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1005  Computer Aided Design Laboratory (1) Prerequisite: Pre ME EN status.
   Meets with ME EN 1000 Laboratory. This course is required for students who have completed a transferable Engineering Design and Visualization course (equivalent to ME EN 1000), but have not used the Computer Aided Design software available in the department.

1300  Statics and Strength of Materials (4) Prerequisite: MATH 1210 Co-requisite: MATH 1220 and PHYCS 2210.
   Forces, moments, couples, and resultants; static equilibrium and statically equivalent force systems, center of gravity and center of pressure; free body method of analysis; friction; internal forces in members, concept of stress and strain; Hooke's law, application to problems in tension/compression, shear torsion, and bending.

2020  Particle Dynamics (2) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2010 or ME EN 1300.
   Kinematics and kinetics of particles, including: position, velocity, acceleration, moving frames of reference, Newton's laws, conservation of energy and momentum, impact. Meets with ME EN 2080 the first half of the semester.

2080  Dynamics (4) Prerequisite: ME EN 1300 and intermediate ME EN status. Co-requisite: MATH 2250.
   Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, including: position, velocity, acceleration, moving frames of reference, Newton's laws, conservation of energy and momentum, impact, and an introduction to vibrations.

2300  Thermodynamics I (2) Prerequisite: PHYS 2210 and MATH 1220.
   Meets with CH EN 2300. Thermodynamic properties, open and closed systems, equations of state, heat and work, first law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, Carnot cycle, introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.

2450  Numerical Techniques in Engineering (2) Prerequisite: CP SC 1000 and MATH 2250 and intermediate ME EN status. Co-requisite: MATH 2210.
   An introduction to numerical methods, including: order of convergence, error accumulation, root finding, solution of linear and nonlinear equations, numerical integration and differentiation, and solution of ordinary differential equations. Partial differential equations and their numerical solution will be discussed.

2650  Concurrent Engineering I: Manufacturing (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 1300 and MSE 2160 and intermediate ME EN status.
   Structure and properties of ferrous and nonferrous materials, casting, forging, welding, heat treating, machining, grinding, numerical control, robotics, economic analysis.

2655  Manufacturing Laboratory (1)
   Introduction to the mechanical engineering machine shop, with hands-on experience using traditional machine shop equipment.

2960  Foundations of Microsystems (1)
   This is a special topics class. Check with Undergraduate Advising Office each semester to obtain correct class number for enrollment. Optional Class-Not Required for Degree-Foundations of Microsystems will provide a "hands-on" introduction to the world of micro and nanosystems for target students in mechanical, electrical, chemical, bioengineering, and other areas. The course is a sequence of lectures and laboratory sessions that will allow beginning engineering students to understand the wealth of existing applications and future inventive possibilities made possible at the micrometer and nanometer scale.

3200  Mechatronics I: Modeling, Actuators, and Data Collection (4) Prerequisite: ECE 2200 and ME EN 2080 and 2655 and 2450 and CP SC 1000 and upper division ME EN status. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   This is the first of two mechatronics courses. Students must take the classes in direct sequence. Mechatronics I introduces dynamic system modeling, instrumentation, actuators, and computer--based data collection.

3210  Mechatronics II: Mechanical Components and Control Systems (4) Prerequisite: ME EN 3200 and upper division ME EN status. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   This is the second of the two mechatronics courses. Students must take the classes in direct sequence. Mechatronics II continues from Mechatronics I. Students will apply modeling, sensors, and actuators to feedback control systems. Microcontrollers are used to implement control systems in laboratory projects.

3300  Strength of Materials (4) Prerequisite: ME EN 1300 and MATH 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Shear and bending moment in beams, torsion of circular and noncircular sections, bending and shear stresses in beams, deflection of beams, statically indeterminate members and structures. Failure criteria, stress concentrations, column buckling. Laboratory in mechanical behavior of materials and stress analysis included.

3600  Thermodynamics II (3) Pre-requisite: Upper Division ME EN status and either ME EN or CH EN 2300.
   Analysis of applied thermodynamic systems, including: gas power cycles, vapor power cycles, combined power cycles, refrigeration cycles, air conditioning cycles, gas mixtures, air-water vapor mixtures, chemical reactions, combustion, and chemical and phase equilibrium.

3650  Heat Transfer (4) Prerequisite: ME EN 2450 and 3700 and either ME EN or CH EN 2300 and upper division ME EN status. Corequisite: MATH 3150.
   Basic mechanisms of heat transfer, law of conservation of energy, conduction, convection, radiation, heat transfer with change of phase, heat exchangers.

3700  Fluid Mechanics (4) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status and either ME EN or CH EN 2300.
   Hydrostatics, introduction to kinematics and dynamics of Newtonian fluids. Integral and differential formulations of the conservation of mass, momentum, and mechanical energy. Similitude and dimensional analysis. Laminar and turbulent pipe flow. Boundary Layers, drag and flow over external surfaces. Introduction to gas dynamics, speed of sound, normal shocks, converging-diverging nozzles, oblique shocks.

3900  Professionalism and Ethics Seminar (0.5) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   Guest lecturers, group projects, current engineering forum, student leadership, with a focus on professionalism and engineering ethics.

3910  Structured Engineering Design Methodology (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650, 2655 and 2450 and upper division ME EN status. Co-requisite: ME EN 3210 and 3300 and 3650.
   First course in the Design Sequence--ME 3910, 4000, 4010 or ME EN 3910, 4005, 4010. Lectures and group projects leading to the team project proposal: problem identification and definition team organization, background research, idea generation techniques, needs analysis, scheduling, and budgeting. Culminates in a formal written and oral presentation of the capstone project proposal.

4000  Engineering Design I: Conceptual Design and Prototype Testing (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650, 2655 and 3210 and 3300 and 3650 and 3910 and upper division ME EN status.
   Lectures on and team assignments leading to the completion of the detailed design phase including: concept generation and selection, detailed engineering design, application of machine elements, prototype testing, engineering analysis, DFX, parameter design, and preliminary economic analyses. Culminates in design review based on formal presentations of fully documented, detailed engineering drawings of proposed designs and alpha prototype demonstrations.

4005  Design of Complex Continuum Systems I (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650 and 3210 and 3300 and 3650 and 3910 and upper division ME EN status. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Lecture and group projects that apply new research advances in physical experimentation and computer simulation to the design of continuum systems.

4010  Engineering Design II: Final Product Design (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4000 and upper division ME EN status. Co-requisite: ME EN 4050. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Lectures on and team assignments leading to the construction, testing and optimization of proposed design including: engineering analysis and testing of beta prototypes, final parameter and tolerance design, and economic analysis of final product. Culminates in demonstration of final product and verification and documentation of how final product meets all customer needs.

4050  Concurrent Engineering II: Failure and Reliability Considerations in Design (2) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650, 2655 and 3300 and upper division ME EN status.
   Design and manufacturing of mechanical structures for fatigue resistance and reliability, failure mechanisms, and criteria, wear, corrosion, tribology.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on an Honors degree.

5000  Engineering Law and Contracts (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 5850. Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   Meets with CVEEN 6850. Designed to provide science and engineering students with a sufficient knowledge of law to enable them to recognize and deal with legal problems which may arise in the fields of science, engineering, or technical management. Topics covered include courts, trial procedures, evidence, contract law, engineering contracts, agency, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, product liability, employer/employee law, business law including corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, etc.

5010  Principles of Manufacturing Processes (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650 and upper division ME EN status.
   Application of fundamental theories in solid mechanics, heat transfer, chemistry and surface science in solving complex problems in material processes. Meets with ME EN 6010.

5020  Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650 and upper division ME EN status.
   Principles and elements of computer-aided manufacturing: including numerical control, computer-aided design, rapid prototyping, "Just-In-Time Manufacturing," and an introduction to "Intelligent Manufacturing." Meets with ME EN 6020.

5030  Reliability Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4050 and upper division ME EN status.
   Application of statistical concepts for interpretation of component and system failures, redundancy, maintainability, exponential failure laws, and failure prediction techniques. Meets with ME EN 6030.

5040  Quality Assurance Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4050 and upper division ME EN status.
   Acceptance sampling procedures, control charts for quality controls, military standards in controlling quality. Meets with ME EN 6040.

5050  Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes (3) Cross listed as ECE 5221.
   Meets with ME EN 6050, ECE 6221, BIOEN 6421, MSE 6421. Introduction to the principles of micromachining technologies. Topics include photolithography, silicon etching, thin film deposition and etching, electroplating, polymer micromachining, and bonding techniques. A weekly lab and a review of micromachining applications is included. Undergraduate students only.

5055  Microsystems Design and Characterization (3) Cross listed as MET E 5055, CH EN 5659, MSE 5055, ECE 5225. Prerequisite: ME EN 5050 and ECE 5211 or MSE 5211 and upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   Meets with ME EN 6055, BIOEN 6423, ECE 6225, MET E 6055, MSE 6055, CH EN 6659. Third in a 3-course series on Microsystems Engineering. This course generalizes microsystems design considerations with practical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization/physical analysis. Two lectures, one lab per week, plus 1/2 hour lab lecture. Must also register for ME EN 6056 (0-credit lab with fees).

5100  Ergonomics (3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status or instructor consent.
   Introduction to study of humans at work; disability and accident prevention, and productivity improvement. Human musculoskeletal system as a mechanical structure. Recognition, evaluation, and control of ergonomic stresses in occupational environment. Meets with ME EN 6100.

5110  Introduction to Industrial Safety (3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status or instructor consent.
   Introduction to modern hazard control. Objectives and operation of occupational safety and health program. Requirements of the OSHA Act. Recognition and control of physical hazards in work environment through safety engineering. Psychological and ergonomic aspects of worker safety and health. Meets with ME EN 6110.

5120  Human Factors in Engineering Design (3) Prerequisite: Upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   An introduction to the discipline of Human Factors Engineering. HFE is the science of designing for human use. Course will focus on information processing and the cognitive aspects of ergonomics design. Students will gain insight into effects of various environments (heat, cold, noise, information overload, etc.) on humans and human performance. Physical ergonomics (cumulative trauma disorders and biomechanics will be addressed briefly. These topics are covered in more depth in ME EN 6100 Ergonomics and ME EN 7100 Advanced Ergonomics. Meets with ME EN 6120.

5130  Design Implications for Human-Machine Systems (3) Prerequisite: Upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   Course addresses Human Factors Engineering aspects of design and implications on system performance. Various aspects of human interaction with systems, both simple (hand tools) and complex (piloting an aircraft) will be addressed. Course will emphasize human factors engineering principles and the often catastrophic results of poor design with respect to humans in the system. Physical ergonomics (cumulative trauma disorders and biomechanics) will be addressed briefly. These topics are covered in more depth in ME EN 6100 Ergonomics and ME EN 7100 Advanced Ergonomics. Meets with ME EN 6130.

5200  Advanced Modeling and Control (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3210 and upper division ME EN status.
   Students learn modeling in the frequency domain, time domain, and sampled data domain. The theory and application of techniques and tools used for the design of feedback control systems, including root locus, Bode, and Nyquist techniques are discussed for continuous and sampled systems. Meets with ME EN 6200.

5210  State Space Methods (3) Cross listed as CH EN 5203. Prerequisite: CH EN 4203 or ME EN 3210 or equivalent.
   Introduction to modeling of multivariable systems in state space form. System analysis including stability, observability and controllability. Control system design using pole placement, and linear quadratic regulator theory. Observer design. Meets with ME EN 6210 and CH EN 6203.

5220  Robotics (3) Cross listed as CS 5310. Recommended Prerequisite: CP SC 1000 and MATH 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Meets with CS 6310 and ME EN 6220. The mechanics of robots, comprising kinematics, dynamics, and trajectories. Planar, spherical, and spatial transformations and displacements. Representing orientation: Euler angles, angle-axis, and quaternions. Velocity and acceleration: the Jacobian and screw theory. Inverse kinematics: solvability and singularities. Trajectory planning: joint interpolation and Cartesian trajectories. Statics of serial chain mechanisms. Inertial parameters, Newton-Euler equations, D'Alembert's principle. Recursive forward and inverse dynamics.

5300  Advanced Strength of Materials (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Strength of materials approach to advanced problems in stress analysis of structural members, and prediction of their failure; advanced topics in beam bending; torsion of noncircular cross-sections, and thin-walled tubes; inelastic bending, and torsion; energy methods; elastic instability. Meets with ME EN 6300.

5400  Vibrations (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Free and forced vibrations of discrete linear systems with and without damping; Lagrange's equations and matrix methods for multiple-degree-of freedom systems; isolation of shock and vibrations; and applications. Meets with ME EN 6400.

5410  Intermediate Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Review of basic dynamics, transformation of coordinate systems, rotating coordinate systems, Lagrange methods, Euler's equations, and dynamics of machinery. Meets with ME EN 6410.

5500  Engineering Elasticity (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 3150 and upper division ME EN status.
   Practical, applied approach to elasticity; physical meaning of governing equations, and solutions of problems of practical importance; stresses, strains, and Hooke's law; equations of equilibrium, and compatibility; problems in plane stress and plane strain, torsion, and bending, and introduction to three-dimensional problems. Meets with ME EN 6500.

5510  Introduction to Finite Elements (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 1300 and MATH 2210 and MATH 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Practical approach to finite-element analysis of solid mechanics, diffusion, and fluid mechanics problems. Introduction to use of commercial finite element programs. Introduction to theoretical basis; simple elements, element stiffness, boundary conditions, and modeling considerations. Meets with ME EN 6510.

5520  Mechanics of Composite Materials (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 2210 and upper division ME EN status.
   Introduction to modern fiber composite materials; design and analysis for structural applications. Material types, and manufacturing techniques. Anisotropic stress-strain response, and implications for design. Lamination theory, and computer codes for lamination analysis. Strengths of laminates. Examples and projects for design of structural members of advanced composite materials. Meets with ME EN 6520.

5600  Intermediate Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: One of ME EN 3300, 3600 or CH EN 2853 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Thermodynamic probability, statistical mechanics for systems of independent particles, the partition function, macroscopic thermodynamic properties for gases and solids from basic particle behavior. Course content will include topics such as Maxwell's equations, biothermodynamics and applied thermodynamics. Meets with ME EN 6600.

5610  Modern Physics in Engineering (3) Prerequisite: One of ME EN 2300 or CH EN 2853 and MATH 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Application of modern-physics developments to engineering disciplines: quantum mechanics, nanotechnology, molecular mechanics, atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes, and other recent developments. Meets with ME EN 6610.

5620  Fundamentals of Microscale Engineering (3) Prerequisite: Graduate or upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   Introduction to microscale and nanoscale engineering. Topics include scaling laws, metrology methods, and mircofabrication technologies such as photolithography, sputtering, ion-beam etching, chemical vapor deposition, bulk micromachining, surface micromachining, LIGA, laser ablation, and micromilling. Microscale thermal fluid phenomena, such as slip flow, temperature jump, viscosity variation, surface tension effects and conduction in thin films, are introduced. MEMS and microfluidic applications, such as sensors, actuators, micrototal analysis systems, and electronic cooling are presented. Meets with ME EN 6620.

5700  Intermediate Fluid Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3700 and upper division ME EN status.
   Introduction to classical fluid mechanics. Derivation and development of the differential forms of mass, momentum and energy transport. Topics to be covered include: Laminar and turbulent boundary layers, dimension/scaling analysis, vorticity dynamics and an introduction to turbulence. Emphasis is placed on the physical interpretation of mathematical models and interpretation of experimental data in the context of the governing equations. Meets with ME EN 6700.

5710  Aerodynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and 3700 and upper division ME EN status.
   Flow around bodies, inviscid flow, airfoil theory, lift and drag for lifting bodies, compressible aerodynamics, boundary layers, aircraft preliminary design. Meets with ME EN 6710.

5720  Computational Fluid Dynamics (3) Cross listed as CH EN 5353. Prerequisite: One of ME EN 2450 or MATH 5600 or CH EN 2703 and one of ME EN 3700 or CH EN 3353.
   Survey of approaches including time accurate and steady-state methods, explicit and implicit techniques. Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, laminar and turbulent flow, compressible and incompressible approaches, projection methods, stability considerations, etc. Application of CFD to mixing, heat transfer and reaction. Meets with CH EN 6355 & ME EN 6720.

5800  Sustainable Energy Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600, 3650.
   Engineering of energy collection and production systems that satisfy long-term energy needs while minimizing damage to the earth's ecosystem. Conversion of chemical and nuclear fuels to produce work or electrical energy. Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, co-generation and direct energy conversion. Conservation, seasonal underground energy storage, and hydrogen production technologies.

5810  Thermal Systems Design (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3650 and upper division ME EN status.
   Design of steam-power plants, feed-water heater systems, pumping systems, compressor blades, turbine blades, and heat exchangers. Equation fitting and economic analysis as basis of design decisions. Optimization of thermal systems using Lagrange multipliers, search methods, dynamic programming, geometric programming, and linear programming. Probabilistic approaches to design. Meets with ME EN 6810.

5820  Thermal Environmental Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3650 and upper division ME EN status.
   Principles of design of systems for heating and cooling of buildings. Heat-load calculations, psychrometrics, thermodynamic systems, and solar-energy concepts. Meets with ME EN 6820.

5830  Aerospace Propulsion (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3700 and upper division ME EN status.
   Analysis and design of propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles: solid and liquid chemical rocket systems, nuclear rocket engines, electrical rocket engines, nozzle theory, jet engine component analysis, turboprop engines, turbojet engines, ramjet engines, and turbofan engines. Meets with ME EN 6830.

5910  Cooperative Education (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   On-the-job cooperative education experience.

5920  Design Project (1 to 3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4010 and upper division ME EN status.
   Group or individual engineering design projects.

5930  Undergraduate Thesis (3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   Contemporary engineering research problems.

5950  Independent Studies in Mechanical Engineering (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.

5960  Special Topics (1 to 4) Prerequisite: Upper division ME EN status.
   Contemporary problems in Mechanical Engineering.

6005  Exploration of Complex Continuum Phenomena I (3)
   Lecture and group projects that apply new research advances in physical experimentation and computer simulation to the engineering exploration of continuum systems.

6010  Principles of Manufacturing Processes (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650 and Graduate status.
   Application of fundamental theories in solid mechanics, heat transfer, chemistry and surface science in solving complex problems in material processes. Meets with ME EN 5010.

6015  Exploration of Complex Continuum Phenomena II (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 6005 and graduate standing.
   Lecture and research/development group projects of phenomena relevant to engineering applications through integrated application of state-of-the-art computational and laboratory tools.

6020  Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2650 and Graduate status.
   Principles and elements of computer-aided manufacturing: including numerical control, computer aided design, rapid prototyping, "Just-In-Time Manufacturing," and an introduction to "Intelligent Manufacturing." Meets with ME EN 5020.

6030  Reliability Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4050 and Graduate status.
   Application of statistical concepts for interpretation of component and system failures, redundancy, maintainability, exponential failure laws, and failure prediction techniques. Meets with ME EN 5030.

6040  Quality Assurance Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 4050 and Graduate status.
   Acceptance sampling procedures, control charts for quality controls, military standards in controlling quality. Meets with ME EN 5040.

6050  Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes (3) Prerequisite: Graduate Engineering status or instructor consent.
   Meets with ME EN 5050. Introduction to the principles of micromachining technologies. Topics include photolithography, silicon etching, thin film deposition and etching, electroplating, polymer micromachining, and bonding technologies. A weekly lab and a review of micromachining applications is included.

6050  Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes (3) Cross listed as MSE 6421, BIOEN 6421, ECE 6221.
   Meets with ECE 5221 and ME EN 5050. Introduction to the principles of micromachining technologies. Topics include photolithography, silicon etching, thin film deposition and etching, electroplating, polymer micromachining, and bonding techniques. A weekly lab and a review of micromachining applications is included. Graduate students only. Extra work required.

6055  Microsystems Design and Characterization (4) Cross listed as MET E 6055, BIOEN 6423, MSE 6055, ECE 6225, CH EN 6659. Prerequisite: Graduate status (or instructor approval); Microsystems or semiconductor lab.
   Meets with ME EN 5055, ECE 5225, MET E 5055, MSE 5055, CH EN 5659. Third in a 3-course series on Microsystems Engineering. This course generalizes microsystems design considerations with practical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization/physical analysis. Two lectures, one lab per week, plus 1/2 hour lab lecture. Must also register for ME EN 6056 (0-credit lab with fees). Graduate students only. Extra work required.

6100  Ergonomics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status or instructor consent.
   Introduction to study of humans at work; disability and accident prevention, and productivity improvement. Human musculoskeletal system as mechanical structure. Recognition, evaluation, and control of ergonomic stresses in occupational environment. Meets with ME EN 5100.

6110  Introduction to Industrial Safety (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status or instructor consent.
   Introduction to modern hazard control. Objectives and operation of occupational safety and health program. Requirements of the OSHA Act. Recognition and control of physical hazards in work environment through safety engineering. Psychological and ergonomic aspects of worker safety and health. Meets with ME EN 5110.

6120  Human Factors in Engineering Design (3) Prerequisite: Graduate or upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   An introduction to the discipline of Human Factors Engineering. HFE is the science of designing for human use. Course will focus on information processing and the cognitive aspects of ergonomics design. Students will gain insight into effects of various environments (heat, cold, noise, information overload, etc.) on humans and human performance. Physical ergonomics (cumulative trauma disorders and biomechanics will be addressed briefly. These topics are covered in more depth in ME EN 6100 Ergonomics and ME EN 7100 Advanced Ergonomics. Meets with ME EN 5120.

6130  Design Implications for Human-Machine Systems (3) Prerequisite: Graduate or upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   Course addresses Human Factors Engineering aspects of design and implications on system performance. Various aspects of human interaction with systems, both simple (hand tools) and complex (piloting an aircraft) will be addressed. Course will emphasize human factors engineering principles and the often catastrophic results of poor design with respect to humans in the system. Physical ergonomics (cumulative trauma disorders and biomechanics) will be addressed briefly. These topics are covered in more depth in ME EN 6100 Ergonomics and ME EN 7100 Advanced Ergonomics. Meets with ME EN 5130.

6200  Advanced Modeling and Control (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3210 and ME EN Graduate status.
   Students learn modeling in the frequency domain, time domain, and sampled data domain. The theory and application of techniques and tools used for the design of feedback control systems, including root locus, Bode and Nyquist techniques are discussed for continuous and sampled systems. Meets with ME EN 5200.

6210  State Space Methods (3) Cross listed as CH EN 6203. Prerequisite: CH EN 4203 or ME EN 3210 or equivalent.
   Introduction to modeling of multivariable systems in state space form. System analysis including stability, observability and controllability. Control system design using pole placement, and linear quadratic regulator theory. Observer design. Meets with ME EN 5210 and CH EN 5203.

6220  Robotics (3) Cross listed as CS 6310. Prerequisite: CP SC 1000 and MATH 2250 and Graduate Status.
   The mechanics of robots, comprising kinematics, dynamics, and trajectories. Planar, spherical, and spatial transformations and displacements. Representing orientation: Euler angles, angle-axis, and quaternions. Velocity and acceleration: the Jacobian and screw theory. Inverse kinematics: solvability and singularities. Trajectory planning: joint interpolation and Cartesian trajectories. Statics of serial chain mechanisms. Inertial parameters, Newton-Euler equations, D'Alembert's principle. Recursive forward and inverse dynamics. Meets with CP SC 5310 and ME EN 5220.

6300  Advanced Strength of Materials (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 2210 and MATH 2250 and Graduate status.
   Strength of materials approach to advanced problems in stress analysis of structural members, and prediction of their failure; advanced topics in beam bending; torsion of noncircular cross-sections, and thin-walled tubes; inelastic bending, and torsion; energy methods; elastic instability. Meets with ME EN 5300.

6400  Vibrations (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and Graduate status.
   Free and forced vibrations of discrete linear systems with and without damping; matrix methods for multiple-degree-of-freedom systems; isolation of shock and vibration; and applications. Meets with ME EN 5400.

6410  Intermediate Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and Graduate status.
   Review of basic dynamics, transformation of coordinate systems, rotating coordinate systems, Lagrange methods, Euler's equations, and dynamics of machinery. Meets with ME EN 5410.

6500  Engineering Elasticity (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 3150 and Graduate status.
   Practical, applied approach to elasticity; physical meaning of governing equations, and solutions of problems of practical importance; stresses, strains, and Hooke's law; equations of equilibrium, and compatibility; problems in plane stress and plane strain, torsion, and bending, and introduction to three-dimensional problems. Meets with ME EN 5500.

6510  Introduction to Finite Elements (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2150 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and Graduate status.
   Practical approach to finite-element analysis of solid mechanics, diffusion, and fluid mechanics problems. Introduction to use of commercial finite element programs. Introduction to theoretical basis; simple elements, element stiffness, boundary conditions, and modeling considerations. Meets with ME EN 5510.

6520  Mechanics of Composite Materials (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 2210 and Graduate status.
   Introduction to modern fiber composite materials; design and analysis for structural applications. Material types, and manufacturing techniques. Anisotropic stress-strain response, and implications for design. Lamination theory, and computer codes for lamination analysis. Strengths of laminates. Examples and projects for design of structural members of advanced composite materials. Meets with ME EN 5520.

6600  Intermediate Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: One of ME EN 3300, 3600 or CH EN 2853 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and upper division ME EN status.
   Thermodynamic probability, statistical mechanics for systems of independent particles, the partition function, macroscopic thermodynamic properties for gases and solids from basic particle behavior. Course content will include topics such as Maxwell's equations, biothermodynamics and applied thermodynamics. Meets with ME EN 5600.

6610  Modern Physics in Engineering (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2250, ME EN or CH EN 2300, and graduate status.
   Application of modern physics developments to engineering disciplines: quantum mechanics, nanotechnology, molecular mechanics, atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes, and other recent developments. Meets with ME EN 5610.

6620  Fundamentals of Microscale Engineering (3) Prerequisite: Graduate or upper division undergraduate status in Engineering.
   Introduction to microscale and nanoscale engineering. Topics include scaling laws, metrology methods, and mircofabrication technologies such as photolithography, sputtering, ion-beam etching, chemical vapor deposition, bulk micromachining, surface micromachining, LIGA, laser ablation, and micromilling. Microscale thermal fluid phenomena, such as slip flow, temperature jump, viscosity variation, surface tension effects and conduction in thin films, are introduced. MEMS and microfluidic applications, such as sensors, actuators, micrototal analysis systems, electronic cooling are presented. Meets with ME EN 5620.

6700  Intermediate Fluid Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3700 and Graduate status.
   Introduction to classical fluid mechanics. Derivation and development of the differential forms of mass, momentum and energy transport. Topics to be covered include: Laminar and turbulent boundary layers, dimension/scaling analysis, vorticity dynamics and an introduction to turbulence. Emphasis is placed on the physical interpretation of mathematical models and interpretation of experimental data in the context of the governing equations. Meets with ME EN 5700.

6710  Aerodynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 2080 and 3700 and Graduate status.
   Flow around bodies, inviscid flow, airfoil theory, lift and drag for lifting bodies, compressible aerodynamics, boundary layers, aircraft preliminary design. Meets with ME EN 5710.

6720  Computational Fluid Dynamics (3) Cross listed as CH EN 6355. Prerequisite: (ME EN 2450 and 3700) or (CH EN 2703 and 3353) and graduate status or instructor consent.
   Survey of approaches including time accurate and steady-state methods, explicit and implicit techniques. Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, laminar and turbulent flow, compressible and incompressible approaches, projection methods, stability considerations, etc. Application of CFD to mixing, heat transfer and reaction. Meets with CH EN 5353 & ME EN 5720.

6800  Sustainable Energy Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600, 3650.
   Engineering of energy collection and production systems that satisfy long-term energy needs while minimizing damage to the earth's ecosystem. Conversion of chemical and nuclear fuels to produce work or electrical energy. Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, co-generation and direct energy conversion. Conservation, seasonal underground energy storage, and hydrogen production technologies.

6810  Thermal System Design (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3650 and Graduate status.
   Design of steam-power plants, feed-water heater systems, pumping systems, compressor blades, turbine blades, and heat exchangers. Equation fitting and economic analysis as basis of design decisions. Optimization of thermal systems using Lagrange multipliers, search methods, dynamic programming, geometric programming, and linear programming. Probabilistic approaches to design. Meets with ME EN 5810.

6820  Thermal Environmental Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3650 and Graduate status.
   Principles of design of systems for heating and cooling of buildings. Heat-load calculations, psychrometrics, thermodynamic systems, and solar-energy concepts. Meets with ME EN 5820.

6830  Aerospace Propulsion (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and 3700 and Graduate status.
   Analysis and design of propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles: solid and liquid chemical rocket systems, nuclear rocket engines, electrical rocket engines, nozzle theory, jet engine component analysis, turboprop engines, turbojet engines, ramjet engines, and turbofan engines. Meets with ME EN 5830.

6950  Independent Study (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6955  Master of Engineering Project (1 to 4) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6960  Special Topics (1 to 4) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Contemporary problems in Mechanical Engineering.

6975  Research and Thesis: Master of Science (1 to 12) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.

6980  Faculty Consultation: Master of Science (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.

7000  Optimal Design (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Explores optimization theory and practice as it applies to engineering design. Topics include monotonicity analysis, numerical methods in continuous design spaces and techniques for discrete optimization. Students will learn these areas through analytical and computer-based assignments and design exercises.

7010  Computer-Aided Engineering (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Explores technology behind current topics in computer-aided engineering. Topics have included: network-based computer-aided design, expert systems, constraint propagation, pattern recognition, etc. This is NOT a course in learning how to use any commercial CAD program, but rather a course in learning the basis for developing new tools. Students learn these topics through extensive programming projects.

7040  Advanced Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 5020 or 6020 and Graduate status.
   Advanced topics in computer-aided manufacturing. Applications of computers to planning and control of manufacturing systems.

7060  Fatigue and Creep Considerations in Design (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Failure modes of fatigue and creep, statistics, and probabilistic modeling. Design of metals, alloys, polymers, ceramics, and composites; mechanical and structural component analysis using safe-life, fail-safe, damage-tolerant, and residual-life concepts. Design methods.

7070  Tribology and Corrosion Considerations in Design (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.
   Tribology and corrosion considerations for improved mechanical/structural design; surface topography, friction of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites; wear and abrasion; kinetics of corrosion processes and design considerations.

7100  Advanced Erogonomics: Occupational Biomechanics (3) Prerequisite: Instructor consent or ME EN Graduate status. Recommended Prerequisite: ME EN 2150 and 2080 and one of 5100 or 6100.
   Application of engineering statics and dynamics in determining biomechanical stresses on humans in the work environment; anthropometric measurement methodologies; determination of physiological stresses during work.

7105  Advanced Erogonomics: Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory (1) Prerequisite: Instructor consent or ME EN Graduate status. Recommended Prerequisite: ME EN 2150 and 2080 and one of 5100 or 6100.
   Empirical evaluation of biomechanical and physiological stresses on humans in the work environment.

7110  System Safety (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status or instructor consent. Recommended Prerequisite: ME EN 5110 or 6110.
   Systems safety techniques for accident prevention and for quantification of hazards inherent in machines and person/machine systems. Preliminary hazard analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, fault tree analysis.

7120  Musculoskeletal Functional Anatomy for Engineers (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   This course is intended to familiarize mechanical engineers and bioengineers with the structure and function of the human musculoskeletal system. Lectures are followed by laboratory cadaver dissection dealing with the specific musculoskeletal structure discussed in the lecture. Topics include functional anatomy of the anterior abdominal wall, hip/upper leg, hand/wrist/elbow, shoulder/arm, ankle/foot, back, and knee. The class will also include general biomechanical modeling of some joints. Special emphasis will be placed on ergonomic concerns, particularly to the distal upper extremity, shoulder, and low back. Meets with BIOEN 6230.

7200  Nonlinear Controls (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 6210 or 5210 and ME EN Graduate status.
   The modeling, analysis, and control of nonlinear systems is discussed.

7210  Optimal Controls (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 6210 or 5210 and ME EN Graduate status.
   Optimization of systems using variational calculus and simulation techniques are discussed.

7220  Advanced Control Design (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 6210 or 5210 and ME EN Graduate status.
   Current topics in the area of control design are discussed. The subject areas depend on the interest of the instructor and students.

7230  Advanced Robotics (3) Cross listed as CS 7310. Prerequisite: ME EN 6310 and either ME EN 6220 or 5220.
   Covers the kinematics, dynamics, and control of robotic manipulators. Projects that involve controlling robots will be an integral part of the course.

7400  Advanced Dynamics, Vibrations, and Wave Propagation (3) Prerequisite: One of ME EN 5400 or 6400 and one of 5410 or 6410 and Graduate status.
   Lagrange methods and Euler's equations, Hamilton's principle. Free and forced vibration of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems. Free and forced vibration of strings, beams and membranes. Traveling and standing waves, reflection, and generation of waves.

7500  Engineering Material Science: Fatigue and Creep (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and Graduate status.
   Mechanical properties of materials relating mechanical behavior and atomic phenomena; topics in elasticity, plasticity, fatigue, and fracture in metals, glasses, polymers, and elastomers. Special problems in thermal, electrical, corrosive, and other material properties relevant to engineering design. Topics in fatigue and creep considerations in engineering materials.

7510  Continuum Mechanics: Inelastic Behavior of Solids (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3300 and MATH 3150 and one of ME EN 5500 or 6500 and Graduate status.
   Introduction to Cartesian tensors, state of stress, kinematics of deformation. General principles of mechanics. Constitutive equations of elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluid mechanics.

7520  Theory of Elasticity (3) Prerequisite: Either ME EN 5500 or 6500 or 7510, and Graduate status.
   Advanced solution techniques to boundary-value problems in two and three-dimensional elasticity; applications to problems of practical importance.

7530  Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: One of ME EN 5500 or 6500 or 7520, Graduate status.
   Theory and application of fracture mechanics to design against catastrophic failures in structures. Mechanisms of fracture, stress-intensity factors, elastic and elastoplastic design criteria, fracture toughness, crack propagation, and fatigue; fracture-control plans.

7540  Advanced Finite Elements (3) Prerequisite: Either ME EN 5510 or 6510, and Graduate status.
   Applications to problems from solid, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, and advanced elements. Consideration of nonlinear and time-dependent problems.

7550  Theory of Plates and Shells (3) Prerequisite: Either ME EN 5500 or 6500, and Graduate status.
   Basics equations of linear thin-plate and shell theory; solutions for plates of specific geometry. Membrane theory for shells of revolution. Shell ending theory, analysis of stresses and deformations.

7600  Advanced Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3600 and MATH 2210 and 2250 and Graduate status.
   Equilibrium thermodynamics, availability analysis, equations of state, thermodynamic property relations, mixtures, multiphase-multicomponent systems, combustion reactions and availability and statistical thermodynamics.

7610  Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 7600 and Graduate status.
   Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, conservation laws, and balance equations; second law of thermodynamics and entropy balance; irreversible thermodynamics; review of stability theory; nonequilibrium thermodynamics and hydrodynamic stability; applications to thermodynamic and hydrodynamic processes.

7650  Advanced Conduction Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3650 and Graduate status.
   Fourier's law of conduction, heat diffusion equations, analytical and numerical solutions of multiple-dimensional, steady- and unsteady-conduction heat transfer, and approximate solutions of heat conduction problems.

7660  Advanced Convection Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3650 and Graduate status.
   Analytical derivation of laws governing forced convection heat transfer. Laminar tube flows, laminar boundary layer flows, turbulent tube flows, turbulent boundary layers. Principal of superposition, and arbitrarily specified temperature and heat flux boundary conditions. Analytic integral boundary layer solutions. Numerical and analytic differential equation solutions. Natural and mixed convection. Variable properties. High-speed flows.

7670  Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 3650 and Graduate status.
   Fundamentals of thermal radiation, radiative properties of solids and gases, radiation exchange between surfaces, gas radiation, combined modes of heat transfer.

7700  Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: ME EN 6700 and Graduate status.
   Kinematics of flow, stress, strain rate, and vorticity. Derivation of the governing differential equations. Introduction to potential flows. Exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations, creeping flow, laminar boundary layers. Introduction to hydrodynamic instability.

7710  Environmental Fluid Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: Graduate status and ME EN 6700 or Instructor Permission.
   Introduction to environmental fluid mechanics focusing primarily on micro meteorological processes occurring in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Covers: surface energy budget, basic thermodynamics relationships, basic equations of motion & energy, including important simplifications relating to rotation & atmospheric stability turbulence in the ADL (including basic statistics and spectral analysis(, ABL similarity theory and dispersion processes. Projects involve utilizing real atmospheric boundary layer data sets.

7720  Turbulent Flows and Mixing (3) Prerequisite: Graduate level fluid mechanics or instructor permission.
   Course covers basic theory and description of turbulent flows and turbulent mixing processes: Statistical analysis, scaling analysis, and equilibrium range theories. Course covers modeling of turbulent flows, including k-e and Reynolds stress modeling, a variety of stochastic models for turbulent scalar mixing, and large eddy simulation. Physically based descriptions of turbulent flows from both experimental observation and direct numerical simulation are included. Offered even numbered years.

7800  Advanced Energy Systems (3) Prerequisite: ME EN or CH EN 2300 and Graduate status.
   Introduction to advanced energy systems utilizing chemical and nuclear fuels and solar based energy. Assessment of thermodynamic, chemical, and physical factors.

7960  Special Topics (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Contemporary problems in Mechanical Engineering.

7970  Ph.D. Dissertation (1 to 12) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.

7980  Faculty Consultation: Doctoral (3) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.

7990  Continuing Registration: Doctoral (0) Prerequisite: ME EN Graduate status.
   Continuing registration for Ph.D. students.