Comprehensive introduction to the mechanical behavior of solid engineering materials utilized in current materials engineering technologies, including modern device fabrication technologies.

Unified treatment of the analysis of solids. Consideration of continuity, mechanical energy, stress and strain. Application to elasticity, thermoelasticity, and plasticity.

Principles of mechanical behavior and failure of metals, polymers, and ceramics. Analysis of problems in design of structural materials that must meet certain strength and performance criteria. Emphasis on the engineering significance and use of various experimentally measured properties such as fatigue life, critical stress intensity factor, relaxation modulus, creep rupture life, and crack growth rate.

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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.