Department of Mechanical Engineering (MEE)

Chair: Shin-Mm Song

Graduate Faculty

semester hours of MEE 597, Independent Study, for a masters project resulting in significant original work which must be defended at an oral examination and presented in a written report.

Behrooz Fallahi, associate professor, Ph.D., P.E., Purdue Mechanical Engineering University Sengoda G. Ganesan, associate professor, Ph.D., RE., Students must satisfy the following departmental requirements. Oklahoma State University Submit to the department a program of graduate study Abhijit Gupta, associate professor, Ph.D., P.E., Pennsylvania approved by the students graduate committee or the State University department. Romuaidas Kasuba, professor, Ph.D., RE., University of Complete at least 30 (thesis option) or 33 (non-thesis option) Illinois semester hours of graduate work, not more than 30 percent Meung .J. Kim, associate professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic of which may be in courses numbered 400-499. All courses Institute and State University taken outside the Department of Mechanical Engineering Milivoje Kostic, associate professor, Ph.D., RE., University of must have departmental approval in advance. Illinois, Chicago Complete a minimum of 6 semester hours of applied Pradip Majumdar, associate professor, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of mathematics or advanced engineering analysis selected with Technology the advice and consent of the students adviser. Parviz Payvar, professor, Ph.D., P.E., University of California, Complete two courses from one of the following groups (6) Berkeley Mohamed A. Seif, associate professor, Ph.D., RE., University of Applied MechanicsMEE 510, MEE 511, MEE 512, Central Florida MEE 515 Scott Short, assistant professor, Ph.D., RE., University of Dynamic Systems and ControlMEE 520, MEE 521, Dayton MEE 522, MEE 526 Materials and ManufacturingMEE 529, MEE 531, MEE 533, MEE 534 Master of Science Thermal-Fluid EngineeringMEE 540, MEE 555, MEE 556, MEE 558

Requirements for Graduates with a B.S. in

in Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a program leading to the M.S. in mechanical engineering. The program is designed to stimulate creativity, to provide an in-depth understanding of the basic physical phenomena involved in I mechanical systems, and to provide the student with the ability to use modern techniques in the analysis and design of mechanical components and systems.

The graduate program must include 6 semester hours of MEE 599, Masters Thesis, on a topic approved by the students graduate committee or must include 3 semester hours of MEE 597, Independent Study, for a masters project plus additional 500-level MEE course work for 6 semester hours. Employed students may use topics and facilities from their work if approved.

Admission to the graduate program in mechanical engineering Requirements for Graduates with a B-S. requires a baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering or related areas such as physics, mathematical sciences, chemistry, In an Area other than Mechanical Engineering computer science, and engineering disciplines. NIU undergraduate majors in mechanical engineering can, however, Students are required to fulfill all the requirements mentioned in be admitted to the integrated 8.5./MS. sequence after finishing the previous section. In addition, students with a B.S. degree in an area other than mechanical engineering are required to take at 90 semester hours with a GPA of at least 3.00. least three courses from one of the following groups depending on their chosen field of study. The department will stipulate the Thesis Option All students admitted to the MS. program are initially classified courses to be taken. A grade of B or better must be as thesis option students. The thesis option is designed to obtained in each of these courses. prepare students for graduate work at the doctoral level or Applied Mechanics-.-MEE 210, MEE 211, MEE 212, advanced engineering work in industry and focuses on original MEE 220, MEE 350, MEE 470 research techniques. The graduate program of study must Dynamic Systems and ControlMEE 211, MEE 321, include 6 semester hours of MEE 599, Masters Thesis, on a MEE 322 or ELE 380, MEE 421, MEE 422, MEE topic approved by the students graduate committee. The thesis 424, MEE 425, MEE 470 must be satisfactorily defended at an oral examination. Portions Materials and ManufacturingMEE 212, MEE 330, of the research work required in MEE 599 may be performed in MEE 331, IENG 431 or IENG 450 or IENG 451, off-campus facilities if approved by the students graduate

committee.

Non-ThesIs Option

Students wishing to pursue the non-thesis option are required to petition the departments graduate committee upon admission to the major. The non-thesis option is designed for practicing professionals who wish to pursue advanced study in mechanical engineering culminating in the M.S. degree and who cannot pursue the traditional research experience of a thesis option. Students pursuing a MS. degree under this option must earn a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate credit including 3

MEE 423, MEE 431, TECH 345 or TECH 441 Thermal-Fluid EngineeringMEE 340, MEE 350, MEE 351, MEE 352, MEE 451, MEE 452, MEE 453

Requirements for Integrated B.S./M.S. Sequence MEE 410, Intermediate Mechanics of Materials (3)
This integrated sequence leads to both the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and is available to all undergraduate mechanical engineering majors who have finished at least 90 semester hours of undergraduate work with a GPA of at least 3.00. A minimum GPA of 3.00 must be maintained during the course of study. Failure to meet the requirements of the integrated sequence may lead to a B.S. degree only, but only after all the requirements for that degree have been met. All students enrolled in the integrated B.S./M.S. sequence must have their schedule approved by their faculty adviser each semester. Any deviation from the approved course schedule may delay graduation. MEE 510, Experimental Stress Analysis (3) MEE 512, Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3) MEE 515, Applied Finite Element Analysis (3)

Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (12) Course work for this certificate unifies the methods
applied to design of products simultaneous with full

consideration of manufacturing methods. IENG 450, Integrated Manufacturing Systems (3) MEE 430, Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (3) MEE 531, Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems (3) All students enrolled in the integrated BS./MS. sequence MEE 533, Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3) are required to take the state Fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) examination before graduation Design of Thermal Systems (12) from the B.S. program. Students must complete all undergraduate required Course work for this certificate lays the theoretical courses, including 9 semester hours of technical foundations design of thermal equipment and processes electives, all of which must be taken for graduate credit with applications iv such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, thermal design electronic equipment, and during the students final undergraduate term. numerical modeling of thermal-fluid systems. Students must also complete 21 (thesis option) or 24 MEE 451, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (3) (non-thesis option) additional graduate semester hours, MEE 452, Design of Thermal Systems (3) MEE 556, Convection Heat Transfer (3) as follows. MEE 558, Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid 500-level applied mathematics or advanced engineering analysis with department approval Vibration and Control System Design (12) (6) Mechanics (3) Course work in one of the following areas of study Course work for this certificate focuses on laying the (6) theoretical foundations of both vibrations and control and application to the design of components and Applied MechanicsMEE 510, MEE 511, MEE systems. 512, MEE 515 Dynamic Systems and ControlMEE 520, MEE MEE 421, Dynamic Systems and Control 11(3) 521, MEE 522, MEE 526 MEE 521, Advanced Vibrations (3) Materials and ManufacturingMEE 529, MEE MEE 522, Experimental Methods in Mechanical 531, MEE 533, MEE 534 Vibrations (3) Thermal-Fluid EngineeringMEE 540, MEE MEE 526, Advanced Control Systems Design (3) 555, MEE 556, MEE 558
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Additional 500-level course work with department approval (3) MEE 599, Masters Thesis (6), OR MEE 597, Independent Study for a masters project (3), and additional 500-level MEE course work with department approval (6)

Course List
410. INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3). Buckling, unsymmetric bending, transverse loading, curved beams, thick-walled cylinders and rotating disks, torsion of thin-walled tubes, contact stresses, plastic behavior, strain energy and Castiglianos theorem, strength theories and design equations, fatigue, and fracture. PRQ: MEE 212, MATH 336, and CSCI 230, or consent of department. 421. DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL 11(3). concepts of linear system theory; model analysis, La9ranges Equations, approximate numerical methods for solving vibration problems. and Root-locus and frequency response design. State-space analysis. Case studies in control system design. PRQ: MEE 322 or ELE 380, or consent of department.

Certificates of Graduate Study

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers several certificates of graduate study for students interested in pursuing short-term study focused on a technical area related to mechanical engineering. The certificates are ideally suited for graduate-level students interested in lifelong learning and in the advancement of their skills in an area of mechanical engineering. Credit earned for a certificate may be applied toward the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering with the approval of the department.

422. DESIGN OF ROBOT MANIPULATORS (3). Mathematics, programming. and control in the design of robot manipulators. Includes topics on kinematics, differential relationships and dynamics. motion Applied Mechanics (12) trajectories, and control algorithms. PRQ: MEE 211 and This certificate emphasizes the application of MATH 336, or consent of department. engineering mechanics to design and analysis of 423. MECHANICAL RELIABILITY (3). Basic mechanical components and products. probability, statistics, and reliability concepts applicable to mechanical systems. Probabilistic treatment of loads,

stress, strength, safety indices, and fatigue. Mechanical equipment reliability; wear-out; reliability-based design, testing, and maintenance. PRQ: MEE 212 and CRC: MEE 470; or consent of department. 424. MACHINERY VIBRATION(S). Machinery vibration analysis: signature analysis in time and frequency domains, fault detection, diagnosis, and correction; instrumentation; case studies; machine monitoring programs. PRQ: MEE 322 or consent of department. CR0: MEE 470 or consent of department. 425. DESIGN OF MOBILE ROBOTS (3). Configuration and architecture design. Position estimation, planning, and control. Perception and learning. Group capstone project in the design and development of a mobile robot. Lecture, discussion, and case studies of mobile robot design. PRQ: MEE 211 or TECH 375, or consent of department. 426. MECHATRONICS SYSTEM DESIGN (3). Use of computers embedded in mechanical systems. microcontrollers, real-time software, analog and digital world, sensors and actuators interfacing, electronics for mechatronics. measures of system performance, state transition logic and multitasking, mechatronics system design problems, advanced concepts and case studies of mechanical systems with embedded electronics. PRQ: ELF 215, ELF 380 or MEE 322, and CSCI 230 or CSCI 240, or consent of department.

510. EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS (3). Elementary elasticity; brittle-coating methods; strain measurement methods and related instrumentation; photoelasticity; Moire methods; residual stress analysis. PRQ: MEE 490 or consent of department. 511. CONTINUUM MECHANICS (3). Vectors and tensors; stress; deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian strain; physical laws; constitutive equations; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics. PRQ: Consent of department. 512. ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3). Stress-strain-temperature relations; failure criteria; energy methods; torsion; nonsymmetrical bending; curved beams; fiat plates; beams and elastic foundations; rotating discs; contact stresses. PRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department. 513. FATIGUE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS(S). Yielding; brittle fracture mechanics; plasticity induced fracture; fracture toughness; fatigue testing and analysis; stress concentration and notch sensitivity; low-cycle, corrosion, acoustic, and thermal fatigues. PRQ: MEE 512 or consent of department. 514. THEORY OF ELASTICITY AND APPLICATIONS (3). Plane stress and plane strain in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates; analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions; torsion of bars; bending of bars and plates; axisymmetric problems; thermal stress; propagation of waves in elastic solid media, PRQ: MEE 511 or consent of department.

430. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (3). Computers for CAD/CAM; computer-aided design; numerical control, origin of CAM; industrial robots; group technology and process planning; computer control; computer-integrated manufacturing. PRQ: MEE 230 or CRC: MEE 331; or 515. APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR consent of department. MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (3). Implementation of 431. COMPOSITE MATERIALS (3). Macromechanical analysis and interpretation of results for discrete and continuous systems; computational techniques: available behavior of a lamina; micromechanical behavior of a computer software; selection of model parameters; lamina; macromechanical behavior of a laminate; model evaluation and determination of accuracy; bending, buckling, and vibration of laminated plates. PRQ: MEE 212, MEE 330, and MEE 380, or consent of applications in mechanical engineering problems. PRQ: department. MEE 480 or consent of department. 451. REFRIGERATION ANDAIR MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITES CONDITIONING(S). Refrigerants; vapor compression 516.Comprehensive treatment of laminated beams, and absorption refrigeration systems; cryogenics: (3). and tubes. Bending, buckling, and vibration psychometrics and humidity measurements; extended plates, surface coils and transfer processes between moist air analysis. Various orders of theory and their range of and water; solar radiation and heating and cooling loads parametric applications with respect to designing with of buildings and structures. PRQ: MEE 350 and ME E composites. Hygrothermal and residual stresses. PRQ: 352, or consent of department. MEE 431 or consent of department. 452. DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS (3). Application of principles of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics in the component design of thermal systems. Examples drawn from power generations, environmental control, and industrial processes. Students work on group projects for integration of these components in the design of thermal systems. PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352, or consent of department. 453. PROPULSION(S). Aerodynamics and thermodynamics of gas turbine airbreathing and rocket engines; quasi-one-dimensional flow; ideal and real cycle analysis; component performance; engine operating off-design characteristics. PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350, orconsent of department. 480. FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (3). Concepts of finite element methods, variational formulation and approximation; linear and quadrilateral elements; finite element formulation; error analysis; isoparametric elements; computer implementation; applications from solid mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. PRQ: MEE 322, MEE 352, and MEE 380, or consent of department. 520. ADVANCED DYNAMICS (3). Newtonian mechanics; analytical mechanics; rotating reference frames; rigid body dynamics; geometric theory; stability of autonomous and nonautonomous systems; perturbation techniques; transformation theory; gyroscope. PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department. 521. ADVANCED VIBRATIONS (3). Advanced principles of dynamics; discrete and continuous systems; free and forced vibrations; damped and undamped system response; approximate methods; wave solutions for continuous systems; random vibrations. PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department. 522. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (3). Random vibrations; vibration pick-ups; dynamic strain measurements; beam vibrations; response analysis; modal analysis. PRQ: MEE 521 or consent of department. 523. ROBOT VISION CONTROL (3). Generalized images; segmented images; geometrical structures; relational structures; robot machine vision systems. PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.

524. ROBOT DYNAMICS AND CONTROL (3). Motion trajectories; principles of rigid body dynamics; robot dynamics; digital control systems; control of multiple link manipulators. PRQ; MEE 422 or consent of department. 525. ROBOT PROGRAMMING AND CONTROL (3). Task descriptions; structured programming; teaching; compliance and control; high level of robot language. PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department. 526. ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN (3). Review of conventional and modern control design using block-diagram-transfer function, state-variable method, pole placement technique, estimation, and robust control schemes; digital control system analysis and design; ztransform theory and digitization process; nonlinear control system design; describing functions, phase plane and Liapunavs stability criterion; control system design problems and case studies including open-ended handson design projects from current research topics. PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.

methods and numerical solutions, PRQ: MEE 540 or consent of department. 550. ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS (3). Thermodynamic postulates and conditions of equilibrium; the Euler equation and the Gibbs-Duhem relations; Legendre transformations and the extreme principle; Maxwell relations; stability of thermodynamic systems; the Nernst Postulate; chemical reactions and combustion; chemical equilibrium; irreversible thermodynamics. PRQ: Consent of department. 555. CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Fundamentals of heat conduction; approximate and exact analytical methods; finite and semi-infinite bodies; onedimensional composite media; phase change problems; nonlinear problems; heat transfer in anisotropic solids. PRQ: Consent of department.

556. CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Conservation principles; laminar internal and external flows; natural convection; turbulent flow; heat transfer at high velocities; heat transfer through porous media; 529. MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL numerical methods in convection heat transfer. PRQ: DESIGN (3). The engineering design process, Consent of department. engineering materials and their properties, materials selection charts, case studies, selection of material and 558. COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER AND shape, and aesthetics of designs. PRQ: Consent of FLUID MECHANICS (3). Application of partial department. differential equations, finite difference methods, and 530. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF finite element methods in heat transfer and fluid POLYMERS (3). Molecular structure of amorphous, mechanics; stability analysis, convergence criteria, and crystalline, and network polymers; theories of the glassy accuracy of computational techniques. PRQ: Consent ot state; transition and melt temperatures; model prediction department. of viscoelastic properties; time-temperature superposition principle; theory of rubber elasticity. PRQ: 592. ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEE 430 or consent of department. ANALYSIS (3). Calculus of variations for deformable bodies; Sturm-Liouville problems; LaGranges equations 531. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (3). Finite element methods and generalized dynamical entities; integral equations in in structural analysis; computer-aided design of mechanical engineering; Greens functions; theory of symmetric and asymmetric machine elements under distributions; one dimensional boundary value problems; dynamic, impulsive, and thermal loadings; computer partial differential equations in mechanical engineering. graphics; computer analysis and animation of kinematics Applications of heat, conduction and convection, fluid of linkages. PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department dynamics, and structural mechanics. PRQ: Consent of department. 532. TRIBOLOGY (3). Surface topography and integrity; sliding and rolling friction; temperature in sliding contact; types, mechanisms, and theories of wear; 597. INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3). Independent pursuit of advanced problems in mechanical engineering antifriction and wear resistant material; boundary, under faculty supervision. A written report is required. hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication; high pressure and wear resistant additives; solid May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours, lubricant; examples of tribology applied engineering Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not design. PRQ: Consent of department. exceed 3 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of department. 533. COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING (3). 598. SPECIALTOPICS IN MECHANICAL Manufacture of parts and assemblies; design for manufacturabilify; numerically controlled machine tools; ENGINEERING (1.3) Advanced study of mechanical engineering topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 robotics. PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department. semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of 534. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE (3). Structural evaluation of materials with X- department. ray techniques; scanning electron microscopy for image formation and use of column related techniques to 599. MASTERS THESIS (1-6). May be repeated to a characterize bulk specimens; transmission microscopy maximum of 6 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of for image formation and defect analysis in materials department. science applications. PRQ: Consent of department. 540. ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS (3). Kinematics of fluid flow; plane irrotational and incompressible fluid flows; Navier-Stokes equations; hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; two-dimensional boundary layers in incompressible flow; flow separation. PRQ: Consent of department. 542. DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLUIDS (3). Fundamentals of viscous fluid; Navier-Stokes equations; exact solutions, boundary layer equations and their physical interpretations; mathematical techniques of similarity transformations, integral methods, perturbation
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