May 04, 2024  
2015-2016 University Catalog 
    
2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Electrical Engineering

Courses are designated as EGEE in the class schedule.

  
  • EGEE 460 - Introduction to Cellular Mobile Communications Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 443 . Introduction to wireless mobile telecommunications, description and analysis of cellular radio systems, co-channel interference reduction, channel capacity and digital cellular systems
  
  • EGEE 461 - Low Power Digital IC Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGCP 180  or EGEE 245 ; EGEE 303 . Importance of low power design; analysis of power dissipation in digital integrated circuits; circuit-level low-power techniques, logic-level low power techniques and system-level low power techniques. EGCP 461 and EGEE 461 are the same course.
  
  • EGEE 465 - Introduction to VLSI Design (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 245 , EGEE 303 . Computer-aided design of VLSI circuits. MOS device structure, design rules, layout examples and CMOS standard cells. Speed power trade off, scaling, device and circuit simulation. VLSI design software tools. Routing method system design, Design Project. Chip fabrication through MOSIS service, testing.
  
  • EGEE 469 - Antennas for Wireless Communications (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 311 . Aspects of antenna theory and design; radiation from dipoles, loops, apertures, microstrip antennas and antenna arrays.
  
  • EGEE 480 - Optical Engineering and Communications (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 311 , PHYS 227 . Optics review, lightwave fundamentals, integrated optic waveguides, first design of fiber optic system, analog and digital modulation, digital fiber optic system design, baseband coding, digital video transmission, optical emitters and receivers, coherent optical communication, measurements in fiber optic telecommunication.
  
  • EGEE 483 - Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) (3)


    Corequisite: EGEE 409  or EGCP 371 . Description of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS), GPS navigation, errors. Satellite signals and co-ordinate transform math. Modeling for position and velocity. Application to navigation.
  
  • EGEE 483L - Global Positioning System Lab (2)


    Corequisite: EGEE 483. Novatel, Magelon, Ahstek, Collins and Tribel receivers. Computing GPS and GEO stationary satellite positions from ephemeris data available on almanac. Calculate and compensate errors, such as selective availability, ionospheric, tropospheric and satellite ad receiver, in the data.(1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGEE 485 - Electrical Engineering Design Projects Laboratory (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 280 , EGEE 310L , EGEE 323 . Practical aspects of design and project construction. Instructor-approved design project in electrical engineering, inter-disciplinary projects. Using CAD program for schematic capture and simulation. Constructing final hardware according to the design specification. Performance evaluation and demonstration of project. (1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory).
  
  • EGEE 497 - Senior Project (1-3)


    Prerequisite: Consent of adviser and instructor. Directed independent design project. May be taken for credit for a maximum of six units.
  
  • EGEE 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Prerequisite: approval of study plan by adviser. Specialized topics in engineering selected in consultation with and completed under the supervision of the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
  
  • EGEE 503 - Information Theory and Coding (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 323 . Information measures, probabilistic studies of the transmission and encoding of information, Shannon’s fundamental theorems and coding for noisy channels.
  
  • EGEE 504A - Linear Network Synthesis (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 310 . Synthesis of passive element driving-point and transfer-functions with emphasis on RC networks. Basic operational amplifier RC circuits and their performance limitations, introduction to second-order RC active filters. Parameter sensitivity analysis.
  
  • EGEE 507 - Detection Theory (3)


    Prerequisite:EGEE 580 . Formulation of decision rules for the detection of signals in a noisy environment, optimum receivers. Estimation of parameters of detected signals. Estimation theory.
  
  • EGEE 510 - Optics & Electromagnetics in Communications (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 480 . Plane-wave propagation and reflection from multiple layers; two- and three-dimensional boundary value problems; waveguides and resonant cavities; radiation from apertures and antennas; electromagnetic properties of materials, gases and plasmas; significant coverage of engineering applications.
  
  • EGEE 518 - Digital Signal Processing I (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 420 . Discrete Fourier transform; fast Fourier transform; Chirp Z-transform; discrete time random signals; floating-point arithmetic; quantization; finite word length effect in digital filters; spectral analysis and power spectrum estimation.
  
  • EGEE 519A - Parallel and Multiprocessing Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 412 . Parallel and multiprocessing systems, including hypercubes, shared distributive memory architectures, array and pipelines processors, communication protocols, routing algorithms and hands-on parallel programming experience on CSUF Hypercube System.
  
  • EGEE 519B - Computer Networks and the Internet (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 419. Computer networking with LAN, WAN to the Internet including ATM, Ethernet, wireless and Bluetooth technology, design of communication protocols, transmission media, security and control.
  
  • EGEE 522 - Spread Spectrum Communications (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 443 , EGEE 580 . Spread Spectrum (SS) Systems. Performance analysis of coherent digital signaling schemes. Synchronization. Direct sequence, frequency hopping, time hopping and Hybrid Spread Spectrum Modulations. Binary shift register sequences. Code tracking loops. SS systems performance in a jamming environment, with forward error correction.
  
  • EGEE 523A - VLSI and Nano Technology and Devices (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 455 . Silicon crystal, PN junction physics, oxide and interface physics and wafer fabrication technology; oxidation, diffusion, ion-implantation, epitaxy, photolithography and thin films process. Layout design principle for integrated circuits. Nano-electronic devices and technology.
  
  • EGEE 523B - CMOS VLSI Design (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 465 , EGEE 448 . Surface physics of MOS system and MOS device physics. Short channel effect; hot carrier effect, subthreshold conduction. CMOS fabrication process. Layout design rules. Scaling design and analysis of CMOS circuits. Standard cell method. CAD design and SPICE simulation.
  
  • EGEE 526 - Digital Control Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 416 . Analysis, design and implementation of digital control systems; Z-transform methods; frequency domain and state-space approach for discrete-time systems.
  
  • EGEE 527 - Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 307. Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant design of digital systems; fault diagnosis test for combinational and sequential circuits, reliability calculations, multiple hardware redundancy, error detection and correcting codes, software redundancy and fault-tolerant computing.
  
  • EGEE 529 - Principles of Neural Systems (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 310 , EGEE 409 . Principles of neural systems and their hardware implementation. Basic properties, discrete and continuous bidirectional associative memories. Temporal associative memories. Neural nets classifiers, perceptrons, supervised and unsupervised learning. Forward and backward propagation. Electrical models of neural networks using op-amp., analog VLSI.
  
  • EGEE 531 - Digital Communication & Phase Locked Loop (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 443 . Theory of digital communications. Baseband modulation and demodulation/detection. Bandpass modulation/demodulation. Theory of noise and linear system. FM feedback principles. Theory and design of phase locked loops and their application in communication and control.
  
  • EGEE 537 - Satellite Communications (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 443 . Satellite systems, link analysis, propagation effects, SNR/CNR calculations, modulation schemes, TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA techniques.
  
  • EGEE 557 - Microprogramming and Embedded Microprocessors (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 412  , EGEE 448 . Introduction to microprogramming concepts and applications to the control unit of a computer, microprogrammable control, arithmetic-logic unit, implementation of an embedded process on FPGA and interfacing with external memories.
  
  • EGEE 558A - Microprocessors and System Applications I (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 404 , EGEE 404L . Microprocessors and micro-computers, their related software systems, system design with microprocessors, applications in peripheral controllers, communication devices and multiprocessing systems.
  
  • EGEE 558B - Microprocessors and Systems Applications II (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 558A . Advanced microprocessor architecture and their applications to microcomputer networking; RISC VS CISC architectures, communication protocol, distributed-operating system, and local area networks.
  
  • EGEE 559 - Introduction to Robotics (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 416 . Science of robotics from an electrical engineering standpoint, including modeling, task planning, control, sensing and robot intelligence.
  
  • EGEE 580 - Analysis of Random Signals (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 323 , EGEE 409 . Random processes pertinent to communications, controls and other physical applications, Markov sequences and processes, the orthogonality principle.
  
  • EGEE 581 - Theory of Linear Systems (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 416 , EGGN 403 . State space analysis, linear spaces, stability of systems; numerical methods of linear systems analysis and design.
  
  • EGEE 582 - Linear Estimation Theory (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 580 , EGEE 581 . Mathematical models of continuous-time and discrete-time stochastic processes; the Kalman filter, smoothing and suboptimal filtering computational studies.
  
  • EGEE 585 - Optimization Techniques in Systems Engineering (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 403 or MATH 340  for computer science majors. Calculus of variations, optimization of functions of several variables, Lagrange multipliers, gradient techniques, linear programming, and the simplex method, nonlinear and dynamic programming.
  
  • EGEE 587 - Operational Analysis Techniques in Systems Engineering (3)


    Prerequisite: EGEE 323  or MATH 338  for computer science majors. Operational research models; applications of probability theory to reliability, quality control, waiting line theory, Markov chains; Monte Carlo methods.
  
  • EGEE 597 - Project (1-3)


    Prerequisite: consent of adviser. Classified graduate students only. Unless approved by the department chair, EGEE 597 cannot be taken if EGEE 598  or EGEE 599  have been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 units.
  
  • EGEE 598 - Thesis (1-6)


    Prerequisite: consent of adviser. Classified graduate students only. Unless approved by the department chair, EGEE 598 cannot be taken if EGEE 597  has been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
  
  • EGEE 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)


    Prerequisite: consent of adviser. Unless approved by department chair, EGEE 599 cannot be taken if EGEE 597  has been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of six units.

Mechanical Engineering

Courses are designated as EGME in the class schedule.

  
  • EGME 102 - Engineering Graphics (2)


    Sketching, Visualization, Geometry, CAD principles and applications. Orthographic projections, pictorials. Multiview drawing, including auxiliary, section and detail views. Standards and conventions. Dimensioning, tolerances, GDT. Design processes, cost analysis and freshman project. (1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory).
  
  • EGME 205 - Digital Computation (3)


    Prerequisite: college algebra or three years of high school math, including a second course in algebra. Computers and their numerical applications. Programming languages, MathCAD, spreadsheet, digital computation methods in statistics and solving algebraic equations. Applications of general purpose software for engineering analysis. (EGGN 205 and EGME 205 are the same course.)
  
  • EGME 214 - Basic Machine Shop Practice and Safety (2)


    Prerequisites: MATH 115 , MATH 125  Introduction to machine shop practices and drill press, grinding wheel, lathe, vertical mill and band saw. Safety procedures instruction on each machine. Demonstrate safe practices on each machine. Introduction to measurement and tolerancing. Discussion and laboratory practice. (1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory.) Does not count toward fulfilling degree requirements. Credit/No Credit only.
  
  • EGME 304 - Thermodynamics (3)


    Prerequisites: CHEM 120A  or CHEM 123 , MATH 150B  and PHYS 225 . Energy and its transformation; heat and work; conservation of mass and energy, system properties, irreversibility and availability. Ideal gases, heat engines and refrigeration (both ideal and actual), equipment selection and sizing.
  
  • EGME 306A - Unified Laboratory (1)


    Prerequisites: EGME 102 , PHYS 225 . Corequisites: EGME 205 , EGME 331 . Static and dynamic measurements (tension and strain test tension beams, columns, charpy, gyroscopes) using mechanical and electrical transducers. Using computers in data acquisition, reduction and analysis. Requires a complete set of reports, and must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better. (3 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 306B - Fluids and Thermal Laboratory (1)


    Prerequisites: EGME 306A , EGME 333 . Corequisite: EGME 407 . Continuation of EGME 306A . Flow, temperature and pressure measurement. Experimental studies of fluid friction and heat exchanger performance. Using computers in data acquisition, reduction and analysis. Requires a complete set of technical reports, and must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better. (3 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 308 - Engineering Analysis (3)


    Prerequisites: PHYS 226 , MATH 250B . Fundamentals and engineering applications of Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms, complex analysis, vector analysis; engineering applications. (EGCE 308, EGEE 308, EGGN 308 and EGME 308 are the same course.)
  
  • EGME 314 - Engineering Economy (2)


    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing in engineering. Develop, evaluate and present alternatives for engineering systems and projects using principles of engineering economy and cost benefit analysis. (EGGN 314 and EGME 314 are the same course.)
  
  • EGME 315 - Basic Fabrication Techniques and Manufacturing Practices (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 102 . Conventional fabrication techniques, measuring, referencing and tolerances applied to manufacturing such as tooling, computer numerical control machining and process indices. Safety instruction for use of campus machine shop equipment. (2 hours discussion and 2 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 322L - Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGCE 302 , EGME 331 . Introduction to modeling, assembly, design documentation and analysis using typical commercial CAD/CAE software. Using online resources in the collaborative design process. Design file transfer protocols. Design project using a technology based team environment. CAD/CAE system selection criteria. (1 hour discussion, 5 hours laboratory) (CPSC 322L and EGME 322L are the same course)
  
  • EGME 331 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3)


    Prerequisites: CHEM 120A  or CHEM 123 , EGCE 201 , MATH 250A . Engineering properties of materials. Toughness and fatigue. Creep phenomena. Corrosion. Energy concepts. Beams and columns. Torsion. Combined stresses. Pressure vessels. Failure theories. Design of machine elements.
  
  • EGME 333 - Fluid Mechanics (3)


    Corequisites: EGME 205 , EGME 304 . Principles of fluid mechanics and their applications; fluid properties; fluid statics; one-dimensional incompressible flow; concepts of multi-dimensional flows including conservation principles; similitude and dimensional analysis; internal and external viscous flow; elements of compressible flow; design considerations in fluid mechanics.
  
  • EGME 335 - Kinematics of Mechanisms (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 102, EGME 205, EGCE 302. Kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms; design and analysis of linkages, gears, and cams through the use of analytical, graphical and computer-aided techniques.
  
  • EGME 350 - Living and Working in Space (3)


    Prerequisite: junior standing. History of space flight. Space travel in literature and films. Space pioneers. The Moon Race. Space tourism and space hotels. Colonization of Moon and Mars. Space art. Economic, social, psychological, technological and global issues in space habitats.
  
  • EGME 401 - Engineering Economics and Professionalism (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 150A  and junior or senior standing in Engineering. Development, evaluation and presentation of design alternatives for engineering systems and projects using principles of engineering economy and cost benefit analysis. Engineering profession, professional ethics and related topics. (Not available for use on graduate study plans.) (EGCE 401, EGCP 401, EGEE 401 and EGME 401 are the same course.)
  
  • EGME 407 - Heat Transfer (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 250B  and EGME 333 . Principles of heat transfer and their applications: introduction to conductive, convective and radiation heat transfer; one-dimensional heat conduction; concepts of multi-dimensional conduction; convective heat transfer for internal and external viscous flows; cross-flow and shell and tube heat exchangers; thermal system design.
  
  • EGME 410 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method and Applications (3)


    Prerequisite: approved study plan. Basic concepts of integral and matrix formulation of boundary value problems. One dimensional finite element formulation of heat transfer, truss beam and vibration problems. Applications of commercial finite element programs. Selection criteria for code, element and hardware. CAD system interfaces.
  
  • EGME 411 - Mechanical Control Systems (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 205 ,EGME 308 , EGCE 302 . Mechanical control system design and analysis. Pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical actuators and devices. Stability criteria, root locus plots, frequency response analysis and design, transfer functions, introduction to feedback control and microprocessor applications.
  
  • EGME 414 - Design Project I (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 322L , EGME 335  and EGME 421 . Design methodology, CAD/CAE philosophy, optimization, product liability, probability/statistical principles, ASME codes, safety, human factors, material selection, legal aspects of design, professional ethics. Design project to be constructed in EGME 419, but feasibility study, preliminary design, assembly drawings, interim and final written project reports, interim and final oral presentations are required for EGME 414. (1 hour lecture and 6 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 417 - Computational Heat Transfer (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 205 , EGME 308 , EGME 407 . Computer visualization of 2-D/3-D temperature fields. Steady and unsteady conduction heat transfer. Incompressible free and forced convective boundary layer flows. Multiple surface radiation analysis. Boiling and condensation. Design aspects of computational heat transfer and use of CFD codes.
  
  • EGME 418 - Space and Rocket Engineering (3)


    Prerequisites: EGCE 201 , EGME 304 , EGME 331 , EGME 333 . Principles of rocket propulsion systems. Single and multi-stage rockets. Theory and application of orbital mechanics. Space flight maneuvers. Boosting a satellite into orbit. Spacecraft guidance and control. Trajectories to Moon and Mars.
  
  • EGME 419 - Design Project II (2)


    Prerequisite: EGME 414 . Complete design project initiated inEGME 414 . Construct prototype, model or components. Test proposed design and prepare a final design report. Teamwork and communications skills. Requires interim and final oral presentation. (6 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 421 - Mechanical Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 331 . Design and application of machine components such as brakes, clutches, gears, springs, fasteners, lubrication of machine elements, bearings, gaskets, seals, “O” rings, methods for study of impact, dynamic loading and fatigue; comprehensive treatment of failure, safety and reliability.
  
  • EGME 422 - Mechanical Design Using Pro/ENGINEER (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 322L . Modeling, assembly and design documentation using Pro/ENGINEER. Design mechanical components and assemblies using Advanced Pro/ENGINEER features, such as blends, drafts, user defined features, relations, family tables and assembly management. Collaborative design project, utilizing online resources. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
  
  • EGME 424 - Data Acquisition and Instrumentation Using LabVIEW (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 306A . Graphical programming; design and development of virtual instruments using LabVIEW programming environment; building applications for data acquisition and data reduction, measurement, testing and control of engineering systems; collaborative term project. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • EGME 426 - Design of Thermal and Fluid Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 407 . Integration of fundamental principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and related subjects in the design of thermal and fluid systems. Design process and economics are applied to pumps, fans, turbines, boilers, piping systems, cross-flow and shell and tube heat exchangers.
  
  • EGME 431 - Mechanical Vibrations (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 205 , EGME 308 , EGCE 302 . Model and analyze single and multiple degrees of freedom systems. Response to forcing functions. Vibrations of machine elements. Design vibration isolation systems. Balance rotating machinery. Random excitation and response of mechanical structures.
  
  • EGME 438 - Analytical Methods in Engineering (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 308 . Ordinary and partial differential equations with constant and variable coefficients; orthogonal functions; conformal mapping; potential theory; engineering applications.
  
  • EGME 447 - Piping Selection and Piping Network Design (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 333  and EGCE 301  or EGME 331 . Pressure losses in piping networks; selection of piping based upon fluid, temperature, pressure and economic considerations; piping connections, fittings and components; stress analysis; review of national piping codes.
  
  • EGME 451 - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 304 , EGME 407 . Fundamentals of controlling heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. Theory and analysis of fundamental thermodynamics relating to these systems. Laboratory demonstrations of actual systems.
  
  • EGME 452 - Fluid Machinery (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 304 , EGME 333 . Thermal and hydraulic design and analysis of pumps, fans, turbines and compressors. Component selection, system design and performance evaluations.
  
  • EGME 454 - Optimization of Engineering Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGGN 308 . Applying analytical and computer optimization techniques to engineering design problems. Present design as an optimization task. One dimensional minimization. Unconstrained and constrained nonlinear programming. Approximation concepts. Duality. Computer applications to design problems using a general purpose optimization program.
  
  • EGME 456 - Introduction to Mechatronics for Engineers (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 203L , EGME 306A , andEGME 308 . Introduction to mechatronics. Design issues. Sensors, actuators, programmable controllers. Hardware components for control systems. System performance. Data acquisition and control. Mechatronic control in automated manufacturing. Advanced applications and case studies. Design project.
  
  • EGME 457L - Intelligent Systems Laboratory (2)


    Prerequisite: EGME 456 . Design and assembly of microprocessor-based mechanisms. Lab experiments encompass machine/high level programming and interfacing of microcontrollers with sensors and actuators. Design project. (1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 459 - Plastics and Other Non-Metallics (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 331 . Simplified chemistry of plastics. Applications. Manufacturing processes. Methods for preventing deterioration of nonmetallic materials. Composites. Ceramics. Refractories. Wood. Destructive and nondestructive testing of nonmetallic materials.
  
  • EGME 460 - Failure of Engineering Materials (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 331 . Imperfections in solids; fracture initiation and crack propagation; dislocations; yield point phenomenon; fatigue; creep; ultrasonic effects; radiation damage; stress corrosion; hydrogen embrittlement; failure of composite materials.
  
  • EGME 461 - Fabrication Methods (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 331 . Manufacturing processes. Metal joining processes. Casting, forging, powder metallurgy, machining and machining tools, finishing, coating, plating, non-metallic materials inspection and gaging, and tolerances.
  
  • EGME 462 - Composite Materials (3)


    Prerequisites: EGCE 301  or EGME 331 . Application, mechanical properties and fabrication studies of fiber reinforced composite materials, stress analysis of laminated anisotropic composite structures. Studies of special problems unique to composites.
  
  • EGME 463 - Introduction to Robotics (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 335 . Corequisite: EGME 476A . Kinematic, dynamic, control and programming fundamentals associated with industrial robots and programmable manipulators. Trajectory planning, application of robotics in manufacturing and integration of robots into flexible manufacturing systems.
  
  • EGME 475 - Acoustics and Noise Control (3)


    Prerequisite: PHYS 227 . Basic phenomena on the propagation, absorption and generation of acoustic waves, specification and measurement of noise, effects of noise on speech and behavior, legal aspects of industrial and building noise, principles and application of noise control.
  
  • EGME 476A - Dynamic Systems and Controls Laboratory (2)


    Prerequisites: EGME 431 , EGME 306B . Dynamic systems, vibration, acoustics, other mechanical components; computer simulation of dynamic systems (Simulink and computer-aided data acquisition); robotics, computer controlled machining, automatic data acquisition. Computers in data acquisition, reduction, analysis. Requires a complete set of individual engineering laboratory reports. Must pass with a “C” (2.0) or better to count towards the upper-division writing requirement. Not available for graduate degree credit. (6 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 476B - Energy and Power Laboratory (2)


    Prerequisites: EGME 304, EGME 306B, EGME 407. Mass transfer, heat transfer and thermodynamic phenomena and their interaction with mechanical systems. Team experiment. Using computers in data acquisition, reduction and analysis. Requires a complete set of individual engineering laboratory reports. Must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better to count towards the upper-division writing requirement. (“C-” is not a passing grade). Not available for graduate degree credit. (6 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 480 - Human Factors in Engineering (3)


    Prerequisite: junior standing. Principles of design for making products and systems faster, easier and more effective to use. Design project using these principles that consider human capabilities and limitation of senses and responses to sensory stimuli. Physiological, psychological and work factors are evaluated for design of equipment, work methods, environments and standards.
  
  • EGME 483 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 476A. Introduction to computer-aided manufacturing processes. CNC machines, robot and PLC programming. Design for CIM. Fixed and flexible manufacturing systems. Process planning and scheduling. Simulation software for manufacturing systems. Laboratory experiments. (1 hour discussion, 4 hours laboratory)
  
  • EGME 486 - Introduction to Electronics Packaging (3)


    Prerequisites: EGEE 303, EGME 306A. Electronic components and devices. Chip carrier, packaging and production of printed circuit boards. First, second and third level packaging. Introduction to thermal analysis and vibration of electronic equipment.
  
  • EGME 487 - Thermal Control of Electronic Packaging (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 308, EGME 407. Fluid mechanics and heat transfer as related to the thermal control of electronic packages of varying sizes. Consider analysis of individual components, complete boards and complete systems. Liquid and gas cooling mediums.
  
  • EGME 490 - Seminar in Engineering (1)


    Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering. Engineering profession, professional ethics and related topics. May be repeated once for credit with the approval of the department.
  
  • EGME 497 - Senior Project (1-3)


    Prerequisite: consent of instructor, adviser and department head. Directed independent design project. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
  
  • EGME 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Prerequisite: Approval of study plan by adviser and department head. Specialized topics in engineering, selected in consultation with and completed under the supervision of the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
  
  • EGME 508 - Advanced Inviscid Fluid Flow (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 205, EGME 308, EGME 333. Two- and three-dimensional potential flow theory. Sources, sinks, vortices, Rankine bodies, free jets, channel flow, air foils. Introduction to computational fluid dynamics. Complex potential and various transformation techniques.
  
  • EGME 511 - Advanced Mechanical Vibrations (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 431 . Vibrations in rotating and reciprocating machines; noise and vibration in fluid machinery; continuous systems; random vibrations; transient and nonlinear vibration, computer applications.
  
  • EGME 512 - Advanced Mechanical Design and Management (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 421 . Advanced modern mechanisms. Analysis and synthesis of mechanisms. Advanced topics in computer-aided design of mechanical, thermal and fluid systems. Methodology of modern design. Optimization in design.
  
  • EGME 516 - Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 407 . Radiation heat transfer, including the study of the geometric shape factors, ideal (black) and real systems, and energy transfer in absorbing, scattering and emitting media, and radiation combined with other modes of energy transfer.
  
  • EGME 520 - Advanced Viscous Fluid Flow (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 333 . Fundamental equations of viscous fluid flow. Viscous drag estimation. Drag reduction methods. Laminar and turbulent internal and external flows. Introduction to instability and transition.
  
  • EGME 526 - Advanced Convective Heat Transfer (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 407 . Convective heat transfer; heat transfer in external and internal flow fields for both laminar and turbulent fluid flow, applications.
  
  • EGME 530 - Advanced Strength of Materials (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 421 . Energy methods. Castilian’s theorem. Curved beams, beams on elastic supports, thick wall cylinders, shrink fits, localized stress, column instability, failure theories, bearings.
  
  • EGME 536 - Advanced Conduction Heat Transfer (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 407 . Conduction heat transfer; Bessel and Legendre functions, Laplace transforms, eigenfunctions, Fourier series solutions, heat sources and sinks, multidimensional problems, transient systems and numerical methods (finite difference and finite element methods).
  
  • EGME 538 - Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 438 . Partial differential equations in engineering, numerical techniques, integral equations, engineering applications.
  
  • EGME 540 - Computer Applications In Engineering Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 410  Computers and microprocessors in engineering design. Design methodology, modeling and simulation. Geometric modeling. Design optimization. Expert systems in engineering design. Generalized programs and simulation languages are emphasized.
  
  • EGME 541 - Finite Element Method for Mechanical Engineers (3)


    Prerequisites: EGME 410 . Matrix formulation of basic equations in steady state and transient heat conduction. Elements and interpolation functions. Non-linear problem formulation. Finite element computer programs in heat transfer, fluid dynamics and design.
  
  • EGME 554 - Applied Optimal Mechanical Design (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 454 . Formulate design optimization problems in mechanical engineering. Mathematical programming methods. Practical aspects of optimization. Design of complex mechanical systems. Assigned individual projects to apply optimization techniques to an engineering system or component.
  
  • EGME 576 - Advanced Dynamics & Control of Mechanical Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: EGME 411 . Advanced study of the dynamics and control of mechanical systems including: state space modeling, Lyapunov stability, modern design techniques and case studies.
  
  • EGME 597 - Project (1-6)


    Prerequisite: Consent of Graduate Program Adviser. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
 

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