Graduate Program

Spring Term Schedule

Spring 2024

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ME 402-1 Partial Diff Equations Valeri Goncharov MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
The course covers first-order equations and the theory of characteristics, classification of second-order linear equations, method of separation of variables, Greens functions, and some numerical methods. Location Hylan Building Room 102 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 431-1 Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems Robert Clark TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
This course will introduce students to feedback control strategies and their role in modifying system responses to meet predefined design objectives. Both time-domain and frequency-domain analysis of dynamic systems will be introduced along with the fundamentals of stability analysis. Throughout the course, practical examples and case studies will be used to illustrate concepts and principles. By the course's conclusion, students will have the tools to model, analyze, and control dynamic systems effectively, enabling them to address a wide range of engineering and scientific challenges. Location Gavett Hall Room 312 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ME 432-1 Opto-Mechanical Victor Genberg MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM
The mechanical design and analysis of optical components and systems will be studied. Topics will include kinematic mounting of optical elements, the analysis of adhesive bonds, and the influence of environmental effects such as gravity, temperature, and vibration on the performance of optical systems. Additional topics include analysis of adaptive optics, the design of lightweight mirrors, thermo-optic and stress-optic (stress birefringence) effects. Emphasis will be placed on integrated analysis which includes the data transfer between optical design codes and mechanical FEA codes. A term project is required for ME 432. Location Goergen Hall Room 109 (MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 435-1 Intro to Plasma Physics II Adam Sefkow TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
Introduction to kinetic theory and the moment equations. Vlasov equation, Landau damping. Waves in unmagnetized and magnetized plasmas. Collisional processes, Fokker-Planck equation. Two-stream instability, micro-instabilities. Nonlinear effects, fluctuations. PHY 455 TME 435 Location Hylan Building Room 306 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ME 438-3 Introduction to Quality Engineering Amy Lerner MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM
Concepts, tools and techniques for quality engineering in product design and statistical process control, including design of experiments, RCA, FMEA and measurement systems. Class meets January 11 - March 15, 2023. Prerequisite: Basic understanding of statistical methods. Location Dewey Room 2110E (MW 11:50AM - 1:05PM)
ME 438-4 Intro to Quality Engineering - REC Amy Lerner T 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Concepts, tools and techniques for quality engineering in product design and statistical process control, including design of experiments, RCA, FMEA and measurement systems. Class meets January 11- until March 15, 2023. Prerequisite: Basic understanding of statistical methods. Location Harkness Room 114 (T 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 444-1 Continuum Mechanics Douglas Kelley MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Continuum mechanics may be the topic that best defines and unifies mechanical engineering. The topic considers motion, deformation, flow, stresses, forces, and heat transfer as determined by the laws of mechanics. Those phenomena may occur in any materials — solids, fluids, or things in-between — that can be well-modeled as continuous, not discrete (meaning quantization effects are negligible). To handle this wide variety of phenomena and materials, we use the language of tensor mathematics, which we will build up at the beginning of the course. Applications to ongoing research of the instructor and students will be incorporated wherever possible. The course will include indicial notation and tensor analysis, concepts of stress, both Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of deformation and strain, conservation of mass, momentum, energy, angular momentum, and constitutive equations to describe material response. Location Meliora Room 209 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 450-1 Introduction to Quantum Theory of Materials Sobhit Kumar Singh MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
An introduction to the fascinating world of quantum materials in bulk and 2D. This course aims to unveil the quantum origin of materials-specific properties from the atomic level. Topics covered include: crystal structure and symmetries, fundamentals of electronic structure, phonons and vibrational spectroscopies, optical properties of materials, electronic and thermal transport elastic and mechanical properties of solids, superconductivity, magnetism and a brief discussion of ab-initio prediction of materials properties and molecular dynamics. Location Meliora Room 219 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
ME 465-1 Principles of Lasers Pablo Postigo Resa TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
This course provides an up-to-date knowledge of modern laser systems. Topics covered include quantum mechanical treatments to two-level atomic systems, optical gain, homogenous and inhomogenous broadening, laser resonators and their modes, Gaussian beams, cavity design, pumping schemes, rate equations, Q switching, mode-locking, various gas, liquid, and solid-state lasers. Location Wilmot Room 116 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ME 481-1 Mechanical Behavior of Solids Niaz Abdolrahim TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
The mechanical response of crystalline (metals, ceramics, semiconductors)and amorphous solids (glasses, polymers) and their composites in terms of the relationships between stress, strain, damage, fracture, strain-rate, temperature, and microstructure. Location Gavett Hall Room 312 (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 482-1 Biosolid Mechanics Mark Buckley TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted.Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120. Location Goergen Hall Room 109 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ME 482-2 Biosolid Mechanics -REC Amy Lerner R 2:00PM - 3:15PM
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted. Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120. Location Harkness Room 114 (R 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 482-3 Biosolid Mechanics - REC Amy Lerner R 3:25PM - 4:40PM
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted. Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120. Location Harkness Room 114 (R 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 488-1 Computational Methods for High-Energy-Density Physics Suxing Hu TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Covers first-principles methods for understanding HED physics through theoretical and computational studies. Student will learn state-of-the-art computational methods for investigating the physics of HED matter using the quantum many-body physics approach. Previous experience or coursework in Quantum Mechanics experience in some form is a prerequisite. Only open to undergraduate seniors and graduate students. Not eligible for audit or S/F. Location Frederick Douglass Room 404 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 495-1 Master's Research in ME Renato Perucchio –
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ME 495-15 Master's Research in ME Niaz Abdolrahim –
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ME 495-16 Master's Research in ME Renato Perucchio –
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ME 495-2 Master's Research in ME Hesam Askari –
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ME 495-3 Master's Research in ME Jessica Shang –
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ME 495-4 Master's Research in ME Jong-Hoon Nam –
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ME 495-5 Master's Research in ME Adam Sefkow –
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ME 495-6 Master's Research in ME Paul Funkenbusch –
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ME 495-8 Master's Research in ME Hussein Aluie –
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ME 497-1 Research Seminar in ME John Lambropoulos –
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ME 533-1 Intro-Inertial Confnmnt Fusn Riccardo Betti TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Fusion energy. Lawson criterion for thermonuclear ignition. Fundamentals of implosion hydrodynamics, temperature and density in spherical implosions. Laser light absorption. Implosion stability. Thermonuclear energy gain. Location Gavett Hall Room 206 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 594-2 Research Internship Hesam Askari –
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ME 595-1 PhD Research in ME Adam Sefkow –
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ME 595-10 PhD Research in ME Jessica Shang –
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ME 595-11 PhD Research in ME Chuang Ren –
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ME 595-12 PhD Research in ME Douglas Kelley –
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ME 595-13 PhD Research in ME Gilbert Collins –
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ME 595-14 PhD Research in ME Hesam Askari –
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ME 595-15 PhD Research in ME Hussein Aluie –
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ME 595-17 PhD Research in ME Andrea Pickel –
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ME 595-18 PhD Research in ME John Lambropoulos –
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ME 595-19 PhD Research in ME Jong-Hoon Nam –
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ME 595-2 PhD Research in ME Liyanagamage Dias –
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ME 595-20 PhD Research in ME Niaz Abdolrahim –
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ME 595-21 PhD Research in ME Paul Funkenbusch –
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ME 595-22 PhD Research in ME Sean Regan –
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ME 595-4 PhD Research in ME Thomas Howard –
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ME 595-5 PhD Research in ME Riccardo Betti –
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ME 595-6 PhD Research in ME Petros Tzeferacos –
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ME 595-7 PhD Research in ME Renato Perucchio –
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ME 595-8 PhD Research in ME Wolfgang Theobald –
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ME 595-9 PhD Research in ME Suxing Hu –
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ME 897-1 Masters Dissertation John Lambropoulos –
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ME 899-01 Master's Dissertation Hesam Askari –
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ME 899A-3 Masters Dissertation in Absentia Jong-Hoon Nam –
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ME 995-1 Cont of Doctoral Enrollment Andrea Pickel –
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ME 997-1 Doctoral Dissertation John Lambropoulos –
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ME 999-1 Doctoral Dissertation John Lambropoulos –
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ME 999A-2 Doctoral Dissertation in Absentia Hesam Askari –
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
Monday and Wednesday
ME 450-1 Introduction to Quantum Theory of Materials Sobhit Kumar Singh
An introduction to the fascinating world of quantum materials in bulk and 2D. This course aims to unveil the quantum origin of materials-specific properties from the atomic level. Topics covered include: crystal structure and symmetries, fundamentals of electronic structure, phonons and vibrational spectroscopies, optical properties of materials, electronic and thermal transport elastic and mechanical properties of solids, superconductivity, magnetism and a brief discussion of ab-initio prediction of materials properties and molecular dynamics.
ME 438-3 Introduction to Quality Engineering Amy Lerner
Concepts, tools and techniques for quality engineering in product design and statistical process control, including design of experiments, RCA, FMEA and measurement systems. Class meets January 11 - March 15, 2023. Prerequisite: Basic understanding of statistical methods.
ME 444-1 Continuum Mechanics Douglas Kelley
Continuum mechanics may be the topic that best defines and unifies mechanical engineering. The topic considers motion, deformation, flow, stresses, forces, and heat transfer as determined by the laws of mechanics. Those phenomena may occur in any materials — solids, fluids, or things in-between — that can be well-modeled as continuous, not discrete (meaning quantization effects are negligible). To handle this wide variety of phenomena and materials, we use the language of tensor mathematics, which we will build up at the beginning of the course. Applications to ongoing research of the instructor and students will be incorporated wherever possible. The course will include indicial notation and tensor analysis, concepts of stress, both Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of deformation and strain, conservation of mass, momentum, energy, angular momentum, and constitutive equations to describe material response.
ME 402-1 Partial Diff Equations Valeri Goncharov
The course covers first-order equations and the theory of characteristics, classification of second-order linear equations, method of separation of variables, Greens functions, and some numerical methods.
ME 432-1 Opto-Mechanical Victor Genberg
The mechanical design and analysis of optical components and systems will be studied. Topics will include kinematic mounting of optical elements, the analysis of adhesive bonds, and the influence of environmental effects such as gravity, temperature, and vibration on the performance of optical systems. Additional topics include analysis of adaptive optics, the design of lightweight mirrors, thermo-optic and stress-optic (stress birefringence) effects. Emphasis will be placed on integrated analysis which includes the data transfer between optical design codes and mechanical FEA codes. A term project is required for ME 432.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Tuesday
ME 438-4 Intro to Quality Engineering - REC Amy Lerner
Concepts, tools and techniques for quality engineering in product design and statistical process control, including design of experiments, RCA, FMEA and measurement systems. Class meets January 11- until March 15, 2023. Prerequisite: Basic understanding of statistical methods.
Tuesday and Thursday
ME 431-1 Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems Robert Clark
This course will introduce students to feedback control strategies and their role in modifying system responses to meet predefined design objectives. Both time-domain and frequency-domain analysis of dynamic systems will be introduced along with the fundamentals of stability analysis. Throughout the course, practical examples and case studies will be used to illustrate concepts and principles. By the course's conclusion, students will have the tools to model, analyze, and control dynamic systems effectively, enabling them to address a wide range of engineering and scientific challenges.
ME 482-1 Biosolid Mechanics Mark Buckley
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted.Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120.
ME 435-1 Intro to Plasma Physics II Adam Sefkow
Introduction to kinetic theory and the moment equations. Vlasov equation, Landau damping. Waves in unmagnetized and magnetized plasmas. Collisional processes, Fokker-Planck equation. Two-stream instability, micro-instabilities. Nonlinear effects, fluctuations. PHY 455 TME 435
ME 465-1 Principles of Lasers Pablo Postigo Resa
This course provides an up-to-date knowledge of modern laser systems. Topics covered include quantum mechanical treatments to two-level atomic systems, optical gain, homogenous and inhomogenous broadening, laser resonators and their modes, Gaussian beams, cavity design, pumping schemes, rate equations, Q switching, mode-locking, various gas, liquid, and solid-state lasers.
ME 488-1 Computational Methods for High-Energy-Density Physics Suxing Hu
Covers first-principles methods for understanding HED physics through theoretical and computational studies. Student will learn state-of-the-art computational methods for investigating the physics of HED matter using the quantum many-body physics approach. Previous experience or coursework in Quantum Mechanics experience in some form is a prerequisite. Only open to undergraduate seniors and graduate students. Not eligible for audit or S/F.
ME 533-1 Intro-Inertial Confnmnt Fusn Riccardo Betti
Fusion energy. Lawson criterion for thermonuclear ignition. Fundamentals of implosion hydrodynamics, temperature and density in spherical implosions. Laser light absorption. Implosion stability. Thermonuclear energy gain.
ME 481-1 Mechanical Behavior of Solids Niaz Abdolrahim
The mechanical response of crystalline (metals, ceramics, semiconductors)and amorphous solids (glasses, polymers) and their composites in terms of the relationships between stress, strain, damage, fracture, strain-rate, temperature, and microstructure.
Wednesday
Thursday
ME 482-2 Biosolid Mechanics -REC Amy Lerner
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted. Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120.
ME 482-3 Biosolid Mechanics - REC Amy Lerner
In this course, we will survey the role of mechanics in cells, tissues, organs and organisms. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, the circulatory system and the eye. Engineering concepts will be used to understand how physical forces contribute to biological processes, especially disease and healing. Experimental and modeling techniques for characterizing the complex mechanical response of biosolids will be discussed in detail, and the continuum mechanics approach will highlighted. Prerequisites: ME226, BME 201, and 201P or ME 120.
Friday