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micro/nanofabrication techniques; hydrodynamic
microfluidic control; electrokinetic microfluidic
control; microfluidic separation and detection;
sample preparation; micro bioreactors and temperature
control; implantable MEMS including
sensors, actuators, and drug delivery devices.
MECE E4302y Advanced thermodynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: MECE E3301. Advanced classical
thermodynamics. Availability, irreversibility, generalized
behavior, equations of state for nonideal
gases, mixtures and solutions, phase and chemical
behavior, combustion. Thermodynamic properties
of ideal gases. Applications to automotive
and aircraft engines, refrigeration and air conditioning,
and biological systems.
MECE E4304x Turbomachinery
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Akbari.
This course will introduce you to the basics of
theory, design, selection, and applications of turbomachinery.
Turbomachines are widely used in
many engineering applications, such as energy
conversion, power plants, air-conditioning, pumping,
refrigeration, and vehicle engines, as there
are pumps, blowers, compressors, gas turbines,
jet engines, wind turbines, etc. Applications are
drawn from energy conversion technologies,
HVAC, and propulsion. The course will provide
you with a basic understanding of the different
kinds of turbomachines.
IEME E4310x The manufacturing enterprise
Lect. 3. 3pts. Professor Weinig.
The strategies and technologies of global manufacturing
and service enterprises. Connections
between the needs of a global enterprise, the
technology and methodology needed for manufacturing
and product development, and strategic
planning as currently practiced in industry.
MECE E4312y Solar thermal engineering
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Attinger.
Prerequisite: MECE E3311. Fundamentals of
solar energy transport: radiation heat transfer,
convection, conduction, and phase change
processes. Heat exchangers and solar collectors:
basic methods of thermal design, flow arrangements,
effects of variable conditions, rating
procedures. Solar energy concentration. Piping
systems: series and parallel arrangements, fluid
movers. Thermal response and management of
photovoltaic energy conversion. Solar energy
storage. Solar cooling, solar thermal power, and
cogeneration. Applications to the design of solar
thermal engineering systems.
MECE E4314y Energy dynamics of green
buildings
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professors Naraghi and McGough.
Prerequisites: MECE E3301 and MECE E3311.
Introduction to analysis and design of heating,
ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. Heating
and cooling loads. Humidity control. Solar gain
and passive solar design. Global energy implications.
Green buildings. Building-integrated photovoltaics.
Roof-mounted gardens and greenhouses.
Financial assessment tools and case studies.
MECE E4400x and y Computer laboratory
access
0 pts. Professor Ateshian.
Sign up for this class to obtain a computer
account and access to the Department of
Mechanical Engineering Computer Laboratory.
Open to mechanical engineering graduate students
only. A laboratory fee of $50 is collected.
MECE E4404x Lubrication theory and design
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Terrell.
Prerequisite: MECE E3100. Fluid friction. The
hydrodynamic and hydrostatic theories of lubrication.
Plane surfaces and thrust bearing design.
Journal bearings; load-carrying capacity and
temperature rise. Principles of bearing design for
efficient lubrication. Oil flow in bearings. Bearings
with semi-fluid lubrication. Fluid and nonfluid
lubricants. Bearing materials.
MECE E4430y Automotive dynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Jazar.
Prerequisites: ENME 3105 or the equivalent;
recommended: ENME 3106 or the equivalent.
Automobile dynamic behavior is divided into three
subjects: vehicle subsystems, ride, and handling.
Vehicle subsystems include tire, steering, mechanisms,
suspensions, gearbox, engine, clutch, etc.
Regarding ride, vibrations and ride comfort are
analyzed, and suspension optimization of a
quarter car model is treated. Regarding handling,
vehicle dynamic behavior on the road is analyzed,
with emphasis on numerical simulations using
planar as well as roll models.
MECE E4431 Space vehicle dynamics and
control
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: ENME-MECE E3105; ENME E4202
recommended. Space vehicle dynamics and control,
rocket equations, satellite orbits, initial trajectory
designs from earth to other planets, satellite
attitude dynamics, gravity gradient stabilization of
satellites, spin-stabilized satellites, dual-spin
satellites, satellite attitude control, modeling,
dynamics, and control of large flexible spacecraft.
MECE E4501y Geometrical modeling
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Srinivasan.
Prerequisite: COMS W1005. Relationship
between 3-D geometry and CAD/CAM; representations
of solids; geometry as the basis of analysis,
design, and manufacturing; constructive solid
geometry and the CSG tree; octree representation
and applications; surface representations and
intersections; boundary representation and
boundary evaluation; applied computational
geometry; analysis of geometrical algorithms
and associated data structures; applications of
geometrical modeling in vision and robotics.
MECE E4502x Computational geometry for
CAD/CAM
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Srinivasan.
Prerequisite: FORTRAN or PASCAL. Analysis of
geometric problems and the design of efficient
methodologies to obtain solutions to these problems.
Algorithms to be studied include geometric
searching, convex hulls, triangulations, Voronoi
diagrams, intersections, hidden surfaces. Emphasis
will be on practical aspects of these algorithms,
and on applications of the solutions in computeraided
product design and manufacturing.
EEME E4601y Digital control systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Longman.
Prerequisite: MECE E3601 or ELEN E3202.
Real-time control using digital computers. Solving
scalar and state-space difference equations.
Discrete equivalents of continuous systems fed
by holds. Z-transer functions. Creating closedloop
difference equation models by Z-transform
and state variable approaches. The Nyquist frequency
and sample rate selection. Classical- and
modern-based digital control laws. Digital system
identification.
MECE E4602y Introduction to robotics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Jazar.
Overview of robot applications and capabilities.
Linear algebra, kinematics, statics, and dynamics
of robot manipulators. Survey of sensor technology:
force, proximity, vision, compliant manipulators.
Motion planning and artificial intelligence; manipulator
programming requirements and languages.
MECE E4604x Product design for manufacturability
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Walker.
Prerequisites: Manufacturing process, computer
graphics, engineering design, mechanical design.
General review of product development process;
market analysis and product system design; principles
of design for manufacturing; strategy for
material selection and manufacturing process
choice; component design for machining; casting;
molding; sheet metal working and inspection;
general assembly processes; product design for
manual assembly; design for robotic and automatic
assembly; case studies of product design
and improvement.
MECE E4608y Manufacturing processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3113 or the equivalent.
Processes and materials of manufacture: metal
cutting, forming, stamping, forging, welding,
powder metallurgy; classification and fabricating
characteristics of metals and composites;
plastics, adhesives.
MECE E4609y Computer-aided manufacturing
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Walker.
Prerequisites: An introductory course on manufacturing
processes, and knowledge of computer
aided design and mechanical design or the
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