Teaching

MCHE 320 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory   08/24 - now

Course Objectives: Stress-strain relations, strength, deformation mechanisms, impact test, fracture, and cyclic fatigue. Experimental techniques, data analysis, interpretation of experimental data, and engineering report writing. 

MCHE 470 Special Topics: Robotics and VLM    Fall 25

ENGR 699 Dissertation - PhD    01/24-now

ENGR 697 Directed Individual Study - PhD    08/23-now

MCHE 599 Dissertation - Master    01/24-now

MCHE 594 Research - Master    08/23-now

MCHE 474 Control Systems    08/23-05/24

MW 4:00pm-4:50pm, CLR 309 (Lectures). Lab/Projects, by schedule at W 5-7:30, CLR 211

The purpose of this course is to equip students with a systematic but flexible approach to the modeling and control of dynamic systems. Students learn to construct, use, and convert between, transfer function and state-space models. Emphasisis placed on recognizing when a suitable model has been obtained, and on the benefits and limitations of these standard forms. Analytical and numerical solution methods are studied, along with internal and input/output notions of stability. Engineering models of mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal systems are developed from fundamental physical principles. Block diagrams are used to construct complex, interconnected systems from primitive subsystems. Response of first and second-order system, stability analysis and frequency response methods. PID control system design. Computer control of machines and processes.