Engineering

The latest industrial revolution is named as Industry 4.0, which is defined as the combination of smart manufacturing systems and developed information technologies. The success model of Industry 4.0 is enabled by a group of tools such as cloud computing, machine learning, big data, internet of things, and cyber physical systems. This course provides a study of Industry 4.0 and its revolutionary implications to smart manufacturing, smart products/services, and smart cities. The implementation, opportunities and challenges of Industry 4.0 are also discussed. The powerful change in production techniques will require the extensive use of digital intelligence in the entire production process. As one of the important manufacturing methods of Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing (AM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing is introduced in the second part of course. 3D printing offers numerous benefits to a smart factory, such as high production efficiency, time and material saving, rapid prototyping, and decentralized production methods. This course provides a comprehensive study on the liquid, solid and powder-based 3D printing methods. It also offers insights on the applications and future trend of 3D printing.

The course is divided into the following basic sections:

·Water Treatment and Water Pollution Control Engineering

·Solid Waste and Hazardous Solid Waste Management, Treatment and Disposal Engineering

·Air pollution control engineering

·Clean energy and soil and groundwater pollution control engineering

Overall objective: to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles, main contents and development frontiers of environmental engineering, to cultivate their interest in engineering solutions to hot environmental issues, and to help them identify their interests and directions for further study and research in the future.

This course exploits the development of biobased materials involving the biology of biological feedstock, the chemistry of biobased building blocks and polymers, the technical processes, principles of circularity, and environmental and societal implications. This course creates a critical and creative attitude towards biobased materials and technologies. Pre-req: Organic Chemistry. Assessment includes assignments, presentations, written exams, and attendance.

This course examines the principles of fluid mechanics. Topics discussed include fluid properties; hydrostatics; buoyancy; pressures in fluid systems; principles of mass conservation; steady flow energy equations; flow measurement; forces and momentum in flowing fluids; dimensional analysis, similarity and physical modelling; pipe flow; incompressible laminar and turbulent flow in pipes; friction factor; elementary boundary layer flow; skin friction and drag; pumps and turbines; and pump and pipeline system characteristics.

This course examines the analysis of the equilibrium and dynamic behavior of mechanical systems. It covers equilibrium of particles and of rigid bodies; distributed forces; analysis of structures, including, trusses, frames, cables and beams; kinematics of particles; kinetics of particles, Newton's second law, energy, momenta, impact dynamics; systems of particles; kinematics of rigid bodies; and kinetics of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions.

This course critically examines the technology of energy systems that will be acceptable in a world faced with global warming, local pollution, and declining supplies of oil. It covers conventional fossil fuel energy systems, renewable energy systems (wind, solar, ocean), and non-carbon emitting energy systems.

This course examines irrotational flow, circulation, 2D airfoils, thin airfoil theory, 3D wings, lifting line theory, boundary layers, turbulence, supersonic flow, shock waves, expansion fans, transonic flow, and swept wings.

This course offers a study of the fundamentals of Python3 programming language for scientific computation (computational fluid dynamics). Topics include: basic commands for running python routines in a jupyter environment-- manipulation of files, directories, and processes, parameters of a command in POSIX format, interactive environments, and git; numerical methods for wave field models-- finite differences, finite volume method, and finite element method.

This course examines flight dynamics, with emphasis on aircraft performance and stability. It covers the fundamentals of flight dynamics, focusing more especially on the key concepts pertaining to flight performance and stability; the methodological tools (fundamental theories and mathematical models) that are commonly used for analyzing the performance and stability characteristics of aircraft; and how these theoretical and methodological knowledge are used across aerospace industries for the safety and efficiency of aircraft can be maximized.

This course explores and identifies why engineering is essential to the modern world. Students learn how engineers draw on scientific knowledge, research techniques, technical know-how, skills and collective experiences as well as societal facts and values to solve problems of any size or complexity. Within the interplay of these factors, many life-changing decisions and engineering solutions cannot be made using only calculations but require sound thinking and justifications based on often incomplete information.