INTRO TO MACHINING
Introduction to the manual machine operation, CNC fabrication and usage of basic hand tools, band/hack saws, drill presses, grinders and sanders.
- F 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:05 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- F 11:05 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB II
Experiments in engineering and physical phenomena: aerofoil lift and drag in wind tunnels, laser Doppler anemometry in immersed fluidic channels, supersonic flow and shock waves, Rankine thermodynamical cycle for power generation, and structural truss mechanics and analysis.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Bianca N Howard
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MECHANICS
MECHANICS I
Elements of statics; dynamics of a particle and systems of particles.
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Instructor:
Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
h-index: 37
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HEAT TRANSFER
Heat Transfer
Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative heat transfer. Internal and external forced and free convective heat transfer. Change of phase. Heat exchangers.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Vijay Vedula
h-index: 17 Info - 3 points
HEAT TRANSFER
RECITATION
Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Radiative heat transfer. Internal and external forced and free convective heat transfer. Change of phase. Heat exchangers.
- F 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Vijay Vedula
h-index: 17 Info - 0 points
COMPUTER GRAPHICS & DESIGN
Introduction to drafting, engineering graphics, computer graphics, solid modeling, and mechanical engineering design. Interactive computer graphics and numerical methods applied to the solution of mechanical engineering design problems.
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info - 3 points
ENGINEERING DESIGN
Building on the preliminary design concept, the detailed elements of the design process are completed: systems synthesis, design analysis optimization, incorporation of multiple constraints, compliance with appropriate engineering codes and standards, and Computer Aided Design (CAD) component part drawings. Execution of a project involving the design, fabrication, and performance testing of an actual engineering device or system.
- TR 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
h-index: 7 Info - 3 points
MATERIALS/PROCESSES IN MANUFAC
Introduction to microstructures and properties of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites; typical manufacturing processes: material removal, shaping, joining, and property alteration; behavior of engineering materials in the manufacturing processes.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info - 3 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
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Instructor:
Matei T Ciocarlie
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Instructor:
Bianca N Howard
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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HONORS TUTORIAL IN MECH ENGIN
Individual study; may be selected after the first term of the junior year by students maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average. Course format may vary from individual tutorial to laboratory work to seminar instruction under faculty supervision. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students may count up to 6 points toward degree requirements. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Instructor:
Arvind Narayanaswamy
CULPA: 9
h-index: 26
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Instructor:
Vijay Vedula
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Instructor:
James Hone
CULPA: 11
h-index: 124
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Instructor:
Kristin Myers
CULPA: 3
h-index: 25
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Instructor:
Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
h-index: 37
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Instructor:
Vijay Modi
CULPA: 3
h-index: 40
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Instructor:
Sunil Agrawal
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Instructor:
Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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Instructor:
Hod Lipson
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Instructor:
Mary Boyce
Info - 3 points
PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERING
Independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points may be counted toward degree requirements. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Instructor:
Arvind Narayanaswamy
CULPA: 9
h-index: 26
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Instructor:
Vijay Vedula
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Instructor:
James Hone
CULPA: 11
h-index: 124
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Instructor:
Kristin Myers
CULPA: 3
h-index: 25
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Instructor:
Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
h-index: 37
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Instructor:
Vijay Modi
CULPA: 3
h-index: 40
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Instructor:
P J Schuck
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Instructor:
Qiao Lin
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Instructor:
Matei T Ciocarlie
Info - 1-3 points
PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERING
Independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points may be counted toward degree requirements. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Michael J Massimino
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Instructor:
Michael Burke
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Instructor:
Sunil Agrawal
Wikipedia h-index: 65 Info -
Instructor:
Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info -
Instructor:
Bianca N Howard
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Instructor:
Harry West
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Instructor:
Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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Instructor:
Hod Lipson
Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info -
Instructor:
Karen Kasza
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Instructor:
Mary Boyce
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
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PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERING
Independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points may be counted toward degree requirements. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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Instructor:
Adrian Buganza Tepole
Info - 1-3 points
PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERING
Independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points may be counted toward degree requirements. Projects requiring machine-shop use must be approved by the laboratory supervisor. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Anthony Genova
Info - 1-3 points
FIELDWORK
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used toward the 128-credit degree requirement. Only for MECE undergraduate students who include relevant on-campus and off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. Fieldwork credits may not count toward any major core, technical, elective, and nontechnical requirements. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
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Instructor:
Kristin Myers
CULPA: 3
h-index: 25
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MECHATRONICS & EMBEDDED MICRO
Enrollment limited to 12 students. Mechatronics is the application of electronics and microcomputers to control mechanical systems. Systems explored include on/off systems, solenoids, stepper motors, DC motors, thermal systems, magnetic levitation. Use of analog and digital electronics and various sensors for control. Programming microcomputers in Assembly and C. Lab required.
- R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Enrico Zordan
h-index: 5 Info - 3 points
MEMS Sensors and Systems
Connects basic MEMS transduction elements to applications by analyzing the analog signal chain, sensor packaging, and sensor integration into larger systems. Underlying concepts of analog instrumentation such as filtering and digitization covered. Hands-on projects involve off-the-shelf sensors and single-board computers to create self-contained sensor systems that demonstrate relevant issues.
Graduate Design
Team-based iterative design sequence to create a novel invention made to meet a well-defined need. Students will identify a need through research, develop a novel (in a patent sense) solution, create a proof-of-concept low-fidelity prototype, and finally create a refined prototype. Students will utilize theory, simulation, and experimentation to validate key design choices. The course will include ideation techniques, intellectual property, standards, advanced 3D modeling, rapid prototyping, kinematics, dynamic simulation, finite element analysis, optimization, and experimental design.
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
h-index: 7 Info - 3 points
ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS
Advanced classical thermodynamics. Availability, irreversibility, generalized behavior, equations of state for nonideal gases, mixtures and solutions, phase and chemical behavior, combustion. Thermodynamic properties of ideal gases. Applications to automotive and aircraft engines, refrigeration and air conditioning, and biological systems.
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Burke
h-index: 22 Info - 3 points
Turbomachinery
Introduction to basics of theory, design, analysis, and selection of turbomachinery. Turbomachines are widely used in myriad engineering applications such as energy conversion, HVAC, and propulsion, in the forms of pumps, compressors, gas turbines, jet engines, wind turbines, etc. Variety of such applications used as examples to illustrate important concepts.
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Instructor:
Sean Nolan
Info - 3 points
INTRO TO AERODYNAMICS
Principles of flight, incompressible flows, compressible regimes. Inviscid compressible aerodynamics in nozzles (wind tunnels, jet engines), around wings (aircraft, space shuttle) and around blunt bodies (rockets, reentry vehicles). Physics of normal shock waves, oblique shock waves, and explosion waves.
- M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Peter A Levoci
Info - 3 points
Decarbonizing Buildings Studio: Energy s
Building Energy Systems S
Historical co-evolution of building energy systems and fuels. Classifying existing buildings into typologies that are a prevalent combination of building size, age, fuels, equipment, distribution, and zoning controls. Fuels, electricity, furnaces, boilers, heat pumps. Overview of common heat
and hot water distribution systems. Case-study based approach to evaluate retrofit options for each typology. Considerations of location, stagingupgrades, envelope efficiency, retrofit cost structure, paybacks with a view towards decarbonization.
- R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marc Zuluaga
Info - 3 points
Introduction to Kinematics of Machines a
Kinematics of Machines Ro
Introduction to kinematic analysis and design of machines and robots. Analytical and graphical synthesis of four-bar linkages. Planar displacements of rigid bodies. Spherical displacements of rigid bodies. Spatial displacements of rigid bodies. Rigid body velocities and wrenches. Concepts of kinematics of open-chain linkages.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Qiao Lin
h-index: 41 Info - 3 points
Space Resource and Planetary Protection
Space Resource & Planet P
Planetary defense against asteroids and comets; astronaut rescue and emergency response; satellite constellations and orbital congestion; space debris and long-term sustainability; space law, treaties, and Artemis Accords; planetary protection, cislunar competition, and future international strategies. Weekly case studies on national doctrines, commercial actors, and modern enforcement challenges. Systems Tool Kit Astrogator software used to model satellite constellations, cislunar surveillance orbits, lunar frozen orbits, and defense scenarios connecting spaceflight mechanics with law and policy.
- M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Anthony Genova
Info - 3 points
Rapid Prototyping for Aerospace Products
Rapid Prototyp for Aero P
Graduate-level design course focused on the rapid prototyping, integration, testing, and validation of aerospace systems. Students work in teams to design and build engineering models of aerospace systems (e.g., drones, CubeSat subsystems, ground systems, balloon payloads, or related aerospace hardware). Projects progress from concept to pre-production functional prototype through iterative sprint cycles emphasizing scoping, design, build, and test. Deliverables include mission-driven specifications and design reviews, working prototypes, and supporting documentation. Involves brainstorming concept generation, literature review, production of layout drawing(s) in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software tools, incorporation of multiple constraints, and adherence to appropriate engineering codes and standards. Business and product framing activities will support the technical work with market and mission relevance.
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Evan Lerner
Info - 3 points
DISCRETE CONTROL SYSTEMS
The course studies control strategies and their implementation in the discrete domain. Introduction with examples; review of continuous control and Laplace Transforms; review of continuous state-space representation and Solutions; review of difference equations, discretization in time and frequency, the WKS (aka Shannon) sampling theorem, windowing, filters, Transforms: Fourier series, Fourier transform, z-transform and their inverses; Ideal sampler, Sample-and-hold devices, zero, one, polygonal, and slewer hold; Transfer functions, block diagrams, and signal flow graphs for discrete systems; Discrete State-Space transformation, controllabililty, observability, and stability in the state-space domain. Discrete time and z domain analysis, steady state analysis, discrete-time root-locus, and pole-zero placement; Discrete Nyquist stability criterion, Bode plot, Gain and Phase Margin analysis, Nichols chart, bandwidth and sensitivity analysis; Design criteria, self-tuning regulator, Kalman filter, and simulation, followed by advanced stability analysis such as Lyapunov stability; Overview of the discrete Euler-Lagrange equations, discrete maximum and minimum principle, optimal linear discrete regulator design, optimality and dynamic programming.
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
Info - 3 points
DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
Additive manufacturing processes, CNC, Sheet cutting processes, Numerical control, Generative and algorithmic design. Social, economic, legal, and business implications. Course involves both theoretical exercises and a hands-on project.
- T 6:10 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan D Blutinger
Info - 3 points
SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING
Fundamentals of sustainable design and manufacturing, metrics of sustainability, analytical tools, principles of life cycle assessment, manufacturing tools, processes and systems energy assessment and minimization in manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing automation, sustainable manufacturing systems, remanufacturing, recycling and reuse.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
Info - 3 points
Industrial Automation
Introduction to industrial automation technologies. Recognizing, modeling and integration of industrial automation problems. Hands-on experiments with robots, computer vision, data management and programming. Sensors engineering and measurement tools; process control; automation hardware and software architectures; programmable logic controllers.
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Instructor:
Ali Dadgar
Info - 3 points
Introduction to Human Spaceflight
Intro to Human Spacefligh
Introduction to human spaceflight from a systems engineering perspective. Historical and current space programs and spacecraft. Motivation, cost, and rationale for human space exploration. Overview of space environment needed to sustain human life and health, including physiological and psychological concerns in space habitat. Astronaut selection and training processes, spacewalking, robotics, mission operations, and future program directions. Systems integration for successful operation of a spacecraft. Highlights from current events and space research, Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and International Space Station (ISS). Includes team design project.
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Instructor:
Michael J Massimino
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INTRO TO HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
Introduction to human spaceflight from a systems engineering perspective. Historical and current space programs and spacecraft. Motivation, cost, and rationale for human space exploration. Overview of space environment needed to sustain human life and health, including physiological and psychological concerns in space habitat. Astronaut selection and training processes, spacewalking, robotics, mission operations, and future program directions. Systems integration for successful operation of a spacecraft. Highlights from current events and space research, Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and International Space Station (ISS). Includes a design project to assist International Space Station astronauts.
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Instructor:
Michael J Massimino
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Instructor:
Michael Burke
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
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Instructor:
P J Schuck
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SPECIAL TOPICS IN ME
Product Realization
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor. Topics and Instructors change from year to year. For advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in engineering, physical sciences, and other fields.
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Instructor:
Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info - 3 points
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ME
CFD for Aerospace Applica
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor. Topics and Instructors change from year to year. For advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in engineering, physical sciences, and other fields.
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Instructor:
Leonard Imas
Info - 3 points
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Instructor:
Arvind Narayanaswamy
CULPA: 9
h-index: 26
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Instructor:
Vijay Vedula
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Instructor:
James Hone
CULPA: 11
h-index: 124
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Instructor:
Kristin Myers
CULPA: 3
h-index: 25
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Instructor:
Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
h-index: 37
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Instructor:
Vijay Modi
CULPA: 3
h-index: 40
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P J Schuck
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Qiao Lin
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Instructor:
Michael J Massimino
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Instructor:
Michael Burke
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Instructor:
Sunil Agrawal
Wikipedia h-index: 65 Info -
Instructor:
Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info -
Instructor:
Bianca N Howard
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Instructor:
Harry West
CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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Instructor:
Hod Lipson
Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info -
Instructor:
Karen Kasza
h-index: 17 Info - 1-3 points
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Mary Boyce
Info - 1-3 points
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
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Instructor:
Adrian Buganza Tepole
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