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MEE 120 - Engineering Graphics and Computer Aided Design
An introduction to engineering graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) using a 3D solid modeling software package. Topics include geometric construction, sketching, orthographic projection, isometric, sectional and detailed views, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, engineering drawings and assemblies. Drawing and CAD laboratory classes will consist of short demonstrations, lectures and exercises and student work period. Lec ( 1 hour), Lab (2 hours)
Prerequisites: MEE major or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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MEE 125 - Computational Tools for Mechanical Engineers
Introduces the student to computational tools used by mechanical engineers. Students are exposed to computational software platforms common in academic and professional environments. Approximately one quarter of the course is dedicated to spreadsheets and symbolic math. The remainder of the course focuses on programming techniques and examples relevant to mechanical engineering.
Prerequisites: MAT 126, MEE Major, or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 150 - Applied Mechanics: Statics
A study of force systems and equilibrium, structural models, friction, distributed forces. Designed to develop the ability to analyze and solve engineering problems. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MAT 126.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 230 - Thermodynamics I
Covers energy and energy transformations, the First and Second Laws applied to systems and to control volumes, thermodynamic properties of systems, availability of energy. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MAT 127.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 231 - Thermodynamics II
A continuation of MEE 230 and includes thermodynamics of mixtures, chemical thermodynamics, thermodynamics of fluid flow, vapor and gas cycles, applicable to compressors, internal combustion engines and turbines. Computers used. Rec 3
Prerequisites: MEE 125 or COS 220 or ECE 177; and a grade of C or better in MEE 230.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 251 - Strength of Materials
The principles of solid mechanics and their applications to practical problems, stresses and deflections in axial loading, torsion, beams, columns, combined stresses. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MAT 127 and a grade of C or better in MEE 150.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 252 - Statics and Strength of Materials
The basic principles of statics and their applications in strength of materials. Emphasis on equilibrium of various systems, stresses and deformations of axially loaded members, connections, circular shafts, beams and columns. Rec 3
Prerequisites: MAT 127.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MEE 270 - Applied Mechanics: Dynamics
Motion of particles and rigid bodies, impulse and momentum, work and energy and simple harmonic motion, force, mass and acceleration. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 150; or MEE 252.
Corequisites: MAT 228
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 320 - Materials Engineering and Science
The principles of material science with emphasis on the relationship between structure and properties and their control through composition, mechanical working and thermal treatment. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 230 and in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 330 - Manufacturing Engineering
An introduction to manufacturing science and engineering for the product development cycle. The interplay between part design, various manufacturing processes and final mechanical properties will be studied and analyzed.
Prerequisites: MEE 120
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 341 - Mechanical Laboratory I
An introduction to experiment design, data analysis, laboratory techniques, instrumentation, and calibration of equipment. Application to thermodynamics, mechanics of materials, fluid mechanics. Practice in writing organized reports to communicate clearly the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of experimental work.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: MAT 258, MEE 360, and a grade of C or better in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 348 - Introduction to Flight
Students will be introduced to basic principles of powered flight, with focus on fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft. Emphasis will be placed on aircraft anatomy, aerodynamics and airfoil analysis, stability, and propulsion.
Prerequisites: MAT 258, PHY 121, and MEE 125 (or equivalent)
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 360 - Fluid Mechanics
An introduction to fluid mechanics including fluid statics, kinematics, Bernoulli equation, viscous flows, dimensional analysis and similitude and external flows. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 230 and in MEE 270
Corequisites: MAT 258 or MAT 259
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 370 - Modeling, Analysis and Control of Mechanical Systems
Introduces the student to a unified approach to abstracting real mechanical, thermal and hydraulic systems into proper models to meet design and control system objectives. Topics include modeling of lumped mechanical, thermal and fluid systems, Laplace transforms and transfer function representation, free and forced response of second order linear time-invariant systems, frequency response, actuators and sensors, compensation and design of feedback control systems with emphasis on mechanical engineering applications. Includes laboratory experimentation. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 209, MAT 258, and a grade of C or better in MEE 270.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 380 - Design I
Kinematical design of machines. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 270.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MEE 381 - Design II
Advanced concepts in mechanics of materials, stress concentration. Design of mechanical components subjected to static and fatigue loads. Synthesis and selection of various machine components including shafts, bearing, gears and gear trains, screws, fasteners and springs. Design project. Rec 3
Prerequisites: MEE 120 and a grade of C or better in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 432 - Heat Transfer
The fundamental laws of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. Applied to the study of engineering problems via analytical, numerical, and graphical techniques. Rec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites: MAT 258 and MEE 360.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MEE 433 - Solar-Thermal Engineering
Introduces solar energy collection and use as process thermal energy. Includes performance analysis of solar collectors and thermal energy storage devices both separately and as a combined system. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 230.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 434 - Thermodynamic Design of Engines
Thermodynamic design of internal combustion engines to meet specified energy conversion requirements. Teaches the influence of fuel and air combustion on getting work output from the fuel’s internal energy and the importance of engine breathing through valves and ports on getting desired power and torque outputs at specified operating conditions.
Prerequisites: MEE 231
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 441 - Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
An introduction to the manufacturing and material property determination of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials. Includes fabrication, post-processing, and testing of thermoset and thermoplastic composite materials.
Prerequisites: MEE 251 or MEE 252 or MET 219 or permission of the instructor
Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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MEE 442 - Mechanical Laboratory II
A continuation of MEE 341. Mechanical engineering problems in a laboratory setting. (Fall) Lab 3.
Prerequisites: MEE 341 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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MEE 443 - Mechanical Laboratory III
A continuation of MEE 442. Mechanical engineering problems in a laboratory setting (Spring). Lab 3.
Prerequisites: MEE 231, MEE 341, MEE 442 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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MEE 445 - Aeronautics
An introduction to dynamics and performance of aircraft flight. Topics include aerodynamics, wing theory, torques, stability and trim, propulsion, actuation and control.
Prerequisites: MAT 258, a grade of C or better in MEE 270, and either MEE 125 or ECE177 or COS 220
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 446 - Astronautics
An introduction to the design and operation of spacecraft systems. Topics include kinematics and relative orientation of different coordinate systems, orbital mechanics, maneuvers and transfers, Rigid-body dynamics and propulsion concepts. Also, an introduction to GPS is provided.
Prerequisites: MAT 258, a grade of C or better in MEE 270, and either ECE 177 or COS 220
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 448 - Fixed Wing Aircraft Design
The conceptual design of a fixed-wing aircraft to satisfy given specifications, including elements of initial sizing, geometry selection (or vehicle configuration), aerodynamics, propulsion integration, stability and control, loads, structures, manufacturability, and cost analysis. Students will apply design skills in a semester long design project.
Prerequisites: MEE 120, MEE 251, MEE 270, and MEE 360
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 450 - Mechanics of Composite Materials
Introduction to the behavior of composite materials and their use in engineering structures; fabrication methods, behavior and properties of the constituent fibers and matrices, micromechanical predictions of composite properties, anisotropic elasticity, behavior of composite laminae, classical lamination theory, failure theories, composite beams and plates, material characterization and introduction to the design of composite structures.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 251
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 452 - Aircraft and Automobile Structures
Introduction to aircraft and automobile structures. Structural mechanics of thin-walled stiffened and unstiffened members. Analysis and design of single and multi-cell structures under torsion, bending, shear, and combined loading conditions. Instability and failure analysis of thin-walled columns and stiffened panels. Energy absorption in single multi-cell tubular members.
Prerequisites: MEE 251
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 453 - Experimental Mechanics
Experimental methods and techniques for analysis of stress and displacement. Also covers electric strain gages, brittle lacquers, mechanical and optical strain gages, and introduction to photo elasticity. Lec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 455 - Advanced Strength of Materials
Considers limitations of elementary stress formulas, theories of failure, unsymmetrical bending, beams, plates, torsion of non-circular bars, thick-walled cylinders, stress concentrations, energy methods. Introduces theory of elasticity. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 456 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method
An introduction to the finite element methods including matrix operations, interpolation functions, basic element types, and implementation to problems in mechanical engineering including simple structures, plane stress, heat transfer and fluid mechanics. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MAT 258 and a grade of C or better in MEE 251.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 462 - Fluid Mechanics II
A continuation of MEE 360 including boundary-layer flows, inviscid incompressible flows, compressible flows and selected topics. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MEE 360.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 463 - Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics
The course is designed for students with no or little computational fluid dynamics (CFD) knowledge who want to learn CFD application to solve mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering problems. The course provides an introduction to the theoretical fundamentals as well as the use of commercial CFD codes to analyze flow and heat transfer in practical engineering problems. The students will understand the process of developing a geometrical model of the flow, applying appropriate boundary conditions, specifying solution parameters and visualizing the results. They will also learn to assess the accuracy of CFD solutions.
Prerequisites: MEE 360 or equivalent
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 471 - Mechanical Vibrations
Examines free and forced vibrations with viscous damping for discrete and continuous mass systems as well as derivation and application of energy methods. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MAT 258 and a grade of C or better in MEE 270.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 475 - Fuel Cell Science and Technology
A study of the basic operating principles of fuel cells, the different types of fuel cells, fuel reforming and power conditioning, and the efficiency, performance and application of fuel cell systems. (This course is identical to MET 475.)
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MET 236, MET 433, PHY 462, CHY 385, or a grade of C or better in MEE 230; CHY 121 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 480 - Wind Energy Engineering
This course presents the theory and design of modern wind turbines. Theoretical aspects of the course cover the fundamentals of assessing the aerodynamic loads and efficiency of a wind turbine. Design procedures for wind turbines are outlined with an emphasis on maximizing performance, assuring structural integrity and minimizing the cost of energy. Current trends in offshore wind are also covered as well as the social and environmental issues of a burgeoning wind energy industry.
Prerequisites: MAT 258 and C or better in MEE 251.
Corequisites: CIE 350 or MEE 360.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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MEE 483 - Turbomachine Design
Topics include: the theory and design of turbomachinery flow passages, control and performance of turbomachinery, gas-turbine engine processes. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MEE 230, MEE 360
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 484 - Power Plant Design and Engineering
A study of power station engineering and economy, including design, construction and operation theory of steam, internal-combustion, and hydroelectric power plants. Introduction to nuclear power plants, solar energy, fuel cells, and associated problems. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MEE 230 and MEE 231
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 486 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning System Design
Examines methods of producing artificial low temperatures including refrigeration for controlled-temperature applications in comfort air conditioning and for industrial manufacturing processes. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: MEE 231.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 487 - Capstone Design I
Design of mechanical engineering systems components, including problem definition, analysis, synthesis and optimization. Engineering ethics.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement when taken in series with MEE 488. Neither course alone satisfies the requirement.
Prerequisites: MEE 360, MEE 370, MEE 381, or by permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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MEE 488 - Capstone Design II
Design of mechanical engineering systems, including problem definition, analysis, synthesis and optimization.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement when taken in series with MEE 487. Neither course alone satisfies the requirement.
Prerequisites: MEE 487
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 489 - Offshore Floating System Design
The course introduces the basics of naval architecture and offshore engineering design concepts to senior engineering students. A broad introduction is provided on the topics of floating platform stability, structural strength, global performance, mooring systems and installation. Use of industry guest lecturers will complement regular lectures for the course. Emphasis is placed on applying recommended practices by regulatory bodies into hands-on design projects.
Prerequisites: MEE 360 and MEE 380 or Permission of Instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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MEE 490 - Modern Control Theory and Applications
This course introduces state-space methods for analysis and design of linear control systems. The assumed prerequisites are undergraduate courses in linear algebra and dynamic systems and controls. The analysis part of this course is concerned with stability, controllability, observability, realization, and minimality of the state-space model, while the control design part delves into the methods of pole placement for state feedback and observer design, and optimal methods such as linear quadratic regulator (LQR) and Kalman filter. Students will also learn how to apply the theory to engineering problems using MATLAB for both continuous-time and discrete-time systems.
Prerequisites: MEE 370
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MEE 498 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Topics in mechanical engineering not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit needs. May be repeated for credit, with departmental permission.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 1-3
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MET 100 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology
Students will cover topics relevant to succeeding as a MET student and graduate. Lec 1, Lab 2. Students who take MET 100 after MEE 101 will only receive credit and grade for MET 100.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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MET 107 - Machine Tool Laboratory I
Theory and application of fundamental metal removing processes and basic metrology and tool nomenclature. Light machine work using drill presses, lathes, milling machines and surface grinders. Lec 1, Lab 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites: MET 121 or MEE 120 and MAT 122 or a passing score on the UM Math Placement Exam, Part 3 and Mechanical Engineering Technology Majors or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 121 - Technical Drawing
An introduction to graphic symbols utilizing both manual and CADD skills applied to engineering drawings. Topics include: lettering, geometric construction, multiview drawing, sections, dimensioning and assembly drawing. Lec 2, Lab 2. Students who take MET 121 after MEE 120 will only receive credit and grade for MET 121.
Prerequisites: Mechanical Engineering Technology majors
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 126 - Machine Drawing
Preparation of complete working drawings of a project for MET 312. Topics include: pictorial drawings, descriptive geometry, CADD, design process, dimensioning, tolerancing, fasteners, details, and assembly drawings. Lec and Lab 4. (Spring.)
Prerequisites: MET 107 or Junior Standing and MET 107 as a corequisite.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 150 - Statics
The study of forces acting on particles and rigid bodies in equilibrium, trusses, centroids and centers of gravity, properties of area, friction. Lec 3. Students who take MET 150 after MEE 150 will only receive credit and grade for MET 150.
Prerequisites: MET 121, PHY 107 or PHY 121, and MAT 122 or a passing score on the UM Math Placement Exam, Part 3.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 213 - Introduction to CAM
Introduction to advanced computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing. Covers programming and operation of computer numerical control machine tools.
Prerequisites: MET 107 and MET 121, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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MET 220 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology I
Topics in engineering technology not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit the needs of individuals. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-3
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MET 233 - Thermal Science
A study of elementary thermodynamics including engineering calculations relative to heat, power, work and mechanical and electrical energy. Rec 3. Students who take MET 233 after MEE 230 will only receive credit and grade for MET 233.
Prerequisites: PHY 108 or PHY 112 or PHY 122
Corequisites: MAT 116 or MAT 126
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MET 234 - Mechanical Technology Laboratory I
Experimental application of solid and fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. Covers calibration of laboratory instruments.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: MET 219 and MET 233.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 236 - Thermal Applications
Applications of fundamentals studied in MET 233 including steam and gas cycles, analysis of cycle components, steam generators, pumps, turbines, compressors, heat transfer and refrigeration systems. Rec 3. Students who take MET 236 after MEE 231 will only receive credit and grade for MET 236.
Prerequisites: MET 233.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 270 - Manufacturing Technology
Examines materials and processes for manufacturing consumer and producer goods. Technologies include metal casting, plastics/ceramics/composites processing, and metal forging and extrusion. Includes supporting topics in materials selection, quality control and the manufacturing enterprise. Evening tours of manufacturing facilities may be scheduled.
Prerequisites: MET 121 and sophomore standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MET 312 - Machine Tool Processing II
Manufacture and evaluation of prototype assembly, including redesign of components as needed.
Prerequisites: MET 107 and MET 126
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MET 313 - CAD / CAM Projects
Student create 2-D and 3-D CAD drawings of machined parts, create process and setup sheets for the parts, use CAD/CAM software to develop CNC programs for the parts, and use CNC machine tools to fabricate the parts. Rec. 1, Lab. 3.
Prerequisites: MET 107 and MET 213.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MET 317 - Dynamics
A study of kinematics and kinetics of particles, including conservation of energy, conservation of momentum and impulse. Also kinematics of rigid bodies including linkages, gears and gear trains. Students who take MET 317 after MEE 270 will only receive credit and grade for MET 317.
Prerequisites: MET 150 or CET 413 and MAT 117 or MAT 127
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MET 320 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology II
Topics in engineering technology not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit the needs of individuals. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-3
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MET 321 - Industrial Vibrations
An introduction to applications of vibration theory in industrial design, measurement of vibrations in industrial settings, and industrial noise control principles. Lec and Lab 3.
Corequisites: MET 317
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 325 - Fluid Flow Technology
Examines fluid statics, dynamics and energy as well as flow measuring devices, fluid components and systems. Rec 3. Students who take MET 325 after MEE 360 will only receive credit and grade for MET 325.
Prerequisites: MET 233, MET 317, and MAT 258
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 355 - Engineering Materials
The study of the composition and behavior of materials used in engineering. Materials covered include metals, plastics, wood, ceramics, and concrete. The laboratory demonstrates the effect of heat treatment on the mechanical properties of steels. Lec 2, Lab 2. Students who take MET 355 after MEE 320 will only receive credit and grade for MET 355.
Prerequisites: CHY 121, MET 219, MET 234, Mechanical Engineering Technology major with junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 391 - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
Determination of heating, ventilating and air conditioning loads for buildings and industrial processes. Heat transfer devices and applications to systems. Refrigeration for controlled-temperature applications. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning system layout and control systems. Rec 3.
Corequisites: MET 236.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 394 - Mechanical Engineering Technology Practice
Cooperative work experience in mechanical engineering technology at full-time employment for at least a ten-week period.
(Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Prerequisites: MET 234, junior standing and Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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MET 433 - Thermodynamics
A study of thermodynamic concepts, properties and applications, including work, heat, energy, entropy, First and Second Laws, processes, cycles and systems. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: PHY 107 or PHY 111 or PHY 121 and MAT 117 or MAT 127
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MET 440 - Lean Six Sigma
An introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma continuous improvement methodologies via lectures, independent assignments, and in-class experiments using discipline-independent processes. Topics will include the 8 forms of waste; value stream maps; the DMAIC model; Gage R&R; hypothesis testing; Ishikawa diagrams; and Design of Experiments (DOE). If this course was taken under as a topics course in MET 320 it cannot be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: MAT 127
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 451 - Plastics Manufacturing
An introduction to the manufacturing, post-processing, and material property determination of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers. Includes post-processing and joining of plastics and the use of adhesives.
Prerequisites: MET 219 and Junior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Alternating years
Credits: 3
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MET 453 - Experimental Mechanics
An introduction to experimental methods for measuring strain and deformation of engineering materials, structures, and mechanical components. Topics will include electrically and optically recorded strain and deformation; computer data acquisition and reduction techniques; applications to static and dynamic events, sensors, fatigue, fracture and residual stresses; quasi-static load frames.
Prerequisites: MET 234
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Alternating Years
Credits: 3
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MET 462 - Design I
Analysis of mechanical elements as well as applications of mechanics of materials, stress concentration, combined stresses, fatigue, and factor of safety to the design of machine components. Lec 3. Lab 2
Prerequisites: MET 219 and Junior Standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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MET 463 - Design II
Continuation of MET 462 including drive components, welded connections, lubrication, bearings, gearing, miscellaneous machine elements and engineering materials. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: MET 462.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MET 464 - Senior Design Project I
The first of a two-course sequence providing MET seniors with a capstone learning experience. Components include project definition, research, safety, benchmarking, ergonomics, engineering analysis, and preparation of design drawings and a project presentation. Design of a capstone design project. Rec 3.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement when combined with the successful completion of MET 465.
Prerequisites: MET 219; senior standing or permission.
Corequisites: MET 462
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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MET 465 - Senior Design Project II
Continuation of MET 464. Components include team project management, building a prototype, testing and refining the design, and making a final design presentation. Lec 3
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience when combined with the successful completion of MET 464.
Prerequisites: MET 464
Corequisites: MET 463
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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MET 475 - Fuel Cell Science and Technology
A study of the basic operating principles of fuel cells, the different types of fuel cells, fuel reforming and power conditioning, and the efficiency, performance and application of fuel cell systems. (This course is identical to MEE 475.)
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MET 236, MET 433, PHY 462, CHY 385, or a grade of C or better in MEE 230; CHY 121 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer
Credits: 3
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MHR 200 - Behavioral & Community Mental Health Systems
This course will review systems of care provided by the state, as well as those provided by for-profit and not-for-profit entities, to serve the needs of behavioral health consumers. Essential components of this course include addressing contemporary public and social policy and social services provision within those policies including fundamentals of behavioral health care, child protection, and welfare systems. In addition, the course examines the history and impact of laws and regulatory standards that dictate these policies and ultimately service provision in behavioral care for children, adults and the elderly. Both current practices and historical precedent are woven into a model represented in both its completeness and contradictions.
Prerequisites: PSY 100 and Psychology Major; or permissive of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MHR 205 - Introduction to Counseling Skills
This course introduces students to the basic skills required for counseling. Students will practice implementing these skills during counseling role plays in class, as well as providing their peers with positive and constructive feedback at the conclusion of the role plays. The ability to utilize feedback and be reflective will be emphasized. This course will also review ethical issues associated with counseling and the role of supervision. Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Person-Centered, Cognitive and Family Systems Counseling Theories, as well as Motivational Interviewing will be introduced.
Prerequisites: MHR 200 or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MHR 210 - Vocational Aspects of Disability and Psychiatric Rehabilitation
This course will address the notion of psychiatric rehabilitation via a range of services to support people with psychiatric and other disabilities, in a holistic fashion, noting the conceptual practice of psychosocial rehabilitation as a core organizing principle underlying all behavioral health care. Core philosophies are examined, including historical and current theories and practices, noting the use of contemporary effective practices which are key to current psychiatric rehabilitation. Since employment is a key part of rehabilitation, the course will focus on vocational rehabilitation. Skills for evaluating and assessing the vocational impact of a disability and effective strategies for promoting client understanding and access to community resources will be addressed.
Prerequisites: MHR 200 and MHR Minor; or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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MHR 300 - Case Management
This course introduces students to case management as it is utilized in the health and human services fields. Case management is a process of assessing a client’s needs, and planning and facilitating their connections with health and human services and other resources. Case management includes education, advocacy and networking with providers and services across many disciplines. This course will introduce students to the skills and responsibilities central to case management, as well as professional, legal, and ethical issues that impact this service. This course partially satisfies Maine MHRT/C Certification competencies.
Prerequisites: MHR 200 and MHR minor; or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MHR 305 - Trauma, Crisis and Recovery
This course introduces students to concepts of trauma and crisis, as well as resiliency and recovery. The psychological term trauma describes significant events that are usually devastating, life-threatening and shocking. Traumatic events can have ongoing impacts on people’s thinking, feeling and behavior. This course will include information of types of traumatic experience (i.e. assault, sexual abuse, motor vehicle accidents, combat or natural disaster), basic knowledge and skills used in assessment and screening of trauma, and an overview of services and supports for people who have experienced trauma. Historical, social and cultural factors which impact our understanding of trauma will also be addressed, as well as trauma’s social and physiological impact on individuals. This course will also cover the process of going into crisis and strategies for responding to the person in crisis, as well as understanding the role and scope of crisis response services. Though anyone can go into crisis under a particularly stressful or shocking circumstance, people with significant trauma histories are at high risk for going into crisis.
Prerequisites: MHR 200 and MHR minor or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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MHR 310 - Counseling Diverse Populations
This counseling course is designed to help the student acquire the skills necessary to become a culturally competent mental health or social service practitioner, that is, someone who is sensitive to cultural differences and to their impact on human interactions. The course is based on the fundamental premise that cultural competence is an ongoing and multi-layered process working at personal, interpersonal, and organization-wide levels. Topics to be addressed include skills to increase cultural awareness and understanding skills to foster effective interpersonal communication and organizational change strategies. Studies will learn to identify and understand culture as it operates on different social levels (class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation). Students will also learn to identify the barriers to effective communication and positive relationships including how culture may be a barrier.
Prerequisites: MHR 200, MHR 205 and MHR Minor or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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MHR 315 - Substance Use and Dual Diagnosis Counseling
This course is an overview of different treatment models for chemical dependency and dual diagnosis treatment. Chemical dependency for the purposes of this course will include diagnoses of substance abuse and dependence for alcohol, street drugs and abused prescription medication. Dual diagnosis in this context refers to having both a mental health diagnosis (i.e. depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder) and a substance abuse or dependence disorder. Students will be reviewing the history and development of dual diagnosis treatment and learning about screening, assessment and basic treatment models, as well as understanding the current array of services for chemical dependency. Students will also learn how to identify state board requirements for becoming a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor (CADC) and Licensed Drug & Alcohol Counselor (LADC), as well as the requirements to qualify and register for the professional exams.
Prerequisites: MHR 200, MHR 205 and MHR minor, or permission of the instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MSL 101 - Foundations of Officership
Introduces students to issues and competencies that are central to a commissioned officer’s responsibilities. Establish framework for understanding officership, leadership, and Army values followed and life skills such as physical fitness and time management. No military obligation associated with this course.
Corequisites: MSL 100
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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MSL 102 - Basic Leadership
Establishes foundation of basic leadership fundamentals such as problem solving, communications, briefings and effective writing goal setting, techniques for improving listening and speaking skills and all introduction to counseling. No military obligation associated with this course.
Corequisites: MSL 100
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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MSL 201 - Leadership and Decision Making
This course focuses on the Adaptability Army Learning Area. Students are exposed to critical and creative thinking scenarios where they will be required to find innovative solutions to problems through Troop Leading Procedures (TLP). The Army Profession is also stressed through leadership forums and a leadership self-assessment. No military obligation associated with this course.
Prerequisites: MSL 100, MSL 101, MSL 102 (with exceptions)
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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MSL 202 - Army Doctrine and Development
The course focuses on the Adaptability Army Learning Area. Students are exposed to critical and creative thinking scenarios where they will be required to find innovative solutions to problems through Troop Leading Procedures (TLP). The Army Profession is also stressed through leadership forums and a leadership self-assessment. No military obligation associated with this course.
Prerequisites: MSL 100, 101, 102 (with exceptions)
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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MSL 301 - Training Management and the Warfighting Functions
Focuses on Training Management and the Warfighting Functions. It is an academically challenging course where commissioned students study, practice and apply the fundamentals of Training Management and how the Army operates through the Warfighting Functions. At the conclusion of this course, the student will be capable of planning, preparing and executing training for a squad conducting small unit tactics. This course includes one lab per week using peer facilitation overseen by MSL IV’s, supervised by ROTC Cadre.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Traditional
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MSL 302 - Training Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations
Focuses on applied leadership in small unit operations. It is an academically challenging course where the commissioned student will study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of direct level leadership and small unit tactics at the platoon level. At the conclusion of the course, the commissioned students will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a platoon in the execution of a mission. This course includes a lab per week using peer facilitation overseen by MSL IV’s, supervised by ROTC Cadre. Successful completion of this course will help prepare the commissioned student for the Cadet Summer Training Advance Camp they will attend during the summer at Fort, Knox, KY.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MSL 350 - The Evolution of American Warfare
Historical analysis of American theory of warfare from colonial period through Operation Desert Storm and the applications of Force XXI. Social, economic and political influences are examined, tracing the evolution of the American military; the development of a global military strategy, imprint of the social fabric of the nation on the military as the United States evolved into a world power. Additionally, the student will examine the effects of institutions on organization structures. Technology and the practice of warfare is emphasized. Lec 3.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions
Corequisites: MSL 100
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MSL 390 - Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency
The course is a 30 day deployment that has a mission that supports the United States Embassy’s strategic plan for that particular country. Many of these missions are performed in VERY austere conditions that include unusual living conditions, foods, and risks of common traveler’s illnesses. However, during these missions, students receive an educational experience unmatched by anything you will do in a college classroom.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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MSL 401 - The Army Officer
This course focuses on development of the Army Officer. It is an academically challenging course where one will develop knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, resource, and assess training at the small unit level. The student will also learn about Army programs that support counseling subordinates and evaluating performance, values, and ethics, career planning, and legal responsibilities. At the conclusion of this course, students will be familiar with how to plan, prepare, execute, and continuously assess the conduct of training at the company or field grade officer level. This class includes a lab per week which the student will oversee MSL III lesson facilitation and supervised by ROTC Cadre.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions, Ethics and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: MSL 301 and MSL 302
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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MSL 402 - Company Grade Leadership
This course is an academically challenging course where students develop knowledge, skills, and abilities required of Junior Officers pertaining to the Army in Unified Land Operations and Company Grade Officer roles and responsibilities. This course includes reading assignments, homework assignments, small group assignments, briefings, case studies, practical exercises, a mid-term exam, and an Oral Practicum as the final exam. The Oral Practicum explores the student’s knowledge of how they will be prepared for the Army Warfighting Challenges (AWFC) covered throughout the ROTC Advanced Course. Successful completion of this course will assist in preparing the cadet for the Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC B) and is a mandatory requirement for commissioning. This course includes a lab per week overseeing MSL III lesson facilitation and supervised by ROTC Cadre.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites: MSL 401 or permission.
Corequisites: MSL 100
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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MSL 410 - Cadet Troop Leader Training
Course provides Cadets the opportunity to experience leadership in Army Table of Organization and equipment (TO& E) units throughout the Army over a three to four week period during the summer following the junior year. Cadets serve in lieutenant-level leadership positions in active-duty units around the world. Cadets must compete to be nominated by Cadre to participate in the program. Cadet Troop Leader Training is a follow-on training experience upon completion of the Cadet Leaders Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky during the summer between the Cadets’ junior and senior years.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions
Prerequisites: By Permission of the department of Military Science and Leadership. Requirements include: Must be a contracted Cadet, who has completed the Basic Course Requirements of Army ROTC (either MSL 101, MSL 102, MSL 201, and MSL 202, or Cadet Initial Entry Training, or the US Army Basic Training Course); have completed MSL 301 and MSL 302 and the 30 day Cadet Leaders Course.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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MSL 420 - Cadet Leadership Course
Course is a 30 day, scenario driven, training event focused on solving complex problems at the company-level. CLC builds upon work accomplished on campus and develops the student’s small unit leadership ability in a tactical environment. Two part course. Part 1, focus on leadership tasks and simple tactics. Part 2, is a 5-7 day leadership challenge that will take place in a military setting in a field environment. The final evaluation will be informed by peer evaluations. Students will not be evaluated against a specific task standard but instead the instructors will assess their leadership traits in comparison to their peers and potential to perform in the Army. Class is 30 continuous days (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) in duration.
Prerequisites: By Permission of the Professor of Military Science.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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MSL 498 - Investigations in Leadership and Mission Command
This course enables a student who has already received a minor in Military Science to continue their education in leadership.
Prerequisites: By permission of the Professor of Military Science.
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Fall
Credits: 3
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MLC 110 - From Cacao to Chocolate
This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to chocolate as a common thread in French and Spanish-speaking cultures. Faculty from Anthropology, French, and Spanish provide insight into the role of chocolate from its earliest use in Latin America and its reflection in Peruvian folklore, to its symbolization of sensuality and magic in literature and film, to its current presence in everyday life (i.e. popular culture) in France, Spain, and Peru. Also in the present day, we will look briefly at concerns within the context of these cultures pertaining to the environment and social issues such as equality and education as they relate to the cultivation chocolate.
General Education Requirements: Western Culture Traditions
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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