Undergraduate Courses Taught

• MECH410 Computer-Aided Design (Offered in Spring)
  
  Basic elements of CAD and relevance to current industrial practice. Computational geometry for design and 3-D geometry. Methods for curve and surface fitting. Input and output devices for computer graphics, passive as well as active. Representation of physical surfaces and computer aided drafting. Graphical programming languages. Development of interactive 3-D computer graphics. Virtual prototyping and design optimization.


• MECH459 Fundamental of Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Technology Advance, Modeling, Simulation and Design
  
  Also: 450E Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering
          ELEC496 Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering;
          CENG496 Selected Topics in Computer Engineering; and
          MECH580 Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering (All Departments)
  General Background of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Related Technologies and Vehicle Modeling; Power Plants, Electric Propulsion Systems, Transmissions, and Onboard Energy Storage System of HEVs; Vehicle Performance Modeling and Simulation Using MatLab-Simulink Based Tools, ADVISOR, PSAT and Dymola; Design and Optimization of Vehicle Powertrain System; Other Key Issues in HEV Design and Developments; HEV Design Project/Case Study.


• MECH411 Integrated Production Planning and Control (Offered in Spring)
  
  Introduction to manufacturing and production systems with the basic taxonomy of manufacturing, types of production process, components of a production system, and concept of production control. Production process planning covering the experience-based process planning, knowledge-based approach using decision tables and decision trees, process capability analysis, group technology, and Computer-Aided Process Planning. Topics of planning and control of production systems, including forecasting, inventory system, aggregate production planning, material requirements planning, and operation sequencing and scheduling. Case studies on the planning and control of advanced manufacturing systems.


• MECH499 Technical Project
  
  The course is offered through individual arrangements. Typical topics include: applications of CAD; tool path generation and testing of sculptured part machining; applications of optimization and intelligent systems; development and testing of specific fuel cell technology; mechanical design; instrumentation; and prototyping.

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Graduate Courses Taught

• MECH520 Computer-Aided Design (Offered in Spring with MECH410)
  
  Basic elements of CAD and relevance to current industrial practice. Computational geometry for design and 3-D geometry. Methods for curve and surface fitting. Input and output devices for computer graphics, passive as well as active. Representation of physical surfaces and computer aided drafting. Graphical programming languages. Development of interactive 3-D computer graphics. Virtual prototyping and design optimization.


• MECH580 Fundamental of Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Technology Advance, Modeling, Simulation and Design
  
  Also: 450E Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering;
          ELEC496 Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering;
          CENG496 Selected Topics in Computer Engineering; and
  General Background of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Related Technologies and Vehicle Modeling; Power Plants, Electric Propulsion Systems, Transmissions, and Onboard Energy Storage System of HEVs; Vehicle Performance Modeling and Simulation Using MatLab-Simulink Based Tools, ADVISOR, PSAT and Dymola; Design and Optimization of Vehicle Powertrain System; Other Key Issues in HEV Design and Developments; HEV Design Project/Case Study.


• MECH522 Engineering Optimization and Its Applications (Modified Version)
  
  One dimensional optimization techniques based-on region elimination, polynomial approximation, and derivations. Multiple variable optimization techniques, including direct search methods and gradient-based methods. Constrained optimization based on the penalty, feasible direction, reduced gradient, and gradient projection. Introduction to linear programming, integer programming, and quadratic programming. Use of optimization program packages. Applications of optimization in mechanical design, planning and manufacturing. Combined use of optimization with artificial intelligence and engineering analysis techniques in advanced manufacturing.
  


• MECH524 Planning and Control of Advanced Manufacturing Systems (Offered in Spring with MECH410)
  
  Introduction to manufacturing and production systems with the basic taxonomy of manufacturing, types of production process, components of a production system, and concept of production control. Production process planning covering the experience-based process planning, knowledge-based approach using decision tables and decision trees, process capability analysis, group technology, and Computer-Aided Process Planning. Topics of planning and control of production systems, including forecasting, inventory system, aggregate production planning, material requirements planning, and operation sequencing and scheduling. Case studies on the planning and control of advanced manufacturing systems.
  


• MECH580 or MECH620 Quantitative Analysis, Reasoning and Optimization Methods in CAD/CAM and Concurrent Engineering (Offered in Fall)
  
  The course is to be organized in a combination of lectures and seminars. It covers materials in the following areas:
  
  
  • Optimization: conventional engineering optimization methods, global optimization schemes, advanced search methods, and multiple objective optimization.
  • Intelligent systems: knowledge representation and reasoning, expert systems, fuzzy reasoning system, artificial neural networks, and fuzzy-neural systems.
  • A review on virtual prototyping techniques: parametric computer modeling and integrated model analysis through structure, dynamic, heat transfer and motion analysis using Pro/E.
  
  System integration and applications in quantitative concurrent engineering.
  


• MECH590 Directed Studies
  
  Research related special topics. The course is offered via special arrangement.