1/7 Master of Engineering Program

Master of Engineering Program in..

Mechanical Engineering..
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Name of Degree
Master of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
M.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering)

Program Curriculum
Emphasis on research by means of thesis dissertation and course work.
Thesis Courses 12 credits
Seminar Courses 2 credits
Advanced Mathematics Courses 6 credits
Elective Courses 18 credits
Total 38 credits

List of Courses
Thesis Courses
010370A1 Thesis 1 010370B1 Thesis 2
010370C1 Thesis 3 010370D1 Master Thesis
Seminar Courses
01037004 Seminar 1 01037005 Seminar 2
Advanced Mathematics Courses
01037007 Computation Methods 01037008 Mathematical Analysis
01037010 Finite Element Method 0103700A Matrix Analysis
0103700D Finite Volume Method
Elective Courses
Fluid and Thermal Engineering
01037100 Advanced Gas Dynamics 01037101 Boundary Layer Theory
01037102 Advanced Nuclear Power Engineering 01037103 Advanced Conduction Heat Transfer
01037104 Advanced Convection Heat Transfer 01037105 Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer
01037106 Thermal System Design 01037107 Combustion Theory
01037108 Advanced Refrigeration and Air 01037109 Advanced Thermodynamics
Conditioning
01037110 Advanced Combustion Processes 01037111 Turbulent Heat and Momentum Transfer
01037112 Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanicals; 01037113 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
01037114 Fluid System Design 01037400 Computational Fluid Dynamics
Mechanical Design and Mechatronics
01037200 Optimum Design of Mechanical Elements 01037201 Computer Graphics
and System
01037202 Fluid Power 01037203 Mechatronics
01037205 Computer Control of Machines and 01037206 Friction; Lubrication and Wear
Processes

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01037209 Application of Computer to Design and 01037210 Dynamic of Rotating Machinery

Production of Mechanical Elements and
Systems
01037211 Advanced Process Dynamics and Controls 01037212 Computational Dynamics
01037213 Dynamics and Control of Robots 01037214 Selected Topics in Mechanical Design
01037215 Digital Control of Dynamic Systems 01037216 Dynamics of Multi-Body System
01037217 Intermediate Vibration 01037218 Theory of Gearing and Applications
01037219 Selected Topics in Mechatronics 01037220 Selected Topics in Automation and
Robotics
Mechanics Engineering
01037300 Continuum Mechanics 01037301 Theory of Elasticity 1
01037302 Theory of Plates & Shells 1 01037303 Theory of Elasticity 2
01037304 Theory of Plates & Shells 2 01037305 Theory of Plasticity
01037308 Selected Topic in Mechanics of 01037309 Selected Topics in Continuum
Composite Materials Mechanics
01037403 Theory of Elastic Stability 1 01037404 Theory of Elastic Stability 2
01037405 Selected Topics in Experimental 01037406 Selected Topics in Computational
Mechanics Mechanics
Automotive Engineering
01037401 Advanced Internal Combustion Engine 01037402 Flow Visualization
01037411 Advanced Automotive Engineering 01037412 Selected Topics in Automotive Engineering

Program Structure
First Year
st
1 Semester 2nd Semester
010370A1 Thesis 1 010370B1 Thesis 2
01037xxx Advanced Mathematics Courses 01037004 Seminar 1
01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses 01037xxx Advanced Mathematics Courses
01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses 01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses
01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses 01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses
Second Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
010370C1 Thesis 3 010370D1 Master Thesis
01037005 Seminar 2
01037xxx Field Specific Elective Courses

Course Descriptions
Credits (lecture-laboratory)
Thesis Courses
010370A1 Thesis 1 3 (0-9)
This course provides an opportunity for a student to do research under the supervision of his/her advisor. The
research emphasizes a case study with the aim of the effectiveness in mechanical engineering.
010370B1 Thesis 2 3 (0-9)
Prerequisite: 010370A1
Continuation of 010370A1.
010370C1 Thesis 3 3 (0-9)
Prerequisite: 010370B1
Continuation of 010370B1.

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010370D1 Master Thesis 3 (0-9)

Prerequisite: 010370C1
Continuation of 010370C1. This course is registered by the student who is working on his/her thesis.
Seminar Courses
01037004 Seminar 1 1 (0-3)
This is the first in the series of required courses which must be taken consecutively by every master candidate. The
purpose of this course is to develop student’s ability in reading and understanding technical papers, and in
researching and presenting the result to the audience in a seminar. The students must also attend seminars given by
distinguished scholars which are arranged by the Faculty of Engineering or School of Graduate Studies. From such
seminars, the students can learn about the works of other scholars, gain a broader view point and develop self-
confidence in presentation of one's work.
01037005 Seminar 2 1 (0-3)
Prerequisite: 01037004
Continuation of 01037004.

Advanced Mathematics Courses

01037007 Computation Methods 3 (3-0)
Fundamentals of analysis; simultaneous linear equation; matrix inversion; Gaussian elimination; iterative methods;
nonlinear equation; algebraic equation; error estimations; eigen values and eigen vectors; power series method;
matrix transformation; function approximation; interpolation; FFT; DFT; FS estimation; LDS-DLS; spectrum
factorization; dummy random generators.
01037008 Mathematical Analysis 3 (3-0)
Ordinary differential equation; partial differential equation; initial value and boundary value problems; complex
analysis; Laplace transform; Fourier transform.
01037010 Finite Element Method 3 (3-0)
Green’s function method; calculus of variations; Rayleigh-Ritz method; Galerkin method; finite difference and finite
element methods.
0103700A Matrix Analysis 3 (3-0)
Vectors and matrix; linear independence; basic dimensions; linear mapping; coordinate transformation; matrix
operation and formation ranks; eigen values and eigen vectors; invariant subspaces; determinants; diagonalization
and canonical forms; Caley-Hamilton theorem; inner products; quadratic forms; norms; matrix functions; matrix and
differential equations.
0103700D Finite Volume Method 3 (3-0)
Principle of finite volume; discretization of diffusion term problems; discretization of convection-diffusion term
equation problems; Navier-Stokes equations for compressible and incompressible flows; solution algorithm using
SIMPLE; SIMPLEC; PISO; boundary conditions and initial conditions.
Elective Courses
Fluid and Thermal Engineering
01037100 Advanced Gas Dynamics 3 (3-0)
One-dimensional unsteady flows; analysis of fluctuation in time distance and pressure-velocity planes; plane
detonation waves; steady two dimensional flow; subsonic similarity rules; supersonic turning processes; methods of
characteristics.
01037101 Boundary Layer Theory 3 (3-0)
Concepts of laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer approximations; similarity and integral methods of internal
flow over surfaces; jets; rotating elements and effects of compressibility.
01037102 Advanced Nuclear Power Engineering 3 (3-0)
Analysis of nuclear systems for the production of useful power; thermodynamics cycles; reactor types; coupling of
reactor and power plant; design synthesis and plant economics.

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01037103 Advanced Conduction Heat Transfer 3 (3-0)

Analytical methods in conductions; Bessel functions; separation of variables; Laplace transform; superposition;
oscillation solution; computer method; finite differences; finite elements.
01037104 Advanced Convection Heat Transfer 3 (3-0)
Convection and mass transfer principles including boundary layer phenomena in laminar and turbulent flow; internal
flow; heat transfer in high-velocity flow; numerical methods.
01037105 Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer 3 (3-0)
Analysis nature of thermal radiation; radiative characteristics of surfaces; radiative heat transfer in evacuated
enclosures and enclosures containing and absorbing and emitting or scattering medium techniques for obtaining
solution to the governing integral equation; lumped system approximation; successive approximation; variational
methods and quadratures.
01037106 Thermal System Design 3 (3-0)
Study of engineering design of a workable thermal system and economics by equation fitting and mathematical
modeling; system simulation optimization; Lagrange multipliers; search methods; dynamic and linear programming.
01037107 Combustion Theory 3 (3-0)
Introduction to combusion; chemical thermodynamics; chemical reaction; conservation equations for
multicomponent reaction flows; deflagration and detonation waves in premixed gases; deflagration-to-detonation
transition; laminar flames; spray combustion of fuel droplet and combustion of a single liquid droplet.
01037108 Advanced Refrigeration and AIR Conditioning 3 (3-0)
Refrigeration system at low temperature; industrial applications; effects of environments to ventilation; air-
conditioning system; duct system; testing and balancing; automatic control; noise and vibration control.
01037109 Advanced Thermodynamics 3 (3-0)
Study of thermodynamic behavior of gases; equations of state with emphasis on their empirical and statistical
development including mixture rules; more detailed study of chemical and phase equilibrium; selected applications
of the real gas processes; combustion; energy transformer.
01037110 Advanced Combustion Processes 3 (3-0)
Theory and practice of thermodynamics of combustion; flame theory; detonation; spray and droplet combustion;
applications to combustion engines; furnaces; fixed-bed; fluidized bed and suspension burning boilers.
01037111 Turbulent Heat and Momentum Transfer 3 (3-0)
Theoretical analysis of heat transfer and turbulent momentum; fully developed turbulence numerical methods
including model applications to boundary layers; reacting flow; mass transfer; unsteady flow; linear and nonlinear
stability and transition.
01037112 Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanicals; Thermodynamics and 3 (3-0)
Heat Transfer
Advanced study in various topics which are recently developed in the field of fluid mechanics; thermodynamics and
heat transfer with the consent of the department.
01037113 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 (3-0)
Applications of control volume to mass; momentum and energy laws; differential equations of the constitutive laws
in Eulerian and Lagrangian coordinates; Navier-Stokes equations; potential flows; boundary layer theory for laminar
and turbulent flows.
01037114 Fluid System Design 3 (3-0)
Study of fluid measurements; piping systems; piping and pump systems; heat transfer in fluids and heat exchangers.
01037400 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3 (3-0)
Introduction to finite volume methods; fluid dynamics equation; mass and heat transfer; non-continuous equation
process; numerical methods for diffusion and convection problems; boundary condition; techniques in fluid
dynamics calculation.

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Mechanical Design and Mechatronics

01037200 Optimum Design of Mechanical Elements and System 3 (3-0)
Formulation and solution of optimum mechanical design problems by mathematical programming methods:
exhaustive method; univariance; random and Lagrange multipliers; linear programming and dynamics programming.
01037201 Computer Graphics 3 (3-0)
Introduction to computer graphics; graphics characteristics; text on the graphics screen; software tools for computer
graphics; analytic geometry and computer graphics; basic of three dimensional graphics; hidden line and hidden
surface routines; animated images system components for computer graphics.
01037202 Fluid Power 3 (3-0)
Generation; transmission and utilization of power in hydraulic and pneumatic systems; analysis and evaluation of
pumps; motors; valves and other fluid components; dynamic analysis and control of fluid power systems.
01037203 Mechatronics 3 (3-0)
Integration of mechanical and electronic systems; sensor and transducer modeling; actuator modeling; signal
conditioning; mechatronics systems modeling and simulation; real-time monitoring and control of mechatronics
systems.
01037205 Computer Control of Machines and Processes 3 (3-0)
Discrete control theory reduced to engineering practice through a comprehensive study of discrete system; modeling
system identification and digital controller; design selected industrial processes and machines utilized as subjects on
which computer control is to be implemented; focusing computer control economics; planning of the control theory
and programming.
01037206 Friction; Lubrication and Wear 3 (3-0)
Lubrication theory; Reynolds’ equation in three dimensions; energy equation; behavior of frictional surfaces under
different types of loading; mechanisms of heat; generation and surface damage: wear; scuffing; pitting;
thermohydrodynamics lubrication theory.
01037209 Application of Computer to Design and Production of 3 (3-0)
Mechanical Elements and Systems
Study of design and simulation of mechanical elements and systems by using computer including correction and
modification of mechanical elements with consideration on both performance and economic; transformation to
machine code in order to control the economic; transformation to machine code in order to control the operation of
the numerical control machine for manufacturing the design machine part.
01037210 Dynamic of Rotating Machinery 3 (3-0)
Review of single-mass rotor dynamics with symmetrical and asymmetrical shaft in flexible anisotropic bearing with
damping; effects of flexible foundations; system with various degrees of freedom; methods of influence coefficients;
transfer matrix methods; mechanical impedance methods and dynamics stiffness matrix methods; gear systems and
balancing; instability in rotating characteristic emphasis; numerical solution for practical problems.
01037211 Advanced Process Dynamics and Controls 3 (3-0)
Modeling and stability of dynamics system; controllable and observability; multi-input and multi-output systems;
controller design techniques for multi-input and multi-output systems.
01037212 Computational Dynamics 3 (3-0)
Degree of freedom; kinematics analysis of mechanical systems; D’Alembert’s principles; Lagrange’s equation;
numerical solutions.
01037213 Dynamics and Control of Robots 3 (3-0)
Spatial descriptions and transformation; forward and inverse kinematics of robot arm; kinetics of robot arm
Jacobians; trajectory planning of robot arm; linear control of robot arm.
01037214 Selected Topics in Mechanical Design 3 (3-0)
Advanced study in various topics which are recently developed in the field of mechanical design with the consent of
the department.

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01037215 Digital Control of Dynamic Systems 3 (3-0)

Concept of Z-transformation; analysis of linear discrete dynamic systems; analysis of the samples and hold; discrete
equivalents to continuous transfer functions; root-locus techniques; frequency-domain analysis of digital control
systems; Bode plot and Nyquist plot.
01037216 Dynamics of Multi-Body System 3 (3-0)
Generalized coordinates; Euler angles; Rodigues parameter; kinematics and kinetics of inter-connected rigid bodies;
Euler equations; virtue work and Hamilton principles.
01037217 Intermediate Vibration 3 (3-0)
Vibration of multi-degree of freedom systems; vibration of continuous systems; normal mode analysis; Lagrangion
dynamics; random vibration; nonlinear vibration.
01037218 Theory of Gearing and Applications 3 (3-0)
Classification of gear drives; geometry of plane and spatial gear; analysis and synthesis of gear with approximation
method; applications of spur; helical; worm and bevel gear drives.
01037219 Selected Topics in Mechatronics 3 (3-0)
Advanced study in various topics which are recently developed in the field of mechatronics with the consent of the
department.
01037220 Selected Topics in Automation and Robotics 3 (3-0)
Advanced study in various topics which are recently developed in the field of automation and robotics with the
consent of the department.
Mechanics Engineering
01037300 Continuum Mechanics 3 (3-0)
Review of vector and tensor analysis; kinematics and deformation; velocity; acceleration; strain; deformation tensors;
general conservation laws; local of the conservation laws; elastic solids; ideal fluids and other materials.
01037301 Theory of Elasticity 1 3 (3-0)
Review on fundamental laws of continuum mechanics; linear constitutive equations; analysis of stresses and strains;
one-dimensional problems; plane stress and general plane stress; simple three-dimensional problems; plane strain;
equilibrium equation; boundary conditions; stress function; virtual strain energy; bending; Fourier series; 2-D eigens
value problems.
01037302 Theory of Plates and Shells 1 3 (3-0)
Fundamental mathematics; derivation of the governing equations; constitutive equations; linear theory of plates and
shells; approximate theories; small deflection of thin plates; bending of long rectangular plates; simply-supported
rectangular plates; membrane theory for shells; nonbending deflection of shells.
01037303 Theory of Elasticity 2 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite: 01037301
Three-dimensional problems; general theorems and the principals of superposition; nonlinear elasticity; bending;
torsion; shear center; axisgmmetric stress; solid of revolution; photoelasticity; applications of numerical methods in
elasticity.
01037304 Theory of Plates and Shells 2 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite: 01037302
Some problems in plates and shells; circular plates; plates on elastic foundation; general plate theory; classical shell
theory; theory of thin shells; cylindrical shells under symmetric loading.
01037305 Theory of Plasticity 3 (3-0)
Description of deformation; stress tensor; components of stress and strain tensors; yield criterions; yield surfaces;
flow rules; linear strain hardening; kinematics strain hardening; mixed strain hardening; numerical methods for
solving plasticity problems.

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01037308 Selected Topics in Mechanics of Composite Materials 3 (3-0)

Classification and characteristics of composite materials; mechanical behavior of a liminate; bending; buckling and
vibration of laminated plates; fatigue and fracture mechanics of composite materials.
01037309 Selected Topics in Continuum Mechanics 3 (3-0)
Advanced study in various topics and theories of continuum mechanics including recent progresses in the field with
the consent of the department.
01037403 Theory of Elastic Stability 1 3 (3-0)
Stability and bi-directional concepts conventional examples; illustrating deformation mechanism and structural
instability discussions on stability and time-dependent problems; general theory for continuum stability and
conservation of elastro-solid; applications on bars; rings and shells.
01037404 Theory of Elastic Stability 2 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite: 010373403
Koiter’s theory for buckling; post-buckling; mode interaction; imperfection sensitivity behavior in nonlinear solids;
applications to thin-walled beams; cylindrical and spherical shells as well as to 3-D hyperelastic solids; loss of
ellipticity in finitely strained solids; Hill’s theory on bifurcation; uniqueness and post-bifurcation and analysis in
elastic plastic solid with applications.
01037405 Selected Topics in Experimental Mechanics 3 (3-0)
Mechanical properties of materials; strain-gage systems; photoelasticity; Moire’ interferometry; shadow caustics
method; photoelastic coatings and brittle coatings; nondestructive evaluation; thermoelastic stress analysis:
similitude; modeling and dimensional analysis; experimental modal analysis; composite materials; experimental
fracture mechanics; digital image processing; statistical analysis of experimental data.
01037406 Selected Topics in Computational Mechanics 3 (3-0)
Methodology: finite difference method; finite element method; boundary element method; finite volume method;
spectral methods; kinematics analysis; modal analysis for applications on mechanical engineering problems.
Automotive Engineering
01037401 Advanced Internal Combustion Engine 3 (3-0)
Research and recent development on internal combustion engine topics including experimental and numerical study;
methods using for engine research; concepts and mechanism of modern internal combustion engines.
01037402 Flow Visualization 3 (3-0)
Research on flow visualization; including experimental and numerical study; the method of flow visualization:
shadow graph; Schlieren; smoke wire; hot-wire; anemometer; laser doppler; velocimeter; particle image velocimeter;
use of image processor and computer for flow visualization; modern studies on flow visualization and its
applications.
01037411 Advanced Automotive Engineering 3 (3-0)
Modern technology and new research applied for automotive engineering: continuous variable transmission; four
wheel steering; active suspension; vehicle stability control; anti-lock brake system; electronics control unit and
safety.
01037412 Selected Topics in Automotive Engineering 3 (3-0)
Advanced study in various topics which are recently developed in the field of automotive engineering with the
consent of the department.

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