AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL 2014

AME Design Electives AME 305 Mechanical Design (3 units) (Safadi) Tue/Thurs 2-3:20 PM Design and analysis of mechanical elements including shafts, bearings, springs, screws, belts, and gears; strength, fatigue, and deflection considerations in machine design. Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 204 or CE 225) AME 408 Computer Aided Design of Mechanical Systems (3 units) (Boloury-Azad) Tue 6:30-9:20 PM; Thurs 6:30-9:20 PM Design of mechanical systems using advanced graphics techniques; computer-aided drafting, design optimization, elements of computer graphics, solids modeling; introduction to computer-aided manufacturing. Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 204 or CE 225) Recommended preparation: AME 205 AME 410 Engineering Design Theory & Methodology (3 units) (Jin) Wed 6:30-9:10 PM Product planning and task clarification, voice of customers, quality function deployment, conceptual and embodiment design, axiomatic theory of design, product quality and manufacturability, design decision-making. Junior standing. Recommended preparation: AME 305 Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior AME 415 Turbine Design & Analysis (3 units) (Marcu) Thurs 5-7:40 PM Physics of turbine operation; design and analysis for the development of turbine hardware for propulsion and power generation. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with Matlab. Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering AME 430 Thermal Systems Design (3 units) (Martin) Thurs 2-4:50 PM Design methodology for thermal systems; boilers, condensers, air conditioning systems, power plants and other systems with thermal energy interaction. Prerequisite: AME 331; Recommended preparation: AME 312 and AME 331. Fall 2014

AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL 2014

Core Electives AME 305 Mechanical Design (3 units) (Safadi) Tue/Thurs 2-3:20 PM Design and analysis of mechanical elements including shafts, bearings, springs, screws, belts, and gears; strength, fatigue, and deflection considerations in machine design. Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 204 or CE 225) AME 408 Computer Aided Design of Mechanical Systems (3 units) (Boloury-Azad) Tue 6:30-9:20 PM; Thurs 6:30-9:20 PM Design of mechanical systems using advanced graphics techniques; computer-aided drafting, design optimization, elements of computer graphics, solids modeling; introduction to computer-aided manufacturing. Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 204 or CE 225) Recommended preparation: AME 205 AME 410 Engineering Design Theory & Methodology (3 units) (Jin) Wed 6:30-9:10 PM Product planning and task clarification, voice of customers, quality function deployment, conceptual and embodiment design, axiomatic theory of design, product quality and manufacturability, design decision-making. Junior standing. Recommended preparation: AME 305 Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior AME 415 Turbine Design & Analysis (3 units) (Marcu) Thurs 5-7:40 PM Physics of turbine operation; design and analysis for the development of turbine hardware for propulsion and power generation. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with Matlab. Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering AME 430 Thermal Systems Design (3 units) (Martin) Thurs 2-4:50 PM Design methodology for thermal systems; boilers, condensers, air conditioning systems, power plants and other systems with thermal energy interaction. Prerequisite: AME 331; Recommended preparation: AME 312 and AME 331. Fall 2014

AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL 2014

Core Electives (contd) Fall 2014

AME 451 Linear Control Systems I (3 units) (Flashner) (may only be used as a Core Elective for ME students AND if AME 420 was completed) Mon/Wed 5-6:20 PM Transform methods, block diagrams; transfer functions; stability; root-locus and frequency domain analysis and design; State space and multillop systems. Prerequisite: MATH 245 AME 457 Engineering Fluid Dynamics (3 units) (Campbell) Thurs 6:40-9:20 PM Laminar and turbulent boundary layer flow with and without heat transfer; boundary layer separation, stability, transition and control; introduction to compressible fluid flow. Prerequisite: AME 310 and 1 from (CE 309 or AME 309) AME 459 Flight Mechanics (3 units) (Lockenour) Tue/Thurs 3:30-4:50 PM Applications of basic aerodynamics to aircraft and missile performance, power and thrust, stability and control, compressibility effects. Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior AME 490 Directed Research **to request D-Clearance, please log on to myviterbi.usc.edu questions/concerns, please contact Irice Castro (simbol@usc.edu)** AME 491 Undergraduate Design Projects II (1-4 units) (Radovich & Shiflett) Analysis, design, fabrication, and evaluation of devices intended for entry in local and national design competitions. Intended for students with prior project experience. Upper division standing. Graded CR/NC. Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior ***STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students are part of the team for at least one semester prior to enrolling in AME 491*** AeroDesign Project instructions: http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/syllabus/20141/28858.pdf Formula SAE Project: email Team Leads for D-Clearance (scracer@usc.edu)

AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL 2014

Technical Electives ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion (3 units) (Gruntman) Fri 5:10-7:50 PM Introduction to rocket engineering. Space missions and thrust requirements. Compressible gas dynamics. Propellant chemistry and thermodynamics. Liquid-and-solid-fueled rockets. Nuclear and electric propulsion. Senior or graduate standing. Restriction: only open to Senior, Master Student, Doctoral Student CE 460 Construction Engineering (3 units) (Koffman) Tue 6:30-9:10 PM Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety. CSCI 445 Introduction to Robotics (4 units) (Atrash) Mon/Wed 5-6:20 PM; Lab: Mon 6-8:50 PM; Tue 1-3:50 PM; Designing, building and programming mobile robots; sensors, effectors, basic control theory, control architectures, some advanced topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art. Teamwork; final project tested in a robot contest. Junior standing or higher. Prerequisite: CSCI 103 Restriction: Only open to Junior, Senior CSCI 455 Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4 units) (Bono) Lecture: Mon/Wed 4-5:20 PM; Tue/Thurs 8-9:20 AM Lab: Thurs 2-3:50 PM, 4:30-6:20 PM; Fri 10-11:50 AM, 12-1:50 PM, 3-4:50 PM Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer science majors, graduate or undergraduate. ENGR/BUAD 301 Technical Entrepreneurship (3 units) Mon 6-8:50 PM (Allen); Wed 6-8:50 PM (Belz) Starting and managing a technological business: developing a viable concept, market and financial planning, product development, organizing the venture, protecting intellectual property rights. Fall 2014

AME DESIGN/CORE/TECHNICAL ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL 2014

Technical Electives (contd) Fall 2014

ENGR 401 Communicating Science and Engineering to Children (3 units) (Instructor/Time TBD) Engineering students communicate their knowledge, collaborate constructively with peers, and inspire underserved children to develop a curiosity and persistence for science and engineering. Open only to Junior and Senior Engineering students. ISE 460 Engineering Economy (3 units) (Adumitroaie) Tue/Thurs 5-6:20 PM; Discussion: Fri 10-10:50, 11-11:50, 1-1:50, Utilizing principles of economic analysis for choice of engineering alternatives and engineering systems. Pre-tax and after-tax economy studies. Restriction: Only open to Juniors, Seniors, Master Students, Doctoral Students ITP 320 Enterprise Information Systems - Only For ME Mon/Wed 10-11:50 AM (Kale) or Tue/Thurs 6-7:50 PM (King) The role Information Systems play in an organization. Integration of Business Processes by using Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP). ITP 466 Building the High Tech Startup (4 units) (Soni) - Only For ME Tue 5-8:50 PM Teach students the basic technologies and processes involved in the building web and mobile startups. Students will be introduced to the different aspects of building a web startup including Online Business models, Product management, Agile development processes, Technology platforms and Operations, customer development and online marketing. ITP 479 Cyber Law and Privacy (3 units) Tues 5:30-8:20 PM Cyber legal issues, search and seizure, 4th amendment and digital evidence, private searches, case law relating to search and seizure SAE 496 Systems Engineering Through Motorsports (3 units) Thurs 3:30-6:10 PM Applied systems architecting, engineering and management to motorsports from design to validation and verification; venues include drag racing, grand prix Formula SAE racing, DARPA Challenges.