Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Course and Option Talk - Mechatronics 1
3 rd Year Curriculum Overview FALL MIE301: Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines MIE312: Fluid Mechanics I MIE342: Circuits with Applications to Mechanical Engineering Systems MIE358: Engineering Economics and Accounting Natural science requirement WINTER MIE315: Design for the Environment MIE313: Heat and Mass Transfer MIE334: Numerical Methods I Two stream option courses 2
4 th Year Curriculum Overview FALL MIE491: Capstone Design Two stream option courses One Technical Elective Other: HSS or CS Elective WINTER MIE491: Capstone Design Three Technical Elective courses Other: HSS or CS Elective 3
Mechatronics Core Courses Third Year, Fall Term MIE342 Circuits w/ Appl. To Mech Teaches basic techniques for analyzing circuits (things like current and voltage laws) and circuit components (such as sources, inductors, capacitors, and op-amps) 4
Mechatronics Core Courses Third Year, Winter Term MIE346 Analog & Digital Electronics Teaches advanced circuits motor drivers, oscillators, filters, plus new semiconductor devices (diodes, MOSFETs, BJTs), plus real world design and analysis 5
Mechatronics Core Courses Fourth Year, Fall Term MIE404 Control Systems I Teaches general methods to control a feedback system; both mathematical and practical (i.e.: Magnetic Levitation control lab) 6
Notable Technical Electives MIE443 Mechatronics Systems: Design & Integration Design Course Teaches the design process, automation, and integration of real-world Mechatronics systems MIE444 Mechatronics Principles Design Course Smart Systems, Interfacing and Control, Modeling, and a practical project (build a line follower) MIE438 Microprocessors and Embedded Microcontrollers Teaches how to use microcontrollers in real-world Mechatronics systems; project focused
Mechatronics - Overview What is Mechatronics? What will you learn? Interdisciplinary Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science Design of complete, modern mechanical systems which require integral electronic components Examples: Robots, Appliances, Cars, Aircraft, Spacecraft, etc 8
Mechatronics - Overview What is Mechatronics? What will you learn? 9
Mechatronics - Overview What is Mechatronics: Interdisciplinary Solid Mechanics Bioengineering Mechatronics Manufacturing Energy & Environment 10
Mechatronics Jobs Every mechanical system is waiting to be smarter, and the way to do it is through electronics 12
Mechatronics - Jobs The practical: how to search for jobs Mechatronics is one of the most commonly misunderstood fields: Control Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Automation Engineer, Industrial Engineer, etc. Most commonly listed by secondary specialization, when the real goal is still to hire someone with mechatronics background Suggestion: Explore a secondary specialization, especially after graduating, and highlight this to potential employers. Build a design portfolio. 13
Mechatronics Research Samples of Research: MEMS Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems Tiny systems that combine electrical and mechanical components to accomplish a task: motion, sorting, fluid compression, lensing, etc. Relevant labs: Prof. Ridha Ben Mrad, Prof. Yu Sun, Prof. James Mills 14
Mechatronics Research Active Vision Samples of Research: Active Vision Using cameras that move in response to what they are seeing, in order to see better in the future. May also be predictive, moving in anticipation of future actions. Relevant labs: Prof. Beno Benhabib 15
Mechatronics Research Samples of Research: Water and Energy Clean, Reliable Water and Energy Using a combination of mechanical, electrical, and chemical systems to create reliable systems to produce clean water and reliable energy in demanding environments. Relevant labs: Prof. Amy Bilton 16
Mechatronics Research Samples of Research: Humanoid Robotics Human-Robot Interaction: Socially Assistive Using robots to interact with humans in a social assistance capacity; human factors and interactions need to be considered. Relevant labs: Prof. Goldie Nejat 17
Mechatronics Q & A Questions? 18