Product realization systems from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Manufacturing Automation. Modern sensors in manufacturing. Computer control of manufacturing systems. Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools. Machining processes. Rapid prototyping. Fundementals of industrial robotics.

Fundamental concepts of modeling, control sensing, and intelligence of robotic systems. Robotic manipulators and mobile robots. Forward and inverse kinematics, trajectory planning, dynamics, control, and programming of robotic manipulators. Hardware components of mobile robots, visual and navigational sensors, pose estimation, navigation, and reasoning in mobile robots. Hands-on experience with robotic arms and mobile robots in a laboratory environment.

Metal forming, kinetics of plastic flow, texture and texture evolution in metallic materials, computational aspects of metal forming, plasticity and visco-plasticity, modeling of plastic deformation, numerical analysis of plastic deformation, classical theories of plasticity, microstructural modeling, thermodynamics and mechanics of slip, constitutive relations for crystal plasticity, models commonly applied in engineering practice, visco-plastic self-consistent modeling, texture evolution.

Fabrication and characterization techniques for micro and nano electro mechanical systems, MEMS & NEMS (including: microlithography; wet & dry etching techniques; physical & chemical vapor deposition processes; electroplating; bonding; focused ion beams; top-down approaches - electron-beam lithography, SPM, soft lithography - ; bottom-up techniques based on self-assembly). Semiconductor nanotechnology. Nanotubes & nanowires. Biological systems. Molecular electronics.

Understanding and imitating the basic principles and techniques used by nature in designing and manufacturing of materials, machines and mechanisms. A wide spectrum of case studies will be explored: The organization and functioning of proteins, molecular machines, smart minipumps, soft electroactive membrane actuators and sensors, gels, Ph activated systems, polymeric muscles and robotic actuation.

Bioengineering, engineering materials, medicine, polymers, metals, smart materials, surgical implants, surgical instruments, cell and tissue mechanics, microsurgery, self-expanding stents, physical therapy, phase transformations, shape memory alloys.

A capstone design course where students apply engineering and science knowledge in a mechanical engineering design project. Development, design, implementation and management of a project in teams under realistic constraints and conditions. Emphasis on communication, teamwork and presentation skills.

A capstone design project on an industrially relevant problem. Students work on teams in consultation with various faculty and industrial members.

Indicial notation, tensor algebra, coordinate transformation, linear elasticity, stress, strain, constitutive law for linear elastic solids, the principle of virtual displacements, plane stress and plane strain, yield criteria (von Mises, Tresca, yield surfaces), work hardening models (isotropic hardening, kinematic hardening), elasticity, plasticity, uni-axial deformation, multi-axial deformation.

Introduction to finite element method (FEM) as a computational tool for stress analysis. Basic theory with emphasis on linear elasticity and application of the FEM to various engineering problems: stress analysis, natural modes and frequencies of vibration, heat transfer, mechanics of micro and nano structures. Development of finite element code and use of commercial codes for practical applications.

This course will discuss the applications of mechanics to biological systems. We will cover the basic principles of mechanics (force-moment, stress-strain, work, energy, rigid body dynamics), analysis of human movement, musculoskeletal mechanics, tissue mechanics, motor control system, sports biomechanics, and rehabilitation engineering.

Material and manufacturing process selection in automotive engineering, product design and development, quality control and testing methods, general introduction to other fields of automotive engineering.

Teaches deterministic vibratory motion of mechanical systems. Includes free, forced-harmonic, forced-periodic, and forced-transient vibration of single-degree-of-freedom, multiple-degree-of-freedom, and continuous systems. It also gives an introduction to the Finite Element Method.

Particle kinematics. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Newtonian kinetics of a rigid body. Impulse-momentum and work-energy principles. Analytical mechanics. Holonomic and nonholonomic constrains. Virtual displacement. Generalized forces. Hamilton`s principle. Lagrange equations. Constrained generalized coordinates. Computational methods in the state space. Hamiltonian Mechanics. Gibbs-Appell equations. Gyroscopic effects.

Foundations of fluid mechanics introduced at an advanced level. Aspects of kinetic theory as it applies to formulation of continuum fluid dynamics. Introduction to tensor analysis and derivation of Navier Stokes equations and energy equation for compressible fluids. Boundary conditions and surface phenomena. Viscous flows, boundary layer theory, potential flows and vorticity dynamics. Introduction to turbulence and turbulent flows.

Numerical methods for elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic and mixed type partial differential equations arising in fluid flow and heat transfer problems. Finite-difference, finite-volume and some finite-element methods. Accuracy, convergence, and stability; treatment of boundary conditions and grid generation. Review of current methods. Assignments require programming a digital computer.

Overview of MEMS materials and fabrication techniques; mechanical concepts and components; transduction techniques; MEMS sensors.

Investigations of aerodynamic interactions in wind turbine and wind farm technology. Computational modeling, design and their support systems. Introduction to aeroelasticity, vortex dynamics and noise generation. Atmospheric turbulence models and atmospheric boundary layer analysis. Panel-vortex-wake and reduced-order methods, turbomachinary design, principles of low speed aerodynamics applied to wind turbine, propeller and wind farm design/ operation. Drag reduction, three-dimensional effects, efficiency and flow control. Aerodynamic testing and wind tunnel experiments. Wind transportation, sailboats and other emerging topics on aerodynamics of clean energy alternatives.

Geometric, physics-based, and probabilistic modeling methodology and associated computational tools for interactive simulation: computer programming, numerical methods, graphical modeling and programming, physics-based and probabilistic modeling techniques.

Introduction to composites; composite manufacturing processes; transport equations for composite processing; process modeling; review of numerical methods and programming in MATLAB; advanced thermoplastic- and thermoset-matrix fiber-reinforced composites; liquid composite molding processes; designing, modeling, simulation and hands-on manufacturing of composite parts using resin transfer molding (RTM) and vacuum infusion (VI) processes; on-line control and data acquisition.

Modeling, simulation and identification of physical systems. Instrumentation. Sensors and transduscers. Hardware components. Pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical actuators. Programmable logic controllers (PLC). Signals, systems, and controls. Real time interfaceing and programing. Microprocessor-based electro-mechanical control applications and projects for factory automation, manufacturing and machine systems.

Product realization systems from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Manufacturing Automation. Modern sensors in manufacturing. Computer control of manufacturing systems. Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools. Machining processes. Rapid prototyping. Fundementals of industrial robotics.

Fundamental concepts of modeling, control sensing, and intelligence of robotic systems. Robotic manipulators and mobile robots. Forward and inverse kinematics, trajectory planning, dynamics, control, and programming of robotic manipulators. Hardware components of mobile robots, visual and navigational sensors, pose estimation, navigation, and reasoning in mobile robots. Hands-on experience with robotic arms and mobile robots in a laboratory environment.

Metal forming, kinetics of plastic flow, texture and texture evolution in metallic materials, computational aspects of metal forming, plasticity and visco-plasticity, modeling of plastic deformation, numerical analysis of plastic deformation, classical theories of plasticity, microstructural modeling, thermodynamics and mechanics of slip, constitutive relations for crystal plasticity, models commonly applied in engineering practice, visco-plastic self-consistent modeling, texture evolution.