On-site Master of Engineering Program Spring 2003 Course Schedule

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


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Course Descriptions

CHEG 320 Optimization
Professor Luke Achenie 860-486-2756
E-mail: achenie@engr.uconn.edu
Monday, 4-7 PM at UTC Power
This course is designed to introduce students, who already have a BS degree in Engineering or related fields, to optimization theory and practice. Examples include curve fitting through least squares, parameter estimation in experimental data analysis, root finding, determination of design variable values in order to optimize a design and the problem of selecting the best design from among several alternatives (structural optimization).
Prerequisites: 3 semesters of Calculus including Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations.
Text: Optimization of Chemical Processes, 2nd Ed. by Edgar, Himmelblau & Lasdon.
ISBN 0-07-039359-1
Other Requirements: Notebook computer and the software Matlab Student Version.
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MMAT 316 Fracture and Fatigue of Materials
Professor Arthur McEvily 860-486-2941
E-mail: mcevily@mail.ims.uconn.edu
Monday, 4-7PM at Pratt & Whitney Room EB1-D
This course involves the study of ductile and brittle fracture, fatigue, stress corrosion, and creep rupture along with failure analysis.
Text: Metal Failures: Mechanisms, Analysis, Prevention by Arthur McEvily, John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN: 0471414360
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ME 318 Computational Methods of Viscous Fluid Dynamics
Professor Thomas Barber 860-486-5342
E-mail:barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
Tuesday, 4-7PM at Pratt & Whitney Room EB1-D
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 Edition. Anderson, D. A., Tannehill, J. C., & Pletcher, R. H., Taylor & Francis Publ. Corp., PA & NY, 1997. ISBN: 156032046X
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ME 335: Principles of Optimum Design
Professor Kazem Kazerounian 860-486-2251
E-mail: kazem@engr.uconn.edu
Wednesday, 4-7PM at Pratt & Whitney Room EB1-D
A first comprehensive course on engineering Design Optimization for graduate students in all areas of engineering. This course introduces the design of engineering systems as a systematic and well-organized activity. Emphasis is on establishing a firm understanding of modern optimization.
Text: Introduction to Optimum Design by J.S. Arora, McGraw-Hill NY, 1988. ISBN: 007002460X
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ME 320 Mechanics of Composite Strength & Life
Professor Kenneth Reifsnider 860-486-5360
E-mail: reifsnider@engr.uconn.edu
Thursday, 4-7PM at Pratt & Whitney Room EB1-D
This course involves the physical and chemical processes that control the strength, remaining strength, and life of composite materials. Students will develop analytical models and interpretive skills for the estimation of design allowables, reliability, residual strength, and life of composite material components. Computational tools will be introduced and enhanced during course. Topics include fatigue, creep, stress rupture, and stiffness degradation along with analysis methods to combine those effects to predict long-term behavior. Comparisons with physical behavior will be emphasized as well as Work-place examples.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of mechanics of deformable bodies, stress, strain, and strength are required. Some skill in the manipulation of equations in a computer code (or in an Excel spreadsheet) is also required.
Text: Damage Tolerance and Durability of Material Systems by K.L. Reifsnider and S.W. Case, John Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 0471152994
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