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2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Graduate Courses


 
  
  • MAT 718 - Analytical Solution Methods for Partial Differential Equations, II


    Credits 3

    Covers the basic theory and methods for solving nonlinear partial differential equations. Emphasise on introducing various techniques to obtain analytical solutions. Techniques include: Generalized method of characteristics, method of shock wave solution, method of travelling wave solution, perturbation method, method of similarity solution, etc.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 487/687, or MAT 717, or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 723 - Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations I


    Credits 3

    Functional analysis; Frechet calculus; existence and uniqueness theorems for initial and boundary value problems; qualitative properties of solutions, particularly of linear equations.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 671-672 or MAT 673-674

  
  • MAT 724 - Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations II


    Credits 3

    Topics to be selected from the following: Sturm-Liouville theory, stability theory, perturbation theory, numerical methods, the theory of invariant imbedding and functional differential equations.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 723

  
  • MAT 725 - Mathematics for Operations Research I


    Credits 3

    Theory of stochastic processes, theory of queues, Markov processes, non-Markov processes, Markov chains, applications.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 661

  
  • MAT 726 - Mathematics for Operations Research II


    Credits 3

    Linear and non-linear programming, dynamic programming, Lagrange multiplier and duality theorems, control theory and optimal control, applications of programming.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 671 and 673

  
  • MAT 729 - Partial Differential Equations I


    Credits 3

    Linear and nonlinear first order PDEs. Heat, wave and Laplace equations. Classical representation formulas in one and more dimensions. Properties of solutions: maximum principles, energy methods, uniqueness and regularity considerations.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 687 or MAT 717

  
  • MAT 730 - Partial Differential Equations II


    Credits 3

    Develops a functional analytical framework which will give students a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Topics include Sobolev and Holder spaces, embedding inequalities, weak solutions, regularity and maximum principles.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 708 and MAT 729, or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 731 - Mathematical Modeling


    Credits 3

    Process and techniques of mathematical modeling with an emphasis on differential equations based models, though other models may also be considered. Applications selected from physical, biological and social sciences. Modeling projects based on student interests. Symbolic computation software.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 687 or MAT 717 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 733 - Topology


    Credits 3

    Selected topics from algebraic and point-set topology with emphasis on algebraic topology.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 684 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 734 - Topology


    Credits 3

    Selected topics from algebraic and point-set topology with emphasis on algebraic topology.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 684 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 740 - Mathematical Wave Propagation Theory and Application I


    Credits 3

    Review of linear wave equations, techniques of linear and non-linear modeling of natural occurrences and their role in understanding mathematical inversion, mathematical foundation of dyadic wave propagation, introduction to asymptotic analysis and boundary layer theory, application to problems for waves propagating in the atmosphere, ocean and space.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 717 or MAT 729 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 741 - Mathematical Wave Propagation Theory and Application II


    Credits 3

    The generalized tensor wave nature of matter, advanced mathematical methods of non-linear and quantum optics. Earth quake dynamics, elastic waves and cracks propagation with applications from earth system and space science.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 718 and MAT 740 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 751 - Topics in Foundations of Mathematics


    Credits 3

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits limited to six credits.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 701-702

  
  • MAT 753 - Homological Algebra


    Credits 3

    Modules, categories and factors, tensors, Hom, Tor, Ext, the dimensions of rings and modules, derived factors, cohomology of groups and algebras.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 703-704 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 754 - Homological Algebra


    Credits 3

    Modules, categories and factors, tensors, Hom, Tor, Ext, the dimensions of rings and modules, derived factors, cohomology of groups and algebras.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 703-704 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 755 - Topics in Algebra


    Credits 3

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits limited to six.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 703-704 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 756 - Arithmetic on Elliptic Curves


    Credits 3

    The group structure of elliptic curves over the reals, complex numbers, the rationals, number fields, and finite fields; Bezout’s theorem and its applications; projective geometry; genus; Mordell’s theorem; points of finite order; and heights. Additional topics may include complex multiplication; modular forms; and factoring using elliptic curves.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 653 and 654, or equivalent.

  
  • MAT 757 - Topics in Analysis


    Credits 3

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits limited to six.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 707-708 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 760 - Mathematical Scattering Theory and Applications I


    Credits 3

    Scalar, vector, and tensor scattering with diverse techniques applied to earth system and space science. General Reciprocity Relations Corresponding to Different Directions of Incidence, Dyadic Scattering Theory, Two-Space Scattering Formalism of Victor Twersky, and Applications to Earth and Space Related Problems.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 717 or MAT 729 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 761 - Mathematical Scattering Theory and Applications II


    Credits 3

    Advanced statistical mechanics and spatial statistics in relation to Twersky scattering with applications from earth system and space science. Calculation of bulk propagation parameters using both configurational and ensemble average in addition to spatial average. Application of Twersky multiple two-Space Scattering formalism to space and earth related problems.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 760 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 765 - Advanced Numerical Analysis


    Credits 3

    Numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations; advanced programming techniques; experiments with the computer.

    Notes
    Topics selected by instructor.Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 666

  
  • MAT 766 - Advanced Numerical Analysis


    Credits 3

    Numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations; advanced programming techniques; experiments with the computer.

    Notes
    Topics selected by instructor. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 666

  
  • MAT 767 - Topics in Numerical Analysis


    Credits 3

    Topics selected by the instructor.

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits limited to six.

    Prerequisites
    MAT 765-766

  
  • MAT 771 - Applied Analysis I


    Credits 3

    Functional analysis in Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces, with emphasis on computational applications. Theoretical topics to be selected from: linear functionals and operators, fixed point theorems, iterative methods, elementary spectral theory. Applications to be selected from: finite element methods, finite difference methods, approximation and interpolation, optimization algorithms.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 772 - Applied Analysis II


    Credits 3

    Functional analysis in Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces, with emphasis on computational applications. Theoretical topics to be selected from: linear functionals and operators, fixed point theorems, iterative methods, elementary spectral theory. Applications to be selected from: finite element methods, finite difference methods, approximation and interpolation, optimization algorithms.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 775 - Calculus of Variations


    Credits 3

    Variation of functionals, Euler-Lagrange equation, general variations, broken extremals, Weierstrass-Erdmann conditions, canonical forms, Noether’s theorem, Hamilton- Jacobi equations, Legendre’s condition, conjugate points, fields, E-function, sufficient conditions for extrema, Pontryagin’s principle, introduction to linear and non-linear optimal control theory.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 428 or 658 or consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 777 - Application of High-Performance Computing Methods in Science and Engineering


    Credits 3

    Application of high performance computing systems to science and engineering, models for numerically intensive problem solving, high performance numerical algorithms, FORTRAN 90 and high-performance FORTRAN.

    Same as
    (ME 777)

    Prerequisites
    Knowledge of UNIX, FORTRAN, and previous course on numerical methods. Graduate standing.

  
  • MAT 783 - Topics in Topology


    Credits 3

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits limited to six credits.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 789 - Topics in Advanced Mathematics


    Credits 3

    Graduate-level course in some field of mathematics, at advanced level, depending upon the current interest of the staff and the students.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

  
  • MAT 790 - Independent Study


    Credits 1 – 3

    Library work and reports on topics of mathematical interest.

    Notes
    May be repeated for credit with the consent of the mathematics department. Except under special circumstances, total credits will be limited to six.

  
  • MAT 791 - Thesis


    Credits 1 – 6

    Notes
    May be repeated but only six credits will be applied to the student’s program.

    Grading
    S/F grading only.

  
  • MAT 792 - Research Seminar


    Credits 1

    Oral presentation of assigned articles.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.

  
  • MAT 793 - Teaching Concentration Professional Paper Research


    Credits 1 – 3

    Individual research towards an applied professional paper under the direction of a faculty member.

    Notes
    May be repeated any number of times, but no more than three credits will count towards degree requirements.

    Grading
    S/F grading only.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

  
  • MAT 799 - Dissertation


    Credits 3-6

    Research analysis and writing toward completion of dissertation and subsequent defense. A minimum of 18 dissertation credits is required for a degree program. Dissertation may be repeated but only a maximum of 36 credits may be used in students degree program.

    Grading
    S/F grading only

    Prerequisites
    Successful completion of qualifying examination and approval by department.

  
  • MBA 741 - Internship


    Credits 3

    Supervised practical experience with a participating local enterprise or government agency, culminating in a written report.

    Prerequisites
    Completion of 12 MBA credits and approval of the Director of the MBA Programs. Minimum GPA 3.0

  
  • MBA 751 - Independent Study


    Credits 1 - 3

    Independent study of a topic relevant to the practice of business under supervision of a faculty advisor.

    Prerequisites
    Completion of 12 MBA credits and approval of the Director of the MBA Programs. Minimum GPA 3.0.

  
  • MBA 761 - Accounting for Managers


    Credits 3

    Fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Topics include accounting’s conceptual framework, preparation and analysis of financial statements, current topics in financial reporting, ethical and legal responsibilities in financial reporting, cost-volume-profit analysis, tactical decision making, budgeting and accounting for management control.

    Formerly
    MBA 709.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to MBA Program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 763 - Leadership, Teams, and Individuals


    Credits 3

    Overview of research and theory on organizational behavior with emphasis on the skills required for managerial effectiveness in modern complex organizations including motivating and leading employees, developing effective teams, and managerial communication responsibilities.

    Formerly
    MBA 707.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to MBA Program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 765 - Financial Decision Making


    Credits 3

    Focuses on corporate financial management, including cash flow planning, capital budgeting, security valuation, and financing decisions. Includes the concepts of market efficiency and optimal capital structure. Provides useful set of tools to improve the efficiency of business and personal financial decisions.

    Formerly
    MBA 711.

    Prerequisites
      admission to M.B.A. program, or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 767 - Market Opportunity Analysis


    Credits 3

    Theory and practice of marketing fundaments applied to the market opportunity analysis. Focus on the marketing concept, planning, internal analysis, industry analysis, customer analysis, segmentation, competitive strategies and strategy formulation, product and pricing decision, positioning, forecasting, and profitability of opportunities.

    Formerly
    MBA 715.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to the MBA program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 769 - Applied Economic Analysis


    Credits 3

    Intensive application of the principles of microeconomic theory to business management problems. Presumes no previous knowledge of economics but moves rapidly to a thorough understanding of the tools of price theory. Topics include scarcity, choice, supply, demand, production, cost, competition, monopoly, present value and decision-making under risk.

    Formerly
    MBA 710.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to MBA Program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 771 - Law and Ethics


    Credits 3

    Deals with legal, regulatory and ethical environments of business. Provides foundation for recognizing and analyzing legal and ethical issues facing managers. Case studies applying both legal and ethical analysis featured.

    Formerly
    MBA 706.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to MBA Program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 773 - Managing Information


    Credits 3

    Overview of contemporary information systems and technology issues. Technical, behavioral, organizational and competitive perspectives reviewed. Issues related to impact of information systems on organizational processes and work practices. Information systems strategies, technology implementation and systems analysis and design.

    Formerly
    MBA 730.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to the MBA program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 775 - Data Modeling and Analysis


    Credits 3

    Intensive seminar/workshop applying statistical analysis to topics and problems encountered by business managers. Presumes no previous exposure to statistics but moves rapidly to the mastery of statistical analysis tools available on spreadsheet software. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, simple regression and multiple regression.

    Formerly
    MBA 702.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to MBA Program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 779 - Managing Supply Chains


    Credits 3

    Study of the integration of the key value-adding activities across a network of firms that produce raw materials, transform them into intermediate and then end products, and finally distribute these to end users. Topics include purchasing and supplier relationships, inventory and quality management, distribution, customer relationship management, service response logistics, and future trends in supply chain management.

    Formerly
    MBA 720.

    Prerequisites
    Admission to the MBA program or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 785 - Global Business


    Credits 3

    Problems and opportunities of business in a global context. Examines economic, institutional, cultural, and legal issues faced by companies involved in international business and analyzes their effect on business decisions including: product design, production and marketing, human resources strategy, investment analysis, financial strategy, and risk management.

    Prerequisites
    MBA 761, 765, 767, 769 or approval of the Director of MBA Programs.

  
  • MBA 787 - Strategic Management


    Credits 3

    Integrates knowledge from specialized functional courses into a CEO perspective. Moves beyond a repertoire of generic strategies toward the formation of unique, firm specific strategies. Builds effective strategies in complex organizational contexts.

    Prerequisites
    To be taken during the student’s final year.

  
  • ME 600 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics


    Credits 3

    Basic laws and equations of fluid flow; very viscous flow solutions; boundary layer flows; potential flows; wave phenomena; transport phenomena; turbulence.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 400. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 602 - Computational Methods for Engineers


    Credits 3

    Applied numerical analysis for linear and nonlinear engineering problems. Systems of linear equations, nonlinear equations, and eigen value problems. Approximate numerical integration and differentiation. Development of numerical methods for initial and boundary value problems of ordinary differential equations. Introduction to the numerical solution of partial differential equations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 402. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 609 - Turbomachinery


    Credits 3

    Types of turbomachines, applications of turbomachines, and performance characteristics. Energy transfer in turbomachines. Fundamentals of turbomachinery. Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and aerodynamics to the design and analysis of pumps, fans, blowers, compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines, hydraulic turbines, and wind turbines are incorporated.

    Prerequisites
    ME 311 and ME 380, or equivalent.

  
  • ME 611 - Engineering Thermodynamics II


    Credits 3

    This advanced undergraduate course is available for graduate credit.

  
  • ME 615 - Design of Thermal Systems


    Credits 3

    Design of thermal systems and subsystems, especially as they relate to current and new means of energy utilization and power generation; computer simulation and optimization of thermal systems based on performance and economic constraints.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 415. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 616 - Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering


    Credits 3

    Fundamental engineering principles in several engineering areas to problems in the biological world. Discussion includes biomechanics of solids, biofluid and transport phenomena, biomaterials, cell and tissue engineering, medical imaging and electrophoresis.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 416. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 617 - Introduction to Fuel Cell


    Credits 3

    Fuel Cell Principles, Fuel Cell Thermodynamics, Fuel Cell Reaction Kinetics, Fuel Cell Charge Transport, Fuel Cell Mass Transport, Fuel Cell Modeling, Fuel Cell Characterization, Fuel Cell Technology, Fuel Cell Types and Systems.

    Prerequisites
    ME 311, ME 314, ME 380.

  
  • ME 618 - Air Conditioning Engineering Systems


    Credits 3

    Analysis and design of air conditioning systems, load calculations, system selection, duct sizing, and controls. Relationships between internal and external environments. Development of economic, functional and energy conserving concepts in air conditioning design.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 418. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 619 - Advanced HVAC and Energy Conservation Systems


    Credits 3

    Room air distribution. Fan and building air distribution. Mass transfer and humidity measurement. Direct contact heat and mass transfer extended surface heat exchangers. Refrigeration. Current energy conservation technologies, computer simulations of dynamic building energy demand.


    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 419. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 625 - Robotics


    Credits 3

    Instruction to basic concept and theory behind motions generated by robot manipulators; kinematics, dynamics, and trajectory generation. Design of basic feedback position controllers and computer simulation techniques of robot dynamics and control system.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 425. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 626 - Manufacturing Processes


    Credits 3

    Survey of the principal processes used to cast, form, machine, and join material. Tolerances, statistical quality control, costs, operation sequencing, and design for productivity covered. Research paper on related topic required.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 426. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 627 - Manufacturing Systems


    Credits 3

    Study of the ways of organizing people and equipment so that production can be performed more efficiently. Includes production lines design, CIM, GT, FMS, production planning, inventory control and MRP, lean production, JIT, and agile manufacturing.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 427. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 629 - Computer Control of Machines and Processes


    Credits 3

    Discrete control theory reduced to engineering practice through comprehensive study of discrete system modeling, system identification and digital controller design. Selected industrial processes and machines utilized as subjects on which computer control is to be implemented. Focuses on the time-domain analysis of the control theory and programming.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 429. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 630 - Corrosion Engineering


    Credits 3

    Examination of the fundamental processes of metallic corrosion from the thermodynamic and kinetic points of view. Specific types of corrosion and prevention strategies discussed. Materials selection, design features, and fabrication techniques of corrosion control covered.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 430. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 634 - Noise Control


    Credits 3

    Development and solution of one-dimensional wave equation for propagation of sound in air; one-dimensional plane and spherical sound waves; sound transmission phenomena; sound in enclosed spaces; sound propagation outdoors; and human responses to noise.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 434. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 641 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Design


    Credits 3

    Use of advanced concepts in machine design.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 441. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 642 - Advanced Mechanism Design


    Credits 3

    Cam design, synthesis of mechanisms, spatial mechanisms.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 442. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 643 - Design Techniques in Mechanical Engineering


    Credits 3

    Computational techniques for use in mechanical engineering design. Emphasis on the use of existing commercial codes for the analysis and design of machine elements and for the study of heat transfer and fluid flow.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 443. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 646 - Composite Materials


    Credits 3

    Overview of matrix and fiber systems, processing techniques, anisotropic elasticity, unidirectional lamina, multidirectional laminate theory, failure theories, and design of composite structures.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 446. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 650 - Physical Metallurgy


    Credits 3

    This advanced undergraduate course is available for graduate credit.

  
  • ME 650L - Physical Metallurgy Laboratory


    This advanced undergraduate course is available for graduate credit.

  
  • ME 653 - Mechanical Vibrations


    Credits 3

    Free and forced response of single-and-multi-degree-of-freedom, lumped parameter systems. Fourier series and Fourier and Laplace transforms. Introduction to vibration of continuous systems and applications.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 453. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 655 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering


    Credits 3

    Fundamentals of nuclear reactor design and analysis of the fission process. Basic health physics, reactor shielding, and nuclear waste management. Calculation of reactor dimensions for criticality. Reactor kinetics and control.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 455. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 656 - Radioactive Waste Management


    Credits 3

    This advanced undergraduate course is available for graduate credit.

  
  • ME 660 - High School Mentoring for Engineering Design


    Credits 3

    Students help high school teams design robots for the FIRST robotics competition. Weekly meetings discuss: mentoring, design, robotics, organizational skills, and teamwork. Must arrange transport to assigned local high school. Class begins with the international FIRST kick-off meeting usually scheduled for the first Saturday after New Year’s Day.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 460. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 662 - Vehicle Design Projects


    Credits 3

    Students design and build a vehicle for entry into a national or regional collegiate competition such as Mini-Baja or Human Powered Vehicle. Design topics my include structural analysis, composite materials, aerodynamics, engine performance, occupant safety, drive train, suspension systems, project management, team building, technical report writing, and oral presentations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 462. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 670 - Experimental Mechanics of Materials


    Credits 3

    Failure theories for isotropic and composite materials, stress concentration, fracture mechanics, combined loading, photoelasticity, composites fabrication, mold making, mechanical testing, and microstructural analysis.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 470. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 677 - Solar and Renewable Energy Utilization


    Credits 3

    Introduction to renewable energy applications. Includes environmental motivations, historical perspectives, solar photovoltaic and thermal applications, implications in building designs, wind energy, biomass, alternative fuels, geothermal power utilization, utility considerations, and political and economic factors.

    Formerly
    EGG 650

  
  • ME 680 - Gas Dynamics I


    Credits 3

    Examines the basic concepts and theories associated with compressible fluid flow. Normal and oblique shocks, 1-D analysis, and method of characteristics discussed.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 480. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 682 - Aerodynamics


    Credits 3

    Presents fluid flow concepts leading to the design of flow surfaces and passages to achieve optimum performance over the widest range of significant parameters. Topics include boundary layer theory, lift, airfoil analysis, and numerical methods for fluid mechanic analyses.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 482. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 695 - Special Topics in Engineering


    Credits 1-4

    Outlet for experimental and other topics which may be of current interest. Topics and credits to be announced. May have a laboratory. May be repeated once under different topic.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ME 495. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ME 700 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics I


    Credits 3

    Covers area of viscous laminar fluid flow. Presents concept of shear stresses and develops Navier-Stokes equation. Applications such as boundary layer flow studied as are some solutions of viscous fluid flow.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 701 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics II


    Credits 3

    Potential flow theory with emphasis on complex representations, conformal mapping, Shwarz Christoffel transformations, airfoils. Compressible flow, free shear layers, shock waves, compressible boundary layers, two- and three- dimensional supersonic flows.

    Prerequisites
    ME 700 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ME 702 - Computational Fluid Dynamics


    Credits 3

    Application of numerical methods to solve highly nonlinear equations of motion and energy associated with fluid dynamics. Among other methods, finite difference and finite element methods discussed along with use of commercial software packages.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 703 - Continuum Mechanics


    Credits 3

    Matrices and tensors, stress deformation and flow, compatibility conditions, constitutive equations, field equations and boundary conditions in fluids and solids, applications in solid and fluid mechanics.

    Formerly
    (CEG 711)

    Prerequisites
    Granduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 704 - Finite Element Applications in Mechanical Engineering


    Credits 3

    Finite Element Method used historically for structurally related problems. Advances in application and development of Finite Element Method particularly useful in fluid flow and heat transfer related problems. PC, workstation, and mainframe finite element computer codes used to assist students in solving fluid and heat transfer problems.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 705 - Conduction Heat Transfer


    Credits 3

    Designed to solve more advanced heat transfer problems by conduction. Analytical and numerical techniques in heat conduction covered. Review of elementary problems presented. Advanced analytical methods using Bessel functions, separation of variables and Laplace transforms, among others. Solutions using finite differences covered.

    Prerequisites
    ME 314 and ME 445 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

  
  • ME 706 - Convective Heat Transfer


    Credits 3

    Conservation principles, fluid stresses and flux laws, boundary layer equation, laminar and turbulent heat flow inside tubes. Heat transfer in laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Influence of temperature dependent fluid properties and free-convection boundary layers.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 707 - Radiation Heat Transfer


    Credits 3

    Advanced engineering analysis of thermal radiation heat transfer. Spectral and gray-body analysis. Exchange of radiation between surfaces and through absorbing, emitting, and scattering media. Radiation combined with conduction and convection.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 708 - Convective Boiling and Condensation


    Credits 3

    Basic models, empirical treatments of two-phase flow. Introduction to convective boiling, subcooled boiling, void fraction and pressure drop in subcooled boiling, saturated boiling heat transfer, critical heat flux, condensation.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 710 - Transport Phenomena in Bioengineering


    Credits 3

    Transport phenomena in bioengineering at molecular, cellular and tissue levels. Topics include blood flow in large and small vessels, gas exchange in lung, biomass and heat transfer in microcirculation, ion transport across cell membrane, cell migration, renal transport, controlled drug delivery and transport in tumors.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 711 - Advanced Thermodynamics


    Credits 3

    Advanced concepts and laws of classical equilibrium thermodynamics as applied to engineering problems. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 714 - Computational Aspects of Solar Energy


    Credits 3

    Theory and practice in the design of solar energy components and systems. Included are collectors, concentrators, receivers, storage, and power systems. Emphasis is on the simulation of transient systems.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 717 - Transport Phenomena


    Credits 3

    Momentum, energy, and mass transport at molecular motion, microscopic levels. Momentum flux tensors, heat flux vectors, and mass flux vectors. Transport in laminar or turbulent flow. Transport in isothermal or nonisothermal systems. Transport in single or multicomponent systems. Interface transport and chemical reaction.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 720 - Acoustics I


    Credits 3

    Introduction to wave motion and general solution techniques associated with wave equation; propagation of waves in solid media; one-dimensional acoustic waves, acoustic transmission phenomena, and propagation of sound outdoors.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 721 - Acoustics II


    Credits 3

    Three-dimensional sound waves; experimental measurement techniques associated with acoustics; acoustic filter theory; other advanced topics in acoustics.

    Prerequisites
    ME 720

  
  • ME 725 - Vibrations I


    Credits 3

    Vibrations of systems with one-degree-of-freedom and more than one-degree-of-freedom. Methods for finding natural frequencies, discrete systems and continuous systems.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 726 - Vibrations II


    Credits 3

    Virtual work, Hamilton’s principles, Lagrange’s equation, influence coefficients, Green’s function as applied to advanced vibration problems; vibration of continuous systems; modal analysis.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing and ME 725.

  
  • ME 727 - Engineering Optimization


    Credits 3

    Introduction to optimization, univariate functions, multivariate functions, constrained optimality criteria, penalty method, constrained direct search, engineering case studies, linear programming.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 729 - Advanced Robotics


    Credits 3

    In-depth study of advanced automation concepts and robotic manipulators. Topics including 3-D kinematics, trajectory generation, compliance analysis, dynamic control of robotics along with concept of assembly operations and machine vision.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 732 - Mechanical Metallurgy


    Credits 3

    Behavior and response of metals to applied forces. Five areas covered: mechanical fundamentals, metallurgical fundamentals, materials testing, plastic forming of metals, and modes of failure.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 734 - Fracture of Engineering Materials


    Credits 3

    Stress-strain relationships during elastic and plastic deformation, linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, Griffith’s theory, stress analyses of cracks, plastic zone size, fracture toughness measurements, ductile-to-brittle transition, fatigue failure mechanisms, environmentassisted cracking and relevant test methods, metallographic evaluations using state-of-the-art techniques.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent

  
  • ME 736 - Diffusion in Metals


    Credits 3

    Covers thermodynamics and phase diagrams, interstitial and substitutional diffusion, diffusion in binary and ternary alloys, solidification, and diffusional and diffusionless transformation in solids.

    Prerequisites
    ME 301 and 302 or equivalent.

 

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