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DescriptionofGraduateCourses
DescriptionofGraduateCourses
Inthefuture,itisexpectedthatsomeminoramendmentstothecourseofferingsandcontentsummariesprovidedheremayoccurinanefforttofurtherimprovetheMMEcurriculum.Afterthenumber,nameanddescriptionofeachcourse,thereisanindicationofanyprerequisitethatmayberequiredtobesuccessfullytakenpriortoregisteringforacourse.Furthermore,foreachcoursethehoursrequiredforlectures,labsandhomework(preparation,problemsets,projects)arepresented,justifyingthecorrespondingnumberofECTSunits.
MME501-4.GraduateSeminarI-IV(1ECTSunit)
Coursemustbecontinuedovermultiplesemesters
ObligatoryparticipationofthestudentsenrolledintheM.Sc.graduateprogramoftheDepartmentofMechanicalandManufacturingEngineeringinallgraduateseminars,organizedbytheMMEdepartmentforfoursemesters.OpentoM.Sc.studentsandadvancedundergraduatesasanelective.
MME601-4.GraduateSeminarI-IV(1ECTSunit)
Coursemustbecontinuedovermultiplesemesters
ObligatoryparticipationofthestudentsenrolledinthePh.D.graduateprogramoftheDepartmentofMechanicalandManufacturingEngineeringinallgraduateseminars,organizedbytheMMEdepartmentforfoursemesters.OpentoPh.D.studentsonly.
InMME604,besidesthecompulsoryparticipationinallseminarsgivenintheMMEdepartmentduringthe4thsemester,thestudentmustsubmitawrittendocumentation(nomorethan20pages),followedbyapresentationonatopicrelevanttothosepresentedintheseminarseriesoftheMMEdepartment.Thetopicchosenbythestudentshouldnotnecessarilybedirectlyrelatedtohis/herresearchinterests.
MME505-6.IndependentStudy(8ECTSunits)
Coursemaybecontinuedovermultiplesemesters
Graduateworkonanindependentacademicprojectofthestudent’schoiceuponconsentbytheadvisor.Mayincludetheoretical,computational,experimentalorcombinedwork,withrelevancetoafundamentalissuewithappliedand/oreducationalimpacts.IncludespreparationofacomprehensivedocumentationandapresentationofthestudyattheGraduateSeminarbythestudent.Maybecarriedoutbyteams,withthecontributionofeachstudentclearlydefined.OpentoM.Sc.studentsandadvancedundergraduatestudentsasanelective.
ΜΜE605-6.IndependentStudy(8ECTSunits)
Coursemaybecontinuedovermultiplesemesters
Graduateworkonanindependentacademicprojectofthestudent’schoiceuponconsentbytheadvisor.Mayincludetheoretical,computational,experimentalorcombinedwork,withrelevancetoafundamentalissuewithappliedand/oreducationalimpacts.IncludespreparationofacomprehensivedocumentationandapresentationofthestudyattheGraduateSeminarbythestudent.Maybecarriedoutbyteams,withthecontributionofeachstudentclearlydefined.OpentoPh.D.studentsonly.
MME701-704.ThesisResearchI-IV(M.Sc)(ECTSunitsvary)
ProgramofgraduateresearchleadingtothedefenceandwritingofanM.Sc.thesis.OpentoM.Sc.studentsonly.
MME801-808.ThesisResearchI-VIII(Ph.D)(ECTSunitsvary)
ProgramofgraduateresearchleadingtothedefenceandwritingofanPh.D.thesis.OpentoPh.D.studentsonly.
MME809-816.Thesiswriting(Ph.D)(10ECTS)
MME800.QualifyingExamination(seep.8)
ΜΜΚ511.TransportPhenomena(8ECTSunits)
Conservationlaws,withanemphasisonthesimilaritiesbetweenthedifferentmechanismsforthetransportofheat,massandmomentum.Theoryofmoleculartransport.Diffusionphenomenainstationary,flowingandunsteadyprocesses.Massdiffusioninchemicallyreacting,multiphaseandmulti-componentsystems.Computationaltechniques.Selectedspecialtopicsandapplicationsmayincludeturbulentconvectiveflows,combustionandmaterialsprocessing.
(Prerequisites:
instructor’sconsent)
RelevantBibliography
●Tobedefinedbytheinstructor.
ΜΜE512.AdvancedEngineeringThermodynamics(8ECTSunits)
Thermodynamicanalysisofengineeringsystems,emphasizingsystematicmethodologyforapplicationofbasicprinciples.Introductiontoavailabilityanalysis.Thermodynamicsofgasmixturesandreactingsystems.Moderncomputationalequationsofstate.Thermodynamicsofcondensedphases,includingsolutions.Thermodynamicsofbiologicalsystems.
(Prerequisites:
instructor’sconsent)
RelevantBibliography
●S.Kasinos,ThermodynamicsforEngineers.
ΜΜE513.ComputationalFluidMechanics(8ECTSunits)
Thiscourseisdevotedtothenumericalsolutionofpartialdifferentialequationsencounteredinengineeringsciences.Finitedifferenceandfiniteelementmethodsareintroducedanddevelopedinalogicalprogressionofcomplexity.Thesenumericalstrategiesareusedtosolveactualproblemsinanumberofactualengineeringproblems.Computerexercisesarerequiredtoillustratetheconceptsdiscussedinclass.(Prerequisites:
knowledgeofacomputerlanguageandadvancedlevelcoursesintransportphenomenaandcontinuummechanics).
RelevantBibliography
●Tobedefinedbytheinstructor.
ΜΜE514.IncompressibleFluidDynamics(8ECTSunits)
Anintroductiontograduatelevelfluiddynamicsincludingdimensionalanalysis,EulerianandLagrangiandescriptions,flowlines,conservationequations,governingequationsofviscousfluidmotion,exactsolutionsofNavier-StokesandEulerequations,unsteadyflows,laminarboundarylayertheory,turbulence,separation,Stokesflow,vorticitydynamics,potentialflowandsurfaceflows.
(Prerequisites:
fundamentalsofthermodynamicsandmechanics,knowledgeofadvancedmathematics,undergraduatecoursesinfluidmechanics).
RelevantBibliography
●Tobedefinedbytheinstructor.
ΜΜE515.IntroductiontoParallelComputingforEngineers:
Architectures,Algorithms,andApplications(6ECTSunits)
Parallelarchitecturesdesign,examplesofparallelcomputers,fundamentalcommunicationoperations,performancemetrics,parallelalgorithmsforsorting,matrixproblems,graphproblems,fastFouriertransforms,dynamicloadbalancing,typesofparallelisms,parallelprogrammingparadigms,messagepassingprogramminginMPI,shared-addressspaceprogramminginthreads.Focusareasmaycoverunstructuredmeshapplications,turbulenceandcombustion,nanofluidicsandmoleculardynamics,industrialapplications,climatemodeling,atmosphericandoceanicglobalsimulation,andinterdisciplinaryapplications.
(Prerequisites:
instructor’sconsent)
RelevantBibliography
∙"ParallelProgrammingwithMPI",PeterS.Pacheco,MorganKaufmannPublishers.
∙"IntroductiontoParallelComputing,2ndedition",A.Grama,A.Gupta,G.Karypis,andV.Kumar,AddisonWesley.
∙"SourcebookofParallelComputing",J.Dongarra,I.Foster,G.Fox,W.Gropp,K.Kennedy,L.Torczon,andA.White,editors,MorganKaufmannPublishers.
ΜΜE521.Computer-ControlledSystems(8ECTSunits)
Focusondesignandcontrolofmechanicalsystems,employingdigitalcomputersasreal-timecontrollers.Mathematicaldifferencemodels,Z-transforms,andsampledcontroltechniquesinthefrequencyandtimedomain.Designofdiscrete-timecontrollersbyconversionfromcontinuous-timeordirectly.Studentsusegraphicalprogramming(Matlab/Simulink)andinstrumentationsoftware(LabVIEW),toprogramtheircontrolstrategiesdevelopedinsimulation,andtointerfacewithhardwaresensorsandactuatorsinlaboratoryexercises:
monitoringandcontrolofmeteorologicalsignalstation,computerizedelectrocardiographmonitor,controlledseparationvesselinachemicalplant,andilluminationcontrolsystemformachinevision.
(Prerequisites:
ΜΜΚ321orconsent).
RelevantBibliography
●Coursenotes.
●J.GoltenandA.Verwer,ControlSystemDesignandSimulation,McGraw-Hill,1991.
●Simulationsoftware(Matlab)andexperimentalimplementationofcontrolsystems(Labview).
ΜΜE522.MultivariableFeedbackControl(8ECTSunits)
Thiscourseextendsthebasicundergraduatecontrolknowledgetomulti-inputmulti-outputlinearsystems.Conceptssuchasstatespacerepresentation,controllability,observability,multivariablefrequencyresponsefunctions,zerosandpolesareintroduced.Designofcontrollersbypoleandzeroplacement.Robustnessasameansofdealingwithuncertaintyisdiscussed.Matlabcourseprojectsformodellingandcontrollingrealcasemultivariableprocesses.
(Prerequisites:
none).
RelevantBibliography
●Lecturehandouts
●S.SkogestadandI.Postlethwaite,MultivariableFeedbackControl,AnalysisandDesign.
ΜΜE523.SignalProcessing(8ECTSunits)
Theaimofthiscourseistointroducetostudentsmodernsignalprocessingtechniquescurrentlyusedto(a)deciphercomplicatedprocessesinengineeringandbiologicalsystems(b)detectdamageandmonitorthehealthofengineeringcomponentsandbio-engineeringsystemsand(c)characterisetheintricaciesoftime-varyingandnon-linearsystems.TechniquesofsignalanalysisandsynthesisthatarebasedonFourierTransform,Hilberttransform,time–frequencydistributions,wavelettransform,andmulti-resolutionanalysisareintroducedthroughapoolofexamplestakenfromthedisciplinesmentionedabove.(Prerequisites:
:
None).
Relevantbibliography
●Lecturehandouts
●S.Mallat,Awavelettourofsignalprocessing.
ΜΜE524.ModellingandAnalysisofDynamicSystems(8ECTSunits)
Theideabehindthiscourseistouseaunifiedapproachtoabstractingrealmechanical,fluid,andelectricalsystemsintopropermodelsingraphicalandstateequationformtomeetengineeringdesignandcontrolsystemobjectives.Theemphasisisnotonthemechanicsofderivingequationsbutratheronunderstandinghowtheengineeringtaskdefinesthemodelingobjectivesthatinturndeterminewhatmodelingassumptionsareappro