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This course is intended to provide an introduction to engineering mechanics. Topics include Static and Dynamics, Strength of Materials, and Systems Modeling. The course will emphasize basic relationships in these areas necessary to the understanding of design and manufacturing principles as covered in ME 503.
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Basic concepts and introduction to engineering analysis techniques in mechanical and manufacturing engineering. Topics include: applications of ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra and numerical analysis to mechanical and manufacturing engineering system.
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| This course is intended to provide non-mechanical engineering students with an understanding of the principles of mechanical design. It is given from the viewpoint that design is the central activity of the engineering profession, and it is more concerned with the introduction of mechanical engineering principles pertinent to design of products. This course presents design as an interdisciplinary activity that draws on such diverse subjects as materials selection, modeling and analysis, and manufacturing processes.
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| This course introduces the students to the fundamental principles of interior ballistics. Terminology and the Lagrange approximation are discussed. The governing equations of propellant burning are introduced. Projectile design practices are discussed in detail. Sabot and cartridge case design, as well as gun tube design, are covered. Term project focuses on the use of interior ballistic equations tailored to a specific job application.
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| This course will deal with the theory, performance, and life-cycle applications of propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics and advanced warhead and propulsion systems. Topics include: 1) Physical and chemical principles which govern the characteristics, performance, and design for use of energetics and advanced warhead and propulsion systems; 2) Current theory to explain stability, sensitivity, combustion, detonation, initiation, power, shaped charge effect, and flash and smoke formations; 3) calculation procedures to estimate performance of energetics and warhead and propulsion systems; 4) modern instrumentation and test procedures for material and system evaluation.
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| This course will deal with the theory, performance, and life-cycle applications of propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics and advanced warhead and propulsion systems. Topics include: 1) Physical and chemical principles which govern the characteristics, performance, and design for use of energetics and advanced warhead and propulsion systems; 2) Current theory to explain stability, sensitivity, combustion, detonation, initiation, power, shaped charge effect, and flash and smoke formations; 3) calculation procedures to estimate performance of energetics and warhead and propulsion systems; 4) modern instrumentation and test procedures for material and system evaluation.
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| Basic principles of exterior ballistics are introduced. Flight terminology, vacuum trajectories, and flat fire point mass trajectories are discussed. Siacci Method, Coriolis effect, yaw of repose, wind effects, 6-DOF trajectories, and modified point mass trajectories are covered.
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| Simplified equations for determination of flight stability and roll resonance are developed. Terminal ballistics are described and nomenclature introduced. Shock and stress wave effects in materials are discussed. Penetration and perforation of solids and the governing equations are described. Penetration of armor by shaped charge jets are discussed. Term project focuses on investigation of terminal ballistic effects tailored to a specific job application.
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| Courses on special topics of current interest in Mechanical Engineering, including but not limited to, the following: Nuclear Power Engineering and Computer-Aided Building Energy Analysis.
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| Analysis of thermodynamics, hydraulic, environmental, and economic considerations that affect the design and performance of modern power plants; overview of power generation system and its components, including boilers, turbines, circulating water systems, and condensate-feedwater systems; fuels and combustion; auxiliary pumping and cleanup systems; gas turbine and combined cycles; and introduction to nuclear power plants and alternate energy systems based on geothermal, solar, wind, and ocean energy.
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| Analysis of the automotive vehicle as an entire integrated system under highway and off-road conditions. Significant subject areas include power-train design, control and stability; suspension design, tire-road interface, soil-vehicle interface, four-wheeled, tracked and unconventional vehicles; emphasis is on design theory.
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| Composite material characterization; composite mechanics of plates, panels, beams, columns, and rods integrated with design procedures; analysis and design of composite structures, joining methods and procedures, introduction to manufacturing processes of filament winding, braiding, injection, compression and resin transfer molding, machining and drilling, and industrial applications.
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This course will introduce principles and applications of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) techniques which are important in design, manufacturing, and maintenance. Most commonly used methods such as ultrasonics, magnetics, radiography, penetrants, and eddy currents will be discussed. Physical concepts behind each of these methods as well as practical examples of their applications will be emphasized.
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| This course introduces principles of mechatronics to integrate mechanical, electronic/electrical, and control/computer/software components for motion control systems. Electromechanical components and integration concepts include: machine construction and control concepts, control modes (open/closed loop, servo, and process control) and motion profiles, motion drivers and actuators (AC drives, motors, gearing, servo and stepper motors), PLC control and programming (ladder and Boolean and combinatorial logic interfaces), microprocessor/computer based (logic, operating systems, SCADA, and HMI), field devices, signal conditioning, and communication (I/O hardware and management, vision systems, protocols, and programming languages), and introduction to system integration.
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| This course introduces the fundamental principles of mechanics applied to the study of biological systems and relates the design of implants and prosthetics to the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. Specific types of tissue covered include bone, ligament, skeletal and cardiac muscle, and articular cartilage. An introduction to the basic concepts of continuum mechanics is provided, including finite-deformation kinematics, stress, constitutive equations, and the governing conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy applied to deformable continua. Rigid-body kinematics is introduced in the context of applications in biomechanics.
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This course focuses on the design and manufacture of medical devices in a regulated environment. Current commercially available therapeutic devices are used as illustrations. For each device, the relevant physiology and common pathology is presented from an engineering point of view. This information is translated into user and functional requirements for the design of the therapeutic device. Based on these requirements, we explore how mechanical engineers contribute to the design and manufacture of these devices within a regulated environment.
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This course blends robotics theory, control theory neural networks theory, and neuroscience to understand in some depth the primate motor system. The goal is to understand how the brain uses vision and other sensory feedback to plan and control movements of the limb.
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| The internal combustion engine examined in terms of the four fundamental disciplines that determine its characteristics: 1) fluid mechanics; 2) chemistry of combustion and of exhaust emission; 3) first and second laws of thermodynamics, and 4) mechanics of reciprocating and rotary motion; high output Otto and Diesel engines for terrestrial, maritime and aerospace environments; normal and abnormal combustion; stratified charge and advanced low emission engines; hybrid and multifuel engines; Sterling and other space engines; free-piston and rotary-piston concepts and configurations.
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Pharmaceutical manufacturing is vital to the success of the technical operations of a pharmaceutical company. This course is approached from the need to balance company economic considerations with the regulatory compliance requirements of safety, effectiveness, identity, strength, quality, and purity of the products manufactured for distribution and sale by the company. Overview of chemical and biotech process technology and equipment, dosage forms and finishing systems, facility engineering, health, safety and environment concepts, and regulatory issues.
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An introduction to the principles and control of air pollution, including: regulations, measurement, and instrumentation of air pollution; air pollution chemistry; atmospheric dispersion modeling; inertial separators; electrostatic precipitators; scrubbers; filters; absorption and adsorption; and thermal treatment, catalytic reduction, mobile sources, and indoor air quality.
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| The basis of catalysis and catalytic processes are introduced, such as the production of a broad range of chemicals and reduction of pollutants from mobile and stationary sources.
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Current Good Manufacturing Practice compliance issues in design of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical facilities. Issues related to process flow, material flow, and people flow, and A&E mechanical, industrial, HVAC, automation, electrical, and computer. Bio-safety levels. Developing effective written procedures, so that proper documentation can be provided, and then documenting through validation that processes with a high degree of assurance do what they are intended to do. Levels I, II, and III policies. Clinical phases I, II, III and their effect on plant design. Defending products against contamination. Building quality into products.
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Bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing and unit operations. Process scale-up. Transport processes, including mass, heat, and momentum transfer. Process synthesis, analysis, and design. Traditional separation processes, including distillation, evaporation, extraction, crystallization, and absorption. New separation processes, including pressure swing adsorption, molecular sieves, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, microfiltration, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, diafiltration, gas permeation, pervaporation, supercritical fluid extraction, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Batch and continuous reactors for homogeneous, heterogeneous, catalytic, and non-catalytic reactions.
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This course provides a broad overview of topics related to the design and operations of modern biopharmaceutical facilities. It covers process, utilities, and facility design issues, and encompasses all major manufacturing areas, such as fermentation, harvest, primary and final purification, media and buffer preparation, equipment cleaning and sterilization, and critical process utilities. Unit operations include cell culture, centrifugation, conventional and tangential flow filtration, chromatography, solution preparation, and bulk filling. Application of current Good Manufacturing Practices and Bioprocessing Equipment Standards (BPE-2002) will be discussed.
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Validation of a pharmaceutical manufacturing process is an essential requirement with respect to compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) contained within the Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR). Course covers validation concepts for plant, process, cleaning, sterilization, filtration, analytical methods, and computer systems; GAMP (Good Automated Manufacturing Practice), IEEE SQAP, and new electronic requirements - 21 CFR Part 11. Master validation plan, IQ, OQ, and PQ protocols, and relationships to GMP. National (FDA) and international (EU) regulatory affairs for cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) and cGLP (current Good Laboratory Practice) requirements in development, manufacturing, and marketing. Handling the FDA inspection.
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Computers and computerized systems are ubiquitous in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Validation of these systems is essential to assure public safety and compliance with appropriate regulatory issues regarding validation: GMP, GCP, 21CFR Part 11, etc. This course covers validation concepts for various classes of computerized systems and applications used in the pharmaceutical industry; importance of requirements engineering in validation; test protocols and design; organizational maturity considerations.
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| Analysis of refrigeration cycles, properties of refrigerants and coolants; psychrometry; factors affecting human comfort; environmental control requirements in industrial processes; estimation of infiltration and ventilation, heat transmission coefficients, insolation; heating and cooling load on buildings; numerical methods for building energy analysis; selection of air distribution systems, ducting and fans; selection of water and steam distribution systems, piping and pumps.
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This course lays the foundations in aerospace engineering. Topics include the history of aviation, basic aerodynamics, airfoils, wings and other aerodynamic shapes, aircraft performance, stability and control, aircraft structures (structural analysis and materials), propulsion, flight test, rockets, space flight, and orbits.
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| Aerodynamic and thermodynamic fundamentals applicable to turbomachinery; design configurations and types of turbomachinery; turbine, compressor and ancillary equipment kinematics, thermodynamics and performance; selection and operational problems of turbomachinery.
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| Introduction to basic concepts and current state-of-the-art hardware; architecture and elementary programming; instruction sets; fundamental software concepts; interfacing microprocessors to external devices; microprocessors in control systems; hands-on laboratory applications of microprocessors in mechanical engineering systems.
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| An introduction to using a computer system to aid in engineering design, fundamental components of hardware and software; databases and database management, numerical control and computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of manufacturing system from conceptual design through quality control to final shipping is discussed. Applications include solids modeling, CAD drawing and solution using finite element method.
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| Covers the general area of management of operations, both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. The focus of the course is on productivity and total quality management. Topics include: quality control and quality management, systems of inventory control, work and materials scheduling, and process management.
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| Application of mathematical optimization techniques, including linear and nonlinear methods, to design and manufacture of devices and systems of interest to mechanical engineers; optimization techniques include: constrained and unconstrained optimization in several variables, problems for structured multi-stage decision, and linear programming; formulation of design and manufacturing problems using computer- based methods; optimum design of parts and assemblies to minimize the cost of manufacture.
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| This course is involved in the design and development of parts and assemblies for manufacturability and functionality; characteristics and capabilities of significant manufacturing processes; principles of design for manufacturability; product planning; conceptual design; embodiment design; dimensional tolerances; optimum design of products to minimize cost of manufacture; materials specifications for ease of manufacturability and good functional results; design for ease of assembly; integrated product development; concurrent engineering practice.
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| Introduction to microsystem design, modeling and fabrication. Course topics include material properties of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfabrication technologies, structural behavior, sensing and actuation principles and methods. Emphasis on microsystems design, modeling and simulation including lumped element modeling and finite element analysis. The emerging nano-materials, processes and devices will also be discussed. Student teams design microsystems (sensors, actuators and sensing/control systems) of a variety of types, (optical MEMS, bioMEMS, inertial sensors, etc.) to meet a set of performance specifications using a realistic microfabrication process.
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Bringing together the creative talents of electrical, mechanical, optical and chemical engineers, materials specialists, clinical-laboratory scientists, and physicians, the science of biomedical microelectromechanical systems (Bio MEMS) promises to deliver sensitive, selective, fast, low cost, less invasive, and more robust methods for diagnostics, individualized treatment, and novel drug delivery. The goals of this course are to introduce microfabrication, microfluidics, sensors, actuators, drug delivery systems, micro total analysis systems and lab-on-a-chip devices, detection and measurement systems. The main focus is on the fundamental challenges and limitations involved in designing and demonstrating BioMEMS devices. Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in ME or similar engineering discipline or permission by instructor.
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| This course offers concurrent design as they apply to quiet product design; vibration and acoustic characteristics in design or products and systems; source-path-receiver model for vibration and acoustics; vibration of single and two degrees of freedom models; features of continuous systems, design for low vibration and vibration control; acoustic plane and spherical waves; acoustical source models; acoustic performance descriptions; design of quiet products and systems; application of computational methods; case studies.
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| Review of laws regarding air, water and noise pollution. Role of engineering representing a company or public before government agencies. Permit system, implementation plans, and other legal sanction. Site studies and environmental impact statements.
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| Problems in mechanical engineering illustrating the application of computer methods to solve roots of algebraic and transcendental equations, system of algebraic equations, curve fitting, numerical integration and differentiation, ordinary and partial differential equations.
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| Basic principles of heat exchanger design; types of heat exchangers, heat exchanger effectiveness; uncertainty analysis of design and operating parameters; fouling factors; heat transfer augmentation in heat exchangers, two-phase flow, boiling and condensation in heat exchangers, second law of thermodynamics for optimization of heat exchanger design; tube vibrations; codes and standards; individually supervised heat exchanger design project.
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| Introduction to electronic packaging, thermal characteristics and operating environment of electronic components, reliability; fundamental concepts and basic modes of heat transfer; contact and interface thermal resistance; convective cooling of components and systems, modeling of chips, packages, and printed circuit boards; finned array and heat sink analysis; cold plate and heat exchanger design and analysis; computer-aided design; heat pipes; liquid and immersion cooling.
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| This is a multi-disciplinary course in the analysis and design of electronic systems. Topics include: introduction to conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer as applied to electronic systems; design of heat sinks for small to large frames; structural analysis including shock and vibration modeling; introduction to electromagnetic shielding; integrated product design for manufacturing, reliability and quality control.
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| Elements of a robotic/flexible automation system; overview of applications; manipulator anatomy; drive systems; end effectors; sensors; computer control: functions, levels of intelligence, motion control, programming and interfacing to sensors and actuators; applications: identification, hardware selection, work cell design, economics, case studies; design of parts and assemblies; advanced topics.
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| Fundamental laws of the thermodynamics of mechanical, thermal and chemical equilibrium systems; thermodynamic properties of materials including multiphase, multicomponent systems with gaseous chemical reactions; analysis of thermodynamic systems (open and closed) based primarily on the first and second laws.
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| Fundamental modes of heat transfer; conduction, thermal resistance, extended surface with variable cross-section area, application of analytical, numerical and analog methods to the steady and unsteady state; convection, fluid flow and elementary boundary layer theory, dimensional analysis, forced convection for internal and external flows, natural convection, laminar and turbulent flow correlation formulas, condensation and boiling; radiation, physical foundations, radiative properties of surfaces, enclosure radiation, view factors, electrical analogy, gas radiation.
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| Lumped, integral and differential formulation of general laws, statement of particular laws, initial and boundary conditions; steady one-dimensional conduction, principles of superposition; extended surfaces, power series solutions and Bessel functions, approximate solutions; steady two- and three-dimensional conduction, unsteady problems, separation of variables and orthogonal functions; steady periodic problems and complex temperature; finite difference formulation and numerical solutions; introduction to finite element formulation of conduction problems.
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| Place of convective heat transfer among engineering sciences, concepts related to thermodynamics, mechanics and deformable moving media. General principles: conservation of mass, balance of linear momentum, conservation of total energy, increase of entropy; formulation of parallel flows, buoyancy driven flows, thermal boundary layers, fully developed heat transfer in pipes and channels, heat transfer correlations for turbulent flows.
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| Courses on advanced topics of current interest in Mechanical Engineering, including but not limited to any of the following: Steam Turbines, Random Vibrations, Stability of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems, Stress Waves in Solids, Lubrication Theory, Radiative Heat Transfer, Mechanism Design, Buckling of Metal Structures.
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| Fundamentals of wave motion, acoustical plane waves, spherical waves, transmission of sound through media, radiation of sound, acoustical source mechanisms, absorption of sound, principles of underwater acoustics, ultrasonics.
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| | This course will concentrate on a group of current topics in air pollution technology. For example: public health aspects of air pollution, incineration, fugitive emissions, modeling and prediction of near-field dispersion, air quality measurement, aerosols, odor control, current industrial applications and practice. The course will extend coverage of air pollution topics into additional areas not covered in conventional courses and provide flexibility for new, timely subjects.
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| Introduction to fluid mechanics and heat transfer; design of piping systems; selection of pumps; analysis and design of heat exchangers; modeling and simulation of thermal systems; system optimization and design; case studies.
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| The structures of flames in a variety of practical combustion devices (e.g., coal and oil burners, reciprocating engines, etc.) are described theoretically and compared to experimental results. Based on this understanding, the basic "tradeoff" between efficiency and pollutant emissions is established.
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| Introduction to state space concepts; state space description of physical systems such as electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, thermal, hydraulic, pneumatic, aerospace, etc. systems. Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and other topics in linear algebra, modal decomposition and other coordination transformations. Relationship between classical transfer function methods and modern state methods. Analysis of linear continuous and discrete time linear systems, solution by state transition matrix, control ability, observability and stability properties; synthesis of linear feedback control systems via pole assignment and stabilizability and performance index minimization. Brief introduction to optimal control, estimation and identification.
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| Introduction to vector stochastic processes; response of linear differential systems to white noise, state estimation of linear stochastic systems by Kalman Filtering, combined optimal control and estimation of continuous time Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) regulators; optimization techniques for dynamic systems using nonlinear programming methods and variational calculus; optimal control of linear and nonlinear systems by Pontryagin’s maximum principle and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman theory of dynamic programming; computational methods in optimal control and estimation; applications to aerospace, mechanical electrical and other physical systems.
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This course focuses on the application of advanced process control techniques in pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries. Among the topics considered are bioreactor and polymerization reactor modeling, biosensors, state and parameter estimation techniques, optimization of reactor productivity for batch, fed-batch and continuous operations, and expert systems approaches to monitoring and control. An overview of a complete automation project of a pharmaceutical plant, from design to start-up, will be discussed, including process control issues and coordination of interdisciplinary requirements and regulations. Guest speakers from local industry will present current technological trends. A background in differential equations, biochemical engineering and basic process control is required.
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This course spans the background, fundamental principles and elements of hardware/software required for design and prototyping intelligent mechatronic systems and fundamentals for developing knowledge-bases, tools and methods that contribute to the intelligent response of system to expected and unexpected stimuli. The course introduces hardware and software development system architectures, interfacing to the analog world with sensors, response synthesis and actuation. Model-based, learning-based and knowledge-based algorithms that enable intelligent response synthesis by the system will be studied. Prerequisite: ME522 Mechatronics I (Preferred but not Required).
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| Gas turbine cycles, theoretical and practical; cycles with intercooling, recuperation and reheat; the closed cycle turbine; cycles on the H-S charts; heat exchangers; intercoolers; compressor and turbine types; turbine cooling; aircraft gas turbines; turboprops and turbojets; afterburners and wet compression for jets; industrial gas turbines; nuclear fuel applications; regulation of gas turbines.
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| Fundamental theory of turbomachines for incompressible fluids; Euler theorem; velocity diagrams; hydraulic turbines and pumps; aerodynamic theory of turbomachines; two-dimensional and three-dimensional flow of compressible fluids; boundary layer considerations in turbomachines, loading limits and design corrections; free vortex, solid rotation, and other types of radical equilibrium; axial, radial and mixed flow machines; transonic and supersonic compressors; similarity laws; characteristic curves; off design conditions and regulation.
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Finishing and packaging systems in the pharmaceutical and health-related industries for various product and dosage forms. Unit operations, such as blending, granulating, compressing, branding, and coating for tablets, as well as blending and filling for capsules. Packaging equipment for tablet and capsule counting, capping, security sealing and banding, labeling, cartoning, and blister packing. Design tools for selection, specification, line layout, and computer simulation. Project-based design of typical packaging line for either solid dose or liquid products. Project will require analysis of material flow, space constraints, operator needs, and equipment selection, resulting in CAD design layout and computer simulation. Also, development of complete documentation, including equipment specifications, capital expenditure request, purchase order, test plan, and validation documents.
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| Vibration of linear system with one degree of freedom; multidegree of freedom systems; vibration control; Lagrange’s equation; theory of small vibrations; matrix methods; normal coordinates; approximate methods of Holzer and Rayleigh-Stodola.
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| Vibration of continuous systems; theory and application using finite element method; nonlinear systems; transient response, shock and impact phenomena; random vibrations.
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This course emphasizes the development of modeling and simulation concepts and analysis skills necessary to design, program, implement and use computers to solve complex systems/products analysis problems. The key emphasis is on problem formulation, model building, data analysis, solution techniques and evaluation of alternative designs/processes in complex systems/products. Overview of modeling techniques and methods used in decision analysis, including multi-attribute utility models, decision trees and optimization methods are discussed.
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This project-based course exposes students to tools and methodologies useful for forming and managing an effective engineering desiggn team in a business environment. Topis covered will include: personnality profiles for creating teams with balanced diversity; computational tools for project coordination and management; real-time electronic documentation as a critical design process variable; and methods for refining project requirements to ensure that the team addresses the right problem with the right solution.
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This course will review identification of pharmaceutical processes and systems, model formulation, algorithm development, and solution techniques of relevance to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Development of concepts and analysis skills necessary for modeling and simulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and systems are emphasized. Overview of modeling techniques, process model development, product and assembly models, optimization techniques, and methods used in decision analysis, including multi-attribute utility models, decision trees, and discrete event simulation is presented. Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in engineering or its equivalent.
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| Introduction to the application of engineering analysis techniques and mathematical principles of mechanical engineering. In addition to analytical and computational techniques, case studies and project-based examples will be given.
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| Topics included are applications of complex variables, linear algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations, numerical analysis and other mathematical methods applied to mechanical engineering.
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| Fundamentals of Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing addresses design and manufacturing as a global closed-loop system comprising four major functions: marketing, part design, process specifications and production. The emphasis of this course is on the computer integration of the islands of automation created by isolated computerized systems within these major functions in an enterprise.
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| Introduction to the design and control of production systems using mathematical, computational and other modern techniques. Topics that will be investigated include forecasting, inventory systems, aggregate production planning, material requirements planning, project planning, job sequencing, operations scheduling and reliability, in addition to capacity, flexibility and economic analysis of flexible manufacturing systems.
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| A basically physical approach to the study of continuum mechanics; Cartesian tensor notation, the concepts of stress, deformation and flow in continuous media; conservation equations and constitutive relations developed and used to establish mathematical models for the deformation of elastic, plastic and viscoelastic solids; the flow of Newtonian, and non-Newtonian fluids.
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Water and steam systems: water used as excipient, cleaning agent or product dilutent, and water quality selection criteria; generation, storage, and distribution systems; bio-burden control; USP PWS (purified water systems) and USP WFI (water for injection) systems; engineering considerations, including specification, design, installation, validation, operation, testing, and maintenance; common unit operations, including deionization, reverse osmosis, distillation, ultrafiltration, and ozonation systems; process considerations, including pretreatment, storage and distribution, materials of construction, microbial control pyrogen control, and system maintenance; FDA requirements; clean-in-place systems; and steam generation and distribution systems.
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| Fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics; principle of virtual work; D’Alembert’s Principle; Hamilton’s Principle; Lagrange’s equations; Hamilton’s equations; motion relative to moving reference frames; rigid-body dynamics; Hamilton-Jacobi equation; applications.
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| This course is intended to give the student an in-depth appreciation of contemporary and emerging manufacturing methods in use in a wide variety of durable and consumable goods industries. The initial emphasis will be on the mechanics of material removal/material flows and processing. Next, contemporary net-shape composite manufacturing processing techniques, equipment and testing methods will be presented and demonstrated whenever possible. The course will conclude with hands-on manufacturing projects accomplished in teams, focusing on the study of the field of manufacturing processes from a mechanical engineering design standpoint. Topics will include optimum mechanical design for cost, weight, stress, energy and tolerances.
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| This course follows the introductory course and covers advanced topics in the design, modeling, and fabrication of micro and nano electromechanical systems. The materials will be broad and multidisciplinary including: review of micro and nano electromechanical systems, dimensional analysis and scaling, thermal, transport, fluids, microelectronics, feedback control, noise, and electromagnetism at the micro and nanoscales; the modeling of a variety of new MEMS/NEMS devices; and alternative approaches to the continuum mechanics theory. The goal will be achieved through a combination of lectures, case studies, individual homework assignments, and design projects carried out in teams.
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| Robot path control, dynamics of robot systems, mechanical drive systems; microcomputers, computational architectures, digital control of manipulators; sensors, force and compliance control, vision systems, tactile sensing, range finding and navigation; intelligence and task planning.
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| Torsion, bending and shear of beams with solid or thin-walled sections; curved beams; shrink fits, pressure vessels, spinning discs; experimental techniques, strain rosettes; buckling of bars, beams, rings, boiler tubes; thermal stress problems; introduction to theory of elasticity.
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| This course deals with methodologies for designing modern structures and other performance-driven products. The course entails aspects of computer-aided engineering (CAE), integration of CAE and design, methodologies for failure and stability analysis, designing with anisotropic materials such as composites, modeling process-material-performance relationships and the use of such models in design, multidisciplinary design optimization and integrated product design automation.
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| Stress analysis of axisymmetric bodies; beams on elastic foundations; introduction to plate theory and fracture mechanics; plasticity; creep and fatigue of engineering materials.
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| Development of the fundamental equations of finite-element theory, using the matrix displacement approach. Detailed case studies of one-dimensional (truss and beam), two-dimensional (plane stress/strain and axisymmetric solid), k and plate-bending elements are explained. Applications include interactive model building and solutions.
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| This course covers the development and application of finite-element theory to fluid structure interaction, large deformations of incompressible material, electromechanical coupling problems and nonlinear heat transfer with phase change.
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| This course addresses methodologies and tools to define product development phases and also provides experience working in teams to design high-quality competitive products. Primary goals are to improve ability to reason about design, material and process alternatives and apply modeling techniques appropriate for different development phases, as well as development of competitive product design and plans for its manufacture along with facilities layout simulation, testing and service. Topics covered are: user requirements gathering, quality function deployment (QFD), design for assembly, design for materials and manufacturing processes, optimizing the design for cost and producibility, manufacturing process specifications and planning, process control and optimization, SPC and six sigma process, tolerance analysis, flexible manufacturing, product testing and rapid prototyping.
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| Fracture energy, linear elastic fracture mechanics, stress intensity factor, crack opening displacement (COD), fracture mechanics in design, elastic plastic fracture mechanics, numerical methods in fracture mechanics, introduction to fatigue, fatigue crack initiation, fatigue crack propagation.
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| Fundamentals of elasticity and plasticity, yield criteria, plastic stress-strain relations, theories of work hardening. Extremum principles. Application to problems of bending, torsion, plane stress and plane strain. Slip line and limit analysis.
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| Review of two-dimensional thin airfoil theory, thin air foils in unsteady motion, transient harmonic time dependence; fundamentals of vibration of continuous and lumped systems; aeroelastic vibrations, single degree of freedom flutter, stall flutter, coupled bending-torsion flutter; multiple degrees of freedom, cascades, turbomachines.
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| Stress in a continuum; kinematics of fluid motion; rate of strain and vorticity; relation between stress and rate of strain; the Navier-Stokes equations; inviscid flow; stream function, velocity potential and circulation; Kelvin and Helmholtz theorems; two-dimensional incompressible flows; the Kuta-Joukowski theorem; introduction to compressible flows, boundary layers and drag-on bodies.
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| Computational techniques for solving problems in fluid flow and heat transfer; review of governing equations for fluid flow, special topics in numerical analysis, algorithms for incompressible flow, treatment of complicated geometrical constraints.
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| Fundamental equations of viscous flow; solutions of the Newtonian viscous flow equations; laminar boundary layers; stability of laminar flows; fluid turbulence and approximate solutions.
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| Pressure wave propagation; one-dimensional flow; isentropic flow, adiabatic flow, diabatic flow, real and ideal flow in nozzles and diffusers; normal shock, Rankine-Hugoniot relation; flow in constant area ducts with friction; flow in ducts with heating and cooling; Fanno, Rayleigh and Busemann lines; generalized one-dimensional continuous flow; unsteady one-dimensional flow; method of characteristics.
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The goals of this course are to go beyond the introduction stage in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) to provide students with a strong background in the design and characterization of micro- and nano-scale sensors and actuators with a broad range of applications in VNT-based sensors, actuators and devices, biomedical systems, micro- and nanoscale manipulation, adaptive optics, and microfluidics. The main focus is on the fundamental challenges and limitations involved in designing and demonstrating micro and nano devices and systems. Prerequisites: ME 573, ME 581 or equivalent.
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This course will address the basic concepts of nanoelectronics, including fundamental principles, novel electronic materials, novel fabrication techniques and devices. In particular, it will focus on novel nanofabrication techniques including nanolithography, growth and assembly processes, and characterization techniques to validate its fabrication process related to the area of Nanoelectronics. It will also address the technical issues to develop nano-scale elements/devices including single electron devices, carbon nanotubes as interconnects or transistors, nanowires, graphene materials and devices, spintronic applications and eventually complex organic molecules as memory and logic units.
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ME 573
Introduction to microsystem design, modeling and fabrication. Course topics include material properties of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfabrication technologies, structural behavior, sensing and actuation principles and methods. Emphasis on microsystems design, modeling and simulation including lumped element modeling and finite element analysis. The emerging nano-materials, processes and devices will also be discussed. Student teams design microsystems (sensors, actuator |
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