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Machine Design TEList Spring 2016

This document provides a list of suggested technical elective courses for mechanical engineering (ME) students interested in machine design. It separates the courses into two lists: List 1 technical electives which have no limit on credits that can be applied to the BSME degree, and List 2 technical electives which are limited to 6 credits that can be applied. The document provides the course number, title, credits, prerequisites, and brief description for several courses in each list relevant to machine design including mechanics of materials, dynamics, kinematics, robotics, finite element analysis, computer-aided design, and mechatronics.

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Machine Design TEList Spring 2016

This document provides a list of suggested technical elective courses for mechanical engineering (ME) students interested in machine design. It separates the courses into two lists: List 1 technical electives which have no limit on credits that can be applied to the BSME degree, and List 2 technical electives which are limited to 6 credits that can be applied. The document provides the course number, title, credits, prerequisites, and brief description for several courses in each list relevant to machine design including mechanics of materials, dynamics, kinematics, robotics, finite element analysis, computer-aided design, and mechatronics.

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Updated

November 2015

Suggested Courses for ME Students Interested in


Machine Design

Technical Electives:
A limit of 6 credits of List #2 technical electives can be used to satisfy the 15 credits of technical
electives required to earn a BSME degree. There is no limit in List #1 technical electives. Be
sure to consult the current list of approved technical electives for the year in which you plan to
graduate to make sure the courses listed below are valid technical electives.

List #2 Technical Electives:

BSE 2484 Engines and Power Trains (3 credits)


Fundamentals of the construction and operation of current internal combustion power units.
Control of power utilizing clutches, transmissions, drive shafts, and differentials. Pre: MATH
1016 or MATH 1025.

List #1 Technical E lectives:

ESM 3054 (MSE 3054): Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3 credits)


Mechanical properties and behavior of engineering materials subjected to static, dynamic, creep and
fatigue loads under environments and stress states typical of service conditions; biaxial theories of
failure; behavior of cracked bodies; microstructure-property relationships and design methodologies
for homogeneous and composite materials. Pre: ESM 2204 and MSE 2034 or MSE 2044 or MSE
3094 or AOE 3094 or CEE 3684.

ESM 3064 (MSE 3064): Mechanical Behavior of Materials Laboratory


Laboratory experiments on mechanical properties and behavior of homogenous and composite
engineering materials subjected to static, dynamic, creep, and fatigue loads; behavior of cracked
bodies; microstructure-property relationships, and determination of materials properties for use in
engineering design. Pre: 2204. Co: 3054. (3L,1C)

ESM 3124: Intermediate Dynamics


Vector analysis, Newton's Laws, rotating coordinate systems, particle dynamics, orbital mechanics,
systems of particles, rigid-body dynamics, inertia matrix, Eulerian angles, introduction to gyroscopic
motion, Lagrange's equations. Pre: 2304, (MATH 2214 or MATH 2214H), (MATH 2224 or MATH
2224H). (3H,3C)

ESM 3154: Solid Mechanics


Definition of strain and stress, consideration of balance of mass, momentum, energy and constitutive
behavior; deformation of solid objects: 3D wave equation for bulk modes; plane stress; plane strain
and axisymmetry; asymmetrical bending and shear center; torsion of general cross-section bars. Pre:
2204. (3H,3C)

ESM 4024: Advanced Mechanical Behavior of Materials


Mechanical behavior of materials, emphasizing solid mechanics aspects and methods for predicting
strength and life of engineering components. Plasticity, failure criteria, fracture mechanics, crack
growth, strain-based fatigue, and creep. Microstructure-property relationships, and laboratory


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demonstrations. Pre: 3054 or MSE 3054. (3H,3C)

ESM 4044: Mechanics of Composite Materials


Introduction to the deformation, stress, and strength analysis of continuous-fiber-polymer-matrix
laminated composites. Fabrication, micromechanics of stiffness and expansional coefficients,
classical lamination theory (CLT). Environmentally induced stresses. Computerized implementation
and design. Pre: 2204. (3H,3C)

ME 3604 Kinematics & Dynamics of Machinery (3 credits) Spring only.


Kinematic analysis and design of cams, gears, and linkages, velocity, acceleration and force
analysis, kinematic synthesis, balancing, kinematic and force analysis by complex
numbers, computer-aided analysis, and synthesis of linkages. Pre: ESM 2304.

ME 4524 Introduction to Robotics and Automation (3 credits) Spring only.


Automation, robot technology, kinematics, dynamics, trajectory planning, and control of
two- dimensional and spatial robots; robot programming; design and simulation of robotic
devices.

ME 4624 Finite Element Practice in Machine Design (3 credits) Fall only.


Application of the finite element method to stress analysis problems in mechanical
design. Modeling techniques, proper use of existing computer programs, interpreting of
results, application to design modification. Pre: ME3614.

ME 4634 Intro Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture (3 credits) Spring only.


Participants will study the computer-aided design and manufacturing of mechanical systems.
A mechanical system will be designed including preliminary design, analysis, detail design,
numerical control programming, and documentation. Applications programs will be written
and interfaced to the CAD/CAM database. All assignments will be carried out on a
CAD/CAM system. This course may not be taken Pass/Fail.

ME 4644 Rapid Prototyping (3 credits) Fall only.


Participants will study topics fundamental to rapid prototyping and automated fabrication,
including the generation of suitable CAD models, current rapid prototyping fabrication
technologies, their underlying material science, the use of secondary processing, and the
impact of these technologies on society. The rapid prototyping process will be illustrated by
the actual design and fabrication of a part. Programming skills required. Co: ME4634. This
course may not be taken Pass/Fail.

ME 4664 Intro Global Collaborative Engineering Design (3 credits) Fall only.


Participants will study topics fundamental to global collaborative engineering design, product
data management, and collaborative product data management. These topics will be applied
during a team project with team members located overseas, utilizing state-of-the-art
collaborative engineering and product data management software and hardware technologies.
Partially duplicates 5664. Credit may only be received for one course. Pre: ME2024, ME4634.

ME 4735: Mechatronics (3 credits) Fall only.


Electromechanical system modeling, control and applications. Design and building of electronic
interfaces and controllers for mechanical devices, sensors, signal acquisition, filtering, and
conditioning. Microcontroller-based closed-loop control and device communications. Sensor and


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actuator selection, installation, and application strategies are studied. Pre: ECE 3254, ME 3514 or
ECE 2004, and ECE 2704.

ME 4736: Mechatronics (3 credits) Spring only.


Electromechanical system modeling, control and applications. Design and building of electronic
interfaces and controllers for mechanical devices, sensors, signal acquisition, filtering, and
conditioning. Microcontroller-based closed-loop control and device communications. Sensor and
actuator selection, installation, and application strategies are studied. A term design project is a key
component to this course. Pre: ME 4735

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