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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 202. This course is designed to provide students with a clear understanding of the theory and applica - tions of dynamics. The course depicts realistic situations encountered in engineer - ing practice. Students will learn how to apply Newton Second Law of Motion to study the effects caused by an unbalanced force acting on a particle; use the principle of work and energy to solve problems involving forces, displacements, and velocities; determine the power and efficiency of machines; solve problems involving impact of bodies; and analyze problems involving the planar kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies. A project of a typical dynamics problem is required. The methods of assessing students include homework assignments, quizzes, examinations, projects, and a final exam. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ENGR 105 or equivalent, and ENGR 208 or EE 205. This introductory and hands-on experience course is offered to all students who have some knowledge or experience in programming. Concept of event driven programming is introduced during class lectures while its applications to data collection and analysis are demonstrated during laboratory sessions. Students will learn how to use Object Oriented programming capabilities of Microsoft Visual BASIC to develop true 32-bit applications for data acquisition and control, which can run under Microsoft Windows 32-bit platforms. Practical application exercises related to data acquisition and control, database management and analysis will be selected from the fields of engineering. There will be one 75-minute laboratory exercise every week where students will practice designing user interfaces, debugging codes, and running programs and interfacing transducers to PC. Computer projects will be assigned. The method of assessing student learning will include computer assignments, performance during laboratory sessions, and quizzes. One class hour and 1.5 laboratory hours. 2 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 202/ME 106 or ENGR 206. Corequisite MATH 235. This introductory course is offered to both mechanical engineering majors and nonmajors and is designed to increase the students' awareness of the static behavior of deformable bodies and to provide them with the necessary background to take advanced courses in solid mechanics. Students will determine pertinent mechanical properties of materials from stress-strain diagrams; analyze statically indeterminate members; analyze the effect of temperature change in members; determine the state of stress and strain at a point resulting from uniaxial, biaxial, and triaxial loading; determine stresses and displacements in axially, flexurally, and torsionally loaded members; determine the stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels; determine the principal stresses, the maximum in-plane shear stresses, and the absolute maximum shear stress in members subjected to combined loadings; and determine the critical stress in ideal columns subjected to various types of supports. An individual written report analyzing an aspect of mechanics of materials and a group project involving design, building, and testing are required. The methods of assessing students include homework assignments, quizzes, examinations, projects, and a final exam. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CHEM 105; MATH 235. This introductory course is offered to both mechanical engineering majors and nonmajors and is intended to familiarize students with the fundamental concept of the first and second law of thermodynamics. Students will learn how to determine the thermodynamic properties of real and ideal substances by using thermodynamic property tables and mathematical relationships. The concepts of energy, heat, work, entropy, reversible, and irreversible processes are introduced and applied to real engineering systems and thermodynamic cycles. Students are expected to use software packages to perform the assigned computer projects. Quizzes, homework assignments, a midterm, and a final exam will be used to assess a student's performance. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 303. This intermediate course is offered to mechanical engineering majors and nonmajors and is designed to teach thermodynamic analysis of various power and refrigeration cycles. The first and second law analyses of the Carnot, Rankine, Otto, Diesel, Brayton, Sterling, and Ericsson cycles will be studied. Reheating and regeneration concepts will be discussed and applied to the Rankine cycle. Maxwell relations are used to establish relationships among thermodynamic properties. Students learn how to analyze nonreactive ideal gases such as the air-water vapor mixture. Each student is expected to work on an independent design project dealing with power or refrigeration systems and submit a final written report. The method of assessing students includes homework assignments, quizzes, exams, computer projects, and a design project. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CHEM 105; PHYS 134. This course introduces the fundamental concepts of material science and engineering. Students are provided with information concerning the interrelationship between the microstructure of a material, its properties, and its processing. The analysis of mechanical properties, the manufacturing process, the material specifications for a selected application or component, and the advantages and limitations of the selected material are presented. Major topics include: material selection, crystallographic structure, diffusion, solidification, phase diagrams, microstructure, and mechanical properties of different classes of materials. The course is presented in a series of classroom lectures, selected videos, case studies, and independent investigations. A project and a technical poster presentation are required. The methods of assessing students include quizzes, exams, homework assignments, and applications of principles to case studies. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 203 and ME 205. Mechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanism, electronics, computer control, and information technology to achieve a functional system. This course centers around the modeling and analysis of the basic hardware and software components of PC-based data acquisition and control, and electro-mechanical systems including sensors, actuators, signal processing, microcontrollers, mechanisms, and PID motion controls. Hands-on experience of the applications and programming of simple mechatronic systems is provided. The method of assessing students includes quizzes, homework assignments, exams, and laboratory reports. 3 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 203; ME 208; ME 205 or concurrently; and ENGR 212 or concurrently; or permission of the ME laboratory coordinator. This course is the first in a threecourse sequence designed to give students hands-on experience in the use of laboratory instruments and in the collection and interpretation of data. Experimental methodology and communication of experimental results are stressed throughout the course. The course also serves to enhance the technical writing skills of the student. A student works in a team to perform laboratory experiments in dynamics, mechanics of materials, measurement techniques, data acquisition, and manufacturing. A written report or technical memorandum is submitted either by each student or by the group. The assessment is based upon the quality of both the writing and engineering content of the written reports. One class hour, one threehour lab. 2 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 303; ME 313; ME 316 or concurrently, or permission of the ME laboratory coordinator. This course, the second in a three-course sequence, builds on the skills developed in ME 313. Experimental methodology and communication of experimental results are also stressed throughout this course. A student works with other team members to perform laboratory experiments in materials science, mechanics of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, data acquisition, and manufacturing. A written report or technical memorandum is submitted either by each student or by the group. Additionally, each student works on an interdisciplinary semester-long team design project under the supervision of faculty project advisors. Periodic written progress reports and a final written report are submitted, and, a final oral report is presented before an assembly of faculty and students. The assessment is based upon the quality of both the writing and engineering content of the written reports. One class hour, one three hour lab. 2 cr.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: ME 203; ME 303 or permission of instructor. This introductory course is offered to both mechanical engineering majors and non-majors and is designed to provide students with the background and tools required to develop a physical feel for the phenomenon of fluid motion, to develop practical methodologies for the solution of engineering flow problems encountered in Modern technology, and to prepare students to enter professional practice. Students become familiar with pressure measurement; determine hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces; develop and use the continuity, momentum, and energy equations; understand dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude; analyze flow in closed conduits; calculate the drag force on various two and three-dimensional bodies; and understand boundary layer theory, model testing, and fluid measurement techniques. A team design project involving a typical fluid dynamics team design problem is required. The methods of assessing students include homework assignments, quizzes, examinations, projects, and a final exam. 3 cr.
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