ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
1. Overview of the department
2. Admission Requirements for the Postgraduate Programmes
3. Bachelor of Engineering Programme
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4. Master of Engineering Programme and Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Design and Production Engineering
5. Master of Engineering Programme and Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Energy and Power Engineering
6. Master of Engineering Programme and Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Industrial and Systems Engineering
7. Master of Engineering Programme in Material Engineering
8. Postgraduate Course Synopsis
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering is a discipline that applies the principles of physics, mathematics, materials science, and engineering problem-solving techniques to the design, analysis, manufacture, operation, and maintenance of mechanical systems. The goal is to ensure cost-effectiveness, safety, reliability, and efficiency in these systems. The field leverages modern tools such as Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), and Product Life-Cycle Management (PLM) to analyze and develop a wide range of engineering solutions.
The curriculum at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, aligns with contemporary global trends in mechanical engineering education. It emphasizes the development of materials, mass, momentum, and energy balances, leading to the geometric representation of the fundamental conservation laws of nature. These principles form the foundation of key areas of specialization, including Applied Mechanics, which focuses on the behaviour of solid bodies under external forces, stresses, and vibrations, with applications in the design, construction, and manufacturing of mechanical structures. Fluid Mechanics explores the behaviour of liquids and gases, applying this knowledge to the development of machinery and systems such as pumps, turbines, fans, and piping networks. Thermal Engineering, encompassing Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, deals with energy conversion processes, including the transformation of thermal energy into mechanical work, with applications in power plants, engines, and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems.
Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering integrates applied mechanics, materials science, and manufacturing processes to develop innovative solutions through advanced software tools for modelling, simulation, and optimization. Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences focus on optimizing complex systems and processes to improve efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. This field integrates mechanical engineering principles with automation, data analytics, and supply chain management to enhance industrial operations and drive economic growth.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, plays a vital role in technological and industrial development by equipping students with a strong foundation in engineering principles, research, and practical applications. It fosters innovation and problem-solving, preparing graduates for careers in industry, research, and academia. Industrial and Systems Engineering focuses on process optimization and automation, streamlining manufacturing processes, improving supply chain efficiency, and enhancing resource utilization. Design and Production Engineering involves the conceptualization, development, and manufacturing of mechanical components and systems, incorporating product design, prototyping, advanced manufacturing techniques, and quality control for industries such as automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods.
Energy and Power Engineering addresses energy generation, distribution, and utilization, focusing on thermal power systems, renewable energy, and sustainable energy solutions. Engineers in this field work to enhance power plant efficiency, develop energy storage technologies, and advance clean energy innovations. Materials and Metallurgy examines engineering materials, metallurgical processes, and material performance, driving advancements in lightweight materials, high-performance alloys, and nanotechnology applications in industries such as aerospace, construction, and biomedical engineering.
The Department remains committed to advancing knowledge and fostering innovation in mechanical systems, energy transformation, and industrial development. Through industry collaborations, research initiatives, and hands-on training, it prepares students to tackle real-world engineering challenges and contribute to technological progress and economic growth.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, under the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, was established during the 2003/2004 academic session. Academic activities officially commenced in the 2003/2004 academic session with an initial enrollment of twenty (20) undergraduate students. The Department launched its postgraduate program in the 2012/2013 academic session to further strengthen research and professional expertise, admitting twenty (20) students in its first intake. Since its establishment, the Department has steadily grown in student population, faculty strength, and research output, making significant contributions to engineering education and industrial development.
The Department offers an undergraduate program leading to the award of a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering. The program is designed to give students a strong foundation in engineering principles, fostering creativity, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills for addressing real-world engineering challenges. Over the years, the Department has expanded its academic offerings to include postgraduate studies, allowing for advanced research and specialization in key areas of mechanical engineering.
At its inception, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was coordinated by Engr. Dr. O. Onuba was the Dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at the time. In April 2005, Engr. Dr. E.A. Ogbonnaya was appointed the acting Head of the Department, providing leadership and laying a solid academic and administrative foundation. In 2008, Engr. Prof. C. I. Ezekwe took over as the Head of the Department, guiding the Department’s growth and development. Upon completing his tenure in 2011, Dr. Ogbonnaya was reappointed as acting Head of Department, a position he held until Engr. Prof. A. I. Obi assumed office in September 2012.
The Department continued its leadership transitions with Engr. Dr. B.N. Nwankwojike took over in August 2015, followed by Engr. Dr. F. I. Abam in February 2017. Under their leadership, the Department strengthened its academic programs, research initiatives, and collaborations with industry stakeholders. In January 2021, Engr. Dr. C.H. Kadurumba was appointed the acting Head of the Department, and in 2024 he handed over to Engr Dr (Mrs) I. F. Ikechukwu who has continued the academic excellence and innovation mission.
Over the years, the Department of Mechanical Engineering has remained committed to producing highly competent engineers capable of driving technological progress in various sectors. The Department contributes significantly to national and global engineering advancements through its robust academic programs, research activities, and industry collaborations.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission into the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is based on the following general and specific requirements:
General UME Requirements
All candidates must possess the basic Unified Matriculation Examination (UME) requirements for Mechanical Engineering, which include credit-level passes in the following subjects:
i. English Language
ii. Mathematics
iii. Chemistry
iv. Physics
v. One additional relevant subject at credit level, specific to the field of engineering.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
To be eligible for admission into the PGD programme, a candidate must possess:
i. A Bachelor’s degree with a Pass or Third Class Honours in a relevant discipline from a recognized university; or
ii. A Higher National Diploma (HND) in a relevant discipline with at least an Upper Credit from a recognized institution.
For HND holders with unclassified certificates, the following CGPA shall be considered equivalent to Upper Credit:
i. CGPA of 3.50 on a 5.00-point scale
ii. CGPA of 3.00 on a 4.00-point scale
iii. Or an aggregate score of 60%
Master’s Degree (M.Eng)
To be eligible for admission into the Master of Engineering (M.Eng) programme, a candidate must satisfy one of the following:
i. Hold a minimum of Second Class Honours (Lower Division) in a relevant Engineering discipline from this University, or any other university recognized by the Senate, with a CGPA of:
1. 2.50 on a 5.00-point scale, or
2. 2.00 on a 4.00-point scale
ii. Hold a Third-Class Honours degree in a relevant discipline and possess a Postgraduate Diploma in the same or related field with a minimum CGPA of 3.50.
iii. Hold an HND with at least Lower Credit (CGPA of 3.00 or 60%) and also possess a Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant field with at least Upper Credit (CGPA of 3.50).
iv. Possess any other qualifications that may be deemed acceptable by the University Senate.
Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.)
To qualify for admission into the Ph.D. programme, a candidate must:
i. Possess a master’s degree (M.Eng or M.Sc) in a relevant discipline from this University or any other recognized institution, including coursework and research components.
ii. Have a minimum CGPA of:
a. 3.50 on a 5.00-point scale, or
b. 3.00 on a 4.00-point scale, or
c. An equivalent of 60%
3. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING OPTION
Master of Engineering Programme in Design and Production Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 801 Seminar 2 C 45 –
MEE 811 Advanced Computational Analysis I 3 C 30 –
MEE 812 Technical Research and Communication Methods 3 C 30 –
MEE 813 Advanced Materials Technology 3 C 30 –
MEE 814 Advanced Products Design 3 C 30 –
DPE 811 Machine Tool Engineering 3 E 30 –
DPE 812 Tribology 3 E 30 –
DPE 813 Advanced Forming Processing/Foundry Technology 3 E 30 –
ISE 815 Industrial Raw Materials Sourcing and Planning 3 E 30 –
MAE 815 Mechanical Behaviour of Materials 3 E 30 –
Total 23 255 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 800 Thesis 6 C 30 180
MEE 821 Advanced Computational Analysis II 3 C 45 –
MEE 822 Advanced Manufacturing Technology 3 C 45 –
MEE 823 Advanced Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems 3 C 45 –
DPE 821 Advanced Control Systems 3 E 45 –
DPE 822 Advanced Solid Mechanics 3 E 45 –
DPE 823 Advanced Vibrations 3 E 45 –
DPE 824 Advanced Product Development 3 E 45 –
ISE 823 Automation and Robotic Systems 3 E 45 –
Total 24 300 180
*E = Elective (3 + 3), *C= Core
Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Design and Production Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 911 Advanced System Modeling and Simulation Methods 3 C 30 –
MEE 913 Advanced Systems Design and Manufacturing 3 C 30 –
MEE 915 Advanced Industrial Management Technique 3 C 30 –
MEE 917 Engineering Material Design 3 C 30 –
EPE 912 Thermal Energy 3 E 30 –
EPE 924 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer II 3 E 30 –
EPE 926 Advanced Fluid Mechanics II 3 E 30 –
EPE 918 Advanced Thermodynamics III 3 E 30 –
MEE 919 Nanofabrication Process
–
Total 15 150 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 901 Ph.D. Seminar 2 C 30 –
MEE 900 Ph.D. Dissertation 12 C – 240
Total 14 30 240
*E = Elective (1), *C = Core
4. ENERGY AND POWER ENGINEERING OPTION
Master of Engineering Programme in Energy and Power Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 801 Seminar 2 C 45 –
MEE 811 Advanced Computational Analysis I 3 C 30 –
MEE 812 Technical Research and Communication Methods 3 C 30 –
MEE 813 Advanced Materials Technology 3 C 45 –
MEE 814 Advanced Products Design 3 C 30 –
EPE 811 Advanced Air conditioning and Refrigeration 3 E 30 –
EPE 812 Advanced Fluid Mechanics I 3 E 45
EPE 813 Solar Energy Conversion 3 E 45 –
EPE 814 Advanced Thermodynamics I 3 E 45 –
EPE 815 Nuclear Engineering 3 E 45 –
Total 23 300 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 800 Thesis 6 C – 180
MEE 821 Advanced Computational Analysis II 3 C 30 –
MEE 822 Advanced Manufacturing Technology 3 C 45 –
MEE 823 Advanced Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems 3 C 30 –
EPE 821 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer I 3 E 45 –
EPE 822 Thermal Power Plants 3 E 45 –
EPE 823 Energy Management 3 E 45 –
EPE 824 Advanced Thermodynamics II 3 E 45 –
EPE 825 Turbomachinery 3 E 45 –
Total 24 240 180
*E = Elective (3 + 3), *C = Core
Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Energy and Power Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 911 Advanced System Modeling and Simulation Methods 3 C 30 –
MEE 913 Advanced Systems Design and Manufacturing 3 C 30 –
MEE 915 Advanced Industrial Management Technique 3 C 30 –
MEE 917 Engineering Material Design 3 C 30 –
EPE 912 Thermal Energy 3 E 30 –
EPE 924 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer II 3 E 30 –
EPE 926 Advanced Fluid Mechanics II 3 E 30 –
EPE 918 Advanced Thermodynamics III 3 E 30 –
MEE 919 Nanofabrication Process
–
Total 15 150 _
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 901 Ph.D. Seminar 2 C 30 –
MEE 900 Ph.D. Dissertation 12 C – 240
Total 14 30 240
*E = Elective (1), *C = Core
5. INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Master of Engineering Programme in Industrial and Systems Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 801 Seminar 2 C 30 –
MEE 811 Advanced Computational Analysis I 2 C 30 –
MEE 812 Technical Research and Communication Methods 3 C 45 –
MEE 813 Advanced Materials Technology 3 C 45 –
MEE 814 Advanced Products Design 3 C 45 –
ISE 811 Advanced Operations Research 3 E 45 –
ISE 812 Advanced Engineering Economics 3 E 45 –
ISE 813 Component and System Reliability 3 E 45 –
ISE 814 Technical Entrepreneurship for Systems Engineering 3 E 45 –
!SE 815 Industrial Raw Materials Sourcing and Planning 3 E 45 –
Total 23 300 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 800 Thesis 6 C – 180
MEE 821 Advanced Computational Analysis II 3 C 45 –
MEE 822 Advanced Manufacturing Technology 3 C 30 –
MEE 823 Advanced Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems 3 C 30 –
ISE 821 Advanced Work System Design and Ergonomics 3 E 30 –
ISE 822 Logistics and Supply Chain management 3 E 45 –
ISE 823 Automation and Robotic Systems 3 E 45 –
ISE 824 Advanced Decision Analyses in Engineering 3 E 45 –
ISE 825 Risk Analysis and Mitigation 3 E 45 –
Total 24 240 180
*E = Elective (3 + 3), *C = Core
Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Industrial and Systems Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 911 Advanced System Modeling and Simulation Methods 3 C 30 –
MEE 913 Advanced Systems Design and Manufacturing 3 C 30 –
MEE 915 Advanced Industrial Management Technique 3 C 30 –
MEE 917 Engineering Material Design 3 C 30 –
EPE 912 Thermal Energy 3 E 30 –
EPE 924 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer II 3 E 30 –
EPE 926 Advanced Fluid Mechanics II 3 E 30 –
EPE 918 Advanced Thermodynamics III 3 E 30 –
MEE 919 Nanofabrication Process
–
Total 15 150 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 901 Ph.D. Seminar 2 C 30 –
MEE 900 Ph.D. Dissertation 12 C – 240
Total 14 30 240
*E = Elective (1), *C = Core
6. MATERIALS ENGINEERING OPTION
Master of Engineering Programme in Material Engineering
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 801 Seminar 2 C 30 –
MEE 811 Advanced Computational Analysis I 3 C 30 –
MEE 812 Technical Research and Communication Methods 3 C 45 –
MEE 813 Advanced Materials Technology 3 C 30 –
MEE 814 Advanced Products Design 3 C 30 –
MAE 811 Structure and Properties of Materials 3 C 30 –
MAE 812 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials 3 E 45 –
MAE 813 Advanced Characterization Techniques 3 E 45 –
MAE 814 Composite Materials 3 E 45 –
MAE 815 Mechanical Behaviour of Materials 3 E 45 –
Total 23 300 –
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
MEE 800 Thesis 6 C – 180
MEE 821 Advanced Computational Analysis II 3 C 45 –
MEE 822 Advanced Manufacturing Technology 3 C 45 –
MEE 823 Advanced Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems 3 C 30 –
MAE 821 Material Processing 3 C 15 –
MAE 822 Corrosion Engineering 3 E 45 –
MAE 823 Fracture Mechanics and Analysis 3 E 45 –
MAE 824 Advanced Surface Engineering and Coating 3 E 45 –
MAE 825 Nano-Materials Engineering 3 E 45 –
MAE 826 Aerospace Materials 3 E 45 –
Total 24 C 240 180
*E = Elective (3 + 3), *C = Core
7. COURSE SYNOPSIS
MEE 811: Advanced Computational Analysis Technique I 3 Units
Computer application in computation of matrix and vector norms, inverses, Gaussian elimination, pivoting, sensitivity, condition number, generalised inverses (Moore-Penrose), idempotent matrices, solution of matrix equations, projection matrices, determinants, cofactors, banded, circulant, Vandermonde & Toeplitz matrices, definiteness, Givens rotations, computation of decompositions (Cholesky, LQ/QR, singular value, eigenvalues/eigenvectors), matrix differentiation. Processes Different types of stochastic processes: Bernoulli processes, Poisson processes, and Markov chain. Bayesian inference: Maximum A Posteriori estimation, Least Mean Square estimation, and Kalman filter. Decision making under uncertainty: Markov Decision Processes and Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes.
Linear programming (simplex algorithm, Karmakar’s method), unconstrained optimisation (gradient descent, Newton and quasi-Newton’s method, conjugate gradient, Levenberg-Marguardt), convex optimisation (Lagrange multipliers, KKT conditions), stochastic and heuristic optimization (random search, simulated annealing, evolutionary algorithms, metaheuristics). Response surface methodology, taguchi.
MEE 812: Technical Research and Communication Methods
Review of technical Research Process, Research Ethics and Integrity, Critical Appraisal. Quantitative Technical Research, Study Designs and Methods. Analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative Data. Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research. Introduction to Qualitative Research, Study Designs and Methods. Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data. Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Research. Introduction to Mixed Methods Research, Study Designs and Methods. Analysis and Interpretation of Mixed Methods Data. Critical Appraisal of Mixed Methods Research. Meaning and Significance of Technical Research Paper, Style of Writing Technical Research Paper, Elements /Steps in Writing Technical Research Paper. Methods of communication of Technical Research Paper. Noun phrases usage in titles, definition and tense usage in introductions, process explanations in the methods section, figure and table explanations in the results section, hedging in the results and discussion/conclusion section, and formatting in the reference section. How to avoid plagiarism in their writing through paraphrasing and the correct citation and referencing of other people’s work. In the third part of the course, students will begin writing a research paper following a typical “Instructions for Authors” guide that is found in most journals. Preparation of research paper for journals, Seminars and Conferences – Design of paper using TEMPLATE, Calculations of Impact factor of a journal, citation Index, ISBN & ISSN. Preparation Project Proposal – Title, Abstract, Introduction – Rationale, Objectives, Methodology – Time frame and work plan – Budget and Justification – Reference. Oral presentation of technical ideas.
MEE 813: Advanced Material Technology 3 Units
Materials properties and behaviour concerning mechanical design and engineering applications. The role and importance of materials in history and modern society. Materials and innovations, resources and availability, life cycle, cost, sustainability and environmental considerations. Principles for systematic materials selection concerning performance of materials. Principles for engineering design for material properties. Physical and mechanical properties of material about its atomic structure, molecular structure, microstructure and application. Phase diagrams, heat treatment process and strengthening mechanisms for engineering alloys. Corrosion and degradation mechanisms of materials. Engineering alloys, polymers and composites. Method of processing, manufacturing and applications.
MEE 814: Advanced Products Design 3 Units
Review of systematic and axiomatic design processes. Concurrent design concept. Decomposition of complex engineering problems, and evaluation of advanced design tasks based on real-life engineering projects. The end-to-end multidisciplinary approach to creative engineering design. Advanced materials in Design. Effective use of common engineering computer-aided design software, numerical modelling, project planning, budgeting/costing, and scheduling and resource allocating techniques. Implementation of systems design and project management process, drawing on principles, and theoretical and practical knowledge developed in the prerequisite units to ensure a realistic project outcome. Parametric evaluation of design and optimum design. Documentation of the complete design process, the analysis of the design and comparison with the original project specifications as professionals. Assessments on written portfolios and oral presentations on scientific and advanced design progress
MEE 821: Advanced Computational Analysis Technique II 3 Units
Data-driven modelling techniques, including Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition. MATLAB as an engineering tool, applications to telecommunications, biomedical engineering, embedded systems, the electricity market, robotics, and other fields of engineering as appropriate. Introduction to Machine Learning and AI, Introduction to CFD: Governing equations and boundary conditions. Simulation of viscous flows and turbulence modelling. Functional analysis. General Formulation of Finite Element Theory. Application of Python in engineering systems analysis. Individual student practical assignment
MEE: 822: Advanced Manufacturing Technology 3 Units
Introduction: Meaning of manufacturing, categories of manufacturing, modern manufacturing. Unit manufacturing and assembly processes: material removal processes, electrical discharge machining, electrical chemical machining, water and abrasive jet machining, ultrasonic machining. Phase-change processes: metal casting, green sand-casting processes, investment casting. Structure change processes: normalizing steel, laser surface hardening. Deformation processes: die forging, press-brake forming. Automation technologies for manufacturing systems: automation fundamentals, hardware components for automation, computer numerical control, industrial robotics. Rapid prototyping: rapid prototyping methods, applications of rapid prototyping. Integrated manufacturing systems: material handling, fundamentals of production lines, manual assembly lines, automated production lines, cellular manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, computer integrated manufacturing. Manufacturing Engineering: process planning, problem-solving and continuous improvement, concurrent engineering and design for manufacturability.
MEE: 822: Advanced Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems 3 Units
Review of dimensional analysis and model study; Multidimensional steady state and transient heat conduction; natural and forced convection; radiation; boiling and condensation; heat exchangers. Compressible flow. Nanofluids and flow systems: Concept of hemodynamically developing and developed flows, thermally developing flows (Graetz problem) and thermally developed laminar flow, Overview of steady laminar forced convection in Hagen Poiseuille flow, Plane Poiseuille flow, and Couette flow, solutions of coupled momentum and energy equations in developing and fully developed flow and heat transfer problems with constant wall flux and constant wall temperature boundary conditions. Laminar developing and fully developed flow through non-circular ducts. Turbulence fundamentals and turbulent duct flow with forced convection. Convective heat transfer in external flows: Derivation of hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer equations, Similarity solution techniques, Momentum and energy integral methods and their applications in flow over flat plates with low and high Prandtl number approximations, Heat transfer in turbulent boundary layers. Free convection boundary layer equations: order of magnitude analysis, similarity and series solutions, Concept of thermal stability and Rayleigh Benard convection, introduction to mixed convection, turbulent free convection. Boiling and Condensation: Concept of boiling heat transfer and regimes in pool boiling, Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, Nusselt film condensation theory, drop-wise condensation and condensation inside tubes, effects of non-condensable, Deviations from continuum: wall slip and thermal creep, an introduction to convective transport in micro-scales Mass transfer: Molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficient, Simultaneous heat and mass transfer problems (moving boundary freezing and melting problems), introduction to convective mass transfer in binary systems, analytical solutions to simple one-dimensional problem.
MEE 801: M. ENG. Degree Seminar 1 Unit
Each student shall prepare and present a report/seminar on a current issue/development (s) in any area of mechanical engineering except his/her area of specialization to the staff and students of the university. Focus is on the student’s strength in investigating, analyzing, proffering scientific solutions to problems, preparing, presenting and defending a scholarly report based on his/her findings.
MEE 800: M. ENG. Degree Thesis 6 Units
A candidate shall present a proposal seminar on his/her thesis topic to be examined by the Departmental Post-graduate Committee for approval before proceeding on the topic and also one or more seminars on the progress/final results of their research work to be examined by the Departmental Post-graduate Committee before appointing external examiner for the work. In addition, the candidate must satisfactorily defend his researched thesis in an oral examination to be examined by a panel of external and internal examiners and a pass at 50% before the degree will be awarded. M. Eng. Degree Thesis should be written with good quality A4 (210mm by 297mm) papers in accordance with Postgraduate School guidelines.
M. ENG. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
DPE 811: Machine Tool Engineering 3 Units
Metal cutting principles, Mechanics of chip formation, cutting tool geometry, cutting tool materials and cutting fluids, tool wear mechanisms and cutting conditions for economic tool life. Theory of power absorption at tool point. Methods of machining and machinability of workpiece materials. Cutting action in milling, drilling, broaching etc. Surface finishing processes; grinding, selection of grinding wheels, lapping, polishing, honing, buffing, barrel tumbling and rolling, super finishing, burnishing, plating and coating of surfaces. Advanced metal removal processes, electro-chemical machining and spark erosion. Vibration characteristics of machine operations. Machine tool construction; Principles of designs of machine frames, gearboxes, spindles, bearings and slideways; Factors limiting the performance of machine tools; Economics of machine tool selection; Machine load devices for automatic control.
DPE 812: Tribology 3 Units
Introduction: Historical, tribology in industry, tribological solutions, economic considerations. Surfaces, surface texture assessment surface parameters, statistical properties of surfaces measurement of surface parameters. Contact surfaces, stress distribution due to loading, displacements due to loading, Hertzian contacts, the contact of rough surfaces, criterion for deformation mode, thermal effects friction theories, friction, measurement, possible causes of friction, adhesion theory of friction, modified adhesion theory, plastic interaction of surface asperities, ploughing effect, elastic hysteresis losses. Wear, types of wear, various factors affecting wear, experimental aspects of wear, wear prevention, application of wear to design, wear of an i.c. Engine Tribological properties of solid materials, self-lubricating materials types of sold lubricant, tribological properties of plastics. Friction instability, characteristics of friction vibrations, friction force models. Mechanics of rolling motion, lubricating properties and testing, viscosity, greases, hydrodynamic lubrication, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, hydrostatic lubrication tribological solutions.
DPE 813: Advanced Forming Processing/Foundry Technology 3 Units
Pattern-making technology: Materials, machines, and tools for pattern making; Mould and core-making technology: Sands used for moulding: Moulding processes; Machine moulding; Core sands and core making; Casting procedure; Casting methods; Gating systems: casting design; Melting furnaces Refractories for melting unit; Metallurgical characteristics of cast metals; Pollution control in foundries. Patterns: Types, materials and making. Defects associated with pattern. Moulding: Types, materials and peculiarities. Defects associated with moulding. Melting furnaces, characteristics and areas of application defects associated with melting. Ladle metallurgy: special treatment of melts. Refining, gases in metals, degassing, Desulphurization, liquid metal cleanliness, inoculation, benefits of ladle practice. Fluidity: influence of molten metal characteristics and casting parameters. Solidification of Casting: Solidification of pure metals and alloys, solidification shrinkage, Solidification defects. Safety in a foundry. Application of computer in Foundry.
DPE 821 Advanced Control Systems 3 Units
Generalized measurement system. First stage Devices and Element. Intermediate modifying systems and devices. Terminating methods and devices. Generalized Control Systems. Application of microcomputers in control systems. Design of control systems, sensing elements’ pneumatic, hydraulic, electro-mechanical, solar, and strain gauge rosettes. Laboratory experiments with pneumatic, hydraulic, electro-mechanical logic circuitry, and electro-mechanical servo systems. Group/individual laboratory projects on the construction of vibrators, modulators and other basic control devices.
DPE 822: Advanced Solid Mechanics 3 Units
Theory of Stress, Theories of failure. Theory and measurement of strain. Matrix & Tensor rotation. Stress-Strain-Temperature Relations for Elastic Solid. Strain Energy, St. Venant’s principle and superposition. Energy Theorems. Stress Functions for two-dimensional problems, torsion problems, and axially symmetric problems. Approximate Methods. Deformation, Theory of rigid/plastic materials, and application. Thermo elasticity.
DPE 823: Advanced Vibrations 3 Units
Review of rigid body dynamics, moments and products of inertia, the symmetrical top, the gyroscope and applications. Lagrangian mechanics, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory. Perturbation methods. Stability and resonance of dynamical systems. Applications to particle and rigid body space mechanics. Review of mechanical vibrations; Vibration mechanics; Lagrange’s equations, Hamilton’s principle. Multi-degree of freedom systems, approximate methods of calculating principal frequencies: Holtzer’s method. Self-excited Vibrations. Nonlinear vibrations. Vibrations of continuous elastic systems, bars, beams, shafts, plates. Methods of vibration suppression and control. Design of high-speed rotating machinery with vibration problems such as turbines etc. Steady stresses from centrifugal forces and dynamic stability of high-speed rotors. Analytical solutions of typical vibratory and balancing problems in mechanical systems and their mathematical techniques are readily adaptable to computer solutions.
DPE 824: Advanced Product Development 3 Units
The Advanced Product Development course is designed for the student who wishes to enhance their technical knowledge and practical design skills through the application of state-of-the-art manufacture to practical design settings through the specialization in advanced materials and production technology, product design techniques and engineering risk management. Product modelling and visualization: Application of knowledge of product development, technical design, manufacturing techniques and rapid prototyping to bring innovations to market, and improve on existing products or processes. Digital innovations in production; Computer-aided manufacturing, Lean and Agile manufacturing. Product strategy: customer need, development, manufacturing, cost, collaboration, legal and marketing. Topology optimization; Life cycle analysis of Engineering products, safety and liability.
M. ENG. ENERGY AND POWER ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
EPE 811: Advanced Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 3 Units
Review of psychometric processes, application of psychrometry to comfort air-conditioning, design, application to heat and mass transfer in spray system. Vapour compressor and vapour absorption refrigeration systems, cooling load estimates. Cooling and dehumidification through extended surface coils. Air conditioning control systems and equipment. Industrial applications of air conditioning.
EPE 812: Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 Units
Boundaries layer: laminar and turbulent boundary layer with and without heat generation. Flows in pipes and rectangular ducts for compressible and incompressible fluids. Continuum model, microscopic properties of fluids, thermodynamic relationships. Equations for describing fluid motion: Continuity equation, forces, stress tension strain and rotation, Navier-stokes and energy equation. Air handling apparatus: duct design, piping design, flow in capillary tubes: water/air piping; refrigeration piping.
EPE 813: Solar Energy Conversion 3 Units
Review of heat transfer methods. Solar radiation: source and nature; solar constants, Terrestrial and extra-terrestrial solar intensities. Insolation correlations, total transmittance into buildings and irradiance on inclined surfaces. Solar energy collection and storage; Selective surfaces Eutectic salts. Direct use of solar energy: STEG and solar cells. Solar collectors, types, performance and ratings. Solar-powered organic vapour cycles. Semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Thermoelectric devices, fuel cells, photovoltaic generators, geothermal, hydrogen and biomass conversion. Solar Refrigeration and Cooling of Buildings: active and passive coolers. Heating applications. Solar-powered organic vapour cycles. Open Air Space and Legal implication of Solar Energy use in urban Areas.
EPE 814: Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Units
State relationships for real gas and liquid; Equation of states. Real gases: Viral equation of state. Van-der-Waals equation of state (described Clausius I equation of state based on VW equation), Redlich-Kwong equation of state, Dietrich equation of state. Thermodynamic property relations: Maxwell relations, the Clapeyron equation, general relations for du, dh, ds, cv and cp. The Joule-Thompson coefficient. Fugacity and entropy change at a constant temperature. Availability: optimum work and irreversibility in a closed system: internally reversible process, useful external work, internally irreversible process with no external irreversibility. Generalized availability analysis for open systems and specific systems (Steam and gas turbine plants and automobiles). Chemically reacting systems: chemical reaction and combustion (stoichiometric, reaction with excess air, equivalence ratio). Thermochemistry (enthalpy of formation, sensible and total enthalpy of a system) enthalpy of reaction and heating values). Application of first and second law analysis for chemically reacting system.
EPE 815: Nuclear Engineering 3 Units
Review of Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering: Nuclear fuels, Fission, Nuclear fission Reactions, Nuclear Core Dynamics, Nuclear health and Safety, Nuclear Plant Dynamics and Control, Integration of Nuclear Plant Systems with the Reactor Core, Nuclear Operations and Safety, Integrated Nuclear Power Plant Operations, Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Nuclear Plants, Mathematical Modeling of Nuclear Power Plants, Management Principles in Nuclear Power, Case Studies in Nuclear Codes and Standards, The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Metal Cooled Reactors, Boiling Water Reactor Systems and Safety, Pressurized water reactor, High-temperature gas-cooled reactors, Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis in a nuclear reactor, Nuclear-Based Cogeneration Systems, Super-critical vapour power cycle with single and double reheat.
EPE 821: Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer I 3 Units
Review of modes of heat transfer, steady state conduction. Convective heat transfer: forced convection heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flows: Thermal boundary layer of flat plate heat transfer; External and internal flow through annular sections; pressure loss and heat transfer. Free and forced convection: General equations of free convection, empirical correlations for laminar and turbulent flow in horizontal and vertical planes for circular and rectangular sections. Boiling heat transfer: Free convection boiling, nucleate boiling; forced convection with boiling. Condensation: film condensation, dropwise condensation. Vertical surfaces: laminar condense flow, turbulent condense flow for both inside and outside horizontal tubes: Extended surfaces: Circular and rectangular cross-sections; effectiveness; design and selection. Heat exchangers: types, design and selection; condensers, evaporators, cooling towers and boilers. Fundamentals of mass transfer; Molecular mass transfer diffusion coefficient, convective mass transfer. Steady-state molecular diffusion: 1-dimensional mass transfer, diffusion through a stagnant layer. Analytical solutions of unsteady mass transfer. Mass transfer to plates, cylindrical and spheres: mass transfer involving turbulent flow through pipes. Similarities between mass, heat and momentum transfer; design of absorbers.
EPE 822: Thermal Power Plants 3 Units
Review of renewable and unconventional methods of power generation. Hydropower generation (HPP): sizes and types of HPP. Hydro-electric turbines. Design consideration of HPP stations. Gas turbine plant; plant components; plant performance improvement: regeneration, reheat and inter-cooling steam plant: plant components, performance improvement of steam power plant. Second law analysis of vapour cycles. Cogeneration and combined gas vapour power cycles power plant Management: location of power plants, operation, performance and environmental Management. Economics of power plant.
EPE 823: Energy Management 3 Units
Energy and the environment, energy analysis techniques, energy audits and surveys. Energy monitoring, targeting and waste avoidance. Waste heat recovery. Energy waste in buildings and industrial systems. Equipment efficiency measurement of energy loss. Utility companies and energy supply: Primary energy, delivered energy. Electricity supply: Electricity charges and electricity tariffs. A project on energy audit is to be carried out.
EPE 824 Advanced Thermodynamics II 3 Units
Statistical thermodynamics: Systems and ensembles. Third law. Kinetic theory. Maxwell’s transfer equation. Thermodynamics equilibrium and viscous, heat-conducting gases. Boltzmann statistics, quantum statistics. Dilute gas properties.
825: Turbomachinery 3 Units
Introduction: Dimensional Analysis: Similitude. Basic Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics: Definitions of Efficiency. Axial-flow Turbines, Two – dimensional theory. Axial flow compressors and fans. Centrifugal pumps, fans and compressors. Positive-DisplacMEEnt fluid flow machines: Compressors, Pumps and Refrigerant Compressors. Analysis and Design of Hydraulic Turbine, Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Centrifugal Compressor and Nozzle. Turbomachinery Analysis and Design Concept; Similarity and Scaling Laws; Cavitation. Design Optimization of Turbomachinery. Flow theory applied to Fluid flow machines. Turbomachinery Selection, Exploitation and Maintenance. Computer-Aided Analysis of Turbomachinery
M. ENG. INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
ISE 811 Advanced Operations Research 3 Units
Manufacturing systems analysis review; location selection and plant layout and material handling issues. Factory dynamics; production line design and flexible manufacturing/design for manufacturing, Just-in-time production. Study of theories and applications of techniques for analysis and optimization of industrial operations; linear programming, transportation models, integer programming, goal programming, dynamic programming and non-linear programming. Networks analysis, Queuing theory, decision analysis, Markov processes. Development of the fundamentals and techniques of simulating business and industrial systems. Monte-Carlo techniques and computer usage.
ISE 812: Advanced Engineering Economics 3 Units
Focuses on engineering economic decision-making. Application of analytical techniques to the evaluation of industrial projects, the relationship of project selection to long-range planning, and the relationship between the economics of technical choice and industrial, Human behaviour and performance in workplaces, motivation, job analysis and design, leadership, conflict, hierarchy and control. Methods and Applications of project evaluation, feasibility assessment, capital budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, facilities evaluation, finance sourcing, application of CPM, market research, and product development. Economic decision models for engineers involve the allocation of resources; evaluation of strategic alternatives, uncertainty analysis; and weighing and evaluating nonmonetary factors. Capital investment decision foundation within the rules of general and project accounting. Analysis of benefits and returns against cost for engineering installation, operation, life cycle, and buy-rent-lease decisions. Replacement analysis, capital budgeting, income tax effects on equipment selection, probabilistic models, and manufacturing costing. Integration of technical disciplines through the stages of the systems life cycle: needs and requirements determination, operating and support concepts, design and prototyping, test and evaluation, facilitation, manuals, training, and supportability.
ISE 813 Component and System Reliability 3 Units
Emphasizes reliability estimation of components stressed under different conditions of thermal, electric field, humidity, vibration, and fatigue. Burn-in testing, reliability estimation from degradation data, and relationships between accelerated stresses and normal operating Advanced topics in reliability theory and engineering; availability models of multistate devices; theory of preventive maintenance, replacement, and inspection; accelerated life reliability models. Inventory, supply chain, and other problems; Poisson processes; discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains; renewal processes; transient and steady-state analyses. Prerequisite: Calculus-based course in probability.
ISE 814: Technical Entrepreneurship for Systems Engineering 3Units
Demonstrates how a well-modelled system can simulate potential operations and outcomes as well as system viability. Topics include: analytical modeling and simulation, value creation and comparative metrics, risk identification and inter-dependent requirements within the system architecture. Concentrates on hands-on aspects of innovation and entrepreneurial enterprise development. Examines relationships between innovation, iterative prototyping, and marketing testing. Students identify market opportunities, create new technology-based products and services to satisfy customer needs and construct and test prototypes. Building and integrating information systems into manufacturing, engineering, and business functions in an enterprise. Methodological and practical aspects include client-server models, internet-based three-tiered system architecture, legacy systems, data transfer, and distributed computing.
ISE 815: Industrial Raw Materials Sourcing and Planning. 3 Units
Review of properties of materials with emphasis on steels and other alloys. Material selection, Materials Requirement Planning, Raw material substitution, Conventional supply methods, Sourcing from scrap and cannibalised components, and Sourcing from the treatment of existing or discarded components to obtain desired properties. Overview of national raw materials problems. Independent study and documentation of one raw material is compulsory.
ISE 821: Advanced Work System Design and Ergonomics 3 Units
Simple and complex work system, process and product design and analysis, work system and productivity. Bill of Engineering Materials and Evaluation. Man as a work system component. Anthropometry, Application of Anthropometric data, working posture, Ergonomic guiltiness for working posture, physiological cost of work, measurement of physiological cost of work, measurement of physiological cost of work, fatigue, Tasks and their classification, Endurance limit, Design of organization structure.
ISE 822: Logistics and Supply Chain Management 3 Units
Integration of technical, business, and operational information for status, progress, and decision-making in product development, manufacturing, and logistical support of products and customers. Integrated logistics Management methods to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of material flow, information flow and cash flow for the entire supply chain. Supply chain methods, strategies, planning and operations including logistics network configuration, inventory management, distribution strategies, strategic alliances, supply chain design, and information technology.
ISE 823: Automation and Robotic Systems 3 Units
Review of computer vision operating systems, computer networking internet programming and application: telemonitoring. Intelligent Systems: Classical logic and Fuzzy logic, fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems, fuzzy operations and inference, fuzzy control and applications, introduction to Neural networks and Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System. Design and analysis of mechatronics and automation systems. Selection and integration of actuators, sensors, hardware, and software. Computer vision. Programming and software design for mechatronics systems. Modelling and simulation. Design of logic control systems. Finite state machine methods. Feedback control and trajectory generation. Safety logic systems. Design of manipulators and mobile (wheeled) robots and multi-robotics systems. Case studies of automation systems, mobile robots and unmanned vehicle systems.
MIS 824: Decision Analyses in Engineering 3 units
Examines multi-criteria decision tools involving qualitative and quantitative methods. Covers decision trees, subjective probability, utility and value theories, goals and objectives, risk, optimization, and simulation. Includes case studies in decision and systems analysis, smoothing techniques, estimating trend and seasonality. Multivariate time series, and state-space models. Various estimation and forecasting techniques, Markov decision processes, stochastic games and analysis of single as well as multi-item systems with single and multiple echelons, and multiple retailers. Recent research issues are investigated.
MIS 825: Risk Analysis and Mitigation 3 Units
Management of systems engineering risk ensures costs, schedules, and technical performance objectives are achieved. Covers analysis methods and stochastic modelling for assessing and making decisions about projects and financial and technical risks associated with complex systems engineering projects. Also covers balancing risks across the systems development life cycle. Concept of risk and probabilistic models for risk analysis. Expert judgment elicitation and incorporation into risk models. Causal chain, fault-tree, consequence analysis, risk
Management, and communication. Case studies in transportation, homeland security, health care systems, supply chain systems, and natural hazards. Prerequisites: Simulation and probability
M. ENG. MATERIALS ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
MAE 811: Structure and Properties of Materials 3 Units
Structure of materials. Imperfections in structures. Dislocations and strengthening mechanisms. Study of macro, micro, nano and atomic structures. Phase transformation in metals. Principles of structure-property relationships of materials; control through processing. Alloy theory, phase diagrams and microstructural development; application to ferrous and nonferrous alloys. Structures and properties in other materials. Role of structure in cyclic loading and high temperature applications. Role of structure in the interaction of materials with environment. Role of structure in physical properties of materials.
MAE 812: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials 3 Units
Review of Metallurgical Thermodynamics. Laws of thermodynamics; Property relation; Entropy and Free energies; Free energy-temperature diagrams Chemical potential and equilibrium; Phases in equilibria. Thermodynamic activity. Statistical thermodynamics. Kinetics of materials. Rate of reactions. Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Rate Equations. Rate controlling step. Types of reaction. Order of reactions. Defects in solids, Surfaces and interfaces. Solidification, metallic glasses, diffusion, atomic mechanisms of diffusion, high-diffusivity paths; diffusion in multiphase binary systems; diffusional transformations in solids, and diffusion-less transformations.
MAE 813: Advanced Characterization Techniques 3 Units
Modern methods of materials characterization. X-ray techniques, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Ellipsometry, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Particle Beam Analysis, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS), Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy (RBS)
MAE 814: Composite Materials 3 Units
Historical background of composites; Classification and general properties of composites. Role of the constituent materials in composite manufacturing, i.e. matrices and reinforcements; their types, production and properties. Polymeric matrix composites (PMCs). Metal matrix composites (MMCs). Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). General manufacturing techniques of PMCs, MMCs and CMCs and their principles. Special purpose composites. Fiber-matrix Interface and interphase, and their role in tailoring the properties of composites. Interface mechanics and toughness. Design and analysis of composites. Elastic, thermal and physical properties. Thermal stresses in composites. Applications of composites. Joining techniques for composites. Machining of composites. Special structures in composite manufacturing; lightweight structural cores; honeycomb cores, and foams. Hybrid composites. The emerging field of nanocomposites. Composite materials as surface coatings. Testing of composites: constituent material testing, testing of lamina and laminate. Mechanical testing of composites. Full-scale structural testing. Non-destructive testing of composites. Failure analysis of composites. Recycling and disposal of composites.
MAE 815: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials 3 Units
Review of types of materials; elastic, linear elastic and visco-elastic materials. Stresses/strains, elastic and plastic deformation. Plastic deformation of single and polycrystalline materials; slip and twinning. Tensile, compression, torsion, bend, impact and fracture toughness testing. Hall-Petch relation, the spectrum of strain rate and its effect on the flow properties of materials. Strain hardening, strain rate sensitivity coefficients, anisotropy and R-value determination. Defects and imperfections in single and polycrystalline materials; dislocations and their interactions. Plane stress and plane strain conditions; stress intensity factor, failure and fracture modes. Griffith’s theory of fracture. Fatigue, creep and stress rupture.
MAE 816: Materials for Energy and Environment 3 Units
The energy problem: causes, scope and scale. Solar Cells. Solar spectrum. Basic semiconductor physics: electron and hole energy bands; p-n junctions; photovoltaic effect, solar cell operation and characteristics; fill factor, efficiency; materials issues in solar cells; emerging solar cell technology; photovoltaic systems; grid-tied versus battery backup; assessing energy resources.
Environment catastrophes; sustainability, timescales, length-scales and units. Energy. Solar energy. Energy balance of the earth and the greenhouse effect. The earth system. Global warming; steam engines; electric engines; combustion engines and the electric car; nuclear energy; fusion and nuclear fuels; biomass and biofuels; consumption; thermal energy and heating; hydrogen and energy storage; energy and food; energy and water; geothermal energy; tide and wave energy; ozone layer.
MAE 821: Material Processing 3 Units
Introduction to materials processing science with emphasis on heat transfer, chemical diffusion and fluid flow. Synthesis and production of materials with engineered microstructures for desired properties. High temperature, aqueous, and electrochemical processing; thermal and mechanical processing of metals and alloys; casting and solidification; diffusion, microstructural evolution, and phase transformations; modification and processing of surfaces and interfaces; deposition of thin films; solid state shape forming; powder consolidation; joining of materials.
MAE 822: Corrosion Engineering 3 Units
Electrochemical Concept of Corrosion, Faradaic and Non-Faradaic Processes, Electrical Double Layer, Corrosion Cells, Corrosion Processes, Corrosion circuit, Cathodic and Anodic Reactions, Formation of Solid Products and their importance. Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics including charge transfer, polarization and mixed electrodes, Interface Potential Difference and Half-Cell, Nernst-Equation, and Pourbaix Diagrams. Types of corrosion and their mechanisms, Galvanic Coupling, Corrosion of Active-Passive Metals and Alloys, Anodic Polarization and Passivity, Influence of Environmental Variables. Corrosion Rate Measurements, Tafel Analysis, Polarization Resistance, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Cyclic Polarization Scans. Corrosion of welded structures and case studies.
MAE 823: Fracture Mechanics and Analysis 3 Units
Fundamental concepts of fracture mechanics and their applications, concepts of elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, dynamic and time-dependent fracture aspects, fracture mechanisms in metals, fracture toughness testing of metals, fatigue crack propagation, environmentally assisted cracking in metals and computational fracture mechanics.
Engineering aspects of fracture and failure analysis, mechanical and metallurgical causes of failure, failure modes, characterization of fractured surface, macroscopic and microscopic features of fracture, fatigue, creep and corrosion assisted/induced failures, fractography, selected case histories and failure prevention methods.
MAE 824: Advanced Surface Engineering and Coating 3 Units
Philosophy of surface engineering, General Applications and Requirements, Principles and design of coatings. Physics of the plasma state and plasma surface interactions. Surface engineering as part of a manufacturing process. Integrating coating systems into the design process. Coating manufacturing processes. Electro deposition, Flame spraying, Plasma spray, Physical vapour deposition, Chemical vapour deposition, HIP surface treatments, Sol-gel coatings, and Spin coating methods.
MAE 825: Nano-Materials Engineering 3 Units
Introduction. Moore’s Law. Richard Feynman’s prediction. Size-dependent properties at nanoscale. Molecular nanotechnology, Top-down and bottom-up approach; materials and processes; Silicon technology; Semiconductor grade Silicon; Silicon single crystal growth and wafer production; Impacts of nanotechnology, Ethics and dangers of Nanotechnology.; Impacts of nanotechnology on information technology, Materials and manufacturing, health and medicine, energy, environment, transportation, security and space exploration. Quantum mechanics and nanotechnology. Thin film technology. Bio-Inspired nanotechnology.
Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, nanocomposites and other materials with nanoscale features. Nanofabrication techniques. Zero-dimensional nanoparticles. One-dimensional nanostructures e.g. nanotubes, nanorods, nanowires and nanofibers. Two-dimensional thin films. Design and properties of devices based on nanotechnology. Importance of nanostructured materials. Structure-property-processing relationship in nanomaterials and uses in electronics, photonics, and magnetic applications.
MAE 826: Aerospace Materials 3 Units
A brief review of the fundamentals of materials and their types. Physical, mechanical and environmental properties. Review of phase diagrams. Structure of the atmosphere, its major regions with their temperature profiles. Characteristics of the space environments. Requirements for aerospace materials. Evaporation effects on materials in space. Lightweight materials and their alloys for aerospace applications. High-strength steels, stainless steels, super alloys and composites. Structure-property relations. Materials for pressure vessels and cryogenic applications. Extremely high temperature materials. Ablatives and thermal barrier coatings. Adhesives, lubricants, elastomers and advanced polymeric, ceramic and metal matrix composites for aerospace applications. Metallurgical assessment of spacecraft parts and materials. Effects of radiations on the performance of materials. Failure analysis and selection of materials.
PhD – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CORE COURSES
MEE 911: Advanced Systems Modeling and Simulation Methods 3 Units
Review of data collection and evaluation methods: Experimental designs, multivariate mathematical analysis, modeling/simulation and optimization; non-parametric methods, response surface methodology, taguchi method, finite element analysis, conventional finite meshes and structural mesh generation, finite volume method on unstructured meshes. Multigrid methods for elliptic PDEs. Navier-strokes equation. Three-dimensional, turbulence and compressible flow modelling. Comparative statistical analysis – hypothesis testing, ANOVA etc. Computer-aided data analysis, modelling and simulation using Minitab, MATLAB and other advanced and emerging analytical software/programmes.
MEE 913: Advanced Systems Design and Manufacturing 3 Units
Review of parts, assemblies and 2D-engineering drawings, importing, and exporting of files. Different drawing file formats. Solid modelling: Extrude, loft, sweep, revolve, 3D sketching with planes, sheet metal works, surfaces, assembly mates and piping. Design analysis and simulation: stress analysis of parts and components, motion and fluid flow simulation and analysis. Plant Design Management System (PDMS); Design of primitives, nozzles electrical components and standard equipment-vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, air coolers etc. Design of cable trays, HvAcs, pipework, structures (beams and columns, panels and plates walls and floor access, stairs and ladders), design of cabling systems, 2D draft and BMEC preparation. Other emerging product design and development technologies.
MEE 915: Advanced Industrial Management Technique 3 Units
Business and industrial process reengineering. Advanced manufacturing philosophies and technologies;- group technology, computer-aided process planning, robotics applications, computer-integrated manufacturing, Just In Time (JIT), lean and agile manufacturing. Operations strategy, Product and service reliability, Systematic Layout (SLP) and Systematic Handling Analysis (SHA). Condition Monitoring Techniques. Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis, Learning/Experience Curve and Quality Function Development.
MEE 917: Engineering Material Design 3 Units
Review of the concept of material design. Classifications of engineering materials-metals, ceramics, polymer, composites and advanced materials. The structures, properties and applications of engineering materials. Structure-property-processing relationships of materials. Phase transformation in materials. Synthesis and processing of materials for development of engineering products -recent developments, new trends and challenges. Principles of materials selection in engineering designs and application. Application of material indices, property limits, design objectives and constraints in the selection of suitable candidate materials. Use of Ashby plots and automated design tools in material selection. Relationship between material performances, method of processing, cost, availability, and effect of environmental factors as good considerations for material selection. Material characterization techniques for engineering applications. Failure of engineering materials. Fracture mechanisms and analysis.
MEE 901: PhD Degree Seminar 1 Unit
Each student shall prepare and present a report/seminar on a current issue/development (s) in any area of mechanical engineering except his/her area of specialization to the staff and students of the university. Focus is on the student’s strength in investigating, analyzing, proffering scientific solutions to problems, preparing, presenting and defending a scholarly report based on his/her findings.
MEE 900: Ph.D. Dissertation 12 Units
Candidates shall present a proposal seminar on his/her dissertation topic to be examined by the Departmental Post-graduate Committee for approval before proceeding on the topic and also one or more seminars on the progress/final results of their research work to be examined by the Departmental Post-graduate Committee before appointing external examiner for the work. In addition, the candidate must satisfactorily defend his researched dissertation in an oral examination to be examined by a panel of external and internal examiners and a pass at 50% before the degree will be awarded. The dissertation should be written with good quality A4 (210mm by 297mm) papers in accordance with Postgraduate School guidelines.
PhD – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
EPE 912: Thermal Engineering 3 Units
Performance evaluation of thermal systems. Gas turbines, cogeneration systems and hydropower plants. Thermo-economic and exer-geo environmental analysis of thermal plants (gas turbines, steam and combined plants). Optimization of thermal plant performance using optimization tools (PSO, genetic algorithm etc).
EPE 914: Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer II 3 Units
Modes of Heat Transfer and one-dimensional steady-state conduction. Transient 1-D conduction. Internal Heat generation. Ablation. Review of Momentum transfer in Lamina and Turbulent Flows. Solutions for simple Geometries. Navier-Stokes Equations. Universal velocity Distribution and Empirical Correlations. Heat Transfer in Laminar Flow. Free and forced convection. Simple solutions and Correlations. Heat Transfer in Turbulent Flows. The Momentum-Heat Transfer Analogy. Analytical Solutions. Experimental Results for Forced and Free Convection. Thermal Radiation. Radiation Networks. Heat Transfer Correlations in Boiling and Condensation. Heat Exchangers, boilers, condensers, coolers. NTU and other Design Methods, Mass Transfer in Stationery, Lamina and Turbulent Flows, Numerical and Analog
Methods in Steady and Unsteady problems.
EPE 916 Advanced Fluid Mechanics II 3 Units
Continuum model; macroscopic properties of fluids, Thermodynamic relationship. Basic equations, methods of describing fluid motion; continuity equation, forces, stress tensor, strain and rotation; strain tensor, stress-rate of strain relation; Navier-Stokes and Energy equations. Special Equations; Non-dimensional equations, viscous, compressible and incompressible flows, creeping flows, inviscid compressible and incompressible flows, boundary conditions; boundary layers and turbulence. Some solutions of the equations. Inviscid, incompressible flow around a circular cylinder; steady viscous incompressible pipe flow. Oscillating flat plate in a viscous incompressible fluid.
EPE 918: Advanced Thermodynamics III 3 Units
Equilibrium. First law. Second law. State principle, Zeroth law. Criteria for equilibrium. Temperature, Entropy and Exergy Analysis, Exegetic (Second law) efficiency, Chemical Exergy. Maxwell Relations. Open systems. Phase rule. Systems of one and two components. Idealized and real gases, mixtures, and solutions. Equations of state. Thermodynamic potentials. Heats of formation. Chemical Reactions. Chemical equilibrium and combustion in complex reacting systems. Frozen states in gas dissociation. Real gas dynamic applications. Emissions of pollutants. Statistical thermodynamics: Systems and ensembles. Third law. Kinetic theory. Maxwell’s transfer equation. Thermodynamics equilibrium and viscous, heat-conducting gases. Boltzmann statistics, quantum statistics. Dilute gas properties.
MEE 919: Nanofabrication Process 3 Units
Explain the different classifications of biosensors such as electrochemical and electrical, optical, piezoelectric, gravimetric, and pyroelectric. Additionally, the electrochemical biosensor can be further divided into voltammetric, conductometric, impedimetric, potentiometric, and amperometric. State their respective applications. Define Lithography and illustrate its applications. Explain the different subdivisions of Lithography such as photolithography, electron beam lithography, X-ray and extreme UV lithography, focused ion beam and neutral atomic beam lithography, soft lithography, colloidal lithography, nanoimprint lithography, scanning probe lithography, atomic force microscope nanolithography, and others. Deoxyribonucleic Acid-fundamental concepts, Properties of nucleic acids, Structural DNA nanotechnology, explains applications with examples such as design, structural design and sequence design. Block Co polymer- State the composition of block copolymers. Enumerate the classification of block copolymers. List the properties of block copolymers. State the examples of a block copolymer. State the types of co-polymers that are available. List the different types of copolymer structures that exist. Give the difference between the graft and block copolymer. State the catalyst used in the synthesis of block copolymer. What are the applications of co-polymers? Outline the domain size of the block copolymer. Explain the mechanism that can produce a copolymer. Explain the polymerizations which can produce block copolymer. Nanoparticle – Define nanoparticles and their types. State the types of nanomaterial. State the uses of nanoparticles. Outline the classification of nanoparticles. State the advantages and disadvantages of nanoparticles. Explain the composition of a nanoparticle and its size.
