Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering


Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

3002 Rathbone Hall
785-532-5610
Fax: 532-7057
grad@mne.ksu.edu
http://www.mne.ksu.edu/graduate
 

Department Head:

Steve Eckels

Director of Graduate Studies:

Mingjun Wei

Graduate Faculty:

*Amir Bahadori, Ph.D., University of Florida
*B. Terry Beck, Ph.D., Oakland University
*Amy R. Betz, Ph.D., Columbia University
*Hitesh Bindra, Ph.D., University of Illinois
*Liang-Wu Cai, Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*James Chen, Ph.D., George Washington University
*Melanie Derby, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
*William L. Dunn, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Shih-Kang Scott Fan, Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
*Steven J. Eckels, Ph.D., Iowa State University
*Donald L. Fenton, Ph.D., P.E., University of Illinois
*Jared Hobeck, Ph.D., University of Michigan
*Mohammad Hosni, Ph.D., Mississippi State University
*Byron W. Jones, Ph.D., P.E., Oklahoma State University
*Kevin B. Lease, Ph.D., University of Iowa
*Zayd Leseman, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Douglas S. McGregor, Ph.D., University of Michigan
*Walter McNeil, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*David A. Pacey, Ph.D., P.E., Kansas State University
*Raj Kumar Pal, Ph.D., University of Illinois
*Jeremy Roberts, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*Dale E. Schinstock, Ph.D., University of Kansas
*J. Kenneth Shultis, Ph.D., University of Michigan
*Gurpreet Singh, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
*J. Garth Thompson, Emeritus, Ph.D., Purdue University
Scott Thompson, Ph.D., University of Missouri
*Youqi Wang, Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
*Mingjun Wei, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Warren N. White, Jr., Ph.D., Tulane University
*Xiao Jiang Xin, Ph.D., University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

*Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

 

The department

The Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State University offers separate graduate programs in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering both leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Our award-winning faculty are engaged in exciting and cutting-edge research projects in state of the art laboratories and research facilities, while our graduate students are excelling inside and outside of the classroom. Research areas and courses include a broad range of both traditional and emerging fields of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering. With over $5 million in research funding, almost all graduate students in our department receive graduate research assistantships (GRA). Several of our students receive graduate teaching assistantships (GTA) with 50-100 percent tuition waiver to help teach laboratory sections.

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Although students with bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical and/or Nuclear Engineering make up the bulk of our graduate student body, the department welcomes applicants from other fields including other engineering disciplines, mathematics, physics and chemistry. International applicants should also include GRE and TOEFL scores. GRE scores should be no less than 400 verbal (146 revised version), 650 quantitative (151 revised version), and 3.0 on analytical writing. TOEFL scores must be above 600 on the written exam or 250 on the computer exam. The IELTS may substitute for the TOEFL. IELTS scores are valid for two years and should be no less than 7.0.

Programs of study are flexible and tailored to the interests, backgrounds and career goals of each student. Courses from outside the department are often added to programs of study to enhance the student’s experience. To see when MNE Graduate courses are offered, please view the MNE Graduate Course Rotation Schedule.

Degree options

Prospective students may apply for a graduate degree in either Mechanical Engineering or Nuclear Engineering. We offer the following degrees:

Mechanical Engineering Nuclear Engineering
Master of Science Degree - The department offers
three degree options at the master’s level:
Master of Science Degree - The department offers
three degree options at the master’s level:
Master of Science Degree - Thesis option Master of Science Degree - Thesis option
Master of Science Degree - Report option Master of Science Degree - Report option
Master of Science Degree - Coursework option
(on-campus and distance)
Master of Science Degree - Coursework option
Doctor of Philosophy Degree Doctor of Philosophy Degree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research facilities

In addition to a first-rate curriculum of graduate courses, cutting-edge graduate research projects are
supported by state-of-the-art labs and research facilities. Labs and research centers associated with K-State’s
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department include:

Laboratory facilities

  • Applied Computation Laboratory
  • Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory
  • Composites Laboratory
  • Dynamic Systems and Controls Laboratory
  • Heat Transfer Laboratory
  • Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory
  • Laser Diagnostics Laboratory
  • Measurements and Instruments Laboratory
  • Mechanical Testing and Evaluation Laboratory
  • Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory
  • Nonlinear Controls Laboratory
  • Radiation Detection Instructional Laboratory
  • Radiation Measurement Applications Laboratory
  • Refrigeration Laboratory
  • Semiconductor Materials Analysis Laboratory
  • Tate Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory
  • Wind Tunnel/Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Research centers

  • Environmental Air Quality Program
  • Institute for Environmental Research
  • National Gas Machinery Laboratory
  • Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies Laboratory (S.M.A.R.T.)
  • Triga Mark II Nuclear Reactor Facility

Programs

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Science

Graduate Certificate

Courses

Mechanical Engineering

  • ME 512 - Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Vector treatment of kinematics, Newton’s Laws, work and energy, impulse and momentum, with applications to problems of particle and rigid body motion.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CE 333. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 513 - Thermodynamics I

    Credits: 3

    Properties of the pure substance. The first and second laws of thermodynamics. Gas mixtures and psychrometry.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 213; MATH 222.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 519 - Electrical Circuits for Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 4

    Analysis, design, construction, and application of electric and electronic circuits using analytic tools, fundamentals of common components, instrumentation, and computer-based tools.  3 lectures and 3 hours of lab per week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 214, MATH 340, and MATH 551
    Corequisite: ME 512

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 523 - Thermodynamics II

    Credits: 3

    Continuation of Thermodynamics I. Energy analysis, thermodynamic cycles, generalized thermodynamic relations, and reactive systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 513.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 533 - Machine Design I

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the design and analysis of machine elements. Emphasis on materials, loads, stress, strain, deflection, failure theories, and finite element analysis. Applications include design and analysis of shafts, gears, and fasteners, weldments, springs, bearings.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CE 533, ME 212, and ME 512.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 535 - Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory

    Credits: 3

    Theory and application of mechanical engineering measurements, instrumentation, and computer-based data acquisition.

    Note:
    One hour recitation and six hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 513 and ECE 519.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 563 - Machine Design II

    Credits: 3

    Design and analysis of machine elements. Applications include design and analysis of bearings, gears, shafts, clutches, brakes, belt and chain drives, and hydraulic fluid power.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 533.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 570 - Control of Mechanical Systems I

    Credits: 4

    Introduction to modeling and control of dynamic systems encountered by Mechanical Engineers. Topics include basic linear systems modeling and analysis; feedback control; time response and stability of dynamic systems; introduction to root locus and frequency response design.

    Note:
    Three hours lecture and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: MATH 340, ME 400, and ME 512. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: ME 535 or NE 612.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 571 - Fluid Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    Physical properties; fluid statics; dynamics of ideal and real fluids (for incompressible and compressible flow); impulse and momentum; laws of similitude; dimensional analysis; flow in pipes; flow in open channels; flow about immersed objects.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 512 or CE 530. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: ME 513.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 573 - Heat Transfer

    Credits: 3

    Fundamentals of conduction, convection, and radiation; principles of heat exchanger design and dimensional analysis.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 400, ME 571, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 574 - Interdisciplinary Industrial Design Projects I

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to design theory, project management, team dynamics and socio-economic context of design, etc.; Application of design principles, engineering analysis and experimental methods to an industrial interdisciplinary design project involving design, analysis, fabrication and testing. Discussion of career planning, graduate school, ethics, technical/professional societies, and engineering licensing.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 535 or NE 612, ME 533, ME 571.
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: ENGL 415, or instructor approval.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 575 - Interdisciplinary Industrial Design Projects II

    Credits: 3

    In-depth application of design principles, engineering analyses and experimental methods to an industrial interdisciplinary design project addressing design, analysis, constraints, standards, fabrication, and testing.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite/Corequisite: ME 574 or instructor permission.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 610 - Finite Element Applications in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: 3

    The application of the finite element method to the solution of engineering problems. Topics include introductions to the methods, linear elastic stress analysis, thermal analysis, and modeling limitations and errors. Commercial computer codes are used in the applications.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CE 533.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 615 - Applications in Mechatronics

    Credits: 3

    Application of Mechanical and Electronic engineering to design. Microcontrollers; sensors; analog-to-digital signal conversion; DC motor operation and pulse width modulation; drive train configuration; embedded C programming; competition at Engineering Open House.

    Note:
    Three hours lecture a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 400 or ECE 431. Corequisite: ME 535 (not required if ECE 431 is taken).

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 620 - Internal Combustion Engines

    Credits: 3

    Application of principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, chemistry, kinematics, and heat transfer to internal combustion engine processes.  Performance and design characteristics of internal combustion engines.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 523.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 622 - Indoor Environmental Engineering

    Credits: 3

    Ventilation, heating and cooling system design for buildings. Application of thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics principles for determination of building heating and cooling loads. Determination of ventilation requirements. Sizing, design and integration of environmental control systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 571.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 628 - Aerodynamics

    Credits: 3

    A general introduction to aerodynamics including the analysis of lift, drag, thrust, and performance for subsonic aircraft, and the application of aerodynamic principles to design.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 571, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 631 - Aircraft Propulsion

    Credits: 3

    Mechanics and thermodynamics of aircraft propulsion systems; gas turbine aircraft engines; applied compressible flow; performance and design of propulsion systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 523, ME 571, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 633 - Thermodynamics of Modern Power Production

    Credits: 3

    The first and second law analysis of modern stationary power systems using fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy sources. Component and system design, such as cycle design, load factor, and auxiliaries are considered in conjuction with their costs.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 523.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 640 - Control of Mechanical Systems II

    Credits: 3

    Design and analysis of control systems. Topics include linear and nonlinear systems modeling; parameter estimation/system identification; steady state errors; advanced root locus and frequency response design; controller implementation.

    Note:
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 570 and MATH 551.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 651 - Introduction to Composites

    Credits: 3

    Design, fabrication and testing of various composite materials. Analyses of mechanical properties of laminated composites.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CE 533, Senior standing in engineering.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 656 - Mechanical Vibrations

    Credits: 3

    A general consideration for the formation and analysis of free and forced vibration of mechanical systems of single and multiple degrees of freedom.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 512 and MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 699 - Problems in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: 0-18

    Repeat for Credit
    Repeatable

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 701 - Development of Computer Applications In Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: 3

    Nature of design, graphical user interface development to support computer-aided design, algorithms and computer graphics in computer applications, feature-based design, applications to design problems.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 400.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 716 - Intermediate Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    General vector principles of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; applications to orbital calculations, gyrodynamics, and rocket performance; introduction to the energy methods of advanced dynamics.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 512, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 720 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    A continuation of ME 571 in the study of general topics in fluid mechanics. Conservation of mass and momentum principles with particular emphasis on analysis of inviscid (potential) flows, compressible flows, and more advanced viscous flows including boundary layers. Numerous applications utilizing numerical methods.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 571, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 721 - Thermal Systems Design

    Credits: 3

    Thermal systems design including economics, simulation, and optimization. Includes heating, ventilating and air conditioning design and control.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 722 - Human Thermal Engineering

    Credits: 3

    Application of thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics principles of the thermal analysis of the human body. Mathematical analysis and computer modeling of human response to the thermal environment. Evaluation of heat stress and cold stress. Protection from heat and cold. Requirements for thermal comfort and impact on human performance.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • ME 728 - Computer Control of Electro Mechanical Systems

    Credits: 3

    Discrete modeling and analysis of dynamic physical systems in Mechanical Engineering. Sampling and data conversion and reconstruction. Real time implementation of control on a computer. Digital controller design and implementation. Laboratory exercises in control applications and design.

    Note:
    Two hours of recitation and three hours of laboratory per week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 570.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 730 - Control Systems Analysis and Design

    Credits: 3

    Use of classical analysis techniques for control system compensation. State space-control theory fundamentals are presented in addition to an introductory treatment of several major systems areas.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ECE 530 or ME 640.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    Crosslisted:
    ECE 730


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  • ME 738 - Experimental Stress Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Experimental methods of investigating stress distributions. Photoelastic models, photoelastic coatings, brittle coatings, and resistance strain gauges applied to static and dynamic problems.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 533.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Even Years


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  • ME 760 - Engineering Analysis I

    Credits: 3

    Methods of analysis employed in the solution of problems selected from various branches of engineering. Emphasis is on discrete systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: MATH 340 and senior standing.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 773 - Intermediate Heat Transfer

    Credits: 3

    Conduction, convection and radiation, mass transfer, phase change, heat exchangers, introductory numerical methods.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 777 - Monte Carlo Methods

    Credits: 3

    The objective of this course is to explore various methods of Monte Carlo for solving direct and inverse problems in engineering. The course covers probability distributions; laws of large numbers and Central Limit Theorem; pseudorandom number generation; sampling, scoring, and precision; variance reduction procedures; Markov chain Monte Carlo; inverse Monte Carlo; solution of linear operator equations; particle transport simulation.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Math 340 or equivalent and knowledge of a programming language.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Even Years


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  • ME 800 - MNE Graduate Seminar/Research Paper

    Credits: 0-18

    Presentation(oral and written) and discussion of progress in research. Credit hours can be earned by preparing and/or presenting publication quality papers. Topics may be drawn from any current research area in mechanical and nuclear engineering.

    Repeat for Credit
    Repeatable. May be repeated with change in subject matter.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in mechanical and nuclear engineering.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 802 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity

    Credits: 3

    Two- and three-dimensional deformation analysis, equilibrium, and elastic constitutive laws. Stress-strain transformations between coordinate systems. Governing equations of elasticity. Advanced topics in bending, shearing, torsion and combined loads, with applications to engineering problems.

    Note:
    Three hous recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CE 533.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Even Years

    Crosslisted:
    CE 802


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  • ME 811 - Thermodynamic Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Basic considerations of the three laws of equilibrium thermodynamics. Availability analysis with applications including multicomponent systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 523, ME 571, MATH 240.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Even Years


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  • ME 820 - Interm Topics in Thermal and Fluid Mechanics - Heat Pipes

    Credits: 3

    Introduction of several heat pipe concepts, design rules, and analysis tools. Student will investigate operation principles of vapor chambers and oscillating heat pipes.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 720 or ME 773.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • ME 824 - Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    The course introduces basic theories and algorithms for numerical simulations, and uses them to solve both model problems and classical fluid mechanics problems computationally.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 720

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 830 - Intermediate Topics in Automatic Controls

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics may include analysis and design of nonlinear, adaptive, optimal, digitals or stochastic control systems and the applications of intermediate control and stability theory.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 730 or ECE 730 or consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • ME 831 - Boundary Layer Theory

    Credits: 3

    The development and solution of various laminar boundary layer problems involving momentum, heat, and mass transfer for a compressible viscous fluid.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Even Years


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  • ME 836 - Introduction to Fracture Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    This course provides an introduction to fracture mechanics concepts and applications. Topics include the asymptotic solution for stress at a crack tip, energy balance and crack propagation, computing stress intensity factors, fatigue crack growth, fracture of concrete, applications and current topics.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • ME 840 - Intermediate Topics in Solid Mechanics and Machine Design

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics may include intermediate elasticity, plasticity, tribology, probabilistic machine design, robotics, computational dynamics and nonlinear mechanics.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 716 or ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • ME 846 - Vibrations of Continuous Media

    Credits: 3

    Basic mathematical and physical descriptions for wave phenomena in continuous media, with emphasis on propagations of mechanical disturbance in linearly elastic solids. Other selected topics in wave dynamics, including acoustics, water waves, nonlinear phenomena, will be discussed depending on students’ interest.

    Note:
    Three hours of recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • ME 860 - Engineering Analysis II

    Credits: 3

    Continuation of Engineering Analysis I. Emphasis placed on continuous systems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 760 or consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 862 - Finite Elements

    Credits: 3

    The foundations of the finite element method using weighted residuals and variational methods. Element formulation, assembly and solution are covered in detail. Formulation for dynamic and nonlinear problems. Discussion of advanced topics. The student will develop a complete finite element program.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 760. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 871 - Mechanics of Composite Materials

    Credits: 3

    Topics include classification of composite materials, elasticity theory for anisotropic and in homogeneous materials, basic model for characterization of composite properties, laminated plate theory, textile composites, strength and criteria for composite failure, and fracture modes in composites.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Odd Years


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  • ME 898 - Master’s Report

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics selected with approval of major professor and department head.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 899 - Master’s Thesis

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics selected with approval of major professor and department head.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 902 - Theory of Plasticity

    Credits: 3

    Foundations of plasticity. Vectorial and sensorial analysis. Coverage of pressure-dependent and pressure-independent materials. Hyper elasticity-Green elasticity. Deformation theory of plasticity. Flow theory of plasticity. Plastic work rate-equivalent strain. Classical yield criteria. Closed form solution of simple cases. Numerical solutions of more complex cases.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 802 or CE 802.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Even Years


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  • ME 910 - Computational Methods in Design

    Credits: 0-18

    Selected topics from optimal design, geometric modeling, and multi-physics finite element methods.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Even Years


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  • ME 920 - Advanced Topics in Thermal and Fluid Mechanics - Boltzmann Transport

    Credits: 3

    Non-Fourier heat transfer models used for microscale transport phenomena. Boltzmann integral methods for determining ion/neutron effects on metal material temperature.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 720 or ME 773.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • ME 921 - Thermal System Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Advanced study of steady-state and dynamic simulation of thermal systems; thermal systems optimization. Thermodynamic availability and probabilistics in thermal system design.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 721.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Odd Years


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  • ME 930 - Advanced Topics in Automatic Controls

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics may include analysis and design of nonlinear, adaptive, optimal, digital, or stochastic control systems and the application of advanced control and stability theory.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 640.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 935 - Heat Conduction in Solids

    Credits: 3

    General differential equation of heat conduction and methods of solution for steady-state and transient heat conduction, periodic heat flow, and internal heat sources.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • ME 940 - Advanced Topics in Solid Mechanics and Machine Design

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics may include advanced elasticity, plasticity, tribology, probabilistic machine design, robotics, advanced and computational dynamics and nonlinear mechanics.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 802 or CE 802 or ME 716 or ME 846.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • ME 942 - Convection Heat Transfer

    Credits: 3

    Energy and momentum equations in convective heat transfer, laminar and turbulent thermal boundary layers, steady and nonsteady convection problems.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Odd Years


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  • ME 943 - Radiation Heat Transfer

    Credits: 3

    Basic theories of thermal radiation, shape factors; exact and approximate solutions of integral equations of radiation heat transfer between solid surfaces with absorbing or nonabsorbing medium.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Even Years


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  • ME 947 - Boiling Heat Transfer

    Credits: 3

    Principles of boiling heat transfer and thermal hydraulics of two-phase flow; computational methods; design and analysis applications.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 942

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • ME 999 - Dissertation Research in Mechanical Engineering PhD Level

    Credits: 1-18

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Approval of department head and major professor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 501 - Introduction to Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 3

    An overview course to acquaint non-nuclear engineers with introductory aspects of nuclear engineering.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Junior standing in engineering or physical sciences.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • NE 515 - Nuclear Engineering Materials

    Credits: 3

    An investigation of the nuclear properties, metallurgy, the processing of nuclear materials, and the behavior of fuels and components in a radiation environment.

    Note:
    Three hours lecture a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 505, CHE 350.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • NE 520 - Neutron and Particle Interactions I

    Credits: 2

    Neutron interactions and associated cross sections of importance to nuclear reactor theory; fission and its application to reactor design; energetics of multiple neutron scattering and neutron thermalization.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 505.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 612 - Principles of Radiation Detection

    Credits: 3

    Operating principles and general properties of devices used in the detection and characterization of ionizing radiation. Fundamental methods of data interpretation and presentation.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab. a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 495.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 620 - Problems in Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 3

    Engage the student in theory, design, characterization, and applications of neutron beams from fission reactors.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Consult program director.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 630 - Nuclear Reactor Theory

    Credits: 3

    Theory of neutron diffusion and thermalization with application to steady-state nuclear reactors.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: MATH 340, NE 495.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • NE 635 - Generation IV Reactor Design

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the complex field of nuclear reactor design, with emphasis on Gen IV reactor technology.  Discussion topics include nuclear power cycles, the nuclear fuel cycle, the reactor design process, and reactor safety.  The conceptual design of an advanced nuclear reactor based on a candidate Generation IV technology. 

    Note:
    3 hours lecture

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 630

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 640 - Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics

    Credits: 3

    Engineering principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear power plant components and systems. Fundamentals of nuclear energy generation, heat transport, and single- and two-phase flows.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 495.
    Corequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 648 - Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

    Credits: 3

    Theory and measurement of nuclear and reactor parameters of fundamental importance to nuclear reactors and their operation.

    Note:
    Two hour lecture and three hours lab. a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 512 and NE 630.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 690 - Radiation Protection and Shielding

    Credits: 3

    Basic concepts of radiation protection, doses, associated risks, and exposure limits. Properties of natural and other radiation sources, and evaluation of internal and external doses. Techniques for shield design including ray, point kernel, and transport theories for both neutrons and gamma rays.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 495, PHYS 214, MATH 340.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • NE 730 - Applied Reactor Physics

    Credits: 3

    Principles of reactor physics as used in practice.  Topics include the fundamentals of nuclear data processing, pin- and lattice-level analysis for generation of multigroup constants, and full-core models of nuclear reactors based on multigroup diffusion theory. Throughout, students will use commercial-grade software, including CASMO 4 and SIMULATE 3, to complete computational laboratory assignments.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 630 and ME 400.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Even Years


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  • NE 737 - Intermediate Radiation Measurement Applications

    Credits: 3

     

    The course will cover physical principles and mathematical modeling of radiation-based measurement systems used in medical and non-medical applications.  Topics include measurement principles and inverse methods, radio-gauging, radio-tracing, quantitative analysis methods, imaging with ionizing radiation, and radiation scanning.

    Note:
    Three hours lecture a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 612, NE 690.

    Typically Offered
    Spring-Odd Years


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  • NE 740 - Nuclear Systems and Design

    Credits: 3

    Principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear systems with emphasis on nuclear power reactors. Energy generation and removal in heat transfer fluids, reactor and component control systems and nuclear fuel reloading patterns. Design philosophy of existing, advanced and passively safe nuclear reactors will be covered.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • NE 761 - Radiation Measurement Systems

    Credits: 3

    Principles of systems used to measure radiation. Applications to radiation monitoring, dosimetry, and spectroscopy.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 612.

    Typically Offered
    Fall-Odd Years


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  • NE 799 - Special Topics in Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 0-18

    Topical material of importance in nuclear engineering, such as controlled thermonuclear reactions, numerical analysis, Monte Carlo methods in radiation transport, effects of nuclear explosions, etc.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Consent of program director.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • NE 806 - Neutronics

    Credits: 3

    Particle transport, theories of diffusion, numerical analysis of diffusion, transient core analysis.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 630.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • NE 810 - Graduate Problems in Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 1-18

    Specific studies in advanced problems in various phases of nuclear engineering.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of program director.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 851 - Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

    Credits: 2

    Design of experiments for the TRIGA nuclear reactor.

    Note:
    Six hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: NE 630 and NE 648.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand


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  • NE 860 - Advanced Topics in Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 1-18

    A presentation of various special topics covering advanced nuclear engineering specialties.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of program director.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 898 - Master’s Report

    Credits: 0-18

    Topics selected with approval of major professor and department head.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 899 - Master’s Thesis

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics selected with approval of major professor and program director.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • NE 998 - Selected Advanced Topics in Nuclear Engineering

    Credits: 0-18

    Current topics of interest in nuclear engineering at an advanced level, such as controlled thermonuclear reactions, numerical analysis, Monte Carlo methods in radiation transport, etc.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Consent of program director.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • NE 999 - Dissertation Research

    Credits: 1-18

    Topics selected with approval of major professor and program director.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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