2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

MECE E3038y Mechanical engineering
laboratory, III
Lect: 1. Lab: 5. 3 pts. Professor Stolfi.
Mechatronic control of mechanical and electromechanical
systems. Control of various thermodynamic
cycles, including an internal combustion engine
(Otto cycle). Reverse engineering of an electromechanical
product. A lab fee of $50 is collected.
MECE E3100x Introduction to mechanics
of fluids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Attinger.
Prerequisite: ENME E3105. Basic continuum
concepts. Liquids and gases in static equilibrium.
Continuity equation. Two-dimensional kinematics.
Equation of motion. Bernoulli’s equation and
applications. Equations of energy and angular
momentum. Dimensional analysis. Two-dimensional
laminar flow. Pipe flow, laminar, and turbulent.
Elements of compressible flow.
ENME-MECE E3105x and y Mechanics
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Professor Hone.
Prerequisites: PHYS C1401, and MATH V1101-
V1102 and V1201. Elements of statics, dynamics
of a particle, systems of particles, and rigid bodies.
MECE E3301x Thermodynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Basalo.
Classical thermodynamics. Basic properties and
concepts, thermodynamic properties of pure substances,
equation of state, work, heat, the first
and second laws for flow and nonflow processes,
energy equations, entropy, and irreversibility.
Introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.
analysis of general loading states and deformation
of machine components using singularity
functions and energy methods. Theoretical introduction
to static failure theories, fracture mechanics,
and fatigue failure theories. Introduction to
conceptual design and design optimization problems.
Design of machine components such as
springs, shafts, fasteners, lead screws, rivets,
welds. Modeling, analysis, and testing of machine
assemblies for prescribed design problems.
Problems will be drawn from statics, kinematics,
dynamics, solid modeling, stress analysis, and
design optimization.
MECE E3410y Engineering design
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Professor Stolfi.
Prerequisite: Senior standing. Elements of the
design process: concept formulation, systems
synthesis, design analysis optimization. Selection
and execution of a project involving the design of
an actual engineering device or system. A laboratory
fee of $125 is collected.
MECE E3411y Fundamentals of engineering
Lect: 3. 1 pt. Professor Stolfi.
Prerequisite: Senior standing. Review of core
courses in mechanical engineering, including
mechanics, strength of materials, fluid mechanics,
thermodynamics, heat transfer, materials and
processing, control, and mechanical design and
analysis. Review of additional topics, including
engineering economics and ethics in engineering.
The course culminates with a comprehensive
examination, similar to the Fundamentals of
Engineering examination.
Kysar, Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao. Hours to
be arranged by faculty supervising the work.
Prerequisites: Approval by faculty member who
agrees to supervise the work. Normally not to be
taken in a student’s final semester. Independent
project involving theoretical, computational,
experimental or engineering design work. May
be repeated, but no more than 3 points may be
counted toward degree requirements. Projects
requiring machine-shop use must be approved
by the laboratory supervisor.
MECE E4058x and y Mechatronics and
embedded microcomputer control
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Stolfi.
Prerequisite: ELEN E1201. Recommended:
ELEN E3000. Enrollment limited to 12 students.
Mechatronics is the application of electronics and
microcomputers to control mechanical systems.
Systems explored include on/off systems, solenoids,
stepper motors, dc motors, thermal systems,
magnetic levitation. Use of analog and digital
electronics and various sensors for control.
Programming microcomputers in Assembly and C.
Lab required; a lab fee of $75 is collected.
MECE E4100y Mechanics of fluids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: MECE E3100 or the equivalent.
Fluid dynamics and analyses for mechanical engineering
and aerospace applications: boundary
layers and lubrication, stability and turbulence,
and compressible flow. Turbomachinery
as well as additional selected topics.
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MECE E3311y Heat transfer
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Narayanaswamy.
Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative
heat transfer. Internal and external forced and
free convective heat transfer. Change of phase.
Heat exchangers.
MECE E3401x Mechanics of machines
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Lin.
Prerequisites: ENME E3105 and MECE E3408.
Introduction to mechanisms and machines, analytical
and graphical synthesis of mechanism,
displacement analysis, velocity analysis, acceleration
analysis of linkages, dynamics of mechanism,
cam design, gear and gear trains, and
computer-aided mechanism design.
MECE E3408y Computer graphics and design
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Introduction to drafting, engineering graphics,
computer graphics, solid modeling, and mechanical
engineering design. Interactive computer
graphics and numerical methods applied to the
solution of mechanical engineering design problems.
A laboratory fee of $175 is collected.
MECE E3409x Machine design
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Simaan.
Prerequistie: MECE E3408. Computer-aided
EEME E3601x Classical control systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Longman.
Prerequisite: MATH E1210. Analysis and design
of feedback control systems. Transfer functions;
block diagrams; proportional, rate, and integral
controllers; hardware, implementation. Routh
stability criterion, root locus, Bode and Nyquist
plots, compensation techniques.
MECE E3900x-E3901y Honors tutorial in
mechanical engineering
3 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone, Kysar,
Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao. Hours
individually arranged.
Individual study; may be selected after the first
term of the junior year by students maintaining a
3.2 grade-point average. Normally not to be taken
in a student’s final semester. Course format may
vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to
seminar instruction under faculty supervision.
Written application must be made prior to registration
outlining proposed study program. Projects
requiring machine-shop use must be approved by
the laboratory supervisor.
MECE E3998 x and y Projects in mechanical
engineering
1 to 3 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone,
MECE E4211y Energy: sources and conversion
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Modi.
Prerequisite: MECE E3301. Energy sources such
as oil, gas, coal, gas hydrates, hydrogen, solar,
and wind. Energy conversion systems for electrical
power generation, automobiles, propulsion,
and refrigeration. Engines, steam and gas turbines,
wind turbines; devices such as fuel cells,
thermoelectric converters, and photovoltaic cells.
Specialized topics may include carbon-dioxide
sequestration, cogeneration, hybrid vehicles, and
energy storage devices.
MECE E4212x Microelectromechanical systems
Lect: 1.5. Lab: 3. 3 pts. Professor Wong.
Enrollment limited to 16 students. MEMS markets
and applications; scaling laws; silicon as a mechanical
material; sensors and actuators; micromechanical
analysis and design; substrate (bulk) and surface
micromachining; computer-aided design; packaging;
testing and characterization; microfluidics.
MECE E4213y Biomicroelectromechanical
systems (BioMEMS): design, fabrication,
and analysis
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Lin.
Prerequisites: MECE E3100 and MECE E3311,
or a course in transport phenomena, or the
instructor’s permission. Silicon and polymer
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