Course Description

Master of Science in Engineering
(Online)

Course Descriptions

CVEG

4053

Land Surveying

Williams
    Historical background of property surveys. Detailed consideration of original surveys of the United States Public Land Surveys. Writing adequate land descriptions. Interpretation of old descriptions. Excess and deficiency. Riparian rights. Field practice in relocation of old corners. Prerequisites: senior standing and CVEG 2053.  

CVEG

4303

Reinforced Concrete Design I

Pleimann
    Design of reinforced concrete elements with emphasis on ultimate strength design supplemented by working stress design for deflection and crack analysis. Prerequisite: CVEG 2113 and CVEG 3304  

CVEG

4313

Structural Steel Design I

Pleimann
    Design of structural steel elements by the Load and Resistance Factor Design method. Intensive treatment of tension members, beams, columns, and connections. Pre- or Corequisite: CVEG 2113. Prerequisite: CVEG 3304.  

CVEG

4353

Timber Design

Pleimann
    Selection of timber beams, columns, and beam-columns. Physical properties of wood, analysis and design of timber connections. Truss design, glulam members, timber bridge design, treatment for decay, and fire protection. Pre- or Corequisite: CVEG 2113. Prerequisite: CVEG 3304.  

CVEG

4393

Reinforced Concrete Design II

Pleimann
    Shear strength, minimum thickness requirements, and deflection calculations for reinforced concrete structural slabs. Design of one-way and two-way structural slabs by the direct design and equivalent frame methods. Prerequisite:  CVEG 4303.  

CVEG

5403

Advanced Reinforced Concrete II

Pleimann
    Design of circular and rectangular reinforced concrete tanks for fluid and granular loads. Prerequisite: CVEG 4303.  

ELEG

4503

Power Distribution Systems

Balda
    Design considerations of electric power distribution systems, including distribution substations, primary and secondary circuits. Distribution transformer and capacitor applications, voltage regulation, and distribution system protection. Prerequisite: ELEG 3303.  

ELEG

5533

Power Electronics  Motor Drives

Balda
    V-1 characteristics of insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) and MOS-controlled Thyristors (MCTs), design of driver and snubber circuits, induction-, permanent magnet-, and brushless dc-motor drives; and resonant inverters. Prerequisite: graduate standing or (ELEG 3223 and ELEG 3303).  

INEG

4563

Application of Robotics

Fant
    Industrial robotics, programming and applications; tolling and interfacing with peripheral equipment, sensor technology, machine vision; application analysis, selection, and justification; research, economics, human interface.  Corequisite: INEG 4530L. Prerequisite: senior standing.  

INEG

5613

Optimization Theory I

Mason
    Basic solutions and bases in linear equations, matrix version of simplex tableau, duality and primal dual relationships, complementary slackness, revised simplex, bounded variables, decomposition algorithm parametric linear programming, special linear program, generalized network models. Nonlinear programs solved by LP algorithm. Prerequisite: graduate standing.  

INEG

5843

Scheduling and Sequencing

Mason
    An introduction to constructive algorithms and various operations research approaches for solving sequencing and scheduling problems. The NP-completeness of most scheduling problems leads to a discussion of computational complexity, the use of heuristic solution methods, and the development of worst case bounds. Prerequisite: INEG 3613 and computer programming proficiency.  

MEEG

4423

Steam Power Plants

Roe
    Study of design and operational aspects of steam, gas, and combined cycle power plants. Brief study of Nuclear and Alternative energy systems. Prerequisite: MEEG 2403.  
MEEG 4453 Industrial Waste and Energy Management (SP)  Nutter

 

 

Applications of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and electric machinery to the analysis of waste streams and energy consumption for industrial facilities. Current techniques and technologies for waste minimization and energy conservation including energy-consuming systems and processes, utility rate analysis, economic analysis and auditing are taught. Prerequisite: MEEG 4413.

 

MEEG

4473

Indoor Environmental Design

Nutter
    Gives student a thorough understanding of the fundamental theory of air conditioning design for commercial buildings, including calculating heating and cooling loads along with the proper selection and sizing of air conditioning equipment. Prerequisite: MEEG 4413.  

MEEG

5123

Finite Element Methods II

Gordon
    Development and application of finite element (FE) methods used to solve transient and two-dimensional boundary value problems. Applications are taken from solid and fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and acoustics. Emphasis is placed on the FE methodology to make accessible the research literature and commercial software manuals, and to encourage responsible use and interpretation of FE analysis. May be repeated for 3 hours. Prerequisite: MEEG 4123 and graduate standing or consent.  

MEEG

5473

Radiation Heat Transfer 

Couvillion
    Spectral analysis, radiant exchange in gray and non-gray enclosures, gas radiation, and multi-mode heat transfer. Prerequisite: MEEG 5453 or equivalent.  

MEEG

5733

Advanced Numerical Methods 

Gordon
    Numerical methods for the solution of linear and non-linear ordinary and partial differential equations; initial and boundary value problems; one-step and multi-step methods; predominantly finite difference but also finite element and control volume techniques; computer applications. Prerequisite: MEEG 2703 or MATH 3353.