Technical Electives Course Descriptions
ENME 400: Machine Design
Uses and limitations of finite element analysis, analysis of machine components: straight and curved beams, gears, shafts, plates, shells, bolts, screws, and flanges. 3 credits
ENME 408: Selected Topics in Engineering Design
Prerequisite: Senior standing, and an ability/desire to analyze and solve open ended engineering design problems. No prior automotive experience is required, but it is helpful. 3 credits
ENME 414: Computer Aided Design
Prerequisites: MATH 241 or equivalents. Introduction to computer graphics. Plotting and drawing with computer software. Principles of writing interactive software. The applications of computer graphics in computer aided design. Computer aided design projects. 3 credits
ENME 423: Building Cooling, Heating, and Power (BCHP) Integration
Prerequisites: ENME 232 & ENME 332. State of the art engineering and design practice for refrigeration and air conditioning systems, application of thermodynamics and transfer processes to the design of buildings, basics of refrigeration technology. 3 credits
ENME 465: Fracture Mechanics
An examination of the concept of failure in members with pre-existing flaws. Primary emphasis will be placed on acquiring a physical understanding of linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, and the application of those concepts to design and assessment of structures. Failure of structural components will be examined from both the mechanics and microstructural points of view. 3 credits
ENME 470: Finite Element Analysis
Prerequisites: ENME 310 and ENME 321. Basic concepts of the theory of the finite element method. Applications in solid mechanics and heat transfer. 3 credits
ENME 473: Fundamentals of Microsystem Packaging and Product Actualization
The objective of the course is to introduce seniors and first year graduate students to the principles of mechanical engineering required for designing reliable microsystems that are integrated combinations of microelectronic, microelectromechanical, microfluidic, optical, RF, and nanodevices, and to lay the groundwork for further study in this area.
ENME 474: Design in Electronic Product Development
Prerequisite: ENME 473. Merges technology, analysis, and design concepts into a single focused activity that results in the completed design of an electronic product. A set of product requirements are obtained from an industry partner, the the students create a specification for the product, iterate the specifications with the industry partner, then design and analyze the product. 3 credits
ENME 476: MEMS and Microfabrication Technologies
This course presents a broad overview of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) and microfabrication technologies. Both traditional and emerging microfabrication techniques for microsensors, microactuator, and nanotechnology will be introduced. Both silicon and non-silicon microfabrication will be covered. 3 credits
ENME 477: Microelectromechanical Systems
This is part 2 of 476. The 2-semester course covers the fundamental basis of MEMS and microsystems technology. This is a broad course that provides a classroom overview as well as a laboratory component. 3 credits
ENME 489A: Air Pollution
The course is intended to give students an understanding of air pollution, its sources (internal combustion engines, power generation and industrial emissions) and how it can be controlled. 3 credits
ENME 489B: Lean Six Sigma Strategy and Methods
This course intends to provide in-depth understanding of Lean Six Sigma and its Define – Measure – Analyze – Improve – Control (DMAIC) Breakthrough Improvement Strategy. The emphasis is placed on the DMAIC process which is reinforced via application of semester long DMAIC corporate projects and case study analysis. 3 credits
ENME 489C: Advanced Mechanisms and Robot Manipulators
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of kinematics and dynamics
of robot manipulators as well as introduction to control as applied to robot manipulators. In the
first part of the course, we will cover material relating to basic robot kinematics, namely,
differential motion and inverse kinematics. In the second part of the course we will cover statics
as well as dynamics of robot manipulators. Finally, we will introduce the concepts of control of
robot manipulators. 3 credits
ENME 489D: Design Optimization
Introduction to design optimization. Step by step design optimization techniques. Design optimization concepts and solution techniques . Solution evaluation and tradeoff exploration. 3 credits
ENME 489E: Nuclear Reactor Systems and Safety
This course covers engineering, material and thermal aspects of light water reactors, fast reactors, high temperature gas reactors, heavy water moderated reactors, breeder reactors, advanced reactors including GEN IV designs. The course also reviews the evolution of light water reactor safety and regulation in the United States that has culminated in the current body of regulations. It will discuss concepts such as the defense-in-depth, reasonable assurance, single failure criterion, safety margins, safety goals, and risk-informed and performance-based regulatory paradigms. 3 credits
ENME 489F: Nuclear Technology Laboratory
This course will have students do actual experiments in nuclear interactions, dosimetry, shielding, activation, and measurement of nuclear material properties. The course includes some practical hands-on use of the University's 250 kW TRIGA nuclear reactor. 3 credits
ENME 489J: Production Management
Manufacturing system design and control problems. Manufacturing strategy. Just-in-time manufacturing. Facility layout and location, production planning, capacity planning, material requirements planning, inventory control, shop floor control, project scheduling. 3 credits
ENME 489K: Renewable Energy Technologies
This course will provide students with the fundamentals, design tools, and state-of-the-art alternative energy technologies. 3 credits
ENME 489L: Bio-Inspired Robots Pre-requisites: ENME331, ENME350, and ENME361. This course will cover the fundamentals and applications of biologically inspired robots. The course will consist of four parts: Fundamentals of Traditional Robotic Manipulators, Fundamentals of Biologically Inspired Robotics, Sensors and Actuators for Robotics, Design and Fabrication of Biologically Inspired Robots. 3 credits
ENME 489M: Manufacturing Automation
This course covers fundamentals underlying the contemporary manufacturing automation. The following two aspects of manufacturing automation will be emphasized: (1) computer-based systems for automating and controlling manufacturing processes such as numerically controlled machining and material handling robots; and (2) use of software systems in facilitating information exchange between different components of manufacturing decision support systems. 3 credits
ENME 489N: Networked Control Systems
This laboratory course gives students a hands-on introduction to the control of networked and distributed systems. The course is designed to bring students in contact with aspects of feedback control, control over networks and distributed control. Students will build, test and use computer-controlled and distributed systems. 2 credits
ENME 489P: Ship & Submarine Design — Human Powered Submarine
To study the subject of surface ship and submarine design and to use the tools learned to evaluate and improve existing designs and to create new designs. 3 credits
ENME 489Q: Managing for Innovation and Quality
Pre-requisite: ENME 371. Product development and total quality management.
3 credits
ENME 489R: (Robotics and Automation)
Prerequisites: ENME 351, 361. This course is designed to provide senior mechanical engineering students with fundamentals of robotics, rigid motion, homogeneous transformations, manipulator kinematics, motion planning, visualization of workspace, sensing, communication, and control. 3 credits
ENME 489R: (Fiber Optics)
Prerequisites: ENME 351, 361.This course will serve as an introduction to basic concepts pertinent to the field of fiber optics and development of fiber optic sensor systems. The course will be structured in two parts, with the first part addressing the fundamentals of fiber optics and the second part addressing construction of fiber optic sensor systems.
ENME 489T: Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems
Prerequisites: ENME331 or consent of instructor. The course will investigate fluid mechanical aspects of various biological and physiological systems. A project will also be assigned, and students may, for example, be asked to devise and describe a novel device based on the concepts that they have learned, or to investigate and report on the fluid mechanics of a physiological/biological system that is not covered in class.
ENME 489V: Vehicle Dynamics
Prerequisites: Senior standing and a passionate desire to understand why your vehicle handles the way it does. This course will cover basic handling and performance issues for light duty vehicles and trucks. 3 credits
ENME 489W: Pollution and Waste Technology
This course is designed to give students an understanding of thermal destruction, incineration, and combustion of solid wastes and the associated problem of air pollution from these sources. Emphasis is on solid wastes, current practice for the design of thermal destruction systems and future challenges for the design of advanced thermal destruction systems as well as the associated problem of environmental pollution. 3 credits
ENME 489X808H: Flexible Macroelectronics
This course addresses the increasing interests in this emerging technology, e.g., new materials choices, new design criteria, mechanics challenges, and novel manufacturing methods. 3 credits.
ENME 489Y: Failure of Deformable Bodies
Failure mechanisms for solids made of metals, ceramics, and polymers are considered with their mathematical and design models. Plasticity models describe the load induced permanent deformation of metals. The indentation hardness tests are related to plasticity. The fracture, fatigue, and creep modes of failure analysis seeks to explain the mechanism, the use in design and their interrelation. 3 Credits
ENME 489Z: Advanced Strength of Materials
Develops the concepts of stress and strain in three dimensions for design analysis. Material behavior is accounted for in the constitutive modeling of solids including metals, ceramics, and composites by generalized Hooke's law, nonlinear elastomers such as rubber or soft biological tissue by nonlinear elasticity and polymers by viscoelasticity. Linear elasticity is developed and applied to curved beams, torsion of a rod, pressurized thick-walled cylinders, etc. Equilibrium deformation analysis by energy methods (the foundation of the finite element method) is developed and applied to plates, etc. 3 Credits
ENME 488: Special Problems
Prerequisite: Permission of department chairman. Advanced problems in mechanical engineering with special emphasis on mathematical and experimental methods. 3 credits
ENES 490: The Total Quality Practicum
Prerequisite: BMGT 390 or ENES 390. Capstone course for the four course total quality program. Based on a major project undertaken by student teams in an industry environment emphasizing integrative aspects of total quality, each project will be supervised by a joint faculty/industry team with differing areas of expertise. 3 credits.
