Graduate Courses in Mechanical Engineering (ME)

ME 203 - Machinery Analysis & Synthesis

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of two- and three-dimensional machines; kinematic synthesis, electromechanical and servo mechanisms; application to robotic mechanisms. Prerequisite: Senior standing in ME.

Credits: 3

ME 207 - Bioengineering

Introduction to bioengineering including biomechanics, rehabilitation, instrumentation, imaging, biomaterials, and transport. Pre/co-requisites: Senior or grad standing in engineering; instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ME 208 - Biomechanics: Tissue Engr

Solid biomechanics including structure, function and mechanical properties of biological tissues. Tissue engineering involving cell mechanics, scaffold materials, and signaling. Current literature topics are covered. Pre/co-requisites: Senior or grad standing in engineering; instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ME 209 - Biomechanics: Transport Proc

Transport and kinetic processes to vascular biology, respiratory mechanics and medicine. Steady and unsteady laminar flow, pulse wave reflections, curved and collapsible tube flow, turbulence. Pre/co-requisites: Senior or grad standing in engineering; instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ME 210 - Control Systems

Analysis and design of continuous and discrete-time control systems; stability, signal flow, performance criteria, classical and state variable methods, simulation design tools, computer-based realizations. Prerequisite: EE 171 or ME 111. Cross-listed with EE 210.

Credits: 3

ME 230 - Orbital Mechanics

Motion of spacecraft in a central gravitational field. Two and restricted three-body problems; Kepler's equation; orbital maneuvers and rendezvous; interplanetary and lunar trajectories. Prerequisite: ME 012; co-requisite: ME 111 or instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ME 234 - Mechanical Vibrations

Analysis, measurement, and control of mechanical vibrations; SDOF, MDOF, and rotating systems, forced, free, and random vibrations. Prerequisites: ME 111, or senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical sciences.

Credits: 3

ME 235 - Turbomach Vibration Anyl/Tstng

Vibration in rotating machines; vibration measurement techniques; machinery condition and degradation; condition monitoring and predictive maintenance; industrial vibration techniques including proximity probes, accelerometers, FFT analyzer. Prerequisite: ME 244.

Credits: 2

ME 237 - Turbulence

Description of turbulent flows; statistical and modeling of turbulent flows; Navier Stokes as a dynamical system; experimental and numerical approaches. Prerequisite: ME 143.

Credits: 3

ME 238 - Energy Systems Engineering

Engineering assessment of both potentially sustainable and unsustainable practical primary energy systems. Examination of options of meeting demand and impacts on the environment. Prerequisite: ME 042.

Credits: 3

ME 239 - Rocket Propulsion

Flight mechanics and propulsion requirements for atmospheric and space flight. Thermochemistry of fuels and propellants. Operating principles of chemical, electrical and nuclear propulsion systems. Pre/co-requisites: ME 143/ME 240 recommended or permission of instructor.

Credits: 3

ME 240 - Compressible Flow

Theory of compressible flow. Normal and oblique shocks; expansion waves; unsteady wave motion; method of characteristics; linearized external flows; conical and 3D flows. Prerequisite: ME 143 or equivalent

Credits: 3

ME 241 - Combustion Processes

Combustion thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; laminar flames, premixed and diffusion; turbulent flames; ignition, explosion, and detonation; droplet combustion; flame spread; large scale fires; rocket combustion. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing.

Credits: 3

ME 242 - Adv Engr Thermodynamics I

Foundations of statistical mechanics. Gases and crystals. Chemical equilibrium. Irreversible processes. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing or permission.

Credits: 3

ME 243 - Incompressible Flow

Intermediate treatment of incompressible fluid flow; Navier- Stokes equations; two-dimensional potential flows; wing theory; vorticity and vortex structures; laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Prerequisites: ME 143 or equivalent.

Credits: 3

ME 244 - Intro to Turbomachinery Anyl

Fundamental turbomachinery principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and structural analysis; basic equations and computational techniques for analysis and design to model and evaluate turbomachinery. Prerequisite: ME 243, MATH 271.

Credits: 2

ME 245 - Advanced Heat Transfer I

Analytical methods for multidimensional steady and transient heat conduction; phase change and moving boundaries. Thermal radiation exchange in enclosures; view factors; emitting/absorbing gases. Prerequisites: ME 144 or equivalent, or by permission.

Credits: 3

ME 246 - Centrifugal Compressors

Fluid dynamic and thermodynamic principles of centrifugal compressor design and design practice; limits of stable operation and instability prediction and control. Prerequisite: ME 244.

Credits: 2

ME 247 - Centrifugal Pumps

Centrifugal pump design principles and practice; performance limits; cavitation; design tools and pump design optimization. Prerequisite: ME 244.

Credits: 2

ME 248 - Turbomachinery Special Topics

Content in axial fans/compressors; axial, radial, or steam turbines; CFD, dynamics/rotordynamics, or materials for turbo-machinery; power plant or refrigeration cycle developments; turbocharged and compound IC-engines. Prerequisite: ME 244.

Credits: 1 or 2

ME 249 - Computational Fluids Engr

Computational methods for solving the Navier-Stokes equations and combined thermo-fluid flows; finite- differences and finite-volume techniques; use of standard commercial CFD software. Prerequisites: ME 143 or equivalent.

Credits: 0 or 3

ME 252 - Mechanical Behavior Materials

Isotropic and anisotropic elasticity; theory of plasticity; deformation mechanisms in crystalline solids; dislocation theory; creep behavior; advanced fatigue and fracture mechanisms. Prerequisite: ME 101, permission.

Credits: 3

ME 253 - Corrosion of Materials

Corrosion principles: electrochemical, environmental, and metallurgical aspects. Corrosion testing. Corrosion prevention. Seawater corrosion. Biological corrosion. Material selection. Prerequisite: ME 101.

Credits: 3

ME 255 - Adv Engineering Materials

Advanced material processing; physical and mechanical principles of high-temperature alloys, light-weight materials, thin films, nanomaterials, and biomedical materials; elements of computational materials design. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing, or instructor's permission.

Credits: 3

ME 257 - Composite Materials

Fibers, matrices. Unidirectional and short fiber composites. Experimental characterization. Prerequisite: ME 101.

Credits: 3

ME 265 - Integrated Product Developmnt

(Cross listed with BSAD 293.) Project- based course focusing on the entire product life cycle. Team dynamics, process and product design, quality, materials, management, and environmentally-conscious manufacturing. Prerequisite: Senior standing.

Credits: 3

ME 270 - Structural Dynamics

Vibrations, matrices, earthquake engineering, stability and wave propagation. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical sciences, or instructor permission. Cross-listed with CE 272.

Credits: 3

ME 271 - Micro and Nano Systems

Operating principles, fabrication and design of engineered systems with submillimeter dimensions. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical sciences.

Credits: 3

ME 281 - Seminar

Presentation and discussion of advanced mechanical engineering problems and current developments. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate engineering enrollment.

Credits: 1

ME 282 - Seminar

Presentation and discussion of advanced mechanical engineering problems and current developments. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate engineering enrollment.

Credits: 1

ME 283 - Lab Techniques Turbomach Dev

Instruments and transducers for performance, flow, and structural measurements in turbo-machinery; the role of test data in design and development; experimental data acquisition and processing. Prerequisite: ME 244.

Credits: 2

ME 285 - Biomedical Engineering Seminar

Presentation and discussion of advanced biomedical engineering problems and current research developments. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate engineering enrollment.

Credits: 1

ME 295 - Advanced Special Topics

Content is dictated by expanding professional interest in newly developing, or recently developed, technical areas in which there is particular need or opportunity. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing.

Credits: 1 to 18

ME 304 - Adv Engineering Analysis I

Analytical methods for the solution of partial differential equations in engineering mechanics and physics, including: eigenfunction expansions; Fourier series; Sturm-Liouville theory and special functions. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in engineering, mathematics, or physical sciences or permission. Cross-listed with CE 304 and MATH 275.

Credits: 3

ME 305 - Adv Engineering Analysis II

Advanced analytical techniques for problems in engineering mechanics and physics, including: integral transform methods Green's functions, perturbation methods, and variational calculus. Prerequisites: ME 304 or equivalent. Cross-listed with CE 305 and MATH 276.

Credits: 3

ME 312 - Adv Bioengineering Systems

Advanced bioengineering design and analysis for current biomedical problems spanning molecular, cell, tissue, organ, and whole body systems including their interactions and emergent behaviors. Cross-listed with CSYS 312.

Credits: 3

ME 320 - Special Problems in Elasticity

Advanced topics in the theory of elasticity in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 321 - Special Problems in Fluid Mech

Advanced topics in fluid mechanics in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 322 - Special Problems in Dynamics

Advanced topics in dynamics in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 323 - Special Prob in Thermodynamics

Advanced topics in thermodynamics in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 324 - Spec Problems in Heat Transfer

Advanced topics in heat transfer in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 325 - Special Problems in Materials

Advanced topics in behavior of materials in which there is a particular student and staff interest.

Credits: 3

ME 330 - Matrix Meth in Struct Dynamics

Matrices, eigenvalue problems, forced vibration, wave propagation. Cross-listing: CE 372.

Credits: 3

ME 332 - Engineering Elasticity

Tensors, complex variables, variational methods.

Credits: 3

ME 333 - Stress Analysis

Theory and experimental method of measuring static and dynamic stress and strain.

Credits: 3

ME 336 - Continuum Mechanics

Tensors, conservation laws, field equations for solids and fluids.

Credits: 3

ME 338 - Advanced Dynamics

Application of Lagrange's equation, Hamilton's principle to mechanical systems. Systems with constraints. Matrix formulation of problems in kinematics, dynamics. Stability of linear, nonlinear systems.

Credits: 3

ME 342 - Advanced Combustion

Equations of reacting mixtures; modeling of steady and unsteady combustion, homogeneous/heterogeneous systems; ignition, explosions, detonations; combustion aerodynamics: turbulence, swirl, sprays. Prerequisite: ME 241 or equivalent.

Credits: 3

ME 343 - Advanced Fluid Dynamics

Stress in continuum; kinematics, dynamics; potential fields; Wing theory; Navier-Stokes equation; hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; laminar, turbulent boundary layer theory; transient flows; free laminar, turbulent flows; mixing.

Credits: 3

ME 344 - Adv Eng Thermodynamics II

Microscopic thermodynamics; Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac statistics; kinetic theory of gases; transport properties, compressed gases, liquids, solid states; chemical systems; irreversible processes; fluctuations.

Credits: 3

ME 345 - Advanced Heat Transfer II

Advanced treatment of forced and free convection; thermal boundary layers; analytical and approximate solution methods. Phase change heat transfer. Micro/nano-scale heat transfer. Prerequisites: ME 245 or equivalent.

Credits: 3

ME 346 - Advanced Gas Dynamics

Transonic flows; hypersonic flows and shock relations; boundary layer interactions; high-temperature gases and aerothermodynamics; rarefied flows; computational methods. Prerequisite: ME 240 or equivalent

Credits: 3

ME 350 - Multiscale Modeling

Computational modeling of the physics and dynamical behavior of matter composed of diverse length and time scales. Molecular simulation. Coarse-graining. Coupled atomistic/continuum methods. Cross-listing: CSYS 350.

Credits: 3

ME 371 - Adv Engr Des Anyl&Synthesis I

Application of fundamental concepts, principles of advanced mathematics, physics, mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and decision-making processes to design, analysis, synthesis of complex engineering systems.

Credits: 4

ME 372 - Systems Engineering

Advanced course in systems engineering, reliability, maintainability, safety, and human factors engineering. Case studies. Prerequisites: ME 371 or permission.

Credits: 3

ME 373 - Integr Mechanism Design Anyl

Application of system analysis, rigid body dynamics, finite elements, fatigue analysis and structural dynamics to an integrated approach to mechanisms design. Prerequisites: ME 371 or permission.

Credits: 3

ME 391 - Master's Thesis Research

Credits: 1 to 18

ME 395 - Advanced Special Topics

Advanced topics in recently developed technical areas. Prerequisite: three hours with instructor approval.

Credits: 1 to 3

ME 491 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

Credits: 0 to 18