The following gives descriptions of the courses associated with the Mechatronics program at San José State University. Asterisked courses were developed with a National Science Foundation grant.

 

ME 106 Fundamentals of Mechatronics Engineering*

Foundational concepts in mechatronics including analog and digital electronics, sensors, actuators, microprocessors, and microprocessor interfacing to electromechanical systems. Hands-on laboratory experiments with components and measurement equipment used in-the design of mechatronic products.

ME 136 Design for Manufacturability: With Emphasis on Mechatronic Products*

Principles and practice of design for manufacturability with emphasis on mechatronics; design parameters; manufacturing techniques; reliability; design for quality; assembly and environmental consideration; case studies projects and laboratory activities.

ME 187 Automatic Control Systems Design

Formulation of dynamic systems. Analysis of the behavior of analogous electrical, mechanical, thermal, and flow systems in time and frequency domain. Stability analysis. Establishment of design criteria. Design of feedback control systems for process and servo-control. Computer aided system analysis and control system design.

ME 190 Electromechanical System and Microprocessor Applications*

Operating principles of electromechanical actuators, motors, sensors, drives, and analog motion control. Applications of microprocessors and microcontrollers for smart products and process control.

ME 196M Introduction to Micro-Manufacturing*

Introduction to the technologies for the fabrication of ultra-small structures, with typical dimensions in the micron sub-micron, and nanometer range. Topics include: microelectronics fabrication technology, silicon surface micromachining technology, laser-induced electrochemical deposition technology and the latest theories on molecular-level nanofabrication technologies. The application of these technologies on microelectronic circuits, micromachines, and microelectromechanical system will be included.

ME 196P Control of Manufacturing Processes*

Introduction to modeling, optimization, and control of the manufacturing process. Presentation of an integrated approach to statistical process control (SPC) and traditional automatic process control (APC) theory.

ME 280 Automatic Control Engineering

Formulation of multiple linear dynamic systems in state-space form. Computer aided analysis, design, and simulation of contiguous and discrete control systems. System response patterns, stability, controllability, and observability. Design of analog and digital, classical and modern control systems.

ME 281 Advanced Control System Design

Design criteria and applications of control systems. Sensors, actuators, and digital controllers in control systems. Control software. Optimum control system design. Intelligent control systems. System identification and case studies.

ME 283 Automatic Control of Manufacturing Processes

Development of general concepts for control manufacturing processes. Introduction to the concepts of and tools for process modeling, process optimization, and process control. Emphasis on an integrated approach combining statistical process control (SPC) and traditional automatic process control (APC) theory.

ME 285 Mechatronics System Engineering

Introduction to mechatronic systems. Basic electronic circuits, logic gates, op-amps, encoders/decoders, DC and stepper motors, A/D and D/A conversion, C programming, interfacing, and control. Combining hardware and software into integrated mechatronic systems. Hands-on laboratory practice.

ME 297D Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems

Control of dynamic systems and estimation of the dvnamic state of systems by means of Kalman, linear quadratic, least-squares estimators, and linear optimal predictors. Review of mathematical concepts including multivariable calculus, linear algebra, numerical methods, probability and statistics, and transform analysis.

ME 297E Design of Instrumentation and Control

Design and application of digital instrumentation and mechanical control systems. Data conversion, digital filtering, control system selection and evaluation, implementation of instrumentation and control systems.

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