(4 credits) An applied data analysis course that begins with a quick review of techniques for analyzing two independent samples with a quantitative response. Other covered methodologies include One and Two Way Analysis of Variance, nonparametric statistics, and regression. The statistical methods taught will explore the concepts of estimation, hypothesis testing, statistical significance and p-value. The course emphasizes the link between statistical graphics and formal statistical tests and involve the use of a statistical programming language. Part one of a two-part sequence.
(4 credits) We will continue using the analysis of variance model developed in MTH 767 to study model repeated measures. We will continue the multiple regression model to study serial correlation, multivariate response, as well as collinearity and leverage. We will also study categorical data techniques such as risk and odds as well as logistic and poisson regression. Part 2 or a two-part sequence.
MCE 503 - Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems
(4 credits) Modeling and analysis of dynamic systems with interacting energy domains: fluids, thermal, electrical, and mechanical; formulation of linear and nonlinear state equations; unified treatment of diverse systems with bond graphs.
(4 credits) General discussion of Cartesian tensors. Application to the mechanics of linear and nonlinear continua. Unified analysis of stress and deformations in solids and fluids.
MCE 509 - Numerical Methods In Mechanical Engineering
(4 credits) Advanced numerical methods for solving parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations; convergence and stability criteria; grid generation; special mesh systems and orthogonal coordinate systems; computer applications.
(4 credits) Study of multi-degree-of-freedom and continuous systems; modal analysis and modal summation methods; wave equation solution for strings, rods, beams, and plates; approximate and energy method solutions; introduction to finite element solution techniques.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 324. Convective heat and mass transfer analogies; heat exchangers; enhanced convection heat transfer; boiling, condensation, two-phase flow and heat transfer; radiation in enclosures and gaseous media; micro- and nanoscale heat transfer; heat transfer applications (e.g. heat pipes, cooling of electronics, applications in biological/biomedical systems, alternative enery systems, mini-/microsensor systems, etc).
(4 credits) Prerequisites:Consent of instructor needed. Navier-Stokes equations and boundary layer analysis; introduction to compressible flow; fundamentals of turbomachinery; propulsion systems; practical fluid systems analysis and design.
(4 credits) Prerequisites: ESC 350 and MCE 371 for students in the accelerated BSc-MSc program in Mechanical Engineering (MCE 541 to be taken instead of MCE 441).
Graduate students who did not take an undergraduate course equivalent to MCE 441 may take MCE 541 strictly under instructor consent. Introduction to mathematical modeling and design of engineering dynamic systems; controller design; stability analysis; root-locus techniques; Bode diagrams; transient and steady-state response and design of closed-loop control systems.
(4 credits) Classical design of control systems; state space analysis; state space design of regulator systems; linear quadratic regulator problems; optimal observer design; computer simulation of control systems.
(4 credits) Lagrangian dynamics; Hamilton’s and D’Alembert’s principles; autonomous and nonautonomous systems; behavior of conservative and non-conservative systems; approximate solutions; perturbation methods of solution; study of damping.
(4 credits) Finite element analysis of stresses and deflections in complex mechanical systems under static and dynamic loading. Integrating modeling techniques with two- and three-dimensional CAD systems for inputting geometric data. Comparisons of finite element results with theoretical and empirical results.
(4 credits) Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Design and analysis of power transmission components for static and fatigue loading: gears, belts, chains, shafts and pulleys. Use of keys, pins, splines, brakes, and clutches. Design of rolling element bearings.
(4 credits) Study of the the theoretical aspects of elastohydrodynamic, hydrodynamic, and hydrostatic lubrication regimes. Design and analysis of bearings for industrial and aerospace applications.
(4 credits) Introduction to calculus of variations, virtual work, complementary virtual work, potential energy, complementary energy, and Castigliano theorems; approximate methods; finite element development and applications.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing, completion of at least one full time academic year in MSME or Doctor of Engineering program, and permission of advisor. Provides students with practical experience in mechanical engineering. Students will be required to submit progress reports on a regular basis, in addition to submitting a project report at the end of the course. May be taken up to two times for credit. Graded on pass/fail (S/U) basis.
MCE 603 - Interfacing and Control of Mechatronic Systems
(4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 503 and MCE 441 or consent of instructor. Study of mechatronic sensors and actuators from the physical principles governing their behavior. Bond graph modeling of specific devices like piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers, capacitance sensors, electric motors, change coupled devices, operational amplifiers, Hall effect sensors and others. Digital control applied to mechatronic systems. Electronic interfacing.
MCE 610 - Computational Fluid Flow & Heat transfer
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Application of advanced numerical methods to current problems in the fluid flow and heat transfer areas; internal and external incompressible and compressible flows; numerical methods for inviscid flow equations; multigrid procedure; computer applications.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 504. Yield criteria and application to elastic-plastic and rigid-plastic deformation; flow stress; plastic deformation processes; tribology; thermal effects; analysis by slab method, upper and lower bound on power, and finite element methods.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 521. Nuclear, solar, and chemical energy conversion techniques. Thermodynamics of power cycles and systems; thermoelectric devices; thermionic generators; MHD systems; fuel cells; photovoltaic cells.
(4 credits) Pre- or co-requisite: MCE 501. Generalized one-, two-, and three-dimensional compressible flows, normal shocks, oblique shocks, flow with friction and heat transfer, method of characteristics, real gas effects.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 638. Derivation and formulation of compressible fluid flow equations in both integral and differential forms; applications include exact solutions with and without pressure gradients; introduction to turbulence and modeling of turbulent boundary layers; laminar and turbulent flows of non-Newtonian fluids; internal and external flows; boundary layer equations for momentum and energy transport.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Convective processes involving heat, momentum, and mass transfer, and their applications. Laminar and turbulent convection heat transfer; internal and external flows.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Heat transfer by conduction in steady, transient, and periodic states in solids for one-, two-, and three-dimensional problems; applications of various analytical and numerical methods.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Physics of the thermal radiation process; surface properties; exchange factors and networks for heat transfer between surfaces; characteristics of emission and absorption of flames, gases, and the atmosphere; solar radiation.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 641. Heat transfer in phase change; nucleate and film boiling mechanisms; pool and forced convection boiling; two-phase flow, flow regimes, and transitions; application to cryogenics and nuclear reactors.
(4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 441/541 or EEC 510 or exposure to undergraduate controls, with instructor consent. Study of robotic manipulator systems, with strong emphasis on dynamics and control. Energy-based nonlinear models. Motion control using PD, inverse dynamics and passivity. Geometric nonlinear control applied to robotic manipulators.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501 or MCE 504. Optimum design problem formulation, optimum design concepts, numerical methods for unconstrained and constrained optimum designs; 3-D graphics techniques, non-traditional computing techniques, such as artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic, which provide a different approach in engineering design and analysis.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Elements of theoretical acoustics: plane and spherical acoustic waves; transmission and absorption of acoustic waves; theory of resonators and filters; application of theory to noise problems in mechanical and air moving equipment.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 503. Design and analysis of multivariable systems using state variable techniques; introduction to system modeling, observability, controllability, stability, Z transforms, and controller design.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 512. Introduces students to a collection of phenomena and related analysis techniques associated with the dynamics of rotating machinery, e.g., turbines, compressors, pumps, power transmission shafting, etc. Development of adequate, computationally oriented component and system models for the analysis of rotors.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 580. Study of two- and three-dimensional continua; application of finite element methods to mechanical engineering analysis and design problems.
(1-4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed study of an individual problem or subject area under the supervision of a faculty member. Total credits for this course are limited to four.
MCE 698 - Master’s Project In Mechanical Engineering
(1-5 credits) A project involving design and analysis or theoretical investigation of a topic in mechanical engineering approved by the graduate advisor. A written report is required.
(1-6 credits) Independent investigation by the student selected from an area of mechanical engineering that results in a significant contribution to the field. This may be analytical, computational, or experimental and needs the approval of the graduate advisor and the thesis committee. A bound copy of the thesis must be submitted to the department.
MCE 703 - Interfacing and Control of Mechatronic Systems
(4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 403/503 and MCE 441. Permission of instructor required for graduate students without the MCE 441 prerequisite. Study of mechatronic sensors and actuators from the physical principles governing their behavior. Bond graph modeling of specific devices like piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers, capacitance sensors, electric motors, charge coupled devices, operational amplifiers, Hall effect sensors and others. Digital control, signal processing and filtering applied to mechatronic systems. Electronic interfacing.
MCE 710 - Computational Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Application of advanced numerical methods to current problems in the fluid flow and heat transfer areas; internal and external incompressible and compressible flows; numerical methods for inviscid flow equations; multigrid procedure; computer applications.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 504. Yield criteria and application to elastic-plastic and rigid-plastic deformation; flow stress; plastic deformation processes; tribology; thermal effects; analysis by slab method, upper and lower bound on power, and finite element methods.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Generalized one-, two-, and three-dimensional compressible flows, normal shocks, oblique shocks, flow with friction and heat transfer, method of characteristics, real gas effects.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 738. Derivation and formulation of compressible fluid flow equations in both integral and differential forms; applications include exact solutions with and without pressure gradients; introduction to turbulence and modeling of turbulent boundary layers; laminar and turbulent flows of non-Newtonian fluids; internal and external flows; boundary layer equations for momentum and energy transport.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 638. Convective processes involving heat, momentum, and mass transfer, and their applications. Laminar and turbulent convection heat transfer; internal and external flows.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Heat transfer by conduction in steady, transient, and periodic states in solids for one-, two-, and three-dimensional problems; applications of various analytical and numerical methods.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Physics of the thermal radiation process; surface properties; exchange factors and networks for heat transfer between surfaces; characteristics of emission and absorption of flames, gases, and the atmosphere; solar radiation.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 741. Heat transfer in phase change; nucleate and film-boiling mechanisms; pool and forced-convection boiling; two-phase flow, flow regimes, and transitions; application to cryogenics and nuclear reactors.
(4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 441/541 or EEC 510 or exposure to undergraduate controls, with instructor consent. Study of robotic manipulator systems, with strong emphasis on dynamics and control. Energy-based nonlinear models. Motion control using PD, inverse dynamics and passivity. Geometric nonlinear control applied to robotic manipulators.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501 or MCE 504. Optimum design problem formulation, optimum design concepts, numerical methods for unconstrained and constrained optimum designs; 3-D graphics techniques, non-traditional computing techniques such as artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic, which provide a different approach in engineering design and analysis.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 501. Elements of theoretical acoustics: plane and spherical acoustic waves; transmission and absorption of acoustic waves; theory of resonators and filters; application of theory to noise problems in mechanical and air moving equipment.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 503. Design and analysis of multivariable systems using state variable techniques; introduction to system modeling, observability, controllability, stability, Z transforms, and controller design.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 512. Introduction to a collection of phenomena and related analysis techniques associated with the dynamics of rotating machinery, e.g., turbines, compressors, pumps, power transmission shafting, etc. Development of adequate, computationally oriented component and system models for the analysis of rotors. State-of-the-art computer codes to analyze modern rotating machinery are used during the second half of the course.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 580. Study of two- and three-dimensional continua; application of finite element methods to mechanical engineering analysis and design problems.
(1-4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed study of an individual problem or subject area under the supervision of a faculty member. Total credits for this course are limited to four.
(1-8 credits) Prerequisite: Standing in Engineering Doctoral program. Offered every semester. Up to 10 credits may be considered toward dissertation credit requirements.
(1-16 credits) Prerequisite: Successful completion of Candidacy Examination and Dissertation Proposal Approval form on file with the College of Graduate Studies prior to enrollment. Offered every semester.
EDM 513 - Teaching & Assessing Language Arts in the Middle School
(4 credits) Critical exploration and analysis of student-centered methods that encourage integrated study of the language arts. Areas of study include pragmatic and theoretical aspects of reading, writing, listening, and oral language development during early adolescence-especially as they apply the selection of objectives, strategies, and materials for instruction and the evaluation of pupil progress.
EDM 517 - Teaching & Assessing Science in the Middle School
(4 credits) Introduction to the structure and function of science instruction in upper elementary, middle, and junior high school settings. Provides background and principles of science education, including instructional planning, methods, materials, and a philosophy for teaching science.
(1 credits) Open to all University students with permission of instructor. Previous music performance experience is recommended. Covers a wide variety of music by major composers. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(1 credits) Open to all University students, but registration and participation are permitted only after consulting with the director. The repertoire is selected according to the nature of each performance, with emphasis on music for wind band. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(1 credits) Membership by audition. Small ensemble of singers and instrumentalists who study and perform chamber music of all eras, with emphasis on music written prior to 1750. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(1 credits) Open to all University students, but registration and participation are permitted only after consulting with the director. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(1 credits) A selected ensemble of approximately 30 voices chosen by audition. Provides an advanced challenge and opportunity to those with singing experience. Music from all cultural epochs. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(1 credits) Entrance by audition. Provides experience in reading and performing big band arrangements and compositions. May be repeated and may be taken with or without credit.
(3 credits) An overview of business practices and how they affect musicians. Team taught. Topics include auditions, promotional materials, recording, concert production, contracts, copyrights, management, unions, taxes, and grant writing.
(3 credits) Survey of musical development, life, and thought in individual periods, with particular emphasis on style characteristics and musical literature of individual composers from the Middle Ages through the baroque period. Intended as a remedial course.
(3 credits) Survey of the musical development, life, and thought in individual periods, with particular emphasis on style characteristics and musical literature of individual composers from the Classic era through the present day. Intended as a remedial course.
(3 credits) Approaches to the study of non-Western art music. Emphasis on the musics of India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Native America, and the Australian Aborigine. Opportunity for field study in the ethnic music of Greater Cleveland.
(1 credits) Weekly meeting of composition students that deals with issues pertaining to creative work. Guest composers, critiques of original work, analysis of styles and techniques, and other topics.
(3 credits) The course surveys current methods, techniques and experiences of current and former piano pedagogues designed to equip the student for teaching piano.
(3 credits) Prerequisite: Keyboard pitch and rhythm identification. MIDI Basics. An overview of Channel Voice and Mode Messages, System Common, Real Time, and Exclusive Messages. Standard MIDI files and MIDI Machine Control. General MIDI and MIDI Show Control. Introduction to Finale and the Digital Audio Workstation. Assigned studio time for individual and class composition projects.
(3 credits) Prerequisite: Keyboard pitch and rhythm identification. Sampling Basics. An overview of the sampling process using the EMU II sampling keyboard. Mic or line-level sampling, input levels, sample length, rate, cross-fade and butt splices, loops, sustain and percussive envelopes, key splits, layered keyboards, and velocity sensing. Microphone pick-up patterns for the sampling session and interfacing the sampler with recorders. Assigned studio time for individual and class composition projects.
(2 credits) A systematic study of the principles of music pedagogy and learning, and an application of that knowledge to applied music instruction. Topics include expertise, the fallacy of music talent, learning theory, Deliberate Practice, research on applied instruction, motivation, music and memory, intonation, structural communication, emotional communication, curriculum development, assessment, performance anxiety, self-evaluation and reflection. In addition, musical roles (performer, teacher, listener, and user), classroom planning, instructional delivery, and classroom management will be addressed during the course.
(3 credits) The course is designed to study aspects of how to build and maintain a career as a composer in a competitive music industry. Defining and researching the many resources available to composers within this industry will be coupled with detailed assignments and projects focusing on proposal composition and the vital understanding of music publishing, commercial recording, commissioning, contracts, and publicity.
(1-4 credits) Special registration for those workshops that extend beyond the semester. Students receive a T grade until the completion of the workshop, at which time a course grade will be assigned.
(1-4 credits) Consideration of interdisciplinary issues, performance problems in various eras, ethnic music, theoretical investigations, and other topics. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
(3 credits) Selected topics from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Genre studies, broad topics in history, specific literature of single or groups of composers. May be repeated with change in topic.
(2 credits) This course focuses on the development of bibliographic and academic writing skills by incorporating various methodological concepts in the disciplines of musicology, music theory and ethnomusicology. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge in locating literature on different subjects in a library, in using online resources efficiently, in distinguishing between valuable and inferior online content, and in working with primary sources such as scores, letters and other original documents.
(3 credits) An examination of contemporary analytic theory as presented in the writings of prominent 20th-century theorists and as applied to literature of various styles from all historical eras.
(3 credits) Tutorial sessions with members of the composition faculty leading to the creation of original compositions for solo, chamber, vocal, choral, orchestral, and electronic media in various forms using a variety of contemporary materials. All graduate students enrolled in MUS 620 are required to attend the Composition Forum ( a weekly meeting of all enrolled composition students).