MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Offered at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford CT - Engineering Building

ME 362: Mechanical Vibrations I
Time: Monday 5:00 to 8:00PM
Instructor: Dr. Jiong Tang
Contact Number: (860)486-5911
Email: jtang@engr.uconn.edu
Variational principles, Lagrange's equation. Equations of motion for multi-degree of freedom systems. Free vibration eigenvalue problem: modal analysis. Forced solutions: general solutions, resonance, effect of damping, and superposition. Vibrations of continuous systems: vibration frequencies and mode shapes for strings, bars, membranes, beams, and plates. Experimental methods and techniques.
Text: Principles of Vibration (2nd Ed) Benson H. Tongue, Oxford University Press, ISBN- 10:0195142462, ISBN -13: 978-0195142462

ME 318: Computational Methods of Viscous Fluid Dynamics
Time: Tuesday 4:30 to 7:30PM
Instructor: Dr. Thomas Barber
Contact Number: (860)486-5342
Email: barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
An advanced course on integral and finite-difference methods of solution of the parabolic and elliptic equations of viscous fluid flow. Method of weighted residuals; Crank-Nicolson; Dufort-Frankel; Peaceman-Rachford alternating direction method; truncation error analysis; stability. Applications to boundary layer and heat transfer problems. A background of FORTRAN programming and numerical analysis is necessary.
Text: Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Ed., Tannehill, J.C., Anderson, D.A., and Pletcher, R.H. ISBN: 1-56032-046-X

ME 320: Fundamentals & Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer
Time: Wednesday 5:00 to 8:00PM
Instructor: Dr. Wilson Chiu
Contact Number: (860) 486-3647
Email: wchiu@engr.uconn.edu
This course provides an in-depth, master's level treatment of the subject of heat and mass transfer. Conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer modes will be reviewed and discussed. Convective mass transfer and multi-mode heat transfer will be covered in some detail. A special focus will be on the analytical treatment of the various heat transfer modes, but with application of the subject matter to topical problems of practical importance including but not limited to: thermal manufacturing, nano- and microscale phenomena, and fuel cells.
Text: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 6th Edition with IHT/FEHT 3.0 CD with User Guide Set by Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine, ISBN: 0470055545

ME 320: Principles of Machining and Machine Tools
Time: Wednesday 5:00 to 8:00PM
Instructor: Dr. Bi Zhang
Contact Number: (860)486-2072
Email: zhang@engr.uconn.edu
The theories and applications of machining including the fundamentals of machine tools and machining automation. Topics discussed are physics and mechanics in machining, machining forces and stresses, shear angle theories, basic phenomena pertinent to process characteristics (such as tribology and tool life), machinability, surface integrity, and economics.
Text: Manufacturing Processes and Equipment, George Tlusty, Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN 0201498650

MMAT 311: Mechanical Properties of Materials
Time: Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00PM
Instructor: Dr. Dilip Shah
Contact Number: (860)565-8499
Email: dilip.shah@pw.utc.com
Mechanics of deformation and fracture; dislocation theory; strength of ductile and brittle materials; toughness; strengthening mechanisms; toughening mechanisms; creep mechanisms; fatigue crack initiation and propagation; reliability and lifetime prediction.

Text: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Thomas H Courtney, Pub. Waveland, ISBN:9781577664253

ENGR 300-XX Project - Offered at either site.
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 student's 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.