AME Core and Technical Electives 10.8

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AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR SPRING 2014

AME Design Electives Spring 2014

AME 408 Computer Aided Design of Mechanical Systems (3 units) (Boloury-Azad)

Mon 10-11:50 AM; Wed 10-11:50 AM

Design of mechanical systems using advanced graphics techniques; computer-aided drafting, designoptimization, elements of computer graphics, solids modeling; introduction to computer-aided manufacturing

Recommended preparation: AME 308

AME 423Lx Loudspeaker and Sound-System Design (3.0 units) (Augspurger) (may replace AME 409, but

then will NOT count as a Design Elective)

Tue, Thu 12:30-1:50pm

Project-based design of loudspeaker transducers, filters, and enclosures. Measurement of transfer functions,

acoustical performance, distortion, Thiele-Small parameters, and power handling. Listening evaluations.Recommended preparation: EE 330. Capstone design experience.

AME 481 Aircraft Design (4.0 units) (Rawdon, Page) (design elective only for ME students; required for AE)

Mon 3:30-6:10pm; Lab: Thurs 6:15-9:15pm, Thurs 3:00-6:00pm

Aircraft design and analysis, design requirements and specifications; integration of structure, propulsion,

control system, and aerodynamic configuration; performance analysis and prediction.

Core Electives Spring 2014

AME 403 Stress Analysis (3.0 units) (Safadi)

Mon, Wed 2:00-3:20pm

Theories of failure, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, torsion of non-circular sections;

cylinders, rotating discs, thermal stresses, inelastic strains, energy methods. Prerequisite: AME 204

AME 408 Computer Aided Design of Mechanical Systems (3 units) (Boloury-Azad)

Mon 10-11:50 AM; Lab: Wed 10-11:50 AM

Design of mechanical systems using advanced graphics techniques; computer-aided drafting, design

optimization, elements of computer graphics, solids modeling; introduction to computer-aided manufacturing

Recommended preparation: AME 205


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AME 420Engineering Vibrations I (3.0 units) (Udwadia)


Theory of free and forced vibrations with and without damping; systems of single and multiple degrees of

freedom; iteration; methods; vibration isolation; instrumentation. Prerequisite: MATH 245

AME 423Lx Loudspeaker and Sound-System Design (3.0 units) (Augspurger)

Tue, Thu 12:30-1:50pm

Project-based design of loudspeaker transducers, filters, and enclosures. Measurement of transfer functions,

acoustical performance, distortion, Thiele-Small parameters, and power handling. Listening evaluations.

Recommended preparation: EE 330. Capstone design experience.

AME 436Energy and Propulsion (3.0 units)

Wed 6:40-9:20pm

Performance and analysis of reciprocating, jet, rocket engines, and hybrid systems. Characteristics of inlets,

compressors, combustors, turbines, nozzles and engine systems. Energy and environmental problems.

Prerequisite: AME 310 and 1 from (CE 309 or AME 309)

AME 451 Linear Control Systems I (3 units) (Yang) (may only be used as a Core Elective for ME students

AND if AME 420 was completed)

Mon/Wed 11:00-12:20 PM

Transform methods, block diagrams; transfer functions; stability; root-locus and frequency domain analysis

and design; State space and multillop systems.

AME 453 Engineering Dynamics (3.0 units) (Kanso)


Principles of dynamics applied to mechanical and aerospace problems. Introduction to gyroscopic motion andrigid body dynamics. Prerequisite: MATH 245

AME 458 Theory of Structures II (3.0 units) (Wellford)

Mon, Wed 2:00-3:20pm; Lab: Mon 5:00-6:20pm

Matrix algebra; stiffness method; force method; computer analysis of planar structures. Prerequisite: 1 from

((CE 108 and CE 358) or (AME 150 and AME 353)) Crosslist: This course is offered by the CE department but

may qualify for major credit in AME. To register, enroll in CE 458.


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AME 460 Aerodynamic Theory (3.0 units) (Redekopp)

Tue, Thu 9:30-10:50am

Basic relations describing the inviscid flow field about bodies and wings moving at subsonic and supersonicspeeds. Prerequisite: AME 309

AME 490 Directed Research

**Please see Irice Castro ([email protected]/RRB 101 ) regarding enrollment**

AME 491 Undergraduate Design Projects II (1.0 units, max 4) (Aerodesign contact Dr. Radovich in RRB 202

for D-Clearance approval) (Formula SAE email [email protected])

Aerodesign: Mon 7:00-8:50pm; Formula SAE: Tue 6:30-7:50pm

Analysis, design, fabrication, and evaluation of devices intended for entry in local and national design

competitions. Intended for students with prior project experience. Upper division standing. Graded CR/NC.

Technical Electives Spring 2014

ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion (3 units) (Wang)

Wed 6:40-9:20 PM

Introduction to rocket engineering. Space missions and thrust requirements. Compressible gas dynamics.

Propellant chemistry and thermodynamics. Liquid-and-solid-fueled rockets. Nuclear and electric propulsion.

Restriction: Only open to Seniors, Master Students, Doctoral Students

CE 460 Construction Engineering (3 units) (Koffman)

Mon 6:30-9:10 PM

Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and

scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety.

CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4.0 units) (Bono)

Lecture: Mon, Wed 9:30-10:50am ; Discussion: Thu 5:00-6:50pm, Fri 10:00-11:50am, Fri 12:00-1:50pm, Fri

2:00-3:50pm Lecture: Tue, Thu 9:30-10:50am ; Discussion: Fri 12:00-1:50pm, Thu 7:00-8:50pm

Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and

software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer science majors, graduate or

undergraduate.


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CSCI 460 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units) (Narayanaswamy)

Tue 6:00-8:50pm

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents,

problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, communication, perception, robotics, neural

networks. Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 102 or CSCI 455) Restriction: Registration open to the following class

level(s): Junior, Senior

EE 326Lx Essentials of Electrical Engineering (4.0 units) (Burke)

Mon, Wed 3:30-4:50pm; Lab: Tue 2:00-4:40pm, Thu 6:00-8:40pm

Network analysis and theorems; transient analysis; transformers; semiconductor physics and circuits; power

amplifiers, modulation and demodulation, and pulse, digital, and switching circuits. Introduction toinstrumentation. Not available for credit to electrical engineering majors. Prerequisite: (PHYS 152 and MATH

126)

ENGR 301 Technical Entrepreneurship (3.0 units) (Yli-Renko)

Mon 6:00-8:50pm

Starting and managing a technological business: developing a viable concept, market and financial planning,

product development, organizing the venture, protecting intellectual property rights. Crosslist: This course is

offered by the BUAD department but may qualify for major credit in ENGR. To register, enroll in BUAD 301.

ISE 344 Engineering Team Management (3.0 units) (Wu)

Tue, Thu 2:00-3:20pm

Examine team formation and team dynamics including organizational behavior, group dynamics, psychology,

and business management, all in the context of engineering development; decision-makig and negotiation.

Open only to juniors and seniors

ISE 440 Work, Technology and Organization (3 units) (Rahimi)

Tue,Thurs 12:30-1:50 PM

Impact of technology on work and organizational design; effects of automation; design of improvement

programs; information infrastructures; teams; individual behavioral outcomes. Restriction: Only open to

Juniors and Seniors


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ISE 460 Engineering Economy (3 units) (Settles)

Mon,Wed 5-6:20 PM; Discussion: Fri 12-12:50, 1-1:50, 2-2:50

Utilizing principles of economic analysis for choice of engineering alternatives and engineering systems. Pre-tax and after-tax economy studies. Restriction: Only open to Juniors, Seniors, Master Students, Doctoral

Students

MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials: Design, Synthesis, and Processing (3 units) (Armani)

Tue, Thurs 8-9:20 AM + Lab

Structure, properties, synthesis, processing and design of metallic, ceramic, polymeric, electronic, photonic,

composite, nanophase and biomaterials; nanostructures, microfabrication and smart materials. Prerequisite:

1 from (CHEM105a or CHEM 115a or MASC 110) & PHYS 152

SAE 496 Systems Engineering Through Motorsports (3.0 units) (Settles)

Thu 3:30-6:10pm

Applied systems architecting, engineering and management to motorsports from design to validation and

verification; venues include drag racing, grand prix Formula SAE racing, DARPA Challenges.

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