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Courses

 

120 - Workshop:

Introduction to the properties of engineering materials. Introduction to the basic operations used in manufacturing. Measuring instruments. Manual tools and their use in metals and wood. Electrical wiring. The application of machine tools in manufacturing processes. Welding processes. (One lecture and 3 hours workshop).


121 - Engineering Drawing:

Instruments and their use, lettering, geometric construction, sketching. Theory of projection, multiview projection, pictorial representation, axonometric, oblique, sectioning, dimensioning. (One Lecture and 3 hours lab).

223 - Mechanical Drawing:

Drawing of typical mechanical pieces, surface finish, tolerance and allowance, fits of assembled bodies, dimensioning, assembly drawings, drawing using CAD. (Prerequisite Mechanical Engineering 121).

232 - Dynamics:

Kinematics of particles. Absolute and relative motion, Coordinates systems, fixed and moving ones. Newtons, Laws, linear, impulse and momention, energy and work, angular momentum, motion of rigid body, and Eulers equations. (Prerequisite Civil Engineering 232).

312  - Fluid Mechanics Lab.

Center of Pressure, Stability, Venturi meter, Orifice, Impact of a Jet, Flow measuring aparatus, Flat Plate Boundary Layer, Radial Pump, Friction losses, Drag & Lift Measurement.(3 hrs Lab.). (Prerequisites: ENME335).


321 - Measurements Laboratory:

Reports writing and analysis of results, measurements principles of distance, velocity, acceleration, pressure, force, stress and strain, and temperature using mechanical, electrical, and electronic devices. Industrial application of measurements techniques and their instrumentation. (One lecture and 3 hours Laboratory).

331 - Material Science:

Structure of engineering materials, metals, ceramics and plastics. Imperfections and dislocations of crystal, ferrous and non- ferrous alloys. Phase diagrams, heat treatments and introduction to corrosion. (prerequisite: chemistry 143). 

332 - Machine Dynamics:

Freedom, mechanisms, instant centers graphical and analytical calculations of velocity and acceleration of linkages. Analysis by complex numbers. Cams, gear trains. Inertia forces in machines. Balancing of rotating masses (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 232).

333 - Thermodynamics:

Thermodynamic concept and definitions, pure substances and their properties, work and heat. First law and its applications, second law and its applications. Thermodynamic cycles. (Prerequisite: Physics 131).

334 - Applied Thermodynamics:

Analysis of thermodynamics power and refrigeration cycles, availability and irreversibility. Mixtures and psychrometry. Thermodynamic relations, combustion processes and equilibrium, compressor. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 333).

335 - Fluid Mechanics (I):

Properties of fluids, fluid statics, equilibrium of floating and submerged bodies. Principals and equations of fluid flow, viscosity and compressibility and its effect on flow. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Fluid measurements. Fluid friction in pipe flow and selection of pumps.  Laminar flow. Introduction to differential relation in fluid dynamics.  (Prerequisites: ENME 232).

 

401- Practical Training:

Practical training during summer in an approved firms for a period of not less than six weeks and in the field of student concentration. (Prerequisite: third or forth year level).

411 - General Mechanical Engineering Laboratory:

Experiments related to machine dynamics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, production engineering, heat transfer, control, and vibration (prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 321, 431).


 

421 - Mechanical Engineering Tools

Introduce the fundamental of machine and computer tool use. Solving mechanical Engineering problem using Matlab software. Application includes statics, dynamics and heat transfere. Emphasis on problem solving not programming. Design a machine using CAD software [solid works, Pro-Engineer] and construct a machine prototype in the engineering workshop. Student work with a variety of machine tools like milling, lathe machine, etc. (One lecture 50 min. per week & One lab per week 3 hours). (Prerequisites: ENME335).

430 - Sanitary and Mechanical Engineering:

(For Architecture Engineering Students)
Sanitary fixtures and its installation, domestic hot and cold water supply networks, solid and liquid waste disposal. Fire fighting systems, heating ventilation and air conditioning systems. Thermal insulation. (Prerequisite: Arch. Engineering 336).

431 - Heat Transfer:

One dimensional steady state conduction, fins. Transient conduction. Principles of forced convection. Free convection. Principles of radiation heat transfer. Introduction to heat exchangers. (Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering 334 and 336).

 

432 - Refrigeration and Air conditioning:

Refrigeration cycles. Heating and cooling load calculations, psychrometry. Heating and cooling systems and equipment, design of water systems and selection of pump. Design of air ducts and selection of fans. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 431).

 

433 - Manufacturing Process I

 

Metals and alloys. Heat Treatment. Forming processes including extrusion, drawing, forging, and sheet metal forming. Sand casting and metal powder processing. Properties of plastics and plastic processing. Traditional metal removal processes. Welding processes. Measurement, inspection and quality control.  (Prerequisites: ENME331).

 

434 - Manufacturing Processes II

Special casting processes. Mechanics of metal cutting. Tool wear and tool life. Tool design. Grinding and other abrasive processes. Nontraditional machining processes. Economics of machining processes. Design for manufacturing guidelines. Manufacturing systems and automation Introduction to CNC and CAD/CAM. (Prerequisites: ENME433).

 

435 - Machine Design -I-:

Design theories and basic design principles. Surface durability, stress and failure. Fatigue loading and failure, design of screws, design of welded joints, mechanical springs. (Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering 223, 332, Civil Engineering 233).

436 - Machine Design -II-:

Rolling contact bearings. Design of spur, bevel and worm gears. Clutches and brakes. Transmission of power through flexible elements. Lubrication of journal bearings. Shafts and axles. ( Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 435).

437 - Fluids Mechanics II.

 

Potential flow and boundary layer analysis. Flow separation. The use of computational techniques to solve boundary layer problems. Viscous internal channel flow. One-dimensional Compressible flow in nozzles and ducts. Normal shock waves and channel flow with friction or heat transfer. Turbo machinery. Jet propulsion. (Prerequisites: ENME335).

438 -  Control Theory:

Principles of feedback control system, modeling of system signal flow graph. Feedback control system characteristics and performance. Routh - Hurwits stability criterion, Root locus method. Stability in the frequency domain. Design and compensation of feedback control systems (prerequisite: Math. 234, 331)

511 - Power Laboratory:

Experiments related to energy conversion, turbomachinery, internal combustion engines, and refrigeration and air conditioning. (prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 411).

512 - Design and Production Laboratory:

Selected experiment in engineering mechanics, production, machine design, and vibrations. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 411).

520 - Introduction to Graduation Project:

Topic selection, preparation of literature material and equipment survey for senior project. Supervision by one or more faculty members. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 401, and should be taken before the last semester of graduation).


 

530 - Graduation Project:

Project design or research in mechanical engineering. Supervision by one or more faculty members. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 520).

531 - Energy Conversion: 

Conventional energy sources and its utilization. Nuclear energy. Environmental impacts of energy conversion. Introduction to renewable energy resources. Direct energy conversion. Energy storage. Energy management and rational use of energy. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 334).

533 - Electromechanical Instrumentation

Theory and application of a wide range of sensors currently employed in modern industrial environments. General sensor technologies examined include laser, optical, inductive, piezo-electric and ultrasonic. Introduction machine vision, particularly software for part recognition. Also examined are the roles of sensors in computer-integrated and flexible manufacturing.

Measuring fundamental properties: transducers for measuring position, velocity and acceleration, fluid flow, temperature, pressure. Initial signal conditioning and problems: noise, shielding, bridges, passive filtering. Operational amplifiers, integrators, differentiators. Analog to digital conversion and digital to analog conversion. Actuators for controlling position, velocity and acceleration. Microprocessor applications. (Prerequisites: ENEE439)

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534 - Design and operation of power stations:

Over view of different types of power stations, its components, features and applications. Economic studies, load curves, station performance. Selection of station. Energy rates. (Prerequisite: Economics 337, Mechanical Engineering 431).

535 - Internal Combustion Engines:

Air standard cycles, combustion processes in ICE. Compression ignition engines, spark ignition engines. Engine parts design, supercharging, engine tests and performance. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 431)

536 - Computer-Aided Design

 

Need for geometric modeling, historic developments; wire frame models; hidden line removed models; polyhedral models; surface models and solid models. Constructive solid geometry; boundary representation and decomposition modeling. Hybrid models. Data structures and their role in modeling. Curves and surfaces in modeling. Geometric models and the role of engineers. Parametric and feature-based design. The course has a heavy lab component which provides exposure to solid modeling on PC-based CAD packages.(Two lectures 50 min., One lab 2 hrs per week). (Prerequisites: Math 330, ENME436)

 

537 - Fluid Power Control

Properties of hydraulic fluids. Design and function of conventional hydraulic and pneumatic circuits. Characteristics of flow and pressure control valves. Speed control in fluid power circuits. Performance of pumps and fluid motors. Hydrostatic and hydrokinetic transmission systems. Principles of sealing, filtration and heat control in hydraulic circuits. Industrial applications of fluid power systems.  (Prerequisites:  ENME438).

 

538 - Advanced Dynamics and Vibrations:

 

Balancing of rigid rotors; single plane and two-plane balancing, analytical and experimental field balancing methods. Balancing of reciprocating machines; single cylinder shaking forces, multicylinder engines and compressors of different configurations. Vibration of single-mass systems; free vibration characteristics, harmonic forcing, frequency response functions, applications to vibration isolation and transmissibility, shaft whirl, and vibration transducers. Fourier series solutions for periodic forcing. Multi-mass systems; frequencies and modes for undamped systems, matrix methods, orthogonality of modes and iteration methods. Beam and shaft vibration; Euler equation, frequencies and modes for classical boundary conditions, critical speeds of shafts (Prerequisites: ENME332)

5311 - Refrigeration Engineering:

The refrigeration systems. The refrigerants. Multipressure and multi-temperature refrigeration. Absorption refrigeration. Design of refrigeration equipment. Load calculation and design of cold storage rooms. (Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 432).

5312 - Finite Element Methods

A course presenting the fundamental ideas involved in conventional finite element analysis in Mechanical Engineering. Domain discretization, interpolation and shape functions, element derivation and types, element stiffness or property equations, assembly procedure, boundary conditions, solution methods for the algebraic equation system, applications in heat transfer, fluid flow, and stress analysis. Students will, throughout the course, use ANSYS software for their own practical problem analysis.  (Prerequisites: ENME436,  Math330)

 

5313 - Robotics

 

This course is designed to provide a background in the area of industrial robotic manipulators. The kinematics, dynamics, and control of robots is considered with emphasis on the mechanical aspects of the topic.Topics covered: Introduction/Kinematic Configuration, Coordinate Transforms, Manipulator Geometry, Position Solution Strategy, Velocity and Acceleration, Jacobian Matrix, Path Planning, Rigid Body Dynamics, Newton-Euler Equations, Actuators and Drives, DC Motor, Equations Position and Force, Sensors Vision and Advanced Automation Concepts. (Prerequisites: ENME438, ENME332)

 

5321 - Environmental Aspects in Mechanical Engineering

Topics Covered: Environment and pollution, Air pollutants, Air quality and pollution control, Thermal pollution, Pollution from ICE, Pollution from power stations, Production processes and pollution, Material recycling, Waste disposal.  (Prerequisites: ENME535, ENME531)

 

5322 - Automotive Engineering

Automotive mechanics, vehicle power trains manual and automatic transmissions, design of disc and drum brake systems and brake systems and braking performance, principles of antilock braking systems, vehicle traction and engine power requirements, study of automobile and truck suspension systems, design of suspension components such as springs (coil, leaf and torsion bar), shock absorbers, rubber bushings, control arms and stabilizer bars, vehicle ride, stability. steering drive lines, axles, frames, bodies, and cabs. Problems of performance and economy.  (Prerequisites: ENME436, ENME535)

 

5331 - Special Topics in Power

Selected topic in power. Topic is chosen according to student needs and faculty availability. (Prerequisite: Department Consent).

5332 - Special Topics in Design & Manufacturing

Selected topic in design and production. Topic is chosen according to student needs and faculty availability. (Prerequisite: Department Consent).

5333 - Special Topics in Mechatronics

Selected topic in mechatronics. Topic is chosen according to student needs and faculty availability. (Prerequisite: Department Consent).

 

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