MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Location: Offered at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford CT – Engineering Building
Course Title: ME364: Mechanics of Composites and Laminates
Time: Monday 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Michael Accorsi, Phone: (860)486-5642, E-Mail: accorsi@engr.uconn.edu; Charles Roche, Phone: (860)565-6926, E-Mail: charles.roche@pw.utc.com
Course Description: This course will cover both traditional mechanics and modern computational topics for composite materials and structures. Students will be provided with a strong fundamental background in the mechanics of composite materials and transition this knowledge to the practical analysis of composite structures using the finite element method. The traditional composite mechanics topics will include (1) an introduction to composite materials, (2) macro-mechanical behavior of a lamina, (3) micro-mechanical behavior of a lamina, (4) macro-mechanical behavior of laminates and (5) some classical solutions for bending of laminated plates. Both mechanical and thermal loading and properties will be covered. The effective stiffness and strength of laminates, as well as, the stress distribution in laminates will be covered. The computational mechanics topics will include (1) a review of the finite element method, (2) laminated plate finite elements, (3) layered three-dimensional continuum finite elements and (4) finite element stress analysis of composite structures.
Text: Mechanics of Composite Materials, Robert M. Jones, Pub:Taylor & Francis Group; 2nd edition (July 1, 1998),ISBN: 156032712X

Course Title: ME 338: Turbines & Centrifugal Machinery
Time: Tuesday 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Thomas Barber, Phone: (860)486-5352, E-Mail: barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: This course develops the fundamental fluid mechanics of radial and axial flow turbomachinery. Topics include energy transfer and the Euler equation, performance parameters, configuration selection and interactions between fluid dynamic and mechanical design issues. Operating limits and off-design considerations are addressed. The application of modern CFD and stability analyses are introduced.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate classes in Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Course Title: ME320: Durability of Multifunctional Material Systems
Time: Wednesday 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider, Phone: (860)486-5360, E-Mail: reifsnider@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: Aircraft jet engines include complex material components. Highly specialized applications including thermal and environmental coatings on turbine blades are also complex material systems that are multifunctional. Multifunctional material systems applications including sensors / actuators and fuel cells are becoming more important to the industry and to society. This course is designed to address durability and damage tolerance of such multifunctional material systems. A discussion and analysis of traditional durability phenomena including fatigue, creep, stress rupture, aging, distributed degradation, and fracture modes of damage and failure will be covered. A computer code to predict remaining strength and life will be developed in class. Examples will be provided, and recent developments in strain-rate-dependent damage will be included in this class. The second half of the course will generalize the concepts to include the influence of microstructure, interfaces, conductivity, transfer coefficient,and species migration on durability of material systems and components with multifunctional behavior. An analytical construct and methodology to assist in the representation and application of the concepts will be discussed.
Text: Damage Tolerance and Durability of Material Systems, Kenneth L. Reifsnider and Scott Case, Pub: Wiley,ISBN# 0-471-15299-4

Course Title: ME 320-1: Advanced Thermodynamics
Time: Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Michael Renfro, Phone: (860)486-5088 E-Mail: renfro@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: Microscopic view of thermodynamics: probability and statistics of independent events, thermodynamic probabilities and most probable thermodynamic distributions, molecular structure and partition function. Ensemble of microstates describing macro behavior, ideal gas as an example, Macroscopic descriptions of thermodynamic equilibrium and equilibrium states, Reversible processes, Heat and Work interactions, Mixtures of pure substances and chemical equilibrium, Stability and phase transitions, Irreversible thermodynamics, Onsager reciprocity relations and thermo-electric effects, Kinetic theory of gases

Course Title: MMAT 320: Principles of Materials Science
Time: Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Harold Brody, Phone: (860)486-0853, E-Mail: Harold.Brody@uconn.edu
Course Description: The objective of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of the structure of materials, from atomic to macroscopic level, the kinetics of phase transformation, microplasticity, strengthening mechanisms, failure mechanisms, and the relation between structure and properties. The principles covered will apply to metals, alloys, ceramics, and polymers. The text and lectures will emphasize applications to metals and alloys.
Text: Physical Metallurgy Principles, Robert E. Reed-Hill and Reza Abbaschian, (PWS Publishing Company, Boston, 1991) ISBN 0-534-92173-6.

Location: Offered at either site
Course Title: ENGR 300-XX Project
Time: Monday 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): To be decided>
Course Description: 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 engineering.