Engineering Materials
A study of metals, polymers and ceramics.  Crystal structures, microstructures, molecular structures and imperfections.  Relationship between structures and observed mechanical properties.  Material failure.  Pre-requisite: CHE 165  Corequisite:  MEC 203

Fluid Dynamics
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fundamental equations of fluid motion, dimensional analysis, external flow and boundary layers, viscous flow in pipes, compressible flow.  Corequisite:  MEC 202 and ME 2630

Applied Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics of vapor and gas power cycles, air conditioning and refrigeration cycles. Ideal gas mixtures and psychrometrics. Combustion and reacting mixtures. Design projects.  Prerequisite:   ME 2630

Heat Transfer
One-and two-dimensional steady-state heat conduction, unsteady-state heat conduction, numerical methods in conduction heat transfer. Forced and free convection. Heat exchangers. Radiation shaper factor, radiation heat exchange, and shielding. Mass diffusion, convection mass transfer, permeability.  Corequisite:  ME 3300 Fluid Dynamics

                                                                                                   
Mechanical Systems Design
Development of design process through team design projects and case studies. Design considerations including performance, manufacturing, and economic considerations. Use of computers for evaluation of alternatives. Fits and tolerances. Optimization. Prerequisite:  ME 3330 Design of Machine Elements

Automatic Controls
The design of feedback control systems using root-locus, frequency-response, and state-space methods. The specification, analysis, and compensation of feedback systems. The laboratory experiments demonstrate practical applications of concepts.
Cross Offering:  EE 3310      Prerequisites:   ME 3030 and GE 2930

Thermal Systems Lab.
Instrumentation and measurement techniques in thermal systems; verification of basic principles; laboratory tests on components of thermal systems; experimental approach for solving engineering problems; application of computer data acquisition and data processing.
Prerequisites: ME 3630 and ME 3640   Corequisite: ME 3720

Finite Element
Introduces the finite element.  Emphasizes beam and frame analysis, plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric and three-dimensional stress analysis.  Includes field problems, such as heat transfer.  Utilizes readily available finite element computer programs.
Prerequisite:        ME 3330 Design of Machine Element

Senior Design Project
Applications of creativity and synthesis. Simulation of engineering project environment. Integration of technical knowledge in an open-ended comprehensive design project. Oral and written reports. This course must be taken in the last semester of residence. Prerequisites: ME 3230, 3730, 3830,  4730

Modern Control Systems
State space modeling of systems, solution of state equations, controllability and observability, Liapunov stability, minimum realization, and state feedback design.  Pre: EE 3310

Modern Control Systems
State space modeling of systems, solution of state equations, controllability and observability, Liapunov stability, minimum realization, and state feedback design.  Pre: EE 3310