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ME 270: Design for Manufacturability Introduction to DFM methodologies and tools; material selection (new and traditional materials); designing for primary manufacturing processes (cutting fundamentals, casting, forming, and shaping); designing with plastics (snap-fits, integral hinges, etc.); design for assembly (DFA); geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Same as TAM 270. Prerequisite: ME 170. ME and EM majors only.
ME 290: Seminar Lectures by faculty and invited authorities, concerning the ethics and practices of mechanical engineering/engineering mechanics, as well as its relationship to other fields of engineering, to economics, and to society. Offered fall term only. Approved for S/U grading only.
ME 297: Introductory Independent Study Independent study and/or individual projects related to mechanical engineering. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credit hours for letter grade; no limit for S/U grade mode. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
ME 310: Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics Fundamentals of fluid mechanics with coverage of theory and applications of incompressible viscous and inviscid flows, and compressible high speed flows. Credit is not given for both ME 310 and either TAM 335 or CEE 331. Prerequisite: MATH 285 OR MATH 286 OR MATH 441; credit or concurrent registration in ME 200.
ME 320: Heat Transfer Principles and application of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and thermal radiation. Prerequisite: ME 200; ME 310 or TAM 335; MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441.
ME 330: Engineering Materials Structures of polymers, metals, and ceramics as the basis for their mechanical behavior. Manipulation of structure through such processes as heat treatment and solidification. Mechanisms of material failure in service (yielding, fracture, fatigue, creep, corrosion, and wear) and simple design techniques to avoid these failures. Strategies for materials selection in design. Credit is not given for both ME 330 and either CEE 300 or MSE 280. Prerequisite: CHEM 102 and TAM 251.
ME 340: Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Dynamic modeling of mechanical components and systems; time-domain and frequency-domain analyses of linear time-invariant systems; multi-degree-of-freedom systems; linearization of nonlinear systems. Credit is not given toward graduation for ME 340 and either SE 320 or AE 353. Prerequisite: MATH 285 or MATH 286 or MATH 441; TAM 212; credit or concurrent registration in MATH 257 or MATH 415; credit or concurrent registration in ECE 205.
ME 360: Signal Processing Basic electromechanical techniques used in modern instrumentation and control systems. Use of transducers and actuators. Signal conditioning, grounding, and shielding. Analog and digital signal processing and feedback control methods with emphasis on frequency domain techniques. Frequency response of continuous and discrete systems. Credit is not given for both ME 360 and ABE 425. Prerequisite: ME 340.
ME 370: Mechanical Design I Kinematics and dynamics of machinery, including introduction to user-centered design and design thinking, analytical and computer-aided design of kinematics, dynamic force analysis, principle of virtual work, cam and gear design, and balancing. Project-based learning of multi-mechanism system design, analysis, fabrication, and evaluation. Prerequisite: ME 270, TAM 212, and TAM 251.
ME 371: Mechanical Design II Design and analysis of machinery for load-bearing and power transmission. Consideration of material failure modes, including yielding, fracture, and fatigue. Design and selection of machine elements: threaded fasteners, springs, rolling-element bearings, fluid film lubrication, gears and friction drives. Prerequisite: ME 330 OR CEE 300; ME 370.
ME 401: Refrigeration and Cryogenics Theory of operation and design of equipment for production of low temperatures, from below ambient to near absolute zero; industrial, consumer, aerospace, medical, and research applications. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in ME 320.
ME 403: Internal Combustion Engines Theory and analysis of reciprocating internal-combustion engines; fuels, carburetion, combustion, exhaust emissions, detonation, fuel injection, and factors affecting performance; laboratory work on variables that affect performance. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in ME 400 or ABE 466.
ME 410: Intermediate Gas Dynamics Solution of internal compressible-flow problems by one-dimensional techniques, both steady and unsteady; flows with smooth and abrupt area change, with friction, with heat addition, and with mass addition; flows with weak and strong waves, multiple confined streams, and shock waves. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 200; ME 310, TAM 335 or AE 311.
ME 411: Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer Same as AE 412. See AE 412.
ME 420: Intermediate Heat Transfer Conduction heat transfer, radiation heat transfer, mass transfer, phase change, heat exchangers; numerical methods. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 310 OR TAM 335; ME 320.
ME 430: Failure of Engrg Materials Material anisotropy and elasto-plastic properties at the crystal level; microstructural basis for fatigue, fracture, and creep in metals, polymers, and ceramics; failure mechanisms and toughening in composites; structure and behavior of metal-matrix composites, ceramic-matrix composites, and polymer composites. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 330 OR TAM 324.
ME 445: Introduction to Robotics Same as AE 482 and ECE 470. See ECE 470.
ME 451: Computer-Aided Mfg Systems The application of computer technology and operations research to manufacturing systems. Use of microprocessors for direct numeric control of machine tools, adaptive control and optimization, and integrated manufacturing systems. Applications of industrial robots. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 270.
ME 453: Data Science in Manufacturing Quality Control Manufacturing quality management in the big data era; quality improvement philosophies; statistical modeling of process quality; inferences about quality; statistical process control; control charts; machine learning and applications in quality engineering; quality classification/prediction with machine learning; design and implementation of quality monitoring systems based on supervised learning; measurement system analysis (gage R&R study); design of experiments. 3 or 4 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 270; either IE 300 or STAT 400; either MATH 257 or MATH 415.
ME 458: Additive Manufacturing and Product Design Additive manufacturing fundamentals, how and why to design products using additive manufacturing, theory, and practice of product innovation, modern product design. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 371 or consent of instructor. Senior or graduate standing, or instructor permission.
ME 461: Computer Cntrl of Mech Systems Microcomputer control of thermal and mechanical systems: sensors and transducers, signal transmission and conversion, and regulator actuation. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 360 or ABE 425.
ME 462: Advanced Computer Control Computer-based design of modern real-time controllers through progression from basic theory to advanced control algorithms proven successful in applications. Both discrete and continuous time formats are employed and linked through sampled-data concepts. The course has 8 2-hour labs providing exposure to 1) controller enhancement through AI and machine learning, 2) the related MATLAB toolboxes, 3) controller implementation on modern computing platforms (GPUs and FPGAs), and 4) applications in aerospace, power generation, manufacturing, and other areas. The lecture focus will be on clear control problem statement, analytical expressions of the control laws solving the problem, and applicability limitations. The corresponding MATLAB-based controller design tools and applications will be provided in the labs. Rigorous mathematical proofs will be given in the lectures for only a few key results. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ME 360.
ME 470: Senior Design Project Solution of a real-world design problem: development, evaluation, and recommendation of alternative solutions subject to realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economics, environment, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health and safety, society, and politics. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in no more than two required ME courses; completion of all required courses for ME students. Concurrent enrollment in no more than two required TAM courses; completion of all required courses for EM students. Departmental approval required. Restricted to students in the Mechanical Sci & Engineering department. Restricted to students with Senior class standing.
ME 471: Finite Element Analysis The finite element method and its application to engineering problems: truss and frame structures, heat conduction, and linear elasticity; use of application software; overview of advanced topics such as structural dynamics, fluid flow, and nonlinear structural analysis. Same as AE 420 and CSE 451. 3 or 4 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both ME 471 and CEE 470. Prerequisite: CS 101 and ME 371 or TAM 470. Alternatively, AE 370 for AE students.
ME 482: Musculoskel Tissue Mechanics Composition-structure-function relationships for musculoskeletal tissues, including bone, tendon, ligament, cartilage, and muscle; hierarchical structure of tissues from the macro- to nano-scales; relation of composition to mechanical properties of health and diseased tissue; experimental methods used to obtain mechanical properties. Same as BIOE 482. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: TAM 251.
ME 487: MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication Physical and chemical theory, design, and hands-on fabrication of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS); cleanroom fabrication theory, including general cleanroom safety, lithography, additive and subtractive processes, bulk and surface micromachining, deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), lithographic Galvanoformung Abformung (LIGA), packaging, scaling, actuators, and micro-nanofluids; fabrication of two take-home devices, such as piezoresistive sensors and microfluidic logic chips, that demonstrate advanced fabrication processing. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 212.
ME 496: Honors Project Special project or reading course for James Scholars in engineering. 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
ME 497: Independent Study Independent study of advanced problems related to mechanical engineering. 1 to 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours, as topics vary. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. Students with Junior or Senior standing.
ME 498: Special Topics Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in mechanical engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 9 hours.
ME 504: Multiphase Systems & Processes Dynamics and thermodynamics of multiphase and multicomponent systems with special relevance to air-pollution control and energy conversion; relaxation phenomena; general motion of systems of disparate elemental masses; diffusion in gravitational and electric fields, and boundary-layer motion with mass transport; dispersion and collection of particulate matter; transport with surface reactions. Prerequisite: ME 404.
ME 522: Thermal Radiation Fundamentals of radiant-energy transport in absorbing and nonabsorbing media; pyrometry; applications to selected problems involving combined energy-transport mechanisms. Prerequisite: ME 420.
ME 523: Nanoscale Energy Transport An advanced treatment of diverse transport phenomena at the nanometer scale involving solids, liquids and gases emphasizing common features in transport by molecules, electrons, phonons, photons, and other quasi-particles of interest, oriented toward applied research in the areas of nanoscale heat transfer and nanoscale energy conversion. Topics include intermolecular forces at surfaces and in the bulk, momentum and species transport in microfluidics, linear response theory, free molecular flow in gases, electron and phonon transport in crystals, Boltzmann equation and its moments, ballistic and diffusive transport, thermoelectric energy conversion, interfacial transport, energy transport in nanostructures and radiative transport in the near-field. Approved for letter and S/U grading.
ME 530: Fatigue Analysis Fatigue analysis methods for the design of structures and components: stress-life, strain-life, and crack-propagation approaches; multiaxial and high-temperature fatigue; interrelationship among material properties, geometry, and design methodology appropriate for a wide range of mechanical engineering components. Prerequisite: ME 430.
ME 540: Control System Theory & Design Same as ECE 515. See ECE 515.
ME 543: Applied Control System Design & Analysis Covers advanced design and analysis of control systems by state-space methods: classical control review, Laplace transforms, review of linear algebra (vector space, change of basis, diagonal and Jordan forms), linear dynamic systems (modes, stability, controllability, state feedback, observability, observers, canonical forms, output feedback, separation principle and decoupling), nonlinear dynamic systems (stability, Lyapunov methods). Frequency domain analysis of multivariable control systems. State space control system design methods: state feedback, observer feedback, pole placement, linear optimal control. Design exercises with CAD (computer-aided design) packages for engineering problems. Key to the course are the applied/real-world examples and CAD homework problems used to teach and reinforce the learnings of the material. Aerospace control system pose some of the most difficult and challenging control system design problems. In addition to designing feedback control system gains, the course teaches filtering techniques needed in real-world implementation of flight controls systems. 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Credit will not given for both ME 543 and ECE 515/ME 540. Prerequisite: MATH 257 or MATH 415 or equivalent; ME 340, TAM 412 or equivalent.
ME 562: Robust Adaptive Control Mathematical foundation for synthesis and analysis of adaptive control systems: Lyapunov stability theory; methods of direct and indirect model reference adaptive control; recent methods, such as L1 adaptive control, that enable adaptive control with desired transient and steady-stage performance specifications. Prerequisite: Any of ECE 486, ECE 515, ECE 528, GE 424, ME 460.
ME 586: Mechanics of MEMS Mechanics and dynamics of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); scaling laws in electrostatics, magnetics, and fluidics; analytical models for thin-film growth and etching; effect of surface tension in small dimensions in relations to stability of MEMS during web fabrication; size effects on mechanical properties of MEMS materials; equations of motion for MEMS, involving coupled elastic and electric fields that give rise to nonlinear dynamical behavior; Mathieu behavior and chaotic systems. Prerequisite: ME 485.
ME 588: Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization This course will provide a practical understanding of state-of-the-art, nanoscale fabrication and characterization approaches, and the fundamental principles behind these advanced techniques. Topics include top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication, characterization of structures smaller than the wavelength of light, quantum properties of nanomaterials that these techniques probe, and applications at the forefront of nano-research. Two-dimensional materials will be the case study of the broader challenges and opportunities of making and using nanoscale systems. 3 OR 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Prerequisite: Any of ME 330, CEE 300, PHYS 460, MSE 304, ECE 340, CHEM 442, or equivalent; Recommended: PHYS 214 or equivalent.
ME 590: Seminar Presentation and discussion of significant developments in mechanical engineering. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
ME 597: Independent Study Independent study of advanced problems related to mechanical engineering. May be repeated in the same term or in separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
ME 598: Special Topics Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in mechanical engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.
ME 599: Thesis Research Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MICR 590: Individual Topics Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
MICR 595: Microbiology Graduate Seminar Required of all graduate students whose major is microbiology. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
MICR 599: Thesis Research Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MILS 101: Introduction to the Army Introduces you to the professional challenges and competencies that are critical for effective leadership and are pertinent for effective execution of the Profession of Arms. Cadets learn how the personal development of life skills such as critical thinking, time management, goal setting, stress management, and comprehensive fitness relate to leadership, and the Army profession. The focus is on developing basic knowledge and comprehension of Army leadership dimensions while gaining an understanding of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program, its purpose in the Army, and its advantages for the student. Topics for this course include: Army Leadership, Fitness, Basic Map Reading and Land Navigation. Prerequisite: Course is intended for students who have less than 60 credit hours.
MILS 112: Leadership Laboratory Introductory practical application of military skills and leadership; includes basic military mountaineering and rappelling, first aid, individual marching and weapons familiarization. Field trip may be required. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MILS 120: Intro to US Armed Forces Surveys the four major branches of the United States military (Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force) and their historical development into “Professions of Arms.” Topics include historical surveys of each branch highlighting key historical developments, organization, structure and customs. Other topics include a discussion of the United States National Command Authority. United States joint military operations and structure, the relationship of the United States Military with its civilian constituency and a survey of emerging Department of Defense issues. Same as AFAS 120 and NS 120.
MILS 201: Leadership and Ethics Focuses on leadership and ethics. The course adds depth to the Cadets' knowledge of the different leadership styles. Cadets will conduct a leadership analysis of famous leaders and self-assessment of their own leadership style. The Army Profession is also stressed through understanding values, ethics and how to apply both to different situations they may encounter as a leader. Army Values and Ethics and their relationship to the Law of Land Warfare and philosophy of military service are also stressed. Students are then required to apply their knowledge outside the classroom in a hands-on performance-oriented environment during a weekly lab facilitated by MS III Cadets, supervised by MS IVs and Cadre. Prerequisite: Course is intended for students who have less than 60 credit hours.
MILS 212: Leadership Laboratory Intermediate level practical application of military skills and leadership; includes mountaineering and rappelling, first aid, small unit marching, weapons firing, and physical fitness. Field trip required. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MILS 301: Training Management and the Warfighting Functions The first in a sequence of courses specifically designed for Army ROTC Advanced Course Cadets. This academically challenging class will require you to will study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army Leadership, Officership, Army Values and Ethics, Personal Development, and small unit tactics at the squad level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a squad in the execution of a mission during classroom practical exercises, Leadership Labs, and during a Field Training Exercises (FTX). You will be required to write peer evaluations and receive feedback on your abilities as a leader as well as how to improve those leader skills that can further develop you in to a successful officer. This course includes reading assignments, homework assignments, small group assignments, briefings, case studies, practical exercises, a mid-term exam, and a final exam. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes and core leader competencies from your instructor, other ROTC cadre, and MS IV Cadets who will evaluate you using the Cadet Officer Evaluation System. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for the ROTC Advanced Camp, which you will attend in the summer at Fort Knox, KY. Prerequisite: Successful completion of MILS 101, MILS 102, MILS 201 and MILS 202 is required to enroll in MILS 301. This course is intended for Army ROTC Cadets who have successfully passed the Basic Course or Basic Camp and are contracted into the Advanced Course.
MILS 312: Leadership Laboratory Advanced level practical application of military skills and leadership with emphasis on the student's ability to direct and supervise others; includes advanced land navigation, advanced first aid, platoon and company drill and ceremonies, and advanced communications procedures. Field trip required. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MILS 322: Leadership Laboratory Unique opportunity for advanced course students to fully plan, execute, and supervise the military training and activities of other military science students. Emphasis is on leadership, organizing and managing activities, decision making, and effective instructional techniques. Field trip required. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated.
MILS 325: Independent Study Supervised reading and research in a selected area of Military Science. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Department approval required.