Program Requirements
The B.Eng.; Minor in Aerospace Engienering provides a foundation in the field of aircraft and spacecraft design, with further specializations in aerodynamics and propulsion, structural analysis, materials and processes, spacecraft engineering and systems, and avionics by choosing an appropriate stream.
A maximum of 9 credits of double-counting is allowed with the Major.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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AERO 401 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
AERO : Basic concepts in all relevant aspects of aerospace engineering. Introduction to aircraft and spacecraft components, systems and operation. Aerodynamic and flight mechanics. Structures and materials. Propulsion systems. Manufacturing processes. Control and systems. Avionics and navigation.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Hubert, Pascal (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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AERO 410 Aerospace Design and Certification Process (3 credits)
Overview
AERO : Design and certification process for aircraft, helicopters and spacecraft. Operation and performance requirements. Preliminary and detailed design process. Performance analysis. Regulatory agencies overview. Certification process. Life cycle analysis. Cost analysis. Flight testing programs. Delivery and operation.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: AERO 401
Restriction: Restricted to students enrolled in the Minor in Aerospace Engineering
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AERO 420 Introduction to Aerospace Design (3 credits)
Overview
AERO : Multidisciplinary design of an aerospace vehicle thatconsiders the fluid mechanics, performance, stability andcontrol, avionics, electrical system, propulsion, structures,and materials in a system approach aimed for a set ofspecifications.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Aerodynamics and Propulsion Stream
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MECH 447 Combustion (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Equilibrium analysis of reacting systems, Hugoniot analysis, flame propagation mechanisms, introduction to chemical kinetics, models for laminar flame propagation, ignition, quenching, flammability limits, turbulent flames, flame instability mechanisms, detonations, solid and liquid combustion.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Bergthorson, Jeffrey (Fall)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 240
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MECH 516 Computational Gasdynamics (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamentals of computational fluid dynamics. Numerical methods for hyperbolic conservation laws: first- and higher-order upwind schemes; monotonicity and Godunov theorem; total-variation-diminishing schemes; Riemann solvers; treatment of source terms; multi-dimensional methods. Introduction to grid generation and adaptation. Methodology for the comparison of numerical and experimental results.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite(s): MECH 430 or permission of instructor
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MECH 532 Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Aircraft performance criteria such as range, endurance, rate of climb, maximum ceiling for steady and accelerated flight. Landing and take-off distances. Static and dynamic stability in the longitudinal (stick-fixed and stick-free) and coupled lateral and directional modes. Control response for all three modes.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Nahon, Meyer (Winter)
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MECH 533 Subsonic Aerodynamics (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Kinematics: equations of motion; vorticity and circulation, conformal mapping and flow round simple bodies. Two-dimensional flow round aerofoils. Three-dimensional flows; high and low aspect-ratio wings; airscrews. Wind tunnel interference. Similarity rules for subsonic irrotational flows.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Nedic, Jovan (Fall)
(3-1-5)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MECH 331
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MECH 535 Turbomachinery and Propulsion (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Introduction to propulsion: turboprops, turbofans and turbojets. Review of thermodynamic cycles. Euler turbine equation. Velocity triangles. Axial-flow compressors and pumps. Centrifugal compressors and pumps. Axial-flow turbines. Loss mechanisms. Dimensional analysis of turbomachines. Performance maps. 3-D effects. Introduction to numerical methods in turbomachines. Prediction of performance of gas turbines.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Habashi, Wagdi George (Fall)
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MECH 539 Computational Aerodynamics (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamental equations. Basic flow singularities. Boundary element methods. Source, doublet and vortex panel methods for 2D and 3D incompressible and compressible flows. Method of characteristics. Euler equations for inviscid rotational flows. Finite-difference and finite-volume methods. Explicit and implicit time-integration methods. Quasi 1D solutions. Nozzle and confined aerofoil applications.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Nadarajah, Sivakumaran (Winter)
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MECH 562 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Conservation laws, control volume analysis, Navier stokes equations, dimensional analysis and limiting forms of N-S equation, laminar viscous flows, boundary layer theory, inviscid potential flows, lift and drag, introduction to turbulence.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Lee, Timothy (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MATH 271 or permission of instructor.
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MECH 566 Fluid-Structure Interactions (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Pipes and cylindrical shells containing flow: fundamentals and applications in ocean mining, Coriolis mass-flow meters, heat exchangers, nuclear reactors and aircraft engines; chaos. Cylinders in axial flow and in cross-flow; vortex-shedding and galloping. Cylinder arrays in cross-flow; fluidelastic instabilities. Ovalling of chimneys.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MECH 579 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : A comprehensive introduction to important algorithms in sensitivity analysis and multidisciplinary design optimization of large systems. Topics include: unconstrained and constrained optimization, sensitivity analysis, gradient-free optimization, multi-objective optimization, and various multidisciplinary algorithms and approaches for design optimization.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite(s): MECH 309
Aircraft Structures Stream
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MECH 530 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fiber-reinforced composites. Stress, strain, and strength of composite laminates and honeycomb structures. Failure modes and failure criteria. Environmental effects. Manufacturing processes. Design of composite structures. Computer modelling of composites. Computer techniques are utilized throughout the course.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lessard, Larry (Fall)
(3-0-6)
Corequisite: MECH 321 or equivalent/instructor's permission.
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MECH 536 Aerospace
Structures (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Aircraft and spacecraft structural components and loads. Bending, shear, torsion and buckling of thin-walled open and closed sections. Structural idealization. Principle of stiffener / web construction. Trusses and isogrid structures. Wing spars and box beams. Fuselage frames and wing ribs. Analysis of riveted, bolted and adhesive joints. Sandwich structures analysis. Thermoelasticity analysis for spacecraft structures.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Mruczek, Christopher (Fall)
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MECH 543 Design with Composite Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Material systems/selection process. Cost vs. performance. Laminate layup procedures. Theory and application of filament winding of composite cylinders. Regular oven and autoclave oven curing, analysis of resulting material performance. Practical design considerations and tooling. Analysis of environmental considerations. Joining techniques. Analysis of test methods. Theory of repair techniques.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-3-3)
Prerequisite: MECH 530
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MECH 544 Processing of Composite Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Composite processing science basic principles. Reinforcement properties; permeability, compaction. Resin properties; curing, viscosity, shrinkage. Heat transfer and cure kinetics; cure cycle optimization. Resin flow; infusion, thickness variations, fiber volume fraction distribution. Residual stresses; tool-part interaction, warpage control, spring-back, tool design. Thermoplastic composites; crystallization control, melting and consolidation.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hubert, Pascal (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 530 or permission of instructor.
Restriction: This course requires the use of a finite element software, so experience with finite elements is recommended.
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MECH 550 Vibrations of Continuous Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Introduction to continuous systems. Discretization methods. Vibrations of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beams. Boundary conditions, intermediate supports and penalty method. Strain-displacement relationships for plates/shells. Vibrations of plates and shells. Sloshing and added mass. Effect of geometric imperfections and thermal loads. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and stability. Introduction to experimental techniques.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MECH 551 Nonlinear Dynamics of Shell Structures (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and stability; softening and hardening systems; bifurcations; Lyapunov exponents; nonlinear strain-displacement relationships; Lagrangian description; plates and shells; nonlinear vibrations of plates and shells; reduced-order models; stability of shells with cardiovascular application; supersonic flutter of circular cylindrical shells (rockets).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MECH 560 Eco-design and Product Life Cycle Assessment
(3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamentals of both product and process engineering with an emphasis on life cycle models and sustainability. Practical and theoretical topics, methodologies, principles, and techniques. Practical methods such as Life Cycle Analysis, eco-design strategies, streamlined Life Cycle Assessment, environmental impact assessment, and Life Cycle Engineering. Introduction to important product development theories and life cycle assessment theories.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zhao, Yaoyao (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 360
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MECH 567 Structural Dynamics of Turbomachines (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamentals of turbomachines from the standpoint of structural dynamics and vibration analysis, with preference given to aerospace applications involving aircraft and helicopter engines. Topics include: introduction to the finite element method, aircraft/helicopter engines architecture and main components, general equations of motion in rotordynamics, advanced modal analysis, Campbell diagrams and critical rotational velocity, mistuning and cyclic symmetry, fluid-structure coupling, flutter analysis, high-cycle fatigue.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MIME 560 Joining Processes (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Physics of joining; interfacial requirements; energy sources, chemical, mechanical and electrical; homogeneous hot-joining, arc-, Mig-, Tig-, gas-, thermite- and Plasma-welding; Autogeneous hot-joining, forge-, pressure-, friction-, explosive-, electron beam- and laser-welding; Heterogeneous hot-joining, brazing, soldering, diffusion bonding; Heterogeneous cold joining, adhesives, mechanical fastening; Filler materials; Joint metallurgy; Heat affected zone, non-metallic systems; joint design and economics; defects and testing methods.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Integrated approach to aerospace materials, manufacturing and repair; materials and selection criteria for airframe, engines and coatings; repair concepts and technologies; application of new and emerging manufacturing technologies for the forming, joining and repair of aerospace products.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Chromik, Richard (Fall)
Spacecraft and Systems Stream
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GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits)
Overview
Geography : A conceptual view of remote sensing and the underlying physical principles. Covers ground-based, aerial, satellite systems, and the electromagnetic spectrum, from visible to microwave. Emphasis on application of remotely sensed data in geography including land cover change and ecological processes.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kalacska, Margaret (Fall)
Fall
3 hours and laboratory periods
Corequisite: GEOG 201 or permission of instructor
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MECH 513 Control Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : State-space modelling and related linear algebra. Controllability and observability of linear time-invariant systems and corresponding tests, system realizations. Stability: Bounded-Input-Bounded-Output (BIBO), internal, Lyapunov. Linear state feedback control: pole placement and root locus design methods, linear quadratic regulator. State observers: full- and reduced-order designs, separation principle, Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) design. Introduction to optimal control and optimal state estimation.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Forbes, James (Winter)
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MECH 536 Aerospace
Structures (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Aircraft and spacecraft structural components and loads. Bending, shear, torsion and buckling of thin-walled open and closed sections. Structural idealization. Principle of stiffener / web construction. Trusses and isogrid structures. Wing spars and box beams. Fuselage frames and wing ribs. Analysis of riveted, bolted and adhesive joints. Sandwich structures analysis. Thermoelasticity analysis for spacecraft structures.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Mruczek, Christopher (Fall)
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MECH 542 Spacecraft Dynamics (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Review of central force motion; Hohmann and other coplanar transfers, rotation of the orbital plane, patched conic method. Orbital perturbations due to the earth's oblateness, solar-lunar attraction, solar radiation pressure and atmospheric drag. Attitude dynamics of a rigid spacecraft; attitude stabilization and control; attitude manoeuvers; large space structures.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Misra, Arun K (Fall)
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MECH 550 Vibrations of Continuous Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Introduction to continuous systems. Discretization methods. Vibrations of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beams. Boundary conditions, intermediate supports and penalty method. Strain-displacement relationships for plates/shells. Vibrations of plates and shells. Sloshing and added mass. Effect of geometric imperfections and thermal loads. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and stability. Introduction to experimental techniques.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MECH 559 Engineering Systems Optimization (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Introduction to systems-oriented engineering design optimization. Emphasis on i) understanding and representing engineering systems and their structure, ii) obtaining, developing, and managing adequate computational (physics- and data-based) models for their analysis, iii) constructing appropriate design models for their synthesis, and iv) applying suitable algorithms for their numerical optimization while accounting for systems integration issues. Advanced topics such as coordination of distributed problems and non-deterministic design optimization methods.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kokkolaras, Michael (Fall)
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MECH 560 Eco-design and Product Life Cycle Assessment
(3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamentals of both product and process engineering with an emphasis on life cycle models and sustainability. Practical and theoretical topics, methodologies, principles, and techniques. Practical methods such as Life Cycle Analysis, eco-design strategies, streamlined Life Cycle Assessment, environmental impact assessment, and Life Cycle Engineering. Introduction to important product development theories and life cycle assessment theories.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zhao, Yaoyao (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 360
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MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Integrated approach to aerospace materials, manufacturing and repair; materials and selection criteria for airframe, engines and coatings; repair concepts and technologies; application of new and emerging manufacturing technologies for the forming, joining and repair of aerospace products.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Chromik, Richard (Fall)
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PHYS 320 Introductory
Astrophysics (3 credits)
Overview
Physics : A survey of astrophysics ranging from stars and planets, to compact objects, galaxies, and the large-scale evolution of the Universe. A calculusbased course, with a focus on simple mathematical derivations that capture the essential physics.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Schutz, Katelin (Fall)
Material and Processes Stream
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CHEE 515 Interface Design: Biomimetic Approach (3 credits) *
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Investigation of the factors that cause biological surfaces to have superb functionalities; chemical and physical concepts responsible for the respective interfacial phenomena, such as surface tension, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrical double layers, surface wetting, adhesion and structural coloration; comparison of nature's solutions to engineering problems with synthetic approaches.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Fall)
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CHEE 541 Electrochemical Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Electrochemical systems: electrodes, reactors. Electrochemical stoichiometry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Mass and charge transport. Current and potential distribution in an electrochemical reactor. Electrocatalysis. Fuel cells technology. Batteries. Industrial electrochemical processes. Electrochemical sensors. Biomedical electrochemistry. Passivity, corrosion and corrosion prevention. Electrocrystalization. Experimental Methods.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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CHEE 543 Plasma Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Description of the plasma state and parameters, plasma generation methods, and of the related process control and instrumentation. Electrical breakdown in gases and a series of discharge models are covered. Plasma processing applications such as PVD, PECVD, plasma polymerisation and etching, environmental applications, nanoparticle synthesis, spraying and sterilization are treated.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Girard-Lauriault, Pierre-Luc (Fall)
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MECH 544 Processing of Composite Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Composite processing science basic principles. Reinforcement properties; permeability, compaction. Resin properties; curing, viscosity, shrinkage. Heat transfer and cure kinetics; cure cycle optimization. Resin flow; infusion, thickness variations, fiber volume fraction distribution. Residual stresses; tool-part interaction, warpage control, spring-back, tool design. Thermoplastic composites; crystallization control, melting and consolidation.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hubert, Pascal (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 530 or permission of instructor.
Restriction: This course requires the use of a finite element software, so experience with finite elements is recommended.
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MECH 560 Eco-design and Product Life Cycle Assessment
(3 credits)
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Fundamentals of both product and process engineering with an emphasis on life cycle models and sustainability. Practical and theoretical topics, methodologies, principles, and techniques. Practical methods such as Life Cycle Analysis, eco-design strategies, streamlined Life Cycle Assessment, environmental impact assessment, and Life Cycle Engineering. Introduction to important product development theories and life cycle assessment theories.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zhao, Yaoyao (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MECH 360
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MIME 512 Corrosion and Degradation of Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Electrochemical theory of metal corrosion, Evans Diagrams, corrosion rate controlling mechanisms, mixed corrodents, alloying effects, passivation. Discussion and analysis of the various forms of corrosion. Corrosion prevention methods. Oxidation of alloys-mechanisms and kinetics. Degradation of ceramics and polymers. Case studies.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Demopoulos, George (Winter)
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MIME 515 (Bio)material Surface Analysis and Modification (3 credits) *
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Material surface properties and how they affect their real-world applications, with emphasis on biologically relevant applications. Material surface modification techniques. Material surface characterization techniques.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Cerruti, Marta (Winter)
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MIME 559 Aluminum Physical Metallurgy (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Crystal structure, deformation characteristics, strengthening and softening mechanisms, hot and cold working. Microstructure property relationships in aluminum alloys. Physical metallurgy of aluminum casting alloys and their uses. Properties, and physical metallurgy of aluminum wrought alloys and their industrial applications.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MIME 560 Joining Processes (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Physics of joining; interfacial requirements; energy sources, chemical, mechanical and electrical; homogeneous hot-joining, arc-, Mig-, Tig-, gas-, thermite- and Plasma-welding; Autogeneous hot-joining, forge-, pressure-, friction-, explosive-, electron beam- and laser-welding; Heterogeneous hot-joining, brazing, soldering, diffusion bonding; Heterogeneous cold joining, adhesives, mechanical fastening; Filler materials; Joint metallurgy; Heat affected zone, non-metallic systems; joint design and economics; defects and testing methods.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MIME 563 Hot Deformation of Metals (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : High temperature deformation processing of metallic materials. Topics include static and dynamic recrystallization, recovery, precipitation; effect of deformation on phase transformations and microstructural evolution during industrial processing. Mathematical modelling of microstructural evolution.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Integrated approach to aerospace materials, manufacturing and repair; materials and selection criteria for airframe, engines and coatings; repair concepts and technologies; application of new and emerging manufacturing technologies for the forming, joining and repair of aerospace products.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Chromik, Richard (Fall)
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MIME 571 Surface Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Surface science. Surface characterization. Surface modification. Coatings and thin films. Tribology. Surface engineering and control of surface properties.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: MIME 362
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MIME 580 Additive Manufacturing Using Metallic and Ceramic Materials (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Introduction to additive manufacturing, seven AM families, starting material characterization, powder bed and direct energy deposition processes, direct writing, fundamental of sintering and solidification, post-processing and issues, mechanical assessment and reliability, standards, design and topology optimization, industrial applications of AM.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Brochu, Mathieu (Winter)
(3-0-6).
Prerequisite(s): MIME 465 or instructor permission.
* Students may choose only one of CHEE 515 or MIME 515.
Avionics Stream
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ECSE 403 Control (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Stability of linear and non-linear systems, controllability, state space models, canonical forms, state space design of controllers, pole placement, LQR, observability, Luenberger observer, separation principle and certainty equivalence, loop transfer recovery, correspondence between system theoretic results for continuous- and discrete-time systems. Lab work involving applications of PID, lead-lag, full state feedback and LQR controllers to robotic devices.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Bouffard, François (Fall) Caines, Peter Edwin (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): ECSE 307
(3-4-5)
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ECSE 408 Communication Systems (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Communication system models; AM and FM modulation, performance of AM and FM systems in noise; sampling, FDM and TDM multiplexing systems; baseband and pass-band digital transmission over noisy band-limited channels, digital modulation and detection techniques and their quantitative performance; concepts of entropy and channel capacity, selected data compression and error-control coding techniques. Illustrative examples taken from subscriber loop telephone systems, evolution of internet modems and wireless cellular phone standards. Lab work involving measurement of the performance of AM and FM systems with noise, digital modulation techniques and spectra, experiments with basic error control coding systems.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Psaromiligkos, Ioannis (Winter)
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ECSE 412 Discrete Time Signal Processing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Discrete-time signals and systems; Fourier and Z-transform analysis techniques, the discrete Fourier transform; elements of FIR and IIR filter design, filter structures; FFT techniques for high speed convolution; quantization effects.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Champagne, Benoit (Fall)
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ECSE 420 Parallel Computing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Modern parallel computing architectures for shared memory, message passing and data parallel programming models. The design of cache coherent shared memory multiprocessors. Programming techniques for multithreaded, message passing and distributed systems. Use of modern programming languages and parallel programming libraries.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Giannacopoulos, Dennis (Fall) Zilic, Zeljko (Winter)
(3-2-4)
Prerequisite: ECSE 427
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ECSE 421 Embedded Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Definition, structure and properties of embedded systems. Real-time programming: interrupts, latency, context, re-entrancy, thread and process models. Microcontroller and DSP architectures, I/O systems, timing and event management. Real-time kernels and services. Techniques for development, debugging and verification. Techniques for limited resource environments. Networking for distributed systems.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Cooperstock, Jeremy (Winter)
(3-1-5)
Prerequisites: ECSE 324
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ECSE 422 Fault Tolerant Computing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to fault-tolerant systems. Fault-tolerance techniques through hardware, software, information and time redundancy. Failure classification, failure semantics, failure masking. Exception handling: detection, recovery, masking and propagation, termination vs. resumption. Reliable storage, reliable communication. Process groups, synchronous and asynchronous group membership and broadcast services. Automatic redundancy management. Case studies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 425 Computer Architecture (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Trends in technology. CISC vs. RISC architectures. Pipelining. Instruction level parallelism. Data and Control Hazards. Static prediction. Exceptions. Dependencies. Loop level paralleism. Dynamic scheduling, branch prediction. Branch target buffers. Superscalar and N-issue machines. VLIW. ILP techniques. Cache analysis and design. Interleaved and virtual memory. TLB translations and caches.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Emad, Amin (Winter)
(3-1-5)
Prerequisites: ECSE 324
Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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ECSE 427 Operating Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Operating system services, file system organization, disk and cpu scheduling, virtual memory management, concurrent processing and distributed systems, protection and security. Aspects of the DOS and UNIX operating systems and the C programming language. Programs that communicate between workstations across a network.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Maheswaran, Muthucumaru (Fall)
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ECSE 429 Software Validation (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Correct and complete implementation of software requirements. Verification and validation lifecycle. Requirements analysis, model based analysis, and design analysis. Unit and system testing, performance, risk management, software reuse. Ubiquitous computing.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Sabourin, Robert (Fall)
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ECSE 444 Microprocessors (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Design techniques for developing modern microprocessor-based systems, multiple state-of-art instructions set architectures (ISAs) and associated assembly languages, use of tools for compiling, linking, memory overlay; debug techniques for start-stop and real-time debugging, together with debug infrastructure and interfaces: flash patching, variable watching and instruction stream tracing. Use of coprocessors and computer peripherals, such as SPI, I2C, I2S, SAI, USB, wireless standards, timers, DMA units and FLASH accelerators. Interfacing and processing sensor data including multi-sensor integration. Design techniques that promote structured approaches for separation of concerns in computing and communication. Real-time systems and software engineering for tightly integrated hardware.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Zilic, Zeljko (Fall) Zilic, Zeljko (Winter)
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ECSE 465 Power Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to power electronics: definition, applications and classification of converters. Review of analytical techniques. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Line communicated rectifiers and inverters. Switch mode power converters and modulation techniques. Choppers, inverters and rectifiers. Resonant mode converters. Application to power systems and energy conversion.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Bouffard, François (Fall)
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ECSE 501 Linear Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Mathematical models of linear systems, fundamental solution and transition matrices, non-homogeneous linear equations, controllability and observability of linear systems, reachable subspaces, Cayley-Hamilton's Theorem, Kalman's controllability and observability rank conditions, minimal realizations, frequency response, invariant subspaces, finite and infinite horizon linear regulator problems, uniform, exponential, and input-output stability, the Lyapunov equation.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Caines, Peter Edwin (Fall)
(3-0-6)
Corequisite: ECSE 500 or permission of instructor
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ECSE 507 Optimization and Optimal Control (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : General introduction to optimization methods including steepest descent, conjugate gradient, Newton algorithms. Generalized matrix inverses and the least squared error problem. Introduction to constrained optimality; convexity and duality; interior point methods. Introduction to dynamic optimization; existence theory, relaxed controls, the Pontryagin Maximum Principle. Sufficiency of the Maximum Principle.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 508 Multi-Agent Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to game theory, strategic games, extensive form games with perfect and imperfect information, repeated games and folk theorems, cooperative game theory, introduction to mechanism design, markets and market equilibrium, pricing and resource allocation, application in telecommunication networks, applications in communication networks, stochastic games.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Mahajan, Aditya (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite(s): ECSE 205 or equivalent.
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ECSE 512 Digital Signal Processing 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Review of discrete-time transforms, sampling and quantization, frequency analysis. Structures for IIR and FIR filters, coefficient quantization, roundoff noise. The DFT, its properties, frequency analysis and filtering using DFT methods, the FFT and its implementation. Multirate processing, subsampling and interpolation, oversampling techniques.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Champagne, Benoit (Fall)
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ECSE 513 Robust Control Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Feedback interconnections of LTI systems; Nominal stability and performance of feedback control systems; Norms of signals and systems; H2-optimal control; H-infinity-optimal control; Uncertainty modelling for robust control; Robust closed-loop stability and performance; Robust H-infinity control; Robustness check using mu-analysis; Robust controller design via mu-synthesis.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 516 Nonlinear and Hybrid Control Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Examples of hybrid control systems (HCS). Review of nonlinear system state, controllability, observability, stability. HCS specified via ODEs and automata. Continuous and discrete states and dynamics; controlled and autonomous discrete state switching. HCS stability via Lyapunov theory and LaSalle Invariance Principle. Hybrid Maximum Principle and Hybrid Dynamic Programming; computational algorithms.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 525 Satellite Navigation Systems
(4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Fundamentals of satellite navigation. Overview of existing systems. Augmentation systems. Signal processing techniques, and receiver structures. Kalman Filtering techniques in satellite navigation. Selected applications of satellite navigation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 541 Design of Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Modelling, design, evaluation, and optimization of multiprocessor systems-on-chips (MPSoCs). Introduction to system-level modelling of MPSoC architecture; system performance, power, and lifetime modelling; fault and defect tolerance; automatic general and heuristic design space exploration and design optimization; resource allocation, application mapping, and task scheduling.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ECSE 593 Antennas and
Propagation.
(3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Fundamentals of antenna theory: sources, radiation pattern and gain. Classification of antennas. Main antenna types and their characteristics. Antenna temperature, remote sensing and radar cross-section. Self and mutual impedances. Special topics include adaptive antennas, very large array (VLA) used in radio astronomy and biomedical applications.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
