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cooling, solar thermal power and cogeneration.
Applications to the design of solar thermal
engineering systems.
MECE E4314y Energy dynamics of green
buildings
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Naraghi.
Prerequisites: MECE E3301 and E3311.
Introduction to analysis and design of heating,
ventilating and air-conditioning systems. Heating
and cooling loads. Humidity control. Solar gain and
passive solar design. Global energy implications.
Green buildings. Building-integrated photovoltaics.
Roof-mounted gardens and greenhouses. Financial
assessment tools and case studies. Open to
Mechanical Engineering graduate students only.
MECE E4400x and y Computer laboratory access
0 pts. Professor Ateshian.
Sign up for this class to obtain a computer account
and access to the Department of Mechanical
Engineering Computer Laboratory.
MECE E4404x Tribology: friction, lubrication,
and wear
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Terrell.
Prerequisites: MECE E3100, E3311, and ENME
E3113, or permission of the instructor. Friction,
lubrication, and wear between sliding surfaces.
Surface metrology, contact mechanics, and sliding
friction. Deformation, wear, and temperature
rise of non-lubricated, liquid-lubricated, and
solid-lubricated rolling and sliding materials.
The theories of boundary, elastohydrodynamic,
hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, and solid-phase
lubrication. Lubricant flow and load-carrying
capacity in bearings. Special applications such as
geartrains, cam/tappets, and micro- and nanoscale
tribological interfaces.
MECE E4430y Automotive dynamics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: ENME 3105 or equivalent;
recommended: ENME 3106 or equivalent.
Automobile dynamic behavior is divided into three
subjects: vehicle subsystems, ride, and handling.
Vehicle subsystems include: tire, steering,
mechanisms, suspensions, gearbox, engine,
clutch, etc. Regarding ride, vibrations and ride
comfort are analyzed, and suspension optimization
of a quarter car model is treated. Regarding
handling, vehicle dynamic behavior on the road is
analyzed, with emphasis on numerical simulations
using planar as well as roll models.
MECE E4431 Space vehicle dynamics and
control
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: ENME-MECE E3105; ENME E4202
recommended. Space vehicle dynamics and
control, rocket equations, satellite orbits, initial
trajectory designs from earth to other planets,
satellite attitude dynamics, gravity gradient
stabilization of satellites, spin-stabilized satellites,
dual-spin satellites, satellite attitude control,
modeling, dynamics, and control of large flexible
spacecraft.
MEBM E4439x Modeling and identification of
dynamic systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chbat.
Prerequisite: APMA E2101, ELEN E3801, or
corequisite EEME E3601, or permission of
instructor. Generalized dynamic system modeling
and simulation. Fluid, thermal, mechanical,
diffusive, electrical, and hybrid systems are
considered. Nonlinear and high order systems.
System identification problem and Linear
Least Squares method. State-space and noise
representation. Kalman filter. Parameter estimation
via prediction-error and subspace approaches.
Iterative and bootstrap methods. Fit criteria. Wide
applicability: medical, energy, others. MATLAB and
Simulink environments.
MECE E4501y Geometrical modeling
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Rajan.
Prerequisite: COMS W1005. Relationship between
3D geometry and CAD/CAM; representations
of solids; geometry as the basis of analysis,
design, and manufacturing; constructive solid
geometry and the CSG tree; octree representation
and applications; surface representations and
intersections; boundary representation and
boundary evaluation; applied computational
geometry; analysis of geometrical algorithms
and associated data structures; applications of
geometrical modeling in vision and robotics.
MECE E4502x Computational geometry for
CAD/CAM
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Rajan.
Prerequisite: COMS W1005 FORTRAN or
PASCAL. Analysis of geometric problems and
the design of efficient methodologies to obtain
solutions to these problems. Algorithms to be
studied include geometric searching, convex hulls,
triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, intersections,
hidden surfaces. Emphasis will be on practical
aspects of these algorithms, and on applications of
the solutions in computer-aided product design and
manufacturing.
EEME E4601y Digital control systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Longman.
Prerequisite: EEME E3601 or ELEN E3201. Realtime
control using digital computers. Solving scalar
and state-space difference equations. Discrete
equivalents of continuous systems fed by holds.
Z-transer functions. Creating closed-loop difference
equation models by Z-transform and state variable
approaches. The Nyquist frequency and sample
rate selection. Classical and modern based digital
control laws. Digital system identification.
MECE E4602y Introduction to robotics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Instructor to be announced.
Overview of robot applications and capabilities.
Linear algebra, kinematics, statics, and
dynamics of robot manipulators. Survey of
sensor technology: force, proximity, vision,
compliant manipulators. Motion planning and
artificial intelligence; manipulator programming
requirements and languages.
MECE E4604x Product design for
manufacturability
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Walker.
Prerequisites: Manufacturing process, computer
graphics, engineering design, mechanical design.
General review of product development process;
market analysis and product system design;
principles of design for manufacturing; strategy
for material selection and manufacturing process
choice; component design for machining; casting;
molding; sheet metal working and inspection; general
assembly processes; product design for manual
assembly; design for robotic and automatic assembly;
case studies of product design and improvement.
MECE E4608y Manufacturing processes
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Yao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3113 or equivalent. Processes
and materials of manufacture: metal cutting, forming,
stamping, forging, welding, powder metallurgy;
classification and fabricating characteristics of
metals and composites; plastics, adhesives.
MECE E4609y Computer-aided manufacturing
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Walker.
Prerequisites: Introductory course on manufacturing
processes and knowledge of computer-aided design,
and mechanical design or instructor’s permission.
Computer-aided design, free-form surface modeling,
tooling and fixturing, computer numeric control,
rapid prototyping, process engineering, fixed and
programmable automation, industrial robotics.
MECE E4610x Advanced manufacturing
processes
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: Introductory course on
manufacturing processes, and heat transfer,
knowledge of engineering materials, or
instructor’s permission. Principles of nontraditional
manufacturing, nontraditional transport and media.
Emphasis on laser assisted materials processing,
laser material interactions with applications to
laser material removal, forming, and surface
modification. Introduction to electrochemical
machining, electrical discharge machining and
abrasive water jet machining.
MEBM E4702x Advanced musculoskeletal
biomechanics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Advanced analysis and modeling of the
musculoskeletal system. Topics include
advanced concepts of 3D segmental kinematics,
musculoskeletal dynamics, experimental
measurements of joints kinematics and anatomy,
modeling of muscles and locomotion, multibody
joint modeling, introduction to musculoskeletal
surgical simulations.
MEBM E4703y Molecular mechanics in
biology
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Liao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3105, APMA E2101, or
instructor’s permission. Mechanical understanding
of biological structures including proteins, DNA
and RNA in cells and tissues. Force response
of protenis and DNA, mechanics of membranes,
engineering 2011–2012