Courses
Introduction to Aerospace Engineering I (2200)
Description: An introduction to fundamental concepts leading to aircraft design, with an emphasis on aerodynamics and aircraft performance.
Prereq: Physics 1250 or 1260 (131); and Math 1152 (152), 1161 (161), 1172 (154), or 1181H, or a grade of C- or above in Math 1544. Prereq or concur: Math 2173 (254), 2153 (153), or 2162 (263). Not open to students with credit for 200. Units: 4.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Introduction to Aerospace Engineering II (2201)
Description: An introduction to fundamental concepts leading to aircraft and spacecraft design, with an emphasis on stability and control, propulsion, space launch/reentry, and orbital mechanics.
Prereq: 2200 (200). Not open to students with credit for 201. Units: 4.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Thermodynamics (2405)
Description: Aerospace engineering thermodynamics: Introduction to the concepts of energy and entropy, the First and Second Law analysis of systems and control volumes, and the analysis of power and refrigeration cycles.
Prereq: 2200 (200), and AeroEng-BS student (No AAE pre-majors can enroll in this class). Not open to students with credit for 405. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Flight Vehicle Dynamics (3520)
Description: Introduction to mathematical modeling of dynamics (equations of motion) for rigid bodies with specific application towards aircraft and spacecraft.
Prereq: 2200, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this course). Prereq or concur: MechEng 2030. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Fundamentals of Flight Vehicle Control (3521)
Description: Linear dynamic systems analysis using Transfer function (Laplace Transformation based) methods and State Space (matrix theory based) methods with emphasis on aircraft and spacecraft models.
Prereq: 3520, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Fundamental Astronautics (3522)
Description: This course will present a conceptual understanding of different types of orbits in space that arise under the laws of gravitational motion, basics of preliminary orbit determination, design of maneuvers among orbits of different types, a preliminary understanding of perturbations in space, preliminary space propulsion and the patched conics approach for interplanetary mission design.
Prereq: 3520. Concur: 2405. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Flight Vehicle Structures I (3542)
Description: Introduction to aerospace structures: Basic structural components; fundamental elements of linear elastic boundary value problems; composites; bending, torsion and shear of thin-walled sections; laboratory demonstrations.
Prereq: 2200 and MechEng 2030 and 2040, or 2200 and MechEng 2010 and 2020 and 2030; and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student. Not open to AeroEng pre-majors. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Flight Vehicle Structures II (3543)
Description: Energy Based Analysis: principles of virtual work and minimum potential energy; rayleigh-ritz & finite element methods; structural stability; thermo-elasticity; structural dynamics; laboratory demonstrations.
Prereq: 3542 (342), and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Not open to students with credit for 543. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (3560)
Description: Fundamentals of viscous and inviscid flow encountered in aircraft aerodynamics.
Prereq: 2200 and 2405; and Math 2174, or 2568 and 2415; and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student. Not open to AeroEng pre-majors. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
One Dimensional Gas Dynamics (3570)
Description: Continuation of viscous flows and boundary layers. One-dimensional gas dynamics including shocks, waves, supersonic, and transonic flow.
Prereq: 3560 (560 and 570), and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Not open to students with credit for 530. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Heat Transfer (3580)
Description: Fundamentals of conduction, convection, and radiation.
Prereq: 3560 (560 and 570), and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Not open to students with credit for 570. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Numerical Methods in Aerospace Engineering (3581)
Description: Fundamentals of mathematical and numerical modeling techniques and their applications in solving engineering problems.
Prereq: Math 2174, or 2568 (568) and 2415 (415); and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student. Not open to students with credit for 581, or AeroEng pre-majors. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Individual Studies in Aerospace Engineering (4193)
Description: Individual studies project for undergraduates.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Experimental Projects I (4510)
Description: Conceive, plan and design an experiment with a group of students. Emphasis on planning and experiment preparation.
Prereq: 3543 (543) and 3570 (530 and 570), and Sr standing, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Units: 2.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Experimental Projects II (4511)
Description: Execute and report on experiment formulated in Projects I. Emphasis on execution and reporting.
Prereq: 4510, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Design of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles I (4515)
Description: Conceptual and preliminary design, methodology, case studies, introduction of design software, group planning for subsequent design effort: design of atmospheric flight vehicles and components.
Prereq: 3543 (543) and 3570 (530 and 570) and 3521 (521) and 3580 (580), and Sr standing, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No AAE pre-majors can enroll in this class). Prereq or concur: 4550 (550). Not open to students with credit for 515.01 or 516.01. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Design of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles II (4516)
Description: Continuation of 4515. Preliminary and detailed design of aerospace vehicle components: design of a vehicle for atmospheric flight.
Prereq: 4515 (515 and 516), and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this class). Not open to students with credit for 516.01 or 517.01. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Design of Space Vehicles and Systems I (4517)
Description: Feasibility study of a space mission, elements of mission design and design methodologies of spacecraft subsystems, and preliminary sizing.
Prereq: 3521 and 3543 and 3570 and 3580, and Sr standing, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this course). Prereq or concur: 4550. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Design of Space Vehicles and Systems II (4518)
Description: Continuation of 4517: Preliminary and detailed design of space vehicle components. Design of a space vehicle/system, and mission scenarios simulation via computer software.
Prereq: 4517, and enrollment as AeroEng-BS student (No pre-majors can enroll in this course). Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Principles of Flight Vehicle Propulsion (4550)
Description: Fundamentals of aerospace propulsion, engine cycles and analysis of various air-breathing and rocket engines.
Prereq: 3570. Not open to students with credit for 550. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Research (4998)
Description: Aerospace Engineering research.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Thesis Research (4999)
Description: Aerospace Engineering research for thesis.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 5 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Honors Thesis Research (4999H)
Description: Aerospace Engineering honors research for thesis.
Prereq: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 5 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Helicopter Aerodynamics (5610)
Description: Basic treatment of helicopter aerodynamics, performance, and design.
Prereq: 3570 (530 and 570). Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Engineering (5612)
Description: Determination of the performance, stability, controllability, and handling qualities of general aviation aircraft through analysis and flight tests.
Prereq: 3520 (520) and 3570 (530 and 570). Not open to students with credit for 612. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Introduction to Computational Aerodynamics (5615)
Description: Introduction to computational methods used in aerodynamics flow problems.
Prereq: 3570 and 3581, and AeroEng major; or Grad standing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering; or permission of instructor. Not open to AeroEng pre-major students. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Flight Vehicle Design (5616)
Description: The course introduces advanced flight vehicle design techniques applied during the conceptual design phase. The optimum design process and problem formulation is introduced, with an in-depth focus on multivariate graphical optimization techniques for aircraft. We will conduct optimal design based on first principles, and apply best practices to multidisciplinary flight vehicle design.
Prereq or concur: 4550, and 4515 or 4517; or Grad standing in AeroEng; or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Stability and Control of Flight Vehicles (5620)
Description: Analysis and design of aircraft, helicopter and missile flight control systems and the associated guidance and navigation systems.
Prereq: 3521 (521). Not open to students with credit for 620 or 621. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Aerospace Vehicles (5621)
Description: Spacecraft (satellite) control systems analysis and design.
Prereq: 3521 (521). Not open to students with credit for 620 or 621. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Orbital Mechanics for Engineers (5626)
Description: Introduction to orbital mechanics with orbit determination techniques, orbital maneuvers and lunar and interplanetary trajectories.
Prereq: 3520 (520) and MechEng 2030 (430). Not open to students with credit for 645 or 745. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Air-Breathing Propulsion (5751)
Description: Fundamental and advanced concepts of gas turbine operation.
Prereq: 4550 (550). Not open to students with credit for 751. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Space Propulsion (5752)
Description: Analysis of different propulsion techniques for access to space and inter-planetary flight: liquid, solid, hybrid, nuclear and electric. Emphasizes fundamentals based on physics and mathematics.
Prereq: 4550 (550), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 752. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Hypersonic Flow (5775)
Description: Introduction to hypersonic inviscid and viscous flows, Newtonian theory, high-temperature effects and heat transfer.
Prereq: 3570, or Grad standing in AeroEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Individual Studies in Aerospace Engineering (6193)
Description: Individual studies project.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity of Aerospace Vehicles (6645)
Description: Fundamental Concepts of Structural Dynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics, and Aeroelasticity of Aerospace Vehicles.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Units: 4.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Viscous Fluid Flow: Laminar and Transitional (6771)
Description: Focus on laminar and transitional flows, beginning with classic analytical solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations and addressing issues of boundary layer stability and compressibility effects.
Prereq: 3560 and 3570. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Experimental Fluid Mechanics (6860)
Description: Introduction to experiment planning, data acquisition and analysis, and advanced measurement techniques commonly employed in fluid dynamics research.
Prereq: Grad standing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 860. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Flight Mechanics (7721)
Description: Advanced elements of flight mechanics across the entire Mach range including access-to-space and atmospheric reentry.
Prereq: Grad standing in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aeroacoustics (7774)
Description: Fundamental concepts of classical acoustics; physical mechanisms associated with aerodynamic noise generation; computational aeroacoustic methods.
Prereq: 5615 (615) or equiv. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Optimal Design of Aerospace Structures (7844)
Description: Optimization applied to aircraft and spacecraft structures.
Prereq: Grad standing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 844 or MechEng 7761 (761). Cross-listed in MechEng 7761. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Internal Flows in Turbomachinery (7862)
Description: Detailed study of swirling, rotating, compressible, and unsteady internal flows found in turbomachinery.
Prereq: 3560 (560) and 5751 (751), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 862. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Introduction to Turbulence (7875)
Description: Introduction to turbulence in fluid mechanics with emphasis on understanding the physical mechanisms involved.
Prereq: Grad standing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 875. Cross-listed in MechEng 7513. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Individual Studies in Aerospace Engineering (8193)
Description: Topics selected to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering (8518)
Description: Fourier series, complex differentiation and integration and transform and Green's function for solution of problems arising in heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics; linear operators as applied to engineering problems.
Prereq: Grad standing in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Nuclear Engineering; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Random Dynamical Systems (8830)
Description: Elements of axiomatic theory of probability, measure theory, stochastic differential equations, and martingales. Study of tools, e.g., sequential Monte Carlo, stochastic linearization, moment closure, Fokker-Planck equations, parameter estimation.
Prereq: ECE 6001, or Grad standing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Robust Multivariable Control with Applications (8850)
Description: Advanced concepts for robust control of uncertain dynamic systems with applications.
Prereq: 5620 or 5621 or ECE 6750, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ECE 8850. Cross-listed in ECE. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (8873)
Description: Fundamentals of most types of numerical approaches employed to solve fluid dynamics and heat transfer problems.
Prereq: 5615 (615) or MechEng 6507 (707), or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 873. Units: 3.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Graduate Seminar (8890)
Description: Lecture and discussion of current topics related to Aerospace Engineering presented by graduate students, staff and guest speakers. Course does not count toward course work required for MS or PhD degrees.
Prereq: Grad standing in AeroEng, MechEng or NuclrEn. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Research for MS Thesis (8998)
Description: Aerospace engineering research for thesis.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering Research for Dissertation (8999)
Description: Aerospace Engineering research for PhD.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
Statics (2010)
Description: Vector concepts of static equilibrium for isolated and connected bodies, centroids, inertia, truss, frame and machine analysis, and friction.
Prereq: Engr 1181 or 1187 or 1281H, and Physics 1250 or 1260, and Math 1151 or 1161. Not open to students with credit for 2010H or 2040. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Statics (2010H)
Description: Vector concepts of static equilibrium for isolated and connected bodies, centroids, inertia, truss, frame and machine analysis, friction and virtual work.
Prereq: Honors standing, and Engr 1181 or 1187 or 1281H, and Math 1151 or 1161. Prereq or concur: Physics 1250 or 1260. Not open to students with credit for 2040. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (2020)
Description: Stress and strain analysis of deformable structural components subjected to unidirectional and combined loads; pressure vessels; stress transformations (Mohr's Circle); beam deflections; column buckling.
Prereq: 2010 or 2010H. Not open to students with credit for 2040. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Dynamics (2030)
Description: Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; linear and angular motion; work and energy; and single degree of freedom vibration analysis.
Prereq: 2010 or 2010H or 2040. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Statics and Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (2040)
Description: Vector concepts of static equilibrium, truss, frame and machine analysis. Stress and strain analysis of deformable structural components; stress transformations; beam deflections; column buckling.
Prereq: Engr 1181 or 1187 or 1281H, and Physics 1250 or 1260, and Math 1152 or 1161 or 1172 or 1181H. Not open to students with credit for 2020. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (2193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering (2850.01)
Description: Numerical solutions of nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation, curve-fitting, ordinary differential equations.
Prereq: Enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course), or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: Math 2174 or 2415 (415), or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 250. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering (2850.02)
Description: Numerical solutions of nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation, curve-fitting, ordinary differential equations.
Prereq: Enrollment as IndEng-BS or ISE-PRE student, or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: Math 2174 or 2415. Not open to students with credit for 250. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Design in Mechanical Engineering (2900)
Description: Introduction to the discipline of Mechanical Engineering through a structured design, build, and test sequence. Students will fabricate apparatus which requires a basic understanding of the full scope of Mechanical Engineering.
Prereq: Enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: MatScEn 2010. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics and Vibrations (3260)
Description: Applications of ordinary differential equations, Laplace transforms, transfer function analysis to first and second order systems, and single-degree-of-freedom mechanical and electrical systems.
Prereq: 2850 (250) and 2900, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: ECE 2300 or 2300.01 or 320. Not open to students with credit for 481 or 650. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
System Integration and Control (3360)
Description: Modeling of a variety of multi-domain systems, including electromechanical actuators, principles of feedback control, and analysis of control systems.
Prereq: 3260 or 3261, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: 3503 (504) or 3504. Not open to students with credit for 482 or 571. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Thermal Sciences (3500)
Description: Introduction to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer with engineering applications.
Prereq: Math 2174 or 2177 or 2255 (255) or 2415 (415), and Physics 1250 (131). Not open to students with credit for 500 or enrolled in MechEng major. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics (3501)
Description: Principles of engineering thermodynamics from the classical perspective, including first and second laws of thermodynamics, with selected applications.
Prereq: 2850 and 2900, and Chem 1210 or 1250; and enrollment as MechEng-BS student; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3502, or to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (3503)
Description: A study of the basic concepts, fundamental equations, and applications of fluid mechanics to engineering problems.
Prereq: 2850 (250), and 3501 (501) or 3502, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 503 or 504. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Design and Analysis of Machine Elements I (3670)
Description: Design of mechanisms. Application of general mechanical engineering principles to the design and analysis of mechanical components.
Prereq: 2020 (420) and 2030 (430) and 2900 and 2850 (250), and enrollment as MechEng-BS student; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 553 or 561 or to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Design and Analysis of Machine Elements II (3671)
Description: Continuation of 3670 and 3571.
Prereq: 3670 or 3676, and 3751, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 563, or to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Kinematics and Mechanism Design (3751)
Description: This course is intended to help students develop an intuitive understanding of the design concepts for machinery and mechanisms. Topics covered are: kinematic joints, mobility analysis, kinematic synthesis of planar linkages, computer-aided design of mechanisms, kinematic analysis, Cam motion program synthesis, and cam profile design.
Prereq: 2030 and 2900, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3670 (Au17 or before), 3553, or 553. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Measurements and Data Analysis in Mechanical Engineering (3870)
Description: Foundation in experimental measurement and data analysis in mechanical engineering; team planning and execution of experiments; technical report writing.
Prereq: Stat 3450 or equiv, and 3260 (482) or 3261, and a second writing course, and enrollment in Mechanical Engineering major; or permission of instructor. Prereq or concur: 3503 (504) or 3504. Not open to students with credit for 570. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (4193.01)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (4193.02)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of Instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (4505)
Description: Discussion of nuclear energy and nuclear radiation; sources, methods of utilization, and projections for future engineering uses.
Prereq: Math 2153 or above and Physics 1251, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for NuclrEn 4505. Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer (4510)
Description: A study of the fundamentals of conduction, convection, and thermal radiation energy transfer with engineering applications.
Prereq: 3503 (504) or 3504, and MechEng-BS student (no pre-majors); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 510. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Systems (4536)
Description: Introductory course covering concepts of nuclear power reactor systems, thermal and mechanical design aspects, and economics of nuclear power plants.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or NuclrEn 4505 (505); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6536 (736), NuclrEn 4536 (736), or 6536 (736). Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Product Design Capstone I (4684)
Description: Fundamentals of the product design process, from concept creation to final implementation, including product architecture and design for manufacture and assembly. Part I will end with initial build and Part II will continue with implementation and testing.
Prereq: 3671 (563), and 3360 or 3361 (571); and 3870 (570). Prereq or concur: 4510 (510), and enrollment as MechEng-BS student; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5682 (682) or ISE 5682 (682) or 5560. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Product Design Capstone II (4685)
Description: Fabrication and testing of the product prototype developed in MechEng 4684, Product Design Capstone I.
Prereq: 4684. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Multidisciplinary Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (4870)
Description: Builds upon prior laboratory experiences and integrates thermal and mechanical system concepts; focus on problem solving using experimental and analytical/computational methods.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870, and enrollment as MechEng-BS or EngPhys-BS student. Prereq or concur: 4510. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I (4900)
Description: First course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Fundamentals of engineering design process and the technical and professional skills needed in Mechanical Engineering. Lectures, hands-on project.
Prereq: 3671 (563), and 3360 or 3361 (571); and 3870 (570). Prereq or concur: 4510 (510); and enrollment as MechEng-BS student; or permission of instructor. Concur: 4901.01 or 4902.01 or 4903.01 or 4904.01 or 4905.01. Not open to students with credit for Engr 4901 (658), 564, or 565, or MechEng pre-majors. Units: 1.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: General Projects (4901.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester capstone sequence. Students work on design problems proposed by faculty. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, and design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: General Projects (4901.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on design problem proposed by faculty. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, and documentation.
Prereq: 4901.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: Student Design Competitions (4902.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester capstone sequence. Students work on design problems arising from various student competitions in engineering. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, and design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: Student Design Competitions (4902.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on design project associated with student design competitions. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, and documentation.
Prereq: 4902.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: Industry Projects (4903.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester capstone sequence. Students work on design problems sponsored and/or proposed by industry. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, and design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. This course is progress graded. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: Industry Projects (4903.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on design project from industry. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, and documentation.
Prereq: 4903.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: Humanitarian Projects (4904.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester capstone sequence. Students work on design problems that have a humanitarian focus. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, and design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. This course is progress graded. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: Humanitarian Projects (4904.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on humanitarian project. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, and documentation.
Prereq: 4904.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: Assistive Devices (4905.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Students begin to work on assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, and design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: Assistive Devices (4905.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, and documentation.
Prereq: 4905.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS student (No ME pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design I: Product Design Capstone (4906.01)
Description: First course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Students begin to work on their design project. Emphasis on problem definition, requirements, design proposal.
Prereq: 3360, 3671, and 3870. Prereq or concur: 4510 and 5682.01, and enrollment as a MechEng-BS Student, or permission of instructor. Not open to MechEng pre-majors. This course is progress graded. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
ME Capstone Design II: Product Design Capstone (4906.02)
Description: Second course of 2-semester senior capstone series. Complete work on design problem proposed by faculty. Emphasis on detailed design, prototype, evaluation, documentation.
Prereq: 4906.01, and enrollment as MechEng-BS Student (No MechEng pre-majors can enroll in this course); or permission of instructor. Units: 2.5
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering (4998)
Description: Opportunity for undergraduate students to conduct research in Mechanical Engineering.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering (4998H)
Description: Opportunity for undergraduate Honors program students to conduct research in Mechanical Engineering.
Prereq: Honors standing, and enrollment in MechEng major, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Research for Thesis (4999)
Description: Students are offered the opportunity to pursue independent project/research. Student presentations and undergraduate thesis writing is included.
Prereq: CPHR 3.0 or above, and Sr standing in MechEng major; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Research for Thesis (4999H)
Description: Honors program students are offered the opportunity to pursue independent project/research. Student presentations and undergraduate Honors thesis writing is included, to enable graduation with Research Distinction in Mechanical Engineering.
Prereq: Honors standing, and CPHR 3.4 or above, and Sr standing in MechEng major; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Systems and Analysis (5003)
Description: Intermediate-level course covering thermal and mechanical design aspects of nuclear power plants. The thermodynamics of operating nuclear power plants (BWRs and PWRs) are emphasized.
Prereq: 4505 or NuclrEn 4505; and MechEng 3501 or equiv; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for NuclrEn 6536. Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Intermediate Dynamics (5030)
Description: This course emphasizes dynamics of single/multi-degree-of-freedom systems, including particles and rigid bodies, and is aimed as an extensive introduction to the principles of analytical mechanics. Of particular interest is the investigation of Lagrange's equations of motion for particles and rigid bodies.
Prereq: 2030, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5194 (Au14 or Sp16). Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Vibrations of Deformable Solids (5134)
Description: Introduction to the analysis of the free and forced transverse vibrations of strings, beams, membranes and plates and the longitudinal and torsional vibrations of prismatic bars.
Prereq: 2020 (420) or 2040, and Math 2174, 2177, or 2415 (415), and enrollment in MechEng major; or Grad standing in MechEng. Not open to students with credit for 734. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Applied Finite Element Method (5139)
Description: Overview of finite element method, description of finite element software, modeling requirements and techniques, analysis using general purpose software, and case studies.
Prereq: 2020 or 2040 or equiv, and enrollment in MechEng major; or Grad standing in Engineering. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Fracture Mechanics (5144)
Description: Fracture and fatigue of solids; stress intensity factors; stability of cracks; compliance and energy methods; plane stress, plane strain effects; crack propagation and arrest criteria.
Prereq: 2020 (420) or 2040, and Math 2174, 2177, or 2415 (415); or Grad standing in Engineering. Not open to students with credit for 744. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Laminated Composite Materials (5162)
Description: Introduction to anisotropic material behavior and failure assessment of laminated composite materials. Classical lamination theory, beams, plates and shells.
Prereq: 2020 (420) or 2040; or Grad standing in Engineering; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 662, 762, CivilEn 5162, 662, or 762. Cross-listed in CivilEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems (5180)
Description: Introduction to biomolecules and systems in the context of cellular functions. In particular the course focuses on the physical properties of biomolecules and the physical interactions that mediate their functions.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 694E (Spring 2010). Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Vehicle Dynamics (5234)
Description: A first course in vehicle dynamics devoted to the basic concepts of rubber wheeled vehicles with an actual driving and demonstrated laboratory.
Prereq: 3360 (482) and 3671 (563), or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 654 or 754. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Vibrations (5240)
Description: Free and forced vibration analysis of single-degree-of-freedom systems with various forms of damping, vibration isolation and control methods and devices, vibration sensors, equations of motion of multi-degree of freedom systems using Lagrange's method, Eigen value problem, modal analysis method for free and forced vibration analysis, frequency-domain data analysis fundamentals.
Prereq: 3260 (481). Prereq or concur: 3360 (482), or Grad standing in Engineering. Not open to students with credit for 650, 666, or 7250. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Acoustics (5241)
Description: Acoustics applications survey. Wave propagation phenomena. Introduction to human hearing. Mathematics review. Acoustic wave equation, propagation, and metrics. Instrumentation for and evaluation of acoustic measurements. Understanding acoustic sources and sound radiation characteristics. Introductory architectural acoustics, engineering noise control, and psychoacoustics.
Prereq: 3260, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Simulation Techniques for Dynamic Systems (5339)
Description: Introduction and use of software tools for dynamic system modeling, control system analysis, and design. Application to real world dynamic systems, with emphasis on model development and validation, parameter identification, and results presentation.
Prereq: 3360 (571) or equiv, and enrollment in MechEng; or Graduate standing in MechEng; or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Theory and Applications of Feedback Control (5372)
Description: Introduction to multi-domain (mechanical, thermal, fluid, electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical) system design, dynamic modeling, and control system design and analysis techniques.
Prereq: 3360 or 3361, or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Smart Materials and Intelligent Systems (5374)
Description: Macromechanical modeling of smart materials including piezoceramics, magnetostrictives, shape memory alloys, magnetorheological fluids, and active polymers. Constitutive and system-level modeling. Design of smart dynamic systems.
Prereq: 3360 (571) or 3361, or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 774. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Turbomachinery (5427)
Description: Introduction to analysis and design of turbomachinery.
Prereq: 3503 or 3504 (504), or Grad standing in MechEng. Not open to students with credit for 627. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Real Time Robotics Systems (5463)
Description: Components of a robot system, robot forward and reverse kinematics; robot dynamics; robot force generation, robot trajectory generation.
Prereq: Math 2177 or 2174, or 2415 and 2568; and Physics 1250, 1250H, 1260, or 2300; and CSE 1221, 1222, Engr 1181, 1281.01H, 1281.02H, 1221, or 1222; or Grad standing in Engr; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7752 or ECE 5463. Cross-listed in ECE. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics (5502)
Description: Technical elective in Engineering Thermodynamics including energy analysis, non-reacting and reacting gas mixtures, combustion, psychrometrics, chemical and phase equilibrium, thermoeconomics and applications.
Prereq: 3501 (501) or 3502, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 502. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Design of Heat Exchangers (5512)
Description: Design methods, heat transfer and pressure drop in single phase and two phase heat exchangers. Design of single phase and two phase heat exchangers.
Prereq: 4510 (510), or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 612. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Internal Combustion Engines (5530)
Description: Design and operating characteristics of contemporary internal combustion engines, induction/exhaust breathing, boosting, variable valvetrains, combustion and knock, fuel economy, alternative fuels, and advanced powertrains.
Prereq: 3501 or 3502 (502), or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 630. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Powertrain Laboratory (5531)
Description: This course focuses on analysis and testing of advanced automotive systems. These systems include advanced powertrain components like turbocharged GDI engines, electric powertrain components like electric motors, and autonomous vehicle sensing technologies like radar and lidar. Students will conduct labs and use supplied data to conduct analysis typical of practicing automotive engineers.
Prereq: 3870, or Grad standing in Engr, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Topics in Solar Energy Systems (5535)
Description: The broad course objective is to understand the design, manufacturing, operations and financing of solar energy plants, systems utilizing classroom lecture and presentation, computer simulation, and two projects.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing in MechEng, AeroEng, NuclrEn, ECE, CSE, CivilEn, or ISE; or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (5539)
Description: Introduces basic concepts in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Heat Transfer (CHT), teaches thermo-fluid analysis of engineering systems, and enhances understanding of fluid flow and heat transfer.
Prereq: 3501 or 3502 (502), and 3503 or 3504 (504). Prereq or concur: 4510 (510), or Grad standing in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (5541)
Description: Analysis of components and systems for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning.
Prereq: 4510 (510), or Grad standing in MechEng. Not open to students with credit for 641. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Principles in Cancer (5550)
Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce engineering principles in the context of cancer progression and therapy.
Prereq: 3500, 3503, or CBE 2420; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for BioMedE 5550 or CBE 5550. Cross-listed in BioMedE and CBE. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Applied Project Management in Product Development Team Environments (5600)
Description: Students learn to apply project management concepts in product development team environments; includes relevant theory, tools, and techniques used in industry; relevant systems engineering concepts for designing complex products are introduced.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, Grad status; and enrollment in College of Engineering or Engineering minor. Not open to with credit for 4194 or 5194. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced MCAD modeling with CATIA (5670)
Description: Advanced techniques for solid, surface and assembly modeling using CATIA workbenches. Covers not only construction methods, but also how geometric modelers work internally: constraint solving, geometric DoFs, history roll forward-rollback, BRep data structure, Boolean ops, math representations of curves and surfaces. Teaches effective strategies for modeling, parametrization and robust histories.
Prereq: 3670, or Grad standing in Engr, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (5680)
Description: Design of machine components, surfaces, and assemblies using parametric and feature-based design principles and advanced design tools.
Prereq: 3670 (561), or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 621 or 683. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Fundamentals of Product Design Engineering (5682.01)
Description: Lecture covering the fundamentals of the product design process, from concept creation to final implementation, including product architecture and design for manufacture and assembly. Only open to students enrolled in majors in the College of Engineering.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing in the College of Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5682.02. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Product Design Engineering for Entrepreneurs (5682.02)
Description: An engineering perspective on product development for non-engineering students in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor. This course covers fundamentals of the product design process, from user research to concept creation to final implementation and manufacturing. Not open to students in the College of Engineering, does not count as an engineering Technical Elective.
Prereq: Enrollment in a major outside of the College of Engineering, and enrollment in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor. Not open to students with credit for 5682, 5682.01, 5194 (AU15, SP16, AU16, Abell), ISE 5682, or 5682.01, or enrolled in a major within the College of Engineering. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Fundamentals of Product Design Engineering Laboratory (5683)
Description: This course is an optional laboratory to go with ISE/ME5682.01. This project-based lab gives students hands-on experience with the product design process introduced in lecture. Students will work with real people to identify opportunities to create innovative, product-based solutions. Students will go through the design process from conducting user research all the way to constructing prototypes.
Prereq or concur: 5682.01 or ISE 5682.01, and enrollment in a major within the College of Engineering. Not open to students with credit for 5682, 5682.02, ISE 5682, or 5682.02. Cross-listed in ISE. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (5700)
Description: Introduction to field of musculoskeletal biomechanics at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduates and early graduate students. Fundamental anatomy and physiology. Mechanics of muscle, tendon, ligament, meniscus, bone. Equations of motion for movement. Introduction to experimental methods.
Prereq: 3670, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6700. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Design and Manufacturing of Compliant Mechanisms and Robots (5751)
Description: Introduces methods and theories for kinematic and force analysis, synthesis of rigid body and compliant (flexible) mechanisms and robots. Pseudo-rigid-body model and CAD/CAE software will be used for modeling and analysis study. Students will be required to work on a team project to solve a real world design problem related to mechanisms and robots.
Prereq: 3670 or equiv, or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Applied Machine Learning for MAE and Robotics (5775)
Description: Classical and modern methods of machine learning with specific applications to mechanical and aerospace engineering, and robotics.
Prereq: Math 2177 or 2174, or 2415 and 2568; and Physics 1250 or 1250H or 1260 or 2300; and CSE 1221 or 1222 or Engr 1181 or 1281.01H or 1281.02H or 1221 or 1222; and AeroEng 3581 or MechEng 2850 or 5463; or Grad standing in Engineering. Not open to students with credit for CSE 5523, ECE 4194.02, or 7868. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Study at a Foreign Institution (5797)
Description: An opportunity for students to study at a foreign institution and receive Ohio State credit for that work.
Prereq: Permission of department chairperson. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 2 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (6193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (6193.01)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Group Studies in Mechanical Engineering (6194)
Description: Special topics in Mechanical Engineering. The particular topic, credit hours, and the instructor will be announced the term preceding the one in which the course is offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Extracellular Matrix in Bioengineering (6359)
Description: Extracellular matrix (ECM) present in mammalian tissue(s) is important for the integrity and tensile strength of the underlying tissue as well as for cell-matrix interactions and matrix mineralization. This course provides an overview of the composition, structure and function of ECM and its application(s) in bioengineering.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng or BiomedE, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for BiomedE 5359. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Gas Dynamics (6501)
Description: A study of one-dimensional and two-dimensional steady and one-dimensional unsteady compressible flows.
Prereq: 3503 or 3504 (504), and Math 2174, 2255 (255), or 2415 (415); or Grad standing in MechEng; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 701. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Intermediate Fluid Dynamics (6505)
Description: Principles and derivations of fundamental equations for incompressible flows with a special emphasis on formulation of problems.
Prereq: 3503, or Grad standing in MechEng or AeroEng; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 705. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Intermediate Numerical Methods (6507)
Description: Numerical techniques and computer algorithms to solve initial and boundary value problems relevant to engineering applications, such as heat conduction and mass diffusion.
Prereq: 2850, Math 2174, 2415, or 4512; or Grad standing in MechEng or AeroEng or NuclrEng; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for NuclrEn 6507. Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Intermediate Heat Transfer (6510)
Description: In-depth derivation of equations and principles governing heat transfer with an emphasis on formulation of problems. Mass transfer is also introduced.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng or AeroEng; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 710. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (6515)
Description: Principles of incompressible fluid mechanics & electrokinetic phenomena at the micro & nanoscale; biomedical applications with a laboratory illustrating fabrication techniques & experimental methods. Undergrad students encouraged to seek permission.
Prereq: 3503 or 3504 (504) or equiv, or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 715 or BiomedE 5663. Cross-listed in BiomedE 5663. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Combustion (6526)
Description: Fundamentals of energy conversion through combustion, thermodynamics and chemical kinetics of combustion, premixed flames, deflagration vs. detonation waves, diffusion flames, droplet combustion, and thermal ignition.
Prereq: 3503, 3504 (504), or 4510 (510), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 726. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced CAE Simulation for Structural Design (6661)
Description: Advanced FE modeling of nonlinear structural problems; min. weight design and topology optimization. Includes boundary, geometric and material nonlinearaties, both rate independent and dependent. The emphasis is on modeling decision making and validation. This is not a traditional FE theory class but a hands-on, software-intensive modeling and simulation class with a significant lab component.
Prereq: 5139; or Grad standing in AeroEng, CivilEn, MatScEn, or MechEng. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Reliability Engineering I (6665)
Description: Focuses on system level reliability modeling approaches. Engineering system reliability modeling and prediction; reliability of programmable devices and human reliability; reliability and risk management of engineering systems.
Prereq: 3260 (481), ECE 351, or ISE 4120 (510); or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 776.01. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (6700)
Description: Fundamental anatomy and physiology. Mechanics of muscle, tendon, ligament, meniscus, and bone. Equations of motion for human movement. Introduction to experimental methods in musculoskeletal biomechanics.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng or BiomedE, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 687 or 5700. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Microscopy in Biomechanics (6711)
Description: Physical principles and modes of light microscopy and atomic force microscopy and their applications for probing biomechanical properties.
Prereq: Grad standing. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Probabilistic Reliability and Safety Assessment (6716)
Description: Methods underlying probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) and how they are used in assessing the public health risk of nuclear systems.
Prereq: 4505 (505), NuclrEn 4505 (505), Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5716 (716) or NuclrEn 5716 (716). Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics (7100)
Description: Continuum mechanics in Cartesian and general coordinates, vectors and tensors in indicial and direct notation, analysis of deformation and stress, balance principles.
Prereq: 2020 (420) or 2040, and Math 2174, 2255 (255), or 2415 (415) or equiv; or Grad standing in Engineering; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 743 and 840. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Constitutive Models in Continuum Mechanics (7101)
Description: Continuum-level constitutive models are developed, starting from a mechanistic point of view. Problems involving elasticity, plasticity, visco-elasticity, & rubber elasticity are discussed.
Prereq: 7040, 7100, 740, or 743, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 847 and 864. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Strength of Materials and Elasticity Theory (7163)
Description: Stress-Strain analysis of elastic solids: curved beams; non-symmetrical bending; non-circular torsion; beams on elastic foundations; load-deflection relations by energy methods; plane problems in elasticity theory; and applications to design
Prereq: 2020 (420) or 2040, or equiv, and Math 2174 or 2255 (255) or 2415 (415); or Grad standing in MechEng. Not open to students with credit for 740 or 763. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Dynamics (7230)
Description: Three-dimensional kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies using vector (Newton-Euler) and analytical (Lagrange's equations and Hamilton's principle) methods. Rotating systems. Non-holonomic systems.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 733 or 735. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Powertrain Dynamics (7236)
Description: Overview of dynamics and control of automotive powertrain systems. Emphasis on subsystem interactions. Analytical and numerical methods for dynamics of gas exchange, fueling, combustion and exhaust, and mechanical engine and transmission systems.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 781. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Vibration of Discrete Systems (7250)
Description: Concepts of undamped and damped vibrations of single and multi degree of freedom discrete systems. Principles of modal analysis, analytical dynamics and approximate methods.
Prereq: 2030, and Math 2174, 2255, or 2415; or Sr or Grad standing in Engineering. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Turbomachinery Dynamics (7255)
Description: This course focuses on modeling the dynamics of rotating cyclic structures found in turbomachinery. The methods discussed in this class include traditional analysis methods such as cyclic analysis and small mistuning, and recent developments in modeling large mistuning, multi-stage systems, and friction damping.
Prereq: Grad standing in Engr. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Sliding Mode Control in Electromechanical Systems (7259)
Description: Sliding modes an efficient tool to control high order dynamic plants operating under uncertainty conditions.
Prereq: 5372 or ECE 5750 (750). Not open to students with credit for 859 or ECE 859 or 7859. Cross-listed in ECE 7859. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Noise and Vibration Control I (7260)
Description: Integrated study of vibrations, acoustics, digital signal processing and machinery dynamics based on case study approach; examination of design, manufacturing, material, performance, and economic considerations.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 777 or 779. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Noise and Vibration Control I with Lab (7261)
Description: Integrated study of vibrations, acoustics, digital signal processing and machinery dynamics based on case study approach; examination of design, manufacturing, material, performance, and economic considerations.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 777 or 779. Units: 4.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Noise and Vibration Control II (7262)
Description: Integrated study of vibrations, acoustics, signal processing and dynamics based on case study approach; continuation of 7260 with focus on experimental and design methods.
Prereq: 7260.01 or 777, or Sr or Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 778 or 779. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Digital Control Engineering (7290)
Description: Theory of digital control engineering and its applications to the control of engineering systems including machines, vehicles, and processes.
Prereq: 3360 and 3361, or 482 and 571, or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 773. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems (7372)
Description: Covers the theory and application of fault diagnosis in multi-domain dynamic systems. Theory and case studies drawn from industrial applications.
Prereq: 7380, ECE 4551, 5551, AeroEng 4521, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Polymer Smart Materials and Material Systems - Advanced Modeling and Characterization (7374)
Description: Polymer smart materials and material systems with specific emphasis on mathematical modeling and characterization of ionic electroactive materials. Introduction of ionic electroactive materials as engineering materials and motivate students through various contemporary applications. Fabrication, characterization, electrochemical modeling for actuation, sensing, energy conversion and storage.
Prereq: 5374, and Grad standing in Mechanical Engineering; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7194 (Sp 2014 or Sp 2017, Polymer Smart Materials). Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Lumped Parameter Modeling and System Analysis (7380)
Description: Mathematical model development and response prediction of linear lumped parameter dynamic systems. Input-output and state-space methods are used to develop insights into design, sensor placement and diagnostics, and actuator selection for control.
Prereq: Math 2174, 2415 (415), or 4512 (512), or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 780 or 880. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Energy Conversion and Storage Systems for Electrified Propulsion (7383)
Description: Electrochemical energy storage (batteries) and conversion (fuel cells) systems for automotive applications covering state of the art principles of operations and modeling.
Prereq: 6526, or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Principles of Electrification for Vehicle Propulsion Systems (7384)
Description: Fundamentals of advanced propulsion vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCV), covering motivation, architectures, taxonomy and components, energy analysis, modeling, simulation, optimization, and supervisory control/energy management principles.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Methods in the Dynamics and Control of Human and Animal Movement (7385)
Description: Mathematical ideas from control theory, optimization, nonlinear dynamics, and numerical computation that will be used to understand human, animal, and movement behavior and design.
Prereq: 2030 (430), Math 2174, 2415 (415), 4568 (568), or 571, or Grad standing in Engineering. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Internal Combustion Engine Modeling (7440)
Description: Comprehensive coverage of spark-ignited internal combustion engines modeling (fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and combustion). Additional coverage of compression ignition engine modeling and boosting.
Prereq: 5530 or 630 or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 730. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics (7511)
Description: Advanced numerical methods for solving the Navier-Stokes equations using pressure-based techniques.
Prereq: 6507 (707) or AeroEng 5615 (615), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 811. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Turbulence (7513)
Description: A study of fundamentals of turbulent fluid flows and a few canonical flows.
Prereq: 6505 (705), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 813 or AeroEng 7875 (875). Cross-listed in AeroEng 7875. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Jet Propulsion (7527)
Description: Characteristics and performance of air breathing flight vehicle power plants and their components (inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines, and nozzles).
Prereq: 4510 (510) or AeroEng 4550 (550), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 727 or AeroEng 8851 (851). Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Kinematics and Mechanisms (7751)
Description: Kinematic design and analysis of mechanisms. The focus is on kinematic representations of rigid transformations in space, derivation and solution of the kinematic constraint equations. Computer projects involve Solidworks and Matlab/Mathematica.
Prereq: 3671 (563) or Engr 1183, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 751. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics and Control of Robots (7752)
Description: Introduction to the mechanical and mathematical principles of robotics including kinematics, rigid body dynamics, control theory, motion planning, sensors and actuators, legged locomotion and manipulation.
Prereq: 2030 (430), Math 2174, 2415 (415), 4568 (568), 571, or equiv, or Grad standing in Engineering. Not open to students with credit for 752. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Optimum Design of Machines and Structures (7761)
Description: Application of optimization techniques to mechanical systems and structures. The structures considered will typically be high performance structures such as in aircraft and spacecraft
Prereq: Sr standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 761 or AAE 7844 (844). Cross-listed in AAE 7844. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Principles and Applications of Tribology (7765)
Description: Mechanisms of friction, wear, and lubrication ranging from macro- to nanoscale that govern interfacial behavior; applications to friction and wear problems.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 765 or 767. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (7837)
Description: Introduction to nanotechnology, nanocharacterization techniques, nanotribology and nanomechanics of MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/BioNEMS materials and devices and an overview and research examples of biomimetics.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 837. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Topics in Finite Element Method (8038)
Description: State of the art advances in various areas of finite element methods covering a range of topics including element stability, time integration methods, and adaptive methods.
Prereq: 7068 (768) or equiv, or Grad standing in MechEng, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 838. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Individual Studies in Mechanical Engineering (8193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 15 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Continuous Time Optimal Control (8220)
Description: Embraces the three historical trends in dynamic optimization: Calculus of Variations, Pontryagin's Minimum Principle, and Bellman's Principle of Optimality. Not only mathematical aspects of the three principles will be taught, but also their strengths and weaknesses - it is often less important to know how to apply a given principle than to know when.
Prereq: 5372 or ECE 5551, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ECE 8250. Cross-listed in ECE 8250. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics (8230)
Description: Analytical, geometric, and perturbation methods for study of nonlinear mechanical systems, and the dynamical phenomena that arise in nonlinear systems including stability, bifurcations, and hysteresis.
Prereq: 7250 (731), or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 832. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Vibration of Continuous Systems (8250)
Description: Analysis of one, two and three dimensional continuous vibratory systems including strings, beams, membranes, plates and shells using exact and approximate methods with various boundaries.
Prereq: 4030 (430) or 7250 (731), and Math 2255 (255) or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 734. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Engineering Acoustics (8260)
Description: Acoustic wave equations and harmonic solution; radiation, transmission, absorption and control of sound waves; structural and flow sources; computational and experimental methods; engineering approximations.
Prereq: 5240 (666), or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 766. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Diesel Powertrain Systems Control (8312)
Description: Control and estimation system designs for diesel powertrain and after treatment systems.
Prereq: 7236 (781), or Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Vehicle System Dynamics and Control (8322)
Description: Control and estimation system designs for vehicle systems.
Prereq: Grad standing in Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Robust Control of Mechatronic Systems (8352)
Description: This course is focused on the application of the parameter space approach of robust control to mechatronic systems including ADAS and automated driving. The students will learn how to design multi-objective low order controllers in parameter space based on Hurwitz stability, D-stability, phase margin bounds, gain margin bounds and mixed sensitivity bounds.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng or ECE, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Statistical Thermodynamics (8503)
Description: Microscopic aspects of thermodynamics for engineering graduate students. Starts with kinetic gas theory and classical statistics of independent particles. Derives statistical distribution functions and thermostatic properties of real substances.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng or AeroEng, and permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 803. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Physical Gas Dynamics (8504)
Description: Physics of nonequilibrium, reacting, ionized gas flows. Analysis of molecular energy transfer processes, chemical reactions, and ionization processes. Applications for hypersonic reentry flows, high-speed flow control, and molecular lasers.
Prereq: 8503 (803) or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 804. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Optical Techniques in Fluid Flows (8514)
Description: Fundamentals of lasers, optics, and diatomic spectroscopy, and their application to flow and combustion diagnostics.
Prereq: Grad standing in Engineering or the Sciences, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 814. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering (8518)
Description: Fourier series, complex differentiation and integration and transform and Green's function for solution of problems arising in heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics; linear operators as applied to engineering problems.
Prereq: Grad standing in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Nuclear Engineering; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed in AeroEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Irreversible Thermodynamics and Transport of Charge, Heat, and Spin (8603)
Description: Ohm's, Fourier and Fick's laws, which relate linearly the transport of electrical charge, heat and matter to voltages, temperatures and concentrations gradients, are generalized in the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. The microscopic mechanisms of transport of heat, electrical charge and magnetization by elemental excitations (electrons, phonons and magnons) are explained.
Prereq: 8503 or statistical mechanics, and permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment (8717)
Description: Review of selected papers on dynamic probabilistic risk assessment.
Prereq: 6716 (716), 6665 (776.01), or 6666 (776.02); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for NuclrEn 8717. Cross-listed in NuclrEn. Units: 3.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar (8888)
Description: Lecture and discussion of current topics related to Mechanical Engineering presented by graduate students, staff, and guest speakers. Course does not count toward course work required for MS or PhD degrees.
Prereq: Grad standing in MechEng, AeroEng, or NuclrEn. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Future Academic Scholars Training I for MAE (8901)
Description: To provide Ph.D. students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering an opportunity to learn, understand, and practice aspects of effective teaching specific to mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering.
Prereq: Enrollment in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. program; or permission of instructor. This course is graded S/U. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Future Academic Scholars Training II for MAE (8902)
Description: To provide Ph.D. students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering an opportunity to learn and understand what it takes to get an academic position in a research university and to become a successful faculty member.
Prereq: Enrollment as a PhD student in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Nuclear Engineering; or permission of instructor. This course is graded S/U. Units: 2.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Research in Mechanical Engineering (8998)
Description: Mechanical Engineering graduate research for thesis.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Research for Dissertation (8999)
Description: Research for dissertation purposes only.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Sciences and Engineering at The Ohio State University (2500)
Description: The course is designed to offer information about careers in Nuclear Sciences and Engineering (NE) and describe NE related opportunities at OSU, such as the NE minor and undergraduate research possibilities. It will also provide an overview of the different areas of Nuclear Engineering research performed at OSU, as well as introduce the students to the NE faculty.
This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Individual Studies in Nuclear Engineering (4193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Individual Studies in Nuclear Engineering (4193H)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (4505)
Description: Discussion of nuclear energy and nuclear radiation; sources, methods of utilization, and projections for future engineering uses.
Prereq: Math 2153 or above and Physics 1251, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for MechEng 4505. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Laboratory (4506)
Description: A laboratory course tailored to undergraduates that will provide hands-on experience with nuclear engineering instrumentation and the OSU Research Reactor.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Systems (4536)
Description: Introductory course covering concepts of nuclear power reactor systems, thermal and mechanical design aspects and economics of nuclear power plants.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6536 (736), MechEng 4536 or 6536 (736). Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Introduction to Nuclear Power Engineering (4701)
Description: For advanced undergraduates in nuclear engineering focusing on the physics and engineering of nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 701. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Engineering (4998)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Engineering (4998H)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Interactions of Radiation with Matter (5001)
Description: This is the core course in Nuclear Engineering that will be focused on teaching ionization interactions with matter, including topics on radiation sources, the interaction of charged particles, x-ray, gamma-rays, and neutrons with matter, nuclear structure, cross-section, nuclear reaction, radiation dose, shielding, radiation damage, space radiation, interactions with electronics, MC simulations.
Prereq: 4505, or Grad standing in Nuclear Engineering, or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Physics (5002)
Description: Fundamental neutron physics concepts. Neutron transport and neutron diffusion. One, two, and multi-group diffusion equation. Analytical and numerical solutions of the diffusion equation. Criticality calculations for diffusion. Heterogeneous reactors and homogenization. Introduction to transport solution techniques.
Prereq: 4505 or MechEng 4505, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6708. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Systems and Analysis (5003)
Description: Intermediate-level course covering thermal and mechanical design aspects of nuclear power plants. The thermodynamics of operating nuclear power plants (BWRs and PWRs) are emphasized.
Prereq: 4505 or MechEng 4505, and MechEng 3501 or equiv; or Grad standing in MechEng or NuclrEn; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6536 or MechEng 6536. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Materials in Nuclear Systems (5004)
Description: Develop an understanding of the interactions of materials with radiation and the resulting changes in materials properties. Discussion of common materials in nuclear materials.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6750 or MatScEn 6750. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Protection and Shielding (5606)
Description: General principles of radiation, radioactivity, and radiation protection including radiation sources, radioactive decay, radiation interactions, radiation detection, radiation shielding, radiation dose calculations, and biological effects.
Prereq: Math 2153, 2173, 2177 or 153, and Physics 1250 or 133; or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 606. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Safety (5610)
Description: Introductory course covering concepts of reactor safety, the history of reactor accidents and methods of safety analysis.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 610. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Power Plant Operations (5735)
Description: Introduction to power plant systems, regulatory requirements, integrated plant operations, and emergency responses.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 735 or 745. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Instrumentation, Radiation Sensor and Detection (5742)
Description: Systematic study of nuclear radiation source, interaction with matter and their detection using gas-filled, semiconductor, Scintillation detectors, HPGe spectrometry, pulse processing, and statistical data analysis. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management (5776)
Description: Review of the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management, including uranium mining, milling, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, reactor operations, reprocessing, waste treatment, and disposal.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505); or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Individual Studies in Nuclear Engineering (6193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Intermediate Numerical Methods (6507)
Description: Numerical techniques and computer algorithms to solve initial and boundary value problems relevant to engineering applications, such as heat conduction and mass diffusion.
Prereq: 2850, Math 2174, 2415, or 4512; or Grad standing in MechEng or AeroEng, or NuclrEng; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for MechEng 6507. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (6537)
Description: Focuses on heat transfer and fluid flow applications in nuclear power reactor systems, including heat transfer in LWR fuel rods, coolant, and reactor internals.
Prereq: 6536 (736) or MechEng 6536 (736), or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 737 or MechEng 6537 (737). Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Probabilistic Reliability and Safety Assessment (6716)
Description: Methods underlying probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) and how they are used in assessing the public health risk of nuclear systems.
Prereq: 4505 (505), MechEng 4505 (505), Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5716 (716) or MechEng 5716 (716). Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Reactor Dynamics (6725)
Description: Nuclear reactor system transient operation, control mechanisms.
Prereq: 6708 (705), or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 720. Units: 2.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Dynamics Laboratory (6726)
Description: Measurement of reactor characteristics and operational parameters using the Ohio State University Research Reactor.
Prereq: 6708 or 705. Prereq or concur: 6725, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 744. Units: 2.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Materials and Irradiation Effects in Materials (6750)
Description: Develop an understanding of the interactions of materials with radiation and the resulting changes in materials properties. Discussion of common materials in nuclear materials.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 750 or MatScEn 6750 (750). Cross-listed in MatScEn. Units: 2.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Engineering Design (6766)
Description: A practical experience in the design process within the context of nuclear engineering. Students will be organized into groups. A design project will be specified. Each group will produce and present a final design report.
Prereq: NuclrEn MS Core, or permission of instructor. Units: 2.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Engineering Seminar (6881)
Description: Discussions by graduate students and invited eminent speakers of their research projects and topics of interest in nuclear engineering.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 20 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Neutron Slowing Down and Thermalization (7865)
Description: Neutron slowing down in infinite and finite media, thermal spectrum calculations, and cell calculations in heterogeneous core lattices.
Prereq: 6708, 704, 705, or 708; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 865. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Individual Studies in Nuclear Engineering (8193)
Description: Designed to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 cr hrs or 4 completions. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment (8717)
Description: The students will review selected papers on dynamic probabilistic risk assessment.
Prereq: 6716 (716), MechEng 6665 (776.01), or 6666 (776.02); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for MechEng 8717. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Risk and Reliability for Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems (8777)
Description: Modeling of digital instrumentation systems used in nuclear power reactor systems for reliability, safety, risk, and security assessment.
Prereq: 4505 (505) or MechEng 4505 (505), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 794J. Cross-listed in MechEng. Units: 3.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Graduate Research in Nuclear Engineering (8998)
Description: Nuclear Engineering research for thesis.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Engineering Research for Dissertation (8999)
Description: Research for dissertation purposes only.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. Units: 1.0
Subject: Nuclear Engineering