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whose task is to help choose a
program of courses, provide general
advice on academic matters, and
monitor academic performance.
The doctoral candidate is expected
to attain a level of mastery in some
area of mechanical engineering, and
must therefore choose a field and
concentrate in it by taking the most
advanced courses offered. This choice
of specialty is normally made by the time
the student has completed 30 points of
credit beyond the bachelor’s degree, at
which time a complete course program
is prepared and submitted to the
departmental doctoral committee for
approval. The student must maintain a
grade point average of 3.2 or better in
graduate courses.
The department requires the
prospective candidate to pass a
qualifying examination. Given once a
year, in January, it is usually taken after
the student has completed 30 points
beyond the bachelor’s degree. However,
it may not be delayed past the next
examination given after completion of
45 points. The examination comprises
a written test, given in two parts over
two days, in which questions may be
selected from a broad set in all areas
of mechanical engineering and applied
mathematics, devised to test the
candidate’s ability to think creatively.
There is also an oral examination based
on some research project the student
has undertaken. A candidate who fails
the examination may be permitted to
repeat it once in the following year.
After passing the qualifying
examination, the student chooses a
faculty member in the pertinent area
of specialization who then serves as
the research adviser. This adviser
helps select a research problem and
supervises the research, writing, and
defense of the dissertation. Once a
specific problem has been identified
and a tentative plan for the research
prepared, the student submits a
research proposal and presents it to
a faculty committee. The committee
considers whether the proposed
problem is suitable for doctoral
research, whether the plan of attack is
well formulated and appropriate to the
problem, and whether the student is
adequately prepared. It may approve
the plan without reservation, or it may
recommend modifications or additions.
This is the last formal requirement until
the dissertation is submitted for approval.
All doctoral students are required to
successfully complete four semesters
of the mechanical engineering seminar
MECE E9500.
courseS in mechanical
engineering
MECE E1001x Mechanical engineering:
micromachines to jumbo jets
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Myers.
Corequisite: MATH V1101 Calculus I. This
introductory course explores the role of Mechanical
Engineering in developing many of the fundamental
technological advances on which today’s society
depends. Students will be exposed to several
mature and emerging technologies through a
series of case studies. Topics include: airplanes,
automobiles, robots, modern manufacturing
methods as well as the emerging fields of
microelectromechanical machines (MEMS) and
nanotechnology. The physical concepts that govern
the operation of these technologies will be developed
from basic principles and then applied in simple
design problems. Students will also be exposed to
state-of-the art innovations in each case study.
MECE E3018x Mechanical engineering
laboratory, I
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Kysar.
Experiments in instrumentation and measurement:
optical, pressure, fluid flow, temperature, stress,
and electricity; viscometry, cantilever beam, digital
data acquisition. Probability theory: distribution,
functions of random variables, tests of significance,
correlation, ANOVA, linear regression. A lab fee of
$50.00 is collected.
MECE E3028y Mechanical engineering
laboratory, II
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Wong.
Experiments in engineering and physical
phenomena: aerofoil lift and drag in wind tunnels,
laser Doppler anemometry in immersed fluidic
channels, supersonic flow and shock waves,
Rankine thermodynamical cycle for power
generation, and structural truss mechanics and
analysis. A lab fee of $50.00 is collected.
MECE E3038x Mechanical engineering
laboratory, III
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Stolfi.
Mechatronic control of mechanical and
electromechanical systems. Control of various
thermodynamic cycles, including internal
combustion engine (Otto cycle). Reverse
engineering of an electromechanical product. A lab
fee of $50.00 is collected.
MECE E3100x Introduction to mechanics
of fluids
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Liao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3105. Basic continuum
concepts. Liquids and gases in static equilibrium.
Continuity equation. Two-dimensional kinematics.
Equation of motion. Bernoulli’s equation and
applications. Equations of energy and angular
momentum. Dimensional analysis. Twodimensional
laminar flow. Pipe flow, laminar, and
turbulent. Elements of compressible flow.
ENME E3105x and y Mechanics
4 pts. Lect: 4. Professor Hone.
Prerequisites: PHYS C1401 and MATH V1101,
V1102, and V1201. Elements of statics, dynamics
of a particle, systems of particles, and rigid bodies.
ENME E3113x Mechanics of solids
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Deodatis.
Pre- or corequisite: ENME E3105 or equivalent.
Stress and strain. Mechanical properties of
materials. Axial load, bending, shear, and
torsion. Stress transformation. Deflection of
beams. Buckling of columns. Combined loadings.
Thermal stresses.
MECE E3301x Thermodynamics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Basalo.
Classical thermodynamics. Basic properties and
concepts, thermodynamic properties of pure
substances, equation of state, work, heat, the first
and second laws for flow and nonflow processes,
energy equations, entropy, and irreversibility.
Introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.
MECE E3311y Heat transfer
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Narayanaswamy.
Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative
heat transfer. Internal and external forced and free
convective heat transfer. Change of phase. Heat
exchangers.
MECE E3401x Mechanics of machines
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Lin.
Prerequisites: ENME E3105 and MECE E3408.
Introduction to mechanisms and machines,
analytical and graphical synthesis of mechanism,
displacement analysis, velocity analysis,
acceleration analysis of linkages, dynamics of
mechanism, cam design, gear and gear trains, and
computer-aided mechanism design.
MECE E3408y Computer graphics and design
3 pts. Lect: 3. Instructor to be announced.
Introduction to drafting, engineering graphics,
computer graphics, solid modeling, and mechanical
engineering design. Interactive computer graphics
and numerical methods applied to the solution
of mechanical engineering design problems. A
laboratory fee of $175 is collected.
MECE E3409x Machine design
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Ateshian.
Prerequisite: MECE E3408. Computer-aided
analysis of general loading states and deformation
of machine components using singularity functions
and energy methods. Theoretical introduction to
static failure theories, fracture mechanics, and
fatigue failure theories. Introduction to conceptual
design and design optimization problems. Design
of machine components such as springs, shafts,
fasteners, lead screws, rivets, welds. Modeling,
analysis, and testing of machine assemblies for
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