Mechanical Engineering

This course offers a study of the fundamentals of kinematic and dynamic behavior of rigid bodies, the theory of machines, and mechanisms. Other topics include: kinematics of planar mechanisms; dynamics of planar mechanisms; energy and power. 

Pre-requisites: Physics I; Calculus I; Calculus II; Linear Algebra 

Topics in this aerospace structures course include: structural description of the aircraft; structures in the aeronautical sector; bending and shear of open and closed, thin-walled beams; torsion of beams; torsion on multiple-cell, thin-walled beams; bending of thin plates; shells; theory of laminate; composite beams and plates; sandwich structures.

Pre-requisites: Physics I; Mechanics Applied to Aerospace Engineering; Introduction to Structural Analysis

This course offers a study of aircraft propellers and turboprop engines including internal aerodynamics, propulsion theory, aircraft and Aerojet performance, as well as propulsion systems engineering, mechanics, and thermodynamics. 

Pre-requisites: Fluid Mechanics II; Thermal Engineering; Aerodynamics; Aerospace Propulsion I 

This course introduces basic properties of materials; how properties are related to microstructures; how microstructures are controlled by processing, and how materials are formed and joined. This course deals mostly with metals; however, properties of other engineering materials are discussed. 

This course discusses the fundamentals of machine design as accuracy, strength, reliability, function and performance of typical mechanical elements. 

This course offers a description of a system to make a link between the microscopic properties of the particles in the system and its macroscopic behavior at equilibrium. It is based on the idea that the macroscopic state of the system is realized as the average over a large number of independent microscopic states. This demonstrates the basis of these statistical principles and their applications to various problems in physics, chemistry, and material science as statistical thermodynamics bridges many disciplines as it makes the link between the physical description of a given particle and the behavior of a statistical ensemble of those particles. 

This course analyzes the basic concept and principle of thermodynamics,  such as the concept of system, matter and energy, as well as the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The course then explores quantitative state changes of matter and the operation principles and efficiency of heat engine, such as piston engine, jet engine, steam cycle, and refrigeration machine.  Finally, the course discusses effective utilization of energy and energy saving.

This course covers the concepts and analytical methods of basic mechanisms to achieve desired mechanical motions. By the end of the course, the class is expected to understand the basic concept of planning and designing mechanical systems. 

Preferred course prerequisite: Mechanics, Mathematics I, and Mathematics II.

This course explores the fundamentals of fluid motion and phenomena to understand how to calculate pressures and velocities in both static and flowing fluids, forces on submerged objects, and dimensionless numbers for the design of experiments.  

Required course prerequisites: Analysis, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, and Physics.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts from mechanical engineering that facilitates understanding and quantitative analysis of renewable energy systems. This includes concepts from the fields of structural mechanics, dynamics of mechanical systems, and fluid statics/dynamics. The course provides a grounding in key physical concepts and analytical methods to enable understanding of and quantitative analysis of renewable energy systems. Lecture material will cover: structural mechanics; Newtonian Dynamics; and fluid statics and dynamics. These are presented within the context of and applied to renewable energy systems