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ME 800 - Engineering Analysis

Use of analytical methods of mathematics in engineering applications. Applications of partial differential equations to thermal-fluid and vibration problems, vector calculus and tensor analysis in fluid and solid mechanics, and analytical function theory in mechanics.

Indrek S Wichman

Average Grade - 3.581
Median Grade - 3.5
142 total students

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ME 800 - Engineering Analysis

Use of analytical methods of mathematics in engineering applications. Applications of partial differential equations to thermal-fluid and vibration problems, vector calculus and tensor analysis in fluid and solid mechanics, and analytical function theory in mechanics.

Thomas Pence

Average Grade - 3.632
Median Grade - 4.0
275 total students

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ME 802 - Advanced Classical Thermodynamics

Postulational treatment of the laws of thermodynamics. Equilibrium and maximum entropy postulates. Principles for general systems.

Norbert H Mueller

Average Grade - 3.705
Median Grade - 4.0
22 total students

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ME 810 - Advanced Classical Thermodynamics

Postulational treatment of the laws of thermodynamics. Equilibrium and maximum entropy postulates. Principles for general systems.

Indrek S Wichman

Average Grade - 3.393
Median Grade - 3.5
14 total students

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ME 810 - Advanced Classical Thermodynamics

Postulational treatment of the laws of thermodynamics. Equilibrium and maximum entropy postulates. Principles for general systems.

Joerg Petrasch

Average Grade - 3.370
Median Grade - 3.5
23 total students

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ME 812 - Conductive Heat Transfer

Theory of steady and unsteady heat conduction. Derivation of describing equations and boundary conditions. Numerical methods. Nonlinear problems.

Craig W Somerton

Average Grade - 3.562
Median Grade - 4.0
16 total students

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ME 812 - Conductive Heat Transfer

Theory of steady and unsteady heat conduction. Derivation of describing equations and boundary conditions. Numerical methods. Nonlinear problems.

Junghoon Yeom

Average Grade - 3.585
Median Grade - 3.5
41 total students

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ME 812 - Conductive Heat Transfer

Theory of steady and unsteady heat conduction. Derivation of describing equations and boundary conditions. Numerical methods. Nonlinear problems.

Neil Thomas Wright

Average Grade - 3.671
Median Grade - 4.0
38 total students

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ME 812 - Conductive Heat Transfer

Theory of steady and unsteady heat conduction. Derivation of describing equations and boundary conditions. Numerical methods. Nonlinear problems.

Yuping Wang

Average Grade - 3.583
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 814 - Convective Heat Transfer

Analysis of convective transfer of heat, mass and momentum in boundary layers and ducts. Thermal instability. Free convection.

Giles J Brereton

Average Grade - 3.731
Median Grade - 4.0
13 total students

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ME 820 - Continuum Mechanics

Mathematical tools of continuum mechanics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, fundamental laws and equations. Applications in linear elasticity and classical fluids.

Patrick Y Kwon

Average Grade - 3.406
Median Grade - 3.5
145 total students

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ME 820 - Continuum Mechanics

Mathematical tools of continuum mechanics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, fundamental laws and equations. Applications in linear elasticity and classical fluids.

Seungik Baek

Average Grade - 3.511
Median Grade - 3.5
87 total students

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ME 820 - Continuum Mechanics

Mathematical tools of continuum mechanics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, fundamental laws and equations. Applications in linear elasticity and classical fluids.

Tamara Reid Bush

Average Grade - 3.763
Median Grade - 4.0
19 total students

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ME 821 - Linear Elasticity

Fundamentals of isotropic linear elasticity. Solution of plane elasticity problems. St. Venant bending and torsion. Singular solutions. Basic three-dimensional solutions.

Sara Roccabianca

Average Grade - 3.919
Median Grade - 4.0
193 total students

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ME 821 - Linear Elasticity

Fundamentals of isotropic linear elasticity. Solution of plane elasticity problems. St. Venant bending and torsion. Singular solutions. Basic three-dimensional solutions.

Siva Nadimpalli

Average Grade - 3.521
Median Grade - 4.0
24 total students

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ME 821 - Linear Elasticity

Fundamentals of isotropic linear elasticity. Solution of plane elasticity problems. St. Venant bending and torsion. Singular solutions. Basic three-dimensional solutions.

Thomas Pence

Average Grade - 3.536
Median Grade - 3.5
14 total students

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ME 822 - Combustion

Thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Multicomponent systems. Premixed and diffusion flames. Flame radiation.

Elisa Toulson

Average Grade - 3.625
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 824 - Plasticity

Yield conditions, stress-strain relations, plastic potential, hardening theories, torsion, bending. Thick walled shells under internal pressure. Limit analysis. Slip line theory.

Thomas Pence

Average Grade - 3.750
Median Grade - 4.0
24 total students

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ME 825 - Experimental Mechanics

Measurement of strain, displacement, velocity, and acceleration using resistance strain gages, accelerometers, and related methods. Detailed study of strain gages and accelerometers. Transducer design. Basic modal analysis.

Xinran Xiao

Average Grade - 3.610
Median Grade - 3.5
59 total students

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ME 826 - Laminated Composite Materials

Fundamentals of anisotropic elasticity and their application to laminated composite plates. Unique states of deformation, stress, and failure not encountered in isotropic, homogeneous materials.

Dahsin Liu

Average Grade - 3.750
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 830 - Fluid Mechanics I

Integral and differential conservation laws, Navier-Stokes' equations, and exact solutions. Laminar boundary layer theory, similarity solutions, and approximate methods. Thermal effects and instability phenomena.

Farhad Ansari Jaberi

Average Grade - 3.627
Median Grade - 4.0
71 total students

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ME 830 - Fluid Mechanics I

Integral and differential conservation laws, Navier-Stokes' equations, and exact solutions. Laminar boundary layer theory, similarity solutions, and approximate methods. Thermal effects and instability phenomena.

Junlin Yuan

Average Grade - 3.945
Median Grade - 4.0
146 total students

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ME 830 - Fluid Mechanics I

Integral and differential conservation laws, Navier-Stokes' equations, and exact solutions. Laminar boundary layer theory, similarity solutions, and approximate methods. Thermal effects and instability phenomena.

Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez

Average Grade - 3.795
Median Grade - 4.0
22 total students

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ME 832 - Fluid Mechanics II

Inviscid flow, vortex motion, flow past bodies. Complex variables and conformal mapping. One-dimensional steady and unsteady compressible flow, shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion. Small perturbations theory and method of characteristics.

Ahmed M Naguib

Average Grade - 3.146
Median Grade - 3.0
25 total students

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ME 834 - Fundamentals of Turbulence

Statistical descriptions of turbulent flows: isotropic, free shear and wall bounded. Correlation and spectral descriptions. Conditional probabilities and coherent motions. Experimental methods. Scaling relationships.

Farhad Ansari Jaberi

Average Grade - 3.529
Median Grade - 4.0
17 total students

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ME 836 - Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics

Modern techniques of fluid mechanics measurement and data analysis. Pressure, temperature and velocity measurement techniques. Optical diagnostics.

Ahmed M Naguib

Average Grade - 3.850
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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ME 840 - Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Theory and application of finite difference and finite volume methods to selected fluid mechanics and heat transfer models including the full potential flow model, the systems of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, and turbulence. Grid generation techniques.

Farhad Ansari Jaberi

Average Grade - 3.755
Median Grade - 4.0
93 total students

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ME 840 - Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Theory and application of finite difference and finite volume methods to selected fluid mechanics and heat transfer models including the full potential flow model, the systems of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, and turbulence. Grid generation techniques.

Junlin Yuan

Average Grade - 3.818
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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ME 851 - Linear Systems and Control

State models and their stability, controllability, and observability properties. Finding minimal realizations of transfer functions. Design of state and output feedback controllers. Design of state observers. LQ regulator and the Kalman filter. Time-varying systems.

Bahare Kiumarsi

Average Grade - 3.654
Median Grade - 3.5
13 total students

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ME 851 - Linear Systems and Control

State models and their stability, controllability, and observability properties. Finding minimal realizations of transfer functions. Design of state and output feedback controllers. Design of state observers. LQ regulator and the Kalman filter. Time-varying systems.

Hamidreza Modares

Average Grade - 3.955
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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ME 854 - Robust Control

Linear systems and norms for signals and systems. Investigation of stability and performance of control systems. Model reduction, uncertainty, and robustness. Parameterization of stabilizing controllers, Ricatti equations and related factorizations. Application to H-2, H-infinity, and L-1 control.

Guoming G Zhu

Average Grade - 3.708
Median Grade - 4.0
53 total students

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ME 859 - Nonlinear Systems and Control

Second-order systems and fundamental properties of solutions. Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, passivity, absolute stability, and linearization. Design of feedback controllers using integral control, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, Lyapunov redesign, passivity-based control, and recursive methods. Applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Hamidreza Modares

Average Grade - 3.800
Median Grade - 4.0
15 total students

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ME 859 - Nonlinear Systems and Control

Second-order systems and fundamental properties of solutions. Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, passivity, absolute stability, and linearization. Design of feedback controllers using integral control, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, Lyapunov redesign, passivity-based control, and recursive methods. Applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Hassan Khalil

Average Grade - 3.557
Median Grade - 3.5
61 total students

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ME 859 - Nonlinear Systems and Control

Second-order systems and fundamental properties of solutions. Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, passivity, absolute stability, and linearization. Design of feedback controllers using integral control, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, Lyapunov redesign, passivity-based control, and recursive methods. Applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Jongeun Choi

Average Grade - 3.733
Median Grade - 4.0
15 total students

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ME 859 - Nonlinear Systems and Control

Second-order systems and fundamental properties of solutions. Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, passivity, absolute stability, and linearization. Design of feedback controllers using integral control, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, Lyapunov redesign, passivity-based control, and recursive methods. Applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Ranjan Mukherjee

Average Grade - 3.348
Median Grade - 3.5
23 total students

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ME 860 - Theory of Vibrations

Discrete systems and continua. Analytical mechanics. Variational principles. Modal analysis. Function spaces. Eigenfunction expansions. Integral transforms. Stability. Approximations. Perturbations.

Brian F Feeny

Average Grade - 3.686
Median Grade - 4.0
148 total students

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ME 860 - Theory of Vibrations

Discrete systems and continua. Analytical mechanics. Variational principles. Modal analysis. Function spaces. Eigenfunction expansions. Integral transforms. Stability. Approximations. Perturbations.

Firas Khasawneh

Average Grade - 3.312
Median Grade - 3.5
16 total students

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ME 861 - Advanced Dynamics

Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Euler angles. Applications in system dynamics and vibrations.

Brian F Feeny

Average Grade - 3.900
Median Grade - 4.0
27 total students

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ME 861 - Advanced Dynamics

Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Euler angles. Applications in system dynamics and vibrations.

Daniel Joseph Segalman

Average Grade - 3.591
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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ME 861 - Advanced Dynamics

Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Euler angles. Applications in system dynamics and vibrations.

Ranjan Mukherjee

Average Grade - 3.446
Median Grade - 3.5
30 total students

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ME 861 - Advanced Dynamics

Dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum principles. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Euler angles. Applications in system dynamics and vibrations.

Steven W Shaw

Average Grade - 3.587
Median Grade - 3.5
23 total students

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ME 872 - Finite Element Method

Theory and application of the finite element method to the solution of continuum type problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis.

Alejandro R Diaz

Average Grade - 3.304
Median Grade - 3.5
79 total students

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ME 872 - Finite Element Method

Theory and application of the finite element method to the solution of continuum type problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis.

Andre Benard

Average Grade - 3.861
Median Grade - 4.0
98 total students

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ME 872 - Finite Element Method

Theory and application of the finite element method to the solution of continuum type problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis.

Lik-Chuan Lee

Average Grade - 3.672
Median Grade - 4.0
102 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Galit Pelled

Average Grade - 3.957
Median Grade - 4.0
23 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Haseung Chung

Average Grade - 3.708
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Himanshu Sahasrabudhe

Average Grade - 3.958
Median Grade - 4.0
36 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Patton Allison

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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ME 891 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Special topics in mechanical engineering of current importance.

Tong Gao

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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ME 892 - Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Attend and present seminars in order to develop research and presentation skills relevant to mechanical engineering.

Craig Gunn

217 total students

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