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        to be aware of entrepreneurial   MEC 480 - Mechanical Vibration   This course is a capstone project for                             controllers and simulation programs   Topics include: Computer numerical
        opportunities relevant to design and                         mechanical engineering students.          Major Elective Courses       on overall energy management.   control, application of geometrical
        manufacturing.                Credit Hours: 3                     The project typically involves the                                                               modeling, part programming, and
                                      Prerequisite: MEC 310 + MEC 410  design of mechanical engineering                                     MEC 464  - Power Plants        introduction to computer integrated
        MEC 463 - Turbomachinery                                     system or a device.  Each group of                                     Credit Hours: 3                manufacturing. Students gain
                                      This course aims at providing
        Credit Hours: 3               students with knowledge in the area   mechanical engineering seniors may   Energy Systems             Prerequisite: MEC 321 + MEC 420  hands-on skills in using a computer
        Prerequisite: MEC 420         of mechanical vibrations. Topics   address one or more mechanical       MEC 460 - Air-Conditioning    Forms of energy, oil, gas and coal.    aided manufacturing package
                                                                                                                                                                           and computer numerical control
                                                                     engineering aspects such as
        An introduction to the fundamentals   include: free and forced vibration   thermos-fluid systems, aerodynamics   Systems            Combustion processes, energy   machine tools. The course also
        of modern turbomachinery. Emphasis   of one-degree-of-freedom systems;   and aircraft design, dynamics &   Credit Hours: 3          cycles. Steam generators and their   provides students with the awareness
        will be placed on gas (combustion),   free and forced vibrations of   control systems, renewable energy                             component design. Turbines. Load   of entrepreneurial activities in
        steam, wind and hydraulic     multi-degrees-of-freedom systems;   systems and design & manufacturing   Prerequisite: MEC 420        curves. Field trips to power plants   manufacturing.
        turbomachinery. Applications of   natural frequencies and mode   aspects.                             This course aims to provide students   and other energy installations.
        the principles of fluid mechanics,   shapes; vibration control; vibration                             with in-depth understanding of                               MEC 472 - Mechanics of
        thermodynamics and aerodynamics   measurement methods; and vibration   MEC 499 - Capstone Design      Types of air-conditioning systems,   Materials and Manufacturing  Materials II
        to the design and analysis of turbines   of continuous systems.   Project – II                        cooling load calculations, A/C cycles   MEC 431 - Computer Aided   Credit Hours: 3
        and compressors are incorporated.   MEC 482 - Introduction to   Credit Hours: 3                       and control, air distribution systems:                       Prerequisite: MEC 302
        Students are expected to have a solid   Mechatronics         Prerequisite: MEC 498 + Senior           ducting design and air supply, air   Machine Design
        background in undergraduate fluid                            Status (120 credits)                     distribution fans design. Chilled water   Credit Hours: 3    Advanced topics in solid mechanics
        mechanics and thermodynamics.  Credit Hours: 3                                                        systems: water chillers, design of   Prerequisite:  MEC 430  including energy methods, the
                                      Prerequisite: MEC 390 + MEC 410  This course is the second and major    water distribution systems. Matching                         principle of virtual work, pressure
        MEC 465  - Numerical and                                     part of the capstone project for         of different components of the   This course aims at covering the   vessels, buckling, aspects of elasticity,
        Finite Element Simulation of   This course aims to provide students   mechanical engineering students.   system, vibration and noise problems   theory and application of design   curved beams, fracture mechanics,
        Engineering Problems          with an introduction to, and hands-  The project typically involves the   in the air conditioning systems.   methods for complicated machine   and their software assisted
                                      on skills for, mechatronics elements.                                                                 components. Computers will be used   application to the reliable design of
        Credit Hours: 3                           Topics include: statics, dynamics   design of mechanical engineering   MEC 461 - Internal Combustion   to help design integrated systems.   structures. The three fundamental
                                                                     system or a device.  Each group of
        Prerequisites: MEC 302 + MTT 204  and statistical characteristics of   mechanical engineering seniors may   Engines                 The course also focuses on gaining   aspects of these problems include
        Co-Requisite: MEC 420         measurement systems, measuring   address one or more mechanical         Credit Hours: 3               skills in self research, critical thinking   equilibrium, geometric compatibility,
                                      fundamental properties; transducers                                                                   and working within design groups.   and material constitutive laws.
        This is a foundation course in the   for measuring position, velocity   engineering aspects such as   Prerequisite: MEC 321         Topics covered include design of
        area of numerical and finite element   and acceleration, fluid flow,   thermos-fluid systems, aerodynamics   This course aims to provide students   journal and rolling-element bearings,   MEC 473 - Non-Conventional
        analysis in solids mechanics and   temperature, pressure and strain,   and aircraft design, dynamics   with in-depth understanding of   gears and gear boxes, clutches,   Manufacturing
        thermo fluids. The course provides   signal conditioning and problems,   & control systems, renewable   engines, fuels and exhaust emissions.   couplings, and brakes. Ethical issues   Credit Hours: 3
        a unified theoretical treatment   operational amplifiers, integrators,   energy systems and design &   Topics include introduction and   and Entrepreneurial opportunities   Prerequisite: MEC 301
        for the formulation of the finite   differentiators, diode circuits and   manufacturing aspects. Projects with   classifications of engines, fuel air   and case studies will be explored
        element, finite volume and finite   applications, bipolar junction   interdisciplinary nature between   and actual cycles, thermo-chemistry   throughout the course.   Principle and working and
        difference methods in engineering   transistors and field-effect transistors   various fields are encouraged and   of combustion processes, flame                  applications of unconventional
        applications. The formulation is   theory and applications, analog to   preferred.                    types, chemical kinetics, normal   MEC 470 - Composites Materials   machining process such as Electro-
        presented for general engineering   digital/digital to analog conversions,                            and abnormal combustion in    Design                         Discharge machining, Electro
        problems in linear static, conduction   and microprocessor applications.                              spark ignition and compression   Credit Hours: 3             chemical machining, ultrasonic
        heat transfer and incompressible   The course also includes weekly lab                                ignition engines, air pollution   Prerequisite:  MEC 300 + MEC 302    machining, Abrasive jet machining.
        fluid mechanics analyses. The   sessions which focus on gaining                                       from combustion systems, engine                              MEC 474 - Fracture & Fatigue
        course is aimed at giving students   hands-on skills with mechatronics                                performance and testing, non-  This course aims to provide
        an overview of the use, limitations   components and devices. The course                              conventional engines.         students with the knowledge of   Control in Design

        and applications of the methods in   also aims to familiarize students                                                              composite materials including the
        solids and thermo fluids. The use of   with entrepreneurial opportunities                             MEC 462 - Energy Management   constitutive materials, manufacturing   Credit Hours: 3
        a commercial program in a project   related to mechatronics, as well as                               Credit Hours: 3               processes, performances, and design   Prerequisite: MEC 430
        type of work will provide the students   to increase their commitment to                              Prerequisite: MEC 420         approaches.                    Co Requisite: MEC 465
        with an overview of the capabilities   ethical practices and to social and                                                          MEC 471 - Introduction to      This is a foundation course in
        and limitations of such programs   environmental issues.                                              Energy management principle,   Computer Aided Manufacturing  the area of fracture and fatigue
                                                                                                              Energy auditing process, utility rate
        available in the market. Ethical and   MEC 498 - Capstone Design                                      structures, economic principles and                          considerations in mechanical
        autonomous learning techniques will                                                                   life cycle cost. Energy management   Credit Hours: 3         design.  The course provides unified
        be employed throughout the course   Project-I                                                         applications in buildings, boilers   Prerequisite: MEC 301   treatment for the failure analysis of
        where relevant.               Credit Hour: 1                                                          and thermal systems, waste heat   This course aims to provide   mechanical components subjected
                                      Prerequisite: MEC 465 (co) + Senior                                     recovery, electrical systems, motors   students with the fundamentals of   to monotonic and cyclic loading.
                                      Status (108 credits)                                                    and insulation material. Impact of   computer-aided manufacturing.   Design based on fracture mechanics



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