Undergraduate Program of Mechanical Engineering
Technical Electives for the Ocean Engineering Option
A set of elective courses are offered by the College of Engineering faculty to support the undergraduate Ocean Engineering Option in Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineers often find themselves working on the design of mechanical systems that operate in the ocean environment. As the oceans is viewed as the earth’s "last frontier", its exploration and safe exploitation represent important areas of professional opportunities for many engineers. As an example, the engineering of ship-board machinery, navigation & control systems, underwater robotics, propulsion devices will require mechanical-engineering skills. ME students would benefit from an exposure to the technical problems and solution methods in the ocean fields. The liaison of these disciplines has been traditional. ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) has a division directly related to ocean activities: the Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division (OOAE), which sponsors the annual Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Conference. The Socisty of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers also play an important role in supporting naval architectural and marine professional activities.
The Ocean Engineering Option. The electives in this option group are: ME 164, ME165, ME 127, ME 128; Mechanical Engineering 101, 135, 163, 127; Civil Engineering 120, 180. Mechanical Engineering students can follow the standard program of this major. The core sequence ME164, ME165, ME127, ME128 can be taken during the junior and senior years of the mechanical engineering program. Page 2 of this flyer illustrates how these can be taken concurrently to satisfy all degree requirements in mechanical engineering. This sequence covers fundamentals, theory, applications, and design elements that are unique to a number of ocean systems: marine vehicles, platforms, and submersibles, ocean-energy systems. As in other mechanical engineering option groups (see page 73 of 2006-07 College of Engineering Announcement), not all upper division technical electives have to come from a single option group. In particular, either ME164 or ME165 can be taken alone, depending on the individual's schedule.
Financial Support. Undergraduate scholarships are available to qualified students from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). SNAME has a student chapter CAL-SNAME, which sponsors seminars and field trips every year. Its bulletin board is located opposite to 2107 Etcheverry. Grant-in-aid is available to UC Berkeley engineering students with ocean-engineering interests. Application forms are available outside of 6135 Etcheverry Hall.
Mech Engineering /Ocean-Engineering Option Career Advisors. R. W. Yeung, 6135 Etcheverry Hall (642-8347, rwyeung@berkeley.edu), Hari Dharan, 5135 Etcheverry Hall (642-4933, dharan@me.berkeley.edu), and A. E. Mansour, 6171 Etcheverry Hall (643-4996, alaa@uclink). An excellent 15-minute video "Call of the Sea" introducing activities of this sub-discipline can be checked out from 6135 Etcheverry.
12/07/2007
Program of Mechanical Engineering - 120 Units
(Ocean Engineering Option
Electives - sample program)
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* Electives include (1) 6 courses of at least 3 units each in the humanities and social studies selected from an approved list of courses. Of these, at least two courses that must fulfill the College's reading and composition course taken from the current approved list of courses (see www/coe.berkeley.edu/current_students/hssreq.html for details ); and (2) 12 units of technical elective requirements. Of the 12 units technical electives, at least 9 must be in upper division elective mechanical engineering courses. Of these nine, 3 units must be one of the following : ME101, ME110, ME128, ME130, ME135, ME142, ME165 (see p. 73 of the 2006-07 College of Engineering Announcement).
ME164 - Marine Statics and Structures. (3) Three
hours of lectures per week. Prerequisites: CE130. Terminology and definition
of hull forms, conditions of static equilibrium and stability of floating
and submerged bodies. Effects of damage on stability. Structural load and
response. Box girder theory. Isotropic and orthotropic plate bending and
buckling. (F)
ME165 - Ocean-Environment Mechanics. (3) Three
hours of lectures per week. Prerequisites: ME106 or CE100. Ocean environment.
Physical properties and characteristics of the oceans. Global conservation
laws. Surface-waves generation. Gravity-wave mechanics, kinematics and dynamics.
Design consideration of ocean vehicles or systems. Model testing techniques.
Prediction of resistance and response in waves - physical modeling and computer
models. Also listed as E165. (F) Yeung (TuTh 11-12:30, 31 Evans)
CE180 - Construction, Maintenance, Design of Marine
Structures and Foundations. (4)Prerequisites:
ME106 or CE100, CE 120 or ME120A, CE167, and CE175 or consent of instructor.
Procedures, equipment, and techniques to construct, maintain, and design
steel and concrete structures and foundations. Management and quality assurance
and control of these activities. Class team projects address design, construction,
and maintenance of contemporary civil and environmental engineered systems.
Teams identify and are aided by experienced engineers and consultants. Teams
construct a physical model of the system or a critical part of the system.
Teams develop a formal report on their project and present project results
to a panel of judges at the end of the semester. (Sp)-Bea