MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ME)

ME 2000. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and Computing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ENGR 1120, Corequisite: MATH 2120. An introduction to mechanical engineering through the study of numerical methods; the use of modern numerical computing tools for problem solving; and technical writing for mechanical engineers.

ME 2330. Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CEE 2110, PHYS 2110. Particle Kinematics; relative motion; kinetics, applications of Newton's Laws, work-energy principle, impulse-momentum principle, vibrations.

ME 3010. Materials and Processes in Manufacturing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1020 or CHEM 1120, and CEE 3110. Property/microstructure interrelations and design considerations for engineering materials; overview of manufacturing processes; interrelations among materials, design and manufacturing; introduction to failure criteria and material selection.

ME 3022. Measurements in Mechanical Systems. Lec. 1. Credit 1.
Prerequisites: ECE 3810, ECE 3860. Corequisite: CEE 3110. Principles of measurement and calibration; basic instrumentation and measurement techniques in mechanical systems.

ME 3032. Measurements in Mechanical Systems Lab. Lab 2. Credit 1.
Corequisite: ME 3022. Laboratory experiments in basic instrumentation and measurement techniques in mechanical systems.

ME 3050. Dynamic Modeling and Controls. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 2120, ME 3020, ME 3032, ECE 3810, ME 2330. Corequisite: ME 3060 Dynamic Modeling and Controls Lab (1 hr Lab). Modeling and simulation of lumped parameter mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluid, and mixed systems, control algorithms, stability, transient response and frequency response.

ME 3060. Dynamic Modeling and Controls Laboratory. Lab. 2. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: MATH 2120, ME 3020, ECE 3820. Corequisite: ME 3050. Experiments and simulations of lumped parameter mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluid, and mixed systems, control algorithms, stability, transient response and frequency response.

ME 3110. Physical Metallurgy and Heat Treatment. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Structure and properties of ferrous and nonferrous metals and alloys; equilibrium diagrams; heat treatment methods and effects; behavior in service.  Not for ME majors.

ME 3210. Thermodynamics I. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1110, MATH 2110. Concepts, models and laws; energy and the first law; properties and state; energy analysis of thermodynamics systems; entropy and the second law; conventional power and refrigeration cycles.

ME 3220. Thermodynamics II.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 3210. Gas power and refrigeration cycles, equations of state and general thermodynamic relations, ideal-gas mixtures, properties of gaseous mixtures, combustion and chemical equilibrium.

ME 3610. Dynamics of Machinery. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 2330. Motion converters, design process. Mobility equations; solutions of vector equations; kinematic position, velocity and acceleration analysis of mechanisms; introductory geometric synthesis of linkages; design of cam-follower mechanisms; gear tooth geometry; analysis and synthesis of gear trains and planetary gear differentials; computer aided studies.

ME 3710. Heat Transfer. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: MATH 2120. Corequisite: ME 3210. Single and multidimensional steady-state and transient heat conduction; role of convection for internal and external forced flows and in buoyancy-driven flow; thermal radiation processes and properties.

ME 3720. Fluid Mechanics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 2330. Fundamentals of fluid flow; fluid statics; systems and control volumes; continuity, momentum and energy equations; dynamic similitude; one-dimensional open channel flow; compressible flow.

ME 3910. Mechanical Engineering Seminar. Lec. 2. Credit 1.
Second Term Junior Standing. Professional, social and ethical issues in engineering practice; oral and written technical communication.

ME 4010. Machine Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CEE 3110, ME 3010, and ME 3610 or consent of instructor. Tools of machine design; stress strain and deformation of machine parts; inherent properties of machine parts; design of machine parts for strength; design of machine parts for rigidity; introduction to finite element analysis.

ME 4020 (5020). Applied Machine Design. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 4010, ME 3050. Design for strength and rigidity under dynamic loads; shaft design of joints (threaded fasteners, welds, springs, keys, etc.); design of gear trains; lubrication and bearing design; finite element analysis; optimization, statistical consideration in design.

ME 4050 (5050). Lubrication and Bearing Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 4510, ME 3720, ME 4010 or consent of instructor. Introduction to hydrostatic and hydrodynamic lubrication of thrust bearings, journal bearings, air bearings, antifriction bearings; friction and wear.

ME 4060 (5060). Machine Vibrations. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 3050. Linear vibration of machine elements, lumped parameter multidegree of freedom and continuous system solutions; computer-aided solutions of linear and nonlinear systems; simple laboratory vibration measurement and comparative vibration analysis.

ME 4120 (5120). Intermediate Dynamics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 2330. Rigid-body kinematics, plane and three-dimensional rigid-body kinetics, Lagrangian mechanics, orbital motions, variable mass rockets.

ME 4140 (5140). Introduction to Robotics and Intelligent Machines Engineering.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3810, 3860; ME 3050, 3060. Robotic concepts and subsystems; mechanics of robots; sensors and intelligence; actuators; trajectory planning and control.

ME (CEE) 4160 (5160). Experimental Stress Analysis. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CEE 3110, MATH 2120. Introduction to theory of elasticity; photoelasticity; theory and application of strain gages and rosettes; brittle coatings; holographic interferometry; moire' analysis.

ME 4180 (5180). Finite Element Methods in Mechanical Design.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3050, ME 3710, ME 3720 and ME 4010. Fundamental concepts and Galerkin approximations; displacement-based formulation; one-dimensional elements and their applications in design of mechanical systems; isoparametric formulation; plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric, and solid elements and their applications; modeling considerations and error analysis; introduction to ALGOR.

ME (CEE) 4190 (5190). Advanced Mechanics of Materials. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CEE 3110, MATH 2120 or consent of instructor. Advanced topics; fracture mechanics, elastic support, non-circular shafts, curved beams, thick-walled cylinders, introduction to plates, thin shells of revolution.

ME 4210. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3710, ME 3720. Refrigeration systems with emphasis on the vapor-compression cycle; air-conditioning systems, principles of psychrometrics, human comfort and principles for building load calculations.

ME 4220. Air Conditioning Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 4210. Design of heating, cooling and ventilation systems for buildings. Duct system design, pipe system layout and equipment selection.

ME 4260 (5260). Energy Conversion and Conservation. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3710 or equivalent. Energy conversion and conservation techniques used in industrial applications; energy audits, heat loss considerations and energy measurements.

ME 4310 (5310). Gas Dynamics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3720. Fundamental motions; shock waves; flow through ducts and nozzles; unsteady wave motion; linearized flows; method of characteristics.

ME 4340 (5340). Propulsion. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3720. Mechanics and thermodynamics of gas turbine and rocket engines; performance analyses including design considerations of engines and their components.

ME 4370 (5370). Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines Engineering. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3810, 3860; ME 3050, 3060. Mechatronics; number systems; microcontroller technology and architecture of 8-bit microcontrollers (e.g. Motorola MC68H110); assembly language programming; A/D and D/A conversion; parallel I/O; programmable timer operation; interfacing sensors and actuators; applications; team project on design and implementation of a mechatronic system.

ME 4430 (5430). Micro & Nano Manufacturing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Senior of Graduate Level Standing in any College of Engineering Department.  Nano manufacturing, silicon mirco machining and fabrication, laser materials processing of microstructures, abrasive micro machining, mechanical micro machining, micro rapid prototyping and sintering, case studies.

ME 4440. Senior Design Project. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3020, ME 4020, ME 4720, ME 4750. ME 4751, and either: ME 4020 as a prerequisite with ME 4720 as a corequisite, or ME 4720 as a prerequisite with ME 4020 as a corequisite. Capstone design project in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture material on the engineering design process, data acquisition systems, and applications of PLCs in support of projects.

ME 4444. Senior Design Project. Lec. 2. Lab. 4. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: ME 3910; ME 4751; ME 4020 as a prerequisite with ME 4720 as a corequisite, or ME 4720 as a prerequisite with ME 4020 as a corequisite. Capstone group design project in mechanical engineering with FE exam review.

ME 4450 (5450). Design for Manufacturability. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Corequisite: ME 4010. Manufacturing constraints on design shape, size and quantity; interaction of materials processing and parametric design for effective, economical manufacturing; team project approach to design manufacturing.

ME 4460 (5460). Mechanical Properties of Materials. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CEE 3110, ME 3010 or consent of instructor. Elastic and anelastic properties; edge and screw dislocations; slip planes; plastic deformation; properties of ceramics and polymers.

ME (CHE) 4470 (5470). Interdisciplinary Studies in Ceramic Materials Processing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering, mathematics, chemistry (calculus-based) or physics. Selected materials synthesis for metals, ceramics and their composites; application of fracture mechanics and failure models; mechanical, chemical and morphological characterization theory and practice; materials design.

ME 4480 (5480). Microstructural Analysis. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 4460 (5460). Techniques and applications of microstructural analysis; reflected light microscopy; metallography; electron microscopy; fractography and failure analysis.

ME 4490 (5490). Properties and Selection of Engineering Materials.  Lec. 3. Credit 3. 
Prerequisite: ME 3010. An intermediate course in materials engineering emphasizing the interrelations among material properties, microstructure and optimum material selection for design applications.

ME 4510 (5510). Aerodynamics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ME 3720. Fundamental principles and equations; thin airfoil theory; finite wings; wings in compressible flow; aerodynamic drag.

ME 4610. Steam Power Plants. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3710, ME 3720. Fuels, coal properties, firing methods, boilers and other heat exchangers, turbine characteristics, cooling water and towers, dust collection, new developments, plant trip.

ME 4620 (5620). Turbomachinery. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3720. Presents a generalized description and unified theory of the design and operation of rotating machinery in which energy transfer occurs due to velocity changes; design methods for various types of turbomachines -- pumps, fans, compressors and turbines.

ME 4630. Internal Combustion Engines. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3710, ME 3720. Ideal fuel/air cycles, heat loss, friction, combustion and detonation, carburetion and fuel injection; air flow, normal overall performance, extreme performance.

ME 4640 (5640). Dynamics of Machinery II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3610. Graphical and analytical synthesis of linkage mechanisms for function generation, motion generation and path generation. Kinetostatic analysis of linkage mechanisms; engine dynamics, balancing; rigid-body dynamics, time response analysis.

ME 4720. Thermal Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3220, ME 3710, ME 3720. Introduction to the design of thermofluid devices and systems; general design methodology, modeling, simulation and optimization; heat exchangers and prime movers in systems.

ME 4730 (5730). Numerical Heat Transfer. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3710, ME 3720. Fundamentals of numerical methods; steady and unsteady one-dimensional heat conduction; steady and unsteady multi-dimensional heat conduction; fully-developed duct flows; one- and two-dimensional convection heat transfer, flow through porous media.

ME 4740 (5740). Transport Phenomena. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ME 3710, ME 3720. Balance laws, forced and natural convection, duct flows, open channel flows, boundary layers, unsteady flows, heat exchangers.

ME 4751. Energy Systems Laboratory. Lec. 1. Lab. 2. Credit 2.
Prerequisites: ME 3020, ME 3032, ME 3210, ME 3710, ME 3720. Basic instrumentation and principles of measuring pressure, temperature, fluid velocity, and fluid flow rate; demonstrations, measurements and evaluations of heat transfer and fluid flow processes.

ME 4810 (5810). Automatic Controls. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 2120, ME 3020, ECE 3820.  Corequisite:  ME 3050. Mathematical modeling of physical systems, control algorithms, stability, transient response and frequency response.

ME (CEE) 4930 (5930). Noise Control. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 2120, PHYS 2110. Identification and description of noise sources and noise radiation, methods of noise measurement and criteria for noise levels, principles and techniques of noise control.

ME (ECE, CHE) 4950 (5950).  Introduction to MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS).  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  Senior standing in engineering or consent of instructor.  Introduce the design, fabrication and performance of MEMS devices.  Topics include bulk and surface micromachining, photolithography, sensors, actuation systems, optical MEMS, microcantilever based systems.

ME 4990. Special Problems. Credit 1 to 9 per semester. Maximum 24.
Prerequisite: Approval of Department Chairman. Investigation of current topics in the student's area of interest. Because of the impossibility of duplicating the conditions for a special topic, this course may not be repeated for the improvement of a grade.

Course descriptions for 6000 and 7000-level courses are contained in the Graduate Catalog.