The fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0 is currently underway. The hallmark of this transformation is the effect that digital technologies have on the methods our products are made, and how our businesses are run. These digital technologies include: the Internet of Things, Robotics, Cloud Computing, Additive Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence. Students will gain an understanding of system design to support and Industry 4.0 ready enterprise.

The goal of this seminar is to introduce the graduate students to different cutting edge research projects that are ongoing in the Department and at other Institutions and to promote interdisciplinary research collaboration by encouraging the students to attend the Departmental Seminars and PhD/MS defenses.

Introduction to the theory of stochastic processes with emphasis on Markov chains, Poisson processes, markovian queues and networks, and computational techniques in Jackson networks. Applications include stochastic models of production systems, reliability and maintenance, and inventory control. Prerequisites: M&I-Eng 271, 520, or equivalent.

This class focuses on the design and analysis of wind turbines. This is accomplished via a semester long wind turbine design project, which utilizes modern wind turbine design and analysis codes, including those of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, such as TurbSim, Aerodyn, BModes and FAST as well as ancillary codes written in Excel, VBA or Matlab. Students will learn about the theory behind these codes as well as how to develop the input files, run the codes and analyze the results.

Product management has evolved into a critical function for modern organizations ranging from small startups to large corporations. The Product Management course focuses on deciding which product to build, creating a business case, working with engineering, and bringing it to market. It will provide current and aspiring product managers with practical advice on how to successfully define, develop, launch, and market new products.

This course applies principles of continuum mechanics to a broad range of biomechanical phenomena. The topics include: introduction to cell biology, fundamentals of solid mechanics, mechanosensitive machineries in cells, mechanotransduction, cell mechanics, developmental biomechanics, etc. Experimental methods for measuring molecular mechanics, cell adhesion, migration and contraction, and tissue biomechanics will also be discussed. Most recent literature will be used as discussion materials to connect theories with research.

This course prepares engineers to be leaders in organizations of varying size by simulating the planning, decision-making, and communication needed to take an idea from germination to execution and delivery, scaling a team from a few people to a ~200 person organization. You will be the VP of Engineering of your own startup where you will pitch an idea, develop it, plan the resources needed to deliver it, hire a team, and manage the organization.

This course covers the theoretical underpinnings of the various intelligent techniques used in manufacturing, practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully program and apply these techniques to data, and some of the best practices of intelligent techniques in broad areas including robotics, text recognition, computer vision, image processing, and medical informatics. The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Students will learn fundamental principles of molecular biology and fluid dynamics as they relate to human physiology and disease, with a focus on the cardiovascular, lymphatic and pulmonary systems. The relationship between the forces applied by the blood to blood vessels and heart, lymph to lymphatic vessels and air to the pulmonary airways are explored via formal lectures and journal article discussions. The course will also cover various experimental systems used to quantify cell response to forces.

This course provides an in-depth introduction to ocean renewable energy systems. It covers the primary options for converting the available energy in the offshore environment into electricity as well as other technologies, infrastructure and processes that are necessary to make such conversion practical. The conversion technologies that will be considered include offshore wind energy, wave energy, ocean currents, tidal energy, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), and floating solar photovoltaics.