Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to the microprocessor and its various configurations used in controlling machine operations, data acquisition, etc. Project-oriented work involving program development in machine, assembly, and basic languages. Micro-computers used for off-line program development. Not open to electrical and computer engineering students.

Use CAD software and hardware in the solution of mechanical engineering problems. Computer graphics, computer aided geometry (space curves, splines, patches) design, solid modeling, optimization and an introduction to finite element method.

Basic fluid mechanics and acoustics. Noise generation by fluid flows and their interaction with solid bodies. Types of noise sources. Analysis and control of such flow noise sources in manufacturing, transportation, propulsion, power generation, and industrial control systems.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Effective elastic moduli of composite materials. Bounds on effective moduli. Classical analysis of laminated plates. Higher order laminated plate theory. Wave propagation. Inelastic and nonlinear effects.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Robot manipulators and their defining equations. Transformations, kinematics, dynamics, and motion trajectories. Control considerations, compliance and organization of programming. Includes a hardware and software laboratory.

Newton's laws of motion. Motion of a particle; a rigid body. Work and energy. Theorem of virtual displacements. D'Alembert's principle. Generalized coordinates. Lagrange's equations. Hamilton's principle. Small vibrations. Ballistics. Balancing. Gyroscopes.

Continuation of MEE 725. Analysis of mechanical and hydraulic control systems of linear and nonlinear characteristics. Stability criteria in systems subject to self-induced vibrations. Operational calculus and Laplace transforms for linear systems of one and two degrees of freedom. Multiple controller servomechanisms.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Basic behavior of materials and formulation of laws governing plastic flows. Different inelastic behaviors of metals. Yielding and the yielding loci. Strain hardening laws. Complete stress-strain relations. Total strain theory and incremental strain theory. Plastic potential. Boundary value problems. Variational principles. Plastic anistropy.

Selected topics dealing with dynamics of rigid bodies, vibration and stability of linear systems.

Selected topics in heat transfer. Boiling, condensation, melting, ablation, rarified gas flow, liquid metals, cooling of electronic components.

Selected topics in classical and statistical thermodynamics of interest to mechanical and aeronautical engineers.

Selected topics in theory and design of equipment and plants for power generation, air conditioning, refrigeration, water purification, and other thermal engineering application.

Selected topics in theories of elasticity, plasticity, and rheology, such as finite strain theory, elastic and plastic waves, anisotropic bodies, special mathematical techniques.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.