Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at TSU

Mechanical Engineering Research Areas at TSU

• Simulated-based Design and Optimization
• Probabilistic and Axiomatic Design Methodology
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems
• Predictive and Preventive Maintenance
• Vibration Control
• Computational Mechanics
• Dynamic Stability
• Robotics
• Turbulent Reacting Flow
• Large Eddy Simulation (LES)
• High-Performance Computing
• Computation fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Hurricane storm surge modeling                                                                        
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Control in the applications of aerial robotics
• Morphing aircraft
• Unmanned aerial vehicles/autonomous systems
• Micro aerial vehicles
• Multi-source multi-modality sensor data fusion
• Machinery diagnostics and prognostics
• Manufacturing visual inspection and quality control
• Advanced manufacturing systems
• Automation and intelligent manufacturing
• Energy Storage Devices
• Solar energy

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the mechanical engineering classes available to students at TSU but an idea of the things you may have the opportunity to learn about while a student of mechanical engineering.

ENGR 2010 Thermodynamics 3(3,0). An introduction to the nature and domains of thermodynamics; the Zeroth Law; properties and states of a pure substance; work and heat; the First Law applied to both open and closed systems; general observations and statements of the Second Law; the inequality of Clausius and entropy changes for closed and open system; ideal gases. Prerequisites: PHYS 2110.

ENGR 2130 Mechanics of Materials (3). Concepts of stress and strain, stress-strain relationships, shear and moment diagrams, shear and moment by integration, torsion in shafts, bending and axial loads on determinate beams, Stress Transformation. Prerequisite: ENGR 2110.

ENGR 3300  Materials Science 2(2,0). An introductory course on properties and selection of materials covering atomic structure and bonding; crystal structures; crystalline and non-crystalline solids; mechanical properties of materials; polymers; phase diagrams; engineering alloys; ceramics; composite materials; and electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials. Prerequisites: CHEM 1110, PHYS 2120.

ENGR 3400 Numerical Analysis 3(3,0). Numerical solution of the system of linear and non-linear equations; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations; curve fitting; regression analysis and probability. Prerequisites: MATH 3120, ENGR 2230 or ENGR 2240.

ENGR 3400 Numerical Analysis 3(3,0). Numerical solution of the system of linear and non-linear equations; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations; curve fitting; regression analysis and probability. Prerequisites: MATH 3120, ENGR 2230 or ENGR 2240.

ENGR 4300 Engineering Economics 3(3,0). Economic factors involved in the acquisition and retirement of capital goods in engineering practice, including interest and capitalization methods of depreciation, amortization, sinking funds, cost and rate determination.

MEEN 4120 Mechanical Metallurgy 3(3,0). Introduction to various measures of strength. Topics include mechanical testing of polycrystalline materials, plastic deformation of metals, and elementary geometry of dislocations. Prerequisites: ENGR 3300, ENGR 2130.