2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

LNG 3301 ADVANCED SPANISH 1 (3 credits). Includes selected readings from
Spanish literature and other timely topics for continued development in reading,
writing and speaking skills. (Requirement: Four years of high school Spanish,
passing score on placement exam or prerequisite course.) (HU/SS) Prerequisites:
LNG 2302.
LNG 3302 ADVANCED SPANISH 2 (3 credits). Includes selected readings from
Spanish literature and other timely topics for development in reading, writing and
speaking skills. (Requirement: Passing score on placement exam or prerequisite
course.) (HU/SS) Prerequisites: LNG 2302.
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MAE 1024 INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (3 credits).
Provides an overview of the engineering profession and the mechanical engineering
discipline. Introduces students to engineering problem-solving methodologies
and design theory and methodology. A competitive design project motivates the
study of engineering graphics, computer-aided design, manufacturing techniques
and software tools. (CL)
MAE 1025 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICUM 1 (1 credit). Students
support senior student engineering design team projects by helping to develop design
concepts, formalize designs through sketches and drawings, fabricate mechanical
components, test component performance and other activities related to the successful
completion of design projects. Corequisites: MAE 1024.
MAE 1201 INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (1 credit).
Provides a broad overview of the aerospace engineering profession through class
meetings involving formal lectures and presentations, and site/laboratory visits.
Introduces the concept of aerospace design as a precursor to a competitive freshman
design project to be implemented in MAE 1202.
MAE 1202 AEROSPACE PRACTICUM (2 credits). Introduces elementary design
concepts related to aerodynamics and aerospace structures. Includes word processing,
spreadsheet analysis, computer-aided design, graphics and documentation.
Group design projects are planned, analyzed, constructed, tested and reported in
both lecture and lab settings. (CL)
MAE 2024 SOLIDS MODELING AND 3-D MECHANICAL DESIGN
PRINCIPLES (3 credits). Students create geometries in isometric and perspective
views, free-form solids and sectioned solids to produce layouts for dimensioning/
tolerancing. Computer analysis focuses on determining inertial properties and
interference checking. Prerequisites: MAE 1024 or MAE 1202.
MAE 2025 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICUM 2 (1 credit). Continues
MAE 1025 with a higher level of responsibility and more advanced requirements.
Prerequisites: MAE 1025.
MAE 2081 APPLIED MECHANICS: STATICS (3 credits). Includes the elements
of statics in co-planar and three-dimensional systems; equilibrium of particles and
rigid bodies; simple structures, centroids and center of gravity; beam shear and
bending moment; friction; and virtual work. Prerequisites: PHY 1001.
MAE 2082 APPLIED MECHANICS: DYNAMICS (3 credits). Analyzes kinematics
and kinetics of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies. Discusses absolute
and relative motion approaches. Employs force-mass-acceleration, work-energy and
impulse-momentum methods. Prerequisites: MAE 2081.
MAE 2201 AEROSPACE FUNDAMENTALS (2 credits). Introduces the theory
and analysis of structures, aerodynamics, propulsion and control. Presents the
theoretical advances and continuing developments from a historical perspective
by stressing the roles and contributions of pioneers. Prerequisites: MAE 1202,
MTH 1002, PHY 1001.
MAE 3024 COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING (3 credits). Students generate
finite element models from solid geometries, defining load, boundary and constraint
conditions, characterizing material properties and optimizing performance. Uses
computer models to perform stress, stability and dynamic analysis of mechanical
components and assemblies. Prerequisites: CHE 3260, MAE 2024, MAE 3083,
MTH 3201 or MTH 3210.
MAE 3025 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICUM 3 (1 credit). Continues
MAE 2025 with a higher level of responsibility and more advanced requirements.
Prerequisites: MAE 2025.
MAE 3064 FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY (1 credit). Provides a working
familiarity with the physical principles, measurement and flow visualization techniques
in fluid mechanics. Prerequisites: PHY 2092. Corequisites: MAE 3061 or
MAE 3161.
MAE 3083 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3 credits). Stress and strain; mechanical
properties of materials; Hooke’s law; axial, torsion, pure bending and transverse
loading of members; transformations of stress and strain; failure criteria; strain
measurements; thin-walled pressure vessels; design for strength; energy methods;
design for impact; column buckling and stability. Prerequisites: MAE 2081.
MAE 3090 DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS (3 credits). Covers the design of
basic machine elements with an emphasis on failure prevention. Elements include
screws, fasteners, connections, welded/brazed joints, springs, bearings, gears,
clutches, brakes, couplings, flywheels, flexible mechanical elements and shafts.
Prerequisites: CHE 3260, CHE 3265, MAE 3083.
MAE 3091 THEORY OF MACHINES (3 credits). Kinematics and dynamics of
mechanisms, including structural and mobility considerations; graphical, analytical
and computer methods for velocities and accelerations in constrained motion; cams
and gears; analysis of combined static and dynamic forces arising from uniform and
accelerated motion; and dynamic balancing. Prerequisites: MAE 2082, MTH 2201.
MAE 3150 AEROSPACE COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES (3 credits).
Focuses on numerical and computational tools and techniques widely used to solve
contemporary engineering problems. Includes advanced computer programming
methods. Introduces analysis software and numerical theory in CFD, FEA, matrix
inversion, ODE solution, root finding and numerical integration. (Requirement:
Prerequisite courses or instructor approval.) Prerequisites: CSE 1502 or
CSE 1503, MAE 3061 or MAE 3161, MAE 3083.
MAE 3161 FLUID MECHANICS (3 credits). Introduces fluid variables; fluid
statics; flow kinematics; equations of mass, momentum and energy conservation
in both integral and differential formulations; similitude and dimensional analysis;
the stress tensor; inviscid and viscous flows; flow in pipes; laminar and turbulent
flows. Prerequisites: MAE 2082, MAE 3191, MTH 2201.
MAE 3162 COMPRESSIBLE FLOW (3 credits). Studies high-speed compressible
flow. Extends boundary-layer theory to the compressible case. Also includes
normal and oblique shocks; compressible flow in ducts and nozzles; Mach waves;
Prandtl-Meyer expansions; method of characteristics; unsteady 1-D flows; and
conical flow. Prerequisites: MAE 3161.
MAE 3191 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 1 (3 credits). Studies the
conservation of energy and mass in closed- and open-flow systems. Includes the
physical properties and equations of state for pure substances; the first and second
laws of thermodynamics; and reversible processes and Carnot cycle. Prerequisites:
CHM 1101, MTH 2001, PHY 1001.
MAE 3192 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 2 (3 credits). Practical problems
involving power and refrigeration cycles and chemical thermodynamics, the
combustion process and compressible flows as examined in applications involving
nozzles and blade passages. Prerequisites: MAE 3191.
MAE 3241 AERODYNAMICS AND FLIGHT MECHANICS (3 credits).
Dynamics of frictionless fluid including the effects of unsteadiness and threedimensionality;
tools and rules for the construction of elementary flows about
bodies, flows about airfoils and wings in three dimensions. Prerequisites:
MAE 3061 or MAE 3161. Corequisites: MAE 3062 or MAE 3162.
MAE 3260 EXPERIMENTAL AERODYNAMICS (3 credits). Offers theory and
practice in wind tunnel test techniques, measurements of lift and drag by force
balance, pressure distributions and wake surveys, LDA, thermal anemometry,
computer-based data acquisition and reduction using LabView and uncertainty
analysis. Prerequisites: MAE 3061 or MAE 3161, MAE 3064.
MAE 3291 JUNIOR DESIGN (1 credit). Introduces the concepts and methodology
of rational aerospace design through interaction with seniors completing their
capstone design projects and development of team proposals for capstone design
projects that will be implemented during the senior year. (Requirement: Junior
standing.) (Q)
MAE 4014 CONTROL SYSTEMS (3 credits). Stresses both classical and modern
control methodologies. Includes frequency and time-domain representation of
linear systems, stability analysis and design techniques. Prerequisites: ECE 4991,
MTH 2201.
MAE 4024 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (3 credits). Focuses on both discrete and
continuous systems. Includes free and forced vibration of single and multiple degrees
of freedom systems, and vibration control techniques. Prerequisites: MAE 2082,
MAE 3083, MTH 3201 or MTH 3210.
MAE 4071 THERMAL SYSTEMS DESIGN (3 credits). Radiative heat transfer
applications in thermal systems. Elementary methods of optimization for design.
Application of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Equipment fundamentals
with emphasis on heat exchanger design and analysis. Design projects
involving use of software and laboratory experiments. Prerequisites: MAE 4171.
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