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MENG 439/4239 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
Nontraditional manufacturing processes, such as microfabrication and nanofabrication technologies, friction stir welding and processing, laser welding and cutting, spark erosion and water jet machining. Automation of manufacturing processes. Numerically-controlled machine tools. NC programming. Economics of nontraditional and automated manufacturing.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 441/4441 - Decision Support in Engineering Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
Interactive computer-based engineering decision support systems (DSS), Design and development, informational data base, mathematical models including nonlinear, goal and dynamic programming problems, queuing and decision analysis, heuristics and user interface.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
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MENG 442/4442 - Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Basic concepts of components and systems reliability. Methods of modeling systems for reliability analysis. Reliability estimation & measurement. Principal methods of reliability analysis, including fault tree and reliability block diagrams; Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); event tree construction and evaluation; reliability data collection and analysis. Design by reliability & probabilistic design. Overview of Risk Assessment and Risk Management, relation to System Safety and Reliability Engineering measures.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 443/4443 - Systems Simulation (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Basic concepts; examples of different production and service systems; pseudo random numbers; queuing models; random variate generation; discrete-event simulation; simulation languages; model validation and analysis of simulation data.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
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MENG 445/4445 - Production and Inventory Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
Basic concepts of production management ; forecasting; break-even analysis, aggregate production planning; inventory management; master scheduling, materials requirement planning; capacity planning; resource allocation and scheduling.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MENG 448/4448 - Facilities Planning (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Process analysis; operation analysis, job design; facility location; facility layout; materials handling systems; storage and warehousing; office layout; design principles and analytical solution procedures; computerized approaches.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 449/4449 - Maintenance Management Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Maintenance Systems performance measures, types of equipment, scheduled, preventive, and predictive maintenance, work orders, planning, scheduling and control of maintenance operations, equipment safety and reliability, life cycle costing and replacement, spare parts inventory management and cost of maintenance.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 447/4477 - Manufacturing System Automation (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Computer assisted manufacturing systems NC, CNC, DNC, robotics, material handling, group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, process planning and control.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour lab period
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 457/4507 - Mechanical Design II (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
Design of machine elements used in power transmission: couplings, gears, bearings, roller chain drives, clutches. Design for surface failure prevention. Applications: automotive and machine tool areas, etc. Basics of systems design. Design projects.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour design and analysis session.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MENG 451/4551 - Computer-Aided Design and Prototyping (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Senior standing, and
Description
Introduction to CAD/CAM. CAD software and hardware. Geometric modeling. Types of curves and surfaces. Three-dimensional modeling. Data capturing techniques. Surface fitting techniques. Rapid prototyping techniques. Overview and utilization of typical interactive computer graphics package. Hands-on experience in using CAD software, 3D laser digitizing scanner, rapid prototyping machine, and other peripherals.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 453/4553 - Finite Element Method and Applications in Design (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
Displacement approach for simple elements in structural mechanics. Generalization to three-dimensional elements. Overview of the finite element method (FEM), variational principles, transformation, assembly, boundary conditions, solutions, convergence and stability. Isoparametric elements. Applications to solid mechanics, heat conduction and coupled problems. Pre- and post processing. Integration of FEM in Computer Aided Design.
Hours
Two class-periods and one three-hour lab period.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 454/4554 - Finite Element Method in Dynamic Analysis and Design (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Finite element formulation of eigen problems and initial value problems in one- and multi-dimensions; model, harmonic and transient response; applications in mechanical engineering.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
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MENG 475/4555 - Applied Vibration Measurements, Analysis and Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Senior standing and
Description
Elements of vibration measuring systems, vibrations-severity measurements, frequency analysis of mechanical vibration, measuring systems for frequency analysis, vibration of continuous systems, application of vibration measurements in condition monitoring and diagnostics, fault detection in rotating equipment, vibration control.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour laboratory period
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 458/4558 - Integrated Design (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
The engineering design environment. Design and manufacturing. Design pitfalls and their early identification. Design measures for improving the maintainability, reliability and environmental impact. Implementation of the principle of redundancy. Introduction to design optimization.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 455/4565 - Design of Engineering Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Elements of system architecture, product versus process-driven design objectives, design of systems, synthesis and analysis in systems design, case studies.
When Offered
Offered in occasional.
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MENG 466/4606 - Heat Transfer (4 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
Steady and unsteady, one and multi-dimensional, heat conduction. Finite-difference and Finite-volume methods applied to heat conduction. Heat transfer by natural and forced convection. Introduction to Mass transfer. Heat transfer by radiation. Design of Heat exchangers.
Hours
Three class periods and one three-hour laboratory period
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MENG 411/4661 - Turbo-Machinery (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Preliminary design procedures for turbo-machines. Ideal and actual performance characteristics for hydraulic pumps and turbines, axial and centrifugal flow compressors and fans, axial and radial flow gas turbines. Cavitation in hydraulic machinery. Turbo-chargers. Hydro-power plants and pumped-storage.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 412/4662 - Power Plant Technology (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
Steam and Gas turbine power plants. Combined-cycle power plants. Co-generation. Principles of nuclear energy and introduction to Nuclear power plants. Environmental impacts of power plants.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 413/4663 - Design of Renewable Energy Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
The world energy scene. Environmental impact of energy use. Wind power, PV and Solar Thermal Electricity and Biomass. Hybrid systems. Renewable energy generation in Power systems. Economics and sustainability.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 415/4665 - Internal Combustion Engines (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and
Description
Review of Air standard cycles. Diesel and Petrol combustion overview. Fuels and chemistry of combustion reactions. Octane and Cetane ratings. Fluid mechanic interactions with flames - burn rates. Overview of exhaust emissions. Turbocharging and supercharging, volumetric efficiency and valve timing.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 416/4666 - Design of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
Calculation of building cooling and heating loads, and ventilation requirements. Design of Air conditioning and ventilation systems. Passive cooling and heating. Air conditioning equipment.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 417/4667 - Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
and .
Description
Refrigeration and Air conditioning cycles and C.O.P. Vapor compression refrigeration systems. Absorption refrigeration. Cryogenics. Design of Air conditioning systems and components. Heat pumps and heating systems. District cooling.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 476/4756 - Automatic Control Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Senior standing and .
Description
Feedback control system and analysis in time domain. PID controllers: analysis and design. State space controllers. Stability and the concept of Routh-Hurwitz. Root locus analysis and design. Analysis of systems in frequency domains. Bode plots and controller design. Nyquist stability criterion. Introduction to intelligent control. Introduction to digital control systems.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 477/4757 - Robotics: Design, Analysis and Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
.
Description
Robotics and Automation, Robot classification and technical specifications, Robotic safety, homogeneous coordinate transformation, Direct and inverse kinematics, Differential motion, Jacobian: Velocities and static forces, Trajectory planning, Manipulator dynamics: Newton-Euler and Lagrange-Euler dynamic models, robot control.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 478/4778 - Microcontrollers and Mechatronics systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Mechatronics and digital systems, Digital logic design, Microprocessor and Microcontroller architecture, Embedded systems, Interfacing techniques, A/D and D/A conversion, Memory addressing techniques, Interrupt techniques, I/O needs and expansion, Timers, Introduction to assembly, and project application work.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour laboratory period
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 479/4779 - Integrated Design of Electromechanical Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Mechatronics design and development process, Digital systems, Microcontrollers in Mechatronics, Programmable logic controllers (PLC), PLC and interfacing techniques, Ladder logic programming, servo motors: motion, braking and speed control, Transducers and instrumentation, Vision sensing principles, Power supplies, Pneumatic and Electro-pneumatic control. Design, control and application of electromechanical systems, Integrated Mechatronics design project.
Hours
Two class periods and one three-hour laboratory period.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 480/4920 - Special Problems in Engineering (1-3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
Description
Independent study in various problem areas of engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes
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MENG 492/4930 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: senior standing.
Description
Specialized topics in mechanical engineering will be discussed, e.g. energy conversion and transmission, nuclear engineering, computer applications in mechanical engineering, composite materials, corrosion, and protection.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
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MENG 494/4931 - Selected Topics in Design (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: senior standing in mechanical engineering.
Description
Specialized topics in design will be discussed, e.g. advanced strength of materials, power-plant analysis and design, design of manufacturing aids, materials-handling equipment, microcomputers in control, fluid machinery and power systems, finite-elements method in engineering, etc.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MENG 436/4932 - Selected Topics in Materials and Manufacturing (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
This course will cover topics to be chosen based on the emerging advancements in the field of Materials and Manufacturing. Maybe taken for credit more than once if content changes.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
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MENG 497/4950 - Industrial Training (1 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Senior standing and completion of all ENGR in addition to a minimum of 18 credits of MENG.
Description
Each student is required to spend a minimum of eight weeks in industrial training in Egypt or abroad. A complete account of the experience is reported, presented and evaluated.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 490/4980 - Senior Project I (1 cr.)
Prerequisites
All ENGR courses and all 300 level MENG core courses.
Description
A capstone project. Topics are selected by groups of students according to their area of interest and the advisors’ approval. Projects address solutions to open ended applications using an integrated engineering approach. Participants give an oral presentation of the main results achieved. After criticism and suggestions, they submit a written report.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MENG 491/4981 - Senior Project II (2 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Participating students continue the work on the project topic selected in MENG 4980 . Participants give an oral presentation of the main results achieved. After criticism and suggestions, they submit a written report.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MENG 521/5221 - Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials (3 cr.)
Description
Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials (minor change in course content) Parameters affecting the mechanical behavior of materials under stresses. Strengthening mechanisms in metals and alloys. High-temperature and room temperature deformation. Effect of residual stresses. Mechanisms of cyclic deformation. Structural properties of polymers and composites. Emphasizes the relationships between micro and nanoscopic mechanisms and macroscopic behavior of materials. Case studies using industrially available materials.
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MENG 522/5222 - Materials in Design and Manufacturing (3 cr.)
Description
Interrelationship of design, materials and manufacturing. Control of material properties to meet design and manufacturing requirements. Thermo-mechanical processing, surface treatment and coatings. Composite materials. Reverse engineering and materials substitution. Materials recycling. Economic considerations and life cycle costing. Case studies.
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MENG 523/5223 - Physical Metallurgy (3 cr.)
Description
Relationships between mechanical behavior, composition, microstructure, and processing variables. Imperfections in materials and their effect on properties. Diffusion in solids and its industrial applications. Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical behavior for ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Design of new materials: meso, micro and nanostructured materials, their synthesis and applications.
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MENG 524/5224 - Electronic Phenomena in Solids (3 cr.)
Description
Quantization and energy barrier, central field problem; free electron models of solids; specific heat, susceptibility, emission; electron transport in electrical and magnetic fields; optical phenomena: transmittance, reflectance, dielectric constant, band models of solids, determination of fermi surface semiconductors; mobility; impurity states, carrier lifetime; fundamental theory and characteristics of elemental and compound semiconductors. Semiconductor nanotechnology.
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MENG 525/5225 - Deformation and Fracture of Materials (3 cr.)
Description
Fundamental concepts describing the mechanics and mechanisms of plastic deformation under different conditions of temperature, time, and strain rates. The mechanical and metallurgical aspects of crack nucleation and propagation under different loading conditions and in different environments. Materials design for safe structures.
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MENG 526/5226 - Computer Methods in Materials Engineering (3 cr.)
Description
Applications of computer and modeling techniques to the study of materials systems and processes. Examples of the topics discussed are: Behavior of multi phase materials and casting and working process.
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MENG 527/5227 - Composite Materials: Mechanics, Manufacturing, and Design (3 cr.)
Description
Composite materials, including naturally occurring substances such as wood and bone, and engineered materials from concrete to fiber and dispersion reinforced matrices. Development of micromechanical models for a variety of constitutive laws and the link between processing, property and composite structural analysis. Fabrication and processing techniques of composites; dispersion of reinforcements; interfacial adhesion; mechanical and functional properties, design and applications.
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MENG 528/5228 - Advanced Testing and Characterization Techniques (3 cr.)
Description
Experimental techniques in the study of materials including quantitative measurements for the characterization of micro and nanostructured bulk and thin film materials using optical, electron and atomic force microscopy; Secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Rutherford Backscattering (RBS); EDX; X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calometry for thermal analysis. Advanced and conventional testing techniques for characterization of the physical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties of micron and Nanomaterials and devices.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 529/5229 - Failure Analysis and Prevention (3 cr.)
Description
Failure analysis methodology and techniques including fractography, metallography, and mechanical testing. Causes of failure in service including manufacturing defects, design deficiencies, environmental effects, overloads. Fail safe designs. Case studies in failure analysis.
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MENG 530/5230 - Nanostructured Materials (3 cr.)
Description
Introduction to Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials e.g. carbon nanotubes and nanoclays. Nanostructured materials. Transition from microstructure to nanostructure. Grain refinement techniques. Paradox of strength and ductility. Multi-modal microstructures. Fabrication techniques. Overview of mechanical, thermal and structural characterization techniques. Applications.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
offered in spring
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MENG 531/5231 - Fabrication of Nanomaterials For Films And Devices (3 cr.)
Description
This course will cover different techniques implemented for preparing thin films such as chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition (evaporation, sputtering, pulsed laser deposition, electron beam, etc), and molecular beam epitaxy. In addition, different techniques for enhancing the Physical properties of materials will be covered. This will include post-laser treatments, metal induced crystallization, thermal treatments, etc.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
occasionally.
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MENG 532/5232 - Simulation and Modeling for Nanoscale Materials and Systems (3 cr.)
Description
Principles of modeling structures and processes at the nanometer scale, including meshing techniques, finite element analysis, and molecular dynamics. Simulation of Materials Science-based or Mechanics-based modeling methods employed; mechanical response of nanostructured materials; Modeling methods including electronic structure, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo are included.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 534/5234 - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (3 cr.)
Description
This course will focus on advanced electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems including fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and supercapacitors; Hydrogen storage; Advanced thermal storage . Through the journey in this course, students are anticipated to understand why and how these systems are advantageous in renewable energy applications.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 535/5235 - Biomaterials (3 cr.)
Description
Lectures will include: materials for biomedical and dental restoration applications and their biocompatibility; design at a molecular scale of materials used in contact with biological systems, including biotechnology and biomedical engineering; methods for biomaterials surface modification and characterization. Other topics include analysis of protein absorption on biomaterials; tissue and organ regeneration; design of implants and prostheses based on control of biomaterials-tissue interactions; drung delivery, and cell-guiding surfaces.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 541/5241 - Integrated Manufacturing Systems (3 cr.)
Description
Computer aided manufacturing, automation, flexible manufacturing systems, numerical control machines, computerized process planning, information systems in a plant, selection of automated systems.
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MENG 542/5242 - Total Quality Management (3 cr.)
Description
Product quality and losses to society, loss function, product life cycle, design for quality, quality deployment charts, customer needs, process design planning and control, continuous quality improvement, quality circles.
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MENG 543/5243 - Systems Modeling and Optimization (3 cr.)
Description
Modeling of large scale industrial problems, theory of optimization, software performance evaluation, simulation of complex industrial systems, input/output analysis, model validation, overview of simulation languages, manufacturing systems case studies.
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MENG 545/5245 - Production Systems Design (3 cr.)
Description
Production planning, workforce and line balancing capacity planning and expansions, optimal sequencing and scheduling, measures of effectiveness of operating systems, computer applications, applied case studies.
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MENG 548/5248 - Facilities Planning and Design (3 cr.)
Description
Location evaluation for plants, warehouses, and facilities, computerized layout design, selection and installation of material handling equipment, planning for expansion, modeling and analysis of facility layout: Quadratic assignment approach, graph theoretic approach, decomposition of large facilities, locating new facilities.
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MENG 517/5251 - Engineering Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.)
Description
Introduction, system design process, system modelling and optimization, design for operational feasibility, artificial intelligence and expert systems, applications.
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MENG 553/5253 - Advanced Computer Aided Design (3 cr.)
Description
Homogeneous Coordinates and Cartesian Coordinates. Explicit and Implicit Representations of Lines, Planes, Surfaces and Intersections. Surface Modeling:Bezier, B-Spline and NURBS surfaces. Curve and Surface Fitting and Approximation. Solid Modeling: Constructive Solid Modeling, and Boundary Representation. Shading and Rendering. Homogeneous perspective, stereographic projections and virtual reality. Introduction to Shape and Topology Optimization.
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MENG 554/5254 - Advanced Stress Analysis in Design and Manufacturing (3 cr.)
Description
Differential and integral formulations of elastic problems: equilibrium, continuity, generalized material relations, boundary conditions. Applications to two dimensional problems, plates and shells. Yield criteria and inelastic stress-strain relations. Limit analysis. Inelastic design. Simplified techniques for large deformation problems: energy approach, slab method, and upper bound solutions, numerical techniques.
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MENG 555/5255 - Analysis and Design of Dynamic Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
Description
Dynamic analysis of lumped-parameter and continuous systems including strings, rods, beams and plates, use of finite elements in dynamic analysis, design of dynamic systems, systems concepts, design and synthesis of mechanical networks, modern control, system behavior analysis in time and frequency domains, compensation and design of control systems using different design methods, digital control systems.
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MENG 557/5257 - Engineering Design Methodologies (3 cr.)
Description
Conceptual design: levels, generic concepts, main and subconcepts. The preliminary design stage. Design for reliability. Design optimization. Examples and a case study.
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MENG 558/5258 - Applied Finite Element Analysis for Engineers (3 cr.)
Description
Advanced modeling techniques. Material, geometric and boundary condition nonlinearities. Application to elastoplasticity, creep and buckling. Time response dynamic analysis, nonlinear heat transfer. Projects involving extensive utilization of FEM packages on engineering workstations.
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MENG 573/5263 - Cogeneration and Energy Storage (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
B.Sc. level Mechanical engineering courses in Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Fluid mechanics and applications, or equivalent.
Description
Introduction to cogeneration; cogeneration technologies; issues and applications; introduction to energy storage; types; applications in renewable energy and conventional systems; economic analysis.
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MENG 575/5265 - CFD and Turbulence Modeling (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate level knowledge of
i) fluid properties, fluid flows with and without friction, duct flows, Bernouli’s equation and continuity equation; heat and mass transfer.
ii) numerical analysis including solution of sets of algebraic linear equations, and P.D.E.s employing F.D.; programming in MATLAB or any other language.
Description
Introduction to CFD, basic equations of Flow, FV method, SIMPLE algorithm and variants. Turbulence modeling. Introduction to PHOENICS/FLUENT code, application to case studies.
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MENG 560/5270 - Applied Control, Vibration and Instrumentations (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Instructor Consent.
Description
Feedback control systems and role of sensors. Process modelling and identification. Linear system response in time domain, Routh-Horwitz stability criteria. PID controllers design and implementations. Root locus: analysis, design, lead/lag compensators. Frequency response methods and analysis. Vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom and continuous systems, introduction to finite element vibrations analysis, response to periodic and arbitrary inputs, passive and active vibration control, applied vibration measurement and analysis. Sensors: characteristics, physical properties and usage. Industrial automation and sensors. Measurement and uncertainty. Study of various techniques for sensor integration. Common instrumentation networks. Remote instrumentation for monitoring and control. Future prospect of instrumentations and intelligence.
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MENG 561/5271 - Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Instructor Consent.
Description
Robot mechanisms, End-effector mechanisms, Actuators and drives, Sensors. Robot forward and inverse kinematics. Differential motion and Jacobian (Velocities and forces). Simulation software and analysis. Acceleration and Inertia, Robot dynamics. Trajectory generation and control of robot manipulators. Robot planning and control. Task oriented control, Force compliance control. Robot programming, Robot work cell design and work cycle analysis. Robot vision, Teleoperation and Interactive haptics. Closed-Loop Kinematic chains, Parallel-link robot kinematics. Non-holomonic systems, Legged robots.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 562/5272 - Embedded Real Time Systems (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Instructor Consent.
Description
Fundamentals of embedded control system design, embedded processor architecture and operation. General overview of existing families of micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs. Selected embedded 8/16/32 processor architectures, and programming. Real- time, resources and management, I/O, Virtual memory and memory management. Concurrency, resource sharing and deadlocks. Scheduling theory. Real-time programming and embedded software. Real-time kernels and operating systems. Bus structure and Interfacing. Programming pervasive and ubiquitous embedded system. Designing embedded system. Discretization and implementation of continuous-time control systems. Networked embedded systems and integrated control.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 563/5273 - Modern Control Design (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Instructor consent.
Description
Basic linear system response: Analysis in time domain, stability analysis, Routh- Horwitz stability criteria of LTI. Feedback analysis and design continuous-time systems on the basis of root locus: analysis, design, lead/lag compensators, and Control synthesis in frequency domain: (Bode response, Nyquist stability criteria, sensitivity and design). Control design concepts for linear multivariable systems using state variable techniques. State space representation and transition matrix. Control system design in state space: controllability, pole method and pole placement design, observer/observability and compensators design. Optimal observer based feedback. Lyapunov Stability. The solutions to LQR problem, Kalman filtering problem. LQG and LTR based design methods. Discrete-time systems and computer control.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 564/5274 - Autonomous Robotics: Modeling, Navigation and Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Instructor Consent.
Description
Autonomous and Mobile robots, Locomotion concepts and mechanisms, Degrees of mobility and steering. Non holonomic concept and constraint. Wheeled mobile robots: Kinematic and dynamic models. Trajectory generation and Control methods. Sensors, sensor models and perception. Mapping and knowledge representations. Control architectures and Navigation: Planning, Subsumption, Potential field, Motor Schemas, Probabilistic, Learning from observations and Reinforcement learning. Relative and absolute localization. Navigation and localization techniques. SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Multi robotic system: navigation, cooperation and autonomy.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 580/5910 - Independent Study in Engineering (3 cr.)
Description
Independent study in various problem areas of engineering may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings assigned and frequent consultations held.
Notes
(Students may sign for up to 3 credits towards fulfilling M. Sc. requirements).
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MENG 592/5930 - Advanced Topics in Engineering (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Description
Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
Repeatable
May be taken for credit more than once if content changes.
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MENG 593/5980 - Capstone Project (3 cr.)
Description
Students are required to attend the library and writing modules of and to undertake an engineering project approved by the chair of the supervisory committee, which consists of the student advisor and two additional faculty members. A final report is submitted and orally defended in the presence of the supervisory committee.
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MENG 599/5981 - Research Guidance Thesis (3 cr.)
Description
Consultation on problems related to student thesis.
Repeatable
Must be taken twice for credit.
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MENG 681/6241 - Stochastic Simulation (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Graduate level knowledge of probability, statistics and stochastic processes.
Description
Continuous and discrete event Simulation models, random number generation, relevant probability distributions, replications, transient and steady-state conditions, design of simulation experiments, statistical analysis of results, data and file management, stochastic queues, simulation languages.
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MENG 615/6255 - Continuum Mechanics (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Description
Mechanics of deformable bodies, finite deformation and strain measures, kinematics of continua and global and local balance laws. Thermodynamics of continua, first and second laws. Introduction to constitutive theory for elastic solids, viscous fluids and memory dependent materials. Examples of exact solutions for linear and hyper elastic solids and Stokesian fluids.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MENG 660/6261 - Sustainability of Thermal Systems (3 cr.)
Description
Energy systems; energy demand; energy audit; sustainable development; energy efficiency; energy management.
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MENG 670/6262 - Advanced Transport Phenomena (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
, and CFD course covering numerical solutions of flow equations.
Description
Mass, momentum, and energy transport; kinetic theory of transport properties; analytical and approximate solutions to the equations of change; boundary layer theory; turbulence; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; over-all balances.
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MENG 620/6270 - Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
Description
Introduction to the analysis and design of nonlinear control systems. Linearization of nonlinear systems. Phase-plane analysis, Lyapunov stability analysis. Design of stabilizing controllers. Properties of adaptive systems, Adaptive control and real-time parameter estimation, Deterministic self-tuning regulators, model reference control, Adaptive observers, model reference adaptive control, gain scheduling controller modeling. Stability of adaptive control systems.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MENG 699/6980 - Research Guidance Dissertation (3 cr.)
Description
Consultation on problems related to student thesis. To be taken 11 times for credit.
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MEST 400/4210 - Individual Study and Selected Readings (1-3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department on the basis of a well-defined proposal.
Description
Guided reading, research, and discussion based on a subject of mutual interest to a student and faculty member.
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MEST 430/4301 - Special Topics in Middle East Studies (3 cr.)
Description
Selected topics to be investigated under the guidance of a faculty member, may be offered as a seminar.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if content changes.
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MEST 500/5200 - Migration and Refugee movements in the Middle East and North Africa (3 cr.)
Description
The course offers a systematic review of international migration and refugee movements to, through and from, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the last decade. It addresses their trends, causes and consequences for individuals and societies, and stresses the universality of international mobility determinants, but the specificity of the context in which they operate in the MENA.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MEST 569/5201 - A Critical Introduction to Middle East Studies (3 cr.)
Description
Required for all MA students in Middle East Studies. Introduces major debates in several disciplines of Middle East area studies: the history and politics of Orientalism; modernization theory; area studies as a field of knowledge; gender as a category of analysis; economic and political development; international relations and US Middle East policy; contending understandings of Islamism.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MEST 570/5202 - Interdisciplinary Seminar in Middle East Studies (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: completion of 24 credit hours toward the degree or consent of program director.
Description
Required for all MA students in Middle East Studies. Reading, discussion and intensive writing about cutting edge scholarly literature on: the nature of modernity, colonialism and social science, gender and colonialism, nationalism, the nature of “national economies”, the politics of realist literature, economic development, the character of autocracy and political liberalization.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
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MEST 505/5205 - Palestinian Refugee Issues (3 cr.)
Description
This inter-disciplinary course will be an opportunity for students to engage directly with the major practical and theoretical issues connected with Palestinian refugees, critically assessing the historical, political, legal and ideological forces that have shaped their turbulent circumstances.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MEST 580/5280 - Selected Topics (3 cr.)
Description
Problems discussed may vary depending on instructor and students needs. Course is offered only if participating departments do not offer an equivalent course. Focus will be announced prior to registration.
When Offered
Offered only occasionally.
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MEST 582/5281 - Independent Study and Readings (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
Pre-requisites: completion of one semester and Program approval required.
Description
Guided individual readings and/or research on a subject of mutual interest to the student and faculty member.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MEST 588/5289 - Comprehensives (no cr.)
Description
Individual consultation for students preparing for the comprehensive examination.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MEST 598/5298 - Research Methods (3 cr.)
Description
A seminar designed to help students formulate and execute an MA thesis proposal.
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MEST 599/5299 - Thesis (no cr.)
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
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MRS 504/5104 - Gender and Migration (3 cr.)
Description
This seminar provides an in depth engagement with the growing sub-field of Gender and Migration. Themes covered include: international gendered labor markets, migration to and from the Middle East, domestic labor, trafficking, displacement through conflict and development, remittances, and human rights. This is a joint course offered by the Center for Migration Studies and Refugee Studies and the Institute for Gender and Women’s studies.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MRS 512/5112 - Psychosocial Issues in Forced Migration (3 cr.)
Description
The course explores the psychosocial dimensions of forced migration including ethno-cultural. Concepts of well-being, sources of stress and coping, the impact of forced migration on child development, psychosocial consequences of torture and sexual victimization, and the interaction of trauma and bereavement. Culturally, appropriate mental health assessment, community-based intervention programs, methods of program evaluation, and ethical issues in working with refugee populations will be discussed.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in spring
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MRS 507/5200 - Introduction to Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.)
Description
Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches in history, political science, sociology, economics and psychology, this introductory course examines the causes and consequences of population movements, and provides basic background , terminology and concepts for further studies in this field. It offers an overview of migrants’ trajectories across national boundaries, analyzes migrants’ integration and their transformative impact on as well as contribution to host societies. It examines the networks of relations migrants may maintain with their home countries. It also looks at the role of policies and practices of the humanitarian regime in shaping the experience and addressing the challenges faced by refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MRS 518/5201 - International Refugee Law (3 cr.)
Description
This course introduces the international refugee law regime and the background and historical context from which foundational concepts emerged. The bulk of the course is spent on the 1951 Refugee Convention and its Protocol, as well as the expanding mandate of UNHCR. The course considers some of the contradictions and dilemmas of international refugee law and takes into account, developments in related areas of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and migration law. This course is required for all students seeking the MA or Diploma in Migration and Refugee Studies.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in the fall.
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MRS 500/5202 - Migration & Refugee Movements in the Middle East and North Africa (3 cr.)
Description
The course offers a systematic review of international migration and refugee movements to, through and from, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the last decades. It addresses their trends, causes and consequences for individuals and societies, and stresses the universality of international mobility determinants, but the specificity of the context in which they operate in the MENA, combining insecurity engendered by wars and civil conflicts with acute international inequalities of economic, social and political opportunities.
The course starts with concepts and theories, then addresses the various facets of cross-border mobility in the MENA: voluntary and forced migration; migration and labor markets; financial transfers (remittances and investment) and migration; the mobility of skills and the brain drain / brain gain nexus; transnational communities, diasporas and their countries of origin; families and communities left behind; MENA states’ policies on emigration; integration of migrant and refugee communities; EU and Gulf states’ policies on asylum and immigration; transit migration; trafficking in migrants; return migration.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered in fall.
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MRS 501/5203 - International Migration & Development (3 cr.)
Description
The course provides an overview of recent literature and debates concerned with the relationships between migration and development. Migration and development are related issues. On the one hand, development is a determinant of migration. International differentials in development, mainly economic (labor-, income- and capital-related), but also political (state- and society-related), will be reviewed. These elements apply at the sending end as push factors (underemployment and unemployment; poverty; poor access to welfare; low rewards to skills; poor governance, political or civil instability, etc.) and at the receiving end as pull factors (jobs availability; higher incomes; social security; higher education; networks of previous migrants; etc.). On the other hand, migration has an impact on development. International mobility of workers and their family members can work for, or against, development. Debates on the impact of development include the following:
Destination Countries:
Considering whether migrant workers compete with or complement local labor? Do they reduce or increase average incomes/wages? Contribute to or drain host country welfare services?
Origin Countries:
While migrant remittances provide for better housing, education and health of families left behind, their impact on the local and national economy is much debated. Do they boost production or imports? Do they create employment or deter entry into the local labour market? Do they lead to sustainable patterns of development? Do they further the access to credit of local communities and migrants themselves? To what extent do migrants establish businesses as a result of their earnings abroad? To what extent do governments foster development along with migrant communities and host countries with migration-induced development through confidence building, infrastructure and skills training? Under what conditions does migration of skills result in a brain drain or a brain gain for sending countries? In both sending and receiving countries, different patterns of migration: circular, return, temporary, permanent, regular/irregular may have different impacts on development.
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MRS 576/5204 - Research Methods in Migration and Refugees Studies (3 cr.)
Description
The course seeks to provide an orientation to the primary methodological issues that need to be addressed when conducting both primary and secondary research. The course addresses the cross-disciplinary and trans-national aspects of research that place extra demands on research methods in data collection, sampling, comparative policy framework analysis, usage of terminology, ethical considerations, comparisons of discourses and ideological representations in a sometimes contested and controversial field of inquiry. Designed with both quantitative and qualitative approach, this course addresses challenges and dilemmas that researchers confront when collecting and interpreting data in studies of refugees and migration. This course further addresses in-depth analysis regarding accessibility of relevant data (ranging from use of statistics as well as access to social fields), how to handle ethical issues; how to develop intersectional analysis, and specific questions related to multi-strategy research design; ethical issues and how to handle after-use questionnaire and checklist.
When Offered
Offered in the spring.
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MRS 505/5205 - Palestinian Refugee Issues (3 cr.)
Description
This inter-disciplinary course will be an opportunity for students to engage directly with the major practical and theoretical issues connected with Palestinian refugees, critically assessing the historical, political, legal and ideological forces that have shaped their turbulent circumstances.
Cross-listed
Same as .
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MRS 502/5206 - Comparative Migration Policies (3 cr.)
Description
Countries at both ends of the migration process develop migration policies that govern a variety of issue areas. In countries of destination, migrants essentially contribute to economic activity. Therefore, their policies address issues such as demand for migrant workers, admission criteria, recognition of skills, non-discrimination and integration of migrant workers and their families, curbing irregular migration, border control and patrolling sea lanes, the role of business and trade union and international cooperation. Countries of origin are mainly concerned with releasing pressures over their labor markets, the protection of migrants, their welfare, maximizing the contributions of migrants to development through financial remittances and their productive use, effective return migration policies, migration statistics, and international cooperation. The course will examine how a selected number of countries of origin and destination formulated and implemented policies in the respective areas of concern to the two sets of countries.
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MRS 503/5207 - Migrants & Refugees in the International System (3 cr.)
Description
The course attends to the consequence for the nation state and for the international system of migration and refugee movement. The course focuses on historical and contemporary population movements. By connecting historical and contemporary population movements to, among others, colonization, globalization, nationalism, citizenship, human rights and minority politics, the course interrogates the relationship between migrants, refugees, the nation-state, and the international system.
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MRS 508/5208 - Special Topics in Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.)
Description
Topics discussed vary every semester and depends on the instructor. The topic of the course will be announced prior to registration.
Cross-listed
Same as .
When Offered
Offered annually.
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MRS 509/5209 - Migration, Integration and Citizenship (3 cr.)
Description
This course will examine the challenges brought to citizenship theory by migrations and migrants integration. Diverging definitions of citizenry embody and express distinctive understandings of nationhood, be it state-centered and assimilationist, ethnocratic and ‘differentialist’ or multiculturalist, that are deeply rooted in the political and cultural history of different nations. The course will focus on the various conceptions of citizenship and how they influence the integration and the migrants’ identity (re)constructions well as, to a certain extent, trigger a redefinition of receiving countries ‘cultural and political norms, including the very meaning of Nation-State.
Cross-listed
Same as SOC/ANTH 5209 .
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MRS 513/5213 - Practicum in Psychosocial Interventions for Forced Migrants and Refugees (2 cr.)
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MRS 514/5214 - Psychosocial Interventions for Forced Migrants and Refugees (3 cr.)
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