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MECE E4502x Computational geometry for
CAD/CAM
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Srinivasan.
Prerequisite: 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 computeraided
product design and manufacturing.
EEME E4601y Digital control systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Longman.
Prerequisite: MECE E3601 or ELEN E3202.
Real-time control using digital computers. Solving
scalar and state-space difference equations.
Discrete equivalents of continuous systems fed
by holds. Z-transer functions. Creating closedloop
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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Jazar
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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. 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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yao.
Prerequisite: ENME E3113 or the 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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Walker.
Prerequisites: An introductory course on manufacturing
processes, and knowledge of computer
aided design and mechanical design or the
instructor’s permission. Computer-aided design,
free-form surface modeling, tooling and fixturing,
computer numeric control, raid prototyping,
process engineering, fixed and programmable
automation, industrial robotics.
MECE E4610x Advanced manufacturing
processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yao.
Prerequisites: Introductory courses on manufacturing
processes and heat transfer, knowledge of
engineering materials, or the 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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Guo.
Advanced analysis and modeling of the musculoskeletal
system. Topics include advanced
concepts of 3-D segmental kinematics, musculoskeletal
dynamics, experimental measurements
of joints kinematics and anatomy, modeling of
muscles and locomotion, multibody joint modeling,
introduction to musculoskeletal surgical simulations.
MECE E4990x or y Special topics in mechanical
engineering
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: The instructor’s permission. Topics
and instructors change from year to year. For
advanced undergraduate students and graduate
students in engineering, physical sciences, and
other fields.
MECE E4999x and y (sect. 001) Curricular
practical training
1 pt. Professor Yao.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s written approval. Only
for ME graduate students who need relevant
intern or fieldwork experience as part of their
program of study as determined by the instructor.
Written application must be made prior to registration
outlining proposed study program. Final
reports required. This course may not be taken
for pass/fail credit or audited. International students
must also consult with the International
Students and Scholars Office.
MECE E6100x Advanced mechanics of fluids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Panides.
Prerequisites: MATH E1210 and MECE E3100.
Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of motion.
Stress and strain rate tensors, vorticity, integral
and differential equations of mass, momentum,
and energy conservation. Potential flow.
MECE E6102y Computational heat transfer
and fluid flow
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2007–2008.
Prerequisites: MECE E3100 and E3311; FOR-
TRAN. Mathematical description of pertinent
physical phenomena. Basics of finite-difference
methods of discretization, explicit and implicit
schemes, grid sizes, stability, and convergence.
Solution of algebraic equations, relaxation. Heat
conduction. Incompressible fluid flow, stream
function-vorticity formulation. Forced and natural
convection. Use of primitive variables, turbulence
modeling, and coordinate transformations.
MECE E6104y Case studies in computational
fluid dynamics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Panides.
Prerequisites: APMA E4200 and MECE E6100.
Corequisites: APMA E4300 and MECE E4400.
Hands-on case studies in computational fluid
dynamics, including steady and transient flows,
heat and mass transfer, turbulence, compressible
flow, and multiphase flow. Identifying assumptions,
computational domain selection, model creation
and setup, boundary conditions, choice of convergence
criteria, visualization and interpretation of
computed results. Taught in the Mechanical
Engineering Computer Laboratory with computational
fluid dynamics software.
MECE E6105y Transport phenomena in the
presence of interfaces
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Attinger.
Prerequisites: MECE E3301 and MECE E3311;
MECE E4100 or the equivalent, or the instructor’s
permission; CHEE E4252 or the equivalent, or the
instructor’s permission. Surface energy and capillary
phenomena. Wetting and spreading of liquids,
wetting line pinning and hysteresis, dynamics of
wetting. Surfactants. Bubbles: nucleation, stability,
dynamics, microstreaming. Jets and drops:
generation, dynamics, stability, and impact with
surfaces. Measurement of transport phenomena
involving interfaces. Interfacial transport phenomena
involving thermal, chemical, or electrical gradients.
Applications in microfluidic systems.
MECE E6200y Turbulence
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisite: MECE E6100. Introductory concepts
and statistical description. Kinematics of random
velocity fields, dynamics of vorticity, and scalar
quantities. Transport processes in a turbulent
medium. Turbulent shear flows: deterministic
and random structures. Experimental techniques,
prediction methods, and simulation.
MEBM E6310x–E6311y Mixture theories for
biological tissues, I and II
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisites: MECE E6422 and APMA E4200,
or the equivalent. Development of governing
equations for mixtures with solid matrix, interstitial
fluid, and ion constituents. Formulation of consti-
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