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This course is intended to be the starting point for Mechanical Engineering majors. It will cover the concepts, engineering methods, and common tools used by mechanical engineers while introducing the students to a few interesting devices. We will discuss how each device was conceived, design challenges that arose, application of analytical tools to the design, and production methods. Main class sections will include lectures, demonstrations, and in-class group exercises. Lab sections will develop specific skills in freehand sketching and computational modeling of engineering systems. Prerequisites: Physics: Mechanics, and first quarter Calculus.

This class will teach primarily fabrication techniques and a lost wax casting project. Students will learn piercing saw work in sterling silver, light forming and soldering. Equal attention will be given to technique and manufacturing. Students will receive a tool kit to use for the duration of the Arts Intensive. This course will also introduce students to additional design constraints and considerations when designing for precious metals with emphasis on designing projects with domestically mined materials. During the second week of the course, students will go on local field trips to find material that will be used directly in a project. The students will design and make a work that reflects the experience. Sara and Amanda taught ME298: Silversmithing in Design at Stanford for more than 20 years, as well as being full-time designers at RedStart Design, LLC.

The basic principles of thermodynamics are introduced in this course. Concepts of energy and entropy from elementary considerations of the microscopic nature of matter are discussed. The principles are applied in thermodynamic analyses directed towards understanding the performances of engineering systems. Methods and problems cover socially responsible economic generation and utilization of energy in central power generation plants, solar systems, refrigeration devices, and automobile, jet and gas-turbine engines.

Elements of fluid mechanics as applied to engineering problems. Equations of motion for incompressible flow. Hydrostatics. Control volume laws for mass, momentum, and energy. Bernoulli equation. Differential equations of fluid flow. Euler equations. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Internal flows. Introductory external boundary layer flows. Introductory lift and drag. Prerequisites (completed the following courses): CME102 (or MATH53), ENGR14, and ME30. Prerequisites strictly enforced.

Mechanics of materials and deformation of structural members. Topics include stress and deformation analysis under torsion and bending, column buckling and pressure vessels. Introduction to stress and strain transformation, analysis of combined loading states, and multiaxial failure criteria. Prerequisites: ENGR 14. Additionally, students who took ENGR 14 prior to Autumn 2024 are also required to co-enroll in ME80A as of Winter 2025.

As of Winter 2025, students who took Engr14 for 3 units (prior to Autumn 2024) are required to enroll in ME80A when taking ME80. Review of equilibrium analysis for structures and systems. Shear force and bending moment diagrams under complex loading, introduction to stress and strain, and stress and deformation analysis of structures.

Students develop the language and toolset to transform design concepts into tangible models/prototypes that cultivate the emergence of mechanical aptitude. Visual communication tools such as sketching, orthographic projection, and 2D/3D design software are introduced in the context of design and prototyping assignments. Instruction and practice with hand, powered, and digital prototyping tools in the Product Realization Lab support students implementation and iteration of physical project work. Project documentation, reflection, and in-class presentations are opportunities for students to find their design voice and practice sharing it with others. Prerequisite: ENGR 14. Prerequisites strictly enforced. By application only, see notes below.

ME103 is designed for sophomores or juniors in mechanical engineering or product design. During the course students will develop a point of view around a product or object of their own design that is meaningful to them in some way. Students will evolve their ideas through a series of prototypes of increasing fidelity - storyboards, sketches, CAD models, rough prototypes, 3D printed models, etc. The final project will be a high-fidelity product or object made with the PRL's manufacturing resources, giving students a sound foundation in fabrication processes, design guidelines, tolerancing, and material choices. The student's body of work will be presented in a large public setting, Meet the Makers, through a professional grade portfolio that shares and reflects on the student's product realization adventure. ME103 assumes familiarity with product realization fundamentals, CAD and 3D printing. Prerequisites (completed the following courses): ME102. Prerequisites strictly enforced.

How to design mechanical systems through iterative application of intuition, brainstorming, analysis, computation and prototype testing. Emphasis on the use of simplified models of forces, stress, friction, electromagnetism, and energy to inform important design choices. Design of custom mechanical components, selection of common machine elements, and selection of electric motors and transmission elements to meet performance, efficiency and reliability goals. Emphasis on high-performance systems. Independent and team-based design projects. Must have PRL pass. Must attend lecture. Prerequisites (completed the following courses): PHYSICS41 (or PHYSICS61 or PHYSICS41E), ENGR14, ME80, ME102, ME103 (or ME203). Corequisite: PHYSICS43. An AP Physics C Mechanics Score of 5 can also fulfill the Physics requirement. Recommended prerequisites (should have completed at least 1 of the following courses): CS106A, ENGR15, ME128, or ME318. Prerequisites strictly enforced.