MENG 178. Introduction to Engineering Design and Graphics. 3-2-3. Prerequisite: Credit or Registration in MATH 165. Introduction to engineering graphics and modeling fundamentals for engineering design: freehand sketching, computer modeling, and generation of engineering drawings. Introduction to the engineering design process: reverse engineering, aesthetic design, functional design, concurrent engineering, multi-disciplinary design teams, and design constraints. (14.1901)
MENG 271. Materials and Processes in Manufacturing Laboratory. 1-0-3. Prerequisites: C or better in MENG 178 and 274 and ENGL 368. Demonstrative and participative experiments supplementing MENG 274 and MENG 278 to provide a better understanding of the properties of engineering materials and processes in manufacturing. (14.1901)
MENG 274. Structure and Properties of Materials. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in CHEM 105 and PHYS 201. Introduction to structure and formation of metals, alloys, and polymeric materials and their chemical, electrical, mechanical, and thermodynamical properties; surface structures and their observation using metallography and microscopy. (14.1901)
MENG 275. Dynamics. 3-3-1. Prerequisites: C or better in CENG 235 and MATH 166. Kinematics, kinetics, work and energy, impulse and momentum. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation. (14.1901)
MENG 277. Thermodynamics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in PHYS 202 and MATH 166. Basic laws of thermodynamics, equilibrium, entropy, availability, flow and non-flow processes. (14.1901)
MENG 278. Introduction to Manufacturing. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in MENG 178 and 274. An introduction to manufacturing methods, including casting, forming, powder metallurgy, machining, and joining, in the context of designing for manufacturing. (14.1901)
听MENG 302. Engineering Analysis. 3-3-0 Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 265 and 355. Application of ordinary differential equations, Laplace and Fourier transforms, Fourier series, partial differential equations, and linear algebra to selected problems in civil, mechanical, and naval architecture and marine engineering; introduction to probability and statistics; introduction to numerical methods and use of a commercial software package in solving problems in above topics.听(14.1901)
MENG 371. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. 1-0-3. Prerequisite: Credit of Registration in MENG 372 or approval of department head or director. A laboratory in engineering fluid mechanics and hydraulics. (14.1901)
MENG 372. Fluid Mechanics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 265 and 355 and MENG 275. Fluid statics, concepts, principles, and methods of fluid motion, potential flow. Introduction to boundary layer; turbulence and drag; dimensional analysis and similitude. (14.1901)
MENG 373. Mechanism Design. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in MENG 275 and either CMPS 230 or 233. Kinematic synthesis of mechanisms and dynamics of machinery; design of mechanisms to generate required point paths, functions, or transformations between modes of motion; translation to rotation; graphical, analytical, and computer-aided design methods. (14.1901)
MENG 374. Machine Elements. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in MENG 274 and CENG 236. Application of engineering mechanics to the design and selection of machine elements. Topics include fatigue, stress analysis and failure theories. (14.1901)
MENG 375. Heat Transfer. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 355, MENG 277 and 372, and either CMPS 230 or 233. Steady and unsteady conduction; natural and forced convection; radiation; heat exchangers; introduction to two-phase heat transfer. Computer-aided solutions to heat transfer problems. (14.1901)
MENG 377. Intermediate Engineering Thermodynamics. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in MENG 277. Application of principles of Thermodynamics; vapor and gas cycles; internal combustion engines; steam and gas turbines, mixtures, thermodynamic relationships. (14.1901)
MENG 378. Introduction to Computational Solid Mechanics. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in MENG 374. An introduction to computational modeling in solid mechanics. Demonstration and application of the finite element method using commercial codes. Topics include: bar, beam, plate, shell, and solid elements, loads and boundary conditions, convergence, and interpretation of results. (14.1901)
MENG 472. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in MENG 372. Classification of partial differential equations, mathematical description of fluid flow phenomena. Survey of various discretization methods for the equations of fluid mechanics, including finite difference, finite volume and weighted residual methods. Basic algorithms for solving fluid mechanics problems. Introduction to grid generation. Application of existing CFD codes to practical engineering problems. (14.1901)