On-site Master of Engineering Program Fall 2002 Course Schedule

All classes are scheduled to meet in the Engineering Bldg. Room EB1-D from 4-7 PM except where noted.

For access to the P&W facility, all Foreign Nationals that are not employed by Pratt and Whitney must be cleared by security. This process usually takes 2 weeks. You will miss your first week of class if you do not process this paperwork by early August. Contact Chris McVey for information 860-565-6308.

Course Descriptions

CHEG 301Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Professor Thomas F. Anderson (860) 486-2473
E-mail: anderson@engr.uconn.edu
Monday & Wednesday, 4:30-5:45 PM
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An advanced study of classical thermodynamics with emphasis on phase and chemical equilibria and applications to the chemical process industries. Kinetic theory and statistical thermodynamics with emphasis on the prediction and correlation of physical and chemical properties of gases and liquids, including mixtures. Theory and application of flames, plasmas, and shock waves.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in Thermodynamics
Text: Thermodynamics and It's Applications, 3rd Edition by Tester & Modell, Prentice Hall, 1997
ISBN 0-13-915356-X
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ME 312 Laminar Viscous Flow
Professor Lee S. Langston (860) 486-4884
E-mail: langston@engr.uconn.edu
Monday, 4-7 PM
Derivation of the Navier Stokes Equation. Exact solutions of the Navier Stokes Equation. Derivation of laminar boundary layer equations for plan and axially symmetric flow. Methods of isolation of the laminar boundary layer equations including Blasius solution, momentum integral method and Falkner-Skan similarity solutions. Application of the flow over plates and bodies of various shapes. Jets and Wakes.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in Fluid Dynamics.
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ME 307 Engineering Analysis I
Professor Thomas J. Barber (860) 486-5342
E-mail:barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
Tuesday, 4-7PM
Matrix algebra, indicial notation and coordinate transformations. Cartesian and general vectors and tensors, vector and tensor calculus. Partial differential equations: Fourier series, solution procedures to boundary value problems in various domains. Application to the mechanics of continuous media.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in Multivariable Calculus or consent of the instructor.
Texts: Advanced Calculus for Applications by F. HildebrandPrentice Hall Inc,
ISBN 0-13-011189-9
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th edition by E. KreyszigJ. Wiley & Sons,
ISBN 0-471-55380-8
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ME 360 Dynamics
Professor Robert Jeffers (860) 486-2416
E-mail: bobjeff@engr.uconn.edu
Wednesday, 4-7PM
Three-dimensional particle and rigid-body mechanics. Particle kinematics. Newton's laws, energy and momentum principles. Systems of particles. Rigid body kinematics, coordinate transformations. Rigid body dynamics, Euler's equations. Gyroscopic motion. Lagrange's equations.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate courses in Calculus, Differential Equations and Applied Mechanics.
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MMAT 311 Mechanical Properties of Materials
Professor Nitin Padture (860) 486-4206
E-mail: npadture@mail.ims.uconn.edu
Thursday, 4-7 PM
Mechanics of deformation and fracture; dislocation theory; strength of ductile and brittle materials; toughness; strengthening mechanisms; fatigue crack initiation and propagation; reliability and lifetime prediction.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in Mechanical Metallurgy or consent of the instructor.
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ENGR 300-XX Project
Project is matched with faculty member specializing in that application..
This course involves solution of engineering problems at an advanced graduate level using an investigative approach. Formulating a problem statement and a solution approach, conducting a literature survey, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing a final report are included in the course. The grade for the course will be given based upon the quality and novelty of the final report. The final report must include a unique computational, experimental and/or theoretical component that clearly demonstrates the students' ability to perform graduate-level engineering research, performed under the guidance of a faculty member. Students are expected to meet with their faculty advisors on a regular basis (approximately once per week). The student should expect to dedicate the same amount of time to ENGR 300 as they would dedicate to a regular 3 hour graduate course in Mechanical Engineering.
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