MCE 553: Microfluidics (Fall)

(3 crs.) Fundamentals and applications of microfluidic systems, including basic concepts, microflow fundamentals, microfabrication techniques, related topics such as acoustofluidics, optofluidics and organ-on-chips with their applications in chemical and biochemical analysis. (Lec. 3) Pre: MCE 354 or CHE 347 or permission of instructor.

MCE 551: Fluid Mechanics I (Fall)

(3 crs.) Basic treatment of real fluid flows using the continuum mechanics approach. Exact solutions of the governing equations. Laminar shear flows and boundary layer theory, turbulent transition. (Lec. 3) Pre: MCE 354 or equivalent.

MCE 313: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Experimentation (Spring)

(3 crs.) Report writing, computer-assisted data acquisition and control, statistical and other measures of data uncertainty, propagation of uncertainty, curve fitting. Introduces basic instrumentation for measuring pressure, temperature, velocity and strain. (Lec. 2, Lab. 3) Pre: CVE 220 and concurrent registration in MCE 341 and MCE 354.

MCE 354: Fluid Mechanics (Spring)

(3 crs.) Physical properties of fluids, development of continuity, energy, and momentum concepts using vector methods; application to problems involving viscous and nonviscous fluids including boundary layer flows, flows in closed conduits and around immersed bodies. (Lec. 3) Pre: MCE 263 and MTH 243 or permission of instructor.