Advanced materials selection course developing a structured approach to handle complex design problems with multiple constraints and conflicting objectives.
Engineering course covering discrete control theory, system identification, digital controller design, and computer control implementation for industrial processes.
A semester-long project course where students redesign and fabricate a Stirling Engine, applying design, manufacturing, and prototype evaluation principles.
Overview of computing concepts for engineering modeling/simulation, covering computer architecture, software development, and software-hardware interplay.
Undergraduate course teaching simulation of 1D-3D structural and thermal systems using commercial FE software (ANSYS) via GUI and APDL, focusing on model verification and thermal stress effects.
Homework rubrics were unclear, and one student felt graders deducted small amounts of points. Exams required significant time, and practice questions did not match the midterm difficulty.
Thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion systems focusing on efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, economic analysis, radiative exchange, and transportation sustainability.
An interdisciplinary course linking engineering, policy, health, and economics to analyze sustainability impacts of energy technologies using a systems-thinking approach.
Polymer Additive Manufacturing studies AM processes quantitatively and qualitatively, emphasizing technique selection for optimized product design and properties, and presents emerging AM techniques.
Applications of conduction, convection, and thermal-radiation principles to combined-mode problems; analytical and numerical techniques; heat-exchanger design; thermal stresses.
Applied Combustion covers analysis of combustion processes for gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels, applied to engines, furnaces, and various boiler types.
Advanced topics of special interest in Mechanical Engineering, including vibrations, balancing, lubrication, wear, manufacturing, automation, and energy systems.
The course was described as challenging due to a dense syllabus packed with complex mathematics. While some students found the midterm impossibly hard, others noted that the math was manageable with extra effort outside of class.
Advanced Independent Study involves directed study projects arranged with the instructor, applying advanced physical, mathematical, and mechanical engineering principles to engineering research problems.
Advanced topics in thermodynamics covering nonideal gases, equations of state, chemical and phase equilibrium, and applications to real gas processes, combustion, and direct energy conversion.
Advanced Heat Transfer I covers analytical and computational methods for conduction, including Bessel functions, separation of variables, Laplace transforms, finite differences, and finite elements.
Models electrochemical energy conversion, storage, and sensing, focusing on ion/electron movement, equivalent circuits, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena.
A survey in bioethics for health sciences students covering perennial issues and emerging problems, focusing on analyzing controversies and constructing ethical arguments.
This course explores how narrative medicine techniques enrich public health by using stories to understand individual health experiences and mobilize communities.
Analyzes ethical dimensions of population-level health protection, exploring ethical frameworks and their application to real-world policy dilemmas in medicine and public health.