This is a first-of-its-kind graduate course dedicated to engineering students who are interested in taking their research beyond lab novelty. If you are a student of technology who is full of ideas ...

Former VP and Co-Owner, Milex Products Inc. Bob Shaw is currently a volunteer consultant at Northwestern University and serves on the ME Advisory Board, the McCormick Advisory Committee, and is an ...

Theory of elasticity: elastic stability, principal of minimum potential energy, Raylegh-Ritz methods. Introduction to finite element methods of stress analysis: computer implementation and use of ...

Here is a selection of books authored by mechanical engineering faculty. Click any thumbnail to for more information.

Basis for advanced courses in fluid dynamics. Stress, flow kinematics, rate of strain, material derivatives, and general balance equations. Navier -Stokes equations and exact solutions.Course Syllabus ...

Manufacturing has the largest economic multiplier effect of all industries, integrating both ideas and technologies across multiple disciplines, and aiming for the creation of processes and systems ...

Introduction to microelectromechanical devices with an emphasis on their manufacturing and mechanical behavior. Material properties, microfabrication technology, mechanical behavior of of ...

Strategies and methods of designing, manufacturing, and testing of mechanical products. Engineering drawing and CAD, design methods, material properties, failure modes, selection methodology, ...

Introduction to the formulation and implementation of inelastic constitutive relations for solids. Viscoelasticity, rate-independent plasticity, viscoplasticity. State variable descriptions and ...

Embedded computing, software control of electromechanical systems, mechanical design and construction, sensors, actuators, digital and analog electronics. This is an advanced class in mechatronic ...

Structures fail due to improper manufacturing, accidents (overloads), and aging (fatigue, environmental damage). Intelligent Structural Health Management (ISHM) systems seek to prevent catastrophic ...

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