Fundamentals of Mechanics Statics: equilibrium, the principle of transmissibility of forces, couples, centroids, trusses, frames, machines and friction. Introduction to strength of materials: axial stresses and strains, statically indeterminate problems, torsion and bending. Dynamics: dynamics of particles and rigid bodies with an introduction to kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, work, energy, impulse momentum and mechanical vibrations. Emphasis is on problem solving. For students majoring in industrial and systems engineering.
Credits: 4 Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisites: PHYS-211 or PHYS-211A or 1017-312 or 1017-312T or 1017-389 or PHYS-206 and PHYS-207 or equivalent course
A basic course in the fundamental principles of the mechanics of deformable media, including stress, strain, deflections and the relationships among them. The basic loadings of tension, compression, shear, torsion and bending are also included.
Credits: 3 Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: MECE-103 or equivalent course
The main topics covered in this course are the analysis and design of engineering structures subjected to various types of loadings, including tension, compression, shear, torsion, and bending, and the fundamental knowledge of the structure, properties, and structure/properties relationship of metallic, polymeric, composite and ceramic materials in service environments. The course is supported by several demonstration experiments.
Credits: 2 Contact Hours: 2
Materials Science is the study of the structure, properties, and processing of metallic, polymeric, composite and ceramic materials as related to structural imperfections, atom movements and phase changes. Students develop a basic understanding of the structure/properties relationship in materials and their behavior in service environments. The course is supported by a separate laboratory course (MECE 306 Materials Science Apps Lab).
Credits: 3 Contact Hours: 3
A required laboratory course taken concurrently with MECE-304 Fundamentals of Materials Science or MECE-305 Materials Science with Applications. Students investigate the effects of the structure, alloying, and processing of materials on their mechanical properties. Students are also introduced to standardized testing methods and effective, professional, report writing.
Credits: 1 Contact Hours: 1
This course provides a continuation of concepts pertaining to the mechanics of deformable media and their relation to the failure of materials. Failure topics pertaining to yielding, buckling, fracture, and fatigue for structures under static and dynamic loading conditions are discussed. A function-constraints-objective approach to the mechanical design process is introduced.
Credits: 3 Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: MECE-203 or equivalent course
The overall objective of this course is to provide students the exposure of traditional and non-traditional manufacturing processes which include casting, thermoforming, sheet metal forming, machining, polymer processing, joining, additive manufacturing, and more. Students will learn how to apply the basic properties of materials to manufacturing analysis and product design within an economic framework from lectures and projects.
Credits: 3 Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: MECE-104 Engineering Design Tools, MECE-203 Strength of Materials I, MECE-305 Materials Science and Applications
Co-Requisites: MECE-350 Strengths II