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ME 100.
Professional Seminar
(1)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Undergraduate standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for up to 3 units. May not be used as a departmental elective.
A series of weekly lectures given by university staff and outside experts in all fields of mechanical engineering.
ME 102.
Finite Elements Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow with COMSOL
(3)
MATTHYS, MEINHART
Prerequisite: ME 151C and ME 152B; or consent by instructor
Study of modeling and analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow problems using Finite Elements numerical techniques. Students learn to develop sound numerical models of engineering devices using COMSOL Multiphysics Finite Elements software. Addresses geometry construction, model development, meshing, results generation, and physical analysis.
ME 104.
Mechatronics
(4)
BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 6; open to ME majors only.
Interfacing of mechanical and electrical systems and mechatronics. Basic introduction to sensors, actuators, and computer interfacing and control. Transducers and measurement devices, actuators, A/D and D/A conversion, signal conditioning and filtering. Practical skills developed in weekly lab exercises.
ME 105.
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
(4)
VALENTINE
Prerequisite: ME 151B, 152B, 163; and, Materials 101 or 100B.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Spring.
Introduction to fundamental engineering laboratory measurement techniques and report writing skills. Experiments from thermosciences, fluid mechanics, mechanics,and materials science. Introduction to modern data acquisition and analysis techniques.
ME 106A.
Advanced Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
(3)
KHAMMASH, BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 155A.
An advanced lab course with experiments in dynamical systems and feedback control design. Students design, troubleshoot, and perform detailed, multi-session experiments.
ME 107.
Machine Learning
(3)
YEUNG
This course is meant to introduce students to machine learning and deep learning. ME 107 is taught at the undergraduate level and teaches students how to identify a machine learning problem in the context of real-world applications, mathematically formulate a learning problem, identify when a learning problem is well-posed, under-determined and overdetermined, and develop algorithms and Python code to solve the problem. Students are introduced to the concepts of learning algorithms, overfitting, under-fitting, statistical measures of estimators, optimization approaches to learning, principal component analysis, regression, support vector machines, and artificial neural networks.
ME 108.
Applications of Finite Element Analysis
(3)
TSAI
Prerequisite: ME 14; ME 15
Modeling and translation into practical FEA using SolidWorks simulation tools. The course focuses on choosing the correct constraints for parts and assembly. Another focus is on moving parts within SolidWorks. If time permits the class considers optimization of mechanical structures based on anticipated loads. This class goes through the cycle of designing, performing FEA, testing and repeat. SolidWorks, including its geometry optimization module, is used in this class as a "calculator". This fulfills the need of industry (SolidWorks), while preparing students to Capstone and other courses.
ME 110.
Aerodynamics and Aeronautical Engineering
(3)
BELTZ, MEINHART
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 14 and 152A.
Concepts from aerodynamics, including lift and drag analysis for airfoils as well as aircraft sizing/scaling issues. Structural mechanics concepts are applied to practical aircraft design. Intended for students considering a career in aeronautical engineering.
ME 112.
Energy
(3)
MATTHYS, MARSCHALL
Prerequisite: Senior Undergraduate or Graduate Student status in the College of Engineering; or consent of Instructor
Introduction to the field of Energetics. Topics may include energy sources and production, energy usage, renewable technologies, hardware, operating principles, environmental impact, energy reserves, national and global energy budgets, historical perspectives, economics, societal considerations, and others.
ME 124.
Advanced Topics in Transport Phenomena/Safety
(3)
Prerequisite: Chemical Engineering 120A-B-C; or, Mechanical Engineering 151A-B and 152A.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Chemical Engineering 124.
Hazard identification and assessments, runaway reactions, emergency relief. Plant accidents and safety issues. Dispersion and consequences of releases.
ME 125AAZZ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Students are advised to consult their faculty advisor before making their course selection.
Individual courses each concentrating on one area in the following subjects: applied mechanics, cad/cam, controls, design, environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, materials science, mechanics of solids and structures, ocean and coastal engineering, robotics, theoretical mechanics,thermal sciences, and recent developments in mechanical engineering.
ME 125A.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AC.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AD.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AE.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AF.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AG.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AH.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AI.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AJ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AK.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AL.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AO.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AQ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AR.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125AS.
Special Topics: Introduction to Multiphase Flow
ME 125AU.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125B.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125BA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125BE.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125BL.
Special Topics: Radiative Transfer and Solar Energy
ME 125BM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125BP.
Special Topics: Methods in Mechanobiology
ME 125C.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125CH.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125CP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Individual COMSOL projects in Thermal and Fluid Sciences
ME 125D.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125E.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125ED.
Special Topics in ME: Bio-Inspired Design in Fluid Mechanics
ME 125EH.
Special Topics in Soft Robotics
ME 125EM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Finite Element Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
ME 125ES.
Special Topics in ME: Energy Storage Technologies
ME 125EY.
Special Topics in Biological Computing
ME 125F.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125FA.
Special Topics: Failure Analysis
ME 125FB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125FM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125FN.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125G.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125H.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125I.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125IB.
Special Topics: Failure- Why Defects Are Essential to Material Science
ME 125J.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125K.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125KF.
Special Topics in ME: Design and Construction of Scientific Apparatus
ME 125KT.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Advanced Dynamics
ME 125L.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125LF.
Special Topics: Vortex Dynamics and Turbulence
ME 125LP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Intro to Design Optimization
ME 125M.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125MB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125ML.
Special Topics in ME: Research Topics in Machine Learning and System Identification
ME 125MS.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering- Rapid Prototyping Design: Advanced CAD and 3D Printing
ME 125MV.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125N.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125NT.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125P.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125PL.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Wind and Tidal Extraction Over Large Scales
ME 125PQ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125Q.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125R.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125RA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Radiative Energy Transfer
ME 125RM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125RS.
Special Topics: Engineering Biomaterials
ME 125SD.
Special Topics: Mechanics and Measurements
ME 125T.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125TB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Waves and Flow
ME 125TM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125TS.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125V.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125VD.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125WY.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125X.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125Y.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 125YV.
Special Topics: Vehicle Dynamics
ME 125YZ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to interfacial phenomena
ME 125Z.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 127.
Introduction to Mechanisms
(3)
TSAI
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. ME 16 or consent of the instructor.
Generation, analysis, and refinement of the design of electro-mechanical devices for common machine elements including fasteners, joints, springs, bearings, gearing, motors, pneumatics, clutches, couplings, belts, chains, and shafts making use of physics, mathematics, and engineering principles.
ME 128.
Design of Biomedical Devices
(3)
LAGUETTE
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 10, 14, 15, 16, and 153; open to ME majors only.
Introductory course addresses the challenges of biomedical device design, prototyping and testing, material considerations, regulatory requirements, design control, human factors and ethics.
ME 129.
Manufacturing and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
(3)
TSAI
Prerequisite: ME 127 or consent of instructor.
Introduction to manufacturing, surveying a broad range of manufacturing methods and focusing on a few select processes. The course covers some of the considerations and decisions that go into process selection, manufacturing systems, design for manufacture, and design for assembly, as well as how those decisions influence manufacturing quality and cost.
ME 134.
Advanced Thermal Science
(3)
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 151C.
This class will address advanced topics in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Topics if interest may include combustion, phase change, experimental techniques, materials processing, manufacturing, engines, HVAC, non-newtonian fluids, etc.
ME 140A.
Numerical Analysis in Engineering
(3)
MOEHLIS, GIBOU, MEIBURG
Prerequisite: ME 17 with a minimum grade of C-, or Chemical Engineering 132A.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Numerical analysis and analytical solutions of problems described by linear and nonlinear differential equations with an emphasis on MATLAB. First and second order differential equations; systems of differential equations; linear algebraic equations, matrices and eigenvalues; boundary value problems; finite differences.
ME 140B.
Theoretical Analysis in Mechanical Engineering
(3)
MOEHLIS, GIBOU, MEIBURG
Prerequisite: ME 140A.
Analysis of engineering problems formulated in terms of partial differential equations. Solutions of these mathematical models by means of analytical and numerical methods. Physical interpretation of the results.
ME 141A.
Introduction to Nanoelectromechanical and Microelectromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS)
(3)
PENNATHUR, TURNER
Prerequisite: ME 16 & 17; ME 152A & ME 151A (may be concurrent); or ECE 130A & 137A with a minimum grade of C- in both.
Introduction to nano- and microtechnology. Scaling laws and nanoscale physics are stressed. Individual subjects at the nanoscale including materials, mechanics, photonics, electronics, and fluidics will be described, with an emphasis on differences of behavior at the nanoscale and real-world examples.
ME 141B.
MEMS: Processing and Device Characterization
(4)
PENNATHUR, TURNER
Prerequisite: ME 141A, ME 163 (may be concurrent); or ECE 141A.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Lectures and laboratory on semiconductor-based processing for MEMS. Description of key equipment and characterization tools used for MEMS and design, fabrication, characterization and testing of MEMS. Emphasis on current MEMS devices including accelerometers, comb drives, micro-reactors and capacitor-actuators.
ME 146.
Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics
(3)
VALENTINE
Enrollment Comments: Concurrently offered with ME 246. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Course introduces fundamental concepts in molecular and cellular biomechanics. Will consider the role of physical, thermal and chemical forces, examine their influence on cell strength and elasticity, and explore the properties of enzymatically-active materials.
ME 147.
Mechatronics Using Labview
(3)
HARE
Prerequisite: Engineering 3; and Mechanical Engineering 6
Enrollment Comments: Not open for additional credit to students who have completed ME 125CH.
Introduction to mechatronics, electromechanical systems, data acquisition, software programming and Labview. Students learn programming fundamentals, hardware interfacing and controls with simulated hardware and actual motor controllers. Students compete to control a motor system through a variety of control problems. Final projects automate working hardware in research labs.
ME 151A.
Thermosciences 1
(4)
BENNETT, MEINHART
Prerequisite: Physics 2; ME 14 with a minimum grade of C-; and, Mathematics 5C or Mathematics 6B.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Basic concepts in thermodynamics, system analysis, energy, thermodynamic laws, and cycles.
ME 151B.
Thermosciences 2
(4)
BENNETT
Prerequisite: ME 151A and 152A.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Introduction to heat transfer processes, steady and unsteady state conduction, multidimensional analysis. Introduction to convective heat transfer.
ME 151C.
Thermosciences 3
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 151B and 152B. Open to ME majors only.
Convective heat transfer, external and internal flow, forced and free convection, phase change, heat exchangers. Introduction to radiative heat transfer.
ME 152A.
Fluid Mechanics
(4)
MEINHART
Prerequisite: Mathematics 5C or Math 6B; and, ME 16 with a minimum grade of C-.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Introduction to the fundamental concepts in fluid mechanics and basic fluid properties. Basic equations of fluid flow. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Hydrodynamics.
ME 152B.
Fluid Mechanics
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 152A. Open to ME majors only.
Incompressible viscous flow. Turbomachinery. Boundary-layer theory. Introductory considerations for one-dimensional compressible flow.
ME 153.
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design
(3)
BELTZ, TURNER, HAWKES
Prerequisite: ME 10 and 16; open to ME majors only.
Enrollment Comments: Course materials fee required.
This course introduces engineering design with a focus on an iterative design process. Throughout the course, a group project cements the topics learned through active application to a real design problem. The lectures are broken into three sections. Section 1 introduces a version of this iterative Design Cycle, which comprises four components: 1) Define, 2) Ideate, 3) Prototype & Test, and 4) Analyze. These steps are repeated many times over the course of design development, not always in this order. Section 2 of the course focuses on applying this Design Cycle to the team project. Section 3 wraps up and focuses on presenting the project.
ME 154.
Design and Analysis of Structures
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 15 with a minimum grade of C-; and, ME 16 with a minimum grade of C-; open to ME majors only.
Introductory course in structural analysis and design. The theories of matrix structural analysis and finite element analysis for the solution of analytical and design problems in structures are emphasized. Lecture material includes structural theory compatibility method, slope deflection method, displacement method, and virtual work. Topics include applications to bars, beams, trusses, frames, and solids.
ME 155A.
Control System Design
(3)
BAMIEH, BULLO
Prerequisite: ME 17 with a minimum grade of C-; ME 163.
The discipline of control and its application. Dynamics and feedback. The mathematical models: transfer functions and state space descriptions. Simple control design (PID). Assessment of a control problem, specification, fundamental limitations, codesign of system and control.
ME 155B.
Advanced Control Systems Design
(3)
BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 155A.
Dynamic system modeling using state-space methods, controllability and observability, state-space methods for control design including pole placement, and linear quadratic regulator methods. Observers and observer-based feedback controllers. Sampled-data and digital control. Laboratory exercises using MATLAB for simulation and control design.
ME 155C.
Control Systems Laboratory
(3)
BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 155A.
An advanced lab course with experiments in dynamical systems and feedback control design. Students design, troubleshoot, and perform detailed, multi-session experiments.
ME 156A.
Mechanical Engineering Design - I
(3)
SUSKO
Prerequisite: ME 14, with a minimum grade of C-; and ME 15, with a minimum grade of C-; and MATRL 101 (or MATRL 100B); or consent of instructor. Open to ME majors only
The rational selection of engineering materials, and the utilization of Ashby- charts, stress, strain, strength, and fatigue failure consideration as applied to the design of machine elements. Lectures also support the development of system design concepts using assigned projects and involve the preparation of engineering reports and drawings.
ME 156B.
Mechanical Engineering Design-II
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 156A. Open to ME majors only.
Machine elements including gears, bearings and shafts. Joint design and analysis: bolts, rivets, adhesive bonding and welding. Machine dynamics andfatigue. Design reliability and safety. Codes and standards. Topics coveredwill be applies in practical design projects.
ME 157.
Introduction to Multiphysics Simulation
(3)
MEINHART
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 151A-B; and Mechanical Engineering 152A-B
Recommended Preparation: ME 140AEnrollment Comments: Concurrently offered with ME 257. May not be taken for additional credit by students who have completed ME 125CM. May not be taken by students who have completed ME 225CM or ME 257.
Introduces students to the concepts of multiphysics simulation. Students are introduced to PDEs, associated analytical solutions, and the finite elements method. Multiphysics problems are solved in multiple domains, and with fluid/structure interactions. Each student conducts a project where multiphysics tools are used to explore details of multiphysical processes.
ME 158.
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 10 and ME 156A; open to ME majors only.
Emphasis on programming, operation and design of automated manufacturing tools. Students learn to program CNC tools to make parts with G&M Code and Mastercam CAM software. Students make parts in hands-on labs using CNC tools, 3D printers and laser cutters. Select topics in automated tool design and construction.
ME 162.
Introduction to Elasticity
(3)
MCMEEKING, BELTZ
Prerequisite: ME 15 and 140A.
Equations of equilibrium, compatibility, and boundary conditions. Solutionsof two-dimensional problems in rectangular and polar coordinates. Eigen-solutions for the Wedge and Williams' solution for cracks. Stress intensity factors. Extension, torsion, and bending. Energy theorems. Introduction to wave propagation in elastic solids.
ME 163.
Engineering Mechanics: Vibrations
(3)
MCMEEKING, MEZIC
Prerequisite: ME 16 with a minimum grade of C-; open to ME majors only.
Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed ME 163B.
Topics relating to vibration in mechanical systems; exact and approximate methods of analysis, matrix methods, generalized coordinates and Lagrange's equations, applications of systems. Basic feedback systems and controlled dynamic behavior.
ME 166.
Advanced Strength of Materials
(3)
TURNER
Prerequisite: ME 15.
Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems using integration, area moment, and energy methods. Beams on elastic foundations,curved beams stress concentrations, fatigue, and theories of failure for ductile and brittle materials. Photoelasticity and other experimental techniques are covered, as well as methods of interpreting in-service failures.
ME 167.
Structural Analysis
(3)
YANG
Prerequisite: ME 15
Enrollment Comments: May not be taken for additional credit by students who have completed ME W 167.
Presents introductory matrix methods for analysis of structures. Topics include review of matrix algebra and linear equations, basic structural theorems including the principle of superposition and energy theorems, truss bar, bean and plane frame elements, and programming techniques to realize these concepts.
ME 169.
Nonlinear Phenomena
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Physics 105A or Physics 103; or ME 163 or upper-division standing in ECE.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 183 and Physics 106. Not open for credit to students who have completed ECE 163C.
An introduction to nonlinear phenomena. Flows and bifurcations in one and two dimensions, chaos, fractals, strange attractors. Applications to physics, engineering, chemistry, and biology.
ME 179D.
Introduction to Robotics: Dynamics and Control
(4)
BYL
Prerequisite: ECE 130A or ME 155A (may be taken concurrently)
Dynamic modeling and control methods for robotic systems. Lagrangian method for deriving equations of motion, introduction to the Jacobian, and modeling and control of forces and contact dynamics at a robotic end effector. Laboratories encourage a problem-solving approach to control.
ME 179L.
Introduction to Robotics: Design Laboratory
(4)
PADEN
Prerequisite: Engr 3; and ME 6 or ECE 2A. Not open for credit to students who have completed ME 170C or ECE 181C.
Enrollment Comments: Course materials fee required.
Design, programming, and testing of mobile robots. Design problems are formulated in terms of robot performance. Students solve electromechanical problems, developing skills in brainstorming, concept selection, spatial reasoning, teamwork and communication. Robots are controlled with micro-controllers using C programming and interfaced to sensors and motors.
ME 179P.
Introduction to Robotics: Planning and Kinematics
(4)
BULLO
Prerequisite: Engr 3; and either ME 17 or ECE 130C (may be taken concurrently). Not open for credit to students who have completed ME 170A or ECE 181A.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 179P
Motion planning and kinematics topics with an emphasis on geometric reasoning, programming and matrix computations. Motion planning: configuration spaces, sensor-based planning, decomposition and sampling methods, and advanced planning algorithms. Kinematics: reference frames, rotations and displacements, kinematic motion models.
ME 185.
Materials in Engineering
(3)
LEVI, ODETTE
Prerequisite: Materials 100B or 101.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 185.
Introduces the student to the main families of materials and the principlesbehind their development, selection, and behavior. Discusses the generic properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites more relevant to structural applications. The relationship of properties to structure and processing is emphasized in every case.
ME 186A.
Manufacturing and Materials
(3)
LEVI
Prerequisite: ME 151C; and ME 15; and Materials 101 or Materials 100C
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 186A.
Introduction to the fundamentals of common manufacturing processes and their interplay with the structure and properties of materials as they are transformed into products. Emphasis on process understanding and the key physical and basic mathematical relationships involved in each of the processes discussed.
ME 186B.
Introduction to Additive Manufacturing
(3)
BEGLEY
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: ME/MATRL 186AEnrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 186B
Introduction to additive manufacturing processes: review of manufacturing methods and process selection consideration, economies of production, common additive manufacturing strategies, and brief description of the physics of photopolymerization, extrusion, selective laser melting and e-beam melting fabrication.
ME 189A.
Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design Project
(3)
SUSKO
Prerequisite: ME 151C; and ME 152B; and ME 153; and ME 163; or consent of instructor. Open to ME majors only.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Concurrently offered with ART 189A. Quarters usually offered: Fall. A 3-quarter sequence with grades issued for each quarter. Students may not concurrently enroll in ME 197 and ME 189A-B-C with the same design project. Course materials fee required.
Repeat Comments: Course can only be repeated as a full sequence (189A-B-C). Not open to students who have completed ART 189A.
Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty advisor (and possibly an industrial sponsor) to tackle an engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oral presentations, are covered. Emphasis on practical, hands-on experience, and the integration of analytical and design skills.
ME 189B.
Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design Project
(3)
SUSKO
Prerequisite: ME 189A
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Concurrently offered with ART 189B. Quarters usually offered: Winter. A 3-quarter sequence with grades issued for each quarter. Students may not concurrently enroll in ME 197 and ME 189A-B-C with the same design project. Course materials fee required.
Repeat Comments: Course can only be repeated as a full sequence (189A-B-C). Not open to students who have completed ART 189B.
Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty advisor (and possibly an industrial sponsor) to tackle an engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oral presentations, are covered. Course emphasizes practical, hands-on experience, and integrates analytical and design skills acquired in the companion ME 156 courses.
ME 189C.
Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design Project
(3)
SUSKO
Prerequisite: ME 189A and 189B
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Concurrently offered with ART 189C. Quarters usually offered: Spring. A 3-quarter sequence with grades issued for each quarter. Students may not concurrently enroll in ME 197 and ME 189A-B-C with the same design project. Course materials fee required.
Repeat Comments: Course can only be repeated as a full sequence (189A-B-C). Not open to students who have completed ART 189C.
Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty advisor (and possibly an industrial sponsor) to tackle an engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oral presentations, are covered. Course emphasizes practical, hands-on experience, and integrates analytical and design skills acquired in the companion ME 156 courses.
ME 193.
Internship in Industry
(1)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Prior departmental approval needed.
Enrollment Comments: Cannot be used as a departmental elective. May be repeated to a maximum of 2 units.
Students obtain credit for a mechanical engineering related internship and/or industrial experience under faculty supervision. A 6-10 page written report is required for credit. It may NOT be used to satisfy the engineering elective requirement for ME majors.
ME 197.
Independent Projects in Mechanical Engineering Design
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 16; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for a maximum of 12 units. No more than 4 units may be used as departmental electives.
Special projects in design engineering. Course offers motivated students opportunity to synthesize academic skills by designing and building new machines.
ME 199.
Independent Studies in Mechanical Engineering
(1-5)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor; upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Mechanical Engineering.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding 3 quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA courses combined. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units but no more than four units may be used as departmental electives.
Directed individual study.
ME 200.
Professional Seminar
(1)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
A series of weekly lectures given by university staff and outside experts in all fields of mechanical engineering.
ME 200P.
M.S. Project
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
A ten-week individual research project on an advanced topic in mechanical engineering.
ME 201.
Advanced Dynamics
(3)
MEZIC
Newtons laws and symmetries, Newton, Laplace and principle of determinism, qualitative analysis of Newtons equations of motion, Hamiltonian mechanics, one degree of freedom (DOF) systems, two DOF systems, motion in central fields, application to molecular dynamics, control of classical dynamical systems, Lagrangian mechanics, chaos and ergodic theory, rigid body motion.
ME 203.
Operator Theory Methods in Dynamical Systems
(3)
MEZIC
Prerequisite: ME 201.
Geometric mechanics, volume-preserving dynamical systems, molecular dynamics; Infinite dimensional dynamics and finite dimensional approximations including incompressible Euler equations and point vortex theory, transport and fluid mixing, control of measure-preserving systems, equilibrium and non- equilibrium statistical mechanics methods for vortex gases.
ME 207.
Faculty Research Seminar
(1)
KHAMMASH
A series of bi-weekly presentations given by ladder faculty members to familiarize graduate students with current department research projects. This course is required to be taken by all graduate students within the first year of arrival.
ME 210A.
Matrix Analysis and Computation
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Students should be proficient in basic numerical methods, linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language. Same course as Computer Science 211A, ECE 210A, Mathematics 206A, Chemical Engineering 211A, and Geology 251A.
Graduate level-matrix theory with introduction to matrix computations. SVD's, pseudoinverses, variational characterization of eigenvalues, perturbation theory, direct and iterative methods for matrix computations.
ME 210B.
Numerical Simulation
(4)
PETZOLD
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Students should be proficient in basic numerical methods, linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language. Same course as Computer Science 211B, ECE 210B, Mathematics 206B, and Chemical Engineering 211B and Geology 251B.
Linear multistep methods and Runge-Kutta methods for ordinary differential equations: stability, order and convergence. Stiffness. Differential algebraic equations. numerical solution of boundary value problems.
ME 210C.
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations--Finite Difference Methods.
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Students should be proficient in basic numerical methods, linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language. Same course as Computer Science 211C, ECE 210C, Mathematics 206C, Chemical Engineering 211C, and Geolgy 251C.
Finite difference methods for hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptic PDE's, with application to problems in science and engineering. Convergence, consistency, order and stability of finite difference methods. Dissipation and dispersion. Finite volume methods. Software design and adaptivity.
ME 210D.
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations - Finite Element Methods
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Students should be proficient in basic numerical methods, linear algebra, mathematically rigorous proofs, and some programming language. Same course as Computer Science 211D, ECE 210D, Mathematics 206D, Chemical Engineering 211D, and Geology 251D.
Weighted residual and finite element methods for the solution of hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptical partial differential equations, with application to problems in science and engineering. Error estimates. Standard and discontinuous Galerkin methods.
ME 211.
Pattern Formation and Self-Organization
(3)
CAMPAS
Introductory course to the processes of pattern formation and self- organization in natural systems (physical and biological systems), as well as in engineering. The goal of the course is to explain how ordered spatial structures appear in different systems. We will discuss the common aspects and the differences in the mechanisms that establish the patterns, and introduce various techniques used in different disciplines to study the formation of spatially extended structures.
ME 215A.
Applied Dynamical Systems I
(3)
MOEHLIS
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Phase-plane methods, non-linear oscillators, stability of fixed points and periodic orbits, invariant manifolds, structural stability, normal form theory, local bifurcations for vector fields and maps, applications from engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology.
ME 215B.
Applied Dynamical Systems II
(3)
MOEHLIS
Prerequisite: ME 215A; graduate standing.
Local codimension two bifurcations, global bifurcations, chaos for vector fields and maps, Smale horshoe, symbolic dynamics, strange attractors, universality, bifyrcation with symmetry, perturbation theory and averaging, Melnikov's method, canards, applications from engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology.
ME 216.
Level Set Methods
(4)
GIBOU
Prerequisite: CMPSC 211C or CH E 211C or ECE 210C or ME 210C.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as CH E 226, ECE 226, and CMPSC 216.
Mathematical description of the level set method and design of the numerical methods used in its implementations (ENO-WENO, Godunov, Lax-Friedrich, etc.). Introduction to the Ghost Fluid Method. Applications in CFD, Materials Sciences, Computer Vision and Computer Graphics.
ME 219.
Mechanics of Materials
(3)
MCMEEKING, BEGLEY, BELTZ
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 207.
Matrices and tensors, stress and deformation, compatibility and equilibrium conditions, constitutive equations, and boundary conditions, applications in elasticity, plasticity and fracture.
ME 220A.
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
(3)
Introductory course in fluid mechanics. Basic equations of motion (continuity, momentum, energy, vorticity), coordinate transformations, "potential" flow, thin airfoil theory, conformal mapping, vortex dynamics, boundary layers, stability theory, laminar/turbulent transition, turbulence. Inviscid/viscid, irrotational/rotational, incompressible/ compressible flow examples.
ME 220B.
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 151A-B and ME 152A-B.
Introductory course in fluid mechanics. Basic equations of motion (continuity, momentum, energy, vorticity), coordinate transformations, "potential" flow, this airfoil theory, conformal mapping, vortex dynamics, boundary layers, stability theory, laminar/turbulent transition, turbulence.
ME 221.
Advanced Viscous Flow
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 220A.
Review the Navier-Stokes equations in velocity, pressure, and vorticity variables. Analyze details of important low and moderate reynolds number flow applications and then high reynolds number flows with boundary layer phenomena. Compare exact, approximate, numerical, and experimental solutionmethods.
ME 225AAZZ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Specialized courses dealing with advanced topics and recent developments inone or more of the following areas: dynamic systems, control and robotics, fluid mechanics, materials science and engineering, ocean engineering, solid mechanics and structures, thermal sciences.
ME 225A.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AC.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AD.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AE.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AF.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AG.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AH.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AI.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AJ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AK.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AL.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AN.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AO.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AQ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AR.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AS.
Special Topics: Introduction to Multiphase Flow
ME 225AT.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AU.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AV.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AX.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225AY.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225B.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225BA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225BC.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225BD.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225BL.
SP: Nanoscale Energy Transport & Conversion
ME 225BM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225BP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225C.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225CB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225CP.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Individual COMSOL projects in Thermal and Fluid Sciences
ME 225D.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225DS.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225E.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225ED.
Special Topics in ME: Bio-Inspired Design in Fluid Mechanics
ME 225EH.
Special Topics in Soft Robotics
ME 225EM.
Special Topics in ME: Advanced Topics in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
ME 225EN.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225EY.
Special Topics in Biological Computing
ME 225F.
Special Topics: Flow Instabilities and Turbulence
ME 225FA.
Special Topics: Failure Analysis
ME 225FB.
Nonlinear Networks: Dynamics, Learning and Applications
ME 225FE.
Special Topics in ME: Modeling of Flow and Heat Transfer using COMSOL Finite Elements Software
ME 225G.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225H.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225HS.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225I.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225IB.
Special Topics: Defects in Engineering Materials & Analysis
ME 225J.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225JM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225KA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225L.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225LF.
Special Topics: Vortex Dynamics and Turbulence
ME 225M.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225MB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225MC.
Special Topics: MEMS Characterization
ME 225ML.
Special Topics in ME: Research Topics in Machine Learning and System Identification
ME 225MM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Mathematical Methods in Systems and Controls
ME 225MV.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225N.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225NN.
Modeling and Optimization of Neural Networks
ME 225O.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225OC.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225P.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225PL.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225Q.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225R.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225RA.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Radiative Energy Transfer
ME 225RM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225RS.
Special Topics: Engineering Biomaterials
ME 225RX.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225S.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225SB.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225SC.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225SD.
Special Topics: Mechanics & Measurement
ME 225SO.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225T.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225TF.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225TS.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225U.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225V.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225VM.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225X.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME 225YZ.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Intro to Interfacial Phenomena
ME 226.
Applied Numerical Methods
(3)
GIBOU
Prerequisite: ME 140A.
An introduction to the numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations by means of finite difference and finite element procedures.
ME 230.
Elasticity and Plasticity
(3)
MCMEEKING, BEGLEY
Prerequisite: ME 219 or MATRL 207
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 230.
Review field equations of elasticity and plasticity. Energy principles and uniqueness theorems. Elementary problems in one and two dimensions, stress functions, and complex variable methods. Plastic stress-strain laws; flow potentials. Torsion and bending of plastic flow, slip line theory. Bounding theorems.
ME 232.
Plasticity
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 219.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 232.
Plastic, creep, and relaxation behavior of solids. Mechanics of inelastically strained bodies; plastic stress-strain laws; flow potentials.Torsion and bending of prismatic bars, expansion of thick shells, plane plastic flow, slip line theory. Variational formulations, approximate methods.
ME 233A.
Design of Composite Structures
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 230 or ME 275A.
Emphasis is placed on the differences of design with composites vis a vis the design of conventional metallic structures. The content is directed at the class of polymermatrix composites.
ME 236.
NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
(4)
KOKOTOVIC, TEEL
Recommended Preparation: ECE 230A.Enrollment Comments: SAME COURSE AS ECE 236.
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS. FOCUS ON LYAPUNOV STABILITY THEORY, WITH SUFFICIENT TIME DEVOTED TO CONTRASTS BETWEEN LINEAR AND NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, INPUT-OUTPUT STABILITY AND THE DESCRIBING FUNCTION METHOD.
ME 238.
Advanced Control Design Laboratory
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ME 243A/ECE 230A and at least one class among the following: ME 243B/ECE 230B, ME 236/ECE 236, ME 256/ECE 232, or ME 254/ECE 271C.
A laboratory course requiring students to design and implement advanced control systems on a physical experiment. Experiments from any engineering or scientific discipline are chosen by the student.
ME 243A.
Linear Systems I
(4)
KOKOTOVIC, BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ECE 210A.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 230A.
Internal and external descriptions. Solution of state equations. Controllability and observability realizations. Pole assignment, assignment, observers; modern compensator design. Distribance localization and decoupling. Least-squares control. Least-squares estimation; Kalman filters; smoothing. The seperation theorem; LQG compensator design. Computational considerations. Selected additional topics.
ME 243B.
Linear Systems II
(4)
KOKOTOVIC, BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ECE 140; 230A or ME 243A; and ME 210A.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 230B.
Internal and external descriptions. Solution of state equations. Controllability and observability realizations. Pole assignment, assignment, observers; modern compensator design. Distribance localization and decoupling. Least-squares control. Least-squares estimation; Kalman filters; smoothing. The seperation theorem; LQG compensator design. Computational considerations. Selected additional topics.
ME 244A.
Advanced Theoretical Methods in Engineering
(4)
FREDRICKSON
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Chemical Engineering 230A.
Methods of solution of partial differential equations and boundary value problems. Linear vector and function spaces, generalized fourier analysis, Sturm-Liouville theory, calculus of variations, and conformal mapping techniques.
ME 244B.
Advanced Theoretical Methods in Engineering
(3)
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 244A and consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Chemical Engineering 230B.
Advanced mathematical methods for engineers and scientists. Complex analysis, integral equations and Green's functions. Asymptotic analysis of integrals and sums. Boundary layer methods and WKB theory.
ME 245.
Modeling and Control of Spatially Distributed Systems
(4)
BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 243B or ECE 230B or consent of instructor.
Modeling, dynamics, and control of spatially distributed systems described by partial differential equations or dynamical systems on lattices. The emphasis is on linear, constructive, and algebraic techniques, with motivation from physical examples such as oscillator networks and hydrodynamic stability.
ME 246.
Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics
(3)
VALENTINE
Enrollment Comments: Concurrently offered with ME 146. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Course introduces fundamental concepts in molecular and cellular biomechanics. Will consider the role of physical, thermal and chemical forces, examine their influence on cell strength and elasticity, and explore the properties of enzymatically-active materials.
ME 252A.
Computational Fluid Dynamics
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 210C or Computer Science 211C or ECE 210C or Mathematics 206C or ChemicaEngineering 211C.
Numerical simulation of fluid flows. Basic discretization techniques for parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic conservation laws. Stability and accuracy. Diffusion equation, linear convection equation.
ME 252B.
Computational Fluid Dynamics
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 210C or Computer Science 211C or ECE 210C or Mathematics 206C or ChemicaEngineering 211C.
Discussion of appropriate boundary conditions. Nonlinear convection dominated problems, curvilinear coordinates, basics of grid generation. Inviscid flow, boundary layer flow, incompressible Navier-Stokes flows.
ME 254.
Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems
(4)
BAMIEH
Prerequisite: ME 243A or ECE 230A or equivalent
Enrollment Comments: THIS COURSE IS CROSS-LISTED WITH ECE 271C.
Calculus of variations and Gateaux and Frechet derivatives. Optimization in dynamic systems and Pontryagin's principle. Invariant Imbedding and deterministic and stochastic Dynamic Programming. Numerical solutions of optimal control problems. Min-max problems and differential games. Extensive treatment of Linear Quadratic Problems.
ME 256.
Introductory Robust Control with Applications
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: ECE 230A or ME 255A; and, ECE 230B or ME 243B (may be taken concurrently).
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 232.
Robust Control theory; uncertainty modeling; stability of systems in the presence of norm-bounded perturbations; induced norm performance problems; structured singular value analysis; H-infinity control theory; model reduction; computer simulation based design project involving practical problems.
ME 257.
Introduction to Multiphysics Simulation
(3)
MEINHART
Enrollment Comments: Concurrently offered with ME 157.
Introduces students to the concepts of multiphysics simulation. Students are introduced to PDE's, associated analytical solutions, and the finite element method. Multiphysics problems are solved in multiple domains, and with fluid/structure interactions. Each student conducts a project where multiphysics tools are used to explore details of multiphysical processes.
ME 258.
Methods in Mechanobiology and Biofabrication
(3)
PRUITT
Prerequisite: The course assumes an engineering background but is structured to be accessible to graduate students in life sciences who have a strong physics and math background, and to engineering graduate students with basic biology knowledge.
Recommended Preparation: Students should have a grounding in Physics/Mechanics, Biology, Differential equations, Linear Algebra, and familiarity with use of a scripting language like MATLAB for analyses.Enrollment Comments: Same course as BMSE 258.
Cell mechanobiology topics including cell structure, mechanical models, and chemo-mechanical signaling. Review and apply methods for controlling and analyzing the biomechanics of cells using traction force microscopy, AFM, micropatterning, and cell stimulation. Practice and theory for the design and application of methods for quantitative cell mechanobiology. Weekly lecture and hands-on laboratory sessions. Final project in the form of a research proposal.
ME 264.
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
(3)
ZOK, ODETTE
Prerequisite: ME 219; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 220.
Concepts of stress and strain. Deformation of metals, polymers, and ceramics. Elasticity, viscoelasticity, plastic flow, and creep. Linear elastic fracture mechanics. Mechanisms of ductile and brittle fracture.
ME 265.
Composite Materials
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 261.
Stress and strain relations in composites. Residual stresses. The fracture resistance of organic and inorganic matrix composites. Statistical aspects of fiber failure. Composite laminates and delamination cracks. Cumulative damage concepts. Interface properties. Design criteria.
ME 267.
Thin Films and Multilayers
(3)
BEGLEY
Prerequisite: Materials 207 (same course as ME 219); consent of instructor
The development of stresses in thin films and its relaxation. Edge effects and discontinuities. Cracks in films and at interfaces. Delamination of residually stressed films. Buckling and buckle propagation of compressed films. Cyclic behavior and ratcheting effects.
ME 269.
Network Systems: Dynamics and Control
(4)
BULLO
Motivating socio/economic networks, power grids, multi- agent robotics. Perron- Frobenius matrix theory and algebraic graph theory. Fundamental dynamics in networks: averaging dynamics in discrete and continuous time; positive and compartmental systems; robotic coordination problems; coupled oscillator systems; virus propagation models; population dynamic models.
ME 271.
Finite Element Structural Analysis
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 219.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 240.
Definitions and basic element operations displacement approach in linear elasticity. Element formulation: direct methods and variational methods. Global analysis procedures: assemblage and solution. Plane stress and plane strain. Solids of revolution and general solids. Isoparametric representation and numerical integration. Computer implementation.
ME 275.
Fracture Mechanics
(3)
Prerequisite: ME 219.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Materials 234.
Analytic solutions of a stationary crack under static loading. Elastic and elastoplastic analysis. The J integral. Energy balance and crack growth. Criteria for crack initiation and growth. Dynamic crack propagation. Fatigue. The micromechanics of fracture.
ME 291A.
Physics of Transducers
(3)
SOH
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Recommended Preparation: ECE 220 (may be taken concurrently).
The use of concepts in electromagnetic theory and solid state physics to describe capacitive, piezoresistive, piezoelectric and tunneling transduction mechanisms and analyze their applications in microsystems technology.
ME 292.
Design of Transducers
(3)
PENNATHUR, TURNER
Prerequisite: graduate standing
Design issues associated with microscale transduction. Electrodynamics, linear and nonlinear mechanical behavior, sensing methods, MEMS-specific fabrication rules, and layout are all covered. Modeling techniques for electromechanical systems are also discussed.
ME 295.
Group Studies: Controls, Dynamical Systems, and Computation
(1)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Same course as ECE 295, Computer Science 592, and Chemical Engineering 295.
A series of weekly lectures given by university staff and outside experts in the fields of control systems, dynamical systems, and computation.
ME 501.
Teaching Assistant Practicum
(1-4)
Enrollment Comments: Normally required of students serving as teaching assistants. No unit credit allowed towards advanced degree.
Practical experience in the various activities associated with teaching, including lecturing, supervision of laboratories and discussion sections, preparation and grading of homework and exams.
ME 503.
Research Assistant Practicum
(1-4)
Enrollment Comments: Will not count as unit credit towards M.S. or Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering.
Practical experience in the various activities associated with research, including experimental work, theoretical work and analyses, and assisting department faculty and other professional researchers in their duties.
ME 596.
Directed Research
(1-12)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Not applicable to course requirement for M.S. or Ph.D. degree. S/U grading.
Experimental or theoretical research undertaken under the direction of a faculty member for graduate students who have not yet advanced to candidacy.
ME 597.
Individual Study for Ph.D. Qualifying Examination
(1-12)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Enrollment Comments: No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree. Maximum of 12 units per quarter; enrollment limited to 24 units per examination. Instructor is normally student's major advisor. S/U grading.
Individual studies for ph.d. qualifying examination.
ME 598.
Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
(1-12)
Prerequisite: Consent of thesis adviser.
Enrollment Comments: No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
For research underlying the thesis and writing of the thesis.
ME 599.
Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12)
Prerequisite: Consent of dissertation adviser.
Enrollment Comments: No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
For research and preparation of the dissertation.