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Terry Island
Asst. Director Undergraduate Academic Studies Mechanical Engineering Department
Today’s Presentation
• Who’s who in ME at UMD • What is Mechanical Engineering?
• Research: from micro robots to a more perfect golf ball • Course plan – junior/senior courses • Projects, study abroad • Internships/coop, careers
Contacts for prospective students:
Dr. Sami Ainane Director, Student Affairs 2188 Glenn Martin Hall [email protected]
301-405-5310 Dr. David Bigio Assoc. Professor Director, Undergraduate Studies 2184 Glenn Martin Hall [email protected]
301-405-5258 Terry Island Asst. Director Undergraduate Academic Studies 2186 Glenn Martin Hall [email protected]
301-405-2199
UMD Mechanical Engineering Profile
• • • • Faculty-tenured/track 44 • Professional Society Fellows 63 • Emeritus/Visiting/Research Faculty 30 • Undergraduate Students 669 •SAT 25/75 % 1280/1410 •Incoming freshmen GPA 4.04/4.0
Graduate Students 314 Research Expenditures $20.8M
Research Revenues $26.2M
Freshmen (70 to 80 students) BS Degrees 2007/2008: 170 Transfer students Change of major from outside and inside College of Engineering
Program Nb. Of Students Honor’s Program 93 Gemstone 35 College Park Scholars 45 Hinman CEO’s 4 Quest 15 Inventis 5 Beyond Classroom 2 Eco-House 1 Global Communities 1 Athletes 3 Automotive Projects 50 Human Powered Submarine 30 Study Abroad 23 (up 64%) Solar Decathlon 6 Engineers Without Borders 6 Research/Labs 90 Teaching Fellows 17 Coop/Internship 227
What is Mechanical Engineering?
Turning Ideas into Reality
– The broadest of all the engineering disciplines in its range of activities and functions – Concerned with design, manufacture and operation of a wide range of components, devices, or systems: • microscopic parts to gigantic gears • more efficient heating, ventilation, refrigeration • laser technology • biomedical applications • automotive industry • computer-aided design, automation, robotics • predictive maintenance and reliability technologies
I decided to major in ME because..
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…“I was always interested in how things worked so I looked at various engineering disciplines and saw that ME affords the best fit for what I wanted in terms of a career choice and interests. The ME curriculum covers some electrical, some civil, some aero.. so I got some practice and have some opportunities in a lot fields.” Senior ME, class of ’09 …“Mechanical Engineering offered me the most diverse choice in job opportunities. Selecting between medical, military, automotive, and robotics isn’t easy but they all related through mechanics. This choice offers me the opportunity to travel the world and become involved in many different projects.” Robert Newby, Senior ’08 …“I was good at math and science but mainly I was very interested in how things work and were put together. I have been very curious throughout my life. I was also big into trying to invent new things.” Sophomore ME, class of ‘11
Mechanical Engineering is Cool
Problem: Ozone Depletion
Solution
: Ben & Jerry's A fire-hydrant-size apparatus called a thermo acoustic freezer made its debut at a Ben & Jerry's in Manhattan. Inside the core of the steel cooling unit, which was attached to a standard ice cream cabinet, a loudspeaker emitted a 195-decibel screech to keep quarts of ice cream cold. From the outside, you could hear only a soft hum.
Mechanical Engineering is Cool
Problem: Global Warming Solution
Biomass feedstock is fed into a plasma reactor, which holds one or more plasma arc torches. These plasma torches heat the biomass to roughly 5,000 degrees Celsius. All organic components are transformed into a clean and useful synthetic gas (also known as syngas) containing principally carbon monoxide and hydrogen gases.
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
Dr. Elisabeth Smela
MEMS Imagine a machine so small that it is imperceptible to the human eye. Imagine working machines with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen. Extensive applications for these devices exist in both commercial and defense systems.
Recent studies by Systems Planning Corporation have estimated the market for Intelligent Micro-machine based systems to be around $100 Billion/year
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
Dr. Sarah Bergbreiter Bugs can go places that humans can’t; they cooperate better than almost any other organism; some of them can even fly. It’s those desirable traits that are driving robotics toward a future that looks more like
A Bug’s Life
than
The Jetsons.
Within a decade or so, swarms of mechatronic bugs outfitted with sensors and wireless transceivers will likely be burrowing through the rubble of buildings to search for earthquake survivors and scrabbling over the hull of a spacecraft to repair damage in flight. They’ll also be the home inspector’s trustiest tool. Imagine the bots scurrying into a house’s plumbing looking for leaks, boring into the insulation in search of asbestos, or checking out that sketchy crawl space.
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
Flexible Macro-electronics Dr. Teng Li Rollable display, printable thin-film solar cell and electronic skin At the 2007 Pitti Uomo Fashion Show last week, Italian manufacturer ZEGNA, in collaboration with SOLARC (a Berlin based technology firm), presented an article of clothing that can take in solar energy and convert it into electrical energy. Plugging in iPods and mobile devices into one’s clothing to recharge their respective batteries is now an actuality and this is the first generation of “wearable electronics”.
Flow around Prosthetic Heart Valves – (Balaras)
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Diseased valves replaced with artificial prosthesis surgically
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Improperly designed valves increase risk of failure, or causing clot formation (thrombogenesis) Mechanical bi-leaflet Bio-prosthetic
Flow over a Golf Ball
• How do you make a better golf ball?
– Dimples play complex role in flow transition • How does placement affect drag and lift at typical stroke conditions?
• Computations – Computations require 1 month on a 1000 processor cluster Transition here?
Re = 10k
Or here?
Re = 75k
CHEM 135 General Chemistry MATH 141 Calculus II MATH140 Calculus I PHYS 161 General Physics: Mechanics and Particle Dynamics ENES 102 Statics ENES 100 Introduction to Engineering Design
Department of Mechanical Engineering – Course Map
PHYS 270/271 General Physics:Electro dynamics, Light, Relativity & Modern Physics ENME 350 Electronics & Instrumentation I ENME 351 Electronics & Instrumentation II MATH 246 Differential Equations ENME 361 Vibrations, Controls and Optimization I ENES220 Mechanics of Materials ENME 382 Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Process ENES221 Dynamics ENME 271 Introduction to MATLAB ENME 201 Careers in Mechanical Engineering ENGL 393 Technical Writing PHYS 260/261 General Physics: Vibration, Waves, Heat, E&M MATH 241 Calculus III ENME 232 Thermodynamics ENME 331 Fluid Mechanics ENME 332 Transfer Processes ENME 392 Statistical Methods for Product and Processes Development ENME 371 Product Engineering and Manufacturing ENME 462 Vibrations, Controls and Optimization II ENME 4XX ENME 4XX ENME 4XX ENME 4XX ENME 4XX ENME 4XX ENME 472 Integrated Product and Process Development
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
ENME 371 This course is aimed at providing junior-level undergraduate engineering students with some of the fundamentals needed in developing new products. Through a cooperative education partnership arrangement with Black & Decker, a new product is introduced to the class. Engineers from this corporation present a series of lectures on their real-life experience with this product. The students work as teams to complete assigned course projects related to the new product development. During the redesign Pro/ENGINEER, a method of rapid prototyping, are introduced. These tools aid the students in developing new components and in visualizing their ideas in the learning process.
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
Flexible Macro-Electronics Renewable Energy Virtual Reality Smart Systems
Mechanical Engineering at UMD
MEMS Technology Electronic Packaging CAD-CAM Medical Robotics
Mechanical Engineering Career Paths Program What is Career Paths?
Preparing Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students for their next step (in industry, graduate school, or research) by offering: – Courses in a focus area – Out of classroom experiences to enhance personal and professional preparation – Undergraduate research – Internships in industry
Mechanical Engineering Divisions:
– Mechanics and Materials – Design and Reliability of Systems – Electronic Products and System – Thermal, Fluids & Energy Sciences
Mechanical Engineering majors 2 nd semester 1 st sophomores & semester juniors ENME 201 Sign Up for Career Paths Mechanics and Materials Design & Reliability of Systems Electronic Products and Services Thermal Fluids Career Paths Program Electives Corporate events Summer research Internships
TFES Course Offerings
Spring Semester Fall Semester Environmental Energy –
ENME 423: Building Cooling, Heating, and Power (BCHP) Integration
Environmental Energy – –
ENCE 489: Solar Decathlon ENME 489K: Renewable Energy Technologies
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ENME 489W: Pollution and Waste Technology
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ENME 489A: Air Pollution
Fluid Mechanics –
ENME640 Fluid Mechanics (Grad)
Fluid Mechanics –
ENME 489P: Ship & Submarine Design — Human Powered Submarine
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ENME 489T: Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems
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Courses outside department ENAE 311 Aerodynamics I (compressible flow)
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ENAE 455 Aircraft Propulsion and Power ENCE 432 Ground Water Hydrology
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MATH462 PDE for Engineers
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Courses outside department ENAE 416 Viscous Flow & Aerodynamic Heating ENAE 488B Introduction to CFD ENCE 431 Hydrologic Engineering MATH462 PDE for Engineers