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 Courses: Mechanical Engineering (MECE) 

1100: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Cr. 1. (0-2.) Topics in mechanical engineering, computational tools, ethics, intellectual property, technical writing and presentation.

1331: Computing for Engineers
Cr. 3. (3-0).

2334: Thermodynamics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEM 1372, CHEM 1117, MATH 2433, PHYS 1322. Fundamental concepts of heat and work, simple substances, energy analysis, first and second laws, thermodynamics of state.

2336: Mechanics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2433. Fundamentals of vector mechanics applied to systems of forces, resultants, free body diagrams, equilibrium and analysis of frames, machines and other structures. Centroids of areas, center of mass and moments of inertia.

2361: Mechanical Design I: Design Analysis and Synthesis
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: CNST 1330 , ENGL 1304 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in COSC 1410 or MECE 1331 or equivalent. Introduction to engineering design. Individual and group projects.

3245: Materials Science Laboratory
Cr. 2. (1-3). Prerequisite: MECE 3345. Experiments in materials science and related topics.

3334: Thermodynamics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 2334. Power and refrigeration cycles, mixture of ideal gases, basic combustion processes, equilibrium, thermodynamics of compressible flow, thermal system design.

3336: Mechanics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 1331, MECE 2336 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3321. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies.

3338: Mechanical Design II: Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2361 and MECE 3336. Design of system parameters and feedback control gains to satisfy transient and steady-state response specifications for mechanical systems; transfer functions, time and frequency response, vibration isolation, automatic control systems. Design project required.

3345: Materials Science
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEM 1372, CHEM 1117, MECE 2336 and MECE 2334. Properties of materials described by and related to materials structure. Emphasis on mechanical properties of materials.

3360: Experimental Methods
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: MECE 1331 , ECE 3336, ENGI 2304, MECE 2334 and MECE 2336 . Sensors, transducers, signal conditions and analysis, and data acquisition and analysis. Measurement of length, strain, force, temperature, pressure, and velocity.

3363: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2334, MECE 2336, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3363. Fluid properties, control volume and differential balance equations, viscous and irrotational flows, dimensional analysis, laminar and turbulent flows.

3369: Solid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2336 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3363. Intermediate studies of the principles of stress analysis, buckling, energy methods, and the theories of failure; includes practical applications.

3370: Computational Methods for Mechanical Engineers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MATH 3363, credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 3363. Mathematical formulation and computer aided solution of typical problems from mechanics of solids and fluids, heat transfer and mechanical engineering design and critical assessment of results.

3399-4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

3400: Introduction to Mechanics
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3321. Not for mechanical engineering majors. Statics of bodies, analysis of deformation and stress in elastic solids subject to bending and torsion, dynamics of particles, and mechanical vibrations.

4198:4298:4398:4498:4598: Special Problems
Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

4332: Mechanical Design III: Integration of Component Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, 3345, 3369, and 3370. Finite element theory for mechanical components and systems, failure theory in design, computer based design.

4334: Mechanical Design IV: Mechanical Engineering Systems Design (also INDE 4334)
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: Senior standing in mechanical engineering MECE 4332 and MECE 4364. Credit may not be received for more than one of INDE 4334 and MECE 4334. Applications of analytical, experimental and computational techniques in open-ended problems supplied by industry and faculty.

4364: Heat Transfer
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3334, MECE 3363, MECE 3370. Steady and unsteady heat conduction; heat transfer by forced and free convection, radiation, and/or phase change; numerical solutions and heat transfer system synthesis.

4371: Thermal-Fluids Laboratory
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: MECE 3334,3360 and 4364. Experimental aspects of fluid mechanics and heat transfer; fluid behavior and fluid properties, flow variables and their measurement; temperature and heat transfer measurement; design and execution of student experiments.

4372: Mechanics-Controls-Vibration Laboratory
Cr. 3. (1 1/2-3). Prerequisite: MECE 3360, 3338. Experimental methods to study dynamic response of structures and process systems. Course includes design of control systems and modification of laboratory hardware.

5307: Fracture of Structural Materials
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3445 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Methods of materials characterization for fracture resistant or fracture safe design.

5332: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3369, 3445, 3363 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Vector and tensor analysis, kinematics of deformation, stress, the balance laws of physics, and basic constitutive theory with applications to elastic solids and viscous fluids.

5335: Lubrication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3363 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Rheology of oils and greases; design and formulation of engine oils; analysis of hydrodynamic, elastohydrodynamic and boundary lubrication.

5338: Fundamentals of Acoustics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MATH 3321, MECE 3336, ECE 3336 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Introductory acoustics and ultrasonics: vibrations of strings, bars, membranes, transmission lines, plane and spherical waves.

5339: Introduction to Engineering Alloys
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3445 or equivalent and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Structure and properties of metal alloys; selection of alloys for various engineering applications; metallographic examinations; scanning electron microscope fractography.

5350: Design of Alternative Energy Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 4364 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4334. Energy policy and economics, fundamentals of alternative energy devices, analysis and design of solar thermal collection and storage systems. Design project.

5360: Heat Transfer Component Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 4364, credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4334 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Extended surface analysis and design, equipment performance calculations, electronic equipment cooling, heat exchanger selection and design, design project.

5361: Introduction to Compressible Flow
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3334, MECE 3363 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Control volume solutions in one- and two- dimensional flows; normal and oblique shocks; isentropic flow; frictional flow; nonadiabatic flow; nozzles, diffusers, ejectors, and wind tunnels.

5363: Fluid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3334, MECE 3363 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Flow in piping systems, boundary layers, turbulence, flow past bluff bodies, turbomachinery, compressible flow.

5364: Industrial Energy Conservation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3334, MECE 3363, credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4364 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Technical and economic principles needed to assess the potential for energy conservation projects in energy-intensive industries. Applications of energy procedures involving steam usage, combustion science, heat recovery techniques and equipment, and industrial insulation. Lighting, ventilation, and air conditioning of industrial buildings.

5365: Vibration-Acoustical Transducers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3334, ECE 3336 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Principles of transduction, motional impedance, calibration and reciprocity, measurement of acoustic-vibration quantities.

5367: Control System Analysis and Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2334, 3338, MATH 3321 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Analysis and design of control systems in mechanical engineering; stability and time response, controller design, state variable approach.

5371: Vibration Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3338, MECE 3336 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Single and multiple degree-of-freedom systems; free and forced vibrations of damped and undamped systems; approximate methods of analysis.

5373: Computer-Based Resolution of Open Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: senior standing in the College of Engineering. The resolution of open problems in engineering including their characteristics, approaches for modeling, solution and validation of results. Examples from mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil and industrial engineering will be presented in a computer-intensive environment.

5377: Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3445, 3360 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Types of defects in engineering materials and methods of early detection, liquid penetrants, magnetic particle inspection, eddy current testing, ultrasonic testing, radiography, specialized techniques.

5387: Intermediate Dynamics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3336 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Topics in Eulerian and Lagrangian mechanics with application to mechanical systems.

5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

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