| ME 189 | Skills for Academic Success | 1 | Development of skills and techniques for academic success. Includes study techniques, time management, test taking, note taking, goal setting, wellness, stress management, and career orientation. Introduction to campus resources and governance. | Required Course. |
| ME 212 | Fundamentals of Visual Communications for Engineers | 3 | Visual communications for design and manufacturing, computer-aided drawing and design, three-dimensional modeling and orthographic projections, geometric dimensioning and tolerencing, ASME Y14.5 1994 standard, sketching, parametric modeling, drawings and assemblies. | Required Course. Prereq: PC Computer Skills. |
| ME 213 | Modeling of Engineering Systems | 3 | Introduction to numerical methods used in the solution of engineering problems; computer methods, programming, and graphics; engineering system modeling and simulation; case studies. | Required Course. Prereq: Math 129, ME 222. Coreq: Math 266. |
| ME 221 | Engineering Mechanics I (Statics) | 3 | Scaler and vector approaches to trusses, frames and machines, internal forces, friction forces, center of gravity, centroid, and moment inertia. | Required Course. Prereq: Math 165. |
| ME 222 | Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics) | 3 | Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, work energy, impulse-momentum, principles of conservation of energy and momentum. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 221, Math 166. |
| ME 223 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 | Introduction to stress, strain, and their relationships; torsion of circular shafts, bending stresses, deflection of beams, stress transformations, buckling. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 221. |
| ME 311 | Introduction to Aviation | 3 | General introduction to aviation and preparation for FAA examination for Private Pilot License, study of FAA regulations, weather conditions, visual and radio navigation. | Open to all majors. |
| ME 312 | Introduction to Flight | 2 | Instruction in flight procedures, operation of aircraft, and introduction to solo flight. Completion of 15 hours of dual flight instruction required. | Open to all majors. Coreq: ME 311. |
| ME 313 | Commercial Instrument Ground School | 3 | Preparation of student for FAA written examination for Commercial Certificate and Instrument Rating License; study of commercial flight maneuvers and instrument flying and procedures. | Open to all majors. Prereq: ME 311 or holder of private pilot license. On demand. |
| ME 331 | Materials Science and Engineering | 4 | Characterization of microscopic structures and associated macroscopic properties and performance of mechanical engineering design materials (metals, ceramics, plastics) and processing effects. Includes laboratory. | Required Course. Prereq: Chem 122, ME 223. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 332 | Engineering Materials II | 3 | Characterization of properties and processes in metals; diffusion, phase diagrams, phase transformation, creep, wear, corrosion, fracture, and fatigue. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 341 | Mechanics of Machinery | 3 | Application of solid mechanics principles and computer methods in designing mechanisms for function and performance. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 213. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 350 | Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer | 3 | Basic concepts, first and second laws of thermodynamics. Introduction to heat transfer principles. | Non-Mechanical Engineering Majors. Prereq: ME 222. |
| ME 351 | Thermodynamics I | 3 | Basic concepts, properties of pure substances and ideal gases. First and second law, entropy, and availability. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 222, Math 259. |
| ME 352 | Fluid Dynamics | 3 | Foundations of the science of fluid dynamics. Basic concepts including thermodynamic principles applied to fluids. Development of conservation principles and applications. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 353 | Thermodynamics II | 3 | Continuation of thermodynamics. Cycle analysis, thermodynamic relations, mixtures, chemical reactions, and related topics. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 361 | Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Profession | 1 | A study of the effect of corporate structure and the application of economic analysis, scheduling procedures and available corporate resources to complete an engineering design program on time and within budget. Prereq: Admission to the professional program. | Required Course. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 412 | Engineering Measurements | 3 | Principles and characteristics of instruments used for engineering measurements, statistical analysis of data, signal conditioning, data acquisition systems. Includes laboratory. | Required Course. Prereq: ECE 303, ME 223. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 415 | Emerging Technologies in Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Fundamental principles and applications of emerging technologies, including micro/nanofabrication, energy storage and conversion devices, nanotechnology, sensors, and biomedical engineering. | Technical Elective. Prereq: Chem 122, Phys 251, Math 259. Admission to the profesional program required. |
| ME 421 | Theory of Vibrations | 3 | Fundamentals of vibrations; free, forced, and damped vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 213, Math 266. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 423 | Intermediate Mechanics of Materials | 3 | Stress Analysis, failure criteria and methods, composites, energy methods, symmetric and unsymmetric bending, thick- and thin-walled cylinders, curved beams and plastic deformation. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 223. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 433 | Composite Materials Science and Engineering | 3 | This course covers composite materials science and technologies which are combinations of raw materials, interfacial issues, curing science and basic relationship between raw materials and properties of composites. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 435 | Plastics and Injection Molding Manufacturing | 3 | Product and process engineering for manufactuers of plastic products; material evaluation and selection, mold design, process design, quality evaluation of manufactured plastic parts. | Cross-listed with IME. |
| ME 437 | Engineering Ceramics | 3 | Study the crystal and defect structures to determine the electrical and mass transport behaviors in ceramic materials. Investigation on microstructure of ceramic materials and its effect on optical, magnetic, dielectic, and therm-mechanical properties. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 223, 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 442 | Machine Design I | 3 | Application of engineering mechanics, material properties, and failure theories to the design of reliable machine components. | Required Course. Coreq: ME 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 443 | Machine Design II | 3 | Application of methods, procedures, and standards used in the design and selection of mechanical components and elements, including springs, roller and journal bearings, gears, brakes, belts and flexible elements. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 442. Admission to the professional program is required. |
| ME 454 | Heat and Mass Transfer | 3 | Principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. Introduction to mass transfer principles. | Required Course. Prereq: ME 213, ME 352, Math 266. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 457 | Thermal Systems Laboratory | 3 | Investigation of thermal, fluid and mechanical systems and instrumentations. Statistical methods are used in data collection and analysis. | Required Course. Coreq: ME 454. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 461 | Design Project I | 3 | Capstone student project in design, analysis, and experimental investigation in mechanical engineering. | Required course. Prereq: ME 361. Coreq: ME 443, ME 454. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 462 | Design Project II | 3 | Capstone student project in design, analysis, and experimental investigation in mechanical engineering. | Required course. Prereq: ME 461. Admission to the professional program required. Must be taken in the semester following ME 461. (Ex. Fall/Spring or Spring/Fall sequence). |
| ME 468 | Introduction to Biomechanics | 3 | Introduction to the fundamentals of biomechanics including force analysis, mechanics of deformable bodies; stress and strain, transport phenomena, and viscoelasticity, as well as their applications on the biomechanics of soft and hard tissues. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 223, ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 470 | Renewable Energy Technology | 3 | Introduction to energy renewable technology, solar thermal energy systems, solar photovoltaic systems, wind to electric energy conversion systems, biomass energy resources and conversion processes, urban waste to energy from pyrolosis plants, hydrogen energy and fuel cells. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 471 | Stress Analysis | 3 | Coordination of mathematical and modern experimental analysis as applied to engineering materials. Includes laboratory. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 331, ME 442. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 472 | Fatigue and Fracture of Metals | 3 | Causes and effects of fatigue failure and fracture of metals, analytical methods for fatigue design and fatigue life prediction, fatigue crack initiation and propagation, fatigue testing and validation. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 442. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 473 | Engineering with Polymeric Materials | 3 | This course will introduce basic polymer materials includign plastics, rubbers, adhesives; structures, properties, and relationships of polymers; additives; processing technologies, applications and development. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 474 | Mechanics of Composite Materials | 3 | Materials, properties, stress, and strength analyses; engineering design and manufacturing aspects of short and continuous fiber-reinforced materials. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 331. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 475 | Automatic Controls | 3 | Introduction to industrial automatic controls. Theory and applications of pneumatic control, continuous process control, and programmable logic control. Demonstrations and discussion of the current industrial practice. | Technical Elective. Prereq: Math 266. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 476 | Mechatronics | 3 | Design and development of mechatronic systems that require an integrated knowledge of mechanical engineering, electronics, computer science and control theory. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 412 or ME 475. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 477 | ME Finite Element Analysis | 3 | Introduction to the finite element method and its application to problems in mechanical engineering, including stress analysis. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 213, ME 442. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 479 | Fluid Power Systems Design | 3 | Fluid dynamics principles and fluid properties are applied to the study of function, performance, and design of system components and system for power transmission and contol purposes. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 480 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics | 3 | Formulation and solution of advanced problems in fluid dynamics; fluid dynamical phenomena in biological systems; analysis of cardiovascular and respiratory systems. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 481 | Fundamentals of Energy Conversion | 3 | Introduction to electric power generating systems and their major components such as turbines, boilers, condensers, and cooling towers. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 482 | Fuel Cell Science and Engineering | 3 | Fundamental principles, technologies, and applications of fuel cells, an emerging class of energy storage/conversion devices. | Technical Elective. Prereq: Chem 121, ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 483 | Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 | Introduction to the methods and analysis techniques used in numerical solutions of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer problems of practical engineering interest. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 484 | Gas Turbines | 3 | Theory and design of gas turbines and components. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 454. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 485 | Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning | 3 | Application of the basic fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 486 | Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials | 3 | This course covers principles of nanotechnology, nanomaterials and develops a framework for their understanding. The basic tools of nanotechnology: nanoscale characterization, physics and materials design will be discussed in the context of current technological advances. | Cross-listed with CE. Prereq: Senior standing in Engineering or Sciences. |
| ME 487 | Internal Combustion Engines | 3 | Theory and practice of power and propulsion engines utilizing gas as a working substance. Study of gas turbines, spark, and compression ignition engines. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 351. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 488 | Introduction to Aerodynamics | 3 | Introductory aerodynamics, aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils, and other components subjected to inviscid-incompressible flows; dynamics of compressible fluids; shock waves, one-dimensional flow, expansion waves in two-dimensional flow, and compressible flow over aerodynamic bodies. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 352. Admission to the professional program required. |
| ME 489 | Vehicle Dynamics | 3 | Fundamental science and engineering underlying the design and operation of vehicles. Use of previous knowledge of statics, kinematics, dynamics, and machine design. | Technical Elective. Prereq: ME 222. Admission to the professional program required. |
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