Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101 AND PHYS 102

Description: Explication of the fundamental laws of classical thermodynamics and deductions from them. Includes applications with particular attention to pure substances. Required for mechanical engineering majors.

Long Title: ENGINEERING MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): (PHYS 101 OR PHYS 111 OR PHYS 125 OR PHYS 141) AND MATH 101 AND MATH 102

Description: The study equilibrium of static systems, the dynamics of a particle and particle systems, and rigid-body dynamics. Includes elements of vibrational analysis. Required for mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering majors. Cross-list: CEVE 211.

Long Title: CURRENT TOPICS/INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will offer practical experience in building and using instrumentation and computer based data acquisition systems for laboratory experiments, engineering field sites, and test vehicles. This course will also emphasize the mathematical bases of effective laboratory work.

Long Title: SENIOR DESIGN JUNIOR OBSERVERS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 211

Description: Analysis of stress and the deformation of solids with applications to beams, circular shafts, and columns. Required for mechanical engineering majors. Cross-list: CEVE 311.

Long Title: MECHANICS AND SPORTS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101 OR PHYS 125 OR PHYS 111 OR PHYS 141

Description: Athletic performance is greatly influenced by basic laws of mechanics. The motion of projectiles (including the Magnus effect) has broad application, as does the mechanics of impact. Other important topics include biomechanics of human performance, limits and records, development of optimal strategies and design of regulation of sports equipment. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 534.

Long Title: JUNIOR LABORATORY I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Instruction in static and impact testing of engineering materials. Includes beam deflection and shear center experiments, as well as the application and testing of strain gauges. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program.

Long Title: JUNIOR LABORATORY II

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Instruction in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Students work in groups and perform classic experiments in fluid flow with emphasis on boundary-layer theory, flow separation, laminar to turbulent transition, and Bernoulli equation. This laboratory course provides experimental support to MECH 371. Required course for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. See on-line registration for sections.

Long Title: INDUSTRIAL PROCESS LAB

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Practical experience in, and observation of, selected industrial processes. Must sign up in department office at the beginning of registration for sections; each section is limited to 8 students. Open only to mechanical engineering majors. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Final registration confirmed after the first week's organizational meeting. Meeting announcements posted in the MEMS department.

Long Title: MODELING OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): MECH 211 AND MECH 200 AND MATH 211

Description: Energy-based modeling of dynamic systems. The focus of the course will be mechanical systems and electrical circuits, but will also involve fluid, thermal and other domains. Various techniques such as signal flow graphs and Bond Graphs will be introduced. Modeling and simulation of systems via MATLAB, and an introduction to systems theory. Includes laboratory assignments. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Recommended Prerequisite(s): CAAM 335.

Long Title: FLUID MECHANICS I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 200 AND MECH 211 AND MATH 212

Description: Introduction to fluid statics and dynamics. Includes the development of the fundamental equations of fluid mechanics and their application to problems of engineering interest. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Cross-list: CEVE 371.

Long Title: ACOUSTICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Basics of technical acoustics, including generation, propagation, reception and reproduction of sound, speech and hearing, musical and architectural acoustics, and noise control. Offered alternate years.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL EFFECTS IN TISSUES

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 211 AND MECH 311 OR CEVE 300

Description: Development of a general background in physiology and in advanced mechanics for applications in medicine. Includes bone mechanics in remodeling, cartilage and ligament mechanics, and muscle mechanics, as well as an on paper design project on a subject selected by students.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 381 or permission of instructor

Description: Review of basic sensors, measurement principles and analog electronics using operational amplifiers. Includes design problems using operational amplifier circuits (e.g. instrumentation and isolation amplifiers, comparators, timer circuits). Introduction to development of virtual instruments (VIs) using LabView. Discussion of micro and macro-biopotential electrodes, cell cytometry, the measurement of blood pressure, blood flow, and heart sounds, temperature, and the principles of electrical safety (e.g. micro and macro-shock hazards in the clinical environment). Includes discussion of pulmonary instrumentation and medical applications of ultrasound. Two lab exercises and a term project required.

Long Title: ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 211 AND MECH 311

Description: Advanced topics in solid mechanics and strength of materials including energy methods, principle of virtual work, pressure vessels, beam vibrations, sound waves in solids, buckling, aspects of elasticity theory and fracture mechanics with application to the design of reliable structures.

Long Title: MECHANICAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 311 OR CEVE 300 OR CIVI 300

Description: Brief review of solid mechanics with introduction to failure theories and fatigue analysis. The principles of mechanics are applied to the design of machine elements. A semester design project requires using the analysis tools learned in the course. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program.

Long Title: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CAAM 210

Description: Investigation of the integration of the computer into the areas of thermal and mechanical design. Includes such subjects as optimization, finite element, analysis, and commercial software. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 503.

Long Title: MECHANICAL DESIGN PROJECT

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 4

Description: Project based course for group or individual design projects relating to mechanical engineering topics. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 4

Description: An interdisciplinary capstone design experience in mechanical engineering. This course provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses to the solution of a realistic engineering problem. Teams of students will specify, design, and build a system to meet a prescribed set of requirements. The topics covered in this course will include design methodology, effective teamwork, project management, documentation, and presentation skills. Must complete MECH 408 to receive credit for MECH 407. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program.

Long Title: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT II

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: An interdisciplinary capstone design experience in mechanical engineering. This course provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses to the solution of a realistic engineering problem. Teams of students will specify, design, and build a system to meet a prescribed set of requirements. The topics covered in this course will include design methodology, effective teamwork, project management, documentation, and presentation skills. Must complete MECH 408 to receive credit for MECH 407. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program.

Long Title: DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 343 AND MECH 420

Description: The application of the principles of kinematics, dynamics and systems and control theory to the design and analysis of controlled mechanical systems. Kinematics and Newtonian dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, elements of analytical dynamics, system analysis, stability, and simulation of dynamical behavior, control of mechanical systems. Demonstrations and laboratory examples. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 501.

Long Title: VIBRATIONS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 343

Description: Analysis of discrete and continuous linear vibrating systems, with emphasis on multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Includes approximate methods. Coverage of statistics (e.g. Gaussian and other distributions; and power spectra) as a foundation for random vibrations analysis. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 502.

Long Title: FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MATH 212 AND CAAM 210 OR CAAM 211

Description: An introduction to finite element analysis by Galerkin's method and the method of least squares as applied to both ordinary and partial differential equations common in engineering applications. Element interpolations, numerical integration, computational considerations for efficient solution and post-processing methods. Application of the commercial codes to ANSYS and Cosmosworks. Cross-list: CEVE 417, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 517.

Long Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): (MECH 343 AND CAAM 335)

Description: Linear systems and the fundamental principles of classical feedback control, state variable analysis of linear dynamic systems, stability of linear control systems, time-domain analysis and control of linear systems, root-locus analysis and design and pole-zero synthesis, frequency domain techniques for the analysis and design of control systems. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. Cross-list: ELEC 436.

Long Title: MATRIX METHODS IN STRUCTURAL MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to matrix structural analysis and finite element method, applied to trusses, beams, frames and two dimensional elasticity problems. Use of computer programs for structural analyasis of Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Structures.

Long Title: SENIOR LABORATORY I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Laboratory instruction in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and engine cycles. Students work in small groups doing experiments with emphasis on applied thermodynamics. Sensor technology is also stressed in conjunction with the experimental set up. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program. See online registration for sections.

Long Title: ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 241 OR ELEC 242 OR ELEC 243

Description: Introduction to the physical and engineering aspects of electromechanical sensors and actuators. Includes underlying physical phenomena, practical devices, electrical and mechanical interfacing, and control of electromechanical systems. Cross-list: ELEC 435.

Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Fundamental concepts of finite element methods in fluid mechanics, including spatial discretization and numerical integration in multidimensions, time-integration, and solution of nonlinear ordinary differential equation systems. Advanced numerical stabilization techniques designed for fluid mechanics problems. Strategies for solution of complex, real-world problems. Topics in large-scale computing, parallel processing, and visualization. Cross-list: BIOE 454, CEVE 454, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 554.

Long Title: APPLICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 200

Description: Applications of thermodynamics to various systems of interest in mechanical engineering, with emphasis on energy conversion, refrigeration, and psychrometrics.

Long Title: ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Governing equations for inviscid and viscous flows. Constitutive laws, simple non-Newtonian flows, and surface tension. Derivation and applications of the equations representing the conservation of mass and momentum. Various forms of the Bernoulli equation. Introductory concepts of computational fluid mechanics. Graduate/Undergraduate version: MECH 573.

Long Title: HEAT TRANSFER

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of the general principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. Includes their application to problems of engineering practice and thermal design. Required for mechanical engineering majors in B.S. program.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE HEAT TRANSFER

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 481

Description: Continuation of MECH 481. Includes applications to various problems in mechanical engineering.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION OF BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 481 or permission of instructor

Description: Review of basic sensors and measurement principles. Includes design problems using operational amplifier circuits (e.g., instrumentation and isolation amplifiers, comparators, timer circuits). Introduction to development of virtual instruments (VIs) using LabView. Discussion of micro-and macro-biopotential electrodes, cell cytometry, the measurement of blood pressure, blood flow, and heart sounds, temperature, and the principles of electrical safety (e.g., micro- and macro-shock hazards in the clinical environment). Includes discussion of pulmonary instrumentation and medical applications of ultrasound. Two lab exercises and a term project required. Cross-list: BIOE 483, ELEC 483.

Long Title: DESIGN OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 343 AND ELEC 241

Description: Analog electronic design for purposes of controlling electromechanical systems, including electromechanical sensors and actuators, analog electronic design of filters, state space and classical controllers, and transistor-based servo amplifiers and high voltage amplifiers. Implementation of digital controllers. Significant laboratory component with design and fabrication of circuits to control electromechanical systems. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 588. Recommended Prerequisite(s): MECH 420.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course will provide the student with a mathematical introduction to many of the key ideas used in today's intelligent robot systems. The focus of the course is on the analysis and control of manipulators. The course will also give an overview of common approaches to building intelligent robot systems. Crosslisted with ELEC 498 and COMP 498. UG/GR equivalent: MECH 598. Cross-list: COMP 498, ELEC 498, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 598.

Long Title: LEGAL THEMES IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGING PRACTICE

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to fundamental legal concepts of the American legal system for upper level undergraduate students, primarily aimed at what engineers, scientists, and other professionals could expect to encounter in their professional careers. The primary focus is to provide students with the basic tools to understand and interact with lawyers.

Long Title: ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Offered concurrently with Mech 400. Graduate/undergraduate version MECH 400. Additional work required. Cross-list: CEVE 500.

Long Title: DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): (MECH 343 AND MECH 420)

Description: Graduate version of MECH 411. Offered continually with MECH 411. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 411. Recommended prerequisite(s): MECH 343 and MECH 420 or equivalent.

Long Title: VIBRATIONS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Term project is required. Offered concurrently with MECH 412. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 412.

Long Title: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CAAM 210

Description: Investigation of the integration of the computer into the area of design. Includes such subjects as optimization, finite element analysis, and commercial software. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 403.

Long Title: NONLINEAR SYSTEMS: ANALYSIS AND CONTROL

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Mathematical background and fundamental properties of nonlinear systems: Vector norms, matrix norms, matrix measures, existence and uniqueness of solutions of ordinary differential equations. Linearization, second order systems, periodic solutions, approximate methods. Lyapunov stability: Stability definitions, Lyapunov's direct method, invariance theory, stability of linear systems, Lyapunov's linearization method, converse theorems. Selected topics in nonlinear systems analysis and nonlinear control from: Input/Output stability: Small gain theorem, passivity theorem. Perturbation theory, averaging, and singular perturbations Feedback linearization control. Other methods in the conrol of nonlinear systems such as backstepping, sliding mode and other Lyapunov-based design methods. Advnaced nonlinear and adaptive robot control. Cross-list: CAAM 508, ELEC 508.

Long Title: ELASTO DYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Propagation of waves in linearly-elastic strings, fluids, and solids. Surface waves, wave reflection and refraction at interfaces. Wave propagation in waveguides. Steady-state and transient half-space problems. Scattering of waves by cracks.

Long Title: CONTINUUM MECHANICS I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Exploration of concepts and general principles common to all branches of solid and fluid mechanics. Includes non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and nonlinear elasticity.

Long Title: THEORY OF ELASTICITY

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Advanced topics in the linear theory of elasticity. Cross-list: CEVE 513.

Long Title: NONLINEAR ELASTICITY

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Development of the theory of finite elastic deformation and motion. Some exact solutions and methods of approximation.

Long Title: THEORY OF PLASTICITY

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 511 OR MECH 513 or permission of instructor

Description: Mathematical theory of plasticity. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes as applied to plasticity. Elasto-plastic boundary value problems. Slip-line theory. General principles. Single crystal plasticity. Dislocation dynamic-based plasticity.

Long Title: FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: An introduction to Galerkin's method and the method of least squares applied to partial differential equations. Computational considerations for efficient interpolation, numerical integration, solution and post-processing methods. Error estimation and adaptive finite element analysis. Requires the use of ANSYS and Cosmoworks for a student project and a supporting literature survey. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 417.

Long Title: THEORETICAL FRACTURE MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Topics on the theory of linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics. Energetics of fracture, the J-integral, stress and strain fields near crack tips, R-curve behavior. Cross-list: MSCI 609.

Long Title: PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 412 OR CEVE 521

Description: Introduction to probability theory and random processes. Includes the dynamic analysis of linear and nonlinear structural systems subjected to stationary and nonstationary random excitations reliability studies related to first excursion and fatigue failures, and applications to earthquake engineering, offshore engineering, and wind engineering. Recommended prerequisite(s): MECH 412 or CEVE 521 and basic knowledge of probability theory.

Long Title: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Elements of linear algebra, linear operators, systems of linear differential equations for discrete physical systems, calculus of variations, partial differential equations, Green's functions, examples from solid and fluid mechanics, discretization of continuous systems, finite element method.

Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN STRUCTURAL MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to differential and integral formulations, variational principles, weighted residuals, and principle of virtual work. Simple boundary, initial, and eigenvalue problems. Finite element, boundary element, and finite difference methods for structural mechanics. Study of nonlinearities. Computational methods for geometric and material nonlinear analysis. Applications to static and dynamic problems. Programming and use of computer software. Cross-list: CEVE 527.

Long Title: MECHANICS AND SPORT

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate version of MECH 314. Additional work required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 314.

Long Title: DESIGN AND CONTROL OF COMPUTER NETWORKS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate-level introduction to design and analysis of communication networks. Topics include wireless networks, media access, routine, traffic modeling, congestion control, and scheduling. Cross-list: ELEC 537.

Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 371 AND MECH 517 or permission of instructor

Description: Graduate version of MECH 454. Additional work required. Cross-list: BIOE 554, CEVE 554, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 454.

Long Title: ENGINEERING APPROACH TO MATH PROGRAMMING

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of the minimization of functions of variables that are either unconstrained, subject to equality constraints, subject to inequality constraints, or subject to both equality and inequality constraints. Includes analytical and computational methods. Cross-list: CAAM 563.

Long Title: ENGINEERING APPROACH TO OPTIMAL CONTROL

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of optimal control theory and calculus of variations. Includes minimization of functionals depending on variables subject to differential constraints, nondifferential constraints, initial constraints, and final constraints, includes analytical and computational methods.

Long Title: ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate version of MECH 473. Additional work required. Graduate/Undergraduate version: MECH 473.

Long Title: ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS II

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 573

Description: Continuation of MECH 573. Advanced topics in fluid mechanics. Possible topics include: vortex dynamics, aero acoustics, fluid stability theory, receptivity theory.

Long Title: STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): CEVE 521 OR MECH 502 AND CEVE 527

Description: Elements of linear systems and control theory, transform methods, stat space methods, feedback control, and Lypanov's method. Analytical modeling of structures, and response to dynamic loading. Base isolation, smart materials and devices, sensors, structural control applications, monitoring, and case studies. Cross-list: CEVE 576.

Long Title: CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Rigorous study of the transfer of heat by free and forced convection. Not offered every year.

Long Title: RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will analyze the radiative heat transfer phenomena. After introduction, radiative exchange between surfaces in an enclosure without a radiatively participating medium will be analyzed. Then the radiative transfer equation through an absorbing, emitting and scattering medium (or participating medium) will be developed. The radiative properties of gases and particulates will be discussed.

Long Title: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Mechanics of ventilation, respiratory muscle mechanics, rib cage mechanics, mechanical coupling between the respiratory muscles and the rib cage, and inferences on mechanics from respiratory muscle anatomy. The class will meet in the Pulmonary Division at Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center.

Long Title: DESIGN OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 343 AND MECH 420 AND ELEC 241

Description: Additional Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 488.

Long Title: GAS DYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 371

Description: Study of the fundamentals of compressible, one-dimensional gas flows with area change, normal shocks, friction, and heat addition. Includes oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer flows expansions, and numerical techniques.

Long Title: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: An approved investigation or design project under the direction of a member of the staff. Open only to mechanical engineering majors. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Development of theories for the prediction of aerodynamic forces and moments acting on airfoils, wings, and bodies. Includes their design applications. Not offered every year.

Long Title: MODELING TISSUE MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Independent study and seminar course which focuses on modeling the mechanical properties of biological tissues. Data from experiments will be used to refine the predictions of nonlinear mathematical computer models. Aimed at juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Laboratory work performed at Baylor College of Medicine, computer work at Rice University.

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate version of MECH 498. Additional work required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MECH 498.

Long Title: CURRENT TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Designed for graduate mechanical engineering students. Lectures in areas of current interest in mechanical engineering. Topics may vary from term to term. Please consult with the department for additional information. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description: Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information.

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description: Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information.

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description: Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information.

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description: Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information.

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description: Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information.

Long Title: GRADUATE SEMINAR

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: INDEPENDENT STUDY

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: INDEPENDENT STUDY

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: M.M.E. RESEARCH PROJECT I

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This is the first part of the M.M.E. research project course. The faculty advisor, taking into account the background and research interests of the student as well as the research interests of the faculty advisor, will determine the contents. Course requirements will include a final report.

Long Title: M.M.E. RESEARCH PROJECT II

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This is the second part of the M.M.E. research project and continuation of MECH 621. Course requirements will include a final report.

Long Title: ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MECH 554 or permission of instructor

Description: Advanced topics in computational mechanics with emphasis on finite element methods and fluid mechanics. Stabilized formulations. Fluid-particle and fluid-structure interactions and free-surface and two-fluid flows. Interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques, space-time formulations, and mesh update methods. Enhanced discretization and solution techniques. Iterative solution methods, matrix-free computations, and advanced preconditioning techniques. Cross-list: BIOE 654, CEVE 654.

Long Title: ADVANCED STOCHASTIC MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Nonlinear random vibrations, Statistical Linearization, ARMA filters modeling, Monte Carlo Simulation, Wiener-Volterra series, time-variant structural reliability, and Stochastic Finite Elements are presented from a perspective of usefulness to aerospace, civil, marine, and mechanical applications. Cross-list: CEVE 678.

Long Title: APPLIED MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Probability density and power spectrum based simulation concepts and procedures are discussed. Scalar and vectorial simulation are addressed. Spectral decomposition and digital filter algorithms are presented. Applications from aerospace, earthquake, marine, and wind engineering, and from other applied science disciplines are included. Cross-list: CEVE 679.

Long Title: RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER II

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of radiative transfer in the presence of absorbing, emitting, and scattering media. Includes combined radiation, conduction, and convection, as well as heat transfer in furnaces, fire propagation, and air pollution problems. Not offered every year.

Long Title: ADVANCED MODELING TISSUE MECHANICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Continuation of MECH 595/BIOE 595 with emphasis on advanced modeling the micromechanics of biological tissues. Independent study and seminar/discussion course. Data from experiments will be used to refine the predictions of mathematical models. Designed for juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Laboratory work performed at Baylor College of Medicine and computer work at Rice University.

Long Title: RESEARCH AND THESIS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1 TO 12

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.