MS Degree

Industrial Engineering

Students must refer to the Registrar's web site or the Graduate School of Engineering's web site to determine the courses that are offered in any given semester.

IEM G200 Engineering Probability and Statistics (4SH)
IEM G200 Engineering Probability and Statistics 4 SH
Studies fundamental concepts of probability. Topics include events, sample space, and discrete and continuous random variables; density functions, mass functions, cumulative probability distributions, and moment generating functions; expectation of random variables; common discrete and continuous probability distributions including binomial, Poisson, geometric, uniform, exponential, and normal; multivariate probability distributions, covariance, and independence of random variables; sampling and descriptive statistics; and parameter estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Also introduces analysis of variance. Prerequisite: Knowledge of multivariate calculus.

IEM G205 Deterministic Operations Research
Introduces the theory, computation, and application of deterministic models to represent industrial operations. Topics include linear programming formulation and solution using spreadsheet and algebraic languages software; simplex, big-M, two-phase, revised simplex and dual simplex algorithms for solving linear programs; introduction to the theory of simplex, fundamental insight, duality, and sensitivity analysis; transportation, assignment, and transshipment problems; shortest path, minimum spanning tree, maximum flow, minimum cost network flow problems and Project networks; and discrete-state and continuous-state dynamic programming models and applications. Prerequisite: Knowledge of linear algebra.

IEM G210 Production Systems
Presents modern quantitative techniques of production planning and control considering deterministic and probabilistic models. Topics include Project planning, forecasting, aggregate planning and master scheduling, inventory analysis and control, materials requirement planning, job shop scheduling, and dispatching problems. Prerequisites: IEM G200 and IEM G205.

IEM G215 Simulation Analysis
Covers elementary queueing models, simulation and modeling, simulation model design, a survey of simulation languages with one language covered in detail, input data analysis and distribution fitting, model verification and validation, output analysis and transient/steady-state response, terminating/nonterminating systems, model experimentation and optimization, random number/random variate generation, and variance reduction techniques. Prerequisite: IEM G200 and knowledge of a programming language.

IEM G220 Engineering Project Management
Examines the theory and practice of managing Projects. Explores human, mathematical, entrepreneurial, managerial, and engineering aspects of Project management. The systems development life cycle is the framework for the course. Addresses needs analysis, requirements definition, design, and implementation in the context of Project management. Introduces mathematical and software tools for planning, monitoring, and controlling Projects. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G225 Economic Decision Making
Explores economic modeling and analysis techniques for selecting alternatives from potential solutions to an engineering problem. Considers measures of merit, such as present worth, annual worth, rate of return, and benefit/cost techniques. Examines recent techniques of economic analysis, especially the tools of decision making. Explores decisions under uncertainty. Studies the causes of risk and uncertainty, and examines ways to change and influence the degree of risk and uncertainty through sensitivity analysis, expectation-variance criterion, decision tree analysis, statistical decision techniques, and multiple attribute decision making through group case studies. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G230 Probabilistic Operations Research
Introduces the theory and use of stochastic models to represent industrial operations. Topics include discrete-state Markov chains and applications, state transitions and properties, first passage probabilities, steady-state analysis; absorbing chains and absorption probabilities; introduction to continuous-time Markov chains, transition rates and steady-state analysis; basic elements of queuing systems, birth-and-death process, and special cases; steady-state analysis of simple queuing models including M/M/s, M/M/s/K, M/M/s/N/N and their special cases; and queuing models involving nonexponential distributions. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G235 Inventory Theory
Considers the nature and characteristics of inventory systems. Examines techniques of constructing and analyzing mathematical models of inventory systems with a view toward determining operating policies for such systems. Prerequisite: IEM G205.

IEM G240 Integer and Nonlinear Optimization
Covers important families of mathematical programming problems and optimization methods. Discusses the cutting plane and the branch and bound algorithm for binary and mixed integer programming problems. Introduces nonlinear programming including unconstrained optimization, the Kuhn-Tucker conditions, gradient methods, and separable, quadratic, and geometric programming. Prerequisite: IEM G205.

IEM G245 Network Analysis and Advanced Linear Programming
Considers concepts of advanced linear programming and network flows. Topics include theory of the simplex method, the revised simplex algorithm using LU factorization, and simplex for bounded variables and primal-dual methods; methods for solving large-scale models such as Danzig-Wolfe decomposition, Bender's partitioning, Lagrangian relaxation, and subgradient optimization; computational complexity and Karmarkar's algorithm; minimum cost network flows, network simplex, and generalized and multicommodity network flow problems; and special types of network problems including the traveling salesman, routing, network location, and reliability problems. Prerequisite: IEM G205.

IEM G250 Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Offers theory, computation, and application of multicriteria decision making. Topics include conventional and criterion cone parametric programming; approaches for generating efficient solutions, such as weighted sums, e-constraint, reduced feasible regions, and Fourier-Motzkin elimination; vector maximum algorithms and ADBASE software; multiattribute utility theory; goal programming; analytic hierarchy process and Expert Choice software; filtering techniques; multiple objective fractional programming; and interactive and Tchebycheff procedures. Prerequisite: IEM G205.

IEM G255 Manufacturing Processes
Covers the structures of metals, polymers, and ceramics and their manufacturing processes. Manufacturing processes include casting, forming, machining, welding, molding, and particulate processing. Discusses nontraditional manufacturing processes including electrical discharge machining, laser machining, and water jet machining. Also covers manufacturing processes for the electronics industry, such as processing integrated circuits, and electronic assembly and packaging. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G265 Mass Customization
Provides students with conceptual understanding and implementation strategies of mass customization (MC). MC is both a business and production paradigm where a company provides the customers with goods and services that suit their individual needs but does so with the efficiency and costs of mass production. MC is important in many sectors including computers, automotive, health care, banking, insurance, and tourism. It is based on principles of industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, management science, and marketing. Topics include typology of mass-customized production systems, manufacturing processes for MC, information needs of MC, customer focus, marketing issues, technology enablers, implementation methods, and case studies. Methodology includes lectures, case discussions, plant visits, guest lectures, and a term project. Cross-disciplinary activities, particularly between engineering and business students, are encouraged wherever possible. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G270 Intelligent Manufacturing
Covers several advanced and contemporary topics in manufacturing. Includes applications of computational methods including experts systems, neural networks, and multiagents in manufacturing. Discusses the methods related to distributed and Web-enabled manufacturing. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G275 Expert Systems and Neural Networks
Covers the theory and applications of expert systems and neural networks in engineering. Topics include knowledge representation (semantic networks, frames, production rules, and logic systems), problem-solving methods (heuristic search algorithms, forward and backward chaining, constraint handling, truth, and maintenance), approximate reasoning methods (Bayesian, Dempster-Shafer, fuzzy logic, and certainty factors), and expert system shells. Reviews background material on important neural network architectures such as feed-forward neural networks, Kohonen's feature maps, radial basis function networks, and adaptive resonance theory networks. Discusses neural network applications in several areas including group technology; part family formation; manufacturing systems design, process, and machine tool monitoring and diagnosis; system identification and control; and product inspection. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G280 Statistical Methods in Engineering
Discusses statistical models for analysis and prediction of random phenomena. Topics include review of descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing, linear models, both regression and ANOVA. Introduces design of experiments. Covers experiments with single and multiple factors of interest, and considers experiments with high-order experimental restrictions. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G285 Statistical Quality Control
Designed to study the fundamental concepts of quality planning and improvements. Studies analysis and application of modern statistical process control methods including cusum, EWMA, multivariate, and modified control charts. Covers inspection error and design of sampling plans. Topics include software quality assurance, and study of the concepts of Deming, Ishikawa, Feigenbum, and Taguchi's approach in quality planning, organization, and improvement. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G290 Reliability Analysis and Risk Assessment
Studies principles of the methods of risk assessment and reliability analysis including fault trees, decision trees, and reliability block diagrams. Discusses classical, Bayesian, and median rank methods for analysis of components and systems reliability. Presents various factors that determine the stress and strength of components and their impact on system reliability. Practical applications, examples, and problems cover a broad range of engineering fields, such as mechanical, electrical, industrial, computer, structures, and automatic control systems. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G300 Engineering/Organizational Psychology
Offers an analysis of the purpose and functioning of organizations as the basic networks for achieving goals through coordination of effort, communication, and responsibility. Studies the role and function of engineering organizations based on modern behavioral science concepts as well as the application of psychology to industry relative to human relations, group dynamics, tests and measurements, personnel practices, training, and motivation. Examines the evolution of the learning organization and its role in the management of R&D and technology, the influence of the rapid changes in technology, and the globalization of the marketplace through group-oriented case studies. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G305 Financial Management for Engineers
Examines the issues and processes of short-term financing on industrial firms, financial analysis of cases, supplemented by readings to develop familiarity with sources and uses of working capital as well as the goals and problems involved in its management. Also covers the analysis necessary for such long-term financial decisions as issuance of stock or bonds; contracting of leases or loans, and financing of a new enterprise; mergers, capital budgeting, the cost of capital, and the valuation of a business. Examines financial statement ratio analysis along with the use of the capital asset pricing model as it relates to risk and return. Explores leverage and capital structure and international managerial finance in the examination of the overall financial policy decision-making process. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G310 Logistics, Warehousing and Scheduling
Explores the determination of needs and requirements for logistics within large-scale manufacturing and business environments. Examines warehousing and scheduling in the context of a business logistics system. Introduces managerial, mathematical, and software tools and techniques for modeling and optimizing various aspects of the business supply chain. Considers approaches to examining warehousing operations and the associated algorithms. Prerequisite: IEM G200.

IEM G315 Human Factors Engineering
Offers students an opportunity to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to recognize and analyze existing or potential human factors problems and to identify, design, and possibly implement feasible solutions. Topics include: introduction to human factors and ergonomics; engineering antrhopometry and biomechanics; physiology related to human factors and work station design; cognition and information processing; decision making, attention, and workload; human error and accidents; human-machine interface design; controls and displays; and human factors applications in transportation, aerospace, consumer product design, and so forth.

IEM G374 Special Topics in IEM
Offers topics of interest to the staff member conducting this class for advanced study. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor/faculty.

IEM G401 Independent Study
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor/faculty.

IEM G402 Independent Study
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor/faculty.

IEM G403 Independent Study
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor/faculty.

IEM G404 Independent Study
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor/faculty.

IEM G674 Master’s Project
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor/faculty.

IEM G684 Thesis (4SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G688 Thesis (8SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G699 Thesis Continuation (0SH)
Offers continuing master's thesis supervision under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

IEM G890 Dissertation (0SH)
Offers dissertation supervision under individual faculty supervision. May be taken twice for course credit.

IEM G899 Dissertation Continuation (0SH)
Offers continuing dissertation supervision under individual faculty supervision.

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department

Mechanical Engineering

Students must refer to the Registrar's web site or the Graduate School of Engineering's web site to determine the courses that are offered in any given semester. All courses are four semester hours (4SH) unless otherwise stated.

MTM G200 Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers
A comprehensive course designed to integrate undergraduate mathematics into a solid foundation of graduate mathematics. Topics include infinite series, special functions, the Laplace transform, vector field theory, linear space theory, eigenvalue and eigenfunction theory, numerical solution of linear and non-linear algebraic equations, and numerical differentiation and integration. These techniques and other methods will be used to solve both ordinary and partial differential equations. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G205 Advanced Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers
Topics include complex variables; generalized functions and integral transforms; variational calculus and applications; approximate methods of engineering analysis including asymptotic expansions and regular and singular perturbation methods; and numerical solution of partial differential equations with emphasize on parabolic and elliptic problems occurring in mechanical engineering. Examples are drawn from solid mechanics, vibration, and fluid mechanics. Prerequisite: MTM200.

MTM G210 Elasticity and Plasticity
Covers stress and strain analysis in continuous media. Topics include analysis of Cartesian tensors using indicial notation; stress and strain concepts; point stress and strain; relation to tensor concepts; equations of equilibrium and compatibility; constitutive laws for elastic, general, axisymmetric, plane stress, and plane strain formulations and solutions; the relation of elasticity to structural mechanics theories; physical basis of plastic/inelastic deformation of solids; and constitutive descriptions of plasticity including yielding, hardening rules, Prandtl-Reuss constitutive laws, and viscoplasticity. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G215 Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration
Covers dynamic response of discrete and continuous media. Topics include work and energy, impulse and momentum, Lagrangian dynamics, free and forced response to periodic and transient excitations, vibration absorber, free and forced response of multiple degree-of-freedom systems with and without damping, method of modal analysis, vibrations of continuous media such as extensional, torsional, and bending vibrations of bars, and approximate methods of analysis. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G220 Advanced Mechanics of Materials
Covers stress, strain, and deformation analysis of simple structures including beams, plates, and shells. Topics include classical theory of circular and rectangular plates; combined effects of bending and in-plane forces; buckling of plates; effects of shear deformation and of large deflections; membrane theory of shells; analysis of cylindrical shells; introduction to energy methods with applications to beams, frames, and rings; Ritz method; and the concept of stability as applied to one and two degree-of-freedom systems buckling of bars, frames, and rings. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G225 Control and Mechatronics
Covers concepts in design and control of electromechanical systems. Topics include review of continuous-time system modeling and dynamic response; principles of feedback, classical control analysis, and design techniques, such as root locus and frequency response; dynamic analysis, design, and control of robots and electromechanical systems; kinematics and dynamics of multiinput, multioutput rigid body systems; inverse kinematics, inverse dynamics, and computed torque control; adaptive and learning control; and introduction to digital implementation of control algorithms. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G230 Mechanics of Contact and Lubrication
Covers issues related to friction, wear, and lubrication of contacting surfaces. Topics include brief review of elasticity, fluid mechanics and probability theory, characterization of engineering surfaces, standard surface topography descriptors, Gaussian and fractal characterization of surface topography, surface profilers, contact mechanics, Hertzian contact, contact of rough surfaces, real area of contact, empirical contact formulas, rolling contact, friction of solids, wear mechanisms, theory of lubrication, compressible and incompressible Reynolds equation, effects of slip flow, classification of bearing types, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, foil bearings, and boundary lubrication. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G235 Finite Element Method
Focuses on numerical techniques for solving engineering problems. Topics include introduction to the finite element method; methods of approximations and variational methods; Rayleigh-Ritz method and Galerkin formulation; interpolation functions; truss, beam, plate, shell, and solid elements; stiffness matrix and assembly of element equations; application of finite element method in fluid and heat transfer problems; linear, nonlinear, and transient problems; numerical integration and methods of solving systems of equations for static and dynamic problems; and use of a finite element general-purpose commercial package. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G240 Composite Materials
Discusses the stress, strain and deformation, and failure analysis of composite structures. Topics include introduction to composite materials, constitutive relations and mechanical properties of particulate reinforced composites, anisotropic lamina and cellular composites, micromechanical models, laminated composites and effect of stacking sequence, application to structural response of beams and plates, and damage in composite materials. Prerequisite: MTM G210.

MTM G245 Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis
Explores the fundamentals of fracture and failure of materials. Topics include Orwan and Griffith theory of fracture, energy release rate and stress intensity factor as fracture parameters, fracture toughness and its determination, crack growth resistance, R curve, crack opening displacement, J integral methodology, prediction of fatigue crack growth using fracture mechanics, test for measurement of fatigue crack growth parameters, optical fractography in failure analysis, overview of nonlinear fracture mechanics, probabilistic method for fracture prediction for ceramic materials with random populations of microscopic flows, and application of fracture mechanics in failure analysis. Prerequisite: MTM G210.

MTM G250 Advanced Topics in Vibration
Covers wave propagation, nonlinear vibration, and random vibration in elastic media. Topics include waves in strings, bars, and beams, nonlinear vibration of one and two degree-of-freedom systems, random vibration, description of stochastic processes, impulse response and frequency response of linear time-invariant dynamic systems, correlations and spectra stationary response, crossing rate, peaks, and envelopes, failure under random loading, and spectral analysis. Prerequisite: MTM G215.

MTM G255 Continuum Mechanics
Covers the stresses, strains, and displacements in general continuous media. Topics include vector and tensor calculus; definitions of stress, strain, and deformation; kinematics of a continuous medium; material derivatives; rate of deformation tensor, finite strain, and deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian formulations; geometric measures of strain; relative deformation gradient, rotation, and stretch tensors; compatibility conditions; general principles; conservation of mass; momentum principles; energy balance; and principle of virtual displacements. Prerequisite: MTM G210.

MTM G260 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Provides an introduction to microelectromechanical systems including principles of sensing and actuation, microfabrication technology for MEMS, noise concepts, and packaging techniques. Covers a wide range of disciplines, from electronics to mechanics, material properties, microfabrication technology, electromagnetics, and optics. Studies several classes of devices including inertial measurement devices, pressure sensors, rf components, and optical MEMS. The last third of the semester is devoted largely to design projects. These projects involve design of MEMS devices to specifications in a realistic fabrication process. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing in MTM.

MTM G262 Nanomanufacturing I
The objective is to provide an interdisciplinary Nanomanufacturing course for a student population with diverse scientific and engineering backgrounds. The course will be taught in segments that are focused in five areas: (1) directed self assembly, (2) advanced micro and nano fabrication techniques, (3) Nanoscale polymer and composite processing, (4) environmentally benign Nanomanufacturing and worker safety, and (5) related policy and ethical issues. Each lecture segment will include fundamental concepts in addition to more advanced topics in nanomanufacturing.

MTM G270 General Thermodynamics
Examines fundamentals of equilibrium thermodynamics. Topics include work, energy, heat, temperature, available energy, entropy, first and second law of thermodynamics, simple systems, closed and open systems, availability loss and irreversibility, heat engines, multicomponent systems, mixtures of gases, chemical reactions, and chemical equilibrium. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G275 Essentials of Fluid Dynamics
Offers a fundamental course in fluid dynamics designed to prepare the student for more advanced courses in the thermofluids curriculum while providing a strong background in fluid mechanics. Topics include Cartesian tensors; differential and integral formulation of the equations of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy; molecular and continuum transport phenomena; the Navier-Stokes equations; vorticity; inviscid, incompressible flow, the velocity potential, and Bernoulli's equation; viscous incompressible flow; the stream function; some exact solutions; energy equation including heat conduction and viscous dissipation, low Reynolds number flow, exact and approximate approaches to laminar boundary layers in high Reynolds number flows, stability of laminar flows and the transition to turbulence, and treatment of incompressible turbulent mean flow; and internal and external flows. Prerequisite: MTM G200 or equivalent.

MTM G280 Statistical Thermodynamics
Provides insight into the laws of classical thermodynamics and the behavior of substances. Topics include introduction to probability; ensemble theory, elementary kinetic theory of an ideal gas including the distribution of molecular velocities, and the mean free path treatment of transport properties; classical statistics of independent particles, equipartition of energy, the partition function, and laws of thermodynamics; some results from quantum mechanics, quantum statistics of independent particles; applications to gases; and systems of interacting particles. Prerequisites: MTM G200 and MTM G270.

MTM G285 Heat Conduction and Thermal Radiation
Emphasizes analytical techniques in conduction and radiative transfer. Topics include formulation of steady- and unsteady-state one-dimensional and multidimensional heat conduction problems, solution techniques for linear problems including the method of separation of variables, Laplace transforms and integral transforms, approximate analytical methods, phase change problems, and nonlinear problems. Offers an introduction to thermal radiation heat transfer including the electromagnetic background of radiation, nature of thermal radiation, radiation intensity, black body intensity, and radiation through nonparticipating media. Discusses the fundamentals of radiation in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media including the equation of radiative transfer with methods of solution, pure radiative transfer in participating media, and interaction of radiation with conduction and/or convection. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G290 Convective Heat Transfer
Focuses on the fundamental equations of convective heat transfer including heat transfer in incompressible external laminar boundary layers, integral boundary layer equations, laminar forced convection in internal flows, and turbulent forced convection in internal and external flows. Develops analogies between heat and momentum transfer including the Reynolds, Taylor, and Martinelli analogies. Covers natural convection, heat transfer in high-speed flow, and transient forced convection. Prerequisite: MTM G275.

MTM G295 Aerodynamics
Focuses on topics of practical importance in applications of fluid mechanics to external flows over bodies. Covers compressible flow analysis in order to use the concepts of sound speed and Mach number and to design subsonic and supersonic nozzles, diffusers, and airfoils. Introduces normal and oblique shock waves and the Prandtl-Meyer expansion applied to supersonic flows over bodies and surfaces. Discusses Rayleigh and Fanno flows. Studies and applies the Bernoulli equation and potential flow theory to external flow analyses and the theory of lift generation on airfoils. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G300 Combustion and Air Pollution
Deals with the formation of pollutants during combustion processes and their subsequent transformations in the atmosphere. Emphasis is on the effects of design and operating parameters of combustion devices on the nature and composition of exhaust gases, improvements, postcombustion treatment of effluent gases, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric transport of pollutants, smog formation, acid rain, ozone formation, and destruction. Prerequisite: Knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics or permission of instructor/faculty.

MTM G305 Fundamentals of Combustion
Provides an advanced course that is a comprehensive treatment of the problems involved in the combustion of liquid, gaseous, and solid fuels in both laminar and turbulent flow. Discusses the fundamentals of chemical kinetics. Examines the equations for the transport of mass, momentum, and energy with chemically reacting gases. Topics include diffusion and premixed flames, combustion of droplets and sprays, and gasification and combustion of coal. Prerequisite: MTM G270.

MTM G310 Computational Fluid Dynamics With Heat Transfer
Offers an advanced course in computer methods applied to flows with heat transfer. Topics include finite difference methods for solving partial differential equations, with particular emphasis on the equations of fluid dynamics and convective heat transfer. Other topics include integral methods for boundary layers and their coupling to potential flow solutions, the use of coordinate transformations and body-oriented coordinate systems, and the application of superposition techniques in convective heat transfer problems. Extensive use is made of commercial software as applied to engineering problems. Prerequisites: MTM G200 and MTM G275.

MTM G315 Heat Transfer Processes in Microelectronic Devices
Focuses on discussion and development of state-of-the-art methods used to predict the heat transfer rates from microelectronic devices and packages and to simulate transport phenomena in manufacturing processes associated with microelectronic devices. Topics may include use of latent heat reservoirs, boiling jet impingement cooling, control volume approaches to extended surfaces, calculation of thermal contact conductances, and natural convection in enclosures. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G320 Solar Thermal Engineering
Develops a model for the hourly direct and diffuse radiation under a cover of scattered clouds and the transmission and absorption of this radiation by passive and active systems. Considers the design of air heating systems and the storage of the collected energy by a pebble bed, and considers elements of heater exchanger design. Makes a study of the economics of a domestic water and/or space heating system using f-chart analysis. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G325 Two Phase Flow
Covers the basic concepts of heat and mass transfer associated with phase change and multiphase flows. Topics include boiling heat transfer (nucleate boiling, film boiling, and bubble dynamics); evaporation and condensation; liquid-gas two-phase flow and gas-solid and liquid-solid two-phase flows. Prerequisite: MTM G200.

MTM G330 Turbulent Flow (4SH)
Offers an advanced course dealing with flow and transport, with emphasis on engineering methods. Topics include generation and dissipation of turbulence, fluctuations, and time-averaging, Reynolds stresses and turbulent fluxes, closure models for free and bounded shear flows, models employed for practical flows including k-E and algebraic-stress models, an introduction to large eddy and direct simulation, and an introduction to numerical modeling of turbulent flows. Prerequisite: MTM G275.

MTM G335 Aerosol Mechanics
Studies the behavior of ultrafine particles from both microscopic and macroscopic viewpoints. Discusses the microscopic origins of aerosol transport phenomena including Bownian diffusion, drag, thermophoresis, condensation, and evaporation. Explores deposition processes for monodisperse aerosols, the distribution function for polydisperse aerosols, the general dynamic equation and methods of solution, homogeneous nucleation, and coagulation. Applications are introduced where appropriate. Prerequisite: MTM G285 and MTM G290.

MTM G340 Turbomachinery Design
Presents preliminary design methods and analytical tools applicable to turbomachinery. Discusses design criteria and performance characteristics at design and off-design operating conditions for several important types of turbomachinery. Studies axial flow compressors and turbines (gas and steam) including topics such as compressor surge, turbine blade cooling, and steam wetness effects. Also studies centrifugal compressors, radial inflow turbine, pumps, fans, and water turbines. Discusses turbomachinery mechanical design limitations. Examines the use of empirical data on blade cascade performance in blade selection. Presents numerical methods of analyzing two- and three-dimensional flows in turbomachinery (conformal transformation and streamline curvature). Two in-depth design projects are assigned. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering, knowledge of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.

MTM G345 Macroscopic Transport in Materials Processing
Discusses principles of mathematical and physical modeling of the processing of primary and electronic materials. Practical examples include continuous casting, rheocasting, metal-matrix composites, thermal spraying, magnetohydrodynamics, microgravity processing, growth of semiconductor crystals, and chemical vapor deposition. Explores transport equations as tools of mathematical models and similarity criteria as tools of physical models. Topics include Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, multiphase flow, dimensionless numbers, conductive and convective heat transfer, thermal radiation, diffusion and mass transfer with chemical reaction, order-of-magnitude analysis, and intelligent processing techniques. Prerequisite: Knowledge of heat transfer or permission of instructor/faculty.

MTM G350 Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanisms
Covers dislocation theory and includes such topics as crystalline defects, elastic properties of dislocation, movement of dislocations, multiplication, intersection, annihilation, dislocations in crystalline materials, and dislocation arrays and crystal boundaries. Examines application of dislocation theory to microplasticity, dynamic recovery and recrystallization, strengthening mechanisms, and high-temperature deformation. Prerequisite: Knowledge of materials science course.

MTM G355 Thermodynamics of Materials
Covers fundamentals of materials thermodynamics that encompass the first, second, and third laws, entropy, enthalpy, and free energy. Emphasis is on phase stability and equilibria, phase diagram computation with applications to phases in metals, alloys, and ionic compounds. Prerequisite: Knowledge of thermodynamics course and materials science course.

MTM G360 Kinetics of Phase Transformations
Focuses on the different types of phase transformations that occur in materials in relation to theory and practice. Topics include the diffusion equations, mechanisms of diffusion in crystalline solids, random walk theory, ionic conduction, high-diffusivity paths, diffusional and nondiffusional phase transformations, and microstructural evolution in material processing. Prerequisite: MTM G355.

MTM G365 Properties and Processing of Electronic Materials
Focuses on electronic principles and the processing techniques underlying the processing/structure/property relationships of materials. Covers metals and alloys, semiconductors, and insulators. Topics include electronic structures, band theory; thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties; and processing methods including film deposition. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G370 Environmental Issues in Manufacturing and Product Use
Explores environmental and economic aspects of different materials used in products throughout the product life cycle. Introduces concepts of industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, and sustainable development. Students work in teams to analyze case studies of specific products fabricated using metals, ceramics, polymers, or paper. These case studies compare cost, energy, and resources used and emissions generated through the mining, refining, manufacture, use, and disposal stages of the product life cycle. Debates issues in legislation (extended product responsibility, recycling mandates, and ecolabeling) and in disposal strategies (landfill, incineration, reuse, and recycling). Discusses difficulties associated with environmental impact assessments and the development of decision analysis tools to weigh the tradeoffs in technical, economic, and environmental performance, and analyzes specific case studies. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G374 Special Topics in MTM
Offers topics of interest to the staff member conducting this class for advanced study.

MTM G375 Corrosion of Materials
Studies the thermodynamics and rate of corrosion both in aqueous and nonaqueous environments. Topics include different forms of corrosion, mixed potential theory, corrosion testing, corrosion prevention, environmental effects, dependence on materials structure, and high-temperature metal-gas reactions. Emphasis is on metals, alloys, and engineering plastics. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G380 Particulate Materials Processing
Covers the processing of metallic and ceramic materials from particulate form. Includes particulate fabrication, characterization, handling, and consolidation for alloys, ceramics, and composites. Other topics include the principles of sintering in the absence and presence of liquid, advanced materials processing by rapid-solidification powder metallurgy, and the processing and structures of advanced ceramics. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G385 Structure, Properties and Processing of Polymeric Materials
Provides an introduction to the organic chemistry of polymers, the effects of chemical composition on structure, melting point, and degradation, and the thermodynamics of polymers. Other topics include the mechanical properties of polymers, analysis and testing, the effects of processing on structures and properties, and the processing of industrial polymers, with applications. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G390 Advanced Materials Processing
Introduces students to such new topics in materials processing as advanced joining, advanced coatings, nanocrystalline materials, biomaterials, materials in information technology, rapid prototyping, and nano/microfabrication. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G401 Independent Study (1SH)
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor/faculty.

MTM G402 Independent Study (2SH)
Theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of Department faculty.

MTM G403 Independent Study (3SH)
Theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Approval of Department faculty..

MTM G404 Independent Study (4SH)
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor/faculty.

MTM G682 Thesis (2SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G684 Thesis (4SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G688 Thesis (8SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate School of Engineering.

MTM G699 Thesis Continuation (0SH)
Offers continuing master's thesis supervision under individual faculty supervision.

MTM G890 Dissertation (0SH)
Offers dissertation supervision under individual faculty supervision. May be taken twice for course credit.

MTM G899 Dissertation Continuation (0SH)
Offers continuing dissertation supervision under individual faculty supervision.