Courses:
Mechanical Engineering department will offer the following courses:
ME 228: Thermal Sciences for Civil Engineering
ME 241: Mechanical Engineering Drawing and Graphics
ME 251: Materials Engineering
ME 321: Electrical power plants
ME 329: Thermal and fluid Sciences for Industrial Engineering
ME 331: Manufacturing Processes (1)
ME 332: Manufacturing Processes (2)
ME 341: Mechanical Engineering Design (1)
ME 342: Measuring and Reporting
ME 352: Mechanics of Materials
ME 353: Mechanics of Materials Lab
ME 357: Mechanics of Materials for non Mechanical Engineering
ME 361: Mechanics of Machinery
ME 364: Dynamics of Physical Systems
ME 371: Thermodynamics (1)
ME 372: Thermodynamics (2)
ME 374: Heat Transfer
ME 381: Fluid Mechanics (1)
ME 383: Thermofluids Lab (1)
ME 384: Fluid Mechanics (2)
ME 387: Thermofluids Lab (2)
ME 447: Mechanical Engineering Design (2)
ME 466: Automatic Control
ME 467: Dynamics and Control Lab
ME 468: Mechatronics
ME 469: Mechanical Vibrations
ME 471: Power and Desalination Plants
ME 472: Refrigeration and Air Conditionin
ME 477: Refrigeration and Air Condition Systems
ME 486: Fluid Machinery
ME 498: Graduation Project (1)
ME 499: Graduation Project (2)
IE 312: Introduction to Industrial Engineering
IE 313: Manufacturing Economics
IE 321: Industrial Operations Analysis -1-
IE 331: Statistical Quality Control
IE 351: Manufacturing Processes -1-
IE 352: Manufacturing Processes -2-
IE 410: Inventory Control and Production Planning
IE 413: Industrial Information Systems
IE 427: Industrial Operations Analysis (2)
IE 428: Scheduling of Industrial Operations
IE 429: Industrial Operations Analysis (3)
IE 431: Design of Experiments
IE 432: Industrial Systems Simulation
IE 433: CAD / CAM
IE 434: Engineering Reliability and Maintenance
IE 437: Automatic Control Systems
IE 441: Work Design and Analysis
IE 442: Human Factors Engineering
IE 448: Safety Engineering Management
IE 450: Industrial Facility Design
IE 458: Computer Aided Manufacturing
IE 460: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
IE 473: Design & Operations of Manufacturing Systems
IE 498: Graduation Project -1-
IE 499: Graduation Project -2-
Following is a brief description of each one of these courses:
ME 228: Thermal Sciences for Civil Engineering
2 (2,1,0)
First and second law of thermodynamics; Properties of ideal gases and vapors; Air standard cycles; Vapor power and reversed cycles; Conduction heat transfer.
(Prerequisite: PHYS 104)
ME 241: Mechanical Engineering Drawing and Graphics
3 (2,0,2)
Auxiliary views; Skew and inclined planes; Surface intersections; Developed views; Preferred numbers; Fits and tolerances; Machine components; Structural drawings; Assembly drawings; Fundamentals of computer graphics and the use of Auto CAD com puter drafting software.
(Prerequisite: GE 104)
ME 251: Materials Engineering
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to materials engineering; Structure and characteristics of metals; polymers and ceramics; Equilibrium-phase diagrams; Microstructures of alloys; Imperfections; Diffusion; Mechanical properties of metals, polymers, ceramics; Heat treatment of plain-carbon steels, cast irons and precipitation hardening.
(Prerequisites: CHEM 101, PHYS 104)
ME 321: Electrical power plants
3 (3,1,0)
First law, second law. Properties of vapors and perfect gases, Air standard cycles. Carnot, Rankine and Gas Turbine Cycles. Refrigeration cycles. Heat Transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation. Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid static and Kinematics. Similitude and dimensional Analysis. Dynamics of Ideal and Viscous Flows. Renewable energy resources.
(Prerequisite: Phy104)
ME 329: Thermal and fluid Sciences for Industrial Engineering
3 (3,1,0)
First and second law of thermodynamics; Properties of ideal gases and vapors; Carnot and reversed Carnot cycles; Rankine cycle;, Air standard cycles; Vapor power and reversed cycles; Basics of Fluid Mechanics Conduction and convention heat transfer.
(Prerequisite: PHYS 104)
ME 331: Manufacturing Processes (1)
3 (2,1,2)
Basic structure of materials processes; Classification of manufacturing processes; Basic material processes; Manufacturing properties of materials; Liquid state forming processes, casting processes of metals and non metals; Mass-conserving processes of solid state materials, forming of metals.
(Prerequisite: ME 241, ME 251, ME 351)
ME 332: Manufacturing Processes (2)
3 (2,1,2)
Basics of materials processes; Mass-conserving processes of solid state materials, forming of polymers, and powders; Mass-reducing processes of solid state materials, machining processes; Joining and fabrication processes, welding, brazing, riveting, bonding, etc.; Modern manufacturing processes.
(Prerequisite: ME 331)
ME 341: Mechanical Engineering Design (1)
4 (3,1,2)
Design process; Origin and identification of engineering design problems; Creativity in engineering design; Technical analysis; Human and legal factors; Problem solving and decision making; Design communication; Failures resulting from static loading; Variable loading and fatigue failure; Material selection for strength and rigidity; Design of mechanical elements: screws, power screws, fasteners and connections, welded, brazed and bonded joints; Rolling contact bearings; Term design project.
(Prerequisite: ME 331, ME 352, ME 361) (Corequisite: ME332)
ME 342: Measuring and Reporting
2 (1,1,2)
Measuring concepts; Experimental procedures; Uncertainty analysis; Basic instrument techniques; Data collection and analysis; Experimental design; Applications on measurements and reporting.
(Prerequisite: ME 381)
ME 352: Mechanics of Materials
4 (3,1,2)
Study of the mechanical behavior of solid bodies (Rods, shafts, beams, etc.) under various types of loading. Mechanical and thermal stresses and strains; Stress-strain relations; Axial deformation; Shear and bending moments in beams; Stresses in beams; Torsion of shafts and thin walled tubes; Combined loadings; Analysis of plane stress and plane strain; Theories of failures; Thick – and thin-walled cylinders; Strain gauges and applications; Deflection of beams; Statically indeterminate problems; Energy methods; Stability of axially loaded beams (columns).
(Prerequisite: GE 201)
ME 353: Mechanics of Materials Lab
1 (0,0,2)
Strain gauge applications: tension test, torsion test, cantilever beam, pressurized cylindrical vessel; Deflection of beams; Buckling of columns.
Co-requisite: ME 352)
ME 357: Mechanics of Materials for non Mechanical Engineering
2 (2,1,0)
Mechanical and thermal stresses and strains; Stress-strain relations; Mechanical behavior of solid bodies Shear and bending moments in beams; Stresses in beams; Torsion of shafts; Combined loadings; Analysis of plane stress and plane strain; Theories of failures; Deflection of beams; Energy methodsStability of axially loaded beams (columns).
(Prerequisite: GE 201)
ME 361: Mechanics of Machinery
4 (3,1,2)
Topological characteristics of planar mechanisms; Degree-of-freedom; Position, velocity and acceleration analysis of linkages: graphical and analytical methods; Static and dynamic force analysis of machinery: graphical and analytical methods; Flywheels; Cam mechanisms; Law of gearing; Simple and planetary gear trains; Term project.
(Prerequisites: GE 202, CSC 109. )
ME 364: Dynamics of Physical Systems
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to physical systems; Modeling of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and thermal systems; Analogies; Mixed systems; Response of first order systems; Free and forced vibration of second order systems; Free vibration and steady-state response of two-degree-of-freedom systems; Balancing of reciprocating and rotating machinery; Term project.
(Prerequisite: MATH 204, CSC 109)
ME 371: Thermodynamics (1)
3 (3,1,0)
Basics and definitions of thermodynamics; First law of thermodynamics; Second law of thermodynamics; Entropy; Carnot and reversed Carnot cycles; Rankine cycle; Gas power cycles; Refrigeration and heat pump cycles.
(Prerequisites: PHYS 104)
ME 372: Thermodynamics (2)
3 (3,1,0)
Availability; Thermodynamic relations; Ideal gas mixtures; Gas-vapor mixtures; Thermodynamics of reciprocating gas compressors; Combustion; Introduction to internal combustion engines.
(Prerequisite: ME 371)
ME 374: Heat Transfer
3 (3,1,0)
Steady and unsteady heat conduction; Free and forced convection for external and internal flows; Heat exchangers; Properties and process of radiation, radiation exchange between surfaces.
(Prerequisite: ME 381)
ME 381: Fluid Mechanics (1)
3 (3,1,0)
Dimensions and units; Fundamental concepts in fluids; Fluid statics; Control volume; Conservation of mass and momentum equations; Energy equation; Differential form of equations; Stream function; Euler's equations; Bernoulli's equation; Dimensional analysis and model studies; flow in pipe, Introduction to turbomachinery.
(Prerequisite: GE 202, ME 371)
ME 383: Thermofluids Lab (1)
1 (0,0,2)
Performance test for a multi-stage reciprocating air compressor; Measurement of heating value of a gaseous fuel; Exhaust-gas analysis; Performance of spark ignition engine; Performance of compression ignition engine; Demonstration of fluid flow (flow visualization).
(Corequisite: ME 372, ME 381)
ME 384: Fluid Mechanics (2)
2 (2,1,0)
Dynamics of fluid flow and Navier-Stokes equations; Flow in pipes; Boundary layer equations; Blasius flow; Momentum integral equation; Potential flow, complex potential of elementary flows, superpositioning; Introduction to one dimensional compressible flows; Types of flows; Isentropic flow in variable-area passages, shock waves.
(Prerequisite: ME 381)
ME 387: Thermofluids Lab (2)
1 (0,0,2)
Visualization of potential flow fields; Visualization of real flow around streamlined and bluff bodies; Pipe flow, velocity distribution, pressure drop and friction factor; Flow measurements: orifice, venturi and nozzle calibrations; Calibration of thermocouples; Free convection for a lumped thermal capacitance system; determination of thermal conductivities of a new metals; thermal performance of fins (for free and forced convection).
(Prerequisite ME 384) (Corequisite: ME 374)
ME 447: Mechanical Engineering Design (2)
3 (2,1,2)
Design of mechanical elements: springs, lubrication and journal bearings, spur, helical, bevel, and worm gears, clutches and brakes, miscellaneous power transmission components; Term design projects.
(Prerequisites: ME 341)
ME 466: Automatic Control
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to feedback control systems; Representation of control system components; Laplace transformation; Transfer functions and block diagrams; Time response of feedback control systems; Root locus technique; Frequency response methods; Compensation; Term project.
(Prerequisite: ME 364)
ME 467: Dynamics and Control Lab
2 (1,0,2)
Experiments in support of control theory including : hydro-mechanical liquid level control, pressure control, pneumatic servomechanism, vibration control; Digital simulation of linear systems using a software package (MATLAB).
(Corequisite: ME 466)
ME 468: Mechatronics
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to mechanical system interfacing and actuation; Operational and power amplifiers; Electrical actuation systems: DC and stepper motors; Analog to Digital and digital to analog converters; Mechanical and thermal measurements; Data acquisition boards; PC-based controllers; Programmable logic controllers.
(Prerequisites: ME 466)
ME 469: Mechanical Vibrations
3 (3,1,0)
Design of isolators for shock and harmonic loading, response spectrum; Multi-degree-of-freedom systems; Natural and forced vibrations; Approximate and numerical methods; Rotor dynamics; Machinery vibration: monitoring and diagnosis.
(Prerequisite: ME 364)
ME 471: Power and Desalination Plants
3 (3,1,0)
Steam power plants - superheat, reheat and regeneration; Description, thermal analysis and performance of the plant systems and components; Gas Power Plants: Thermal analysis of the simple cycle, intercooling, reheat and regeneration; Plant components; Combined gas and steam cycle plants; Desalination plants: Fundamentals of water desalination - thermal methods of desalination: MSF & MED
(Prerequisite: ME 374, EE 338)
ME 472: Refrigeration and Air Conditionin
3 (3,1,0)
Vapor - compression refrigeration systems: standard cycle and its modification, compressors, condensers, evaporators, expansion devices, system analysis, multipressure systems; Absorption refrigeration systems: Lithium-Bromide system, cycle and improvements, combined systems; Aqua-Ammonia systems; Psychrometric processes; Air conditioning systems; Load calculations.
(Prerequisite: ME 374)
ME 477: Refrigeration and Air Condition Systems
2 (2,1,0)
Air conditioning systems; HVAC applications; Basic conditioning processes; Indoor air quality; Heat transmission in buildings; Solar radiation; Load calculations; Pipes and ducts design; Air distribution; Equipment selection; HVAC control.
(Prerequisite: ME 472)
ME 486: Fluid Machinery
3 (3,1,0)
Fundamental equations of fluid flow; Euler equation of turbomachinery; Efficiency definitions of turbomachines and their components; Axial-flow turbomachinery; Radial-flow turbomachinery; 3D flow considerations.
(Prerequisite: ME 372, ME 384)
ME 498: Graduation Project (1)
2 (1,0,2)
Choosing the topic, establishing the project, literature review, preparing for/or preliminary conducting the experiments, collecting the field data and developing the mathematical/ computer model if applicable, writing the first two chapters along with any preliminary findings.
(Prerequisite: Level 9)
ME 499: Graduation Project (2)
3 (1,0,4)
Continuation of Part-I of the project including: running and finalizing the experimental program or the mathematical/computer model, analyzing the results and findings and drawing the conclusion, writing the complete project report, presenting and defending the project.
(Prerequisite: ME 498)
IE 312: Introduction to Industrial Engineering
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to industrial engineering topics including project control, strategic IE decisions (product, location, and layout), and tactical IE decisions (production, inventory, scheduling, and quality).
IE 313: Manufacturing Economics
3 (3,1,0)
Basic accounting concepts; Cash flow and financial statements analysis; Standard costs and variance analysis; Cost analysis and operation decisions; introduction to cost reduction programs.
IE 321: Industrial Operations Analysis -1-
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to mathematical programming and optimization. Characteristics of linear programs. Modeling of various industrial programs as linear programs. Graphical solutions. Introduction to the theory of simplex methods. Big methods, unbounded and infeasible solutions. Sensitivity analysis and introduction to the duality theory. Transportation and assignment problems and solution techniques. Shortest path, minimum spanning tree, and maximum flow minimum cut problems.
IE 331: Statistical Quality Control
3 (2,1,2)
The study of frequency distributions and probability models in quality control. Preparation and use various control charts. Construction of different sampling plans. Methods to quality improvement and analysis of quality costs. Application of computer in the above area.
IE 351: Manufacturing Processes -1-
4 (3,1,2)
Morphology of manufacturing processes; Manufacturing processes for liquid metals: iron and steel making, melting furnaces, casting processes; Manufacturing processes for solid materials: basic concepts, sheet metal working, bulk deformation processes. Joining processes: welding, brazing and soldering; Adhesive bonding.
IE 352: Manufacturing Processes -2-
4 (3,1,2)
Objectives of metal cutting processes; Cutting mechanisms; Material removal operations; Tool materials and geometry; Effects of cutting variables on machining operations and machine tool elements; Non traditional machining capabilities and limitations; Process design selection.
(Prerequisite: IE 351)
IE 410: Inventory Control and Production Planning
3 (3,1,0)
Analysis and design of production and inventory control systems. Deterministic and stochastic inventory model, single and multi-period production planning models.
(Prerequisites: IE 312, STAT 324)
IE 413: Industrial Information Systems
3 (3,1,0)
Analysis, design and implementation of industrial information and retrieval systems with special emphasis given to manufacturing systems; Gathering, recording, analyzing and presenting the data requirements of an organization; Data processing technology; Data bases and their applications.
(Prerequisites: IE 312, CSC 109)
IE 427: Industrial Operations Analysis (2)
3 (3,1,0)
Advanced topics in linear programming, parametric and goal programming. Deterministic dynamic programming; forward and backward procedures. Integer programming; Branch and Bound methods. Nonlinear programming; Single and multi variable unconstrained optimization, KKT conditions and quadratic programming.
(Prerequisite: IE 321)
IE 428: Scheduling of Industrial Operations
3 (3,1,0)
This course deals with various problems in the area of scheduling. It includes single machine, parallel machine, flow shop, open shop, and job shop and project scheduling. Also, it introduces project scheduling which includes Activity-On-Node and precedence diagramming, resource leveling and allocation, time cost trade-off, contractual and organizational approach, and regulation and licensing for the construction industry in Saudi Arabia.
(Prerequisite: IE 427)
IE 429: Industrial Operations Analysis (3)
2 (2,1,0)
Introduction to stochastic processes, discrete and continuous time Markov chains, queueing theory and applications of waiting line systems. Stochastic dynamic programming, decision analysis.
(Prerequisites: STAT 324, IE 427)
IE 431: Design of Experiments
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to design of experiments and its applications in industry. Hypothesis testings on means and variances. Analysis of variance; fixed and random effects models, error analysis. Block designs; Randomized complete and incomplete block design, latin square design. Introduction to two factor factorial design; Fixed, random and mixed designs. Introduction to response surface methodology.
(Prerequisite: STAT 324)
IE 432: Industrial Systems Simulation
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to simulation concepts, random number generation, simulation model building, simulation languages, model and output validation.
(Prerequisites: Stat 324, CSC109, IE 312)
IE 433: CAD / CAM
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to CAD/CAD; Computer technology and CAD; CAD software and hardware; Geometric modeling and its approaches; Geometric transformations; Viewing in 3D; Numerical control; Types of numerical control; Numerical control programming.
(Prerequisites: IE 352)
IE 434: Engineering Reliability and Maintenance
4 (4,1,0)
Failure distributions, constant failure rate models, reliability of systems, state-dependent systems, design for reliability and failure analysis, maintainability, decision models in maintenance management.
(Prerequisite: STAT 324)
IE 437: Automatic Control Systems
3 (3,1,1)
Process control fundamentals; System modelling; Laplace transformation; Transfer functions and block diagrams; Time response of feedback control systems; Digital control; Automation and logic control; Computer interfaces.
(Prerequisites: CSC 109, EE 308, MATH 204)
IE 441: Work Design and Analysis
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to work analysis and design. Methods engineering, study of the basic work measurement techniques; applications and limitations of the stop-watch time study, pre-determined motion time systems.
(Corequisite : IE 352)
IE 442: Human Factors Engineering
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to the study of relationship between human and his working environment; The anatomical, physiological and psychophysical factors underlying the design of specific human-machine systems in specific environments; Techniques of work optimization in perception: reaction: energy expenditure and bodily functions.
IE 448: Safety Engineering Management
3 (3,1,0)
Introduction to safety regulations and standards; Study of engineering principles applied to industrial accident prevention; Safety plant applications; Safety training methods; Management and its responsibilities for safety; Statistical methods; Applications of networking, fault tree, and hazard analysis techniques; Hazard risk assessment; Emergency planning.
(Corequisite: IE 442)
IE 450: Industrial Facility Design
3 (2,0,2)
Facility design stages of industrial factory product, process and material handling analysis; Area allocation and space analysis; Flow analysis; Plant layout and plan; Computerized facility layout and allocations.
(Prerequisite: IE 441)
IE 458: Computer Aided Manufacturing
3 (2,1,2)
Basics of CAM; Process engineering, manufacturing process optimization; Group technology; Methods of group technology; Cellular manufacturing systems; Computer aided process planning; Industrial robots application and programming; Integrated CAM.
(Prerequisite: IE 433)
IE 460: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
3 (2,1,2)
Introduction to CIM, CIM strategy and components; CIM modeling methods and techniques; CIM programming; data exchange; Communication nets and protocols; selection of CIM systems; Implementation of CIM.
(Prerequisite: IE 458)
IE 473: Design & Operations of Manufacturing Systems
3 (3,1,0)
Study of recent developments in manufacturing, Japanese manufacturing techniques, hybrid manufacturing management system, supply chain management, total quality management, design for manufacturing and assembly.Manufacturing automation fundamentals and strategies; High volume manufacturing systems; Automated handling and storage systems; Automated inspection systems; Flexible manufacturing systems; Modeling of manufacturing systems.
(Prerequisites: IE 450 , IE 428,IE 410)
IE 498: Graduation Project -1-
2 (1,0,2)
Choosing the topic, establishing the project, literature review, preparing for/or preliminary conducting of the experiments, collecting the field data and developing the mathematical model if applicable, writing the first two chapters along with any preliminary findings.
IE 499: Graduation Project -2-
3 (1,0,4)
Continuation of part I of the project including running and finalizing the experimental program or the mathematical/computer model, analyzing the results and findings and drawing the conclusions, writing the complete project report, presenting and defending the project.
(Prerequisite: IE 498)