3 Credits.

Fluid dynamics principles and fluid properties are applied to the study of function, performance, and design of system components and systems for power transmission and control purposes. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 479.}.

ME 680. Biofluid Mechanics. 3 Credits.

Overview of fluid dynamical phenomena in biological systems; flow behavior of fluids in living organisms; application of fluid mechanics to the cardiovascular system and blood circulation. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 480.}.

ME 681. Fundamentals of Energy Conversion. 3 Credits.

Introduction to electric power generating systems and their major components such as turbines, boilers, condensers, and cooling towers. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 481.}.

ME 682. Fuel Cell Science and Engineering. 3 Credits.

Fundamental concepts and technology of state-of-the-art fuel cells and their applications. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 482.}.

ME 683. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. 3 Credits.

Introduction to the methods and analysis techniques used in numerical solutions of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer problems of practical engineering interest. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 483.}.

ME 684. Gas Turbines. 3 Credits.

Theory and design of gas turbines and components. Prereq: ME 654. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 484.}.

*ME 685. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. 3 Credits.

Application of the basic fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 485.}.

ME 686. Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials. 3 Credits.

This course covers principles of nanotechnology, nanomaterials and develops a framework for their understanding. The basic tools of nanotechnology: nanoscale characterization, physics and materials design will be discussed in the context of current technological advances. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 486.}.

ME 687. Internal Combustion Engines. 3 Credits.

Theory and practice of power and propulsion engines utilizing gas as a working substance. Study of gas turbines, spark, and compression ignition engines. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 487.}.

ME 688. Introduction to Aerodynamics. 3 Credits.

Introductory aerodynamics, aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils, and other components subjected to inviscid-incompressible flows; dynamics of compressible fluids; shock waves, one-dimensional flow, expansion waves in two-dimensional flow, and compressible flow over aerodynamic bodies. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 488.}.

ME 689. Vehicle Dynamics. 3 Credits.

Fundamental science and engineering underlying the design and operation of vehicles. Use of previous knowledge of statics, kinematics, dynamics, and machine design. {Also offered for undergraduate credit - see ME 489.}.

ME 711. Advanced Engineering Analysis. 3 Credits.

Mathematical analysis and numerical treatment of engineering problems, eigenvalue problems in lumped and distributed parameter systems, advanced mathematics applied to engineering design.

ME 712. Advanced Finite Element Analysis. 3 Credits.

Application of finite element methods to problems of plasticity, viscoplasticity, fracture, vibrations, fluids, material and geometric non-linearity, and heat transfer. Recommended: ME 677.

*ME 717. Advanced Controls for Mechanical Systems. 3 Credits.

Analysis and design of multivariable control systems for robust stabilization and optimal performance of mechanical systems.

ME 720. Continuum Mechanics. 3 Credits.

Tensor analysis in affined and metric spaces, kinematics of motion, general principles of continuum mechanics and postulates on constitutive laws. Two 75-minute lectures. Cross-listed with CE 720.

ME 721. Advanced Dynamics. 3 Credits.

Newtonian dynamics; dynamics of particles; dynamics of rigid bodies; multi-body dynamics; variational principles; principle of virtual work; d'Alembert's principle; Hamilton's principle; Lagrange's equation of motion; kinematics of rigid bodies; solutions of nonholonomic equations of motion.

*ME 722. Advanced Mechanics of Materials. 3 Credits.

Stress, deformation, failure analysis of deformable bodies and structures under static and dynamic loadings, fundamental concepts and definitions in stress, strain, energy methods, plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, contact, impact and stability of solid bodies and plate bending problems.

ME 725. Advanced Mechanics and Failure of Composites. 3 Credits.

Concepts in static, dynamics, impact, and thermal analysis of anisotropic elastic materials are covered. Different failure theories, laminated theories, and micromechanics formulations of composites are reviewed in detail.

*ME 726. Fracture Mechanics. 3 Credits.

Linear elastic fracture mechanics, energy release rate, stress intensity factor, J-integral, elasto-plastic fracture, crack tip plasticity, crack propagation, fracture fatigue crack growth, fracture tests, fracture in polymers, ceramics and composite materials.

ME 728. Stress Waves in Solids. 3 Credits.

Introduction to fundamental concepts and principles of stress waves propagating in solid materials and relevant applications and experimental techniques.

ME 729. Advanced Vibrations. 3 Credits.

Newton-Euler method; Lagrange's method; frequency response; modal analysis; eigenvalue problems; second-order stiffness systems (rod, shaft and string); Euler-Bernoulli beam theory; Rayleigh beam theory; Timoshenko beam theory; extended operator; membranes.

*ME 731. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 3 Credits.

Fundamental concepts of elastic, viscoelastic, and plastic deformation of materials; emphasizing atomic and microstructure-mechanical property relationships. Theory of static and dynamic dislocations; fracture, fatigue, and creep as well as strengthening mechanisms in materials.

ME 733. Polymer Nanocomposites. 3 Credits.

Fundamental concepts and principles of nanotechnology, nanostructured materials and nanocomposites; polymer nanocomposites processing, property characterization, and relevant modeling.

ME 734. Smart Materials and Structures. 3 Credits.

Physics, chemistry, engineering principles and applications of smart materials and structures. Recommended: Any basic materials science class, solid state physics class, or CPM 672 or CPM 674.

ME 736. Advanced Surface Analysis. 3 Credits.

Topics covered in this course include tribology, introduction to deposition technologies, surface protection mechanisms, surface preparation for deposition, hard coatings, materials science of deposition, analytical techniques for surface characterization, evaluation of mechanical performance of deposited layer, case studies.

ME 743. Biomechanics Of Impact. 3 Credits.

Fundamental sciences of engineering and human anatomy that form the basis of biomechanics of soft tissue and bone under dynamic conditions.

ME 751. Advanced Thermodynamics. 3 Credits.

Rigorous treatment of thermodynamic principles. Emphasis on the concept of availability methods as applied to various engineering systems.

ME 753. Gas Dynamics. 3 Credits.

Fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics are used in the treatment of compressible flow, frictional flows, and flows with heat transfer or energy release.

ME 754. Boundary Layer Theory. 3 Credits.

Fundamental laws of motion of a viscous fluid are derived and used in the consideration of laminar boundary layers, transition phenomena, and turbulent boundary layer flows.

*ME 755. Fluid Mechanics for Bio/Nanotechnologies. 3 Credits.

Fundamental principles of fluid dynamics in micro and nano scales, with applications to nanotechnology and biotechnology.

ME 761. Heat Transmission I. 3 Credits.

Advanced study of heat conduction in solids. Analytical, graphical, and numerical evaluations of the temperature field. Use of advanced mathematical methods in the solution of boundary value problems. Recommended: ME 654.

ME 762. Applied Multimode Heat Transfer. 3 Credits.

The course will expand on heat transfer concepts covered by undergraduate heat transfer courses. The focus is on radiative transfer and applying heat transfer principles to complex, multi-mode heat transfer relevant to current engineering problems.  

ME 763. Advanced Transport Phenomena. 3 Credits.

Advanced topics in combined heat, mass and momentum transport, with applications to energy and biomedical systems.

ME 790. Graduate Seminar. 1-3 Credits.

ME 797. Master's Paper. 1-3 Credits.

ME 798. Master's Thesis. 1-10 Credits.

ME 898. Continuing Enrollment. 1-10 Credits.

For graduating students who have completed all necessary credits of course work including thesis (798) and dissertation (899) on their approved plan of study, but who have not yet completed and submitted their thesis or dissertation. This course does not count towards the credit requirements for the degree and is not financial aid eligible. Department consent required to enroll. 

ME 899. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-15 Credits.