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fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, flow and transport processes as applied to energy systems, analysis of energy conversion in thermomechanical, thermochemical, electrochemical, photoelectric processes in transportation systems, efficiency, environmental impact and performance, fossil fuels, hydrogen, nuclear and renewable resources, fuel reforming, hydrogen and synthetic fuel production, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, hybrids, catalysis, supercritical and combined cycles, photovoltaics, different forms of energy storage and transmission and optimal source utilization and fuel-life cycle analysis

lecture notes: design factors which influence design of vehicles for passenger transport, performance, off-road & other purpose built vehicles, design process of systems & total vehicles with multiple design constraints including legislative regulation, alternative & hybrid power systems, team organization & planning

Metal cutting and metal removal processes, theoretical underpinnings of deformation behavior and material properties, analysis and description of cutting tool materials, forces, temperatures, and surface finishes generated during chip formation, Analytical procedures including upper-bound technique, slip-line field solutions, finite-element methods and general computational tools, Machinability of materials, modern trends in high-speed machining and tooling

iron-carbon diagram in detail, Steels, non-ferrous alloys, composites, non-metallic materials, corrosion and the principles underlying the selection of materials in mechanical design, processes taking place during heat treatment of metallic alloys and how they influence their microstructures and properties

processes which are involved in the manufacturing of parts and products, relating these processes to basic engineering concepts, product designs and practices: lectures (phase diagram, heat treatments, casting & injection modeling, plastics product manufacturing, processing of particles for powder metallurgy, layered manufacturing, metal forming, machining, tolerance & quality control)

• Engineering Dynamics - notation & units, rectilinear & curvilinear motion, coordinates, motion, Newton's 2nd law, work-energy relation, potential energy, momentum, impact, rigid bodies, instantaneous center of velocity, moving frames, inertia, Euler's laws, work-energy relations

• Engineering Statics - Notation and units, Vectors, Equilibrium equations for a particle, Moment of a force, Equivalent force-couple systems, Equilibrium for rigid bodies, trusses, Frames and machines, Internal forces, Dry Friction, Wedges and screws, Belts, Moments of Inertia, Equation sheet for exams
• Mechanics of Elastic Bodies - How materials carry load, Hooke's law and factor of safety, Extension of bars, Thermal strain, Torsion of a circular shaft, Area moment of inertia, Pure shear and power transmission, loads, bending moment diagrams, Pure Bending, Shear stress in beams. Beams with axial loads, Plane stress, Mohr's circle, Hooke's law, Pressure vessels, Deflection of beams, Buckling of columns

• Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - flow systems encountered in engineering
  design, viscous flow in pipes, external & compressible flow, turbomachines (pumps), thermodynamics
  of gas mixtures, psychometrics and air-conditioning processes

• Thermal Management Measurements - laboratory techniques for diagnosing and documenting thermal management problems in electronic equipment, design of thermal management solutions (air-cooled systems)

responses exhibited by solid engineering materials when subjected to mechanical & thermal loadings, introduction to physical mechanisms associated with design-limiting behavior of engineering materials (stiffness, strength, toughness, durability), basic mechanical properties of engineering materials, testing procedures, ways in which properties characterize material response: readings, labs, course download

materials & processes from perspective of thermodynamics & kinetics, laws of thermodynamics, solution theory, equilibrium diagrams, diffusion, phase transformations, development of microstructure: lecture slides & summaries, study materials, course download