Undergraduate courses:

1. E-126 Mechanics of solids
2. ME225 Dynamics
3. Senior Designs

• E-126 Mechanics of Solids

Course description: This course mainly involves the concept and understanding of stress, strain and deformation of a system or structure. It’s the fundamental of engineering design. The content includs equivalent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, anyalysis of trusses and frames, forces in beam and machine parts, stress and strain, tension, shear and bending moment, flexure, flexure, combined loading, energy methods, statically indeterminate structures.

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• ME225 Dynamics

Course description: Particle kinematics and kinetics, systems of particles, work-energy, impulse and momentum, rigid-body kinematics, relative motion, Coriolis acceleration, rigid-body kinetics, direct and oblique impact, eccentric impact.Prerequisites: Ma116 (Mathematical Analysis II), E126 (Mechanics of Solids), PEP 102 (Physics II)

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• Senior Designs
  • 2008-2009 An Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
  • 2007-2008 Senior design informations
    • Six Degree of Freedom Simulation for the Mars Gravity Biosatellite
    • Propulsion System for Micro Underwater Robots
    • Mechanical Device for Thrombus Retrieval in Stroke Therapy
  • 2006-2007 Wearable Nano Gas Sensor
  • 2005-2006 Test Chamber for Nano Gas Sensor Characterization

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Graduate courses:

1. ME573 Introduction to Micro/Nano electromechanical Systems
2. ME652 Design and Fabrication of Micro and Nanoelectromechanical Systems

• ME573 Introduction to Micro/Nano electromechanical Systems

Course description: Introduction to microsystem design, modeling and fabrication. Course topics include material properties of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfabrication technologies, structural behavior, sensing and actuation principles and methods. Emphasis on microsystems design, modeling and simulation including lumped element modeling and finite element analysis. The emerging nano materials, processes and devices will be also discussed.  Student teams design microsystems (sensors, actuators, and sensing/control systems) of a variety of types, (optical MEMS, bioMEMS, inertial sensors, etc.) to meet a set of performance specifications using a realistic microfabrication process.

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• ME625 Design and Fabrication of Micro and Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Course description: This course covers advanced topics in the design, modeling and fabrication of nano and micro electromechanical systems. The materials will be broad and multidisciplinary including: review of nano and microelectromechanic systems, design principles and methodologies, dimensional analysis and scaling, thermal, transport, fluids, microelectronics, feedback control, noises and electromagnetism at the micro and nanoscales; the modeling of a variety of new MEMS/NEMS devices; and alternative approaches to the continuum mechanics theory. The goal will be achieved through a combination of lectures, case studies, individual homework assignments, and design projects carried out in teams.

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