MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Offered at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford CT – Engineering Building

Course Title: ME 305: Basic Concepts of Continuum Mechanics
Time: Wednesday 5:00 to 8:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider Phone: (860) 486-5360 , E-Mail: reifsnid@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: An introductory course in the theory of continuum mechanics. Development of physical principles using Cartesian tensors. Concepts of stress, strain and motion. Basic field equation for the Newtonian fluid and the elastic solid.
Text: Lai, Rubin and Krempl, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, 3rd edition.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in differential equations

Course Title: ME 307: Engineering Analysis (counts as ENGR311)
Time: Tuesday 4:30 to 7:30PM
Professor(s): Dr. Thomas Barber Phone: (860) 486-5352, E-Mail: barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: 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. Applications to the mechanics of continuous media
Text: Kreyzig, E., Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999. ISBN 0-471-15496-2

Course Title: MMAT 320: Thin Films and Coatings
Time: Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Bryan Huey Phone: 860-486-3284, E-Mail: bhuey@ims.uconn.edu
Course Description: This course will introduce fundamental concepts for the deposition, characterization, optimization, and application of thin films and coatings. General film nucleation, coalescence, and growth will be explored, as well as specific industrial deposition methods. Class discussions will also be incorporated each week on pertinent modern research in the field.
Text: Materials Science of Thin Films-Deposition and Structure, 2nd edition by M. Ohring, Academic Press (2002). ISBN: 0-12-524975-6

Course Title: ME 346: Combustion and Air Pollution Engineering
Time: Monday 5:00 to 8:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Baki Cetegen Phone: (860)-486-2966, E-Mail: cetegen@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: Review thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium. Introduction to chemical kinetics. Studies of combustion processes, including diffusion and premixed flames. Combustion of gases, liquid, and solid phases, with emphasis on pollution minimization from stationary and mobile systems. Air pollution measurement and instrumentation.
Text: TBD

Offered at UTC Power - South Windsor, CT

Location: Offered at UTC Power - South Windsor, CT

Course Title: CHEG 347: Optimization
Time: Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00PM
Professor(s): Dr. Ranjan Srivastava, Phone: 860-486-2802, E-Mail: srivasta@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: Advanced topics in optimization such as linear and nonlinear programming, mixed-integer linear and nonlinear programming, deterministic and stochastic global optimization, and interval global optimization. Example applications drawn from engineering.
Text: Optimization of Chemical Processes, 2nd edition, Thomas Edgar,David Mautner,Himmelblau and Leon Lasdon, pub.McGGraw-hill, ISBN: 0070393591

Course Title: ME 320: Fuel Cells
Time: Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00
Professor(s): Dr. Nigel Sammes, Phone: (860) 486-8379, E-Mail: sammes@engr.uconn.edu
Course Description: This course will cover the fundamental properties of materials and systems used in Solid Oxide Fuel cells, with a comparison to PEM-based fuel cells. It will cover the following aspects of fuel cells: Conductivity mechanisms in electrolyte materials; State-of –the art and new electrolyte systems; Anodes and anode conduction mechanisms; Internal reformation; Cathode systems and mechanisms and oxygen reduction mechanisms; Interconnects (metallic and ceramic-based); Fuel cell designs.
Text: Science and Technology of Ceramic Fuel Cells, 2nd edition by Nguyen Quang Minh, Elsevier Science LTD (2007). ISBN: 0-08-044380-X

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.