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The prerequisites for all courses offered by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering may require classification as a student in good standing in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering and/or another engineering program for which the particular course is required.
Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2048 or PHY 2053, MAC 2311, or instructor permission.
Introduction to the science and engineering of aircraft. Overview of applied aerodynamics, performance, stability, propulsion and structures. Includes lab sessions flying and making measurements in a general aviation aircraft.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CGS 2425, EGN 3353C or other introductory fluid mechanics course, and EML 3100.
Incompressible aerodynamics: airfoils and finite wings. Includes compressible aerodynamics, normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves and supersonic airfoils.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C and EML 3100.
One-dimensional and quasi one-dimensional compressible fluid flows. Includes mach waves, normal shocks, oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansions, isentropic flow with area change, Fanno flow and Rayleigh flow.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520.
Review of plane states of stress and strain. Includes analysis of thin-walled beams with open and closed section, unsymmetrical bending of wing sections, torsion of skin-stringer and multi-cell sections, flexural shear in open and closed sections, Shear Center and failure criteria. Also includes introduction to composite materials and demonstration of behavior of some simple structural elements.
EAS 4240 Aerospace Structural Composites 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520.
Various types and applications of structural composites used in flight structures. Also includes an introduction to analysis of structural composites.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C and EML 3100.
Basics of air-breathing and rocket engines used in flight systems.
EAS 4400 Stability and Control of Aircraft
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101 and EML 4312.
Static stability and control, equations of motion, stability derivatives, stability of longitudinal and lateral motion of aircraft.
EAS 4412 Dynamics and Control of Space Vehicles
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 4313 or instructor permission.
Review of aerospace applications in current guidance and control systems. Includes synthesis of open and closed loop guidance and control systems using classical and modern control theory.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3401 and EGM 4313.
Introduction to the solar system. Includes study of two-body motion, Hohmann transfer, patched conics for interplanetary and lunar trajectories, and the restricted three-body problem. Also includes an introduction to powered flights and artificial satellite orbits.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4510.
A discussion of the component systems of a spacecraft and a typical mission's requirements. The operation and character of different spacecraft hardware is presented as well as typical mission timelines from early conception to final operations. Topics include the space environment, guidance/control/navigation systems, spacecraft sensors and actuators, propulsion systems, thermal systems, power systems, launch systems, communication systems, structural systems and mission operations. This course is useful to engineers, scientists, computer scientists and any profession that uses data.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4510 and EML 4312.
Applications of the principles of analysis and design to aerospace vehicles.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101 and EAS 4400.
Second part of the aerospace design sequence, applying the principles of analysis and design to aerospace vehicles.
EAS 4905 Individual Study in Aerospace Engineering
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with a change in content up to 8 credits. Prereq: department chair recommendation.
Selected problems or projects in the student's major field of engineering study.
EAS 4912 Integrated Product and Process Design 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4101, EGM 3520 and EML 3301C.
The first of a two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes-on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
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EAS 4913 Integrated Product and Process Design 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: EAS 4912.
The second part of the integrated design sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes-on time and within budget.
EAS 4939 Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with change in content up to 12 credits. Prereq: instructor permission.
Special topics in aerospace engineering.
Credits: 1; Prereq: 2EG classification.
Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the college regulations. (S-U)
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Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2048; Coreq: MAC 2313.
Reduction of force systems, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, vector methods and their application to structures and mechanisms.
EGM 3344 Introduction to Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313 and CGS 2421, or equivalent; Coreq: MAP2302.
Methods for numerical solution of mathematical problems with emphasis on engineering applications using MATLAB. Includes roots, optimization, linear algebraic equations, matrices, curve fitting, differentiation, integration and ordinary differential equations.
Credits: 2; Prereq: EGM 2511 or EGM 2500, and MAC 2313.
Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies for rectilinear translation, curvilinear motion, rotation and plane motion. Also includes principles of work and energy, and impulse and momentum.
EGM 3401 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 2511 or EGM 2500, and MAC 2313.
Continues the dynamics sequence begun in EGM 3400 plus extended coverage of three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics and orbital motion.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 2511 (not EGM 2500) and MAC 2313.
Stress and strain at a point, stress-strain-temperature relations and mechanical properties of materials. Systems subject to axial load, torsion and bending. Design concepts, indeterminate structures and applications.
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EGM 4313 Intermediate Engineering Analysis
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAP 2302 and EGM 3344.
Ordinary differential equations, systems of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, Fourier series and complex analysis. Also includes equations of heat conduction, wave propagation and Laplace.
EGM 4473 Experimental Optimum Engineering Design
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAP 2302.
Formulation of design objectives as optimization problems and application of optimization techniques to design. Includes response surface techniques for analytical and experimental optimum engineering design as well as experimental optimization applied to a design project.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3400 or EGM 3401, or instructor permission.
Dynamic analysis of the human musculoskeletal system. Includes development of lumped mass, planar rigid body and 3-D rigid body models of human movement. Also includes calculation of internal forces in muscles and joints and analysis of muscle function using dynamics principles and musculoskeletal geometry.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520.
Introduction to solid and fluid mechanics of biological systems. Includes rheological behavior of materials subjected to static and dynamic loading, the mechanics of cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal systems, and the mathematical models and analytical techniques used in biosciences.
EGM 4853 Bio-Fluid Mechanics and Bio-Heat Transfer
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C.
A study of biothermal fluid sciences with an emphasis on the physiological processes occurring in human blood circulation and the underlying mechanisms from an engineering prospective.
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EGM 4901 Special Topics in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with change in content up to 8 credits. Prereq: instructor permission.
Special topics in engineering science and mechanics.
EGM 4905 Individual Study in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with change in content up to 8 credits. Prereq: department chair recommendation.
Selected problems or projects in the student's major field of engineering study.
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313, EGM 2511 and EML 3100, or EML 3007.
Statics and dynamics of incompressible fluids. Application to viscous and inviscid flows. Dimensional analysis. Compressible flow.
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EML 2023 Computer Aided Graphics and Design
Credits: 3.
Sketching, descriptive geometry, computer graphics, computer aided drafting and design projects.
EML 2322L Design and Manufacturing Laboratory
Credits: 2; Prereq: EML 2023, ENC 2210, EG-ME or EG-ASE major or instructor permission.
Study and application of design, problem formulation, conceptual design, prototype development. Study of common manufacturing processes.
EML 2920 Department and Professional Orientation
Credits: 1.
Principles of mechanical and aerospace engineering practice, professional standards, engineering ethics.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520 and EML 2023.
Design process, kinematics, gear trains and standard mechanical components.
EML 3007 Elements of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHM 2045, MAC 2313 and PHY 2048.
Applications of first and second laws of thermodynamics to closed and open systems. Steady one-dimensional conduction, lumped parameter analysis, convection, radiation. Intended for non-mechanical engineering students.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHM 2045, MAC 2313 and PHY 2048.
Application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics to closed and open systems and to cyclic heat engines. Includes the development of procedures for calculating the properties of multiphase and singlephase pure substances.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3520, EGM 3344, and ENC 2210 or ENC 3254.
Experimental characterization of the mechanical properties of engineering materials, precision instruments, computer-based data acquisition, statistical uncertainty analysis, preparation of engineering reports.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: CGS 2425, EGM 4313 and EML 3100.
Steady state and transient analysis of conduction and radiation heat transfer in stationary media. Also discusses heat transfer in fluid systems, including forced and free convection.
EML 4147C Thermo-Heat Transfer Design and Laboratory
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3100, EML 3301C and EML 4140.
Thermodynamics and heat transfer integrated with design and laboratory, including heat exchange design, phase-change heat transfer, thermodynamics of mixtures, psychometry, mass transfer and sensible heat recovery.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3400 or EGM 3401, CGS 2425, EGM 352 and EGM 4313.
Single and multiple degree of freedom systems, including application to mechanical systems with problems employing computer techniques.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C, EML 3100 and EML 3301C.
Design and laboratories for turbomachinery, compressible flow, chemical reactions and thermodynamic cycles.
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EML 4312 Control of Mechanical Engineering Systems
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGM 3401 and MAP 2302.
Theory, analysis and design of control systems, including mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and thermal components and systems.
EML 4314C Dynamics and Controls System Design Laboratory
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3301C; Coreq: EML 4312.
Experiments on dynamic systems in mechanical and aerospace engineering and design of relevant control systems.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EMA 3010 and EGM 3520; Coreq: EML 4140, EML 4220 and EML 4312.
Descriptive and analytical treatment of manufacturing processes and production equipment, automation, computer control and integrated systems. Applications of mechanics stress analysis, vibrations, controls, heat transfer. Discrete time simulation.
Credits: 3.
Fundamentals of combustion processes and systems; including thermochemistry, rates and mechanisms, pollutant analysis, premixed and diffusion flames and applications to engines and turbomachinery.
Credits: 3.
Thermomechanical and thermoelectric energy conversion, conventional and unconventional techniques and analysis of energy systems interactions.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3005; Coreq: EML 4321 and EML 4507.
Integrated design and presentation of a mechanical system.
EML 4507 Finite Element Analysis and Design
Credits: 3; Prereq: CGS 2425, EGM 4313 and EGM 3520.
Stress-strain analysis and design of machine elements and finite element analysis.
EML 4600 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Fundamentals
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3100.
Fundamentals of refrigeration theory, vapor compression and absorption, refrigeration components and systems, psychrometric theory, analysis of cooling and dehumidifying coils.
EML 4601 Heating and Air Conditioning System Design
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3100.
Heating and air conditioning systems: equipment selection, system arrangement, load calculations, advanced psychrometrics, duct and piping system design, air distribution system design and indoor air quality.
EML 4737 Hydronics and Pneumatics for Building Systems
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C.
Applications, design, maintenance and operations of various pneumatic, hydronic and other process systems. Includes in-depth design concepts and techniques as well as preparation of specifications and cost estimates.
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EML 4738 Hydraulic and Mechanical Power Transmission
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 3005C.
Transmission of power in machines by hydraulic and mechanical means, including analytical design of components and their functions.
EML 4905 Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: 2.3 UF GPA and department permission.
Selected problems or projects in the student's major field of engineering study.
EML 4912 Integrated Product and Process Design 1: Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: EGN 3353C, EGM 3401, EML 3005 and EML 3301C.
The first part of a two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes-on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EML 4913 Integrated Product and Process Design 2: Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: EML 4912.
The second part of the integrated design sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes-on time and within budget.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Synthesis and analysis of mechanical engineering systems, planning and execution of engineering contracts, and supervision of construction and tests.
EML 4930 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 12 credits. Prereq: instructor permission.
Variable content in mechanical engineering not offered in other courses.
EML 4945 Practical Work in Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 1; Prereq: EG classification and a 2.0 UF GPA.
Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College of Engineering regulations. (S-U)
Credits: 1; Prereq: EG classification and a 2.0 UF GPA.
Practical co-op work experience under approved industrial supervision. (S-U)
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