Master's Program
E0156 Finite Element Methods (3/0) Matrix structure analysis of trusses, beams, and frames; energy
principles; shape functions; stiffness matrices; load vectors; assembly of system equations; boundary
conditions; isoparametric formulation; constraints; axisymmetric problems; plates and shells; dynamic
problems.
E0424 Advanced Engineering Mathematics (3/0) Method of eigen-function expansion, The Dirac
delta function and its relationship to Green's, Green's functions for ordinary differential equations, and
partial differential equations, calculus of variations, The Rayleigh Ritz Method, perturbation method,
similarity Method.
E0445 Advanced Dynamics (0/3) Angular velocities and accelerations in moving reference frames;
Eulerian angles and Euler parameters; constraints; Newtonian kinetics; energy principles; Lagrange's
equations; constrained systems; multibody systems; modeling of dynamic systems.
E0458 Advanced Mechanical Engineering Design (0/3) Mechanical engineering design process,
specification development/planning, conceptual design, product design, computerized mechanism
design, mechanical design with FEM, proporbilistic mechanical design, computer aided optimum
design, paper reading and discussion.
E0480 Control Theory (0/3) This course offers a review of various topics in undergraduate control
courses, topics in recently developed control theory, including analysis of control systems in
state-space, design of control systems by state-space methods.
E0629 Microprocessor (3/0) Objectives of this course include: 1. To teach the architecture of an
micro-controller,
2. To show that a micro-controller can be programmed and be useful in everyday
life applications,
3. To introduce the basics of electronics-design by constructing various interfaces of
the micro-controller with other devices, and 4. To give the students basic skills in electronic design and
micro-controller programming.
E0754 Elasticity (3/0) Stress; strain; compatibility condition; stress-strain relation; displacement
formulation and stress formulation of elasticity problems; St. Venant theories of torsion and bending;
general curvilinear coordinates; 2-D and 3D elasticity; Green's function approach.
E0784 Convection Heat Transfer (0/3) Laminar boundary layer flow, laminar duct flow, laminar
natural convection, natural convection in enclosures, transition to turbulence, wall turbulence, mass
transfer, principle of convection through porous media, numerical methods in convection.
E0825 Mechanical Vibrations (3/0) This course focuses on the analysis of mechanical system
vibrations. Topics will include dynamics of discrete systems, undamped and damped n-degreed-of
freedom systems, and approximation of continuous systems.
E1287 Advanced Topics in Robotics (0/3) This course covers a number of advanced topics in robotics:
kinematics geometry of manipulator, analysis of walking machines and multi-fingered gripper,
dynamics, trajectory planning, and position, force and hybrid control schemes.
E1369 Manufacturing Principle of Molds and Dies (0/3) This course presents the traditional
methods and non-traditional manufacturing methods for producing dies and molds. A final project on
related topics is to be submitted and presented.
E1372 Principle of Optimal Design (0/3) Mathematical formulation, conditions for optimality, linear
programming, unconstrained optimization, constrained optimization, approximation techniques and
sensitivity analysis, duality, Integer and discrete programming, multi-criterion optimization, fuzzy
optimization, paper reading and discussion.
E1422 Mechatronics (0/3) This course provides students with a basic conception of mechatronics.
Topics include: system modeling and analysis of mechatronic system; mechanism design;
implementation of control algorithms; introduction to servomechanic drives and sensors.
E1443 Micromanufacturing (0/3) Introduction to MEMS, photolithography, silicon micromachining,
thin films, wet etching, dry etching, surface micromachining, electrochemical etching of silicon, wafer
bonding, excimer laser micromachining, LIGA, micro EDM.
E1991 Vibration Control of Mechanical Systems (0/3) This course provides the concepts and
analytical methods for the vibration control of mechanical systems. A review of free and force
vibrations of mechanical systems, both un-damped and damped, sensors, actuators, passive control,
active control adaptive control, and case studies will be covered in this course.
E2124 Engineering Materials (3/0) This course includes seven main sections: structure of materials;
properties of materials; metals; non-metallic materials; semiconductors; composites; and material
selection.
E2245 Digital Control System (3/0) General introduction to digital control systems, z-plane analysis,
design of a digital control system, state-space analysis, pole placement and observer design, optimal
control, and Kalman filtering theory.
E2434 Fundamentals of microfluid flows and heat transfer (3/0) This course provides the
fundamental concept and tools for dealing with heat and fluids flow of microchannels. Contents include:
1. Review of basic equations of vicous flows and heat transfer, 2. Characteristics of microdevices fluids
flow and heat transfer, aspects of liquid flows in microchannels, aspects of gas flows in micrchannels
and the aspect of heat transferr in microdevice, 3. Liquid flow with electrokinetic effects, the derivation
of the basic equations,
and 4. Selected paper readings.
E2581 Microfluidics (0/3) This course covers the fundamentals of (ideal, viscous and compressible)
fluid mechanics as well as the issues scaled down to micrometer range. Four case studies, including
viscous damping, squeezing damping, capillary suction, and electro-driven flow, are discussed.
E2735 Fundamentals to Flat Panel Display (3/0) This course is one of the modified synchronous
teaching programs for multidisciplinary education in 6 universities of Taiwan. The content of this
course includes an introduction to FPD, basics of polarization optics, liquid crystals, color engineering,
projection tech, DLP/DMD, back light module, OLED, PDP, processing/facilities, automatic optical
inspection and 3D display.
E2947 Precision Measurement (0/3) This course aims to study the goal and spirit of measurement. At
the same time, learning how to use the measurement equipments such as laser interferometer, EDAX,
LVDT, FESEM, and AFM to detect and to analyze specimens is also the main direction of this course.
Some basic knowledge, including errors in measurement, linear measurement, angular measurement,
limits and tolerances, statistical quality control, and CMM machine measurement, will be reviewed
briefly.
E3000 Optomechatronic System Design And Integration (0/3) Fundamentals of Optics; Machine
vision; Mechatronic elements for Optomechatronic interface; Optomechatronic integration; Basic
Optomechatronic functional units; Optomechatronic systems in practice.
E3102 Biologically Inspired Optimization & Design (3/0) The course is a continuing study of
engineering optimization. A broad introduction will cover the simulation from biological intelligence.
This knowledge is further applied to develop basic evolutionary algorithm for optimization and its
application. Some research and modern developments will be covered and discussed in class.
Students will learn how to simulate the bio-intelligence as well as to apply it to develop engineering
science and algorithm. Each student will be assigned a design project for mastering the biologically
inspired optimization & design method.
S0408 Design of Experiments (3/0) The experimental design is a tool for engineers and scientists to
use for product design and development as well as process development and improvement. The use of
experimental design early in the product cycle can substantially reduce development lead in time and
cost, leading to processes and products that perform better in the field and have high reliability. The
topics covered in the course include the simple comparative experiments, the analysis of variance,
various factorial designs, fitting regression models, response surface methods and robust parameter
designs with the aid of computer software.
E1846 Theory and Applications In Metal Forming (3/0) The purpose of this course is to introduce
the theory and applications in metal forming commonly used by scientists and engineers. This course
includes the following subjects: (1) The Tensile Test and Basic Material Behavior, (2) Tensors and
Matrices, (3) Stress and Strain, (4) Standard Mechanical Principles, (5) Elasticity and Plasticity, and (6)
Classical Forming Analysis.
E1847 Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (3/0) Prof. Chang Liu’s textbook “Foundation of MEMS”
(Prentice Hall, 2006) is accessed and taught thoughtfully in this course. Sensors and actuators using
electrostatic, thermal, piezoresistive, piezoelectric, magnetic principles are discussed. Applications to
polymer MEMS, Bio MEMS, microfluidics, optical MEMS and RF MEMS are also mentioned.
E2506 Fundamentals Of Robotics (3/0) This course provides students with some basic conceptions of
Robotics. The topics include kinematics and differential kinematics of robots, trajectory planning, robot
perception, robot vision, and image processing. The robots concerned in this course include industrial
manipulators, wheeled mobile robots, and legged mobile robots.
E2945 Viscous Fluid flow (3/0) The contents of the course include the following: vector and tensor
calculus, introduction to the continuum fluid, conservation laws, static equilibrium of fluids and
interfaces, the navier-stokes equations, unidirectional flows, approximate methods, and laminar
boundary layer flows.
E2063 Ultra-Precision Machining Processes (3/0) This course covers fundamentals and applications
of Precision Machining Processes. Topics such as Optical/Mechanical Metrology System, Precision
Machine Tools, Single Point Diamond Turning, Machining of Aspheric/Diffractive Optical
Components, Precision Diamond Grinding, Precision Lapping/Polishing, Energy Beam Machining
Processe will be addressed and discussed.
T1433 Research Method (I) (1/0) This course provides the students with lectures on the various
subjects of mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering. The speakers are invited from industry,
university, and related research institutes. Students should join discussion and hand in a report for each
lecture.
T1111 Research Method (II) (0/1) This course provides the students with lectures on the various
subjects of mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering. The speakers are invited from industries,
universities, and related research institutes. Students should join discussion and hand in a report for
each lecture.
E2626 Fundamental Property Of Materials(0/3) The course is organized into two parts：(1) focuses
on the engineering properties of the various classes of materials. Important topics include: mechanical
properties, electrical properties, optical and dielectric properties, magnetic properties, thermal
properties; (2) focuses on the interactions between environment and property of materials. Important
topics include: liquid-solid reactions, gas-solid reactions, solid-solid reactions and radiation damage.
E2947 Principles of Engineering Metrology
(0/3) This course covers fundamentals and
applications of engineering metrology. Topics such as Dimensional Metrology, Uncertainty Analysis,
Optical Metrology, Surface Metrology, Machine Tool Metrology, Interferometers, Image analysis /
Fringe analysis, Diffraction / Photoelectric detectors will be addressed and discussed.
E0624 Theory of Plasticity (3/0) The purpose of this course is to introduce the theory in plasticity
commonly used by scientists and engineers. This course includes the following subjects: (1) Yield and
Failure Criteria, (2) Elastic Stress-Strain Relations, (3) Plastic Stress-Strain Relations, (4) Metal
Plasticity, and (5) Limit Analysis.
E3237 Materials Design (3/0) The course is about the role of materials and fabrication in product design.
It replenishes an earlier text that develops methodologies for choosing materials and fabrication to
accordance the technical requirements of a product.Here, by contrast,the emphasis is focus on a wider range
of the information about materials that designers need, the methodology they use it and the reasons they do
so.
E2463 Robot Control(0/3) This course covers some advanced topics in mobile robot navigation,
including estimation methods, mobile robot localization, simultaneous localization and mapping
(SLAM), moving object tracking (MOT), and robot motion/tracking control. Students are required to
read paper, do one small project, and present in the class.