Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

412 / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MECH 484
Mechanical Engineering Design
3 Semester Hours
Capstone design projects. The philosophy and methodology
of design applied to mechanical engineering systems.
The main steps involved in the design process include
needs assessment, problem formulation, abstraction and
synthesis, and analysis. Project record books, design
reviews, design drawings, oral presentations, and a final
report are required.
Prerequisite: MECH 483.
Corequisite: ENGR 400.
MECH 488
Thermal Systems Engineering
3 Semester Hours
Selected topics from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics,
and heat transfer to include: review of fundamental
concepts; boundary layer theory; isentropic flow through
nozzles; shock waves; exergy analysis; gas mixtures; heat
exchangers and design.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: CIVL 310 and MECH 353.
MECH 491
Industrial Assessment Center Practicum
3 Semester Hours
Active participation in the U.S. Department of Energy
Industrial Assessment Center, which performs about 25
assessments of small- and medium-size manufacturing
plants per year, seeking opportunities in energy conservation,
productivity improvements, and pollution minimization.
Hands-on experience in plant equipment, technologies,
layout, management, and labor issues. U.S. Department of
Energy Certificate upon completion.
MECH 493
Mechanical Engineering Internship
1-3 Semester Hours
Engineering analysis, testing, design, and/or production
work conducted by the student in an industrial setting.
The work will be supervised jointly by an engineer with
the industrial firm and by an LMU Mechanical Engineering
faculty member. The project must be approved by the
Departmental faculty. Senior standing is required.
MECH 496
ASME Student Design Contest
1-3 Semester Hours
Participation in a multidisciplinary team competition, namely
the ASME Student Design Contest or others approved by
the Department. The main steps involved in producing the
completed design include problem formulation, abstraction
and synthesis, analysis, building a prototype design, testing
and building the final design.
MECH 498
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
MECH 499
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
MECH 500
Quality
3 Semester Hours
History and philosophy of quality; concurrent engineering;
design and optimization of both product and process,
optimization of matrix organizations; continuous
improvement; spontaneous suggestions, PDCA cycle,
Kaizen, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraint, benchmarking,
brainstorming, re-engineering; Deming’s profound knowledge
and 14 points, Quantitative Methods; charts, Andon, Design
of Experiments (optimization of processes, robustness, full
factorials, fractional factorials, folding, Plackett-Burnam,
introduction to nonlinear designs), Statistical Process
Control; Quality systems; ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001,
CMMI, Malcolm Baldridge, TQM Self-Assessment Tool.
Lecture, 3 hours.
MECH 516
Materials Selection in Design
3 Semester Hours
Application of principles of materials engineering to selection
of materials for optimized engineering design, case studies
in failure analysis.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering.
MECH 525
Advanced Mechanics of Materials
3 Semester Hours
General case of bending, combined bending and axial loads,
curved bars, energy methods, buckling and elastic stability.
Inelastic and plastic deformations.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering.