Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "ENME-Engineering, Mechanical"
ENME - Engineering, Mechanical
ENME 201 Careers in Mechanical Engineering (1)
The Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, Career Paths. Research areas in
the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Mechanical Engineering
Profession.
ENME 271 Introduction to Matlab (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENES221.
Develop the skills to generate readable, compact and verifiably correct
MATLAB scripts and functions to obtain numerical solutions to a wide
range of engineering models and to display the results with fully
annotated graphics. Learn structured programming.
ENME 272 Introduction to Computer Aided Design (2)
Prerequisite: ENES100 and MATH141. Restriction: Permission of
ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Credit only granted for: ENME
414 or ENME272.
Fundamentals of CAD, using solid modeling packages (Pro/E, SolidWorks,
and Autodesk Inventor). Two and three dimensional drawing. Dimensioning
and specifications. Introduction of CAD based analysis tools. Students
will complete a design project.
ENME 331 Fluid Mechanics (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENES232 and ENES221. Also offered as: BIOE331. Credit only granted for:
BIOE331 or ENME331.
Principles of fluid mechanics. Mass, momentum and energy conservation.
Hydrostatics. Control volume analysis. Internal and external flow.
Boundary layers. Modern measurement techniques. Computer analysis.
Laboratory experiments.
ENME 332 Transfer Processes (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME331.
The principles of heat transfer. Conduction in solids. Convection.
Radiation. Modern measurement techniques. Computer analysis.
ENME 350 Electronics and Instrumentation I (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
PHYS271 and PHYS270. Credit only granted for: ENME252 or ENME350.
Formerly: ENME252.
Modern instrumentation. Basic circuit design, standard microelectronic
circuits. Digital data acquisition and control. Signal conditioning.
Instrumentation interfacing. Designing and testing of analog circuits.
Laboratory experiments.
ENME 351 Electronics and Instrumentation II (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
PHYS271, ENME350, and PHYS270.
Continuation of ENME 350. Modern instrumentation. Basic circuit design,
standard microelectronic circuits. Digital data acquisition and control.
Signal conditioning. Instrumentation interfacing. Designing and testing
of analog circuits. Laboratory experiments.
ENME 361 Vibration, Controls and Optimization I (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME271 or MATH206. Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Mechanical
program.
Fundamentals of vibration, controls and optimization. Analysis and
design in time, Laplace and frequency domains. Mathematical description
of system response, system stability, control and optimization. Optimal
design of mechanical systems.
ENME 371 Product Engineering and Manufacturing (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
STAT400, ENES221, or ENME392. Restriction: Must be in Engineering:
Mechanical program.
Business aspects of engineering product development. Relationship of
design and manufacturing. Product specification. Statistical process
control. Design team development. The development process.
ENME 382 Introduction to Materials Engineering (3)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: ENES100; and permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering
department. Corequisite: Concurrently enrolled in MATH241. Recommended:
PHYS261 and PHYS260. Also offered as: ENMA300. Credit only granted for:
ENMA300 or ENME382.
Structure of materials, chemical composition, phase transformations,
corrosion and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and
related materials. Materials selection in engineering applications.
ENME 386 Experiential Learning (3-6)
Prerequisite: Must have Learning Proposal approved by the Office of
Experiential Learning Programs, faculty sponsor, and student's
internship sponsor. Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
ENME 392 Statistical Methods for Product and Processes Development (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
MATH241.
Integrated statistical methodology for the improvement of products and
processes in terms of performance, quality and cost. Designed
experimentation. Statistical process control. Software application.
Laboratory activities.
ENME 398 Honors Research Project (1-3)
ENME 400 Machine Design (3)
Restriction: Senior standing.
Working stresses, stress concentration, stress analysis and repeated
loadings. Design of machine elements. Kinematics of mechanisms.
ENME 408 Selected Topics in Engineering Design (3)
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Mechanical program; and Senior
standing. Or permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department.
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Creativity and innovation in design. Generalized performance analysis,
reliability and optimization as applied to the design of components and
engineering systems. Use of computers in design of multivariable
systems.
ENME 410 Design Optimization (3)
Introductory overview of single-objective optimization concepts, models
and techniques with continuous variables. A semester-long project and
applications of MATLAB and Excel for some of the homework and project
assignments (among others) will be included.
ENME 414 Computer-Aided Design (3)
Prerequisite: MATH241; or students who have taken courses with similar
or comparable course content may contact the department.
Introduction to computer graphics. Plotting and drawing with computer
software. Principles of writing interactive software. The applications
of computer graphics in computer-aided design. Computer-aided design
project.
ENME 423 Building Cooling Heating and Power Systems (3)
Prerequisite: ENME232 and ENME332.
Introduction to the evaluation of cooling, heating and power
requirements of buildings. Description, design and evaluation of
state-of-the-art and emerging integrated cooling, heating and power
systems (engines, micro-turbines, absorption and desiccant systems) as
they are applied to buildings. The course uses the Chesapeake building
facility and the campus cogeneration facility as real-life demonstration
examples.
ENME 426 Production Management (3)
Credit only granted for: BMGT385, ENME426, or ENME489J. Formerly:
ENME489J.
The basic concepts and models needed to understand and design
manufacturing systems, including the history of manufacturing,
performance measures, queuing systems, variability, production planning
and scheduling, lean manufacturing, and pull production control.
ENME 430 Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: MATH246. Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Mechanical
Engineering department. Credit only granted for: ENME430 or ENME489N.
Formerly: ENME489N.
Fundamental aspects of nuclear physics and nuclear engineering,
including nuclear interactions; various types of radiation and their
effects on materials and humans; and basic reactor physics topics,
including simplified theory of reactor critically.
ENME 431 Nuclear Reactor Systems and Safety (3)
Prerequisite: ENME430 and MATH246. Restriction: Permission of
ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Also offered as: ENNU465. Credit
only granted for: ENNU465 and ENME431.
Engineering, material and thermal aspects of light water reactors, fast
reactors, high temperature gas reactors, heavy water moderated reactors,
breeder reactors, advanced reactors including GEN IV designs. Evolution
of light water reactor safety and regulation in the US that has
culminated in the current body of regulations.
ENME 432 Reactor and Radiation Measurements Laboratory (3)
Prerequisite: ENME430 and MATH246. Restriction: Permission of
ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Also offered as: ENNU440. Credit
only granted for: ENNU440 or ENME432.
Basics concepts of nuclear radiation and radiation detectors including
types of radiation, radioactive decay, and interactions of radiation
with matter.
ENME 442 Information Security (3)
Restriction: Must have Senior standing in engineering; and permission of
ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Also offered as: ENRE684. Credit
only granted for: ENRE648J, ENME442, or ENRE684.
This course is divided into three major components: overview, detailed
concepts and implementation techniques. The topics to be covered are:
general security concerns and concepts from both a technical and
management point of view, principles of security, architectures, access
control and multi-level security, trojan horses, covert channels, trap
doors, hardware security mechanism, security models, security kernels,
formal specifications and verification, networks and distribution
systems and risk analysis.
ENME 454 Vehicle Dynamics (3)
Corequisite: Concurrently enrolled in ENME361. Restriction: Permission
of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Formerly: ENME489V.
The fundamentals of passenger vehicle and light truck design and vehicle
dynamics are covered. The engineering principles associated with
acceleration, braking, handling, ride quality, aerodynamics, and tire
mechanics are discussed, as well as suspension and steering design.
ENME 461 Control Systems Laboratory (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: ENME351 and ENME361. Restriction: Permission of
ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Credit only granted for:
ENEE461, ENME461, or ENME489N. Formerly: ENME489N.
Students will design, implement, and test controllers for a variety of
systems. This will enhance their understanding of feedback control
familiarize them with the characteristics and limitations of real
control devices. Students will also complete a small project. This will
entail writing a proposal, purchasing parts for their controller,
building the system, testing it, and writing a final report describing
what they have done.
ENME 462 Vibrations, Controls, and Optimization II (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: ENME351 and ENME361. Formerly: ENME362.
Continuation of ENME 361. Fundamentals of vibration, controls, and
optimization. Analysis and design in time, Laplace and frequency
domains. Mathematical descriptions of system response, system stability,
control and optimization. Optimal design of mechanical systems.
ENME 466 Lean Six Sigma (3)
Prerequisite: ENME392, BMGT230, or STAT400; or students who have taken
courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the
department. Credit only granted for: ENME466 or ENME489B. Formerly:
ENME489B.
This course intends to provide in-depth understanding of Lean Six Sigma
and its Define - Mearsure - Analyze - Improve - Control (DMAIC)
Breakthrough Improvement Strategy. The emphasis is placed on the DMAIC
process which is reinforced via application of semester long corporate
projects and case study analysis.
ENME 470 Finite Element Analysis (3)
Restriction: Senior standing; and permission of ENGR-Mechanical
Engineering department.
Basic concepts of the theory of the finite element method. Applications
in solid mechanics and heat transfer.
ENME 472 Integrated Product and Process Development (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME371.
Integration of product development with the development process. Design
strategies. Product architecture. Design for manufacturing. Selection of
materials. Design for assembly.
ENME 473 Mechanical Design of Electronic Systems (3)
Prerequisites: ENME310; and ENME360; and ENME321.
Design considerations in the packaging of electronic systems.
Production of circuit boards and design of electronic assemblies.
Vibration, shock, fatigue and thermal considerations.
ENME 474 Design in Electronic Product Development (3)
Prerequisite: ENME473.
Merges technology, analysis, and design concepts into a single focused
activity that results in the completed design of an electronic product.
A set of product requirements are obtained from an industry partner, the
students create a specification for the product, iterate the
specification with the industry partner, then design and analyze the
product. Students will get hands-on experience using real design
implementation tools for requirements capture, tradeoff analysis,
scheduling, physical design and verification. Issues associated with
transferring of the design to manufacturing and selection of
manufacturing facilities will also be addressed.
ENME 476 Mircoelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) I (3)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Restriction:
Senior standing. Credit only granted for: ENME476 or ENME489F. Formerly:
ENME489F.
Fundamentals of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Introduction to
transducers and markets. MEMS fabrication processes and materials,
including bulk micromachining, wet etching, dry etching, surface
micromachining, sacrificial layers, film deposition, bonding, and
non-traditional micromachining. Introduction to the relevant solid state
physics, including crystal lattices, band structure, semiconductors, and
doping. The laboratory covers safety, photolithography, profilometry,
wet etching.
ENME 477 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) II (3)
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
ENME476.
Fabrication of devices designed in MEMS I, including everything from
mask printing through training on state-of-the-art fabrication equipment
through device testing. In-depth understanding of MEMS devices and
technologies, such as mechanical and electromagnetic transducers,
microfluidics, and chemical sensors.
ENME 488 Special Problems (3)
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department.
Advanced problems in mechanical engineering with special emphasis on
mathematical and experimental methods.
ENME 489 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (3)
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department.
Repeatable to 6 credits.
Selected topics of current importance in mechanical engineering.
ENME 490 Mechanical Engineering Honors Seminar (1)
Restriction: Permission of the Mechanical Engineering Honors Program;
and must be in Engineering: Mechanical program.
New trends and technologies in Mechanical Engineering.
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