ME 001 : Preparatory Graphics. Credit 1. Graphics is a universal language for transmission of accurate information for the purpose of manufacturing or maintenance of items. Thus the course is introduced to enable students to meaningfully read a technical drawing. Students will sketch pictorially a series of objects, convey ideas by means of sketches and later convert such sketches into ortographic drawing.

ME 002 : Preparatory Workshop. Credit 1. Students will be introduced to methods of using machines and handtools and develop practical survival skills. Later in the course, they will be required to complete two projects from the following: (a) manufacturing a toolbox from sheet metal, (b) manufacturing a desk light from wood, (c) manufacturing a pen holder from wood, (d) manufacturing a book stand from wood, (e) manufacturing a bookshelf from wood, (f) manufacturing a small table from wood, (g) automobile servicing, (h) electric appliances servicing.

ME 201 : Dynamics. Credit 3. Kinematics of rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles. Kinematics of rotation and plane motion of rigid bodies. Dynamics of particles and systems of particles. Work and energy relations. Impulse and momentum principles. Dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion.

Prerequisites: CE 201

ME 203 : Thermodynamics I. Credit 3. System and control volume concepts. Properties of a pure substance. Work and heat. The First Law of Thermodynamics as applied to a system and a control volume, internal energy, enthalpy. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Carnot cycle, entropy, reversible and irreversible processes. Applications of steady-state steady-flow, uniform-flow, and other processes.

Prerequisites: MATH 102, PHYS 102

ME 204 : Thermodynamics II. Credit 3. Irreversibility and availability. Steam power cycles. Air standard power cycles. Refrigeration cycles. Gas and gas mixtures. Gas and water vapor mixtures. Psychrometrics. Clapeyron equation. Maxwell relations. Thermodynamic relations. Chemical reactions. Fuels. Combustion process.

Prerequisites: ME 203

ME 205 : Materials Science. Credit 3. Introduction to the properties of engineering materials: mechanical, electrical and chemical. Fundamentals of crystallography. Impurities and imperfections in solids. Atomic diffusion. Elastic and plastic deformation. Strengthening of metals. Recrystallization and strengthening of metals. Phase diagrams.

Prerequisites: CHEM 102, MATH 102 (This course is for non-ME students)

ME 206 : Manufacturing Processes I. Credit 4. Manufacturing methods of metals and plastics including metal casting, forming, machining, welding and plastic processing. Laboratory experiments and demonstrations in material behavior, forming, casting, welding, machining operations, metrology and dimensional control

Prerequisites: CE 101 or ME 210, ME 215

ME 210:Mechanical Engineering Drawing & Graphics. Credit 3. Graphical interpretation of orthographic projection to include auxiliary views, section drawings, dimensioning, translation of design instructions into detail and assembly drawing, drawing conventions including weldments, piping, referencing and surface finish notation, selection of tolerances based on design requirements.

Prerequisites: None

ME 215 : Materials Science for Mechanical Engineers. Credit 4. Atomic bonding, structure of crystalline solids, lattice, unit cells and crystal systems. X-Ray diffraction. Impurities and imperfections. Atomic diffusion. Mechanical properties of materials. Elastic and plastic deformation, tensile properties. Dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, slip system. Slip in single crystals. Strengthening, strain hardening, recovery recrystallization and grain growth. Phase diagrams, Binary systems, iron-iron carbide system. Phase transformation. Ferrous alloys and steels. Cast irons. Polymers, structure. Particle and fiber reinforced composites.

Prerequisites: CHEM 101, MATH 102, PHYS 102

ME 306 : Manufacturing Processes II. Credit 3. Principles applied to metal working, casting, welding and machining processes. Design and process considerations. Modern welding processes. Non-traditional material removal processes. Powder and metal processing. Automation. Numerical control machining. Introduction to statistical manufacturing process control. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments on these principles and processes.

Prerequisites: ICS 101, ME 206 or SE 322

ME 307 : Machine Design I. Credit 3. Design process. Review of stress, strain and deformation analysis as applied to mechanical design. Properties of materials. Review of static failure theories. Designing against fatigue failures. Element design: shafts, keys, couplings, power screws, bolted, riveted and welded joints.

Prerequisites: ME 210, ME 206, CE 203

ME 308 : Machine Design II. Credit 4. Design of elements: bearings (journal and anti-friction), springs, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears; flexible drives (belts and chains); clutches and brakes. Design optimization. Laboratory sessions to supplement and to apply the material covered in the lectures. Consideration of manufacturing aspects of the design (limits and fits). Projects, in stages, leading to an assembly.

Prerequisites: ME 307

ME 309:Mechanics of Machines. Credit 3. Kinematics of mechanisms, vector method of analysis of planar mechanisms. Static and dynamic analysis of machines, inertia forces, gyroscopic forces. Static and dynamic balancing, balancing machines. Dynamics and balancing of reciprocating engines. Flywheels. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of cam mechanisms. Elements of mechanical vibrations, critical speeds and torsional vibrations.

Prerequisites: ME 201

ME 311: Fluid Mechanics. Credit 3. Definition and properties of fluids. Fluid statics with applications. Basic fluid dynamic equations of continuity, energy and momentum, with applications to different flow situations and flow measurement. Viscous effects, boundary layer concepts, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes, open channel flow, fluid dynamics, forces on immersed bodies. Modeling and dimensional similarity. Introduction to turbomachinery.

Prerequisites: ME 201, ME 203, MATH 201

ME 315 : Heat Transfer. Credit 3. An introduction to heat transfer by conduction, radiation and convection. Steady-state solution for heat conduction applied to wall and pipe insulation, heat sources and extended surfaces (fins). Unsteady heat transfer to plates, cylinders and spheres. Numerical solution to heat conduction problems. Black and gray body radiation systems and electric network analogy. Practical hydraulic and thermal analysis of forced and natural convection systems with application to heat exchangers.

Prerequisites: MATH 201, ME 201, ME 203

ME 316 : Thermo-Fluid Lab. Credit 1. This lab course will deal with equal emphasis in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. All experiments conducted in this lab combine elements of theory and practice. Many of the concepts and basic theories which the student learns in the lectures of ME 311 and ME 315 are demonstrated and confirmed in the lab through different experiments.

Co-requisite: ME 315

ME 320 : Introduction to Aeronautics. Credit 3. Introduction to airplane and the atmosphere. Basic aerodynamics of incompressible and compressible flows, airfoils and wings, lift, drag, moments, circulation, boundary layers, skin friction. Performance of aircraft, level flight, climb, range, endurance, take-off and landing, thrust. Introduction to stability and control, structures and materials, propulsion systems of flight vehicles, and an introduction to space flight.

Prerequisites: ME 311

ME 351 : Applied Mechanical Engineering Cooperative Work. Credit 9. A period of 28 weeks of industrial employment for applied mechanical engineering students to work in appropriate indutries or firms. Students are evaluated on their performance on the job and are required to submit an extensive formal report on their experience.

Prerequisites: ENGL 214, ME 307, ME 309, ME 315 (Limited to Applied Mechanical Engineering Students)

ME 399 : Summer Training. Credit 0. A continous period of 8 weeks of summer training spent in the industry working in any fields of mechanical engineering. The training should be carried out in an organization with an interest in one or more of these fields. On completion of the program, the students is required to submit a formal written report of his work.

Prerequisites: ENGL 214, Junior Standing and Approval of the ME Department

ME 411 : Senior Design Project I. Credit 1. A course that integrates various components of the curriculum in comprehensive engineering experience so that the basic sciences, mathematics and engineering sciences which the student has learned in his freshman-to-senior years of study can be applied. It considers design of a complete project or system including establishment of objectives and criteria, formulation of the problem statements, preparation of specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility considerations and detailed engineering designs. The design should take into consideration appropriate constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, ethics and environmental and social impact. Submission of a written report is an essential requirement for completion of the course. Team design projects, where appropriate, are highly encouraged.

Prerequisites: Senior Standing

ME 412 : Senior Design Project II. Credit 2. Continuation and completion of the project started in ME 411. Public oral presentation and submission of final report of the design project are essential requirements for the completion of the course.

Prerequisites: ME 411

ME 413 : System Dynamics and Control. Credit 3. Dynamics of mechanical, fluid, electrical and thermal systems. Equations of motion. Dynamic response of elementary systems. Transfer functions and pole-zero diagrams. Simulation of dynamics of complex systems. Dynamic stability of systems. Open and closed-loop systems. Basic control actions. Laboratory sessions involving use of computers for simulation of dynamic systems and analysis of control systems.

Prerequisites: ME 201, MATH 202

ME 420 : Aeronautical Laboratory. Credit 1. Laboratory experiments related to aeronautical field including wind tunnel, flight simulator testing to demonstrate various phenomena including pressure distribution, lift and drag measurement on different bodies and models and neutral point location and trim curves.

Prerequisites: ME 320

ME 422 : Propulsion Systems. Credit 3. Aerothermodynamics of aerospace vehicle engines, combustion, thrust and efficiency. Gas turbine engines: turbojet, turbofan, turboprop; ramjet and scramjet, typical engine performance. Aerothermodynamics of inlets, combustors and nozzles. Introduction to propellers, turbocompressors and turbines. Introduction to rockets and performance of rocket vehicle engines. Chemical and electrical driven rocket engines.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 311

ME 423 : Energy Conversion. Credit 3. Energy sources and their classification. Conventional energy conservation: Power plant and vapor cycles. Renewable energy: Solar energy with emphasis on solar cells, and wind energy, OTEC systems, geothermal energy. Nuclear fission and types of fission reactors.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 315

ME 424 : Maintenance Engineering. Credit 3. Introduction to maintenance engineering; condition monitoring of machines, plants and structures, various methods of condition monitoring; vibration, acoustic emission, temperature, etc., and their practical applications. Interpreting the results of condition monitoring. Economics of maintenance. Optimal maintenance strategies: Inspection intervals, planning for maintenance crew, forecasting the spare parts and determining optimal stocking policy.

Prerequisites: STAT 319

ME 425 : Compressible Fluid Flow. Credit 3. Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow (gas dynamics) in relation to effects of area change (nozzles and diffusers), friction and heat interaction (Fanno, Rayleigh line and isothermal flow), combustion waves (deflagration, explosion and detonation waves), normal and oblique shock waves and their effects on flow properties (extended diffusers and supersonic airfoils). Applications to flow through pipelines, subsonic, sonic and supersonic flights, turbo-machinery and combustion.

Prerequisites: ME 311

ME 426 : Flight Dynamics. Credit 3. Performance of flight vehicle, landing, take-off, climb, range, endurance, thrust, power, and energy approach. Static/dynamic stability and control of flight vehicle. Rocket trajectories and satellite orbits.

Prerequisites: ME 320

ME 427 : Turbomachinery. Credit 3. Thermo-fluid dynamics aspects of fluid flow, efficiencies of turbomachines. Two-dimensional cascades: turbine and compressor cascade correlations and performance. Axial turbines (two-dimensional analysis), axial flow compressors and fans (two-dimensional analysis), centrifugal compressors and fans, radial flow turbines and preliminary design fundamentals of turbomachines and three-dimensional considerations.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 311

ME 428 : Structure of Flight Vehicles. Credit 3. Statically determinate and indeterminate structures, aerodynamic and inertia loads, load factors, elasticity of structures, stress-strain relationships; mechanical properties of vehicle materials; fatigue; strength-weight comparisons of materials; sandwich constructions; stresses in beams, shear flow in thin webs, closed-section box beams; deflection analysis of structural systems; Castigliano’s theorems, Rayleigh-Ritz method, finite difference method; redundancy in structures.

Prerequisites: CE 203

ME 430 : Air-Conditioning. Credit 3. Thermodynamics of moist air; construction of the psychrometric chart; psychrometric processes; psychrometric systems; industrial processes; air-conditioning systems; duct design and air distribution methods; cooling towers. Experiments utilizing air-conditioning equipment will be conducted in the laboratory and design calculations for air-conditioning systems will be practiced through a practical project in tutorial sessions.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 315

ME 431 : Refrigeration. Credit 3. Mechanical vapor compression refrigeration cycles (single-stage and multi-stage); refrigerant compressors; refrigerants; absorption refrigeration systems; thermoelectric cooling; flash cooling; gas cycle refrigeration; ultra-low-temperature refrigeration (cryogenics); food refrigeration; transport refrigeration. Laboratory hours will be utilized to carry out experiments on refrigeration equipment and in problem solving sessions.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 315

ME 432 : Internal Combustion Engines. Credit 3. Analysis of spark ignition, compression ignition, and gas turbine engines. Combustion processes in an actual system. Performance characteristics, combustion abnormalities. Analysis of intake, fuel and exhaust systems. The laboratory experiments will illustrate the topics discussed.

Prerequisites: ME 204

ME 433 : Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. Credit 3. General fluid flow equation, potential parallel flow theory with some applications of aerodynamics, thin airfoil theory and finite wing in incompressible inviscid flow. Introduction to viscous flow and boundary layers.

Prerequisites: ME 320

ME 434 : Wind Engineering. Credit 3. Wind characteristics, boundary layer, turbulence, surface roughness, measurements. Loads on static structures, wind tunnel modeling, wind induced vibrations, flutter, buffeting. Additional selected topics, such as airborne pollution, sand motion, vehicle aerodynamics.

Prerequisites: ME 311

ME 435 : Thermal Power Plants. Credit 3. Forms of energy, oil, gas and coal. Combustion processes, energy cycles. Steam generators and their component design. Turbines. Load curves. Field trips to power plants and other energy installations.

Prerequisites: ME 204, ME 315