ME 611 Classical Thermodynamics (3) Critical study of foundations of thermodynamics. Definitions, laws and corollaries. Chemical, electrical, magnetic systems. Determination of equilibrium states. Pre: 312.

ME 612 Advanced Thermodynamics (3) Advanced classical thermodynamics and fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics. Availability; exergy; entropy generation minimization; thermoeconomics; statistics; quantum mechanics; ideal and dense gases; kinetic theory. Pre: 312, 322, and 422; or consent.

ME 617 Thermal Environmental Engineering (3) Physiological response to thermal environment, designs of passive and active cooling systems, student project. Pre: 417 or consent.

ME 621 Conduction Heat Transfer (3) Steady and unsteady heat conduction with and without heat sources in solids. Analytical, numerical, graphical, analog methods for solving heat conduction problems. Pre: 422.

ME 622 Convection Heat Transfer (3) Heat transfer in laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Analogy between heat, momentum, mass transfer. Pre: 422 and 626.

ME 623 Radiation Heat Transfer (3) Radiant interchange among surfaces. Gaseous radiation. Combined conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer. Pre: 422 and senior standing.

ME 624 Multi-Phase Flow (3) Lagrangian modeling of particle motion in viscous flows; drag, lift, virtual mass, and history forces; particle motion in non-uniform flows; computational methods in multi-phase flows. A-F only. Pre: MATH 302 or MATH 307.

ME 625 Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (3) Integration of ordinary differential equations. Finite difference solutions of partial differential equations with applications to conduction and convection. Introduction to finite element methods. Pre: 422 and MATH 190.

ME 626 Viscous and Turbulent Flows (3) Navier-Stokes and energy equations, their formulation, properties; some exact solutions; laminar boundary layers; laminar stability, transition, turbulence; turbulent boundary layers. Pre: 322.

ME 627 Environmental Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer (3) Heat and mass transfer in Earth’s interior with applications to geothermal and petroleum reservoir engineering. Pre: 422 or consent.

ME 628 Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design (3) Chemical kinetics with heat and mass transfer. Balance equations applied to selected ideal reactors. Departures from ideality. Pre: 422 and 627.

ME 629 Renewable Energy Engineering I: Biomass (3) (1 Lec, 2 2-hr Lab) Experimental methods and theory of thermochemical biomass conversion: static and dynamic temperature and mass measurements, thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, GCMS and HPLC techniques. Pre: consent.

ME 631 Advanced Materials Science (3) Properties of materials interpreted from the atomistic viewpoint. Crystal structure and defects. Thermodynamics of solids; phase transformations; experimental techniques. Pre: 331.

ME 635 Corrosion Theory (3) Application of electrochemical theory and materials science to corrosion and oxidation reactions. Effect of environment, especially marine. Cathodic protection, coatings, inhibitors, treatment of water systems. Pre: 331.

ME 636 Fundamentals of Electrochemistry (3) Thermodynamics of cells, electrode kinetics, mass transfer by migration and diffusion, microelectrode techniques, forced convection, impedance, double-layer structure, and absorbed intermediates in electrode processes. Pre: consent.

ME 642 Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials (3) Mechanical property tests. Stress concentrations. Fracture mechanics; applications to materials failures and to selection of materials; emphasis on mechanical engineering applications. Pre: consent.

ME 646 Mechanics and Design Composites (3) Introduction to composites; anisotropic elasticity and laminate theory; hygrothermal effects; composite beams, columns, rods, plates, and shells; energy method; failure theories; joining of composites, computer-aided design in composites. Pre: 371 or consent.

ME 651 Automatic Control (3) Linear optimal feedback control, discrete time optimal control, fundamentals of adaptive control, application to motion and force control of robot arms and manipulators. Pre: 451, EE 451, or consent.

ME 671 Continuum Mechanics (3) Cartesian tensors in mechanics, coordinate transformations, analysis of stress and strain, principal values, invariants, equilibrium and compatibility equations, constitutive relations, field equations. Problems in elasticity. Pre: 371 or CEE 370, or consent. (Cross-listed as CEE 671)

ME 672 Finite Element Analysis (3) Introduction to finite element analysis and design in mechanical engineering. Applications to machine design, vibrations, elasticity, heat transfer. Pre: 371, 360, or consent.

ME 678 Advanced Dynamics (3) Lecture course on rigid-body dynamics. Topics include: dynamical systems; motion representation and constraints; Newtonian mechanics; Lagrangian mechanics; Hamilton’s principle; stability analysis; introduction to multibody dynamics. Pre: 375 or equivalent; or consent.

ME 691 Seminar (1) Current problems in all branches of mechanical engineering. All graduate students are required to attend; registrants are expected to present talks. Pre: graduate standing.

ME 696 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering (V) Highly specialized topics in thermosciences, mechanics, materials, system, or design. Pre: consent.

ME 699 Directed Reading or Research (V) Directed study on subject of mutual interest to student and a staff member. Student must find faculty sponsor before registering. Pre: graduate standing.