| 1212 (2 hours) - Mechanical Engineering Graphics Methods of graphical communication in engineering. Orthographic projections, sketching, blueprint reading and computer-aided drawing. Four lecture-laboratory hours per week. |
| 1311 (1 hour) - To Be a Mechanical Engineer Introduction to the university, college, department, and the mechanical engineering profession. Tours and guest speakers from industry and the university. Hands-on experience with several topics including design, engineering software, manufacturing, materials and cost analysis. |
| 1312 (2 hours) - Microcomputer Fundamentals for the Mechanical Engineer Microcomputer usage in the mechanical engineering profession. Introductory level usage and theory of operating systems, spreadsheets, high-level language programming, and text editing. Computer-based problem solving with emphasis on Mechanical Engineering applications. |
| 3014 (4 hours) - Thermofluids Theoretical and experimental analysis of the mechanics and thermodynamics of flowing fluids. Applications to the design of pipe flow systems, turbomachinery and heat exchangers. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ES 3003, 3073, ME 3053. |
| 3034 (4 hours) - Properties of Materials The mechanical and physical properties of engineering materials (metals, ceramics, and polymers) are explained through their structures. Topics include strength and ductility, crystal structures and defects, phases and microstructure, heat treatment, manufacturing processes, and materials economics. Design applications including materials failure analysis projects. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ES 3023. Corequisites: ME 3053, Engl 3003. |
| 3043 (3 hours) - Energy Conversion Performance and design considerations of energy conversion systems. Design and performance problems involving steam, gas turbine, and combined cycle power plants, and reciprocating and rotary engines. Prerequisites: ES 3003, 3053 3073. |
| 3053 (3 hours) - Instrumentation and Measurements Basic concepts of measurement methods. Probability and statistical measurements. Measurement uncertainty analysis. Static and dynamic characteristics of signals. Measurement system response to dynamic measurements for zero, first and second order instruments. Selection of instruments for experiments. Design of experiments. Data acquisition. Formal report writing. Prerequisite: ME 1312. Corequisites: EE 2001, 2003, or permission of instructor. |
| 3063 (3 hours) - Manufacturing Processes Basic understanding of a broad range of manufacturing processes (casting, molding, machining, etc.), machines, and various techniques for statistical quality control. Specific aspects of modeling of manufacturing processes, process analysis, and design for manufacturability, including process description, variables affecting the process, and means of controlling these variables. Computer integrated manufacturing. Prerequisites: ES 2023, ES 3023, Corequisite: ME 3034 or permission of instructor. |
| 3212 (2 hours) - Mechanisms Kinematics of mechanical devices. Displacement, velocity and acceleration of linkages, cams, and gear trains. An introduction to synthesis. Design and computer problems. Prerequisites: ES 2023, ME 1312. |
| 4024 (4 hours) - Machine Dynamics Kinematic and force analysis of machine and machine elements. Vibration isolation, balancing, critical speed, flywheel design, and dynamic measurement. Design and computer problems. Design and computer problems. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ME 3212. |
| 4053 (3 hours) - Mechanical Control Systems Feedback control of mechanical systems. Emphasis on thermal, fluid, and motion systems under feedback control. Classical control topics including Laplace transforms, system modeling, stability theory, s-plane, and root locus and/or frequency-based design. Practical applications to professional practice. Prerequisites: Math 3073, ME 3053 and 4024. |
| 4103 (3 hours) - Vibration Forced and free vibration of systems with one or more degrees of freedom. Vibration isolation and transmission applied to problems of rotating and reciprocating machinery. Design problems on reducing and controlling vibration. Machine monitoring systems. Prerequisite: ME 4024. |
| 4293 (3 hours) - Interdisciplinary Design Projects Team projects requiring the design, fabrication, and testing of an actual prototype engineering system for a customer--often from local industry. Conceptual and detail design, design tradeoffs, safety, project planning, budgeting, marketing, patenting, aesthetics, and manufacturing. Emphasis on teamwork and oral presentations of progress. Prerequisite: ME 4383 or EE 4043 or Phys 3122. |
| 4333 (3 hours) - Corrosion Engineering Degradation of engineering materials (primarily metals) due to their reaction with the environment. Fundamentals of corrosion thermodynamics and electrode kinetics. Survey of the many forms that corrosion can take. Emphasis on actual engineering failures caused by corrosion. Prerequisite: ME 3034 or ES 3013 or permission of instructor. |
| 4043 (3 hours) - Automotive Design Fundamentals of performance, efficiency, suspension and handling, powertrains, and environmental impact of the modern automobile. Each student will apply these fundamentals to the current TU design-and-build car project, with emphasis on design, fabrication, testing, and teamwork. Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of instructor. |
| 4343 (3 hours) - Gas Turbines Design and performance of stationary and propulsion gas turbines. Performance analysis of centrifugal and axial compressors and turbines. Prerequisites: ME 3014, 3043 or permission of instructor. |
| 4353 (3 hours) - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Principles of vapor compression and absorption refrigeration, heat pumps, psychrometrics. Principles of thermal comfort and environmental aspects. Determination of heating and cooling loads. Air conditioning system design and analysis. Prerequisite: ME 3043. |
| 4373 (3 hours) - Computer-Aided Design / Manufacturing Use of computer-aided design software packages including systems for computer-aided drafting, solid modeling, finite element analysis, and computer-aided manufacturing. The class culminates in a design project including fabrication of a physical prototype generated with numerically controlled machines. Prerequisite: ME 1212, ME 4024, or permission of instructor. |
| 4383 (3 hours) - Mechanical Engineering Design Application of engineering design process to the design of mechanical components, systems, and machines. Problem-solving techniques, ethics, patents, entrepreneurship. Prerequisites: ME 3034, 3053, 3212. |
| 4861-3 (3 hours) - Special Topics in Design Topics of current interest in mechanical engineering design. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. |
| 4991-3 (1-3 hours) - Independent Study Independent or group studies on special topics. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
Graduate Courses (Approved Undergraduate Courses)
Certain undergraduate courses may be taken for graduate credit with approval from the program adviser. A student enrolling in these courses will complete additional assignments, as prescribed by the instructor, that are more advanced than those completed by the undergraduate students in the courses. In addition to the preceding courses, students may, with the approval of their adviser, take courses in other graduate programs which enhance their particular course of study.
| ME 6404- Machine Dynamics Kinematic and force analysis of machines and machine elements. Vibration isolation, balancing, critical speed, flywheel design, and dynamic measurement. Design and computer problems. Safety. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 3212. |
| ME 6433 - Energy Methods in Structural Analysis Energy methods in structural analysis, stiffness and flexibility methods, introduction to finite elements. Design problems on beams and truss structures. Prerequisites: Mathematics 3073, Engineering Science 3023. |
| ME 6453 - Mechanical Control Design Control system design of mechanical systems. Emphasis on thermal, fluid, and motion systems under feedback control. Classical control topics including Laplace transforms, system modeling, stability theory, s-plane and frequency-based design. Practical applications to professional practice. Prerequisites: Mathematics 3073, Mechanical Engineering 3053 and Mechanical Engineering 4024. |
| ME 6483 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials Multiaxial failure criteria. Energy methods, elastic deflection, statically indeterminate structures. Torsion and bending. Shear center. Curved beams. Flat plates. Thick-walled cylinders. Stress concentrations. Contact stresses. Implementation of analysis into design applications emphasized with case studies. Prerequisites: Mathematics 3073, Engineering Science 3023. |
| ME 6503 - Vibration Forced and free vibrations of systems with one or more degrees of freedom. Vibration isolation and transmission applied to problems of rotating and reciprocating machinery. Design problems on vibration isolation systems and absorbers. Machine monitoring systems. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 4024 or equivalent. |
| ME 6513 - Mechatronics in Manufacturing The application of microprocessor technology to manufacturing processes. Survey of digital theory, assembly language programming, computer communications, data acquisition, digital control, power interfacing, instrumentation design and actuation processes. Case studies of manufacturing-oriented problems. Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering 3053 and Mechanical Engineering 4053 or permission of instructor. |
| ME 6523 - Quality Control and Manufacturing Technology Survey of manufacturing processes; casting, molding, machining, and others. Computer integrated manufacturing including design for manufacturing, real-time process control, and computer vision. Emphasis on statistical methods and quality control applications in manufacturing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 6533 - Corrosion Engineering Degradation of engineering material (metals and polymers) due to their reaction with the environment. Fundamentals of corrosion thermodynamics and electrode kinetics. Survey of the many forms that corrosion can take. Degradation of polymers. Emphasis on actual engineering failures caused by corrosion. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 3034 or Engineering Science 3013 or permission of instructor. |
| ME 6653 - Robotics Modern robotics theory and techniques with emphasis on fundamental mathematical and mechanical principles. Design and performance analysis of robots and manipulators as applied to flexible manufacturing automation. Structural synthesis, kinematic and dynamic analysis, dexterity analysis. Independent joint control, multivariate control, force control and trajectory planning. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 4053 or permission of instructor. |
| ME 6633 - Gas Turbines Design and performance of stationary and propulsion gas turbines. Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering 3014, 3043. |
| ME 6443 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Principles of vapor compression and absorption refrigeration, heat pumps, psychrometrics. Principles of thermal comfort and environmental aspects. Determination of heating and cooling loads. Air conditioning system design and analysis. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 3043. |
| ME 6663 - Mechanical Engineering Design Application of the engineering design process to the design of mechanical components, subsystems, and machines. Problem solving techniques, ethics, patents, entrepreneurship. Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering 3034, 3053, 3212. |
| ME 686V (1-3 hours) - Special Topics in Design Topics of current interest in mechanical engineering design. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7023 - Conduction Heat Transfer Theory of steady and transient heat transfer in solids. Analytical and numerical solution techniques. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7033- Boundary Layer Theory Fundamental equations of fluid motion, laminar and turbulent flows, transition, classical solutions, and numerical approaches. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7043 - Gas Dynamics Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow. One-dimensional flows and normal shock waves. Introduction to two-dimensional supersonic flows including oblique shock waves, Prandtl-Meyer expansions, and the method of characteristics. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7093 - Introduction to Finite Element Methods Introduction to theory and application of finite element methods in solid mechanics. Derivation of finite elements by direct and energy methods. Discussions of application to stress analysis, fracture mechanics, and heat transfer are included. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7103 - Theoretical Vibration Multi-degree-of-freedom and continuous vibration systems. Introduction to the finite element method and approximation methods in vibration systems analysis. Prerequisite: Knowledge of one-degree-of-freedom systems or permission of instructor. |
| ME 7123 - Acoustics The wave equation, plane wave reflection, transmission and excitation, sound sources, sound measurement and analysis. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. |
| ME 7133 - Turbulent Flow Analysis of turbulent transport of momentum and heat. Linear stability theory, The Reynolds equations, dynamics of turbulence, boundary-free and wall-bounded shear flows, and turbulent boundary layer. Prerequisite: One intermediate or advanced class in fluid mechanics. |
| ME 7143 - Theory of Elasticity Fundamental laws of the deformations of solids. Equilibrium, compatibility, and constitutive behavior are discussed. Numerical methods and problem solutions are reviewed. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7163 - Structural Fatigue New and conventional fatigue design approaches. Topics include crack initiation, mean stress effects, notch effects, cyclic stress-strain behavior, mean and residual stress effects, cumulative damage, crack propagation, multiaxial fatigue, environmental effects, fatigue of mechanical components (weld, springs, gears, bearings, etc.). Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7173 - Experimental Stress Analysis Review of elementary elasticity prior to experimental work. Strain measurements techniques are presented and then utilized in the laboratory. Major topics include: electrical resistance strain gages, photoelasticity, brittle coatings, and associated instrumentation. A final project is required and provides an opportunity for demonstration of acquired experimental skills. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7223 - Fracture Mechanics Analysis of the behavior of materials containing flaws. Topics include the stress analysis of cracked bodies, crack tip plastic zones, energy and compliance methods, fracture toughness testing, crack opening displacement, microscopic aspects, and fatigue crack propagation. Prerequisite: Engineering Science 3023. |
| ME 7283 - Mechanics of Composite Materials Stress-strain-temperature equations for orthotropic and anisotropic materials. Transformation of stress-strain equations to different coordinate systems. Extension-shear coupling. Mechanics of fiber reinforced lamina. Assumptions and formulation of Laminated Plate Theory. Behavior of symmetric and unsymmetric laminates. Off axis testing. Stresses in laminates. Fracture theories. Free-edge effects and delamination. Prerequisite: Engineering Science 3023. |
| ME 7353 - Plasticity Review of elasticity equations. Yield surfaces and associated plasticity flow rules. Development of stress-strain equations of plasticity. Applications to cylindrical and spherical problems. Iterative methods of solving plasticity problems. Effects of plasticity on stress distributions. Plastic strains and residual stresses. Applications of yield surface and flow rule to orthotropic materials that behave differently in tension than compression. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7543 - Computational Fluid Mechanics Formulation and numerical methods of solution of fluid dynamic problems in inviscid and viscous flows. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 7573 - Convection Heat Transfer Analysis of convection in laminar and turbulent flows. Forced and free convection in internal and external flow. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 785V (1-6 hours) - Project and Report Design, analysis, research, or other approved Mechanical Engineering project topics. Report required. Non-thesis master's program only. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| ME 786V (1-6 hours) - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering Content varies yearly. Topics may include a variety of Mechanical Engineering subjects selected for their relevance to current departmental research interest. Example courses: Experimental Stress Analysis, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Turbulent Flows, and Advanced Materials. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. |
| ME 7961 - Residency |
| ME 797V (1-6 hours) - Seminar Reports and discussions of advanced topics in Mechanical Engineering including invited guest speakers. |
| ME 798V (1-6 hours) - Research and Thesis Directed research on some problem in an approved area. Examination and written thesis required. Pass-fail basis only. Thesis for master's program only. |
| ME 799V (1-3 hours) - Independent Study Individual or group studies of advanced topics. Instruction and guidance is provided by faculty through individual or group appointment. Master's Degree students. |
| ME 998V (1-9 hours) - Research and Dissertation Original research at the Ph.D. level on some problem of interest and importance in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Prerequisite: Admission to the Ph.D. program. Pass-fail basis only. |
| ME 999V (1-6 hours) - Independent Study Individual or group studies of advanced topics. Instruction and guidance is provided by faculty through individual or group appointment. Ph.D. students. |
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