Mechatronics as the synergistic integration of mechanical design, electronics design, controls, and embedded programming throughout the product and process design, with the aim to optimize the final design output. Mechatronic product design, with a focus on integrating the various engineering disciplines into electromechanical systems. Students work in teams on mechatronic design projects using a microcontroller development system.
This course introduces numerical methods used by mechanical engineers. It involves coding algorithms in Matlab and observing the types of numerical errors that arise. It is suitable for junior and senior undergraduates and graduate students. It provides a foundation for Advanced Numerical Analysis (MIE 603), which presumes an understanding of basic numerical methods and focuses on accounting for numerical errors in order to analyze engineering problems using numerical solutions that inherently include error.
Introduction to the analysis of vibration of linear systems; emphasis on physical concepts. Differential equations of motion for a wide variety of vibrating systems. Undamped and damped vibration. Single and multiple-degree -of-freedom systems. Vibration measurement and suppression design. General forcing conditions and response. Lagrange's equations. Orthogonality and principle modes. Distributed-parameter systems. The finite element method in vibration analysis.
Integration of industrial engineering/operations research principles and procedures into the design of an operating system (production/manufacturing, financial, service systems). Selected projects completed by small groups. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BS-IE majors. Prerequisites: M&I-ENG senior standing and completion of all required M&I-ENG courses.
Quantitative techniques of production planning and control, including forecasting, master production scheduling, manufacturing resources planning, operation scheduling, materials management, just-in-time production, and inventory management.