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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 312 or 414. Basic principles of design, operation and performance of propulsion systems - including turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, and ramjet engines. Introduction to chemical rockets, ion and plasma thrusters.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 332. Analysis of aircraft and space vehicle structural components. Effects of bending, torsion and shear on typical aerospace structural components, statically indeterminate beams, shear center and shear flow. Introduction to typical aerospace structures. Introduction to composite structures.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 436, ECE 461 or equivalent. Computer-aided analysis and design of practical control systems. Introduction to state-space, digital signal processing and digital control. Laboratory sessions on aliasing, analog control, system identification, and real-time control.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 307 and PHYS 232N. Introduction to spacecraft systems starting from mission design and space environment considerations and proceeding through propulsion, attitude control, spacecraft structural design, thermal control, power and communications for spacecraft. (cross-listed with ME 407/507)
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 205 and MATH 307. Basic mechanics governing vehicle dynamic performance. Analytical methods in vehicle dynamics. Laboratory consists of various vehicle dynamics tests on model vehicles and full-size racecars. (cross-listed with ME 407/507)
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: AE 407/507 and 457/557. On-track performance of typical racecars (Legends and Baby Grand) to demonstrate and evaluate the interplay between vehicle aerodynamics, suspension system geometry adjustments, tire selection and operating pressure on overall racecar performance and handling. Laboratory testing via on-board instrumentation during skid pad and road course evaluation; computer simulation to investigate various car set-ups.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 311. Introduction to applied statistics for engineers and experimenters. Descriptive statistics for data analysis, introduction to probability, frequency distributions and sampling. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals of one and two sample problems. ANOVA, one-factor experimental designs, fixed and random effects, multiple comparisons, correlation and regression analysis, control charts. Application to aerospace testing.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites ME 312, 315 or MET 300, 350. A study of the fundamental principles and performance characteristics of spark ignition and diesel internal combustion engines. Overview of engine types and their operation, engine design and operating parameters; ideal and semi-empirical models of engine cycles; combustion, fluid flow and thermal considerations in engine design and performance. Laboratory evaluation of engine performance using flow and dynamometer systems. (cross-listed with MET 480)
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours, lab 4 hours, 4 credits. This course is intended for biology and engineering students interested in learning the basics of micro/nanofluidic technology and its application to problems in biology research. Students will learn fundamentals of DNA manipulation, including polymerase chain reasction, and will then learn how to fabricate "lab-on-a-chip" devices to perform these techniques. Cross-listed with BIOL 483.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Special topics of interest with emphasis placed on recent developments in aerospace engineering or engineering mechanics.
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