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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