On-site Graduate Engineering Program Spring 2000 Course Schedule (P&W)

Course Descriptions

MMAT 320 Physical Ceramics
Professor Theo Kattamis (860) 486-4718
E-mail: tkattami@mail.ims.uconn.edu
Monday 4-7pm
Microstructure of crystalline ceramics and glasses and role of thermodynamics and kinetics on its establishment. Effect of process variables on microstructure and ultimately on mechanical, chemical and physical properties.
Prerequisite: One year each of undergraduate chemistry and physics.
Text: No text is required. Course material will be in the form of prepared notes and handouts. A useful reference will be any edition of W.D. Kingery, et al., Introduction to Cermics, or Physical Ceramics, John Wiley & Sons. top

ME 362 Mechanical Vibrations I
Professor Kevin Murphy (860) 486-4109
E-mail: kdm@engr.uconn.edu
Monday 4-7PM
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: bivration frequencies and mode shapes for strings, bars, membranes, beams and plates. Experimental methods and technicques are discussed.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in dynamics. Familiarity with ordinary differential equations and their solutions.
Primary Text: Analytic Methods in Vibrations, 1st Edition, Meirovitch, L., (McMillan Press)
Supplemental Text: The Variational Principles of Mechanics, 4th Edition, Lanczos, C., (Dover Press) top

ME 331 Analytical and Applied Kinematics
Professor Kazem Kazerounian (860) 486-2102
E-mail: kazem@engr.uconn.edu
Tuesday 4-7PM
Analytical methods of coordinate transformtion and two- and three-dimentional motion, analysis of relative motion, and relative freedom through kinematics connections, study of finite and instantaneous properties of motion, study of the geometry of single and multi-parameter and multi-parameter engineering curves, surfaces and motions. Application in the analysis and desing of linkages and mechanisms, with particular emphasis on the dynamics of high-speed machinery.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a closely related field.
Text: No text is required. Course material will be in the form of prepared notes and handouts. top

ME 320 Master of Engineering Heat & Mass Transfer
Professor Ted Bergman (860) 486-2090
E-mail: tberg@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Tuesday 4-7PM
Topics will include advanced treatment of conduction heat transfer, convection heat and mass transfer, and radioation heat transfer with emphasis on a broad range of practical applications. Multi-mode behavior will be emphasized. Analytical and integral solutions will be developed, presented and used to identify relevant dimensionless parameters for simple and complex problems. The class is open to M.ENG and M.S. students as well as Ph.D. student upon approval by the Ph.D. student's advisor.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in heat transfer. Familiarity with ordinary and partial differntial equations.
Text: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th Edition by F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt (John Wiley & Sons) top