Automotive Courses

AUTO 499. Special Topics in Automotive Engineering
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. I, II, IIIa, III (3 credits)
Selected topics pertinent to Automotive Engineering.

AUTO 501. Integrated Vehicle Systems Design
Prerequisite: Graduate Student or permission of instructor. I (3 credits)
This course is intended to examine the process by which a first layout is developed for a new vehicle platform. The course will focus on the layout of the major space-defining vehicle subsystems required to arrive at a preliminary vehicle package drawing.  The process followed will be based on systems engineering:  requirements-to-design concepts -to- performance prediction -to- comparison to requirements -to- iteration.

AUTO 503. Automotive Engineering Project
Prerequisite: permission of the department. I, II, III (3 credits)
This capstone project course is intended to provide students with an industrially-relevant team project work experience in automotive engineering.

AUTO 512. Lean Program Engineering
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. (3 credits)
Lean Program Engineering provides an opportunity to acquire and demonstrate mastery of critical lean product design engineering disciplines within the context of an automotive vehicle program team. The course identify and integrate engineering skills, tools and processes required for successful automotive vehicle project planning and completion consistent with lean product development principles.

AUTO 533 (ME 433). Advanced Energy Solutions
Prerequisite: ME235 (3 credits)
Introduction to the challenges of power generation for a global society using the thermodynamics to understand basic principles and technology limitations. Covers current and future demands for energy; methods of power generation including fossil fuel, solar, wind and nuclear; associated detrimental by-products; and advanced strategies to improve power densities, efficiencies and emissions.

AUTO 563. Dynamics and Controls of Automatic Transmissions
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor.  IIIa, III (3 credits)
Automatic transmission is a key element of automotive vehicles for improved driving comfort. This course will introduce the mechanisms, design and control of modern transmission systems. The emphasis will be on the dynamic analysis, and the application of modern control theories for the overall control design, analysis and synthesis problems.

AUTO 599. Special Topics in Automotive Engineering
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor. I, II, IIIa, III (3 credits)
Selected topics pertinent to Automotive Engineering.

Energy Systems Engineering Courses

ESENG 501. Seminars on Energy Systems, Technology and Policy
Prerequisite: Graduate student or permission by instructor (3 credits)
This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the critical issues in energy technologies.

ESENG 503. Energy Systems Engineering Project
Prerequisite: ESENG 501 (3 credits)
This required project course is intended to provide students with a relevant experience in energy systems.

ESENG 505 (ME 571). Energy Generation and Storage Using Modern Materials
Prerequisite: ME382 and ME 335 or equivalents (3 credits)
Energy and power densities previously unattainable in environmentally-friendly energy technologies have been achieved through use of novel materials. Insertion of new materials into power supplies has changed the landscape of options. Design strategies for power systems are described, in the context of growing global demand for power and energy.

ESENG 599. Special Topics in Energy Systems Engineering
Prerequisite: permission of instructor (3 credits)
Selected topics pertinent to the Energy Systems Engineering program.

Financial Engineering Courses

FINENG 500. Financial Engineering: An Overview
Prerequisite: FE student only. IIIb. (3 credits)
The objective of this course is to introduce financial engineering (FE) students to fundamental skills required to keep up with the rigorous FE curriculum. The program includes various prerequisites involving finance, international finance, financial accounting, economics, statistics, calculus, stochastic calculus, computer programming, as well as team building, ethics in the financial world and interpersonal skills techniques.

FINENG 590. Independent Study or Research in selected Financial Engineering Topics
Prerequisite: permission of instructor (1-3 credits)
Individual study of specialized topics of Financial Engineering.

FINENG 591. Special topics in Financial Engineering
Prerequisites: graduate standing or permission of instructor. I. II. IIIa. IIIb. (1-3 credits)
Special topics of Financial Engineering.

Manufacturing Courses

MFG 402 (ME 401). Statistical Quality Control and Design
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. II (3 credits)
Evolution of quality method.  Fundamentals of statistics.  Process Behavior over time.  Concept of statistical process control (SPC).  Design and interpretation of control charts.  Process capability study.  Tolerance.  Measurement system analysis.  Correlation.  Independent t-test and paired t-test.  Design and analysis of two-level factorial experiments.  Fractional factorial experiments.  Response model building.  Taguchi Methods.  Case studies.

MFG 410 (NA410). Marine Structures II
Prerequisite: NA 310. I (4 credits)
Structural modeling and analysis techniques applied to ship and marine structure components. Equilibrium and energy methods applied to elastic beam theory; static bending, torsion and buckling. Shear flow and warping of multi-cell cross sections. Stiffened and composite plates. Plastic analysis of beams. Thick walled pressure vessels. Course project using finite element analysis.

MFG 414 (ChemE 414) (MacroSE 414) (MSE 414). Applied Polymer Processing
Prerequisite: MSE 412 or equivalent. II (3 credits)
Theory and practice of polymer processing. Non-Newtonian flow, extrusion, injection molding, fiber, film and rubber processing. Kinetics of and structural development during solidification. Physical characterization of microstructure and macroscopic properties. Component manufacturing and recycling issues, compounding and blending.

MFG 417 (ChemE 417). Biochemical Engineering
Prerequisite: ChemE 344, and Biochem 415 or equivalent; permission of instructor. II (3 credits)
Concepts necessary in the adaptation of biological and biochemical principles to industrial processing in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.  Topics include rational screening, functional genomics, cell cultivation, oxygen transfer, etc.  Lectures, problems and library study will be used.

MFG 426 (IOE 425). Manufacturing Strategies
Prerequisite: Senior Standing. I, II (2 credits)
Review of philosophies, systems, and practices utilized by world-class manufacturers to meet current manufacturing challenges, focusing on "lean production" in the automotive industry, including material flow, plant-floor quality assurance, job design, work and management practices. Students tour plants to analyze the extent and potential of the philosophies.

MFG 440 (IOE 440). Operations Analysis and Management
Prerequisite: IOE 310 and 316 or graduate standing. I (3 credits, no credit granted for students who have credit for OMS 605)
Principles and models for analyzing, engineering, and managing manufacturing and service operations as well as supply chains. Emphasis on capacity management; queueing models of operational dynamics (including cycle time, work-in-progress, inventory, throughput, and variability); operational flexibility; the math and physics of lean enterprises.

MFG 441 (IOE 441). Production and Inventory Control
Prerequisite: IOE 310, IOE 316. I, II (3 credits)
Basic models and techniques for managing inventory systems and for planning production. Topics include deterministic and probabilistic inventory models; production planning and scheduling; and introduction to factory physics.

MFG 447 (IOE 447). Facility Planning
Prerequisite: IOE 310, IOE 316. I (3 credits)
Fundamentals in developing efficient layouts for single-story and multi-story production and service facilities. Manual procedures and microcomputer-based layout algorithms. Algorithms to determine the optimum location of facilities. Special considerations for multi-period, dynamic layout problems.

MFG 449 (IOE 449). Material Handling Systems
Prerequisite: IOE 310, IOE 316. II alternate years (2 credits)
Review of material handling equipment used in warehousing and manufacturing. Algorithms to design and analyze discrete parts material storage and flow systems such as Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems, order picking, conveyors, automated guided vehicle systems and carousels.

MFG 452 (ME 452). Design for Manufacturability
Prerequisite: ME 350. I (3 credits)
Conceptual design. Design for economical production, Taguchi methods, design for assembly; case studies. Product design using advanced polymeric materials and composites; part consolidation, snap-fit assemblies; novel applications. Design projects.

MFG 453 (ME 451). Properties of Advanced Materials for Design Engineers
Prerequisite: ME 382. II (3 credits)
Mechanical behavior and environmental degradation of polymeric-, metal-, and ceramic-matrix composites; manufacturability of advanced engineering materials; use of composite materials in novel engineering designs.

MFG 454 (ME 454). Computer Aided Mechanical Design
Prerequisite: Eng 101, ME 360. II (3 credits)
Introduction to the use of the digital computer as a tool in engineering design and analysis of mechanical components and systems. Simulation of static, kinematic and dynamic behavior. Optimal synthesis and selection of elements. Discussion and use of associated numerical methods and application software. Individual projects.

MFG 455 (IOE 452). Corporate Finance
Prerequisite: IOE 201, IOE 310, IOE 366. I (3 credits)
The goal of this course is to introduce a basic understanding of financial management.  The course develops fundamental models of valuation and investment from first principles and applies them to problems of corporate and individual decision-making.  The topics of discussion will include the net present valuation, optimal portfolio selection, risk and investment analysis, issuing securities, capital structure with debt financing and real options.

MFG 456 (IOE 453). Derivative Instruments
Prerequisite: IOE 201, IOE 310, IOE 366. II (3 credits)
The tools, methodology, and basic theory of financial engineering is developed. Decisions involving option pricing, hedging with futures, asset-liability, matching, and structuring synthetic securities are considered and illustrated with examples and cases.

MFG 458 (MSE 485). Design Problems in Materials Science and Engineering
Prerequisite: MSE 480. I, II (1-4 credits) (to be arranged)
Design problem supervised by a faculty member. Individual or group work in particular field of materials of particular interest to the student. The design problem is arranged at the beginning of each term by mutual agreement between the student and a faculty member. Written and oral reports are required.

MFG 461 (IOE 461). Quality Engineering Principles and Analysis
Prerequisite: IOE 366. I (3 credits)
This course provides students with the analytical and management tools necessary to solve manufacturing quality problems and implement effective quality systems. Topics include voice of the customer analysis, the Six Sigma problem solving methodology, process capability analysis, measurement system analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, failure mode and effects analysis, quality function deployment, and reliability analysis.

MFG 463 (IOE 463). Measurement and Design of Work
Prerequisite: IOE 333 or IOE 395 or BME 231 and IOE 265 and STATS 412. I (2 credits)
Contemporary work measurement techniques are used to evaluate, predict, and enhance human performance through improved design of manufacturing and service work environments. Lectures and laboratory exercises cover the following topics: human variability in work performance, time study, learning curves, performance rating, allowances, work sampling, and pre-determined time systems.

MFG 466 (IOE 466) (Stat 466). Statistical Quality Control
Prerequisite: IOE 265 (Stat 265 and IOE 366 or Stat 401). I, II (3 credits)
Quality Improvement Philosophies; Modeling Process Quality, Statistical Process Control, Control Charts for Variables and Attributes, CUSUM and EWMA, Short Production Runs, Multivariate Quality Control, Auto Correlation, Engineering Process Control, Economic Design of Charts, Fill Control, Precontrol, Adaptive Schemes, Process Capability, Specifications and Tolerances, Gage Capability Studies, Acceptance Sampling by Attributes and Variables, International Quality Standards.

MFG 470 (NA 470). Foundations of Ship Design
Prerequisite: NA 321, NA 332, NA 340, co-requisite: NA 310. I (4 credits)
Organization of ship design. Preliminary design methods for sizing and form; powering, maneuvering, and seakeeping estimation; arranging; propulsion; structural synthesis; and safety and environmental risk of ships. Extensive use of design computer environment. Given owner's requirements, students individually create and report the conceptual/preliminary design for a displacement ship.

MFG 480 (MSE 480). Materials and Engineering Design
Prerequisite: Senior Standing. II (3 credits)
Design concepts. Engineering economics. Problems of scaling. Materials substitution. Competitive processes. Case histories. Professional and ethical considerations. Written and oral presentations of solutions to design problems.

MFG 488 (ME 487). Welding
Prerequisite: ME 382. II (3 credits)
Study of the mechanism of surface bonding, welding metallurgy, effect of rate of heat input on resulting microstructures, residual stresses and distortion, economics and capabilities of the various processes.

MFG 492 (ME 482). Machining Processes
Prerequisite: Senior Standing. II (3 credits)
Introduction to machining operations.  Cutting tools and tool wear mechanisms.  Cutting forces and mechanics of machining.  Machining process simulation.  Surface generation.  Temperatures of the tool and workpiece.  Machining dynamics.  Non-traditional machining.  Two hour lecture and one laboratory session.
 
MFG 499. Special Topics to be specified by department
(to be arranged)

MFG 501. Topics in Global Operations
Prerequisite: Restricted to Tauber Institute Students I. II. (3 credits)
This course is intended to provide students with an overview of various topics in operations, such as lean production systems, supply chain management, design for manufacturability, facilities planning, the environmental, legal and ethical issues in operations and product design. Students learn how all these aspects of operations interconnect.

MFG 502. Manufacturing Systems Design
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor II. (3 credits)
Manufacturing system design methodologies and procedures. Topics: paradigms of manufacturing; building blocks of manufacturing systems; numerical control and robotics; task allocation and line balancing; system configurations; performance of manufacturing systems including quality, productivity, and responsiveness; economic models and optimization of manufacturing systems; launch and reconfiguration of manufacturing systems; Lean manufacturing.

MFG 503. Manufacturing Project
Prerequisite: Mfg 502. I, II, III (3 credits)
This project course is intended to provide students with an industrially-relevant team project experience in manufacturing.

MFG 504. Tauber Institute Project
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in Tauber Institute Program and MFG 501 I. II. (3 credits)
Tauber Institute students will participate in the required Team Project, which is a multidisciplinary internship. In preparation, students will refine their communications, team building, and project management skills through specialized seminars. Upon completion, each student will perform an advanced analysis of the project results under the supervision of UM faculty.

MFG 513 (ME 513). Automotive Body Structures
Prerequisite: ME 311. I (3 credits)
Emphasis is on body concept for design using first order modeling of thin walled structural elements. Practical application of solid/structural mechanics is considered to design automotive bodies for global bending, torsion, vibration, crashworthiness, topology, material selection, packaging, and manufacturing constraints.

MFG 514 (MacroSE 514) (MSE 514). Composite Materials
Prerequisite: MSE 350. II. (3 credits)
Behavior, processing and design of composite materials, especially fiber composites. Emphasis is on the basic chemical and physical processes currently employed and expected to guide the future development of the technology.

MFG 517 (ChemE 517). Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Science
Prerequisite: ChemE 417 or equivalent; permission of instructor. I (3 credits)
This advanced course is to cover the fundamental concepts essential for understanding various types of biopharmaceuticals and principles behind their manufacturing in properly designed and GMP approved facilities.  The primary goal of this course is to help the students to gain familiarity with various concepts involved in biomanufacturing of various biological based therapeutics.

MFG 518 (ME 518). Composite Materials: Mechanics, Manufacturing, and Design
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. I alternate years (3 credits)
Composite materials, including naturally occurring substances such as wood and bone, and engineered materials from concrete to carbon-fiber reinforced epoxies. Development of micromechanical models for a variety of constitutive laws. Link between processing and as-manufactured properties through coupled fluid and structural analyses.

MFG 534 (BiomedE 534) (IOE 534). Occupational Biomechanics
Prerequisite: IOE 333, IOE 334 or IOE 433. II (3 credits)
Anatomical and physiological concepts are introduced to understand and predict human motor capabilities, with particular emphasis on the evaluation and design of manual activities in various occupations. Quantitative models are developed to explain (1) muscle strength performance, (2) cumulative and acute musculoskeletal injury, (3) physical fatigue, and (4) human motion control.

MFG 535 (IOE 533). Human Motor Behavior and Engineering Systems 
Prerequisite: IOE 333 and IOE 366. I (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide a basic perspective of the major processes of human motor behavior.  Emphasis will be placed on understanding motor control and man-(Machine)-environment interaction.  Information processing will be presented and linked to motor behavior.  Applications of theories to the design of workplace, controls and tools will be underlined and illustrated by substantial examples.

MFG 536 (CEE 536). Critical Path Methods
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. I, IIIa (3 credits)
Basic critical path planning and scheduling with arrow and precedence networks; project control; basic overlapping networks; introduction to resource leveling and least cost scheduling; fundamental PERT systems.

MFG 539 (IOE 539). Safety Engineering Methods
Prerequisite: IOE 265 or Biostat 500. I (3 credits)
Recognition, evaluation and control of generic safety hazards (confined spaces, electricity, fire, mechanical energy, etc.) found in contemporary workplaces, using case studies from manufacturing, transportation and power generation.  Students perform an interdisciplinary team project using systems safety engineering methods to redesign a work station, manufacturing process or consumer product.

MFG 541 (IOE 541). Inventory Analysis and Control
Prerequisite: IOE 310, IOE 316. (3 credits)
Models and techniques for managing inventory systems and for planning production. Topics include single item and multi-item inventory models, production planning and control, and performance evaluation of manufacturing systems.

MFG 542 (MSE 542). Reactions in Ceramic Processes
Prerequisite: MSE 440 or Graduate Standing. I, II (3 credits)
Dissociation, sintering, vitrification, devitrification, and thermochemical reactions in ceramic processing.

MFG 543 (IOE 543). Scheduling
Prerequisite: IOE 316 and IOE 310. II (3 credits)
The problem of scheduling several tasks over time, including the topics of measures of performance, single-machine sequencing, flow shop scheduling, the job shop problem, and priority dispatching. Integer programming, dynamic programming, and heuristic approaches to various problems are presented.

MFG 545 (IOE 545). Queue Networks
Prerequisite: IOE 515 or EECS 501. I (3 credits)
Introduction to queuing networks. Topics include product and non-product form networks, exact results and approximations, queuing networks with blocking, and polling systems. Applications from manufacturing and service industries are given as examples.

MFG 549 (IOE 549). Plant Flow Systems
Prerequisite: IOE 310, IOE 416. II (3 credits)
Analytical models for the design and throughput performance evaluation of material handling systems used in discrete parts flow production facilities. Analysis of design and control issues for manual and automated handling systems including lift trucks, micro-load automatic storage/retrieval systems and automated guided vehicle systems. MFG 551 (CEE 554). Materials in Engineering Design

MFG 551 (CEE 554). Materials in Engineering Design
Prerequisite: CEE 351 or per instructor. II (3 credits)
Integrated study of materials properties, processing, performance, structure, cost, and mechanics, as related to engineering design and materials selection. Topics include design process, materials properties and selection; scaling; materials database, processing and design, and optimization. Examples will be drawn from cement and ceramics, metals, polymers and composites.

MFG 552 (ME 552). Mechatronic Systems Design
Prerequisite: ME 350, ME 360, EECS 314 or equivalent (3 credits)
Mechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanical disciplines, controls, electronics and computers in design of high-performance systems. Case studies, hands-on lab exercises and hardware design projects cover the practical aspects of machine design, multi-domain systems modeling, sensors, actuators, drives, circuits, simulation tools, DAQ and controls implementation using microprocessors.

MFG 553 (ME 553). Microelectromechanical Systems
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. II alternate years (3 credits)
Basic integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing processes; electronics devices fundamentals; microelectromechanical systems fabrications including surface micromachining, bulk micromachining, LIGA and others. Introduction to microactuators and microsensors such as micromotors, grippers, accelerometers and pressure sensors. Mechanical and electrical issues in micromachining. IC CAD tools to design microelectromechanical structures using MCNC MUMPs service. Design projects.

MFG 554 (ME 554). Computer Aided Design Methods
Prerequisite: ME 454 or ME 501. I (3 credits)
Generalized mathematical modeling of engineering systems, methods of solution and simulation languages. Analysis methods in design; load, deformation, stress and finite element considerations; nonlinear programming. Computational geometry; definition and generation of curves and surfaces. Computer graphics; transformations; clipping and windowing; graphics systems; data structures; command languages; display processors.

MFG 555 (ME 555). Design Optimization
Prerequisite: Math 451 and Math 217 or equivalent. II (3 credits)
Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems for optimization. Boundedness and monotonicity analysis of models. Differential optimization theory and selected numerical algorithms for continuous nonlinear models. Emphasis on the interaction between proper modeling and computation. Students propose design term projects from various disciplines and apply course methodology to optimize designs.

MFG 556 (ME 576). Fatigue in Mechanical Design
Prerequisite: 382 or equivalent. I  (3 credits)
A broad treatment of stress, strain, and strength with reference to engineering design and analysis. Major emphasis is placed on the analytical and experimental determination of stresses in relationship to the fatigue strength properties of machine and structural components. Also considered are deflection, post-yield behavior, residual stresses, temperature and corrosion effects.

MFG 557 (ME 577). Materials in Manufacturing and Design
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. I, II (3 credits)
Material selection on the basic cost, strength, formability and machinability. Advanced strength analysis of heat treated and cold formed parts including axial, bending, shear and cyclic deformation. Correlations of functional specifications and process capabilities. Problems in redesign for productibility and reliability.

MFG 558 (ME 558). Discrete Design Optimization
Prerequisite: Senior or Graduate Standing. I, alternate years (3 credits)
Fundamentals of discrete optimization for engineering design problems. Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems as discrete optimization problems, integer programming, dynamic programming, graph search algorithms, and introduction to NP completeness. A term project emphasizes applications to realistic engineering design problems.

MFG 559 (ME 559). Smart Materials and Structures
Prerequisite: EECS 314 or equivalent. I alternate years (3 credits)
This course will cover theoretical aspects of smart materials, sensors and actuator technologies. It will also cover design, modeling and manufacturing issues involved in integrating smart materials and components with control capabilities to engineering smart structures.

MFG 560 (ME 551). Mechanisms Design
Prerequisite: ME 350. II (3 credits)
Basic concepts. Type synthesis - creative design of mechanisms; graph theory. Precision-point Burmester theory for dimensional synthesis of linkages. Applications. Cam and follower system synthesis. Joint force analysis and dynamic analysis formulations. Analytical synthesis of programmable and compliant mechanisms. Use of software for synthesis and analysis. Design projects.

MFG 561 (IOE 565) (ME 563). Time Series Modeling, Analysis, Forecasting
Prerequisite: IOE 366 or ME 401. I (3 credits)
Time series modeling, analysis, forecasting, and control, identifying parametric time series, autovariance, spectra, Green's function, trend and seasonality. Examples from manufacturing, quality control, ergonomics, inventory, and management.

MFG 562 (ME 560). Modeling Dynamic Systems
Prerequisite: ME 360. II (3 credits)
A unified approach to the modeling, analysis and simulation of energetic dynamic systems. Emphasis on analytical and graphical descriptions of state-determined systems using Bond Graph language. Analysis using interactive computer simulation programs. Applications to the control and design of dynamic systems such as robots, machine tools and artificial limbs.

MFG 563 (NA 562). Marine Systems Production Business Strategy and Operations Management
Prerequisite: NA 260 or P.I. or Graduate Standing. I (4 credits)
Examination of business strategy development, operations management principles and methods, and design-production integration methods applied to the production of complex marine systems such as ships, offshore structures and yachts.  Addresses shipyard and boat yard business and product strategy definition, operations planning and scheduling, performance measurement, process control and improvement.

MFG 566 (ChemE 566). Process Control in Chemical Industries
Prerequisite: ChemE 343, ChemE 460. II (3 credits)
Techniques of regulation applied to equipment and processes in the chemical and petro-chemical industries. Linear and nonlinear control theory, largely in the spectral domain. Controller types, transducers, final control elements, interacting systems, and applications.

MFG 567 (EECS 567) (ME 567). Introduction to Robotics
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. II (3 credits)
Introduction to the central topics in robotics, including geometry, kinematics, differential kinematics, dynamics and control of robot manipulators. The mathematical tools required to describe spatial motion of a rigid body will be presented in full. Motion planning including obstacle avoidance is also covered.

MFG 569 (IOE 566). Advanced Quality Control
Prerequisite: IOE 466. II (3 credits)
An applied course on Quality Control including Statistical Process Control Modifications, Linear, Stepwise and Ridge Regression Applications, Quality Function Deployment, Taguchi Methods, Quality Policy Deployment, Tolerancing Systems, Process Control Methodologies and Measurement Systems and Voice of the Customer Methodologies Time Series, Experimental Design, Total Quality Management and case studies.

MFG 571 (NA 571). Ship Design Project
Prerequisite: prior arrangement with instructor. I, II, IIIa (to be arranged)
Individual (or team) project, experimental work, research or directed study of selected advanced topics in ship design. Primarily for graduate students.

MFG 572  (NA 570). Advanced Marine Design
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing required. II (4 credits)
Organization of marine product development; concurrent marine design. Shipbuilding policy and build strategy development. Group behaviors; leadership and facilitation of design teams. General theories and approaches to design. Conceptual design of ships and offshore projects. Nonlinear programming, multicriteria optimization, and genetic algorithms applied to marine design.

MFG 573 (NA 561). Marine Product Modeling
Prerequisite: NA 570. II (3 credits)
Fundamental aspects of marine product modeling, data exchange, and visualization. Simulation Based Design. Introduction to activity modeling and information modeling. Overview of Object Oriented Programming. Geometric modeling of solids and surfaces. Simulation and visualization. Virtual prototyping.

MFG 575 (NA 575). Computer-Aided Marine Design Project
Prerequisite: none. I, II, IIIa, IIIb, III (2-6 credits), (to be arranged)
Development of computer-aided design tools. Projects consisting of formulation, design, programming, testing, and documentation of programs for marine design and constructional use.

MFG 577 (MSE 577). Failure Analysis of Materials
Prerequisite: MSE 350. II (3 credits)
Analysis of failed structures due to tensile overload, creep, fatigue, stress corrosion, wear and abrasion, with extensive use of scanning electron microscope. Identification and role of processing defects in failure.

MFG 578 (NA 580). Optimization, Market Forecast and Management of Marine Systems
Prerequisite: NA 500. I (4 credits)
Optimization methods (linear, integer, nonlinear, sequential) concepts and applications in the operations of marine systems. Forecasting methods (ARMA, Fuzzy sets, Neural nets) concepts and applications to shipping and shipbuilding decisions. Economics of merchant shipbuilding and ship scrapping. Elements of maritime management: risk and utility theory. Deployment optimization.

MFG 579 (NA 582). Reliability and Safety of Marine Systems
Prerequisite: EECS 401 or Math 425 or Stat 412. II (3 credits)
Brief review of probability, statistics, trade-off analysis, and elements of financial management. Thorough presentation of the methods and techniques of reliability analysis. Marine reliability, availability, maintenance, replacement, and repair decisions. Safety and risk analysis. FMEA, fault-tree and event-tree analysis. Marine applications.

MFG 580 (ME 572). Rheology and Fracture
Prerequisite: ME 382. I (3 credits)
Mechanisms of deformation, cohesion, and fracture of matter. Unified approach to the atomic-scale origins of plastic, viscous, viscoelastic, elastic, and anelastic behavior. The influences of time and temperature on behavior. Stress field of edge and screw dislocations, dislocation interactions, and cross slip.

MFG 581 (ME 573). Friction and Wear
Prerequisite: background in materials and mechanics desirable. II (3 credits)
The nature of solid surfaces, contact between solid surfaces, rolling friction, sliding friction, and surface heating due to sliding; wear and other types of surface attrition are considered with reference to practical combinations of sliding materials, effect of absorbed gases, surface contaminants or other lubricants on friction, adhesion, and wear; tire and brake performance.

MFG 582 (MSE 523) (ME 582). Metal-Forming Plasticity
Prerequisite: ME 211. II alternate years (3 credits)
Elastic and plastic stress-strain relations; yield criteria and flow rules; analyses of various plastic forming operations. Effects of work hardening and friction, temperature, strain rate, and anisotropy.

MFG 584 (ME 584). Control of Machining Systems
Prerequisite: ME 461 or equivalent. II (3 credits)
Advanced control and sensing methodologies for machining processes: milling, turning, drilling, grinding and laser cutting. Machine tool structure. CNC programming. Drive components. Trajectory interpolators. Selection of control parameters. Software compensation and adaptive control. The design process of a comprehensive machining system. Two-hour lecture and two-hour lab per week.

MFG 585 (ME 585). Machining Dynamics and Mechanics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing. I even years (3 credits)
Dynamic cutting process models and process stability issues. Advanced cutting process mechanics and modeling including cutting process damping, thermal energy and cutting temperature, and wear evolution. Single and multi-DOF stability analysis techniques, stability margins and stability charts. Modeling approximations for industrial applications.

MFG 587 (ME 587). Global Manufacturing
Prerequisite: one 500-level MFG, DES or BUS class. I (3 credits)
Globalization and manufacturing paradigms. Product-process-business integration. Product invention strategy. Customized, personalized and reconfigurable products. Mass production and lean production. Mathematical analysis of mass customization. Traditional manufacturing systems. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Reconfigurable machines. System configuration analysis. Responsive business models. Enterprize globalization strategies. The global integrated enterprise.

MFG 588 (ME 588) (IOE 588). Assembly Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
Prerequisite: ME 381 and 401 or equivalent. I alternate years (3 credits)
Assembly as product and process. Assembly representation. Assembly sequence. Datum flow chain. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. Tolerance analysis. Tolerance synthesis. Robust design. Fixturing. Joint design and joining methods. Stream of variation. Auto body assembly case studies.

MFG 590. Study or Research in Selected Manufacturing Topics
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. I, II, IIIa, IIIb, III (1-3 credits)
Individual study of specialized aspects of Manufacturing engineering.

MFG 591 (ME 586). Laser Material Processing
Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing. I (3 credits)
Application of lasers in materials processing and manufacturing. Laser principles and optics. Fundamental concepts of laser/material interaction. Laser welding, cutting, surface modification, forming, and rapid prototyping. Modeling of processes, microstructure and mechanical properties of processed materials. Transport phenomena. Process monitoring.

MFG 599. Special Topics
Prerequisite: see individual department requirements. I, II, IIIa, IIIb, III (3 credits)

MFG 605 (OMS 605). Manufacturing and Supply Operations
Prerequisite: none. I, II (3 credits)
This is a course on the basic concepts and techniques of operations and inventory management. The foundation of the course is a system of manufacturing laws collectively known as "Factory Physics". These laws relate to measures of plant performance, such as throughput, cycle time, work-in-process, customer service, variability, and quality, in a consistent manner and provide a framework for evaluating and improving operations. Concepts and methods are examined via exercises and case studies.

MFG 617 (ChemE 617). Advanced Biochemical Technology
Prerequisite: ChemE 517 or permission of instructor. II alternate years (3 credits)
Practical and theoretical aspects of various unit operations required to separate and purify cells, proteins, and other biological compounds. Topics covered include various types of chromatography, liquid/liquid extractions, solid/liquid separations, membrane processing and field enhanced separations. This course will focus on new and non-traditional separation methods.

MFG 622 (MSE 622) (NERS 622). Ion Beam Modification and Analysis of Materials
Prerequisite: NERS 421, NERS 521 or MSE 350 or permission of instructor. II alternate years (3 credits)
Ion-solid interactions, ion beam mixing, compositional changes, phase changes, micro-structural changes; alteration of physical and mechanical properties such as corrosion, wear, fatigue, hardness; ion beam analysis techniques such as RBS, NRA, PIXE, ion channeling, ion micro-probe; accelerator system design and operation as it relates to implantation and analysis.

MFG 645 (IOE 645) (Stat 645). Topics in Reliability and Maintainability
Prerequisite: IOE 515 (Stat 526) and IOE 562 (Stat 535). (3 credits)
Advanced topics in reliability and maintainability. Examples include models for component and system reliability, probabilistic design, physics of failure models, degradation modeling and analysis, models form maintainability and availability, and maintenance and monitoring policies

MFG 990. Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
Prerequisite: permission of thesis committee; mandatory satisfactory/unsatisfactory. I, II, III (2-8 credits); IIIa, IIIb (1-4 credits)
Dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted to status as candidate. The defense of the dissertation, that is, the final oral examination, must be held under a full-term candidacy enrollment.

MFG 995. Dissertation/Candidate
Prerequisite: College of Engineering authorization for admission as a doctoral candidate; mandatory satisfactory/unsatisfactory. I, II, III (8 credits); IIIa, IIIb (4 credits)
Election for dissertation work by a doctoral student who has been admitted to candidate status. The defense of the dissertation, that is, the final oral examination, must be held under a full-term candidacy enrollment.