Engineering Science

Overview

The scientific study of engineering devices and processes.

Projects

Elementary

  1. Boilers
  2. CAD/CAM
  3. Center of Gravity
  4. Centroids
  5. Chemical Equilibrium
  6. Combustion Engines
  7. Couples
  8. Deformation
  9. Density Measurement
  10. Displacements
  11. Distributed Forces
  12. Energy Conservation
  13. Equilibrium
  14. Fasteners
  15. Force Resultants
  16. Forces
  17. Free-body Diagrams
  18. Friction
  19. Impulse-Momentum Principles
  20. Kinematics of Particles
  21. Manufacturing
  22. Newton's Laws of Motion
  23. Particle Kinematics
  24. Polariscope
  25. Resultants of Force Systems.
  26. Rockets
  27. Static Equilibrium
  28. Strain
  29. Stress
  30. Temperature Measurement
  31. Thermal Stresses
  32. Ventilating
  33. Work-Energy Principles

Intermediate

  1. Air-Breathing Engines
  2. Air Conditioning
  3. Analysis of Structural Elements
  4. Chromatography Technology
  5. Combined Loads
  6. Continuum Mechanics
  7. Controlled Environmental Systems
  8. Dimensional Analysis
  9. Elastic Strings
  10. Elasticity
  11. Energy Transport
  12. Entropy
  13. Equilibrium Points
  14. First Law of Thermodynamics
  15. Fluid Dynamics
  16. Fluid Statics
  17. Fossil Fuel Combustion
  18. Gas Turbine Cycle
  19. Hamilton's Principle
  20. Heating
  21. Hydraulic Systems
  22. Irreversibility
  23. Lagrangian Mechanics
  24. Lasers
  25. Melting Points
  26. Moving Coordinate Frames
  27. Pressure Measurement
  28. Propulsion
  29. Rankine Cycle
  30. Rigid Body Kinematics
  31. Robotics
  32. Second Law of Thermodynamics
  33. Separation Processes
  34. Similitude
  35. Statically Indeterminate Systems
  36. Support Conditions
  37. Thermal Systems
  38. Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis
  39. Thermodynamics of Mixtures
  40. Torsion
  41. Water
  42. Wind Tunnel
  43. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

Advanced

  1. Acoustics
  2. Adaptive Control Theory
  3. Aerodynamics
  4. Aerosols
  5. Amorphous Solids
  6. Attitude Control
  7. Biochemical Technology
  8. Biomedical Engineering Technology
  9. Biopotential Amplifiers
  10. Biopotential Electrodes
  11. Biorobotics
  12. Biotechnology
  13. Bose-Einstein Statistics
  14. Boundary Layers
  15. Buckling
  16. Canonical Systems
  17. Castigliano's Method
  18. Catalysis
  19. Cell Signalling Networks
  20. Cementitious Materials
  21. Chaotic Behavior
  22. Chemical Kinetics
  23. Chemical Process Control
  24. Cogeneration
  25. Colloidal Dispersions
  26. Combustion
  27. Composites
  28. Compressible Fluids
  29. Constitutive Relations
  30. Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
  31. Crystallization
  32. Deflagration
  33. Detonation
  34. Diagonal Tension
  35. Diffusion
  36. Disorder-Order Transitions
  37. Drying
  38. Dynamics of Chemical Reactors
  39. Earthquake Engineering
  40. Elastic Stability
  41. Electrofluid Dynamics
  42. Electrokinetics
  43. Evaporation of Fuel
  44. Expansion Waves
  45. Fatigue
  46. Fermi-Dirac Statistics
  47. Film Formation
  48. Flow Control
  49. Flow Induced Oscillations
  50. Flow of Granular Materials
  51. Fluid Mixing
  52. Fluid Properties
  53. Fluid Transients
  54. Fractal Dimension
  55. Geological Storage of Gas
  56. Guidance Systems
  57. Hamiltonian Mechanics
  58. Heat Conduction
  59. Heat Transfer Measurement
  60. Helicopters
  61. Heterogeneous Materials
  62. High Temperature Chemical Reaction Technology
  63. Ignition
  64. Image Processing
  65. Ionic Criticality
  66. Ionomers
  67. Interfacial Electrostatics
  68. Limit Cycles
  69. Liquids
  70. Lyapunov Exponents
  71. Mach Number Measurement
  72. Machine Servo Systems
  73. Mass Transport
  74. Materials Processing
  75. Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics
  76. Maxwell Thermodynamic Relations
  77. Mechanical Vibrations
  78. Medical Imaging
  79. Molecular Beams
  80. Molecular Distribution Functions
  81. Molecular Shapes
  82. Molecular Symmetry
  83. Momentum Transport
  84. Multiphase Flows
  85. Noise Control
  86. Nucleation
  87. Open Channel Flow
  88. Optimal Control
  89. Oxidation Catalysts
  90. Percolation Theory
  91. Piezoelectric Effect
  92. Plasmas
  93. Plasticity
  94. Plates
  95. Polymers
  96. Process Design
  97. Process Synthesis
  98. Propulsion Dynamics
  99. Rate Constants
  100. Reactor Design
  101. Relaxation Phenomena
  102. Rheology
  103. Robust Control
  104. Robot Dynamics
  105. Robot Kinematics
  106. Robot Motion Planning
  107. Shock Waves
  108. Soft Condensed Matter
  109. Statistical Mechanics of Adsorption
  110. Strain Gauges
  111. Strange Attractors
  112. Stress Analysis
  113. Subsonic Flow
  114. Supersonic Flow
  115. Structural Systems in Building Design
  116. Systems of Rigid Bodies
  117. Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow
  118. Thermodynamics of Reacting Mixtures
  119. Thin-Airfoil Theory
  120. Transitional Flows
  121. Transonic Flow
  122. Turbulent Shear Flow
  123. Virtual Mass
  124. Viscous Flow
  125. Vortex Rings
  126. Wind Effects
  127. Wind Tunnels

Frontier

  1. Acousto-optics
  2. Active Noise Control
  3. Adhesion
  4. Aerodynamic Heating
  5. Aeroelasticity
  6. Aerosol Evolution
  7. Biodegradation Kinetics
  8. Biological Membranes
  9. Blast Wave Theory
  10. Ceramics from Gels
  11. Chemical Kinetics of Non-Arrhenius Chemical Reactions
  12. Combustion Kinetics
  13. Combustion Thermodynamics
  14. Computational Fluid Dynamics
  15. Confined Combustion
  16. Copolymers
  17. Diffusion Flames
  18. Electric Propulsion
  19. Electroluminescent Polymers
  20. Engine Combustion
  21. Flame Velocity
  22. Fluid Structure
  23. Fracture Mechanics
  24. Glasses from Gels
  25. Hypersonic Flow
  26. Ignition Processes
  27. Intelligent Control
  28. Interfacial Instabilities
  29. Lithographically Induced Self Assembly
  30. Measurement of Turbulence
  31. Nanolithography
  32. Neural Signal Processing
  33. Nonlinear Control
  34. Photoelasticity
  35. Polymer Composites
  36. Polymer Conformation
  37. Polymer Crystallization
  38. Process Dynamics
  39. Protein Engineering
  40. Self-Assembly of Molecules
  41. Shear Lag
  42. Shells
  43. Spanning Length Scales and Time Scales
  44. Spray Combustion
  45. Structural Changes in Solids
  46. Supercooled Fluids
  47. Supercooled Glasses
  48. Supercritical Fluids
  49. Surface Science
  50. Tissue Engineering
  51. Tomography
  52. Ultrasonic Motors
  53. Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
  54. Viscoelasticity
  55. Viscous Creeping Flow
  56. Vortex Dipoles

AEM 455 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (also MTE 455). (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: AEM 250.
Flow and fracture of solids; uniaxial stress-strain as a reference behavior; and
theories of terminal stability under impact; monotonic, sustained (creep), and
repeated (fatigue) loadings of solids under various states of stress.
AEM 461 Computational Methods for Aerospace Structures. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: MATH 237 and AEM 341.
Development of the fundamentals of the finite-element method from matrix and
energy methods. Use of the finite-element method for detailed design of
aerospace structures. Modeling techniques for static and dynamic analyses.
AEM 468 Dynamics of Flight. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: AEM 349 and AEM 368.
Introduction to the dynamics of flight vehicles; equations for static and
dynamic equilibrium; criteria for stability, controllability, and
maneuverability; and fundamentals and mathematical models using linear
differential equations.
AEM 469 Astrodynamics I. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: MATH 238 and AEM 264.
Introduction to engineering application of celestial mechanics; high-speed
high-altitude aerodynamics; and other fields related to the contemporary
problems of space vehicles. Fundamentals of applied dynamics, nomenclature of
space flight, space environment and solar system, and two-body orbits. Kepler's
laws, coordinate transformations, and related studies.
AEM 470 Mechanical Vibrations (also ME 470). (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: AEM 250 and ME 372.
Free and forced vibrations, both undamped and damped. Systems with many degrees
of freedom are formulated and analyzed by matrix methods. Experimental
techniques of vibration measurement are introduced.
AEM 474 Structural Dynamics. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: AEM 341 and AEM 368.
Corequisite: AEM 461.
Fundamental methods for predicting the dynamic response of structures.
AEM 475 Control-Systems Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: AEM 372.
Classical feedback control-system analysis; block diagrams, state variables,
stability, root locus, and computerized analysis. Includes an introduction to
modern control techniques.
AEM 480 Introductory Computational Fluid Dynamics. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: AEM 311 or AEM 303.
Analyses of aerodynamic flow problems using a digital computer.
AEM 485 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (also ME 485). (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: GES 126, ME 349, ME 372, and AEM 250.
Elements of computer-aided design, including finite-element stress analysis,
dynamic system simulation, and numerical optimization. Use of interactive
computer programs to design mechanical systems.
AEM 491 and AEM 492 Special Problems. Variable credit.
Assigned problems are explored on an individual basis. Credit is based on the
amount of work undertaken.
AEM 495 Aerospace Engineering Seminar. (2-0) Two hours.
Corequisite: AEM 402.
Selected topics from recent developments in the aeronautical and space
engineering fields. There are visiting lecturers and extensive student
participation. Several nontechnical topics of immediate interest to seniors are
explored. Each student must complete a personal resumé and subscribe to
Aerospace America. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this
course.
Advanced Undergraduate/Entry-level Graduate Courses
AEM 500 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (also AEM/ME 500). (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: MATH 238, ME 215, and AEM 311.
AEM 503 Intermediate Gas Dynamics (also AEM 503). (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: ME 215, AEM 311, and MATH 238.
AEM 585 Genetic Algorithms in Optimization and Machine Learning. (3-0) Three
hours.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, and GES 249 or AEM 249, or CS 110 or CS 114.
AEM 587 Neural Networks. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, and GES 249 or AEM 249, or CS 114 or CS 513.

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