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as applied to vibrating systems. General equations
for transverse critical speeds of shafts.
Surging of helical springs.
EEME E6601x Introduction to control theory
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Longman.
Prerequisite: MATH E1210. A graduate-level introduction
to classical and modern feedback control
that does not presume an undergraduate background
in control. Scalar and matrix differential
equation models and solutions in terms of state
transition matrices. Transfer functions and transfer
function matrices, block diagram manipulations,
closed loop response. Proportional, rate,
and integral controllers, and compensators.
Design by root locus and frequency response.
Controllability and observability. Luenberger
observers, pole placement, and linear-quadratic
cost controllers.
EEME E6602y Modern control theory
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: EEME E6601 or EEME 4601 or
ELEN E6201, or the instructor’s permission.
Singular value decomposition. ARX model
and state space model system identification.
Recursive least squares filters and Kalman filters.
LQR, H∞, linear robust control, predictive control.
Learning control, repetitive control, adaptive
control. Liapunov and Popov stability. Nonlinear
adaptive control, nonlinear robust control, sliding
mode control.
EEME E6610y Optimal control theory
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: EEME E6601 or EEME E4601 or
the instructor’s permission. Covers topics in calculus
of variations, Pontryagin maximum principle,
quadratic cost optimal control, predictive control,
dynamic programming for optimal control, Kalman
filtering, numerical methods for solution. Some
applications discussed include minimum energy
subway operation (our solution saved 11 percent
in tests on the Flushing Line, and the method was
adopted by the Transit Authority, saving many
millions of dollars per year), minimum time robot
optimal control allowing one to run assembly lines
faster for increased productivity.
MECE E6614y Advanced topics in robotics
and mechanism synthesis
Lect. 3. 3 pts. Professor Simaan.
Prerequisite: APMA E2101, APMA E3101, MECE
E4602 (or COMS W4733). Recommended:
MECE E3401 or the instructor’s permission.
Kinematic modeling methods for serial, parallel,
redundant, wire-actuated robots and multifingered
hands with discussion of open research problems.
Introduction to screw theory and line geometry
tools for kinematics. Applications of homotopy
continuation methods and symbolic-numerical
methods for direct kinematics of parallel
robots and synthesis of mechanisms. Course
uses textbook materials as well as a collection of
recent research papers.
EEME E6620x or y Applied signal recognition
and classification
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: MATH E1210, APMA E3101, knowledge
of a programming language, or the instructor’s
permission. Applied recognition and classification
of signals using a selection of tools borrowed
from different disciplines. Applications include
human biometrics, imaging, geophysics, machinery,
electronics, networking, languages, communications,
and finance. Practical algorithms are
covered in signal generation; modeling; feature
extraction; metrics for comparison and classification;
parameter estimation; supervised, unsupervised,
and hierarchical clustering and learning;
optimization; scaling and alignment; signals as
codes emitted from natural sources; information;
and extremely large-scale search techniques.
MECE E6700y Carbon nanotube science and
technology
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of introductory solid
state physics (e.g. PHYS G4018, APPH E6081,
or MSAE E3103) or the instructor’s permission.
Basic science of solid state systems. Crystal
structure, electronic and phonon bandstructures
of nanotubes. Synthesis of nanotubes and other
nanomaterials. Experimental determination of
nanotube structures and techniques for nanoscale
imaging. Theory and measurement of mechanical,
thermal, and electronic properties of nanotubes
and nanomaterials. Nanofabrication and nanoelectronic
devices. Applications of nanotubes.
MEEE E6710x or y Nanofabrication laboratory
Lecture: 1. Lab: 5. 3 pts. Professor Hone.
Prerequisite: ELEN E6945 or the instructor’s permission.
Laboratory in techniques for fabrication
at the nanometer scale. Electron-beam lithography.
Plasma etching and 3D nanofabrication. Thin
film deposition. Self-assembly and ‘bottom-up’
nanofabrication. Fabrication of and testing of
complete nanodevices. A lab fee of $300 is
required.
MECE E6720x Nano/microscale thermal transport
processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Liao.
Nano and microscale origins of thermal transport
phenomena by molecules, electrons, phonons,
and photons. Quantum mechanics and statistical
physics. Density of states. Kinetic theory of
gases. Boltzmann transport equation (BTE), classical
and quantum size effects. Landauer formalism
for transport via nanostructures. Macroscopic
constitutive equations from BTE. Application to
electronics cooling, thermoelectric and thermophotovoltaic
devices, and energy conversion.
MECE E8020x-E8021y Master’s thesis
1 to 3 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone,
Kysar, Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao.
Interpretive research in graduate areas in
mechanical engineering and engineering science.
MECE E8100y Advanced topics in fluid
mechanics
Lect: 2. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: MECE E6100. This course may be
taken more than once, since its content has minimal
overlap between consecutive years. Selected
topics from viscous flow, turbulence, compressible
flow, rarefied gas dynamics, computational methods,
and dynamical systems theory, non-Newtonian
fluids, etc.
EEME E8601y Advanced topics in control theory
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisites: EEME E6601 and E4601, or the
instructor’s permission. This course may be taken
more than once, since the content changes from year
to year, electing different topics from control theory
such as learning and repetitive control, adaptive control,
system identification, Kalman filtering, etc.
MECE E8990x and y Special topics in mechanical
engineering
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisites: Instructor’s permission. This course
may be taken for credit more than once. The instructor
from the Mechanical Engineering Department and
the topics covered in the course will vary from year to
year. This course is intended for students with graduate
standing in mechanical engineering and other
engineering and applied sciences.
MECE E9000x and E9001y, and s Graduate
research and study
1 to 3 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone,
Kysar, Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao.
Theoretical or experimental study or research in
graduate areas in mechanical engineering and
engineering science.
MECE E9500x or y Graduate seminar
0 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Pass/fail only. All doctoral students are required
to successfully complete four semesters of the
mechanical engineering seminar MECE 9500.
MECE E9800x and y, and s Doctoral research
instruction
3, 6, 9, or 12 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone,
Kysar, Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao.
A candidate for the Eng.Sc.D. degree in mechanical
engineering must register for 12 points of doctoral
research instruction. Registration in MECE
E9800 may not be used to satisfy the minimum
residence requirement for the degree.
MECE E9900x and y Doctoral dissertation
0 pts. Professors Ateshian, Attinger, Hone, Kysar,
Liao, Lin, Longman, Modi, Narayanaswamy,
Simaan, Stolfi, Terrell, Wong, and Yao.
A candidate for the doctorate may be required
to register for this course every term after his/her
course work has been completed and until the
dissertation has been accepted.
SEAS 2009–2010