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ME 504. Vibrations. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 205, 220, 340 and MATH
312. Free and forced vibrations of undamped and damped, single-degree of freedom, multi-
degree of freedom, and continuous systems. Exact and approximate methods to find natural
frequencies.
ME 511. Mechanical Engineering Power Systems Theory and Design. Lecture 3 hours; 3
credits. Prerequisites: ME 312 and 315. Thermodynamic properties to gases and vapor relating to
power generating device, work-energy relations, combustion and heat exchangers. Performance
analyses and design concepts of gas turbines, internal combustion engines, steam power plants
and heat exchanger equipment from theoretical and applied viewpoints.
ME 512. Environmental Control. Lecture 3 hours; credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: ME 312 and
315. Engineering principles as applied to the analysis and design of systems for automatically
controlling man or machine environments. Course encompasses fundamentals of heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, cryogenics, and design of building energy systems.
ME 514. Introduction to Gas Dynamics. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 303 and
311. One-dimensional compressible flow considering isentropic flow, normal shocks, flow in
constant area ducts with friction, flow in ducts with heating and cooling, oblique shocks, Prandtl-
Meyer expansions, shock-expansion theory, flow around diamond shaped airfoils and wind
tunnel mechanics.
ME 516. Solar Power Engineering. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 315. Basic
solar radiation processes on earth are followed by engineering analysis of collectors (flat-plate,
focusing, etc.), receivers/boilers, energy storage methods, space heating and cooling techniques,
systems design and dynamic simulation.
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ME 517. Propulsion Systems. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 312 or 414. Basic
principles of operation and performance of propulsion systems including turbojet, turboprop,
turbofan, and ramjet engines; an introduction to chemical rockets, ion and plasma thrusters.
ME 531. Mechanisms Analysis and Design. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 205
and 332 and MATH 312. Basic relations necessary for analysis of plane motion mechanisms,
numerical and analytical solutions for some of the basic mechanisms, methods of calculating
rolling and sliding velocities and accelerations of contacting bodies, cams, and gears.
ME 538. Control System Design and Applications. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite:
ME 436. Analysis, computer-aided design and implementation of practical control systems:
introduction to state space and digital control; laboratory sessions on data acquisition, system
identification, analog computing and implementation of analog and digital controllers.