Course Description
MEE 205 Statics( 3 credits)
This Statics course provides the students with the principles that treats the equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; trusses; frames and machines; friction; centroids, center of gravity and area moment of inertia.
Prerequisite: MAT 213.
MEE 207 Dynamics (3 credits)
Students shall be acquainted with the principles and applications of motion of particles and rigid bodies subjected to unbalanced force systems. This course introduces Newton’s law of motion, the kinematics of plane motion, relative motion, and Coriolis acceleration; the principle of work and energy, and the principle of impulse and momentum.
Prerequisite: MEE 205.
MEE 210 Engineering Graphics(1 credit)
This course provides the students with the basics of drawing to be able to understand and create technical drawings. An introduction in the basics of drawing of three dimensional objects, sketching and pictorial views, orthographic multiviews, auxiliary and section views, dimensioning and tolerance schemes, standard drawing formats, and detailing. Introduction to the use of a computer aided drafting software (AutoCAD).
Co- requisite: ENG 100.
PHY 230 Thermodynamics I (3 credits)
This course provides the students with the basic laws of conservation of mass, energy and the entropy balance. The course covers the properties and behavior of pure substances, concepts of work and heat, systems and control volumes, first law for systems, second law for systems, entropy and entropy production, and Carnot cycle. Introduction to the fundamentals of temperature measurement by experimentation.
MEE 250 Computer Aided Design (2 credits)
This course provides a hands-on introduction to the use of computer aided design (CAD) for mechanical engineering design processes. It employs an advanced CAD commercial software for creating solid models, mechanical assembly, product assembly and mechanism and basic design analysis.
Prerequisite: MEE 210.
MEE 280 Fluid Mechanics I( credits)
Students shall study in this course the fundamentals of fluid mechanics: fluid properties, fluid statics, analysis of fluid motion using the continuity, momentum and energy relationship. Applications of Bernoulli’s equation and Navier Stokes, flow ducts, potential flows and boundary layers flows.
Prerequisite: PHY 230 and MAT 340.
MEE 280L Fluid Mechanics I Lab(1 credit)
This course entails Lab experiments in fluid mechanics. Topics include the determination of forces on surfaces under hydrostatic pressure in liquids; pressure losses in the piping system, transparent measuring objects for determining the flow rate; open channel and closed channel flow; and base module for experiments in fluid mechanics.
Co-requisite: MEE 280.
MEE 320 Materials Properties and Processes(3 credits)
This course covers an introduction to basic types of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites), it discusses their mechanical properties which are explained through their microstructures. Topics include a revision of principle material microstructures, and defect phase diagram, heat treatment of metals, elastic and plastic behavior of materials,
Prerequisite: CHE 205.
MEE 322 Mechanics of Materials I(3 credits)
An introduction to stress, strain and stress-strain relations. The course covers the members subjected to axial load, torsion, bending and transverse shear with their related stresses; bending and shear diagrams of statically determinate system; thin walled pressure vessels; and state of stress caused by combined loading.
Prerequisite: MEE 205.
MEE 322L Mechanics of Materials Lab I (1 credit)
The Lab sessions are designed to provide the students with hands-on experience in various material testing and experimental stress analysis methods and to familiarize the students with various types of mechanical behavior of materials. Topics include tension, compression, bending and buckling.
Co-requisite: MEE 322.
MEE 330 Production Processes and Machinery(3 credits)
This course offers students an introduction to the concepts and applications of industrial manufacturing processes used for converting raw materials into finished products. Topics include definition of various processes, machinery, and operations with emphasis placed on understanding engineering materials and processing parameters that influence design considerations, product quality, and production costs.
Prerequisite: MEE 320 and MEE 250.
MEE 330L Production Processes and Machinery Lab(1 credit)
Students are introduced to the practices in production, processes and machinery.
Co-requisite: MEE 330.
MEE 350 Kinematics and Dynamics of Linkages(3 credits)
This course studies the motion and interaction of machine elements. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of kinematics and dynamics applied to the determination of degree of freedom mechanisms and forces acting on joints of mechanisms. Develop skills for designing and analyzing specifics mechanisms and applications such as gear trains, cam/follower mechanism, and other mechanisms.
Prerequisites: MEE 207 and MAT320.
MEE 390 Heat Transfe(3 credits)
Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of heat transfer by conduction, radiation and convection. The course covers the analysis of steady and transient heat conduction in one and two-dimensional problems. The design of heat exchangers is also covered.
Prerequisite: PHY 230.
MEE 390L Heat Transfer Lab(1 credit)
This lab course involves a series of hands-on experiments in determining the thermal conductivity of building materials; effect of different metals on heat conduction; and free and forced convection using the example of various heating element.
Co-requisite: MEE 390.
MEE 400 Mechanics of Materials II(3 credits)
This course covers the following topics: Mohr’s circle, Generalized Hooke’s law, Theories of failure, Deflections of beams and shafts, buckling in ideal columns, Design of beams and shafts, Energy methods, Study of statically indeterminate systems and Introduction to plates and shells.
Prerequisite: MEE 322 and MAT 320.
MEE 405 Mechanical Vibrations(3 credits)
This course covers free and forced response for undamped and damped system; damping vibration absorption, conservation of energy approach and Rayleigh’s method, response of discrete multi-degree of freedom systems, eigenvalues problems and mode shapes, Modal analysis.
Prerequisite: MEE 207 and MAT 380.
MEE 405L Mechanical Vibrations Lab(1 credit)
This course entails experiments of a wide range of oscillation from simple pendulum-swinging forced vibrations with resonance to vibration absorption. The course covers experiments with Kater’s pendulum, reduced pendulum length, spring mass system, undamped oscillation, damped oscillation, forced vibration, damped and undamped resonance, absorber effect in multi-mass oscillators.
Co-requisite: MEE 405.
MEE 410 Thermodynamics II(3 credits)
This course covers properties of gas mixtures, air-vapour mixtures and applications; thermodynamics cycles: steam and gas power, refrigeration and heat pump systems; compressible substances; and thermodynamics of combustion processes and equilibrium calculation.
Prerequisite: PHY 230.
MEE 410L Thermodynamics II Lab(1 credit)
This course entails a series of experiments on simple compression refrigeration circuit; refrigeration circuit with variable load and heat pump for cooling and heating operation.
Co-requisite: MEE 410.
MEE 420 Fluid mechanics II(3 credits)
This course covers the concepts of laminar and turbulent flows; potential flow and boundary layers analysis; lift and drag; viscous internal channel flow and lubrication theory; one dimensional compressible flow in nozzles and ducts. Introduction to centrifugal and axial flow machinery: pumps, fans, hydraulic turbines and torque converters.
Prerequisite: MEE280.
MEE 420L Fluid mechanics II Lab(1 credit)
This course entails a series of experiments on centrifugal and axial flow machinery. The experimental units provide the experiments to get to know the operating behaviour and the most important characteristics variables of axial and radial fans.
Co-requisite: MEE420.
MEE 460 Control Systems(3 credits)
This course acquaint students with the fundamental techniques for the analysis and design of linear feedback systems. Stability, sensitivity, performance criteria, steady-state error, Nyquist criterion, root locus techniques, and compensation methods.
Prerequisite: MAT 340
MEE 497 Practical Training(3 credits)
Students in their junior year are required to work on part time or full time basis in order to experiment with and practice what they learned in class. A student presents a formal report by the end of this training period then he/she makes a public presentation exposing his/her experience.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor.
MEE 498 Capstone Project Proposal(1 credit)
Students are prepared in this course seminar to deal efficiently and effectively with the fundamentals of systematic research. Graduating students will learn to brainstorm the different available research opportunities and prepare a formal outline that shall constitute the structure for their graduation senior project. Topics include design philosophies, problem conceptualization, problem definition, project planning and budgeting, written and oral communication skills, teamwork, development of specifications, and effective utilization of available resources.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor.
MEE 499 Capstone Project (3 credits)
Students will utilize the blue prints prepared in MEE 498 to realize the physical design. In this course, the hardware will be completed, tested for specifications and a prototype could be finalized. The final report shall include all necessary steps to describe the whole process including software development and/or selection if necessary. A formal oral presentation is required under the supervision of a formal judging committee formed from the faculty members.
Prerequisite: MEE 498.
EEE 205 Circuits(3 credits)
This course is intended to non-electrical or computer engineering students. It provides students with the knowledge and skills required to analyze linear electrical circuits required for the analysis and design of both simple and complex electrical and electronic systems. Topics include direct current and alternating current circuits, operational amplifiers, phasors and sinusoidal excitation, formulation and solving differential equations to describe the behavior of zero, first and second order time dependent circuits.
Co-requisite: MAT 340.
EEE 305 Electronics(3 credits)
This course is intended to non-electrical or computer engineering students. Brief principles of operation and application of electron devices and linear circuits will be covered. Topics include semiconductor properties, diodes, bipolar and field effect transistors, biasing, amplifiers, frequency response, operational amplifiers, and analog design. In addition, amplifications and filtering of sensor signals for mechanical system and mechatronics applications will be covered.
Prerequisite: EEE 205.
EEE 305L Electronics Lab(1 credit)
The aim of this lab is to provide Lab experience in building and testing linear circuits involving diodes, BJTs and FETs. Topics include experiments with RC low-pass filters, Op-amp circuits, diode characteristics, rectifiers and doublers, bistable, amplifying and filtering sensor output signals. Practical projects are assigned.
Co-requisite: EEE 305.
Technical Electives
MEE 500 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering(3 credits)
This course covers the treatment of recent developments in various areas of mechanical engineering.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor.
MEE 501 Power Plant Engineering(3 credits)
This course provides students with a theoretical and practical background to analyze and understand the design and functions of power plants for the generation of electric power; fossil and nuclear fuels, perform cycle analysis, component design and support plant operation and control.
Prerequisites: MEE 420 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 502 Mechanical Engineering Design(3 credits)
This course covers the design of machines and machine elements. Design topics are selected from mechanical elements such as shafts, bearings, springs, welding joints and fasteners. Design is based on stress analysis and the fundamentals of failure theories under both static and fatigue loading. Students work in design teams on a major design project.
Prerequisite: MEE 350 and MEE 400 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 503 Finite Element Method(3 credits)
This course introduces the fundamentals of finite element method. Beginning with simple one-dimensional problem, continuing to two and three-dimensional elements. Applications in solid mechanics (structural components), fluid mechanics and heat transfer are covered.
Prerequisite: MAT 350 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 503L Finite Element Lab(1 credit)
This course teaches students how to effectively construct mechanical model, analyze it and interpret the results using commercial finite-element analysis software.
Co-requisite: MEE 503.
MEE 505 Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering(1-3 credits)
Students are trained to be independent in their quest to research contemporary subjects in Mechanical Engineering. With the supervision of a faculty member, students are responsible to deliver a research project related to any of the Mechanical Engineering topics. A formal report and oral presentation shall be scheduled to fulfill requirements of the course.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor.
MEE 510 Heating, Ventilating and Air conditioning(3 credits)
This course covers the fundamentals of HVAC systems and components; human thermal comfort; heating and cooling load calculations in buildings; air conditioning systems and air and water distribution systems.
Prerequisite: MEE 390 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 515 Intro to Robotics( 3 credits)
This course presents an overview of robotics in practice and research with topics including vision, motion planning, mobile mechanisms, kinematics, inverse kinematics, and sensors. This course will also expose students to some of the contemporary happenings in robotics, which includes current robot lab research, applications, robot contests and robots in the news. Students are required to design and create a prototype as a final project for this course.
Prerequisite: MEE 350 and MEE 460 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 520L Applied Energy Lab(1 credit)
This course includes topics related to heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, solar energy, wind energy, renewable energy in buildings…
Prerequisite: MEE 390, MEE 410 and MEE 420 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 530 Internal Combustion Engines(3 credits)
Students are introduced to the thermodynamic principles of internal combustion engines; cycles, combustion, engine operation; carburation, ignition, performance analysis; engine balancing; and super charging.
Prerequisite: MEE 390 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 530L Engine Lab(1 credit)
This course offers a first-hand series of experiments on internal combustion engines: familiarization with a four-stroke petrol engine and a four-stroke diesel engine; determination of the characteristic diagram for engine under a variable load and speed; determination of specific fuel consumption; determination of volumetric efficiency and fuel-air ratio; determination of the frictional power of the engine; and comparison of diesel and petrol engines.
Co-requisite: MEE 530.
MEE 545 Applied Reservoir Engineering(3 credits)
This course introduces concepts and principles needed to understand and analyze hydrocarbon reservoir fluid systems, and defines the size and contents of petroleum accumulations. Topics cover reservoir description techniques using petrophysical and fluid properties; engineering methods to determine fluids in place, identify production-drive mechanisms, and forecast reservoir performance; implementation of pressure-maintenance schemes and secondary recovery.
Prerequisite: MEE 280 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 550 Mechanics of Composite Materials(3 credits)
This course provides students a background in modern lightweight composite materials. Topics covered include: current and potential applications of composite materials, fibers, matrices, manufacturing methods for composites, review of elasticity of anisotropic solids, methods for determining mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials, micromechanics of continuous and discontinuous fiber systems, laminated plate analysis, static analyses of laminated composites, edge effects in laminates and both macroscopic and microscopic failure analysis of composite materials and laminates.
Prerequisite: MEE 320 and MEE 400 (or Consent of Advisor).
MEE 560 Fracture mechanics(3 credits)
This course provides students with an introduction to the mechanics of fracture of brittle and ductile materials. The course covers the basics of linear-elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) including J-integral. Time dependent fracture including creep and fatigue crack growth will be covered. Methods to experimental determine fracture properties (ASTM) will be introduced.
Prerequisite: MEE 400 (or Consent of Advisor).