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

instructor’s permission. Computer-aided design,
free-form surface modeling, tooling and fixturing,
computer numeric control, raid prototyping,
process engineering, fixed and programmable
automation, industrial robotics.
MECE E4610x Advanced manufacturing
processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yao.
Prerequisites: Introductory courses on manufacturing
processes and heat transfer, knowledge of
engineering materials, or the instructor’s permission.
Principles of nontraditional manufacturing,
nontraditional transport and media. Emphasis on
laser assisted materials processing, laser material
interactions with applications to laser material
removal, forming, and surface modification.
Introduction to electrochemical machining, electrical
discharge machining, and abrasive water jet
machining.
MEBM E4702x Advanced musculoskeletal
biomechanics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Advanced analysis and modeling of the musculoskeletal
system. Topics include advanced
concepts of 3-D segmental kinematics, musculoskeletal
dynamics, experimental measurements
of joints kinematics and anatomy, modeling of
muscles and locomotion, multibody joint modeling,
introduction to musculoskeletal surgical simulations.
MEBM 4703y Molecular mechanics in biology
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Liao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3105, APMA E2101, or the
instructor’s permission. Mechanical understanding
of biological structures including proteins, DNA
and RNA in cells and tissues. Force response of
proteins and DNA, mechanics of membranes, biophysics
of molecular motors, mechanics of protein-protein
interactions. Introduction to modeling
and simulation techniques, and modern biophysical
techniques such as single molecule FRET,
optical traps, AFM, and super-resolution imaging,
for understanding molecular mechanics and
dynamics.
MECE E4990x or y Special topics in mechanical
engineering
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: The instructor’s permission. Topics
and instructors change from year to year. For
advanced undergraduate students and graduate
students in engineering, physical sciences, and
other fields.
MECE E4999x and y (sect. 001) Curricular
practical training
1 pt. Professor Yao.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s written approval. Only
for ME graduate students who need relevant
intern or fieldwork experience as part of their
program of study as determined by the instructor.
Written application must be made prior to registration
outlining proposed study program. Final
reports required. This course may not be taken
for pass/fail credit or audited. International students
must also consult with the International
Students and Scholars Office.
MECE E6100x Advanced mechanics of fluids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Panides.
Prerequisites: MATH E1210 and MECE E3100.
Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of motion.
Stress and strain rate tensors, vorticity, integral
and differential equations of mass, momentum,
and energy conservation. Potential flow.
MECE E6102y Computational heat transfer
and fluid flow
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisites: MECE E3100 and E3311; FOR-
TRAN. Mathematical description of pertinent
physical phenomena. Basics of finite-difference
methods of discretization, explicit and implicit
schemes, grid sizes, stability, and convergence.
Solution of algebraic equations, relaxation. Heat
conduction. Incompressible fluid flow, stream
function-vorticity formulation. Forced and natural
convection. Use of primitive variables, turbulence
modeling, and coordinate transformations.
MECE E6104y Case studies in computational
fluid dynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Panides.
Prerequisites: APMA E4200 and MECE E6100.
Corequisites: APMA E4300 and MECE E4400.
Hands-on case studies in computational fluid
dynamics, including steady and transient flows,
heat and mass transfer, turbulence, compressible
flow, and multiphase flow. Identifying assumptions,
computational domain selection, model creation
and setup, boundary conditions, choice of convergence
criteria, visualization and interpretation of
computed results. Taught in the Mechanical
Engineering Computer Laboratory with computational
fluid dynamics software.
MECE E6105y Transport phenomena in the
presence of interfaces
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisites: MECE E3301 and MECE E3311;
MECE E4100 or the equivalent, or the instructor’s
permission; CHEE E4252 or the equivalent, or the
instructor’s permission. Surface energy and capillary
phenomena. Wetting and spreading of liquids,
wetting line pinning and hysteresis, dynamics of
wetting. Surfactants. Bubbles: nucleation, stability,
dynamics, microstreaming. Jets and drops:
generation, dynamics, stability, and impact with
surfaces. Measurement of transport phenomena
involving interfaces. Interfacial transport phenomena
involving thermal, chemical, or electrical gradients.
Applications in microfluidic systems.
MECE E6200y Turbulence
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: MECE E6100. Introductory concepts
and statistical description. Kinematics of random
velocity fields, dynamics of vorticity, and scalar
quantities. Transport processes in a turbulent
medium. Turbulent shear flows: deterministic
and random structures. Experimental techniques,
prediction methods, and simulation.
MEBM E6310x–E6311y Mixture theories for
biological tissues, I and II
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Ateshian.
Prerequisites: MECE E6422 and APMA E4200,
or the equivalent. Development of governing
equations for mixtures with solid matrix, interstitial
fluid, and ion constituents. Formulation of constitutive
models for biological tissues. Linear and
nonlinear models or fibrillar and viscoelastic
porous matrices. Solutions to special problems,
such as confined and unconfined compression,
permeation, indentation and contact, and swelling
experiments.
MECE E6313x Advanced heat transfer
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Naraghi.
Prerequisite: MECE E3311. Corequisite: MECE
E6100. Application of analytical techniques to the
solution of multi-dimensional steady and transient
problems in heat conduction and convection.
Lumped, integral, and differential formulations.
Topics include use of sources and sinks,
laminar/turbulent forced convection, and natural
convection in internal and external geometries.
MECE E6400y Advanced machine dynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: MECE E3401. Review of classical
dynamics, including Lagrange’s equations.
Analysis of dynamic response of high-speed
machine elements and systems, including massspring
systems, cam-follower systems, and gearing;
shock isolation; introduction to gyrodynamics.
MECE E6422x-E6423x or y Introduction to the
theory of elasticity, I and II
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Lai.
Corequisite: APMA E4200. Analysis of stress
and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic
equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars.
Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks,
shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels,
contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal
stresses, propagation of elastic waves.
MECE E6424x Vibrations in machines, I
Lec: 3. 3 pts. Professor Stolfi.
Prerequisite: MECE E3401. Review of vibration
analysis of systems and mechanisms with one
degree of freedom. Natural frequencies. Forced
vibrations. Effects of dry and viscous friction.
Energy methods of Rayleigh and Ritz. Suppression
and elimination of vibration. Vibration isolation.
Measuring instruments. Critical speeds in machinery.
Synchronous whirl. Half-frequency whirl.
Influence of bearing characteristics on critical
speeds. Effect of gyroscopic moments. Systems
with multiple degrees of freedom. Dynamic vibration
absorbers. Self-tuning absorbers of pendulum
and roller types. Lagrangian equations of motion
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