Courses

Undergraduate Courses
ENG ME 419 Heat Transfer

Fundamentals of heat exchange processes and applications to heat exchanger design. Principles of steady and unsteady conduction. Introduction to numerical analysis. Natural and forced convection heat transfer in internal and external flows. Radiant heat exchange. Introduction to boiling and condensation heat transfer. Includes lab and design project.

ENG ME 301 Engineering Mechanics I

Fundamental statics of particles, rigid bodies, trusses, frames, and virtual work. Distributed forces, uni-axial stress and strain, shear and bending moment diagrams. Application of vector analysis and introduction to engineering design. Includes design project. This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Critical Thinking.

Graduate Courses
ENG ME 707 Finite Element Analysis

An introduction to the finite element method with emphasis on fundamental concepts. Variational equations, Galerkin’s method. Finite element applications to linear elliptic boundary value problems in structures, solid and fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Optimality, convergence, function spaces and energy norms. Isoparametric elements. Mixed methods, penalty methods, selective reduced integration; applications may include Kirchoff plate theory, incompressible elasticity, Stokes flow. Thick and thin beams, plates, and shells. Implementation: element data structures, numerical integration, assembly of equations, element routines, solvers. Advanced topics may include dynamic analysis, stabilized methods, eigenvalue problems, and hybrid analytical methods.

ENG ME 788/ENG BE 788 Soft Tissue Biomechanics

This course will introduce students to the mechanics of soft biological tissue. In particular, the response of the heart, vasculature, and tissue scaffolds to mechanical loads from the perspective of nonlinear solid mechanics will be studied. Constitutive models for hyperelastic materials will be adapted to biomaterials to handle mechanical characteristics such as nonlinearity, viscoelasticity, and orthotropy. Basic experimental methods, and anatomy and physiology of particular tissue types will also be introduced. Emphasis is placed on integrating the basic analytical, experimental, and computational methods for a more complete understanding of the underlying mechanobiology. Meets with ENG BE788. Students may not receive credit for both.