Undergraduate Program

Term Schedule

Spring 2021

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ME 090-1 Ur Sae Baja Team Christopher Muir –
UR SAE BAJA TEAM MEMBERS
ME 110-1 Intro to Cad and Drawing Craig Ronald T 3:25PM - 4:40PM
This course covers engineering drawing, and modeling using the Computer Aided Design software Pro/ENGINEER. Topics include orthographic projections, solid modeling, assemblies, and dimensioning. Students will complete the course with a fundamental ability to create and understand solid modeling, and engineering drawings using state of the art PC CAD software. Lectures will make use of a computer projection screen as well as individual computers for each student. Location Gavett Hall Room 244 (T 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 110-2 Intro to Cad and Drawing Craig Ronald T 4:50PM - 6:05PM
This course covers engineering drawing, and modeling using the Computer Aided Design software Pro/ENGINEER. Topics include orthographic projections, solid modeling, assemblies, and dimensioning. Students will complete the course with a fundamental ability to create and understand solid modeling, and engineering drawings using state of the art PC CAD software. Lectures will make use of a computer projection screen as well as individual computers for each student. Location Gavett Hall Room 208 (T 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 120-1 Engineering Mechanics I Laura Slane TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra. Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines. Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internal forces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines. Virtual work and potential energy methods. PREREQS: MTH 161 Location Morey Room 321 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 120-2 Engineering Mechanics I-Rec Laura Slane W 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra.Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines.Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internalforces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines.Virtual work and potential energy methods. Location Hylan Building Room 201 (W 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 120-3 Engineering Mechanics I-Rec Laura Slane W 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra.Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines.Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internalforces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines.Virtual work and potential energy methods. Location Hylan Building Room 201 (W 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 123-1 Thermodynamics Chuang Ren MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. PREREQS: MTH 162, PHY 121 Location Dewey Room 1101 (MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM)
ME 123-2 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren W 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. Location Goergen Hall Room 109 (W 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 123-3 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren W 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. Location Bausch & Lomb Room 269 (W 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 123-4 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren R 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. Location Computer Studies Room 209 (R 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 123-5 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren R 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. Location Hylan Building Room 201 (R 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 205-1 Advanced Mechanical Design Christopher Muir MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
This is an applied course that teaches the student how to use engineering principles in the design of mechanical components and mechanical systems. Topics include: load determination, static and fatigue failure theories, design and analysis of machine components (e.g. shafts, gears, bearings, fasteners, etc.), and the mechanical design process. The student learns the mechanical design process through team based design activities. In particular, project teams will design, analyze, build, and test a working machine in a semester long project. Formal design reviews and engineering reports will be used to document results. PREREQS: ME 204 Location Hoyt Hall Room 104 (MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
ME 205-2 Advanced Mechanical Design REC Christopher Muir R 6:15PM - 7:30PM
This is an applied course that teaches the student how to use engineering principles in the design of mechanical components and mechanical systems. Topics include: load determination, static and fatigue failure theories, design and analysis of machine components (e.g. shafts, gears, bearings, fasteners, etc.), and the mechanical design process. The student learns the mechanical design process through team based design activities. In particular, project teams will design, analyze, build, and test a working machine in a semester long project. Formal design reviews and engineering reports will be used to document results. PREREQS: ME 204 Location Hoyt Hall Room 104 (R 6:15PM - 7:30PM)
ME 206-1 Building Engineering & Tech in Antiquity Renato Perucchio TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Engineering and technological problems involved in the design, construction, maintenance, and collapse of major buildings and infrastructural systems from antiquity to the pre-industrial world drawing material from case studies of relevant monuments primarily from Classical Rome and Greece, and the Middle Ages. Location (TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 212-1 Visco in Bio Tissues Mark Buckley TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Viscoelastic materials have the capacity to both store and dissipate energy. As a result, properly describing their mechanical behavior lies outside the scope of both solid mechanics and fluid mechanics. This course will develop constitutive relations and strategies for solving boundary value problems in linear viscoelastic materials. In addition, the closely-related biphasic theory for fluid-filled porous solids will be introduced. An emphasis will be placed on applications to cartilage, tendon, ligament, muscle, blood vessels, and other biological tissues. Advanced topics including non-linear viscoelasticity, composite viscoelasticity and physical mechanisms of viscoelasticity will be surveyed. Prerequisites: ME225 or CHE243; ME226 or BME201. Location Hylan Building Room 101 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ME 222-1 Robust Design/Quality Paul Funkenbusch TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Definition and pursuit of 'quality' as a design criterion. The concept of robust design. Selection of the quality characteristic, incorporation of noise, and experimental design to improve robustness. Analysis and interpretation of results. Location Dewey Room 2110D (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ME 223-1 Heat Transfer Andrea Pickel MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method. Location Bausch & Lomb Room 109 (MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM)
ME 223-2 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel R 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method. Location Hylan Building Room 201 (R 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ME 223-3 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel R 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method. Location Harkness Room 115 (R 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 223-4 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel R 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method. Location Hylan Building Room 101 (R 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 226-1 Intro to Solid Mechanics Niaz Abdolrahim TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling. Location Hutchison Hall Room 141 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ME 226-3 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim M 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling. Location Dewey Room 2162 (M 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 226-4 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim W 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling. Location Gavett Hall Room 206 (W 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ME 226-5 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim M 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling. Location Hutchison Hall Room 473 (M 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 232-1 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 Online Room 30 (ASE) (MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 232-2 Opto-Mechanical REC Victor Genberg W 7:40PM - 8:55PM
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 Gavett Hall Room 244 (W 7:40PM - 8:55PM)
ME 241-1 Fluids Lab Jessica Shang MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work. Location Online Room 22 (ASE) (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 241-2 Fluids Lab Lecture Jessica Shang MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work. Location Online Room 1 (ASE) (MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
ME 241-3 Fluids Lab Lecture Jessica Shang MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work. Location Online Room 10 (ASE) (MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM)
ME 241-4 Fluids Lab Workshop Jessica Shang MW 3:25PM - 6:05PM
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work. Location Online Room 28 (ASE) (MW 3:25PM - 6:05PM)
ME 251-1 Heat Power Application Adam Sefkow TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Review of thermodynamics, vapor power systems, gas power systems, refrigeration and heat pumps, internal combustion engines, nozzles and diffusers, compressors and turbines, aircraft propulsion, cost analysis of power production. PREREQS: ME 123 and ME 225 (may be taken concurrently) Location Bausch & Lomb Room 109 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ME 251-2 Adv Heat Power REC Adam Sefkow W 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Review of thermodynamics, vapor power systems, gas power systems, refrigeration and heat pumps, internal combustion engines, nozzles and diffusers, compressors and turbines, aircraft propulsion, cost analysis of power production. PREREQS: ME 123 and ME 225 (may be taken concurrently Location Dewey Room 1101 (W 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ME 260-1 Engineering Computation II Laura Slane F 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs. Location Hoyt Hall Room 104 (F 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
ME 260-2 Engineering Computation II LAB Laura Slane M 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs. Location Gavett Hall Room 244 (M 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 260-3 Engineering Computation II LAB Laura Slane W 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs. Location Gavett Hall Room 244 (W 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ME 281-1 Mechanical Prop of Materials Niaz Abdolrahim TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Description: 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. Topics include: (1) Material structure and property overview. (2) Isotropic and anisotropic elasticity and viscoelasticity. (3) Properties of composites. (4) Plasticity. (5) Point and line defects. (6) Interfacial and volumetric defects. (7) Yield surfaces and flow rules in plasticity of polycrystals and single crystals. (8) Macro and micro aspects of fractures in metals, ceramics and polymers.(9) Creep and superplasticity. (10) Deformation and fracture mechanism maps. (11) Fatigue damage and failure; fracture and failure in composites (If time permits). Location Online Room 30 (ASE) (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ME 391-1 Independent Study – –
Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.
ME 394-1 Internship Chuang Ren –
Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.
ME 395-1 Independent Research – –
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ME 395W-1 Independent Research – –
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
ME 226-3 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling.
ME 226-5 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling.
ME 260-2 Engineering Computation II LAB Laura Slane
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs.
Monday and Wednesday
ME 205-1 Advanced Mechanical Design Christopher Muir
This is an applied course that teaches the student how to use engineering principles in the design of mechanical components and mechanical systems. Topics include: load determination, static and fatigue failure theories, design and analysis of machine components (e.g. shafts, gears, bearings, fasteners, etc.), and the mechanical design process. The student learns the mechanical design process through team based design activities. In particular, project teams will design, analyze, build, and test a working machine in a semester long project. Formal design reviews and engineering reports will be used to document results. PREREQS: ME 204
ME 241-2 Fluids Lab Lecture Jessica Shang
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work.
ME 241-1 Fluids Lab Jessica Shang
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work.
ME 241-4 Fluids Lab Workshop Jessica Shang
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work.
ME 232-1 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
ME 241-3 Fluids Lab Lecture Jessica Shang
Description: Laboratory course. Introductory Lecture(s) on lab practice and data analysis. The lab itself consists of two parts: The first part uses simple experiments to familiarize the student with computer data acquisitions and some basic instrumentation. In the second part, students (working in groups of three) perform independent experimental projects. The course has significant writing content and makes formal use of the Writing Center. In addition to written and oral laboratory reports, each group is expected to make a final poster presentation of its work.
ME 123-1 Thermodynamics Chuang Ren
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations. PREREQS: MTH 162, PHY 121
ME 223-1 Heat Transfer Andrea Pickel
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method.
Tuesday
ME 110-1 Intro to Cad and Drawing Craig Ronald
This course covers engineering drawing, and modeling using the Computer Aided Design software Pro/ENGINEER. Topics include orthographic projections, solid modeling, assemblies, and dimensioning. Students will complete the course with a fundamental ability to create and understand solid modeling, and engineering drawings using state of the art PC CAD software. Lectures will make use of a computer projection screen as well as individual computers for each student.
ME 110-2 Intro to Cad and Drawing Craig Ronald
This course covers engineering drawing, and modeling using the Computer Aided Design software Pro/ENGINEER. Topics include orthographic projections, solid modeling, assemblies, and dimensioning. Students will complete the course with a fundamental ability to create and understand solid modeling, and engineering drawings using state of the art PC CAD software. Lectures will make use of a computer projection screen as well as individual computers for each student.
Tuesday and Thursday
ME 212-1 Visco in Bio Tissues Mark Buckley
Viscoelastic materials have the capacity to both store and dissipate energy. As a result, properly describing their mechanical behavior lies outside the scope of both solid mechanics and fluid mechanics. This course will develop constitutive relations and strategies for solving boundary value problems in linear viscoelastic materials. In addition, the closely-related biphasic theory for fluid-filled porous solids will be introduced. An emphasis will be placed on applications to cartilage, tendon, ligament, muscle, blood vessels, and other biological tissues. Advanced topics including non-linear viscoelasticity, composite viscoelasticity and physical mechanisms of viscoelasticity will be surveyed. Prerequisites: ME225 or CHE243; ME226 or BME201.
ME 226-1 Intro to Solid Mechanics Niaz Abdolrahim
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling.
ME 222-1 Robust Design/Quality Paul Funkenbusch
Definition and pursuit of 'quality' as a design criterion. The concept of robust design. Selection of the quality characteristic, incorporation of noise, and experimental design to improve robustness. Analysis and interpretation of results.
ME 120-1 Engineering Mechanics I Laura Slane
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra. Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines. Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internal forces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines. Virtual work and potential energy methods. PREREQS: MTH 161
ME 251-1 Heat Power Application Adam Sefkow
Review of thermodynamics, vapor power systems, gas power systems, refrigeration and heat pumps, internal combustion engines, nozzles and diffusers, compressors and turbines, aircraft propulsion, cost analysis of power production. PREREQS: ME 123 and ME 225 (may be taken concurrently)
ME 281-1 Mechanical Prop of Materials Niaz Abdolrahim
Description: 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. Topics include: (1) Material structure and property overview. (2) Isotropic and anisotropic elasticity and viscoelasticity. (3) Properties of composites. (4) Plasticity. (5) Point and line defects. (6) Interfacial and volumetric defects. (7) Yield surfaces and flow rules in plasticity of polycrystals and single crystals. (8) Macro and micro aspects of fractures in metals, ceramics and polymers.(9) Creep and superplasticity. (10) Deformation and fracture mechanism maps. (11) Fatigue damage and failure; fracture and failure in composites (If time permits).
ME 206-1 Building Engineering & Tech in Antiquity Renato Perucchio
Engineering and technological problems involved in the design, construction, maintenance, and collapse of major buildings and infrastructural systems from antiquity to the pre-industrial world drawing material from case studies of relevant monuments primarily from Classical Rome and Greece, and the Middle Ages.
Wednesday
ME 251-2 Adv Heat Power REC Adam Sefkow
Review of thermodynamics, vapor power systems, gas power systems, refrigeration and heat pumps, internal combustion engines, nozzles and diffusers, compressors and turbines, aircraft propulsion, cost analysis of power production. PREREQS: ME 123 and ME 225 (may be taken concurrently
ME 226-4 Intro to Solid Mechanics REC Niaz Abdolrahim
Description: Loads and displacements, stress and strain in solids. Laws of elasticity. Mechanical properties of materials. Thermal stresses. Axial loading. Pressure vessels. Plane stress and plane strain. Stress and strain tensor rotations; principal stresses, principal strains. Torsion and bending of beams. Energy methods. Buckling.
ME 120-3 Engineering Mechanics I-Rec Laura Slane
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra.Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines.Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internalforces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines.Virtual work and potential energy methods.
ME 123-2 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations.
ME 123-3 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations.
ME 120-2 Engineering Mechanics I-Rec Laura Slane
Basic concepts of mechanics; units; forces; moments; force systems; equilibrium; vector algebra.Plane trusses; method of joints; method of sections; space trusses; frames and machines.Centroids of lines, areas, and volumes; center of mass. Distributed loads on beams; internalforces in beams; distributed loads on cables. Basic concepts of dry friction; friction in machines.Virtual work and potential energy methods.
ME 260-3 Engineering Computation II LAB Laura Slane
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs.
ME 232-2 Opto-Mechanical REC 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.
Thursday
ME 223-2 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method.
ME 223-3 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method.
ME 123-4 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations.
ME 123-5 Thermodynamics REC Chuang Ren
Course Content: thermodynamic systems, properties, equilibrium, and processes; energy and the first law; properties of simple compressible substances; control volume analysis; steady and transient states; entropy and the second law, general thermodynamic relations.
ME 223-4 Heat Transfer REC Andrea Pickel
Review of thermodynamic concepts; energy balances; heat transfer mechanisms. Steady-state heat conduction; concept of thermal resistance; conduction in walls, cylinders, and spheres; cooling fins. Transient heat conduction; lumped parameter systems; transient conduction in plane walls; transient conduction in semi-infinite solids. Numerical analysis of conduction; finite difference analysis; one-dimensional steady conduction; two-dimensional steady conduction; transient conduction. Fundamentals of convection; fluid flow and heat transfer; energy equation; convective heat transfer from flat plate; use of dimensional analysis. External forced convection; flow over flat plates; flow past cylinders and spheres; flow across tube banks. Internal forced convection; thermal analysis of flow in tubes; laminar flow in tubes; turbulent flow in tubes. Heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; log mean temperature analysis; effectiveness-NTU method.
ME 205-2 Advanced Mechanical Design REC Christopher Muir
This is an applied course that teaches the student how to use engineering principles in the design of mechanical components and mechanical systems. Topics include: load determination, static and fatigue failure theories, design and analysis of machine components (e.g. shafts, gears, bearings, fasteners, etc.), and the mechanical design process. The student learns the mechanical design process through team based design activities. In particular, project teams will design, analyze, build, and test a working machine in a semester long project. Formal design reviews and engineering reports will be used to document results. PREREQS: ME 204
Friday
ME 260-1 Engineering Computation II Laura Slane
Advanced engineering computations using Matlab. This course will include the following programming topics: accelerated review of ME160, 3D plotting and animation, Debugging and Efficiency as well as some GUI programming. The rest of the course will be focused on numerical topics important for the mechanical engineering student including the following topics as time permits: numerical integration and differentiation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, non-linear systems, solution of ODEs and PDEs.