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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| MECH306 - Manufacturing Processes |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with basic manufacturing processes such as casting, welding, metal cutting and metal forming. Topics include: Mold design, casting and welding processes, theory of metal cutting, tooling features, mechanics of selected bulk deformation, sheet metalworking processes, and manufacturing process selection for a given product. Ethical issues and entrepreneurial activities are also covered.
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| MECH310 - Dynamics & Vibrations |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with knowledge of dynamics and vibrations of particles and rigid bodies. Topics include: Plane kinematics and kinetics of particles, rectilinear and curvilinear motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, plane kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies, and free and forced vibration of particles and rigid bodies. The course also includes a term project in which students will be analyzing dynamics and/or vibrations of particles and/or rigid bodies using modern software tools such as Matlab or working model.
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- GENG240
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| MECH311 - Applied Thermodynamics |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with essential understanding of the concepts of applied thermo-dynamics. Topics include: Second law analysis, introduction to energy, vapor and gas power cycles, ideal gas mixtures and psychrometry, basic air conditioning processes, basic refrigeration cycles, basics of combustion thermodynamics, basic compressible flow.
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- GENG220
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| MECH315 - Geometric Modeling |
(2 credit hours) |
This course aims to introduce students to geometric modeling techniques. Topics include: Freehand sketching, orthographic and isometric projections, sectional views, and dimensioning. Introduction to geometric modeling and representation, solid modeling, parametric and feature-based modeling will also be covered. Students will use a modern mechanical engineering package (Pro/E) throughout to apply the concepts learnt during this course.
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- GENG2151
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| MECH340 - Fluid Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with essential concepts of fluid mechanics. Topics include: Fluid properties, similitude, fluid statics, Bernoulli?s equation, applications of the mass, momentum and energy equations, viscous flow in pipes, flow over immersed bodies, and introduction to turbo machinery.
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- GENG240
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| MECH348 - Fluid Mechanics Lab |
(1 credit hours) |
This lab aims to provide students with in-depth understanding of theoretical phenomena studied in the fluid mechanics course. Students are required to use data acquisition system to acquire, analyze, and interpret results. Experiments include: Measurement of pressures, pressure loss in pipes, impact of jet, hydrostatic forces, viscosity, fluid flow rate, lift and drag, boundary layer; flow visualization, shock wave, velocity profiles in laminar and turbulent flows, performance of turbo machines.
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- MECH3401
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| MECH350 - Introduction to Mechatronics |
(3 credit hours) |
This course provides students with an introduction to mechatronics. Topics include: characteristics of measurement systems, measuring fundamental properties; transducers for motion measurements, fluid flow, temperature, pressure and strain, signal conditioning, operational amplifiers, diode circuits and applications, bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors theory and applications, analog to digital/digital to analog conversions, and microprocessor applications. The course also aims to familiarize students with entrepreneurial opportunities related to mechatronics, as well as to increase their commitment to ethical practices and to social and environmental issues.
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- MATH2210
- ELEC3721
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| MECH384 - Mechanical Eng. Analysis |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to introduce students to the applied mathematics for engineers. Topics include: vector calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, analysis of systems of linear differential equations, Fourier series, mechanical engineering applications including but not limited to, structural mechanics, dynamic systems, mass, momentum and heat transfer with use of computer tools where applicable.
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- MATH2210
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| MECH390 - Engineering Materials |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at studying basic concepts and fundamentals of material science and engineering. Topics covered include atomic structure, arrangements, unit cells, types of engineering materials, testing, mechanical and electrical properties, processing, and behavior in service, corrosion, deformation, material and process selection.
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- (ENGU1304) or (ENGU1305 + CHEM1701) or (CHEM111 + CHEM175)
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| MECH407 - Machine Design 1 |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with fundamental skills and concepts of machine design with applications to simple elements. Topics include: Considerations affecting design, fits and tolerances, design of screws, fasteners and connections, welded joints, shafts, and flexible mechanical elements (springs, belts, ropes, flexible shafts, etc.) Ethical and Entrepreneurial issues as well as autonomous learning techniques will be employed throughout the course where relevant.
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- GENG305
- MECH315
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| MECH409 - Dynamic Systems & Control |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to introduce students to the fundamental knowledge of control system theories and applications. Topics include: Mathematical modeling, dynamic system responses, feedback control characteristics, stability of feedback systems, feedback control design, design steps of PID controller, and control design using root-locus method. The course includes project work where students formed in teams perform design, analyze and laboratory implementation of control systems for applications of their choice. The course also includes applications using modern engineering tools, such as MATLAB for control system design, simulation, and analyzes.
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- MECH350
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| MECH411 - Heat Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with essential concepts of Heat Transfer. Topics include: Steady and transient heat conduction, forced and natural convection, internal and external flows, principles of engineering thermal radiation, heat exchanger, boiling and condensation. The course also aims to inspire students as well as enhance their entrepreneurial skills, as related to the heat transfer area.
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- GENG220
- MECH340
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| MECH412 - Machine Design II |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with the theory and application of design methods for complicated machine components. Topics include: Design of journal and rolling-element bearings, gears and gear boxes, clutches, couplings, and brakes. Computers will be used to help design integrated systems. The course also focuses on gaining skills in self research, critical thinking and working within design groups. Ethical issues and entrepreneurial opportunities and case studies will be explored throughout the course.
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- MECH407
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| MECH417 - Kinematics Design of Machinery |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Topics include: Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, motion and force analysis in mechanisms and linkages, introduction to the synthesis of plane linkages, gear trains and cam systems, actuation and sensing, and introduction to kinematics of robotic manipulators.
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| MECH426 - Thermofluid Sys Design & Analy |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with basic concepts design for thermal-fluid systems. Topics include: Design and analysis of thermal-fluid systems: applications are drawn from power generation, HVAC/R and industrial processes. Introduction to energy management and identification of energy management opportunities. The course also aims to inspire students as well as enhance their entrepreneurial skills. Contemporary issues as well as commitment to standards of ethical practice will be emphasized.
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- MECH411
- MECH311
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| MECH430 - Thermal Engineering Lab |
(1 credit hours) |
This lab aims to provide students with in-depth understanding of theoretical phenomena studied in the thermodynamics and heat transfer courses. Students are required to use data acquisition system to acquire, analyze, and interpret results. Experiments include: Psychometric processes; performance of refrigeration cycles and components; thermodynamic properties and equations of state; convective heat transfer; combustion engines; heat exchangers. The lab aims to inspire students and enhance their entrepreneurial skills as relevant to the area of thermal engineering.
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- MECH4261
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| MECH433 - Intro to Comp. Aided Manufact. |
(2 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with the fundamentals of computer-aided manufacturing. Topics include: Computer numerical control, application of geometrical modeling, part programming, and introduction to computer integrated manufacturing. Students gain hands-on skills in using a computer aided manufacturing package and computer numerical control machine tools. The course also provides students with the awareness of entrepreneurial activities in manufacturing.
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| MECH440 - Design and Manufacturing Lab |
(1 credit hours) |
This course aims to integrate theoretical and practical knowledge gained from previous design, materials, manufacturing, dynamics and some aspects of thermofluid courses. Students design and realize typical mechanical engineering systems or components through a series of projects and experiments. Students are required to use conventional and modern engineering tools as well as to develop commitment to ethical, environmental, social and global issues, and to be aware of entrepreneurial opportunities relevant to design and manufacturing.
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- MECH4331
- MECH407
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| MECH446 - Strength of Materials |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers topics in statics and strength of materials related to the chemical and petroleum engineering. Force vectors and couples, free body diagrams and equations of equilibrium are introduced and applied to problems of stress/deformation analysis. The relations between stress and strain in rock and pipe materials are explained and the concept of failure criteria and plastic deformation are introduced.
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- PHYS1110
- MATH1120
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| MECH450 - System Dynamics Lab |
(1 credit hours) |
The lab provides students with hands-on skills of dynamic systems analysis and control implementation. The lab consists of three main experiments based on representative thermal, fluid, and mechanical systems. For each experiment the students will select a process, model it, simulate it, design a controller for it, and implement the final control system on a microcontroller. The course also aims to familiarize students with entrepreneurial opportunities related to mechatronics, dynamics and control, as well as to increase their commitment to ethical practices and to social and environmental issues relevant to mechatronics, dynamics and control.
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- MECH4091
- MECH4171
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| MECH495 - Industrail Training |
(15 credit hours) |
Students spend one semester on full-time basis in an industrial plant, engineering, or consulting office in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
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| MECH506 - Control Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at presenting advanced tools for control analysis and design. Topics covered include root locus, time-domain analysis, digital control and z-transforms, stability and digital control systems, and controller realization using digital computers. Applications of controller design for robotic manipulators are also covered.
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- MECH409
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| MECH510 - Sel Top in Thermal Sciences |
(3 credit hours) |
Selected topics that meet students' interests, faculty capabilities and available resources in the thermal sciences area. More than one section of this course may be offered in any semester when different topics need to be covered.
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| MECH512 - Intermediate Heat Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at explaining multidimensional conduction. Topics covered include combined conduction/convection, unsteady conduction, convection heat transfer, boundary layers, mixed forced/ natural convection, boiling and condensation, heat exchangers, mass transfer fundamentals and equations, steady molecular diffusion, and connective mass transfer.
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| MECH513 - Air Conditioning Systems |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to introduce air-conditioning theory and applications. Topics covered include air-conditioning systems, cooling load calculations, types of air-conditioning systems, central stations, air-distribution and control systems, cooling water systems design, vibration and noise problems, and selection of optimum air-conditioning system.
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- MECH311
- MECH411
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| MECH514 - Heat Engines |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at explaining internal combustion engines, theory and design. Topics covered include air standard cycles, fuel air, and actual cycles, supercharging, knocking in petrol and diesel engines, fuel rating, engine performance, spark ignition and compression ignition engines, non-conventional engines, and air pollution from I.C. engines.
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| MECH516 - Energy Management |
(3 credit hours) |
Energy management principle, energy auditing process, utility rate structures, economic principles and life cycle cost. Energy management applications in buildings, boilers and thermal systems, waste heat recovery, electrical systems, motors and insulation material. Environmental impacts and utilization of renewable energy technologies associated with energy management.
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- MECH340
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| MECH517 - Turbomachinery |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers a broad treatment of axial and radial turbo machines. Dimensional analysis. Basic laws and equations. Hydraulic pumps, pump and system matching. Centrifugal compressors and fans, pre-whirl, surging, choking. Axial compressors and fans, stage reaction and stage loading, multi-stage performance, axial-flow ducted fans. Axial and radial flow turbines, stator and rotor losses. Efficiencies.
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- MECH311
- MECH340
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| MECH520 - Sel Top in Bioengineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Selected topics that meet students' interests, faculty capabilities and available resources in the Bioengineering area. More than one section of this course may be offered in any semester when different topics need to be covered.
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| MECH521 - Biomechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
Mechanical properties of bone, muscle, and soft tissue. Static and dynamic analysis of human movement tasks such as locomotion. Transport phenomena with emphasis on biomedical engineering fluid systems.
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- MECH310
- MECH340
- GENG305
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| MECH522 - Bioinstrumentation |
(3 credit hours) |
Principles of medical instrumentation. Studies of medical diagnostic instruments and techniques for the measurement of physiologic variables in living systems.
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- MECH390
- ELEC3721
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| MECH523 - Biomaterials |
(3 credit hours) |
Material properties of natural and artificial biomaterials. Tissue and blood biocompatibility. Uses of materials to replace body parts. Analysis of replacements. Tissue engineering.
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- MECH310
- MECH390
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| MECH525 - Introduction to Bioengineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Physiology of the muscular and cardiovascular systems. Principles of biomechanics, statics and dynamics of human movements. Fundamentals of biomaterials, properties of soft and hard tissue, biocompatibility. Principles of medical instrumentations. Contemporary issues, tissue engineering, genetic engineering, and informatics.
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- MECH310
- MECH340
- GENG305
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| MECH530 - SEL Topics in Mechatronics |
(3 credit hours) |
Selected topics that meet students' interests, faculty capabilities and available resources in the mechatronics area. More than one section of this course may be offered in any semester when different topics need to be covered.
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- MECH350
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| MECH531 - Introduction to Robotics |
(3 credit hours) |
Spatial description and transformation. Manipulator kinematics and inverse manipulator kinematics. Jacobians: Velocities and static forces. Manipulator dynamics. Trajectory generation and linear control of manipulators. Introduction to mobile robot. Laboratory applications.
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| MECH532 - Design of Mechatronics Systems |
(3 credit hours) |
Statics, dynamics and statistical characteristics of measurement systems. Measuring fundamental properties: transducers for measuring position, velocity and acceleration, fluid flow, temperature, pressure and strain. Signal conditioning and problems. Operational amplifiers, integrators, differentiators. Diode circuits and applications. Bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors theory and applications. Analog to digital conversion and digital to analog conversion. Microprocessor applications.
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| MECH533 - Mechanical Vibration |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims to provide students with knowledge in the area of mechanical vibrations. Topics include: Free and forced vibration of one-degree-of-freedom systems. Free and forced vibrations of multi-degrees-of-freedom systems, natural frequencies and mode shapes, vibration control, vibration measurement methods, and vibration of continuous systems.
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| MECH540 - SEL. TOP. in Design and Manuf |
(3 credit hours) |
Selected topics that meet students' interests, faculty capabilities and available resources in the design and manufacturing area. More than one section of this course may be offered in any semester when different topics need to be covered.
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| MECH541 - Non-conventional Manufacturing |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at studying non- conventional manufacturing processes such as Electro Discharge Machining (EDM), ultrasonic machining and welding. Theory of plasticity for metal forming is covered.
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| MECH542 - Intr.to composites design &Man |
(3 credit hours) |
This is an introductory course in composite design and processing. Topics that will be covered include: matrix materials and reinforcement, introduction to the mechanics and performance of composite materials, design and manufacturing methods, assembly testing and quality control of composites parts and damage control and repair. For each topic, an analogy will be drawn with conventional materials and design methods. In addition, several case studies will be discussed.
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- MECH390
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| MECH543 - Introduction to Rapid Tooling |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at introducing a class of rapid prototyping technologies for rapid product development. Topics covered include integrating 3D CAD modeling with rapid prototyping, reverse engineering for CAD model construction from an existing part, rapid tooling for quick batch production.
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| MECH545 - Maintenance Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at studying methods and management of engineering maintenance. Topics covered include the role of statistics and probability in failure, types of maintenance, manpower, spare parts and materials, maintenance procedures, planning and organization. Inventory control, work distribution, and administration structure.
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| MECH547 - Intermediate Mech. of Material |
(3 credit hours) |
The course aims at studying 3-D stress and strain analysis, generalised Hooke?s law. theories of failure, stress function, applications to selected plane and axi-symmetric problems, linear-elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), fatigue analysis and experimental stress analysis.
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| MECH550 - Intro. to Aerospace Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Historical perspectives of aerospace engineering, aerospace engineering profession. Standard atmosphere. Introduction to aircraft performance (steady flight, flight performance, aircraft maneuvers). Introduction airplane aerodynamics and propulsion, introduction to flight controls and stability and introduction aircraft structures.
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| MECH551 - Foundations of Aerodynamics |
(3 credit hours) |
Aerodynamic forces & moments, non-dimensional coefficients; classification of aerodynamic flows, integral and differential form of governing equations for aerodynamic flows; streamlines, irrotational and rotational flow, circulation and Kelvin’s circulation theorem; low speed wind tunnels, solution for irrotational flows, elementary potential flows and superposition principle, Aerodynamics of Airfoils, introduction to supersonic flows, Boundary layer.
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| MECH552 - Aircraft Structures |
(3 credit hours) |
Review of concepts of stress, deformation, strain, displacement and equations of elasticity; Aircraft structure components; Airworthiness and airframe loads; Applications to aerospace structural elements including general bending and torsion of open and closed thin-walled structures, box beams and thin flat and curved panels; shear flow in thin walled sections; Design of thin-walled multi-cell sections; Failure theories and yield criteria and introduction to fracture mechanics and fatigue; Introduction to finite element method: introduction to the stiffness (displacement) method and truss equations.
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| MECH553 - Flight Dyns,Stability & Contrl |
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Introduction to the dynamics and control of atmospheric flight vehicles, aircraft coordinate systems, coordinate system transformations, inertial acceleration, aerodynamic forces and moments (stability derivatives), derivation of aircraft equations of motion EOM, linearization of EOM for a given trimmed flight condition, static stability in longitudinal and lateral-directional, small disturbance equations of unsteady motion, dynamics stability
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| MECH585 - Graduation Project I |
(3 credit hours) |
This course is a culmination of the design experience earned by the student in the program. The course comprises several activities, such as literature search, data acquisition and analysis, system modeling and simulation, application of computational techniques. The project should reflect the knowledge and the skills acquired by the student throughout his/her study to test his/her ability to tackle a technical problem. Submission of a written report is an essential requirement for completion of the course.
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| MECH590 - Graduation Project Ii |
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Continuation of the project stared in MECH 585. Students are required to manufacture and implement the design carried out in Graduation Project I for demonstration and/or experimentation. Public oral presentation and submission of final written report of the design project are essential requirements for the completion of the course.
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| MECH612 - Advanced Mechanical Vibrations |
(3 credit hours) |
Multidegree of freedom discrete systems, continuous systems, approximate methods, finite element method, vibration control, random vibration, and nonlinear vibration.
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| MECH613 - Advanced Robotics & Vibrations |
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Equations of motion of manipulators by Newton-Euler and Lagrange formulations; independent joint control, multivariable control, feedback linearization, computer interfacing, trajectory control, compliant motion control.
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| MECH614 - Advanced Control Systems |
(3 credit hours) |
Review of classical control. Discrete-time systems. Linear difference equations. Z-transform. Design of digital controllers using transform methods. Statespace representations of continuous and discrete-time systems. State-feedback. Controllability and observability. Pole placement. Optimal control. Linear- Quadratic Regulator (LQR). Probability and stochastic processes. Optimal estimation. Kalman Filter.
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| MECH615 - Advanced Dynamics and Control |
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Kinematics of rigid bodies. Rotating reference frames and coordinate transformations; Inertia dyadic. Newton-Euler equations of motion. Gyroscopic motion. Conservative forces and potential functions. Generalized coordinates and generalized forces. Euler-Lagrange equations. Hamilton?s principle. Calculus of variations. .Holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. Lagrange multipliers. Kane s equations. Elements of orbital and spacecraft dynamics. Nyquist analysis; lead-lag compensation; state feedback; parameter sensitivity; controllability; observability; State-space representation of multivariable systems; analysis using state transition matrix; Luenberger observers. Introduction to nonlinear analysis (Liapunov, Popov, describing function).
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| MECH622 - Theory of Elasticity & Plastic |
(3 credit hours) |
Linear elasticity: including concepts of stress and strain as second order tensors, equilibrium equations, compatibility of strains, and strain energy; formulation of the governing equations and the appropriate boundary conditions in linear elasticity, and uniqueness of the solutions; elementary three-dimensional examples and two-dimensional theory; stress functions; solutions in Cartesian and polar coordinates. Stress and strain deviators, invariants and distortional energy, principal and octahedral stresses and strains, Tresca and von Mises yield criteria, yield surface and Haigh-Westergaard stress space, Lode's stress parameters, subsequent yield surface, Prandtl-Reuss relations, work hardening and strain hardening, stress-strain relations from Tresca criteria, incremental and deformation theories, the slip-line field, slip-line equations for stress, velocity equations and geometry of slip-line field, limit analysis, simple truss, bending of beams, lower and upper bound theorems.
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- MECH630
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| MECH623 - Finite Element Methods |
(3 credit hours) |
Covers the theory and practice of advanced finite element procedures. Topics include implicit and explicit time integration, stability of integration algorithms, unsteady heat conduction, treatment of plates and shells, small-strain plasticity, and treatment geometric nonlinearity. Practical engineering problems in solid mechanics and heat transfer are solved using MATLAB and commercial finite element software. Special emphasis is placed on proper time step and convergence tolerance selection, mesh design, and results interpretation.
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| MECH626 - Fatigue & Fracture Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
Analysis of the general state of stress and strain in solids; dynamic fracture tests (FAD, CAT). Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), Griffith- Irwin analysis, ASTM KIC, KIPCI, KIA, KID. Plane stress, plane strain; yielding fracture mechanics (COD, JIC). Fatigue crack initiation. Goodman diagrams and fatigue crack propagation. Notch sensitivity and stress concentrations. Low-cycle fatigue, corrosion and thermal fatigue.
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| MECH630 - Advanced Solid Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
The course covers fundamental principles and techniques in stress analysis of trusses, beams, rigid frame, and then-walled structures. State of stress and strain at a point, stress-strain relationships: topics in beam theory such as unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, and elastic foundations: torsion of noncircular cross-sections. Emphasis is placed on energy methods associated with calculus of variations.
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| MECH632 - Advanced CAD/CAM |
(3 credit hours) |
Wire frame and other precursors to geometric models. Parametric and B?zier curves; B-splines and NURBS. Boundary representation models. Set theoretic (or CSG) models. Implicit solids and surfaces. Non-manifold geometric models. Feature-based modeling and recognition. Intelligent CAD systems. Numerical accuracy problems in geometric models. Integral properties of geometric models. Procedural shape definition. Types of engineering constraints. Constraint based systems. Techniques for constraint resolution. Rapid prototyping. Part Programming and Machining, NC cutting, path planning and process planning.
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| MECH635 - Advanced Manufacturing Engine. |
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Analytical, experimental and computer simulation techniques for the study of manufacturing processes (forming, machining, casting, joining and assembly). Effects of variables on the quality of manufactured products. Advances in processing of engineered materials.
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| MECH645 - Advanced Heat Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
This course will cover two major topics in heat transfer: conduction and convection. Specific conduction topics covered will include: methods of solving the (one dimensional & multidimensional) heat conduction equation for various boundary conditions, homogenous vs. nonhomogenous problems, transient versus steady state in rectangular and cylindrical coordinates. The various methods to solve the heat conduction equation involve separation of variables, Duhamel?s Theorem, Laplace Transform technique and integral methods.. Specific topics in convection include: laminar and turbulent heat transfer, thermal boundary layers, ?limiting? condition flows, transpiration cooling, external flows and natural convection.
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| MECH650 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
Kinematics of fluid motion. Constitutive equations of isotropic viscous compressible fluids. Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations. Lessons from special exact solutions, self-similarity. Admissibility of idealizations and their applications; inviscid, adiabatic, irrotational, incompressible, boundary- layer, quasi one-dimensional, linearized and creeping flows. Vorticity theorems. Unsteady Bernoulli equation. Basic flow solutions. Basic features of turbulent flows.
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| MECH654 - Advanced Thermodynamics |
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Thermodynamic potentials: Maxwell relations, stability criteria. Barometric formula: applications to clouds, solar chimney, etc. Phase mixtures: chemical potential, osmosis, phase equilibrium, Gibbs phase rule, phase diagrams, fugacity and activity. Reacting mixtures: law of mass action and applications, enthalpy and entropy constants, heat of reaction, combustion, flames, adiabatic flame temperature, reaction rates. Thermodynamics of fuel cells: efficiency, causes of losses, comparison with heat engines.
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| MECH655 - Dynamics of Viscous Fluids |
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Navier-Stokes equations and some simple exact solutions. Oseen-Stokes flows. Boundary-layer equations and their physical interpretations. Flows along walls and in channels. Jets and wakes. Separation and transition to turbulence. Boundary layers in unsteady flows. Thermal and compressible boundary layers. Mathematical techniques of similarity transformation, regular and singular perturbation, and finite differences.
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| MECH660 - Mechanical Engineering Seminar |
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Special topics in Mechanical Engineering presented by post-graduate students, invited speakers from industry and academia.
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| MECH670 - Sel. Top: In Mechanical Engine |
(3 credit hours) |
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| MECH675 - Advanced Top: In Mech. Enginee |
(3 credit hours) |
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| MECH690 - Thesis |
(6 credit hours) |
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| MECH691 - Directed Individual Study |
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| MECH692 - Supeervised Research |
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| MECH695 - Master's Thesis Defense |
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| MECH735 - Adv. Topics in Mechani.l Eng.1 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
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| MECH736 - Adv. Topics in Mechani.l Eng.2 |
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To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
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| MECH740 - Indep. Research in Mech. Eng 1 |
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To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
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| MECH741 - Indep. Research in Mech. Eng 2 |
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To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
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| MECH745 - Mechanical Eng. Seminar |
(1 credit hours) |
PhD students must sign for the 0 credit hour seminar course every semester.
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| MECH780 - Comprehensive Exam |
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Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
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| MECH785 - Prospectus Exam |
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PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
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| MECH790 - Dissertation Doctoral Research |
(30 credit hours) |
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
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| MECH795 - Dissertation Defense |
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Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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| MECH880 - Comprehensive Exam |
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Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
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| MECH885 - Prospectus Exam |
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| MECH990 - Dissertation Doctoral Research |
(30 credit hours) |
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
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| MECH995 - Dissertation Defense |
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