Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Deals with ground vehicle stability and control. Contribution of tire lateral force, stiffness, and aligning torque to stability. Effects of suspension geometry, chassis stiffness, and roll stiffness.
This course covers governing equations, ordinary differential equations (ODEs), numerical integration; finite difference and finite volume methods for parabolic, ellipitic, hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs), numerical linear algebra; turbulence modeling.
Basic principles and technical details of various renewable energy technologies for the sustainable future. Process design, energy analysis, engineering economics and environmental assessment of renewable energy systems.
Covers fundamentals of nanomaterial and nanotechnology. Unique properties of nanomaterials. Synthesis methods of various nanomaterials. Nano and microfabrication techniques. Applications of nanomaterials in various technologies, environmental science, biotechnology and biomedicine.
This course provides an overview of the principles of automation and concept of system control, including instrumentation, control, human interface, and communication subsystems.
The core of this course is to learn advance analytical and computational methods to solve multi-dimensional conduction, convection-advection, mechanical vibration, and elasticity equations.
This is the second course in a two-course sequence to learn advanced analytical and computational methods to solve multi-dimensional diffusion, heat, biharmonic, and elasticity equations.
Research methods in engineering conducting critical reviews of research literature, preparing pre-proposal, and initiating background research on a thesis topic. Student is expected to submit a thesis pre-proposal.
Additive manufacturing (AM), rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, joining processes, direct digital manufacturing to form 3D parts with applications ranging from prototyping to production in aerospace, defense, and biomedical industries.
Fundamentals and applications of fuel cell and hydrogen technology. It includes thermodynamics, electrochemical kinetics, fuel cell electrode catalysts, fuel cell systems, fuel reforming, hydrogen production, storage, safety.
Covers the causes and mechanisms of aqueous corrosion, electrochemistry and thermodynamicsof corrosion. Materials selection, design for minimization of corrosion, and corrosion protection. Case studies are discussed.
Design and operation of wind farms. Topics include wind energy principles, wind site assessment, components, power generation machinery, control systems, connection to the electric grid and transmission, and energy storage.
Detailed coverage of the mechanisms of friction, material wear, and major lubrication techniques - liquids, solids, and gases - with traditional and modern applications. Coverage of micro/nanotribology, MEMS, and magnetic surface storage applications.
Covers the knowledge needed to select and design biomaterials used in medical devices with emphasis on metallic, ceramic, polymeric, and composite biomaterials. Explains the difference between materials science and materials engineering.
This course covers tool design and metal cutting theory, CAD/CAM, CIM, CNC m/c, CNC programming, fixture design, metal forming, gear manufacturing, non-tradtional machining, PLC, flexible manufacturing, robotics, rapid prototyping/tooling.
Modeling of vibratory motion of advanced mechanical and structural systems, including continuous systems, nonlinear systems and systems with random excitations.
Overview of system modeling and simulation of complex systems with mechanical, hydraulic, thermal and/or electrical elements. Frequency response analysis, stability, and numerical analysis of system modeling.
Nonlinear dynamical systems, including concepts of chaos, fractal and classic dynamics equations, one dimension systems, two dimension systems, phase plane, limit cycle, bifurcation, Lorenz equation, and fractals.
Sustainable energy management, provides an overview of mechanical and control systems within buildings with sub-systems which possess a visible energy signature in terms of energy usage, inefficiency, and impact.
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest.
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest.
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest.
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest.
This course covers the communication problems encountered in researching and writing a thesis: the scientific writing of a research paper, the speaking and presenting skills, and the organization skills.