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Mechanical Engineering - Courses

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Course List


ME 105 - Solid Modeling
3 credits. Introduction 
to the fundamentals of Solid Modeling.  Sketch-
ing, features, modeling, assemblies and drawings. 
PREREQ: MATH 147. F, S

ME 320 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery
3 credits. Kinematic analysis and design of 
cams, gears, and linkages; velocity, acceleration 
and force analysis; kinematic synthesis; balanc-
ing; analysis by complex numbers; computer-
aided analysis and synthesis. PREREQ: ENGR 
220 and MATH 230. F

ME 323 - Machine Design
3 credits. 
Design of mechanical  components  subject  to  static  and 
fatigue  loads.  Design  using  screws,  fasteners, 
springs,  bearings,  and  welds.  Computer-aided 
design using finite element methods. PREREQ:
ENGR 350 and ME 320. S

ME 341 - Fluid Mechanics
3 credits.
Fluid statics, incompressible fluid flow, open channel
flow, compressible fluid flow, pipe flow, flow
measurements,  pumps,  valves,  other  devices.  
PREREQ: ENGR 307 and MATH 360. S

ME 353 - Manufacturing Processes
3 credits. 
Production techniques and equipment. Casting, 
molding,  pressure  forming,  metal  removal, 
joining and assembly, automation and materials 
handling. Field trips. PREREQ: ENGR 223 and 
ENGR 224. COREQ: ME 353L. D

ME 355 - System Dynamics
3 credits. 
Modeling and representations of dynamic 3-dimensional 
physical  systems  emphasizing  rigid  bodies: 
transfer functions, block diagrams, state equa-
tions. Transient response. PREREQ: ENGR 220 
and MATH 360. D

ME 405g - Measurement Systems Design
3 credits.  Introduction  to  instrumentation  sys-
tems analysis and design, including: statistical 
analysis, system modeling, actuators, transduc-
ers,  sensor  systems, signal  transmission,  data 
acquisition, and signal conditioning. PREREQ: 
ENGR  340,  ENGR  342,  and  MATH  360. 
COREQ: ME g406. F

ME 406g - Measurement Systems Laboratory
1 credit. Principles of measurement, measurement 
standards and accuracy, detectors and transduc-
ers,  digital  data  acquisition  principles,  signal 
conditioning systems and readout devices, sta-
tistical concepts in measurement, experimental 
investigation of engineering systems. COREQ: 
ME g405. F

ME 416 - Thermal Power Cycles
3 credits.
Application  of  thermodynamics  to  design  of 
systems  for  conversion  of  thermal  energy  to 
power  by  various  power  cycles.  PREREQ: 
ME 341. F

ME 425g - Mechatronics
3 credits. 
Basic kinematics, sensors, actuators, measurements, 
electronics,  microprocessors,  programmable 
logic controllers, feedback control, robotics and 
intelligent  manufacturing.  PREREQ:  ENGR 
340, ENGR 342, and MATH 360. D

ME 440g - Vibration Analysis
3 credits. 
Free vibration  and  forced  response  of  single  and 
multiple  degree  of  freedom  systems,  normal 
modes,  random  vibrations,  discrete,  lumped 
mass, and continuous systems. Vibration control 
techniques. PREREQ: ENGR 220, ENGR 350, 
and MATH 360. COREQ: ME 323. S
 
ME 443 Thermal Fluids Laboratory
1 credit.
Measurement of thermal and fluid properties, ex-
periments on fluid flow and heat transfer systems.
PREREQ: ME 341. COREQ: ME 476. S

ME 451g Compressible Fluid Flow
3 credits.
Fundamentals  and  practical  applications  of 
compressible fluid flow and gas dynamics;
techniques  for  isentropic  friction,  heat  addi-
tion, isothermal flow, shock wave analysis,
propagation, expansion waves, reflection waves.
PREREQ: ME 341. D

ME 476 - Heat Transfer
3 credits. Principles 
and  engineering  applications of  heat  transfer. 
Analysis of conduction, convection and radia-
tion heat transfer. Design of heat exchangers.     
PREREQ: ME 341. F

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