Mechanical Engineering

A technical drawing course covering engineering geometry, orthographic projection, auxiliary views, dimensioning, and tolerance using sketching techniques, and 2-D CAD.

A continuation of the technical drawing course covering 3-D parametic modeling, part assembly modeling, and detail and assembly drawings.

Review of vector algebra and equilibrium. Hydrostatics, virtual work, static stability, friction. First and second moments of areas, volumes, and masses, center of gravity. A minimum grade of C is required for the course prerequisites.

Fundamental concepts, kinematics, translation and rotation. Kinetics impulse, momentum, work, energy. Rectilinear and curvilinear translation of point masses. Plane motion of rigid bodies and vibration.

For co-operative engineering students only Practice in industry and comprehensive written report of this practice.

For co-operative engineering students only. Practice in industry and comprehensive written report of this practice.

Properties of pure substances, work and heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, irreversibility and availability, power and refrigeration cycles, thermodynamic relations.

Power and refrigeration cycles, methods of thermodynamic analysis, technical thermodynamics and design, energy conversion. Thermodynamics of combustion processes and equilibrium.

Introduction of principles of engineering project management and techniques. Topics include technical feasibility studies, project specifications, scheduling, validation, lifecycle costing, and economic analysis. The focus is on managing an engineering project through scheduling, budgeting, resource management, execution and control.

Continuum, velocity field, fluid statics, basic conservation laws for systems and control volumes, dimensional analysis, Euler and Bernoulli equations, viscous flows, boundary layer flow in channels and around submerged bodies, one-dimensional gas dynamics.

Introduction to fluid mechanics laboratory, experiments on flow patterns, velocity profile in an air pipe, wind tunnel calibration, draining of a tank, pipe friction, boundary layer studies, falling ball experiments, and viscosity measurements.

Graphical, analytical, and computer techniques for analyzing displacements, velocities, and accelerations in mechanisms. Analysis and design of linkages, cams and gears. Laboratory projects include analysis, design, construction, and evaluation of mechanisms.

Development and solution of linear models; translational and rotational mechanical systems, electrical systems, electromechanical systems, thermal systems, hydraulic systems. The Laplace transform, transfer functions, and Bode plots, state variable representation and solutions. Computer analysis and simulation.

Mechanical measurements and methods of experimentation. Calibration standards, statistical replication and error minimization, transducers and instrumentation, dimensional analysis and the design of an experiment. Laboratory experiments will require formal reports and will deal with displacements, velocities, pressures, and elastics strains.

For co-operative engineering students only. Practice in industry and comprehensive written report of this practice.

For co-operative engineering students only. Practice in industry and comprehensive written report of this practice.

For co-operative engineering students only. Practice in industry and comprehensive written report of this practice.

Steady state and transient heat transfer by conduction, laminar and turbulent convection, firm condensation and boiling, and by radiation. Combined heat and mass transfer by diffusion and convection. The analysis and design of heat exchangers for process heat transfer.

Heat transmission laboratory with measurements of temperature and flows. Experiments include temperature profiles in solids, thermal conductivity, radiation, and the determination of various heat and mass transfer coefficients.

Psychometrics, air conditioning systems, equipment selection, duct design and piping design. Heating and cooling loads, solar radiation and heat transmission in buildings. Heat pumps. Application of air conditioning to residences, computer rooms, light commercial and high-rise buildings.

The senior engineering design courses I and II constitute a two semester sequence of an interdisciplinary activity. The objective of these courses is to provide engineering students with supervised experience in the process and practice of engineering design. Projects are chosen by the students or the faculty. Students working in teams pursue a idea from conception to realistic design. The course is climaxed by the presentation of a substantial written report and a formal oral presentation before faculty and students.

The senior engineering design courses I and II constitute a two-semester sequence of an interdisciplinary activity. The objective of these courses is to provide engineering students with supervised experience in the process and practice of engineering design. Projects are chosen by the students or faculty. Students working in teams pursue an idea from conception to realistic design. The course is climaxed by the presentation of a substantial written report and a formal oral presentation before faculty and students.

Application of mechanics and mechanics of materials to the analysis and design of machine elements. Stress and deflection analysis, statistical considerations under steady and variable loading, stress principles applied to fasteners, springs, welded joints, and general mechanical elements. Fits and tolerances. Antifriction Gearings. Spur gears. Laboratory includes projects, solutions of design problems, and experiments.

Comprehensive study in the design and analysis of gearing, rolling and journal bearings, clutches and brakes, and flexible mechanical elements. Introduction to reliability engineering. Laboratory includes projects and solution of design problems.

Introduction to classical control theory. Transfer functions, block diagram manipulation, and signal flow graphs. Transient and steady state responses; characteristics, and design. Sensitivity analysis and disturbance rejection. System stability. Root locus analysis and design. Frequency response analysis using Bode and polar plots. Nyquist criterion and Nichols chat. Controller design using Bode plots. Laboratory will include design, simulation of topics covered, and a number of practical experiments. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 384 and ME 485.

Modern manufacturing processes and methods including forming, shaping, machining, and joining. Productivity, quality improvement, material and energy conservation, automatic processing and inspection, process planning, manufacturing control, robotics, CAD, CAM, and computer integrated manufacturing.

May be repeated for credit Junior standing or higher required Projects or special topics of contemporary importance or of special interest that are outside the scope of the standard undergraduate curriculum can be studied under the Mechanical Engineering Projects course. Interested students should seek a faculty advisor by meeting with individual faculty members who work in their area of special interest and prepare a brief description of the work to be undertaken in cooperation with their advisor.

The empirical, physical basis of the laws of thermodynamics. Availability concepts and applications. Properties and relations between properties in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. The criteria of equilibrium. Application to variety of systems and problems including phase and reaction equilibrium.

Heat and mass transfer by diffusion in one-dimensional, two-dimensional, transient, periodic, and phase change systems. Convective heat transfer for external and internal flows. Similarity and integral solution methods. Heat, mass, and momentum analogies. Turbulence. Buoyancy driven flows. Convection with phase change. Radiation exchange between surfaces and radiation transfer in absorbing-emitting media. Multimode heat transfer problems.

Kinematics of fluid flow. Dynamics of frictionless incompressible flow and basic hydrodynamics. Equations of motion for viscous flow, viscous flow applications, boundary layer theory. Wall turbulence, lift and drag of immersed bodies.

The simple oscillator. Lumped acoustical elements. Electromechanical- acoustical analogies. Wave motion in strings and membranes. Introduction to linear acoustics through derivation of the wave equation and simple solutions. Plane and spherical waves. Acoustic intensity. Plane wave transmission through fluid layers and simple barriers. Sound absorption. Modeling of acoustical sources: monopoles, dipoles, quadrupoles. Mechanisms of sound generations and directionality. Sound propagation in one-dimensional systems. Introduction to room acoustics. Professirs Bolton and Mongeau.

This course examines the design in order to acquire a better product / process quality. Other aspects of design are robust design, parameter design or Taguchi techniques. This course also gives students a current understanding of the techniques and applications of design of experiments in quality engineering design. The students will learn design of quality control systems in manufacturing, use of advanced statistical process controls, sampling inspection techniques, process capability and other statistical tools. Also included are vendor sourcing and control tools, methods for establishing specifications and tolerances, quality function deployment and other quality control techniques. In addition, Six Sigma will be included.

This course is directed toward the graduate student who has never had a statistics course or whose last statistics course was taken some time ago and a refresher course is required. The primary purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of fundamental probability and statistical principles, their underlying assumptions, and their use in data analysis using real-world engineering problems.

Effective project managers have complete command of their project costs and a thorough understanding of the financial aspects of their business. This course reviews the fundamentals of accounting, examines project cost accounting principles, applications, and impact on profitability; examines the principles of project costing; covers the elements involved in cash management; introduces the framework for how projects are financed and the potential impact financing has on the projects; and a framework for using an effective project cost system. This course is aimed primarily to engineering graduate students interested in project management. Typically offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

Geometry of constrained plane motion with applications to linkage design. Type and number synthesis. Path curvature, inflection circle, cubic of stationary curvature. Finite displacements, three and four separated positions. Graphical, analytical, and computer techniques.

Review of system with one degree of freedom. LaGrange¡¯s equations of motion for multiple degree of freedom systems. Introduction to matrix methods. Transfer functions for harmonic response, impulse response, and step response. Convolution integrals for response to arbitrary inputs. Principle frequencies and modes. Applications to critical speeds, measuring instruments, isolation, torsional systems. Introduction to nonlinear problems.

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or Instructor Approval

Covers the analysis and design of control systems from both a classical and modern viewpoint. with emphasis on design of controllers. Classical control design is reviewed, including both root locus and Bode domain design methodologies. The state space representation is introduced, along with notions of stability, controlling, and observability. State feedback controllers for pole placement and state observers are discussed with emphasis on their frequency domain implications.

Fundamentals of geometrical and physical optics as related to problems in engineering design and research. Characteristics of imaging systems; properties of light sources; optical properties of materials. Diffraction, interference, polarization, and scattering phenomena as related to optical measurement techniques. Introduction to lasers and holography. (Laboratory work can be undertaken for additional credit by special arrangement.). Typically offered Spring.

Projects or special topics of contemporary importance or of special interest that are outside the scope of the standard graduate curriculum can be studied under the Mechanical Engineering Projects course. Interested students should seek a faculty advisor by meeting with individual faculty members who work in their area of special interest and prepare a brief description of the work to be undertaken in cooperation with their advisor.