Graduate Courses for Engineering, Mechanical (ENME)
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ENME 400 Machine Design (3 credits)
Senior standing.
Working stresses, stress concentration, stress analysis and repeated
loadings. Design of machine elements. Kinematics of mechanisms.
ENME 408 Selected Topics in Engineering Design (3 credits)
Prerequisite: senior standing in mechanical engineering or permission of
department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Creativity and innovation in design. Generalized performance analysis,
reliability and optimization as applied to the design of components and
engineering systems. Use of computers in design of multivariable
systems.
ENME 410 Design Optimization (3 credits)
Introductory overview of single-objective optimization concepts, models
and techniques with continuous variables. A semester-long project and
applications of MATLAB and Excel for some of the homework and project
assignments (among others) will be included.
ENME 414 Computer-Aided Design (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MATH241 or equivalent.
Introduction to computer graphics. Plotting and drawing with computer
software. Principles of writing interactive software. The applications
of computer graphics in computer-aided design. Computer-aided design
project.
ENME 423 Building Cooling Heating and Power Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME232 and ENME332.
Introduction to the evaluation of cooling, heating and power
requirements of buildings. Description, design and evaluation of
state-of-the-art and emerging integrated cooling, heating and power
systems (engines, micro-turbines, absorption and desiccant systems) as
they are applied to buildings. The course uses the Chesapeake building
facility and the campus cogeneration facility as real-life demonstration
examples.
ENME 426 Production Management (3 credits)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BMGT385, ENME426
or ENME489J. Formerly ENME489J.
The basic concepts and models needed to understand and design
manufacturing systems, including the history of manufacturing,
performance measures, queuing systems, variability, production planning
and scheduling, lean manufacturing, and pull production control.
ENME 430 Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MATH246 and permission of department. Credit will be
granted for only one of the following: ENME430 or ENME489N. Formerly
ENME489N.
Fundamental aspects of nuclear physics and nuclear engineering,
including nuclear interactions; various types of radiation and their
effects on materials and humans; and basic reactor physics topics,
including simplified theory of reactor critically.
ENME 454 Vehicle Dynamics (3 credits)
Formerly ENME489V.
The fundamentals of passenger vehicle and light truck design and vehicle
dynamics are covered. The engineering principles associated with
acceleration, braking, handling, ride quality, aerodynamics, and tire
mechanics are discussed, as well as suspension and steering design.
ENME 461 Control Systems Laboratory (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: ENME351, ENME361, and permission of department. Credit
will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE461, ENME461, or
ENME489N. Formerly ENME489N.
Students will design, implement, and test controllers for a variety of
systems. This will enhance their understanding of feedback control
familiarize them with the characteristics and limitations of real
control devices. Students will also complete a small project. This will
entail writing a proposal, purchasing parts for their controller,
building the system, testing it, and writing a final report describing
what they have done.
ENME 462 Vibrations, Controls, and Optimization II (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisites: ENME351 and ENME361. Formerly ENME362.
Continuation of ENME 361. Fundamentals of vibration, controls, and
optimization. Analysis and design in time, Laplace and frequency
domains. Mathematical descriptions of system response, system stability,
control and optimization. Optimal design of mechanical systems.
ENME 465 Introductory Fracture Mechanics (3 credits)
Senior standing in engineering.
An examination of the concepts of fracture in members with pre-existing
flaws. Emphasis is primarily on the mechanics aspects with the
development of the Griffith theory and the introduction of the stress
intensity factor, K, associated with different types of cracks.
Fracture phenomena are introduced together with critical values of the
fracture toughness of materials. Testing procedures for characterizing
materials together with applications of fracture mechanics to design.
ENME 470 Finite Element Analysis (3 credits)
Senior standing.
Basic concepts of the theory of the finite element method. Applications
in solid mechanics and heat transfer.
ENME 472 Integrated Product and Process Development (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME371.
Integration of product development with the development process. Design
strategies. Product architecture. Design for manufacturing. Selection of
materials. Design for assembly.
ENME 473 Mechanical Design of Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENME310; and ENME360; and ENME321.
Design considerations in the packaging of electronic systems.
Production of circuit boards and design of electronic assemblies.
Vibration, shock, fatigue and thermal considerations.
ENME 474 Design in Electronic Product Development (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME473.
Merges technology, analysis, and design concepts into a single focused
activity that results in the completed design of an electronic product.
A set of product requirements are obtained from an industry partner, the
students create a specification for the product, iterate the
specification with the industry partner, then design and analyze the
product. Students will get hands-on experience using real design
implementation tools for requirements capture, tradeoff analysis,
scheduling, physical design and verification. Issues associated with
transferring of the design to manufacturing and selection of
manufacturing facilities will also be addressed.
ENME 476 Mircoelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) I (3 credits)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Senior
standing. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENME476
or ENME489F. Formerly ENME489F.
Fundamentals of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Introduction to
transducers and markets. MEMS fabrication processes and materials,
including bulk micromachining, wet etching, dry etching, surface
micromachining, sacrificial layers, film deposition, bonding, and
non-traditional micromachining. Introduction to the relevant solid state
physics, including crystal lattices, band structure, semiconductors, and
doping. The laboratory covers safety, photolithography, profilometry,
wet etching.
ENME 477 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) II (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME476.
Fabrication of devices designed in MEMS I, including everything from
mask printing through training on state-of-the-art fabrication equipment
through device testing. In-depth understanding of MEMS devices and
technologies, such as mechanical and electromagnetic transducers,
microfluidics, and chemical sensors.
ENME 488 Special Problems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Advanced problems in mechanical engineering with special emphasis on
mathematical and experimental methods.
ENME 489 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits with
permission of advisor.
Selected topics of current importance in mechanical engineering.
ENME 490 Mechanical Engineering Honors Seminar (1 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of the Mechanical Engineering Honors Program.
For ENME majors only.
New trends and technologies in Mechanical Engineering.
ENME 600 Engineering Design Methods (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor. 3 semester
hours. Not open to students who have completed ENME 808F during Spring
1999 semester or the Fall 1996 semester..
An introductory graduate level course in critical thinking about formal
methods for design in Mechanical Engineering. Course participants gain
background on these methods and the creative potential each offers to
designers. Participants will formulate, present, and discuss their own
opinions on the value and appropriate use of design materials for
mechanical engineering.
ENME 601 Manufacturing Systems Design and Control (3 credits)
Modeling and analysis techniques needed to design and control
manufacturing systems. Deterministic and stochastic models, including
discrete-ev ent simulation and queueing systems. Applications of
modeling and analysis.
ENME 602 MEMS Device Physics and Design (3 credits)
Science, design, and device physics of micrmachined sensors and
actuators. Transduction mechanisms, scaling laws, and microscale
physicsof MEMS components.
ENME 603 Advanced Mechanisms and Robot Manipulators (3 credits)
Prerequisite: working knowledge of kinematics, statics and dynamics.
Analysis of spatial mechanisms and robot manipulators. The kinematic
and dynamic analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems are
studied in detail. The main emphasis is on open-loop manipulators.
Other mechanical systems such as closed-loop linkages, epicyclic gear
drives, wrist mechanisms and tendon-driven robotic hands are covered.
ENME 605 Advanced Systems Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 403 or permission of instructor.
Modern control theory for both continuous and discrete systems. State
space representation is reviewed and the concepts of controllability
and observability are discussed. Design methods of deterministic
observers are presented and optimal control theory is formulated.
Control techniques for modifying system characteristics are discussed.
ENME 610 Engineering Optimization (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor. 3 semester
hours.
Overview of applied single- and multi- objective optimization and
decision making concepts and techniques with applications in
engineering design and/or manufacturing problems. Topics include
formulation examples, concepts, optimality conditions,
unconstrained/constrained methods, and post-optimality sensitivity
analysis. Students are expected to work on a semester-long real-world
multi-objective engineering project.
ENME 611 Geometric Modeling for CAD/CAM Applications (3 credits)
This course introduces the underlying concepts behind three dimensional
(3D) geometric modeling systems for curves, surfaces and solid bodies.
This course will cover (1) geometric representation of three dimensional
solid objects, (2) curve and surface representation, (3) geometric
algorithms for curves, surfaces, and solids, and (4) real-world
applicationsof geometric modeling. Advanced topics such as feature
recognition, cut ter path generation for numberical control machining,
collision detection in robot path planning, and STEP standard for
product data representation will also be introduced.
ENME 616 Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 412 or permission of instructor.
The latest trends in the automation of manufacturing processes, with
particular emphasis on the use of computers in controlling manufacturing
processes. Topics covered are on-line process monitoring, control of
machining processes, automated material handling and process planning.
ENME 625 Multidisciplinary Optimization (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor.
Overview of single- and multi-level design optimization concepts and
techniques with emphasis on multidisciplinary engineering design
problems. Topics include single and multilevel optimality conditions,
hierarchic and nonhierarchic modes and multilevel post optimality
sensitivity analysis. Students are expected to work on a semester-long
project.
ENME 627 Manufacturing with Polymers (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 412 or permission of instructor.
The basic engineering approach for the processing of modern polymers
and the key properties of polymers for processing. Topics include
morphology and structure of polymers, characterization of mixtures
and mixing, elementary steps in polymer processing, screw extrusion
and computer-aided engineering in injection molding.
ENME 631 Advanced Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer (3 credits)
Prerequisites: {ENME 315; and ENME 321; and ENME 700 or equivalent} or
permission of instructor.
Theory of conduction and radiation. Diffused and directional, poly- and
mono-chromatic sources. Quantitative optics. Radiation in enclosures.
Participating media. Integrodifferential equations. Multidimensional,
transient and steady-state conduction. Phase change. Coordinate system
transformations.
ENME 632 Advanced Convection Heat Transfer (3 credits)
Prerequisites: {ENME 315; and ENME 321; and ENME 342; and ENME 343} or
permission of instructor. Also offered as ENNU 615. Credit will be
granted for only one of the following: ENNU 615 or ENME 632.
Statement of conservation of mass, momentum and energy. Laminar and
turbulent heat transfer in ducts, separated flows, and natural
convection. Heat and mass transfer in laminar boundary layers. Nucleate
boiling, film boiling, Leidenfrost transition and critical heat flux.
Interfacial phase change processes; evaporation, condensation,
industrial applications such as cooling towers, condensers. Heat
exchangers design.
ENME 633 Molecular Thermodynamics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Also offered as ENNU 625.
An examination of the interactions between molecules, which govern
thermodynamics relevant to engineering, will be conducted. We will
investigate both classical and statistical approaches to thermodynamics
for understanding topics such as phase change, wetting of surfaces,
chemical reactions, adsorption, and electrochemical processes.
Statistical approaches and molecular simulation tools will be studied to
understand how molecular analysis can be translated to macroscopic
phenomena.
ENME 635 Energy Systems Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENME 633 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Rankine cycles with nonzeotropic working fluid mixtures, two-multi-,
and variable stage absorption cycles and vapor compression cycles with
solution circuits. Power generation cycles with working fluid mixtures.
Development of rules for finding all possible cycles suiting a given
application or the selection of the best alternative.
ENME 640 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Partial differential equations at the level of MATH 462 or
permission of department. Formerly ENME651.
Equations governing the conservation of mass, momentum, vorticity and
energy in fluid flows. Low Reynolds number flows. Boundary layers. The
equations are illustrated by analyzing a number of simple flows.
Emphasis is placed on physical understanding to facilitate the study of
advanced topics in fluid mechanics.
ENME 641 Viscous Flow (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 640 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Formerly ENME652.
Fluid flows where viscous effects play a significant role. Examples of
steady and unsteady flows with exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes
equations. Boundary layer theory. Stability of laminar flows and their
transition to turbulence.
ENME 642 Hydrodynamics I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 640 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Formerly ENME653.
Exposition of classical and current methods used in analysis of
inviscid, incompressible flows.
ENME 644 Fundamentals of Acoustics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 360 or equivalent.
This course will cover the fundamental principles of acoustics allowing
the students to go on to more advanced course in acoustics, sauch as
Underwater Sound Propagation, Active Noise Control, or Radiation and
Scattering from Elastic Structures.
ENME 646 Computational Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Graduate-level fluid mechanics, or permission of
department.
Fundamentals of numerical analysis of engineers. Inversion of large,
sparse matrices. Numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes
equations in Cartesian and curvilinear grids. Application to turbulent
flows and micro-fluidics.
ENME 647 Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer (3 credits)
Prerequisites: (ENME 321; and ENME 342 or equivalent) or permission of
the instructor.
Boiling and condensation in stationary systems, phase change heat
transfer phenomenology, analysis and correlations. Fundamentals of
two-phase flow natural circulation in thermal hydraulic multi-loop
systems with applications to nuclear reactors safety. Multiphase flow
fundamentals. Critical flow rates. Convective boiling and condensation.
Multiphase flow and heat transfer applications in power and process
industries.
ENME 656 Physics of Turbulent Flow (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 640 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
Definition of turbulence and its physical manifestations. Statistical
methods and the transport equations for turbulence quantities.
Laboratory measurement and computer simulation methods. Isotropic
turbulence. Physics of turbulent shear flows.
ENME 657 Analysis of Turbulent Flow (3 credits)
Prerequisites: {ENME 640; and ENME 641 or equivalent} or permission of
instructor.
Mathematical representation of turbulent transport, production and
dissipation. Closure schemes for predicting flows. Recent advances in
direct and large eddy numerical simulation techniques.
ENME 660 Miroelectronic Components Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
The process of component selection is the heart of the design of
electronic systems. This process includes application-independent
considerations such as part manufacturer selection, manufacturer
quality, part family quality and integrity and distributor quality
assessment; and application-specific considerations including:
determination of the life cycle environment, reliability assessment,
performance assessment, assembly assessment, life cycle mismatch
(obsolescence) assessment, legal liabilities, and risk management. This
course will cover all the apsects of part selection and management and
tie them with the knowledge of electronic component materials,
construction and manufacturing. It will present case studies and
involve students in projects and case studies with electronic equipment
manufacturing companies.
ENME 661 Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Structures (3 credits)
Response of materials and structures to dynamic loading events. Topics
include: theory of wave propagation; plane waves, wave guides,
dispersion relations; shock waves, equations of state; dynamic
deformation mechanisms adiabatic shear banding, dynamic fracture.
Computational methods for modeling the dynamic responses of structures
will also be addressed.
ENME 662 Linear Vibrations (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 360 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Development of equations governing small oscillations and spatially
continuous systems. Newton's equations, Hamilton's principle, and
Lagrange's equations. Free and forced vibrations of mechanical systems.
Modal analysis. Finite element discretization and reductions of
continuous systems. Numerical methods. Random vibrations.
ENME 664 Dynamics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENES 221 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Kinematics in plane and space; Dynamics of particle, system of
particles, and rigid bodies. Holonomic and non-holonomic constraints.
Newton's equations, D'Alembert's principle, Hamilton's principle, and
equations of Lagrange. Impact and collisions. Stability of equilibria.
ENME 665 Advanced Topics in Vibrations (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 662 or permission of instructor.
Nonlinear oscillations and dynamics of mechanical and structural
systems. Classical methods, geometrical, computational and analytical
methods. Birfurcations of equillibrium and periodic solutions; chaos.
ENME 667 Turbulence Simulations (3 credits)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENME667 or
ENME808Q. Formerly ENME808Q.
The objective is to teach students the role and limitations of numerical
methods for the solution of turbulent flows. Emphasis will be placed on
the development of best practices to validate the numerical results.
Applications to incompressible, compressible and reacting flows will be
discussed.
ENME 670 Continuum Mechanics (3 credits)
Mechanics of deformable bodies, finite deformation and strain measures,
kinematics of continua and global and local balance laws. Thermodynamics
of continua, first and second laws. Introduction to constitutive theory
for elastic solids, viscous fluids and memory dependent materials.
Examples of exact solutions for linear and hyper elastic solids and
Stokesian fluids.
ENME 672 Composite Materials (3 credits)
Micromechanics of advanced composites with passive and active
reinforcements, mathematical models and engineering implications,
effective properties and damage mechanics, recent advances in "adaptive"
or "smart" composites.
ENME 673 Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics (3 credits)
Application of variational principles to mechanics. Includes virtual
work, potential energy, strain energy, Castigliano's generalized
complementary energy, and the principles of Hellinger-Reissner and
Hamilton. Legendre transforms and the foundations of the calculus of
variations. Singularities and stability in a potential energy function.
Applications to rigid, linear and non-linear elastic, and
nonconservative examples. Approximation techniques such as Ritz,
Petrov-Galerkin, least-squares, etc. Presents the basis for the finite
element method.
ENME 674 Finite Element Methods (3 credits)
Theory and application of finite element methods for mechanical
engineering problems such as stress analysis, thermal and fluid flow
analysis, electro-magnetic field analysis and coupled boundary-value
problems for "smart" or "adaptive" structure applications, stochastic
finite element methods.
ENME 677 Elasticity of Advanced Materials and Structures (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MATH 462 or equivalent.
Review of field equations and constitutive laws for linear elasticity,
linearized boundary value problems; two-dimensional problems,
biharmonic equation, Airy's stress function, Neou's method, plane stress
and plane strain analysis, Torsion and flexure, inverse and
semi-inverse methods, Saint-Venant's principle, thermoelastic problems;
three dimensional problems, Kelvins's solution, the Boussinesq and
Cerruti problems, Hertzian contact; energy methods; wave propagation;
applications to advanced materials and structures (e.g., smart
structures, multifunctional and functionally graded materials).
ENME 678 Fracture Mechanics (3 credits)
An advanced treatment of fracture mechanics covering in detail the
analysis concepts for determining the stress intensity factors for
various types of cracks. Advanced experimental methods for evaluation
of materials or structures for fracture toughness. Analysis of moving
cracks and the statistical analysis of fracture strength. Finally,
illustrative fracture control plans are treated to show the engineering
applications of fracture mechanics.
ENME 680 Experimental Mechanics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in instrumentation or equivalent.
Advanced methods of measurement in solid and fluid mechanics.
Scientific photography, moire, photoelasticity, strain gages,
interferometry, holography, speckle, ndt techniques, shock and
vibration, and laser anemometry.
ENME 684 Modeling Material Behavior (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 670 or permission of instructor.
Constitutive equations for the response of solids to loads, heat, etc.
based on the balance laws, frame invariance, and the application of
thermodynamics to solids. Non-linear elasticity with heat conduction
and dissipation. Linear and non-linear non-isothermal viscoelasticity
with the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle. Classical
plasticity and current viscoplasticity using internal state variables.
Maxwell equal areas rule, phase change, and metastability and stability
of equilibrium states. Boundary value problems. Introduction to current
research areas.
ENME 690 Mechanical Fundamentals of Electronic Systems (3 credits)
An understanding of the fundamental mechanical principles used in design
of electronic devices and their integration into electronic systems will
be provided. Focus will be placed on the effect of materials
compatibility, thermal stress, mechanical stress, and environmental
exposure on product performance, durability and cost. Both electronic
devices and package assemblies will be considered. Analysis of package
assemblies to understand thermal and mechanical stress effects will be
emphasized through student projects.
ENME 693 High Density Electronic Assemblies and Interconnects (3 credits)
This course presents the mechanical fundamentals needed to address
reliability issues in high-density electronic assemblies. Potential
failure sites and the potential failure mechanisms are discussed for
electronic interconnects at all packaging levels from the die to
electronic boxes, with special emphasis on thermomechanical durability
issues in surface mount interconnects. Models are presented to relate
interconnect degradation & aging to loss of electrical performance.
Design methods topreve nt failures within the life cycle are developed.
ENME 695 Failure Mechanisms and Reliability (3 credits)
This course will present classical reliability concepts and definitions
based on statistical analysis of observed failure distributions.
Techniques to improve reliability, based on the study of root-cause
failure mechanisms, will be presented; based on knowledge of the
life-cycle loadprofile, product architecture and material properties.
Techniques toprev ent operational failures through robust design and
manufacturing practices will be discussed. Students will gain the
fundamentals and skills in the field of reliability as it directly
pertains to the designand the manufacture of electrical, mechanical,
andelectomechanical products.
ENME 700 Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis I (3 credits)
An advanced, unified approach to the solution of mechanical engineering
problems, emphasis is on the formulation and solution of equilibrium,
eigenvalue and propagation problems. Review and extension of
undergraduate material in applied mathematics with emphasis on problems
in heat transfer, vibrations, fluid flow and stress analysis which may
be formulated and solved by classical procedures.
ENME 704 Active Vibration Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 662, ENME 602 or equivalent. Recommended: Vibrations
and Control. 3 semester hours. For ENGR majors only.
This course aims at introducing the basic principles of the finite
element method and applying it to plain beams and beams treated with
piezoelectric actuators & sensors. The basic concepts of structural
parameter i dentification are presented with emphasis on Eigensystem
Realization Algorithms (ERA) and Auto-regression models (AR). Different
active control algorithms are then applied to beams/piezo-actuator
systems. Among thes e algorithms are: direct velocity feedback,
impedancematchingcontrol, modal control methods & sliding mode
controllers. Particular focus is given to feedforward Leat Mean Square
(LMS) algorithm & filtered-X LMS. O ptimal placement strategies of
sensor & actuators are then introduced & applied to beam/piezo-actuator
systems.
ENME 705 Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 342 and ENME 640.
This course offers the specific techniques and understanding necessary
for being able to compute and understand issues associated with
non-newtonian fluid dynamics. Issues of rhealogy and analytic
techniquesare cov ered.
ENME 706 Sustainable Energy Conversion and the Environment (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME633.
The major sources and end-uses of energy in our society including the
sources and end-uses that are expected to become important in the near
term are reviewed. Renewable energy sources are highlighted with a focus
on projections for a sustainable energy future. An overview of the major
energy flows and the environmental issues associated with production and
end-use. Further, it introduces a range of innovation technologies and
discusses them in the context of the current energy infrastructure.
These include fuel cells, hybrid cars, advanced nuclear reactor designs,
combined cycle power plants and major renewable sources such as wind,
sun and hydro, and geothermal power. Particular attention is being paid
to the consideration of the environmental impact of the various forms of
energy.
ENME 707 Combustion and Reacting Flow (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 320, ENME 331, ENME 332 or equivalent.
This course covers thermochemistry and chemical kinetics of reacting
flows in depth. In particular, we focus on the combustion of
hydrocarbonf uels in both a phenomenological and mechanistic approach.
The course co vers the specifics of premixed and nonpremixed flame
systems, as wellasignition and extinction. Combustion modeling with
equilibrium and chemical kinetic methods will be addressed.
Environmental impact and emissi ons minimization will be covered in
detail. Finally, the course will co ver available combustion diagnostic
methods and their application in laboratory and real-world systems.
ENME 710 Applied Finite Elements (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENME 331 and ENME 332. For ENME, ENAE, or ENCE majors
only.
Application of finite element methods to the solution of engineering
problems - such as stress analysis, thermal conductivity, fluid flow
anlaysis, electro-magnetic field analysis and coupled boundary value
problems. Emphasis is on the application of the techniques to the
solution of pr oblems. Basic theory is covered at beginning of course.
ENME 711 Vibration Damping (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 662 or equivalent. Recommended: Vibration. 3 semester
hours. For ENGR majors only.
This course aims at introducing the different damping models that
describe the behavior of viscoelastic materials. Emphasis will be
placedon m odeling the dynamics of simple structures (beams, plates &
shells) with Passive Constrained Layer Damping (PCLD). Considerations
will also be g iven to other types of surface treatments such as
Magnetic Constrained Layer Damping (MCLD), Shunted Network Constrained
Layer Damping (SNCLD),Active Constrained Layer Damping (ACLD) and
Electrorheological Constrained Layer Damping (ECLD). Energy dissipation
characteristics of the damp ing treatments will be presented
analytically & by using the modal strain energy approach as applied to
finite element models of vibrating structures.
ENME 712 Measurement, Instrumentation and Data Analysis for Thermo-Fluid Processes (3 credits)
This course is designed to offer systemic coverage of the methodologies
for measurement and data analysis of thermal and fluid processes at the
graduate level. The course materials will cover three broad categories:
(1) Fundamentals of thermal and fluid processes in single phase and
multi phase flows as relates to this course; Measurement and
Instrumentation techniques for measurement of basic quantities such as
pressure, temperature, flow rate, heat flux, etc., and (3) Experimental
Design and Planning, sources of errors in measurements, and uncertainty
analysis.
ENME 760 Mechanics of Photonic Systems (3 credits)
For Engineering and Physics majors only.
This course presents key principles for the design of photonic component
packages to achieve reliable performance in high performance
environments. Methods in thermal, mechanical, optical analysis, and the
impact of thermal, mechanical and chemical stresses are reviewed.
General approaches using life-cycle engineering principles are also
covered.
ENME 765 Thermal Issues in Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 232, ENME 331, ENME 332. Corequisite: ENME 473 or
equivalent.
This course addresses a range of thermal issues associated with
electronic products life cycle. Computational modeling approaches for
various levels of system hierarchy. Advanced thermal management
concepts including: single phase and phase change liquid immersion,
heat pipes, and thermoelectrics.
ENME 770 Life Cycle Cost and System Sustainment Analysis (3 credits)
This course melds elements of traditional engineering economics with
manufacturing process and sustainment modeling, and life cycle cost
management concepts to form a practical foundation for predicting the
cost of products and systems. Various manufacturing cost analysis
methods will be presented including: process-flow, parametric, cost of
ownership, and activity based costing. The effects of learning curves,
data uncertainty, test and rework processes, and defects will be
considered. Aspects of system sustainment including the impact on the
life cycle (and life cycle costs) of reliability, maintenance,
environmental impact, and obsolscence will be treated.
ENME 775 Manufacturing Technologies for Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 690.
This highly multi-disciplinary course presents the mechanical
fundamentals of manufacturing processes used in electronics assemblies.
The emphasis is on quantitative modeling of the intrinsic impact that
processing has on structure, properties, performance and durability.
Students will learn how to quantitatively model many of the key
manufacturing steps from mechanistic first principles, so that
sensitivity studies and process optimization can be performed in a
precise manner. Processes considered include: wafer-level processes
such as polishing, lithography, etching and dicing; packaging
operations such as die attachment, wirebonding, flip chip bonding, and
plastic encapsulation; multilevel high-density substrate fabrication
processes; assembly processes such as reflow and wave soldering of
surface-mount components to electronic substrates.
ENME 780 Mechanical Design of High Temperature and High Power Electronics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENME 220, ENME 382, ENME 473, or ENME 690.
This course will discuss issues related to silicon power device
selection (IGBT, MCT, GTO, etc.), the characteristics of silicon device
operation at temperatures greater thatn 125C, and the advantages of
devices based on SOI and SiC. It will also discuss passive components
and packaging materials selection for distributing and controlling
power, focusing on the critical limitations to use of many passive
components and packaging materials at elevated temperatures. In
addition it will cover packaging techniques and analysis to minimize
the temperature elevation caused by power dissipation. Finally, models
for failure mechanisms in high temperature and high power electronics
will be presented together with a discussion of design options to
mitigate their occurrence.
ENME 785 Experimental Characterization of Micro- and Nanoscale Structures (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: ENME 690.
This course teaches various methodologies for characterization of macro
to nano-scale structures. The specific areas included: (1) advanced
failure analysis, (2) characterization of material properties, and (3)
quantitative stress analysis. The students will learn the basic
principles of the methods and will develop skills for research
investigations by participting in student projects.
ENME 788 Seminar (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in mechanical engineering.
First or second semester. Credit in accordance with work outlined by
mechanical engineering staff.
ENME 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)
ENME 808 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering (2-3 credits)
ENME 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)
ENME 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)
