MECH 100 / INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Credit: 3Precondition:

Basic mathematical notation and formulations in mechanical engineering: tensor algebra, indicial notation, coordinate transformations, basic tensor operations in indicial notation. Units and unit conversions. Key mechanical engineering concepts and their use in mechanical design. Introduction to mechanical design: forces in structures, materials and stresses, materials selection. Major fields of specialization in mechanical engineering. Design process and practical experience in team projects.

MECH 201 / STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (PHYS. 101 and MATH. 106) or consent of the instructor

Statics: force, moment, equilibrium of rigid bodies, moment of inertia of areas, structural analysis of trusses, frames and machines, internal forces and moments. Mechanics of materials: normal and shear stresses and strains, mechanical properties of materials, axial load, torsion, bending, transverse shear, combined loadings, transformation of stresses, principal stresses and Mohr's circle, and beam deflection.

MECH 202 / ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH. 201 or consent of the instructor

Introduction to engineering materials such as metals, ceramics and glasses, polymers, and composites. Crystalline structure and defects. Elastic and plastic deformations of materials. Hardness. Creep and stress relaxation. Visco-elastic deformation. Thermal behavior. Failure analysis. Phase diagrams. Heat treatment.

MECH 203 / INTRO TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Credit: 4Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH 100 or concent of the instructor

Formulation of the mechanical engineering design process. Spatial representation, visual thinking and graphical presentation. Conceptual product design. Use of Computer Aided Design tools. Design exercises.

MECH 204 / THERMODYNAMICS
Credit: 3Precondition:

First and second laws. Energy conservation and entropy. Analysis of engineering systems, such as refrigeration cycles and combustion engines. Vapor/liquid equilibrium,applications in mixture behaviours.

MECH 206 / DYNAMICS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (COMP 125 and PHYS. 101 and MATH. 204) or consent of the instructor

Introduction to the kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Energy and momentum concepts.

MECH 291 / SUMMER PRACTICE I
Credit: 0Precondition: Prerequisite: ACWR 101 and MECH 100 and (DOS 171 or CPAP 100)

A minimum of 20 working days of training in an industrial summer practice program after the completion of third year. The training is based on the contents of the "Summer Practice Guide Booklet" prepared by each engineering department. Students receive practical knowledge and hands-on experience in an industrial setting.

MECH 301 / FLUID MECHANICS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH 204 and MATH. 203 and 204 or consent of the instructor

Characteristics of fluids, fluid statics, Bernoulli equation, fluid kinematics, boundary layers, viscous flows and turbulence.

MECH 302 / HEAT TRANSFER
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH. 301 or consent of the instructor

Steady state and transient conduction. Convection. Internal and external flows. Radiation. Analysis and design of heat exchange equipment.

MECH 303 / MACHINE DESIGN
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH. 201

Basic concepts to analyze and design different machine components. Design of assemblies to meet certain requirements.

MECH 304 / DYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 204 and MECH. 206) or consent of the instructor

Modeling and dynamic analysis of mechanical systems. Feedback control.

MECH 306 / MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Credit: 4Precondition: Prerequisite: (MECH. 201 and MECH. 202) or consent of the instructor

Materials: structure of metals, testing for mechanical properties, physical properties, heat treatments, iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, polymers and composite materials. Processes: casting, rolling, forging, extrusion, sheet-metal forming, powder-metallurgy, polymer and composite processing, rapid-prototyping and machining (turning and milling). Engineering metrology and instrumentation. Introduction to CNC coding and simulations.

MECH 307 / NUMERICAL METHODS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 204 and (Comp 110 or Comp 130 or COMP. 125 or 131) or consent of the instructor

Introduction to programming in MATLAB, foundations in computing, root finding, solving systems of linear equations with direct and iterative methods, solving nonlinear equations of multi-variables, curve-fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, solving ODEs and PDEs using Eulerian time-marching scheme and finite difference method (FDM), solving many engineering problems related with initial- and boundary-value problems, Laplace and heat equations.

MECH 308 / FINITE ELEMENTS ANALYSIS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MATH. 204 and MECH. 303

Introduction to finite element method (FEM) as a computational tool for stress analysis. Basic theory with emphasis on linear elasticity and application of the FEM to various engineering problems: stress analysis, natural modes and frequencies of vibration, heat transfer, mechanics of micro and nano structures. Development of finite element code and use of commercial codes for practical applications.

MECH 391 / SUMMER PRACTICE II
Credit: 0Precondition: Prerequisite: (MECH 291 or ENGR 291) and ACWR 106-102-103-104-105-107

A minimum of 20 working days of training in an industrial summer practice program after the completion of third year. The training is based on the contents of the "Summer Practice Guide Booklet" prepared by each engineering department. Students receive practical knowledge and hands-on experience in an industrial setting.

MECH 401 / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MECH. 201 and MECH. 206 and MECH. 301 and MECH. 302 and MECH. 304) or consent of the instructor

Basic instrumentation and measurement techniques for mechanical engineering systems. Experimentation with thermal systems and machines to demonstrate thermodynamics, fluid, heat transfer, dynamics and control concepts. Data acquisition, analysis, and presentation techniques.

MECH 406 / INTRODUCTION TO ELASTICITY AND PLASTICITY
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 204 and MECH. 201) or consent of the instructor

Indicial notation, tensor algebra, coordinate transformation, linear elasticity, stress, strain, constitutive law for linear elastic solids, the principle of virtual displacements, plane stress and plane strain, yield criteria (von Mises, Tresca, yield surfaces), work hardening models (isotropic hardening, kinematic hardening), elasticity, plasticity, uni-axial deformation, multi-axial deformation.

MECH 408 / INTRODUCTION TO BIOMECHANICS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: MECH. 201 or consent of the instructor

Applications of mechanics to biological systems; basic principles of mechanics (force-moment, stress-strain, work, energy, rigid body dynamics), analysis of human movement, musculoskeletal mechanics, tissue mechanics, motor control system, sports biomechanics, and rehabilitation engineering.

MECH 409 / MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite:MECH 202 and 203 and 204 and 306

Material and manufacturing process selection in automotive engineering, product design and development, quality control and testing methods, general introduction to other fields of automotive engineering.

MECH 411 / THEORY OF VIBRATION
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 203 and MATH. 204) or consent of the instructor

Teaches deterministic vibratory motion of mechanical systems. Includes free, forced-harmonic, forced-periodic, and forced-transient vibration of single-degree-of-freedom, multiple-degree-of-freedom, and continuous systems. It also gives an introduction to the Finite Element Method.

MECH 412 / VEHICLE ENGINEERING
Credit: 3Precondition:

Particle kinematics. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Newtonian kinetics of a rigid body. Impulse-momentum and work-energy principles. Analytical mechanics. Holonomic and nonholonomic constrains. Virtual displacement. Generalized forces. Hamilton`s principle. Lagrange equations. Constrained generalized coordinates. Computational methods in the state space. Hamiltonian Mechanics. Gibbs-Appell equations. Gyroscopic effects.

MECH 421 / ADVANCED FLUID DYNAMICS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 204 and MECH. 301) or consent of the instructor

Foundations of fluid mechanics introduced at an advanced level. Aspects of kinetic theory as it applies to formulation of continuum fluid dynamics. Introduction to tensor analysis and derivation of Navier Stokes equations and energy equation for compressible fluids. Boundary conditions and surface phenomena. Viscous flows, boundary layer theory, potential flows and vorticity dynamics. Introduction to turbulence and turbulent flows.

MECH 422 / COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: (MATH. 204 and MECH. 301) or consent of the instructor

Numerical methods for elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic and mixed type partial differential equations arising in fluid flow and heat transfer problems. Finite-difference, finite-volume and some finite-element methods. Accuracy, convergence, and stability; treatment of boundary conditions and grid generation. Review of current methods. Assignments require programming a digital computer.

MECH 423 / POLYMER ENGINEERING
Credit: 3Precondition: Prerequisite: CHEM. 102 or consent of the instructor

Polymers, their synthesis and properties. Relationshios between molecular structure and properties. Rheology in polymer processing. Fabrication methods and applications.