Graduate Courses

MEEG-50l	Aerodynamic Theory I	3 Credits
Covers the foundations of incompressible, compressible, and ideal and viscous aerodynamic theory.
MEEG-503	Advanced Thermodynamics I	3 Credits
Reviews of the basic laws of classical thermodynamics, cycles, and reactive systems.
MEEG-504	Advanced Thermodynamics II	3 Credits
Examines the statistical basis of thermodynamics and irreversible thermodynamics. MEEG-523, 524.
MEEG-505	Advanced Dynamics I	3 Credits
Analyzes particle dynamics, systems of particles, Hamilton=s principle, Lagrange=s equations, central force motion, rigid body dynamics, and Euler=s equations.
MEEG-506	Astronautics	3 Credits
Studies the satellite position relative to rotating earth, perturbation theory, restricted three-body problem, ascent trajectories, staging, mass ratio, and near-earth atmosphere. Prereq.: MEEG-505.
MEEG-507	Advanced Fluid Mechanics I	3 Credits
Studies the physical properties of fluids, kinematics and conservation equations of fluid motion in rigid coordinate systems, tensor analysis, boundary conditions, vorticity, Navier-Stokes equations, some of their analytic solutions and selected topics on creeping flows, laminar boundary layers, instability of viscous flows and turbulence.
MEEG-508	Advanced Heat Transfer I	3 Credits
Presents analytical and numerical techniques for the analysis of convective heat-transfer problems.
MEEG-509	Advanced Gas Dynamics	3 Credits
Examines sound waves, waves of finite amplitudes in gases, shock and expansion waves, one-dimensional gas-dynamic flows, linearized steady subsonic and supersonic flows and the theory of characteristics.
MEEG-510	Advanced Fluid Mechanics II	3 Credits
Deals with the mathematical formulation of basic equations of fluid dynamics and potential flow theory.
MEEG-5ll	Advanced Heat Transfer II	3 Credits
Presents analytical and numerical techniques for the solution of heat conduction problems.
MEEG-5l2	Applications of Continuum Mechanics	3 Credits
Presents the kinematics of a general continuum and fundamental laws of continua.
MEEG-514	Acoustics and Noise	3 Credits
Covers fundamentals as well as contemporary topics in acoustics.
MEEG-515	Experimental Stress Analysis	3 Credits
Specialized experimental stress analysis course, with emphasis on design, construction, and use of complex models.
MEEG-5l8	Master's Thesis	l-6 Credits
Intensive investigation carried out by students involving analysis, design, and/or experimentation in the student=s area of interest.
MEEG-5l9	Graduate Seminar	l Credit
Forum for the presentation of current research activities of graduate students, faculty and guest speakers.
MEEG-52l	Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics	3 Credits
Emphasizes formulation and application of variational principles for static, steady state and transient problems in solid and fluid mechanics.
MEEG-523	Radiation Heat Transfer	3 Credits
Analyzes radiation heat transfer, including radiation exchange between surfaces and radiative transfer in participating and non-participating media.
MEEG-524	Special Topics in Solid Mechanics	3 Credits
Varies on demand; topics offered include finite element methods, fracture mechanics and fatigue.
MEEG-532	Advanced Robotics	3 Credits
Advanced treatment for several complex topics for robotic manipulator analysis, design and control. Robot kinematics, dynamics based on Newton, Euler-Lagrange and Kahn=s method of formulations, linearization and control techniques, determination of positioning errors and modelling, and computer simulation.
MEEG-533	CAD in Manufacturing	3 Credits
Advanced work in computer-aided analysis and 3D geometric modelling with integration of manufacturing automation system; application of CAD techniques such as expert system and other advanced developments to the concept of computer-integrated manufacturing and flexible manufacturing system.
MEEG-534	Finite Element Analysis	3 Credits
Basic concepts, formulation, and application of finite element techniques for numerical solution of problems in structural mechanics, heat transfer, dynamic response and fluid mechanics. Applications using general purpose FEM software such as ANSYS.
MEEG-535	Projects in Manufacturing	3 Credits
Advanced treatment of several topics on interdisciplinary manufacturing environment and critical examination of recent literature describing application of these topics to new technology areas.
MEEG-606	Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering	3 Credits
Theory and practice of the application of digital computers to mechanical engineering problems.
MEEG-609	Computational Fluid Dynamics	3 Credits
Includes numerical analysis fundamentals and difference methods for partial differential equations of fluid dynamics.
MEEG-6l0	Space Flight Dynamics and Attitude Control	3 Credits
Examination of rigid body dynamics, forces and torques that act on a spacecraft, passive and active stabilization of spacecraft, stability theory of Lyapunov=s direct method, and Floquet theory. Prereqs.: MEEG-505 and MEEG-506.
MEEG-6ll	Turbulence	3 Credits
Presents theories of turbulence, dynamics of turbulence and closure schemes, turbulent shear flows, and turbulent transport of momentum and heat.
MEEG-6l2	Advanced Dynamics II	3 Credits
Treats stability of linear systems - small oscillations; Hamilton's equations-phase space; canonical transformations; and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
MEEG-6l3	Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering	3 Credits
Presentation of selected topics in contemporary aerospace dynamics that are of current interest to student and faculty researchers.
MEEG-6l4	Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics	3 Credits
Presentation of selected topics in contemporary fluid mechanics that are of interest to researchers. Possible topics include two phase flow, hypersonics, and dynamics of real gases.
MEEG-6l5	Special Projects	3 Credits
Project course taken by master's program students enrolled in the non-thesis option with specialization in various areas of interest.
MEEG-616	Special Topics in CAD/CAM	3 Credits
Presentation of special topics on contemporary CAD/CAM discipline of interest to researchers.
MEEG-617	Spacecraft Attitude Estimation	3 Credits
The attitude representations, attitude kinematics, attitude measuring devices, elementary estimation theory, three-axis and spin-axis attitude estimation, deterministic and optimal attitude estimation, the Kalman filter, attitude error analysis and accuracy prediction, spacecraft system identification. Prereq.: MEEG-505.
MEEG-6l8	Ph.D. Thesis	l-6 Credits
Intensive investigation carried out by Ph.D. candidates involving analysis, design, and/or experimentation in the student=s area of interest that will culminate in an original contribution to the field.