2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Course Descriptions/Mechanical Engineering 503663. Cogeneration Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Design and analysis of cogeneration systems; selection ofprime mover-steam turbine, gas turbine, or reciprocating engine; environmental assessments; economicand financial evaluations; legal and institutional considerations; case studies. Prerequisite: MEEN 421or equivalent.664. Energy Management in Commercial Buildings. (3-0). Credit 3. Basic heating, ventilating and airconditioning system design/selection criteria for air conditioning and heat system and design/selectionof central plant components and equipment. Prerequisites: MEEN 421 and MEEN 461 or approval ofinstructor.665. Application of Energy Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Continuation of MEEN 662 and 664; casestudies by students of energy conservation opportunities using energy audits and building load computersimulation. Prerequisites: MEEN 662 and MEEN 664 or approval of instructor.666. Plasticity Theory. (3-0). Credit 3. Theory of plastic yield and flow of two and three-dimensionalbodies; classical plasticity theories, unified viscoplastic theories, numerical considerations; applicationsand comparisons of theory to experiment. Prerequsite: MEMA 601 or equivalent and MEMA 602,MEEN 689 (Fundamentals of Solid and Fluid Motion) or equivalent. Cross-listed with MEMA 641.667. Mechatronics. (2-3). Credit 3. Mechatronics; logic circuits in mechanical systems; electrical-mechanicalinterfacing; analysis and applications of computerized machinery. Prerequisite: Graduate classificationin engineering.668. Rotordynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. Teaches the phenomena which occur in rotordynamics of turbomachinery,modeling techniques for turbomachines, and analysis techniques for rotordynamics analysis ofreal machines. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.672. Introduction to Finite Element Method. (3-0). Credit 3. Weak or variational formulation of differentialequations governing one- and two- dimensional problems of engineering; finite element modeldevelopment and analysis of standard problems of solid mechanics (bars, beams, and plane elasticity),heat transfer and fluid mechanics; time-dependent problems; computer implementation and use of simplefinite element codes in solving engineering problems. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate classification.673. Nonlinear Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3. Tensor definitionsof stress and strain, finite strain, geometric and material nonlinearities; development on nonlinear finiteelement equations from virtual work; total and updated Lagrangian formulations; solution methodsfor nonlinear equations; computational considerations; applications using existing computer programs.Prerequisites: MEMA 647/MEEN 670. Cross-listed with MEMA 648.674. Modern Control. (3-0). Credit 3. Vector Norms, Induced Operator Norm; Lp stability; the small gaintheorem; performance/robustness tradeoffs; l1 and H00 optimal control as operator norm minimization;H2 optimal control. Prerequisite: ECEN 605 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ECEN 608.675. Adaptive Control. (3-0). Credit 3. Basic principles of parameter identification and parameter adaptivecontrol; robustness and examples of instability; development of a unified approach to the design ofrobust adaptive schemes. Prerequisite: ECEN 605 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ECEN 609.676. Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduces the basics of fuzzy logic and itsrole in developing intelligent systems; topics include fuzzy set theory, fuzzy rule inference, fuzzy logicin control, fuzzy pattern recognition, neural fuzzy systems, and fuzzy model identification using geneticalgorithms. Prerequisite: CSCE 625 or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with CSCE 639.677. Aerosol Science. (3-0). Credit 3. Multidisciplinary survey of methods for describing aerosol particlesand systems: gas kinetics and transport theory, formation and growth thermodynamics, electrical properties,coagulation, light scattering; selected topics from current literature. Prerequisite: Graduate classificationin engineering or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with NUEN 677.678. Aerosol Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3. Provides the basis for understanding and modeling aerosol behavior;mechanical, fluid dynamical, electrical, optical and molecular effects are considered; applicationsinclude sprays and atomization, aerosol collection, aerosol sampling and visibility. Prerequisite:Graduate classification in engineering or approval of instructor.679. Spectral Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduces theoretical and applicationsaspects of spectral and multi-domain spectral methods for computational heat transfer andfluid flow problems. Prerequisites: MEEN 357, MEEN 344, MEEN 461; graduate classification.680. Optical Techniques for Engineers. (3-0). Credit 3. Basic optical theories and their practical applicationswith an emphasis on flow visualization for thermal and fluid engineering; operating principles andapplications of at least seven different optical diagnostic instruments. Prerequisite: graduate standing.