ME 598

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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in mechanical engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

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ME 598 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
69470	Online Lecture	AV1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	n.a.	Kim, H Zhang, Y van der Zande, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Nano-Fab & Characterization Section Info: Full Title: Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization This course will provide a practical understanding of state-of-the-art, nanoscale fabrication and characterization approaches and the fundamental principles behind these advanced techniques. Lectures will introduce students to topics including top-down and bottom-up paradigms of nano-fabrication, characterization of structures smaller than can be resolved with light, and explore applications at the forefront of nanoresearch. The focus will be on two dimensional materials, which will be used as a case study to understand the broader challenges and opportunities of making and using nanoscale systems. Students will apply course concepts through labs and demonstrations to synthesize monolayer graphene, characterize nanoscale structure and properties, and engineer devices like graphene field effect transistors. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
69471	Laboratory	AV2	11:00AM -1:50PM	F	213A Mechanical Engineering Bldg	Kim, H Zhang, Y van der Zande, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Nano-Fab & Characterization
69408	Lecture	AWJ	2:00PM -3:50PM	MW	1109 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Wagoner Johnson, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Science Communication for ME Section Info: This is the second semester of a two semester course. PREREQUISITE: ME 598 (32265) in the previous fall. Effective oral and written science communication that reaches both technical and non-technical audiences is increasingly important. Scientists are expected to communicate using a broad range of media. This course provides concentrated instruction and practice in both written and oral communication through a range of communication formats. Topics include persuasion, improv for science communication, story telling, effective graphics, assertion-evidence presentations, and communication to media outlets, as examples. By the end of the semester, students will have curated a research portfolio that includes oral and written products for both technical and non-technical audiences. Prereq: Graduate students must be in at least the second year of the ME program. The course is recommended for students who are approaching or past qualifying exams, and who are ready to write and talk about their research. It is not recommended for students who are in their last semester or first year of graduate studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Mechanical Sci & Engineering department. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
68059	Online Lecture	DFS	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Socie, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Fun with Mechanics - Part 2 Section Info: This is the second semester of a two semester course and is being offered to give graduate students an opportunity to participate in a creative design project course that is of a competitive nature. In the first semester (2 credit hours ) small student teams of 3 - 5 persons will design a device to meet the specified technical requirements of the competition and provide an engineering analysis that shows that their design is likely to be successful. The device will be fabricated in the second semester (2 credit hours). The Fall 2017 project was to build a walking machine that is powered by a cordless drill that carries a human rider. A competition consisting of racing around the Engineering Quad will be held at the end of the second semester in the spring of 2021. This course has no lectures or exams, grades are based solely on the project. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Mechanical Sci & Engineering department. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
48380	Online Lecture	DM	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Wagner, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Intro to Digital Materials Section Info: Meets with MSE 598 (70522) and CSE 498 (70543). We introduce the connection of materials and data science, and specific issues regarding experimental and computational materials data. Topics include data acquisition and management, data curation, uncertainty quantification, and applying machine learning to materials data. The focus will be on current scientific literature in the emerging materials and data area. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
70708	Online	KLL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Wise, K Wu, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Advanced Robust Control Section Info: Pre-requisite: ME 598. Applied Control System Design & Analysis w/ Aerospace Examples, or instructor permission. This course covers advanced robust control methods including optimal control using observer feedback, Linear Quadratic Gaussian, Kalman Filtering, H-infinity optimal control, static and dynamic projective control, and the Loop Transfer Recovery process to recover state-feedback frequency domain properties in observer based designs. None of these methods are covered in the ME562 course. The course then introduces adaptive augmentation to the optimal control observer-based architectures in which the observer becomes a closed-loop reference model. This adaptive control methods is completely different from the L1 Adaptive Control method conceived by Hovakimyan and Cao Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Industrial Engr Online-UIUC, MS:Mechanical Engineerng -UIUC, MS: Aerospace Engr-Online-UIUC, NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC, or MENG:Mech Engineering Onl-UIUC.
70709	Online	KNC	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Wise, K Wu, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Advanced Robust Control Section Info: Pre-requisite: ME 598. Applied Control System Design & Analysis w/ Aerospace Examples, or instructor permission. This course covers advanced robust control methods including optimal control using observer feedback, Linear Quadratic Gaussian, Kalman Filtering, H-infinity optimal control, static and dynamic projective control, and the Loop Transfer Recovery process to recover state-feedback frequency domain properties in observer based designs. None of these methods are covered in the ME 562 course. The course then introduces adaptive augmentation to the optimal control observer-based architectures in which the observer becomes a closed-loop reference model. This adaptive control methods is completely different from the L1 Adaptive Control method conceived by Hovakimyan and Cao. If you are restricted from registering for this course and would like an approval override, please contact Susan Roughton (roughton@illinois.edu). Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Industrial Engineerng -UIUC, MS:Mechanical Engineerng -UIUC, PHD:Mechanical Enginerng -UIUC, MS: Aerospace Engr -UIUC, or MENG:Mechanical Enginerng-UIUC.