Design for manufacturability; emphasis on design for injection molding, die casting, and stamping. Introduction to design for assembly. Introduction to machining, metal casting, polymer processing, and bulk deformation processes (forging, extrusion, drawing, and rolling) and sheet-metalworking process. Prerequisites: M&I-ENG 201 and 211.

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Thermal-fluid component and system design for energy systems with economic assessment. Computer-based design problems selected from heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and energy conversion systems. Prerequisites: M&I-ENG 340 and 354.

Fundamental concepts of control theory. Topics include transfer functions for dynamic systems, block diagrams, Bode diagrams, root locus, and state space methods. Systems analyzed in the time and frequency domains. Prerequisites: M&I-ENG 310, 397B; MATH 331.

A professionally oriented seminar with faculty, university administration, and alumni speakers. Topics include: starting career options; career development; safety; switching companies and careers; working for oneself; graduate school.

Theory and execution of selected mechanical engineering measurements. Lectures and 1 three-hour lab meeting.

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics including kinematics, the stress tensor, and basic equations. Inviscid flow and wave motion, advanced control volume analysis, including non-inertial reference frames. One-dimensional gas dynamics, shock waves, rarefaction and acoustic waves. Prerequisite: M&I-Eng 340 or equivalent. Mr. Perot, Mr. Schmidt.

The fundamentals of fluid mechanics. Fluid statics, control volume analysis for fluid dynamic systems, viscous flow in ducts, boundary layer flows, and an introduction to dimensional analysis and similarity. Computer-based design problems. Prerequisite: M&I-ENG 230, MATH 233, M&I-ENG 310 (M&I-ENG 310 may be taken concurrently).

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