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Materials Engineering Graduate Courses
Course Code / Title
Class Day / Time
Instructor
Capacity
Course Description
Course Code/Title:
MATL 8805-1
Strengthening Mechanisms in Materials
Class Day/Time:
Thursday 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Instructor:
Dr. Alpas
Capacity:
30 seats
Course Description:
Dislocation-particle interactions, strengthening by dislocation substructures, particle and fiber reinforcement, strong microstructures for melt, strong microstructures from the solid.
Course Code/Title:
MATL 8890-5
Ceramic Materials
Class Day/Time:
Monday/Wednesday
10:00 am - 11:20 am
Instructor:
Dr. Nie
Capacity:
10 seats
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide an overview of the structure, properties, and fabrication methods of ceramic materials. The structures of ionic, covalent ceramics, silicates, amorphous structures of glass will be introduced. Their properties, with an emphasis on mechanical and optical properties, will be studied. Ceramic materials production technologies including slip casting, sintering, hot pressing will be addressed. In this course, the microstructure evolution behavior of multicomponent systems, emphasizing on three-component, will be graphically described with the help of phase diagrams. While it is assumed that students are somewhat familiar with one- and two-component phase diagrams, we discuss these first to ease the transition into multicomponent systems. A major shortcoming of all ceramic materials in their brittleness, i.e., low fracture toughness. Thus, the course will also deal with the linear elastic fracture mechanics method, and the statistical aspects of brittle fracture (Weibull analysis) will be studied. Optical properties of ceramics such as glass and fibre-optic network will be studied. Functional piezoelectric ceramics will also be discussed in terms of their manufacturing and applications, for instance, using for sensors, transducers, and actuators.
Course Code/Title:
MATL 8890-22
Corrosion Principles and Prevention
Class Day/Time:
Tuesday
1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Instructor:
Dr. Nie
Capacity:
30 seats
Course Description:
This course is to provide graduate students in the Faculty of Engineering with a comprehensive understanding of corrosion principles and prevention in general and automobiles as an example. The course firstly covers introduction to corrosion principles, forms of corrosion, corrosion properties of materials and corrosion prevention. Special emphasis is also placed on topics about build-up of the corrosive environment, corrosion of special areas in motor vehicles, and corrosion prevention through engineering design and coating processes. Students will be able to appreciate automotive corrosion mechanisms, evaluate corrosion properties of materials and coatings, and particularly conduct a 'good' structure design for automotive corrosion prevention. Coating technologies (printing and playing) will be presented for purpose of battling the corrosion for automobile.
Industrial Engineering Graduate Courses
Course Code / Title
Class Day / Time
Instructor
Capacity
Course Description
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8360-1 (cross-listed with MECH 8290-9
Computer-Aided Design
Class Day/Time:
Tuesday
2:30 pm - 5:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
10 seats
Course Description:
This course is CAD/CAM/CAE is directed towards students preparing to work as technical professionals and mechanical designers in industry. This course is based on from theory to practice and discusses important integration issues and approaches. The lectures present basic and generic principles and tools; this is supplemented with significant hands-on practice and engineering applications. Much of the learning will result from "hand-on" experience operating CAD software and learning the machine tools and a bit of programming (CAM) as well.
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8420-1
Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Class Day/Time:
Monday
1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Instructor:
Dr. Schuelke-Leech
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
This course covers the major issues associated with the management of Supply Chain and Logistics, covering both technical and managerial issues with emphasis on the analytical decision support methods and tools. Topics include supply chain network design, inventory models and theories, transportation and logistics planning, outsourcing and pricing, and case study.
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8900-1 (cross-listed with MECH 8290-1)
Robotics
Class Day/Time:
Friday
4:30 pm - 7:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
5 seats
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to basics of modeling, design, planning, and control of robot systems. Topics include coordinate frames and transformations, forward and inverse kinematic solutions to open and closed chain manipulators, the Jacobian, dynamics and control, sensors and actuators. In addition, Global Robotic specifications (GRS) will be introduced at high level 1): Communication control signals device-net safety/tooling, 2): Robot rules of process processes and limits, rough cycle time rules. 3): Robot integration and Programming, interference zones. 4): Payload data analysis, Robot duty cycle (joint's servomotor life), in addition, students will learn to develop multi robots work-cell construction as an introduction to DM using the State of art of true DM work-cell design, Tecnomatix (PS, V17. 1a; SIEMENS SW) is used.
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8900-22 (cross-listed with MECH 8290-17)
Additive Manufacturing
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
10:00 am - 12:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
10 seats
Course Description:
3D Printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), has captured the world's imagination. Complex component designs in the aerospace and medical industries, jewelry designs, fashion, archeological artifact reconstructions have all shown to be exciting growth areas for AM solutions. However, it is perceived that intricate designs can be 'done in one' using a one-button fabrication process, but the reality is not so optimistic. This course will introduce you to the AM process family, the workflow, materials, and system infrastructure requirements. Design for Additive Manufacturing and process planning elements will be covered. This course is designed to introduce several AM processes, providing a basic scientific understanding of the possibilities and limitations. Students will be exposed to several slicer software tools. Students should have CAD skills.
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8900-33
Product, Process and Business Integration
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
The course is aimed towards graduate students, preferably with industrial experience, who want to enhance their strategic leadership skills suitable for needs of global manufacturing enterprises, in particular in their future roles as a system engineer making effective decisions in the product development, manufacturing and market launch. Students will work in diverse teams on term-long projects, which take them through the full product development, manufacturing, and business/marketing cycle in the global context.
Course Code/Title:
INDE 8900-34
Lean Manufacturing
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
5:30 pm - 8:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
This course looks at the evolution of manufacturing and looks at lean manufacturing and process improvement (including the use of tools to improve quality process using Six Sigma).
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Courses
Course Code / Title
Class Day / Time
Instructor
Capacity
Course Description
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8240-1
Applied Finite Element Analysis
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
7:00 pm - 9:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-1 (cross-listed with INDE 8900-1)
Robotics
Class Day/Time:
Friday
4:30 pm - 7:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
48 seats
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to basics of modeling, design, planning, and control of robot systems. Topics include coordinate frames and transformations, forward and inverse kinematic solutions to open and closed chain manipulators, the Jacobian, dynamics and control, sensors and actuators. In addition, Global Robotic specifications (GRS) will be introduced at high level 1): Communication control signals device-net safety/tooling, 2): Robot rules of process processes and limits, rough cycle time rules. 3): Robot integration and Programming, interference zones. 4): Payload data analysis, Robot cycle (joint's servomotor life), in addition students will learn to develop multi robots work-cell construction as an introduction to DM using the State of the art of the true DM work-cell design, Tecnomatix (PS, V17.1a; SIEMENS SW) is used,
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-4
Air Conditioning
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
This course discusses the principles of environmental air quality and occupant comfort control, Psychrometric analysis of buildings as applied to common air distribution system designs, solar radiation estimation techniques and other energy transfer mechanisms, and their application to cooling and heating load calculations.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-9 (cross-listed with INDE 8360-1)
Computer-Aided Design
Class Day/Time:
Tuesday
2:30 pm - 5:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
65 seats
Course Description:
This course in CAD/CAM/CAE is directed towards students preparing to work as technical professionals and mechanical designers in industry. This course is based on from theory to practice and discusses important integration issues and approaches. The lectures present basic and generic principles and tools; this is supplemented with significant hands-on practice and engineering applications. Much of the learning will result from "hands-on" experience operating CAD software and learning the machining tools and a bit of programming (CAM) as well.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-17
Additive Manufacturing
Class Day/Time:
Thursday
10:00 am - 12:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
20 seats
Course Description:
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-25
LabVIEW for Engineering Applications
Class Day/Time:
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 8:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
15 seats
Course Description:
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-32
Automotive Systems Modelling and Simulation
Class Day/Time:
Friday
4:30 pm - 7:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
50 seats
Course Description:
Virtual testing of vehicle systems is becoming one of the top priorities in automotive system development. The shift-to-left concept transforms a traditionally serial automotive development process into a parallel one. It enables designers to find mistakes earlier in the design process, where they are not only cheaper to fix but also where OECMs can have visibility into the earliest parts of the design through virtual models. In this course, we will explore the modeling techniques used to effectively build a virtual model for product development and validation. The course will cover physics-based mathematical and physical modeling techniques. Basic automotive components such as IC engines, electric motors, transmissions, and battery systems will be covered. By the end of the course, you will be building a complete vehicle model in MATLAB/Simulink/SimScape and using it for vehicle performance and fuel economy analysis.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-37
Industrial Fluid Power
Class Day/Time:
Monday
4:30 pm - 7:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
70 seats
Course Description:
Fluid power encompasses most applications that use liquids or gases to transmit power in the form of mechanical work, pressure, and/or volume in a system. In this course, students will learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power, how to analyze fluid power components and circuits, and how to design and simulate fluid power circuits for applications.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-38
Optimization
Class Day/Time:
Tuesday
11:30 am - 2:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
70 seats
Course Description:
This course is designed to develop a comprehensive understanding of formal optimization methods and their application to engineering design problems. The objectives of this course are understanding the main concepts of optimization such as: non-linear and linear, static and dynamic, constrained and unconstrained, formulation and solution of practical problems. Multi-objective optimization. Evolutionary algorithms, topology optimization, robust optimization and the benefits is using these concepts in engineering design. In this course, students will become familiar with different optimization methods and the way they can be used to solve various problems in the field of engineering.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-44
Vehicle Dynamics
Class Day/Time:
Tuesday
5:30 pm - 8:20 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
40 seats
Course Description:
Classification and analysis of suspension types and geometry, powertrain layout, and ride quality. Tire modeling, stability, and numerical simulation of vehicle dynamics, including longitudinal and lateral vehicle response to driver inputs.
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-69
Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Class Day/Time:
Monday
10:00 am - 12:50 pm
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60 seats
Course Description:
Course Code/Title:
MECH 8290-79
Practical CFD and Turbulence Modeling
Class Day/Time:
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:20 am
Instructor:
TBA
Capacity:
60
seats
Course Description: