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Rensselaer Catalog 2021-2022 [Archived Catalog]
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MANE 1100 - Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
A survey of concepts applied to nuclear power production and non-power applications of nuclear science and technology. Topics include next generation nuclear power plants, nuclear reactor materials, waste management, environmental impacts of nuclear power, fusion power, medical applications, radiation protection, and other topics of current interest. Introduction to and tours of experimental facilities including an electron accelerator. Discussions of educational, research, and career opportunities in Nuclear Engineering. This course is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1 |
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MANE 1960 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering
Topics courses at the 1000 level will either be for a grade or be graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory; consult the course syllabus to determine which.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 1-4
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 2220 - Inventor’s Studio 1
A first course in enhancing critical skills for leaders of technological innovation. The course emphasizes creativity, teamwork, communication and work across engineering disciplines. Students learn how to build on personal and innate talents through critical thinking skills, design-oriented mindsets, and an understanding of appropriate tool and process selection. Students will utilize tools and processes for ideation and innovation, develop ideas from concepts to minimum viable products via the ideate - build - learn cycle, and recognize and understand prototyping methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENGR 1100 or ECSE 1010 Introduction to Engineering Analysis) and (ENGR 1200 Engineering Graphics & CAD or ENGR 1400 Engineering Communications) and (PHYS 1200 or PHYS 1250 Physics II).
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Cross Listed: The course meets with ENGR 1010. Students cannot get credit for both ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design and Inventors Studio 1.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 2400 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear reactor systems and types; basic reactor physics, criticality calculations; fuel cycles; reactivity changes; reactor kinetics. Instrumentation and control; radiation protection. Reactor materials; shielding; energy removal. Reactor safety; economics. Waste management. Reactor design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications, or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 2710 - Thermodynamics
Introduction to the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics for open and closed systems. Thermodynamic properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Elementary power and refrigeration cycles.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1020 Calculus II and (PHYS 1100 or PHYS 1150 Physics I).
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 2830 - Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications
A survey of atomic and nuclear phenomena and their application in various engineering disciplines. Systematics of atoms and nuclei; nuclear reactions and their characterization; radioactive decay; fission and fusion energy release; radiation effects on materials and biological systems; radiation production, detection, and protection. Applications include energy production, manufacturing, and medicine.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: (PHYS 1100 or PHYS 1150 Physics I) and (CHEM 1100 or CHEM 1110 Chemistry I).
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 2940 - Readings in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
Credit Hours: 1 to 4 |
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MANE 2960 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 1-4
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MANE 4010 - Thermal and Fluids Engineering II
Application of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow principles to practical engineering systems, including power generation, HVAC, automotive design, materials processing, etc. Extends and complements concepts introduced in ENGR 2250. Utility of the 2nd Law will be demonstrated and emphasized.
This course is being phased out. It may not be used as a MANE-4000 Technical Elective.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids Engineering I.
When Offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4020 - Thermal and Fluids Engineering Laboratory
Laboratory experience to complement MANE 4010. Demonstration of principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics for mechanical engineering applications through a number of structured experiments. Technical communication skills and decision-making in the face of uncertainty are strongly emphasized.
This course is being replaced by MANE-4740. It may not be used as a MANE-4000 Technical Elective.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II* or MANE 4400 Nuclear Power Systems Engineering*
(*can also be taken simultaneously)
When Offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.
Cross Listed: MANE 4740 Thermal and Fluids Engineering Laboratory; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 4740.
Credit Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4030 - Elements of Mechanical Design
Introduction to the design of mechanical components and integrated assemblies. Loads, stresses, and strains. Failure phenomena and material selection. Mechanical components including shafts, couplings, bearings, gears, springs, clutches, brakes, screws and fasteners, and bonded joints.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations and (ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials or BMED 2540 Biomechanics).
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4050 - Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems
Introduction to modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems. Modeling of mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems. Time-domain and Laplace-Transform solutions. Block diagrams and transfer functions. Analysis and design of feedback control systems. Control system representation and characteristics. System performance specifications. Absolute stability criteria. Root-Locus and frequency response analysis and design methods. Systems compensation and controller design.
This course is being replaced by MANE-4500. It may not be used as a MANE-4000 Technical Elective.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations and (PHYS 1200 or PHYS 1250 Physics II).
When Offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.
Cross Listed: MANE 4500 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 4500.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4060 - Aerospace Structures and Materials
Beam structures under combined shear, bending, and torsional loads. Semi-monocoque structures: idealizations involving wings, ribs, and fuselage bulkheads. Effects of taper and cutouts in stiffened shell structures, shear deformations and warping, location of elastic axis in open and closed sections, torsion of multicell sections. Stability of beam and membrane elements. Introduction to materials used in aerospace vehicles including metals, ceramics, and composites with special emphasis on fiber-reinforced composite materials. Methods for material analysis and selection for various aerospace components.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4070 - Aerodynamics
Introduction to fixed-wing flight mechanics. Lift generation, thin-airfoil, and wing theories. Boundary layers and applications to wings. One and two-dimensional compressible flow and applications to aircraft and rocket engines.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 2710 Thermodynamics and MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4080 - Propulsion Systems
Analysis of thrust generation from rockets, gas turbines, and propellers. Applications of one- and two-dimensional compressible flow to analysis of propulsion systems. Gas turbine component performance including diffusers and nozzles, turbomachinery, and combustors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics or MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II or MANE 4400 Nuclear Power Systems Engineering or (MANE 2710 Thermodynamics and MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics) or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4090 - Flight Mechanics
Performance, stability, and control of airplanes. General equations of motion for rigid aircraft, aerodynamic forces and moments, quasi-steady and nonsteady flight paths. Generalized performance methods, flight envelope. Small disturbance theory, stability derivatives, longitudinal and lateral static stability. Basic airplane motion, response to control actions and to atmospheric disturbances. Automatic flight control. Simulation of aircraft performance and dynamics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics and (MANE 4050 or MANE 4500 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems).
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4100 - Spaceflight Mechanics
Review of basic dynamics. Analysis of spacecraft trajectories, target rendezvous, and interception. Hohmann transfer, escape trajectories, interplanetary missions, the restricted three-body problem. Rigid body dynamics with application to gyrodynamics, stabilized platforms, gravity-gradient and spin stabilization of satellites, gyrostats. Selected topics such as drag-free satellites, vehicle launch and reentry, deployment dynamics (time permitting). MATLAB/Simulink is used as a simulation-visualization aid.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2090 Engineering Dynamics and MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4120 - Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance
Aerodynamic analysis of rotocraft in hover, axial, and edgewise flight. Rotor blade flapping, and response to rotor pitch controls. Rotor hub loads and aircraft equilibrium procedures. Helicopter performance calculations. Effect of rotor design on rotor aerodynamic performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 6060. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4130 - Multirotor Aerial Vehicles
Aerodynamic analysis of multi-rotor aerial vehicles. Multi-rotor coordinates and controls for multicopters. Multicopter failure and recovery. Comparison of rotor speed and pitch control. Trim and performance analysis of different multirotor archetypes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Students cannot obtain credit for both MANE 4130 and MANE 6070.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4140 - Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
This is a course on introduction to computational fluid dynamics. This course provides knowledge necessary to model engineering applications consistent with energy and fluid dynamic physical laws. Discretization models include: overview of finite difference, finite element, and finite volume discretization approaches, physical problem classification, discretization techniques, and numerical guidelines. Applications include: incompressible and compressible flows, laminar and turbulence flows, with introduction to computational fluid dynamics turbulence modeling, followed by boundary layer, and parabolized flow simplifications.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids I or MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics, and MATH 2010 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra. Numerical and programming background preferred, not required.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6140 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4160 - Vibrations
Free and forced linear vibrations of damped and undamped mechanical and electrical systems of n degrees of freedom. Continuous system vibration. Manual and computer methods of finding natural frequencies, mode shapes, and final solutions. Self-and nonself-adjoint problems. Eigenfunction expansion. Integral transforms. Methods of approximating natural frequencies: Rayleigh quotient, Rayleigh Energy, Rayleigh-Ritz, Ritz-Galerkin, Holzer, Matrix iteration. Perturbation techniques. Stability criteria.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2090 Engineering Dynamics and MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4170 - Machine Dynamics
The principles of dynamics as applied to the analysis of the accelerations and dynamic forces in machines and machine components such as linkages, cams, and gears. The effect these dynamic forces have on the dynamic balance and operation of the machines and the attending stresses in the individual components of the machines.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2090 Engineering Dynamics and MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4180 - Mechanisms
The displacement, velocity, and acceleration analysis of planar mechanisms, four bar linkages, slider, cranks, cams, and gear systems. Some synthesis techniques. Explore the use of existing large and small computer graphics programs.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2090 Engineering Dynamics.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4190 - Bio-Fluid Mechanics
This course introduces the fundamental circulatory bio-fluid mechanics, blood rheology, and governing laws of physiological blood flows. The course emphasizes theoretical and numerical modeling, analysis and simulation, and demonstrates these methods through application of study cases and research in clinical applications. The topics will cover fundamentals of fluid mechanics and physical principles of circulation, blood rheology: properties of flowing blood, blood flow in vessels, veins, coronary arteries, microcirculation, models of biofluids, computational biofluid mechanics, and fluid in the lung.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids Engineering I or MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 6190 Bio-Fluid Mechanics; students cannot obtain credit for both courses
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4210 - VTOL Aircraft Design
Aerodynamics and dynamics of lifting rotors in Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) applications. Design concepts by which rotor weight and stress are minimized and vehicle control is provided. Weight and engine power trends for configuration definition. Center of gravity and aerodynamic lift and moment for equilibrium and desired aircraft attitude. Methods for determining size, weight, and cost for a given payload, useful volume, and specified performance. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4120 Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance or MANE 4130 Multirotor Aerial Vehicles or MANE 4090 Flight Mechanics or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6210. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4220 - Inventors Studio 2
Students work in teams to continue innovation, design, and development work on approved projects that started in other courses such as Introduction to Engineering Design or Inventors Studio 1 or equivalent. New projects can also be proposed by students. Emphasis will be on innovating, completing the design, building an improved prototype, applying for patent protection, and licensing the design. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Oral and written concept, midterm and final presentations are required. This is a communication-intensive course. This course meets with ENGR 4010 Professional Development III.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2220 Inventors Studio 1 or ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: This course will cancel any credit for ENGR 4010 Professional Development III if ENGR 4010 was or is taken as a separate course.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4230 - Air Vehicle Design
Conceptual and preliminary design of manned and unmanned air vehicles to satisfy given mission requirements and aircraft specifications. Includes elements of initial sizing and weights, geometry selection, aerodynamic design, propulsion integration, stability and control, loads, structural design, materials, manufacturability, and cost analysis. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4060 Aerospace Structures and Materials, MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I, MANE Senior Standing, and either MANE 4090 Flight Mechanics or permission of instuctor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4240 - Introduction to Finite Elements
An introductory course in the use of finite element methods for the solution of practical problems in engineering. The course focuses on the concepts of model generation, finite element discretization, numerical integration, computational solution, and verification. Students will be exposed to the use of commercial finite element software.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials or BMED 2540 Biomechanics.
When Offered: Fall, spring and summer terms annually.
Cross Listed: CIVL 4240; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4250 - Space Vehicle Design
This course introduces all elements of the spacecraft system design process from proposal preparation through detailed specification. Students are organized into design teams associated with different subsystems and tasks, to develop a solution to a space vehicle system problem of practical interest, by drawing on their background in aerospace engineering science and design. Topics include problem definition and requirement analysis, design specifications, concept development, reliability, materials considerations of alternative solutions, materials considerations, risk assessment and mitigation, manufacturability, mission analysis, and presentation skills. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Seniors only.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4260 - Multidisciplinary Capstone Design
A capstone design experience that engages students from biomedical, computer systems, electrical, industrial, materials, and mechanical engineering on teams in an open-ended engineering design problem in preparation for professional practice. With the guidance of a multidisciplinary team of faculty members and instructional support staff, students apply knowledge and skills from prior coursework. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design or MANE 2220 Inventor’s Studio 1 and senior standing.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: ECSE 4900, ISYE 4270, and MTLE 4920; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and any of the cross listed courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4280 - Numerical Design Optimization
This course introduces the theory and practical use of numerical design optimization methods. Topics include: gradient-based methods for unconstrained and constrained nonlinear optimization; numerical evaluation of derivatives; polynomial- and kriging-based surrogate models; gradient-free optimization methods; optimization under uncertainty; multi-objective and multi-disciplinary optimization. Projects require the use of computer programs to generate numerical results; therefore, experience with programming is highly recommended.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2010 Multivariable Calculus & Matrix Algebra and (MANE 2110 Numerical Methods and Programming or CSCI 1010 Introduction to Computer Programming or CSCI 1100 Computer Science I or permission of instructor).
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6710 Numerical Design Optimization; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4290 - Radiation Transport Methods
This course will present the foundations of numerical (deterministic) and Monte Carlo methods that are widely used in the modeling and analysis of nuclear reactor design, radiation dosimetry, and radiation shielding. Emphasis will be placed on the three fundamental aspects of computation methods: (i) discretization methods for the transport and diffusion equations; (ii) iterative methods for solving the system of discretized equations; and (iii) Monte Carlo methods for solving general fixed-source and eigenvalue problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2110 Numerical Methods and Programming for Engineers and MANE-4480 Physics of Nuclear Reactors; or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term odd numbered years
Cross Listed: MANE 6290 Radiation Transport Methods. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross listed course.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4330 - Inventor’s Studio 3
An advanced course in technology innovation. Students learn Lean six sigma methodologies to set up a TQM (Total Quality Management) structure for their pilot operation, to scale up their product or technology innovation. Utilizing systems thinking, students design a lean manufacturing or technology service (e.g. software), operation. Tools and techniques will be learned, to conduct customer discovery, development, and interviews etc. Students develop new suppliers and design a lean supply chain. Regular seminars will be given by external speakers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 2220 Inventor’s Studio 1 or ENGR 2050 Introduction to Engineering Design or permission of instructor. MANE 4220 Inventor’s Studio 2 is recommended.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4340 - Physics of Radiology
An introductory course on physical principles behind the creation of diagnostic medical images. Medical imaging is one of the most exciting and technologically demanding fields of medicine. Topics include radiation interaction, radiation dosimetry, formation and quality of X-ray images, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound imaging, and radiation detection and safety. Current research on image quality optimization, image-guided radio-surgery, 3D/4D ultrasound imaging, and Monte Carlo simulations are reviewed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4350 - Nuclear Instrumentation and Measurement
Nuclear instrumentation and radiation detector systems for the collection, processing and displaying of signals related to photons, electrons, alpha particles, and neutrons. Topics include: radiation interactions, counting statistics, ionization chambers, proportional counters, Geiger counters, scintillators, gamma-ray spectroscopy, semiconductor detectors, slow and fast neutron detection, liquid scintillation and TLD, and background and shielding. Students will tour a 100-MeV electron accelerator facility and learn to use MCNP code to simulate an HPGe gamma spectrometer.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4360 - Reactor Reliability and Safety
Theory and applications of reliability and risk assessment. Boolean algebra, logic diagrams, redudancy and majority-vote configurations. System synthesis by reliability and fault tree techniques, quantitative evaluation, uncertainty analysis. Common cause events, failure data, and failure models. Allocation of risk to subsystems. Availability, repair policies, renewal theory. Operational reliability methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR-2600 Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty and MANE-4400 Nuclear Power Systems Engineering or permission of the instuctor.
When Offered: Fall term annually
Cross Listed: MANE 6360 Reactor Reliability and Safety. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross-listed course.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4370 - Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
A laboratory course covering topics in instrumentation, radiation detection and dosimetry associated with X-ray, gamma-ray, electron and neutron sources, applied physics, fluid dynamics, spectroscopy, neutron time of flight, and a project on shielding design using the MCNP code. Statistics of random events, error propagation, end error analyses are emphasized. Lab attendance is required along with formal written lab reports, which include data error analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2600 Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty and MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4380 - Nuclear Engineering Senior Design Project I
This is the first of a two-semester sequence for seniors intended to be a “capstone” design project where students have the opportunity to utilize the broad range of their undergraduate experience in an interdisciplinary design project. Projects are selected to provide interaction between nuclear engineering and engineering physics majors to provide exposure to cross-fertilization of ideas and team interaction, which simulates anticipated future professional experience. The product of each design project is a comprehensive report or design proposal having both global and detail completeness. Under some circumstances, the project may involve development of cost information necessary to effect construction and may actually involve construction and commissioning of the designed apparatus. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1 |
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MANE 4390 - Nuclear Engineering Senior Design Project II
This is a required continuation of MANE 4380. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4380 Nuclear Engineering Senior Design Project I.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4400 - Nuclear Power Systems Engineering
Application of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow principles to nuclear energy generation systems, including nuclear reactors, nuclear fusion devices and systems, and radiation technology. Engineering aspects of 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics will be emphasized. Characteristics and safety aspects of nuclear power equipment will be discussed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids Engineering I or MANE 2710 Thermodynamics and MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4410 - Applied Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Review of atomic and nuclear physics and quantum mechanics; application to atomic, molecular and nuclear systems; particle and photon emissions; photon/particle interactions; quantum statistics; applications of nuclear physics to nuclear data, medical physics, accelerators, fusion systems, nuclear reactors; key measurements and databases; basic level of technical writing and presentation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Spring semester upon sufficient demand.
Cross Listed: MANE 6410 Applied Atomic and Nuclear Physics; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross listed course.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4420 - Radiation Technology
An introductory course on the generation, distribution, and interaction of ionizing radiation. Radiation sources such as radioisotopes, accelerators, focused ion beams, and cosmic rays are studied. Applications to semiconductor electronic devices, chemical polymerization, food preservation, sterilization, material modification, industrial and medical radiography, and radiation damage are presented.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6260 Radiation Technology and Applications.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4430 - Linear Accelerator Laboratory
Linear Accelerator Laboratory will provide an introduction to measurements of experimental systems utilizing neutron sources. It will focus on measurements relating to the detection of neutrons through interactions in materials, neutron reaction cross-sections neutron diffusion and slowing down, Doppler broadening of cross-sections and how this applies to nuclear reactors, both neutron and photon activation analysis and its applications, and the fission process and measurement of delayed fission gammas. The course will utilize the unique abilities of the Gaerttner Linear Accelerator Center to provide real world neutron experiments to supplement the theory learned in previous courses at RPI.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4350 Nuclear Instumentation & Measurement and MANE 4480 Physics of Nuclear Reactors
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4440 - Critical Reactor Laboratory
Theory and operation of a low-power critical reactor facility: reactor layout, instrumentation, shielding, controls, hazards, problems of start-up and shutdown, and operating parameters. Approach to criticality, operating procedures, kinetics. Measurements are made of neutron flux, fuel rod worth, radiation, and various reactivity effects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MANE 4480 Physics of Nuclear Reactors.
When Offered: Upon availability of facility.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4450 - Nuclear Fuel Management
Sources of nuclear fuel. Mining, milling, and purification. Principles of isotope enrichment; specific methods with emphasis on gaseous diffusion. Fuel fabrication. Transport and reprocessing of spent fuel. In-core fuel management. Linear reactivity, batch, nodal, and pincell methods. Power shape and control management. Partial core reloading. Fuel depletion. Poison management and Haling strategy. Breeding and fast reactors. Economics of the fuel cycle. Computation of fuel cycle costs.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2400 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4460 - Engineering Materials for Nuclear Application
Materials selection for nuclear applications in current and next generation nuclear systems. specific topics include: crystal structure; atomic bonds; defects in solids; thermodynamics; phase diagrams; kinetic processes in materials diffusion; phase transformation; mechanical properties of materials; thermal transport behavior of nuclear materials; corrosion in nuclear systems; radiation interaction of materials with neutron and charged particles; microstructural evolution of materials; properties of fuel clad; fuel chemistry; high burn-up and accident tolerant fuels; and nuclear waste management.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6380 Nuclear Reactor Materials.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4470 - Radiological Engineering
An introductory course on the principles of radiation and radiation protection (health physics). Provides a fundamental understanding of radiation interactions in matter, the biological effects of radiation, internal and external dosimetry, occupational and environmental radiation protection, health physics instrumentation, regulations, waste management, risk assessment, and radiation shielding.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4480 - Physics of Nuclear Reactors
Basic nuclear reactor theory; fuel cycles. Neutron diffusion and slowing down; criticality analyses for homogeneous and heterogeneous systems; reactor kinetics and control; reactivity coefficients; fuel management. Reactor systems and types; reactor design. Power plant safety.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2400 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4490 - Introduction to Fusion Devices and Systems
Examination of the requirements and approaches for the commercial application of nuclear fusion. Discussion of fusion basics including fusion reactions, competing processes, energy balances, the need for plasmas, plasma confinement, and heating concepts. Analyses of fusion reactor embodiments based on magnetic and inertial confinement concepts. Identification of key physics, engineering, and technology issues associated with fusion development. Consideration of economics, environmental, and resource implications of fusion energy systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications is recommended.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4500 - Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems
Introduction to modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems. Modeling of mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems. Time-domain and Laplace-Transform solutions. Block diagrams and transfer functions. Analysis and design of feedback control systems. Control system representation and characteristics. System performance specifications. Absolute stability criteria. Root-Locus and frequency response analysis and design methods. Systems compensation and controller design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations and (PHYS 1200 or PHYS 1250 Physics II).
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 4050 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 4050.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4520 - Mechatronics
The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control engineering, and computer science in the design process. The key areas of mechatronics studied in depth are control sensors and actuators, interfacing sensors and actuators to a microcomputer, discrete controller design, and real-time programming for control using the C programming language. The unifying theme for this heavily laboratory-based course is the integration of the key areas into a successful mechatronic design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: either ENGR 2350 Embedded Control and MANE 4050 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems or MANE 4500 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems and MANE 4510 Control Systems Lab.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: ECSE 4090. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE 4090.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4530 - Control Systems Engineering
Application of linear feedback theory to the design of large-scale, integrated control systems. Derivation of complex mathematical models of physical systems. Synthesis of appropriate control laws to provide stability. Simulation of complex systems on digital computers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410 Signals and Systems or MANE 4050 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems or MANE 4500 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: ECSE 4440 Control Systems Engineering; students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 4440.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4540 - Digital Control Systems
Sampling, quantization, and reconstruction of signals. Mathematical tools used in the modeling, analysis, and synthesis of discrete-time control systems. Analysis tools include z-transforms, difference equation solutions, state variables, and transfer function techniques. Design tools digital PID controller, root locus, bilinear transformations, compensation techniques and full-state feedback. Applications to sampled-data control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ESCE 2410 Signals and Systems or MANE 4050 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems or MANE 4500 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: ECSE 4510 Control Systems Engineering; students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 4510.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4560 - Robotics I
A survey of the fundamental issues necessary for the design, analysis, control, and implementation of robotic systems. The mathematical description of robot manipulators in terms of kinematics and dynamics. Hardware components of a typical robot arm. Path following, control, and sensing. Examples of several currently available manipulators.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations, and either MATH 2010 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra or ENGR 1100 Introduction to Engineering Analysis.
When Offered: Fall term annually
Cross Listed: Cross listed: ECSE/CSCI 4480. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and any of the cross listed courses, or ECSE 6470, and MANE 6120.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4610 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems Lab I
Manufacturing theory, laboratory experimentation, and manufacturing systems design and development comprised of select modern manufacturing technologies. Technologies include robotics and automation, injection molding, computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining, metal forming, inspection, rapid prototyping, and advanced manufacturing topics. Student teams apply lessons to develop a proposal to produce a product requiring multiple coordinated manufacturing processes. Students prepare technical documentation for communicating key engineering and management aspects of the developed manufacturing system to a separate fabrication group.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Both ENGR 1300 Engineering Processes and ENGR 2710 General Manufacturing Processes are suggested.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Students cannot get credit for both ENGR 4710 and MANE 4610.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4620 - Manufacturing Processes and Systems Lab II
Student teams finalize manufacturing system plans from select ENGR 4710 projects, build a manufacturing system to complete several hundred units of a product, optimize the system, manage a project budget, modify manufacturing packaging plans, and conform to a project schedule as proposed in the associated project Techincal Data Packages produced by ENGR 4710 teams. In addition, students will learn new advanced manufacturing topics to increase their breath and depth of manufacturing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 4710 Manufacturing Processes and Systems Lab I or MANE 4610 Manufacturing Processes and Systems Lab I.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Students cannot get credit for both ENGR 4720 and MANE 4620.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 4640 - Analysis of Manufacturing Processes
Review of basic aspects of manufacturing engineering including driving forces, quality attributes, tolerances, etc. Examination of basic principles of mechanics, engineering materials, analysis of both bulk-forming (forging, extrusion, rolling, etc.) and sheet-forming processes, metal cutting, and other related manufacturing processes. Discussion and role of computer-aided manufacturing in these areas.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials and MANE 4030 Elements of Mechanical Design.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4670 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Stress, strain, balance equations, elementary constitutive models. Elements of plasticity. Effect of temperature and deformation rate on mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Theory of dislocations. Deformation of metals and strengthening mechanisms. Creep behavior and viscoelastic models of material behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2530 Strength of Materials or BMED 2540 Biomechanics.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4730 - Heat Transfer
Comprehensive treatment of conduction, convection (including boiling and condensation), and radiation heat transfer. Thermal system design and performance (including heat exchangers). Emphasis is on physical and mathematical modeling of engineering systems for application of modern analytical and computational solution methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2710 Thermodynamics.
When Offered: Fall, spring and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4750 - Combustion Systems
Introduction to elementary theory of combustion and applications to energy sources, fires, and explosions. Discussion of internal and external combustion piston and turbine engines, solid-and liquid-propellant rockets, fire and explosion hazards of gaseous fuels, propellant and explosive performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II or MANE 4080 Propulsion Systems or MANE 4730 Heat Transfer or MANE 4400 Nuclear Power Systems Engineering.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: MANE 6830, CHME 6830. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and any of the cross listed courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4760 - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Principles for the control of air properties to meet comfort and industrial requirements, load determination, psychrometry, cycles, transmission, distribution, and automatic control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite or corequisite: MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II or MANE 4730 Heat Transfer.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4770 - Design and Analysis of Energy Systems
The course focuses on design and analysis of energy systems from accessibility (cost), availability (security/reliability) and acceptability (Environmental, health impacts etc). The course discusses various forms of energy sources, various forms of energy consumption. The life cycle analyses build on first principles and thermo-economic considerations. Methods of life cycle analyses from net energy, economics, and impact will be studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II or MANE 4730 Heat Transfer or MANE 4400 Nuclear Power Systems Engineering.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4790 - Advanced Heat Transfer
Comprehensive treatment of conduction and convection heat transfer. Emphasis is on physical and mathematical modeling of heat transfer phenomena with applications in engineering systems. Analytical and computational solution methods are discussed. The class is centered around a semester long project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4730 Heat Transfer
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 6790 Advanced Heat Transfer. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and 6790 Advanced Heat Transfer.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4800 - Boundary Layers and Heat Transfer
The Navier-Stokes equations and the boundary layer approximation. Exact solutions and integral methods of incompressible boundary layers. Transition; turbulence. Convective heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flow.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I or MANE 4010 Thermal and Fluids Engineering II or MANE 4720 Fluid Mechanics.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4830 - Acoustics Engineering
Solutions of acoustic wave and diffusion equations; stationary and moving monopole, dipole, quadrapole sources; geometrical acoustics; acoustical impedance, energy density, source strength, intensity flux; near and far field approximations; stationary and moving boundary interaction (viscous, dilational boundary layers, streaming, scattering). Applications include propeller, turbulent noise; total- and semi-anechoic chambers; loudspeakers; microphones, straight, tapered fluidic transmission lines; water hammer; musical instruments; room acoustics; sound absorbing, transmitting, and reflecting solid, liquid, gaseous media property determination.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2090 Engineering Dynamics and MATH 2400 Introduction to differential Equations.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 4900 - Aeroelasticity and Structural Vibrations
Basic concepts in static and dynamic aeroelasticity. Structural vibrations, free and forced motion of discrete and continuous structures, introduction to modal analysis, and use of materials for dynamics tailoring. Aeroelastic behavior of complex structures, dynamic aeroelasticity. The phenomena of divergence, control surface effectiveness, and flutter and the use of composite materials for aeroelastic tailoring. The role of numerical methods will be emphasized.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4060 Aerospace Structures and Materials and MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4920 - Aerospace Structures Laboratory
Laboratory experiments with emphasis on the static and dynamic response of light-weight and flexible structures, that are used in aircraft, spacecraft, and rotorcraft. Experiments include tensile testing, buckling characterization, free and forced vibration testing, damping measurement, and high strain-rate impact loading of fiber-reinforced composite materials.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4060 Aerospace Structures and Materials.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2 |
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MANE 4940 - Individual Projects in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Nuclear Engineering
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 1-4
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MANE 4960 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 1-4
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MANE 5000 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
A presentation of mathematical methods useful in engineering practice. The course covers analytical and numerical techniques used in linear algebra, the numerical solution of nonlinear equations, the foundations of vector and tensor algebra and an introduction to vector operators. Also covered are methods of polynomial and trigonometric interpolation and approximation, numerical solution methods for initial and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations and an overview of the fundamentals of probability and statistics including random variables, density and distribution functions and hypothesis testing. Symbolic manipulation and scientific computation software used extensively. Emphasis on reliable computing is made throughout.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 5060 - Introduction to Compressible Flow
One-dimensional isentropic compressible flow. Normal stationary and moving shock waves. Design on inlet and ducted diffusers, steady flow wind tunnels and shock tubes. Flow in ducts with friction and heat transfer.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 5080 - Turbomachinery
Representation of performance of turbomachines; mechanism of energy transfer; factors limiting design and performance including surge, choking, and cavitation; two-and three-dimensional flow phenomena; performance analysis including multistage effects and off-design performance.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 5100 - Mechanical Engineering Foundations I
A presentation of the principles of macroscopic transport useful in the analysis of mechanical engineering systems. The course covers the formulation energy mass and momentum balances in continua; the development of mathematical models of heat conduction and mass diffusion in solids and of flow in ideal and Newtonian fluids. Models are illustrated using examples from mechanical engineering. Particular attention throughout is devoted to the development of the ability to create realistic and reliable models.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6060 - Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance
Aerodynamic analysis of rotocraft in hover, axial, and edgewise flight. Rotor blade flapping, and response to rotor pitch controls. Rotor hub loads and aircraft equilibrium procedures. Helicopter performance calculations. Effect of rotor design on rotor aerodynamic performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 4120. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6070 - Multirotor Aerial Vehicles
Aerodynamic analysis of multi-rotor aerial vehicles. Multi-rotor coordinates and controls for multicopters. Multicopter failure and recovery. Comparison of rotor speed and pitch control. Trim and performance analysis of different multirotor archetypes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 Aerodynamics I.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Students cannot obtain credit for both MANE 4130 and MANE 6070.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6080 - VTOL Aircraft Flight Mechanics
Theory and Application of VTOL vehicle dynamics, simulation, and control system design. Coordinate systems, nonlinear dynamics, inflow dynamics, eigenanalysis and linear control design. Control system design using model following and dynamic inverson.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4120/6060 Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance or MANE 4130/6070 Multirotor Aerial Vehicles.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6090 - VTOL Aircraft Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
Analysis of coupled rotor blade elastic deformations, support elastic deformations, rotor loads and vibrations, and aeroelastic and aeromechanical stability of VTOL aircraft. Methods to mitigate dynamic loads and aeroelastic/aeromechanical instability.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4120/6060 Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance or MANE 4130/6070 Multirotor Aerial Vehicles.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6110 - Kinematic Synthesis
Analytical and geometrical theories of function, path, and motion generation of four bar linkages. Consists of 3, 4, and 5 accuracy points. Review of recent developments and use of computer graphic methods.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6120 - Robotics I
Elements of robot manipulators, mobility criteria, 3D coordinate systems, matrix representation. Joint solutions and motion characteristics. Simulation on computer graphics. Hands-on experience of several robots and applications in industry.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: ECSE/CSCI 4480, ISYE 4960, ECSE 6470, and MANE 4120; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and any of the cross listed courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6140 - Introduction to CFD
This is a course on introduction to computational fluid dynamics. This course provides knowledge necessary to model engineering applications consistent with energy and fluid-dynamic physical laws. Discretization models include: overview of finite difference, finite element, and finite volume discretization approaches, physical problem classification, discretization techniques, and numerical guidelines. Applications include: incompressible and compressible flows, laminar and turbulence flows, with introduction to computational fluid dynamics turbulence modeling, followed by boundary layer, and parabolized flow simplifications.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids I or MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics, and MATH 2010 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra. Numerical and programming background preferred, not required.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 4140.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6150 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Development and application of the variational formulation to structural dynamics problems involving effects such as rotary inertia, shear deformation, extensionality, and nonlinearities. Several papers published in the technical journals are also discussed during the semester.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6170 - Mechanics of Solids
This course provides an introduction to the mechanics of solids from a continuum perspective. Topics covered in this course include: vector and tensor analysis, coordinate systems and calculus in curvilinear coordinate systems, kinematics (motion, deformation and strain), stress and momentum balance, energy principles and balance laws, linear isotropic and anisotropic elasticity, thermoelasticity, method of solutions for 2D and 3D linear elastic boundary value problems, applications to simple structures.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: CIVL 6170; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL 6170.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6180 - Mechanics of Composite Materials
Mechanics of elastic heterogeneous solids. Plasticity of composite materials. Thermoelastic and thermoplastic behavior. Mechanics of distributed damage. Mechanical behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one graduate course in mechanics of solids.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: CIVL 6180; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL 6180.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6190 - Bio-Fluid Mechanics
This course introduces the fundamental circulatory bio-fluid mechanics, blood rheology, and governing laws of physiological blood flows. The course involves theoretical and numerical modeling of simple study cases and research in clinical applications. The main topics will cover fundamentals of fluid mechanics and physical principles of circulation, blood rheology: properties of flowing blood, blood flows in vessels, veins, coronary arteries, microcirculation, models of biofluids, computational biofluid mechanics, and fluid in the lung.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 Thermal and Fluids Engineering I or equivalent, and MATH 2400 Introduction to Differential Equations.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 4910.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6200 - Plates and Shells
Preliminaries on linear, three-dimensional elasticity theory. Reduction of the elasticity theory to theories of plates and shells. Anisotropy. Nonlinear theories. Applications.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as CIVL 6200. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL 6200.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6210 - VTOL Aircraft Design
Aerodynamics and dynamics of lifting rotors. Design concepts by which rotor weight and stress are minimized and vehicle control is provided. Weight and engine power trends for configuration definition. Center of gravity and aerodynamic lift and moment for equilibrium and desired aircraft attitude. Methods for determining size weight, and cost for a given payload, useful volume, and specified performance. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4120 Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance or MANE 4130 Multirotor Aerial Vehicles or permission of the instuctor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 4210. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6230 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Systems
Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Systems (AMP) is a project-based lecture/laboratory course that teaches graduate engineering students how to develop new manufacturing processes and systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: B.S. in Engineering, MANE 4640 Analysis of Manufacturing Processes or equivalent, and ENGR 4710 Manufacturing Processes and Systems I or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: ENGR 6120. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ENGR 6120.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 6240 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Neural networks are program and memory at once, useful where traditional techniques fail, i.e., for artificial speech and image recognition. Emphasis on existing and emerging engineering applications. Parallel distributed processing, Hebb’s rule, Hopfield net, back-propagation algorithm, perceptrons, unsupervised learning, Kohenen self-organizing map, genetic algorithms, neocognitron, adaline. Illustrated with computer programs and lectures.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Cross Listed: ISYE 6870; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ISYE 6870.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6250 - Continuum Mechanics
General curvilinear coordinates, determinants, diagonalization of symmetric matrices, polar decomposition theorem. Description of finite deformation and motion, convected coordinates. Conservation equations, Cauchy and Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensors and equations of motion. Boundary conditions. Thermodynamics of continua, invariance principles, objective tensors. Constitutive equations, nonlinear elasticity, thermoelasticity, heat conducting fluids. Linearizations. Variational derivation of the equations of nonlinear elasticity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 6170 Mechanics of Solids or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6260 - Radiation Technology and Applications
An introductory course on the generation, distribution, and interaction of ionizing radiation. Radiation sources such as radioisotopes, accelerators, focused ion beams, and cosmic rays are studied. Applications to semiconductor electronic devices, chemical polymerization, food preservation, sterilization, material modification, industrial and medical radiography, and radiation damage are presented.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 Nuclear Phenomena for Engineering Applications.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MANE 4420.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6270 - Environmental Radiation Safety Controls
Consideration and control of the health hazards peculiar to the atomic industry. Radiological units; exposure control; shielding; fallout; toxic materials; shipping and storage; waste disposal; legal aspects. Introduction to criticality hazards. Nonionizing radiation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2400 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4 |
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MANE 6280 - Nuclear Reactor Analysis II
Reactor kinetics, stability, and control. Perturbation methods, reactivity coefficients; feedback mechanisms, long-term reactivity changes. Fission product effects on reactor startup and spatial stability. Fuel depletion. Theory of control and burnable poisons.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4480 Physics of Nuclear Reactors.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6290 - Radiation Transport Methods
This course will present the foundations of numerical (deterministic) and Monte Carlo methods that are widely used in the modeling and analysis of nuclear reactor design, radiation dosimetry, and radiation shielding. Emphasis will be placed on the three fundamental aspects of computation methods: (i) discretization methods for the transport and diffusion equations; (ii) iterative methods for solving the system of discretized equations; and (iii) Monte Carlo methods for solving general fixed-source and eigunvalue problems.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: MANE 4290 Radiation Transport Methods. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross listed course.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MANE 6300 - Numerical Methods in Reactor Analysis
Difference equations; matrix operation, linear systems, matrix eigenvalue problems, multi-group diffusion, and transport theory methods. Sn calculations, Monte Carlo methods. Application to nuclear engineering calculations, such as flux and power distributions, heat conduction, programming reactor problems for digital computers, codes, etc.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4290/6290 Radiation Transport Methods.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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