MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / 213


in which students may specialize include acoustics, automatic controls, bio-
mechanics, combustion, cryogenics, energy conversion, environmental con-
trol, fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, heat transfer, kinematic synthesis,
machine dynamics, propulsion, solar energy, thermodynamics, and vibrations.
 The following Engineering Common Courses are available for graduate
major credit: EGC 541-Tensor Fields and Fluid Dynamics; EGC 601-
Theory of Fluid Flow 1; EGC 602-Theory of Fluid Flow 2; EGC 603-
Theory of Fluid Flow 3; EGC 604-Boundary Layer Theory; EGC 611-
High Speed Gas Dynamics 1; EGC 671-Introduction to Plasmas; EGC 672-
Plasma Theory.

COURSES FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES
ME 520-CONTROL SYSTEM THEORY. 3 credits
ME 530-MARINE SYSTEMS 1. 3 credits
ME 531-MARINE SYSTEMS 2. 3 credits
ME 550-GAs DYNAMICS OF INTERNAL FLOW SYSTEMS. 3 credits
ME 555-INTERMEDIATE HEAT TRANSFER. 3 credits
ME 560-STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS. 3 credits
ME 561-CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS. 3 credits
ME 577-ADVANCED REFRIGERATION. 3 credits
ME 579-COMPUTER SIMULATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. 3 credits
ME 580-ADVANCED DYNAMICS OF MACHINERY. 3 credits
ME 581-DESIGN SYNTHESIS IN VIBRATIONS. 3 credits
ME 591-GAS TURBINES AND JET ENGINES. 3 credits
ME 593-MECHANICAL DESIGN 1. 3 credits
ME 594-MECHANICAL DESIGN 2. 3 credits

 GRADUATE COURSES
ME 620-INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY. 1 credit
 Methods of measuring properties most often encountered in modern research;
actual measurement, rather than theory, emphasized.
ME 621-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 1. 3 credits
 Design and compensation of linear feedback control systems. Mechanical, hy-
draulic, pneumatic, electromechanical systems.
ME 623-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 2. 3 credits
 Design and compensation of linear and nonlinear feedback control systems. Proc-
ess control, satellite attitude control, aerospace vehicle control.
ME 624-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 3. 3 credits
 Design of linear and nonlinear feedback control systems by state space tech-
niques. Optimal control, adaptive control.
ME 630-SLIDING-ELEMENT BEARING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: ME 450, ESM 311, or ASE 402. Theory and design analysis of
hydrodynamic bearings, hydrostatic bearings, and solid lubricated sliding bearings.
ME 631-ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. 3 credits
 Prerequisites: ME 482 and ME 483, or ESM 533. Theory and design analysis
 of ball bearings and roller bearings.
 ME 650-SPECIAL TOPICS IN FLUID DYNAMICS. 3 credits