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ME 202.  Engineering Thermodynamics.   Axiomatic formulations of the first and second laws.  General thermodynamic relationships and properties of real substances. Energy, availability, and second law analysis of energy conversion processes.   Reaction and multiphase equilibrium.  Power generation. Low temperature refrigeration and the third law of thermodynamics.  Thermodynamic design.   Instructor:  Bejan.   3 units.

ME 207.  Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems.   An introduction to the modeling of complex biological systems using principles of transport phenomena and biochemical kinetics.  Topics include the conservation of mass and momentum using differential and integral balances; rheology of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; steady and transient diffusion in reacting systems; dimensional analysis; homogeneous versus heterogeneous reaction systems  Biomedical and biotechnological applications are discussed.   Instructor: Katz, Truskey, or Yuan.   3 units.

ME 209.  Soft Wet Materials and Interfaces.   The materials science and engineering of soft wet materials and interfaces.  Emphasis on the relationships between composition, structure, properties and performance of macromolecules, self assembling colloidal systems, linear polymers and hydrogels in aqueous and nonaqueous liquid media, including the role of water as an ''organizing'' solvent.  Applications of these materials in biotechnology, medical technology, microelectronic technology, and nature's own designs of biological materials.   Instructor:  Needham.   3 units.

ME 210.  Intermediate Dynamics. Comprehensive treatment of the dynamic motion of particles and rigid bodies with an introduction to nonlinear dynamics and the vibration of continuous systems. Topics include: conservation of linear and angular momentum, superposition applied to linear systems, motion in inertial and noninertial frames of reference, Hamilton's principle and Lagrange's equations, and generalized coordinates. Instructor:  Hall or Knight.   3 units.

ME 211.  Theoretical and Applied Polymer Science.   An advanced course in materials science and engineering dealing specifically with the structure and properties of polymers.  Particular attention paid to recent developments in the processing and use of modern plastics and fibers.  Product design considered in terms of polymer structures, processing techniques, and properties.   Instructor:  Pearsall.   3 units.

ME 212.  Electronic Materials.   An advanced course in materials science and engineering dealing with the various materials important for solid-state electronics including semiconductors, ceramics, and polymers  Emphasis on thermodynamic concepts and on defects in these materials.  Materials preparation and modification methods for technological applications.   Prerequisite:  Engineering 83L.   Instructor: Tan.   3 units.

ME 213.  Physical Metallurgy. An advanced materials science course focusing on the relationships between structure and properties in metals and alloys. Conceptual and mathematical models developed and analyzed for crystal structures, elastic and plastic deformation, phase transformations, thermodynamic behavior, and electrical and magnetic properties.   Prerequisite:  Engineering 83L and Mechanical Engineering 101L.   Instructor: Pearsall.   3 units.

ME 214.  Corrosion and Corrosion Control. Environmental aspects of the design and utilization of modern engineering alloys.  Theory and mechanisms of corrosion, particularly in seawater and atmospheric environments.  Microstructural aspects of diffusion, oxidation, hot corrosion, and stress corrosion.  Prerequisite: Engineering 83L.   Instructor:  Jones.   3 units.

ME 215.  Biomedical Materials and Artificial Organs.   Chemical structures, processing methods, evaluation procedures, and regulations for materials used in biomedical applications.  Applications include implant materials, components of exvivo circuits, and cosmetic prostheses.  Primary emphasis on polymer-based materials and on optimization of parameters of materials which determine their utility in applications such as artificial kidney membranes and artificial arteries.  Prerequisite:  Biomedical Engineering 83L, Chemistry 151L or Engineering 83L or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Reichert.   3  units.

ME 216.  Mechanical Metallurgy.   An advanced materials science course dealing with the response of materials to applied forces. Mechanical fundamentals; stress-strain relationships for elastic behavior; theory of plasticity.  Metallurgical fundamentals; plastic deformation, dislocation theory; strengthening mechanisms. Mechanical behavior of polymers.  Applications to materials testing. Prerequisite: Engineering 75L and Engineering 083L.   Instructor:  Jones.   3 units.

ME 217. Fracture of Engineering Materials.  Conventional design concepts and their relationship to the occurrence of fracture. Linear elastic and general yield fracture mechanics. Microscopic plastic deformation and crack propagation. The relationship between macroscopic and microscopic aspects of fracture. Time dependent fracture. Fracture of specific materials.   Prerequisite:  Engineering 83L and Mechanical Engineering 115L.   Instructor:  Jones.   3 units.

ME 218.  Thermodynamics of Electronic Materials. Basic thermodynamic concepts applied to solid state materials with emphasis on technologically relevant electronic materials such as silicon and GaAs.  Thermodynamic functions, phase diagrams, solubilities and thermal equilibrium concentrations of point defects; nonequilibrium processes and the kinetic phenomena of diffusion, precipitation, and growth.   Instructor:  Tan.   3 units.

ME 221.   Compressible Fluid Flow.   Basic concepts of the flow of gases from the subsonic to the hypersonic regime.  One-dimensional wave motion, the acoustic equations, and waves of finite amplitude.   Effects of area change, friction, heat transfer, and shock on one-dimensional flow.  Moving and oblique shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion. Instructor:  Shaughnessy.   3 units.

ME 225.   Mechanics of Viscous Fluids.   Equations of motion for a viscous fluid, constitutive equations for momentum and energy transfer obtained from second-law considerations, general properties and exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes and Stokes (creeping-flow) equations, applications to problems of blood flow in large and small vessels.   Instructor: Hochmuth.   3 units.

ME 226.   Intermediate Fluid Mechanics. A survey of the principal concepts and equations of fluid mechanics, fluid statics, surface tension, the Eulerian and Lagrangian description, kinematics, Reynolds transport theorem, the differential and integral equations of motion, constitutive equations for a Newtonian fluid, the Navier-Stokes equations, and boundary conditions on velocity and stress at material interfaces.    Instructor:  Shaughnessy or Thompson.   3 units.

ME 227.   Advanced Fluid Mechanics. Flow of a uniform incompressible viscous fluid. Exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equation.  Similarity methods.  Irrotational flow theory and its applications.  Elements of boundary layer theory  Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 226 or consent of instructor.   Instructor: Shaughnessy.   3 units.

ME 228.  Lubrication.   Derivation and application of the basic governing equations for lubrication; the Reynolds equation and energy equation for thin films. Analytical and computational solutions to the governing equations.  Analysis and design of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic slider bearings and journal bearings.   Introduction to the effects of fluid inertia and compressibility.  Dynamic characteristics of a fluid film and effects of bearing design on dynamics of machinery.   Prerequisite:  Mathematics 111 and Mechanical Engineering126L.   Instructor:  Knight.   3 units.

ME 229.   Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.   An exposition of numerical techniques commonly used for the solution of partial differential equations encountered in engineering physics.   Finite-difference schemes (which are well-suited for fluid mechanics problems); notions of accuracy, conservation, consistency, stability, and convergence. Recent applications of weighted residuals methods (Galerkin), finite-element methods, and grid generation techniques.  Through specific examples, the student is guided to construct and assess the performance of the numerical scheme selected for the particular type of transport equation (parabolic, elliptic, or hyperbolic).    Instructor:  Howle.   3 units.

ME 230.   Modern Control and Dynamic Systems. Dynamic modeling of complex linear and nonlinear physical systems involving the storage and transfer of matter and energy.  Unified treatment of active and passive mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems.  State-space formulation of physical systems.  Time and frequency-domain representation.  Controllability and observability concepts.  System response using analytical and computational techniques.  Lyapunov method for system stability  Modification of system characteristics using feedback control and compensatio Emphasis on application of techniques to physical systems.   Instructor:  Garg.   3 units.

ME 231.   Adaptive Structures: Dynamics and Control.   Integration of structural dynamics, linear systems theory, signal processing, transduction device dynamics, and control theory for modeling and design of adaptive   Classical and modern control approaches applied to reverberant plants.  Fundamentals of adaptive feedforward control and its integration with feedback control.  Presentation of a methodical design approach to adaptive systems and structures with emphasis on the physics of the system.  Numerous MATLAB examples provided with course material as well as classroom and laboratory demonstrations. Instructor:  Clark.   3 units.

ME 232.  Optimal Control. Review of basic linear control theory and linear/nonlinear programming.  Dynamic programming and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation.  Calculus of variations. Hamiltonian and costatc equations.  Pontryagin's Minimum Principle. Solution to common constrained optimization problems.  This course is designed to satisfy the need of several engineering disciplines.   Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 141 or equivalent.   Instructor:  Bushnell.   3 units.

ME 235.  Advanced Mechanical Vibrations.  Analytical and experimental procedures applied to the design of machines and systems for adequate vibration control.  Determination of eigenvalues and eigenvectors by iteration and computer techniques, transfer matrices applied to lumped and distributed systems, analytical and numerical methods of obtaining the pulse response of plane and three-dimensional multimass systems, convolution and data processing, introduction to random vibration.   Instructor:  Knight or Wright.   3 units.

ME 236.  Engineering Acoustics. Fundamentals of acoustics including sound generation, propagation, reflection, absorption, and scattering.  Emphasis on basic principles and analytical methods in the description of wave motion and the characterization of sound fields.   Applications including topics from noise control, sound reproduction, architectural acoustics, and aerodynamic noise.  Occasional classroom or laboratory demonstration. Prerequisite:  Engineering 123L and Mathematics 111 or consent of instructor.  Instructor: Bliss.   3 units.

ME 237.  Aerodynamics.   Fundamentals of aerodynamics applied to wings and bodies in subsonic and supersonic flow.  Basic principles of fluid mechanics and analytical methods for aerodynamic analysis.  Two- and three-dimensional wing theory, slender-body theory, lifting surface methods, vortex and wave drag.  Brief introduction to vehicle design, performance, and dynamics.  Special topics such as unsteady aerodynamics, vortex wake behavior, and propeller and rotor aero-dynamics.    Instructor:  Bliss.   3 units.

ME 238.  Advanced Aerodynamics .   Advanced topics in aerodynamics.  Conformal transformation techniques.  Three-dimensional wing theory, optimal span loading for planar and nonplanar wings. Ground effect and tunnel corrections.  Propeller theory.  Slender wing theory and slender body theory, transonic and supersonic area rules for minimization of wave drag.  Numerical methods in aerodynamics including source paneland vortex lattice methods.   Prerequisite:  Mechanical Engineering 237.   Instructor:  Hall.    3 units.

ME 239.  Unsteady Aerodynamics. Analytical and numerical methods for computing the unsteady aerodynamic behavior of airfoils and wings.   Small disturbance approximation to the full potential equation.  Unsteady vortex dynamics.  Kelvin impulse and apparent mass concepts applied to unsteady flows.  Two-dimensional unsteady thin airfoil theory. Time domain and frequency domain analyses of unsteady flows.   Three-dimensional unsteady wing theory. Introduction to unsteady aerodynamic behavior of turbomachinery. Prerequisite:  Mechanical Engineering 237.   Instructor:  Hall.   3 units.

ME 240.  Patent Technology and Law. The use of patents as a technological data base is emphasized including information retrieval in selected engineering disciplines.  Fundamentals of patent law and patent office procedures.   Consent of instructor required. Instructor:  Cocks.   3 units.

ME 245.  Applications in Expert Systems.   A comprehensive introduction to the key practical principles, techniques, and tools being used to implement knowledge-based systems.  The classic MYCIN system studied in detail to provide historic perspective. Current systems employing combinations of production rules, prototypical knowledge, and frame-based case studies.  Student term projects consist of the development of individual, unique expert systems using the Texas Instruments Personal Consultant. Knowledge of LISP not a prerequisite.    Instructor:  Wright.   3 units.

ME 252.  Buckling of Engineering Structures.   An introduction to the underlying concepts of elastic stability and buckling, development of differential equation and energy approaches, buckling of common engineering components including link models, struts, frames, plates, and shells. Consideration will also be given to inelastic behavior, postbuckling, and design implications.   Prerequisite:  Civil Engineering 131L or consent of instructor.   Instructor: Virgin.   3 units.

ME 263.  Multivariable Control.   Synthesis and analysis of multivariable linear dynamic feedback compensators. Standard problem formulation. Performance norms.  Full state feedback and linear quadratic Gaussian synthesis. Lyapunov and Riccati equations. Passivity, positivity, and self-dual realizations.  Nominal performance and robust stability. Applications to vibration control, noise suppression, tracking, and guidance.   Prerequisite: a course in linear systems and classical control, or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Bushnell, Clark, Gavin, or H. Wang.   3 units.

ME 265.  Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering. Opportunity for study of advanced subjects related to programs within mechanical engineering tailored to fit the requirements of a small group.  Approval of director of undergraduate or graduate studies required.  Instructor:  Staff.  3 units.

ME 268.  Cellular and Biosurface Engineering.   A combination of fundamental concepts in materials science, colloids, and interfaces that form a basis for characterizing: the physical properties of biopolymers, microparticles, artificial membranes, biological membranes, and cells; and the interactions of these materials at biofluid interfaces.  Definition of the subject as a coherent discipline and application of its fundamental concepts to biology, medicine, and biotechnology.   Prerequisite:  Mechanical Engineering 208 or consent of instructor.  Instructor:  Needham.   3 units.

ME 270.  Robot Control and Automation. Review of kinematics and dynamics of robotic devices; mechanical considerations in design of automated systems and processes, hydraulic and pneumatic control of components and circuits; stability analysis of robots involving nonlinearities; robotic sensors and interfacing; flexible manufacturing; man-machine interaction and safety consideration.   Prerequisite:  Mechanical Engineering 230 or equivalent and consent of instructor.   Instructor: Garg.   3 units.

ME 275.  Product Safety and Design. An advanced engineering design course that develops approaches to assessing and improving the safety of products and product systems.  Safety is presented in terms of acceptable risk and analyzed through legal case studies. Probabilistic decision making; risk economics; risk analysis and assessment.  Corequisite: Mechanical Engineering160L.   Instructor:  Pearsall.   3 units.

ME 276.  Designs and Decisions.    Successful engineering entrepreneurship requires both the creation of new devices and processes and the ability to make rational selections among design alternatives. Design methodology is presented that fosters creativity and introduces TRIZ (the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).  Decisions among design alternatives are structured and analyzed in graphical and probabilistic terms: tree diagrams; sampling theory; hypothesis testing; and confidence levels.  Corequisite: Mechanical Engineering 160L or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Pearsall.   3 units.

ME 277.  Optimization Methods for Mechanical Design. Definition of optimal design. Methodology of constructing quantitative mathematical models.  Nonlinear programming methods for finding ''best'' combination of design variables: minimizing steps, gradient methods, flexible tolerance techniques for unconstrained and constrained problems.  Emphasis on computer applications and term projects.  Consent of instructor required.  Instructor:  Wright.  3 units.

ME 280.  Convective Heat Transfer.  Models and equations for fluid motion, the general energy equation, and transport properties.  Exact, approximate, and boundary layer solutions for laminar flow heat transfer problems.  Use of the principle of similarity and analogy in the solution of turbulent flow heat transfer.  Two-phase flow, nucleation, boiling, and condensation heat and mass transfer.   Instructor:  Bejan.   3 units.

ME 281.  Fundamentals of Heat Conduction. Fourier heat conduction. Solution methods including separation of variables, transform calculus, complex variables.  Green's function will be introduced to solve transient and steady-state heat conduction problems in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates.   Microscopic heat conduction mechanisms, thermophysical properties, Boltzmann transport equation.   Prerequisite: Mathematics 111 or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Bejan.   3 units.

ME 282.  Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation. Radiative properties of materials, radiation-materials interaction and radiative energy transfer.  Emphasis on fundamental concepts including energy levels and electromagnetic waves as well as analytical methods for calculating radiative properties and radiation transfer in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media.  Applications cover laser-material interactions in addition to traditional areas such as combustion and thermal insulation.   Prerequisite:  Mathematics 111 or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Staff.   3 units.

ME 290.  Physical Oceanography.   Introduction to the dynamic principles of ocean circulation with an emphasis on large temporal and spatial scales of motion.  Topics include wind-driven and density-driven flow, western boundary intensification, mid-ocean, shelf, and tropical circulations.   Prerequisite:  Mathematics 31 and 32 or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Lozier.   3 units.    Earth and Ocean Sciences 203, Environment 290.

ME 325.  Aeroelasticity.   A study of the statics and dynamics of fluid/structural interaction. Topics covered include static aeroelasticity (divergence, control surface reversal), dynamic aeroelasticity (flutter, gust response), unsteady aerodynamics (subsonic, supersonic, and transonic flow), and a review of the recent literature including nonlinear effects such as chaotic oscillations.  Prerequisite:  Mathematics 230 and consent of instructor.   Instructor: Dowell.   3 units.

ME 331.  Nonlinear Control Systems. Analytical, computational, and graphical techniques for solution of nonlinear systems; Krylov and Bogoliubov asymptotic method; describing function techniques for analysis and design; Liapounov functions and Lure's methods for stability analysis; Aizerman and Kalman conjectures; Popov, circle, and other frequency-domain stability criteria for analysis and synthesis.   Prerequisite:  Mechanical Engineering 230 or consent of instructor.   Instructor:  Garg or Wright.   3 units.

ME 335.  Nonlinear Mechanical Vibration. A comprehensive treatment of the role of nonlinearities in engineering dynamics and vibration.  Analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques are developed within a geometrical framework.  Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 210 or 235 or equivalent .    Instructor:  Virgin.   3 units.

ME 399.  Special Readings in Mechanical Engineering. Individual readings in advanced study and research areas of mechanical engineering.   Approval of director of graduate studies required.  1 to 3 units.   Instructor:  Staff.   3 units.  

COURSES CURRENTLY UNSCHEDULED:

ME 208.   Introduction to Colloid and Surface Science

ME 224.   An Introduction to Turbulence

ME 322.   Mechanics of Viscous Fluids