ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND MECHANICS (ESM)

Associate Professor K. Krishnakumar, Interim Department Head
Office: 205 Hardaway Hall

ESM 130 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Systems in Science. (4-0) Four hours.

Prerequisite: MATH 100 or equivalent.

Introduces education majors to systems in science related to artificial intelligence. An introduction to popular techniques including expert systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic, and general algorithms, this course provides students with experience using these techniques to solve basic science problems. Open only to education majors.

ESM 201 Statics. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: PH 105.

Corequisites: MATH 126 and DR 125.

Forces and couples and resultants of force systems, free-body diagrams, equilibrium, and problems involving friction; and centroids, center of gravity, and distributed forces.

ESM 202 Particle Dynamics. (2-0) Two hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 201.

Corequisite: MATH 227.

Kinematics of particles, Newton's laws of motion, and principles of work-energy and impulse-momentum for particles.

ESM 205 Honors Statics. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: Grades of "B" or higher in PH 105 and MATH 125.

Honors section of ESM 201.

ESM 250 Mechanics of Materials I. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 201.

Corequisite: MATH 227.

Concepts of stress and strain; analysis of stresses and deformation in bodies loaded by axial, torsional, and bending loads; combined loads analysis; statically indeterminate members; thermal stresses; columns; and thin-walled pressure vessels.

ESM 251 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.

Corequisite: ESM 250.

Mechanical tests of metallic and nonmetallic materials in the elastic and inelastic ranges; use of materials testing for acceptance tests, for the determination of properties of materials, and for illustration of the validity of assumptions made in mechanics of materials.

ESM 252 Honors Mechanics of Materials I. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 126 and ESM 201.

Corequisites: MATH 227 and GES 126 or AE 249.

Concepts of stress and strain; stress and deformation analysis of bodies subject to axial, torsional, bending, and thermal loads; and generalized Hook's law, strain transformations, energy methods, curved beams, noncircular torsion, and shear center.

ESM 264 Dynamics. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 201.

Corequisite: MATH 227.

Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies, Newton's laws of motion, and principles of work-energy and impulse-momentum for particles and rigid bodies.

ESM 311 Fluid Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.

Corequisites: MATH 238, and ESM 202 or ESM 264.

Fluid statics, application of conservation laws to simple systems, dimensional analysis and similitude, and flow in open and closed conduits.

ESM 312 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.

Corequisite: ESM 311.

Consisting of experiments that complement the lecture course ESM 311, this course provides an understanding of classical instrumentation and techniques.

ESM 361 Mechanics of Engineering Systems. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 238 and ECE 320; and GES 126 or AE 249.

Forces and moments on rigid bodies, equilibrium concepts, and modeling of translational and rotational motion of mechanical systems, thermal systems, and hydraulic systems.

ESM 420 Fluid Transients. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: GES 126, MATH 238, and ESM 311.

Introduction to the basic mathematical concepts, engineering problems, and solution techniques associated with transient behavior of fluid systems. Includes analysis and design of systems to control undesirable transients.

ESM 441 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 238, PH 106, and ESM 201 or ESM 361.

Introduction to the relationship between engineering and medicine; modeling musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems; review of medical devices such as non-invasive imaging devices, biopotential electrodes and amplifiers; and assistive technology.

ESM 455 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (also MTE 455). (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 250.

Flow and fracture of solids; uniaxial stress-strain as a reference behavior; and theories of terminal stability under impact; monotonic, sustained (creep), and repeated (fatigue) loadings of solids under various states of stress.

ESM 470 Mechanical Vibrations (also ME 470). (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: ESM 250 and ME 372.

Free and forced vibrations, both undamped and damped. Systems with many degrees of freedom are formulated and analyzed by matrix methods. Experimental techniques of vibration measurement are introduced.

ESM 485 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (also ME 485). (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: GES 126, ME 349, ME 372, and ESM 250.

Elements of computer-aided design, including finite-element stress analysis, dynamic system simulation, and numerical optimization. Use of interactive computer programs to design mechanical systems.

ESM 491 and ESM 492 Special Problems. Variable credit.

Assigned problem explored on an individual basis. Credit is based on the amount of work undertaken.

ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE/ENTRY-LEVEL GRADUATE COURSES

ESM 500 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (also AE/ME 500). (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 238, ME 215, and ESM 311.

ESM 503 Intermediate Gas Dynamics (also AE 503). (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: ME 215, ESM 311, and MATH 238.

ESM 585 Genetic Algorithms in Optimization and Machine Learning. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, and GES 249 or AE 249, or CS 110 or CS 114.

ESM 587 Neural Networks. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, and GES 249 or AE 249, or CS 114 or CS 513.