Courses: Mechanical Engineering (MECE)College: Cullen College of Engineering

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

MECE 1100: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Cr. 1. (0-2.) Topics in mechanical engineering, computational tools, ethics, intellectual property, technical writing and presentation.

MECE 1331: Computing for Mechanical Engineers (also CHEE 1331, CIVE 1331, INDE 1331)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1431. Introduction to the computing environment: matrix arithmetic, programming essentials, spreadsheets, and symbolic algebra tools. Solution of typical engineering problems using computer tools.

MECE 2334: Thermodynamics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEM 1372, 1117, MATH 2433, and PHYS 1322. Fundamental concepts of heat and work, simple substances, energy analysis, first and second laws, thermodynamics of state.

MECE 2336: Mechanics I
[TCCN—ENGR 2301]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2433. Fundamentals of vector mechanics applied to systems of forces, resultants, free body diagrams, equilibrium and analysis of frames, machines and other structures. Centroids of areas, center of mass and moments of inertia.

 MECE 2361: Introduction to Mechanical Design
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: CNST 1330 and ENGI 2304. Introduction to engineering design. Individual and group projects.

MECE 3245: Materials Science Laboratory
Cr. 2. (1-3). Prerequisite: MECE 3345. Experiments in materials science and engineering topics.

MECE 3334: Thermodynamics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 2334 and 3336. Power and refrigeration cycles, mixture of ideal gases, basic combustion processes, equilibrium, thermodynamics of compressible flow, thermal system design.Power and refrigeration cycles, mixture of ideal gases, basic combustion processes, equilibrium, thermodynamics of compressible flow, thermal system design.

MECE 3336: Mechanics II
[TCCN—ENGR 2302]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 1331, 2336 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3321. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies.

MECE 3338: Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2361 and 3336. Design of system parameters and feedback control gains to satisfy transient and steady-state response specifications for mechanical systems. Transfer functions, time and frequency response, vibration isolation, automatic control systems. Design project required.

MECE 3345: Materials Science (formerly MECE 3445)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2334, 3336, CHEM, 1372, and CHEM 1117. Properties of materials described by and related to materials structure. Emphasis on mechanical properties of materials.

 MECE 3360: Experimental Methods
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisites: ECE 3336, ENGI 2304, MECE 1331, 2334, and 3336. Sensors, transducers, signal conditioning, data acquisition and data analysis. Measurement of length, strain, force, temperature, pressure, and velocity.

MECE 3363: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 2334, 3336, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3363. Fluid properties, control volume and differential balance equations, viscous and irrotational flows, dimensional analysis, laminar and turbulent flows.

MECE 3369: Solid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3336 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3363. Intermediate studies of the principles of stress analysis, buckling, energy methods, and the theories of failure; includes practical applications.

MECE 3371: Numerical Methods for Mechanical Engineers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 1331, 3336, 3369, and MATH 3363. Solution of mechanical engineering problems using computational methods.

MECE 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 3400: Introduction to Mechanics
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3321. Not for mechanical engineering majors. Statics of bodies, analysis of deformation and stress in elastic solids subject to bending and torsion, dynamics of particles, and mechanical vibrations.

MECE 4198: Independent Study
Cr. 1 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 4298: Independent Study
Cr. 2 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 4332: Mechanical Design III: Integration of Component Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, 3369, 3370 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 3345. Finite element theory for mechanical components and systems, failure theory in design, computer based design.

MECE 4334: Mechanical Design - Capstone Course
Cr. 3. (3-2). Prerequisites: senior standing in mechanical engineering, MECE 3338, 3369, and 4364. Credit may not be received for both INDE 4334 and MECE 4334. Applications of analytical, experimental and computational techniques in open-ended problems supplied by industry and faculty.

MECE 4340: Mechanical Engineering Capstone I
Cr. 3. (3-2). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, 3345, 3360, 3369, 3371; and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4364. Propose and begin team projects offered by industry and faculty. Professionalism, research methodologies, and technical communications.

MECE 4341: Mechanical Engineering Capstone II
Cr. 3. (3-2). Prerequisites: MECE 4340 and MECE 4364. Complete and defend team projects begun in MECE 4340.

MECE 4364: Heat Transfer
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3334, 3363, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 3371 . Steady and unsteady heat conduction; heat transfer by forced and free convection, radiation, and/or phase change; numerical solutions, and heat transfer system synthesis.

MECE 4371: Thermal-Fluids Laboratory
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: MECE 3360 and 4364. Experimental aspects of fluid mechanics and heat transfer; fluid behavior and fluid properties, flow variables and their measurement; temperature and heat transfer measurement; design and execution of student experiments.

MECE 4372: Mechanics-Controls-Vibration Laboratory
Cr. 3. (1.5-3). Prerequisites: MECE 3360 and 3338. Experimental methods to study dynamic response of structures and process systems. Course includes design of control systems and modification of laboratory hardware.

 MECE 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

 MECE 4498: Independent Study
Cr. 4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 4598: Independent Study
Cr. 5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

MECE 5119: Nanotechnology Laboratory
Cr. 1. (0-2). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, concurrent enrollment in 5319, and consent of instructor. Nanotechnology metrology and fabrication methods.

MECE 5120: Nanomaterials Engineering Laboratory
Cr. 1. (0-2). Prerequisites: ECE 5119 or CHEE 5119 or MECE 5119, enrollment in MECE 5320, and consent of instructor. Engineering of nanomaterials with emphasis on structural, optical, photonic, magnetic, and electronic materials. Experimental design, synthetic and analytical characterization will be emphasized.

MECE 5121: Nanofabrication Laboratory
Cr. 1. (0-2). Prerequisites: ECE 5120 or CHEE 5120 or MECE 5120, concurrent enrollment in MECE 5321, and consent of instructor. Design, fabrication, and metrology of nanoscale devices.

MECE 5300: Applied Magnetics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3245 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Overview of fundamental magnetic behavior of materials; device and sensor applications of magnetic materials.

MECE 5307: Fracture of Structural Materials
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3245 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Methods of materials characterization for fracture-resistant or fracture-safe design.

MECE 5312: Computational Fluid Dynamics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3363, 3371 and MATH 3363 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Finite-difference and finite-volume methods for solving fluid flow model PDEs. Concepts of consistency, stability, and convergence; Solution of large-scale linear equation systems. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4312 and MECE 5312.

MECE 5319: Introduction to Nanotechnology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, concurrent enrollment in 5119, or consent of instructor. Field of nanotechnology. Fundamental concepts underlying various nanotechnologies which serves as a leveling course.

MECE 5320: Introduction to Nanomaterials Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECE 5319 or CHEE 5319, concurrent enrollment in MECE 5120, or consent of instructor. Engineering of nanomaterials with emphasis on structural, optical, photonic, magnetic, and electronic materials. Synthetic methods and analytical characterization with design for applications will be emphasized.

MECE 5321: Design and Fabrication of Nanoscale Devices
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECE 5320 or CHEE 5320 or BIOE 3321, concurrent enrollment in MECE 5121, or consent of instructor. Design and fabrication at the nanoscale. Effects of nanoscale phenomena on device scaling; technological advantages and challenges. Design, fabrication, metrology, and device integration at nanoscale.

MECE 5323: Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEE 3363 or MECE 3363 or BIOE 3440 and MATH 3321. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4323, CHEE 5395, or MECE 5323. Fundamental concepts in tissue engineering and cell biology including structure, function, and replication.

MECE 5324: Advanced Continuum Biomechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MATH 3321 and BIOE 3440 or MECE 3363 or permission of instructor. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4324 and MECE 5324. Application of nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity to biological tissues including bone, skeletal muscle, blood vessels, and the heart.

MECE 5325: Application of Engineering Principles Applied to Biological Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: BIOE 3440 or equivalent. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4325 and MECE 5325. Analysis and mechanics of biological systems with emphasis on the structure, function, and material relationships of the cardiovascular system.

MECE 5331: Machine Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, 3369, 3371 and senior standing in mechanical engineering. General mechanical design considerations and processes, including materials, stress analysis, deflection, statistical analysis, failures resulting from both static and variable loading. Design of mechanical elements including screws, welding, springs, bearings, gears, brakes, and shafts.

MECE 5332: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3245, 3363, 3369, and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Vector and tensor analysis, kinematics of deformation, stress, the balance laws of physics, and basic constitutive theory with applications to elastic solids and viscous fluids.

MECE 5338: Fundamentals of Acoustics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MATH 3363, MECE 3336, ECE 3336, and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Introductory acoustics and ultrasonics: vibrations of strings, bars, membranes, transmission lines, plane and spherical waves.

MECE 5339: Introduction to Engineering Alloys
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3245 and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Structure and properties of metal alloys; selection of alloys for various engineering applications; metallographic examinations; scanning electron microscope fractography.

MECE 5348: Vortex-Induced Vibrations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: senior standing in mechanical engineering. Study of flow past fixed and oscillating cylinders. Vibration of cylindrical beams and columns. Vibration of a cylinder due to vortex shedding.

MECE 5349: Hydro/Aerodynamics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: senior standing in Engineering and MECE 3363 or equivalent. Two- and three-dimensional potential flows with application to various hydro- and aerodynamic shapes, including bluff bodies and airfoils. Vortex and surface singularity methods.

MECE 5350: Design of Alternative Energy Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 4364 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4334. Energy policy and economics, fundamentals of alternative energy devices, analysis and design of solar thermal collection and storage systems. Design project.

MECE 5360: Heat Transfer Component Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 4364 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4334. Extended surface analysis and design, equipment performance calculations, electronic equipment cooling, heat exchanger selection and design, design project.

MECE 5361: Introduction to Compressible FLow
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3334, 3363, and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Control volume solutions in one- and two-dimensional flows; normal and oblique shocks; isentropic flow; frictional flow; nonadiabatic flow; nozzles, diffusers, ejectors, and wind tunnels.

MECE 5363: Fluid Mechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3363, and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Flow in piping systems, boundary layers and bluff body flows, inviscid flow, and turbomachinery.

MECE 5364: Industrial Energy Conservation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3363, credit for or concurrent enrollment in MECE 4364. Technical and economic principles needed to assess the potential for energy conservation projects in energy-intensive industries. Applications of energy procedures involving steam usage, combustion science, heat recovery techniques and equipment, and industrial insulation. Lighting, ventilation, and air conditioning of industrial buildings.

MECE 5365: Vibration-Acoustical Transducers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338, ECE 3336 and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Principles of transduction, motional impedance, calibration and reciprocity, measurement of acoustic-vibration quantities.

MECE 5367: Control System Analysis and Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338 and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Analysis and design of control systems in mechanical engineering, stability and time response, controller design, state variable approach.

MECE 5369: Computational Fluid Dynamics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 5312 or equivalent, MATH 3363 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Credit may not be received for both MECE 5369 and BIOE 5369. Mathematics, numerical analysis, and theoretical foundations for Computational Fluid Dynamics.

MECE 5371: Vibration Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3338 and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Single and multiple degree-of-freedom systems; free and forced vibrations of damped and undamped systems; approximate methods of analysis.

MECE 5373: Computer-Based Resolution of Open Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: senior standing in College of Engineering. The resolution of open problems in engineering, including their characteristics, approaches for modeling, solution and validation of results. Examples from mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, and industrial engineering.

MECE 5377: Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3245, 3360, and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Types of defects in engineering materials and methods of early detection, liquid penetrants, magnetic particle inspection, eddy current testing, ultrasonic testing, radiography, specialized techniques.

MECE 5387: Intermediate Dynamics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3336 and senior standing in mechanical engineering. Topics in Eulerian and Lagrangian mechanics with application to mechanical systems.

MECE 5388: Intelligent Structural Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MECE 3245, 3338, and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Modeling, designing, and control of intelligent structures using various smart materials such as piezoceramics, shape memory alloys, magnetorheological (MR) fluid, and fiber optical sensors.

MECE 5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
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