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Memorandum

TO:

FROM:

RE:

DATE:

Timothy Weber

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING I Graduate Studies Office 519-888-4567 engineering.uwaterloo.ca

B. Hellinga, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies

Faculty of Engineering

Engineering Faculty Council Agenda

December 23, 2014

Please place the following two motions forward for approval at the January meeting of EFC.

1. Approve a request from the department of Chemical Engineering to join the Collaborative Water Management Program.

The Department of Chemical Engineering approved a motion to be a member of the newly created

Integrated Water Management Collaborative Research Master and Doctoral Programs and to engage in

its activities. This proposal was approved at EGSC on December 10, 2014.

2. Approve a change from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering to ME 621, ME

760, and introduction of 6XX course numbers for the GDip's core courses.

Changes are proposed to revise the corresponding references in the University Graduate Studies

Calendar. The summary of the changes, rationale, and the Senate Graduate and Research Council -

Course/Milestone - New/Revision/Inactivation forms for these courses are found in the attached

document.

These changes were approved by the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering in its

meeting of November 20, 2014. This proposal was approved at EGSC on December 10, 2014.

BH: jec Bruce Hellinga

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Department of Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo

M E M O TO: Bruce Hellinga, Associate Dean, Grad. Studies & Inter. Agreements Faculty of Engineering

Mark Servos, Director, Integrated Water Management Collaborative Graduate Program

cc: Eric Croiset, Chair, Depart Chemical Engineering Marios Ioannidis, Professor, Depart Chemical Engineering FROM: Leonardo C. Simon, Associate Chair Grad Studies, Depart Chemical Engineering DATE: March 13, 2014 RE: Chemical Engineering participation in the Integrated Water Management Collaborative Graduate

Program The Department of Chemical Engineering approved a motion to be a member of the newly created Integrated Water Management Collaborative Research Master and Doctoral Programs and to engage in its activities. Prof. Marios Ioannidis is designated to be part of the program committee representing Chemical Engineering.

Memorandum

To: Bruce Hellinga, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering

From: Hamid Jahed, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Mechanical and

Mechatronics Engineering

CC: Jennifer Collins, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean

Date: 11/21/2014

Re: Changes to some ME graduate courses

The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering requests the approval

of the changes to ME 621, ME 760, and introduction of 6XX course numbers for the

GDip’s core courses. Accordingly, changes are proposed to revise the corresponding

references in the University Graduate Studies Calendar.

The summary of the changes, rationale, and the Senate Graduate and Research

Council – Course/Milestone – New/Revision/Inactivation forms for these courses

are found in the attached document.

These changes were approved by the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic

Engineering in its meeting of November 20, 2014.

Regards,

Hamid Jahed

Changes to some ME graduate courses

Summary of changes to grad courses:

1- Adding ME559: Finite Element Methods as a prerequisite to ME621: Advanced Finite Element

Methods

2- Replacing “Biofuels” course with “Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases” course in the list of

Green Energy GDip

3- Assigning 6XX course numbers to the following GDip’s core graduate courses

Mandatory course in Green Energy GDip:

ME 659 Energy and the Environment

Mandatory courses in Design Engineering GDip:

ME 680 Advanced Design Engineering

ME 681 Advanced Design Engineering- Design Project 1


Mandatory courses in Fire Safety GDip:

ME 671 Fundamental Fire Dynamics

ME 672 Advanced Fire Dynamics

ME 673 Fire Modeling

Rationale:

1- ME621 is an advanced finite element course and requires prior knowledge of elementary finite

element.

2- Biofuels course was offered once in Fall 2011. The basic concepts related to the biochemistry

and chemical engineering background required for this course limited the breadth and depth of

knowledge planned for this course for mechanical engineering students. The Air Pollution and

Greenhouse Gases course was then designed to include the topics of bioenergy and biofuels,

while giving the required knowledge on air quality to the students in MEng Green Energy GDip.

The original course and its replacement are elective courses in Green Energy GDip.

3- These courses have been offered since 2007 as a special topics course, ME 760 (Green Energy),

ME 729 (Design), ME765/770 (Fire Safety) on regular yearly basis as the core courses of GDip

programs. Given the expectation of the continued yearly offering of these courses as part of the

GDip programs, the department would like to provide these course with a UW Calendar

documented course description. The new course numbers closely describe the nature of these

core courses.

Following the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering approval of the changes

to the following graduate courses in its meeting of November 20, 2014, the Department is now

requesting Faculty of Engineering’s approval:

Motion:

Faculty of Engineering approves the changes to the following ME graduate courses:

1- Adding “ME559: Finite Element Methods or equivalent course; OR instructor's approval” to the

prerequisite to ME621: Advanced Finite Element Methods.

2- Replacing ME760: Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Biofuels with ME760: Special Topics in

Thermal Engineering: Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases course in the list of Green Energy

GDip

3- Assigning 6XX course numbers to the following GDip’s core graduate courses

Mandatory course in Green Energy GDip:

ME 659 Energy and the Environment

Mandatory courses in Design Engineering GDip:

ME 680 Advanced Design Engineering



Mandatory courses in Fire Safety GDip:

ME 671 Fundamental Fire Dynamics

ME 672 Advanced Fire Dynamics

ME 673 Fire Modeling

The Senate Graduate and Research Council – Course/Milestone – New/Revision/Inactivation

forms for these courses are attached.

The Faculty is requesting the following corresponding changes to the Graduate Studies

Calendar:

Changes to Green Energy Graduate Diploma (changes in red):

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ME-GDip-in-Green-Energy

Diploma Requirements

The GDip in Green Energy is completed by taking four graduate level courses and without pursuing a formal graduate studies program. You can study part-time, taking one course per term, or full-time,

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ME-GDip-in-Green-Energy

taking two courses per term. One mandatory course and three elective courses must be completed within two years (six terms).

Mandatory course:

ME 760 ME 659

Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Energy and the Environment

Changes to Master of Engineering (MEng) with Graduate Certificates (changes in

red):

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ME-MEng-with-Graduate-Certificates

Left hand side menu title will also need to change: Masters of Engineering (MEng) with

Graduate CertificatesDiplomas

Main Faculty of Engineering: Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering program page needs

program title changed as well: http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/group/Mechanical-

Engineering

Master of Engineering (MEng) with Graduate CertificatesDiplomas

Students in the Master of Engineering (MEng) program in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering may complete the requirements for a Graduate Certificate Diploma in conjuctionconjunction with their MEng requirements.

Degree Requirements

Requirements for the MEng include the completion of eight graduate level courses as specified below for each certificate diploma area: Design Engineering, Fire Safety, Green Energy.

All courses are 600 and 700 level courses and students are not allowed to take more than two 500 level courses (courses open to both undergraduates and graduates) out of their eight required courses.

Course Requirements for the MEng with Graduate CertificatesDiplomas

Design Engineering

Graduate Certificate Diploma requirements for Design Engineering:

Mandatory courses:

ME 729 ME 680

Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design Methods: Advanced Design Engineering

ME 729 ME 681

Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design Methods: Advanced Design Engineering- Design Project 1

ME 729 ME 682

Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design Methods: Advanced Design Engineering- Design Project 2

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ME-MEng-with-Graduate-Certificates

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/group/Mechanical-Engineering

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/group/Mechanical-Engineering

….

Fire Safety

Graduate Certificate Diploma requirements for Fire Safety:

Mandatory courses:

ME 765 ME 671

Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics: Fundamental Fire Dynamics

ME 765 ME 672

Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics: Enclosure Advanced Fire Dynamics

ME 770 ME 673

Special Topics in Numerical Methods, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer: Fire Modeling

…

Green Energy

Graduate Certificate Diploma requirements for Green Energy:

Mandatory courses:

ME 760 ME 659

Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Energy and the Environment

Specific courses: 3 from the following list

ME 738 Special Topics in Materials: Hydrogen Storage Materials

ME 751 Fuel Cell Technology

ME 753 Solar Energy

ME 760 Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Low Energy Building Systems

ME 760 Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Building Energy Performance

ME 760 Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Biofuels Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases

ME 770 ME 765

Special Topics in Numerical Methods, Fluid Flow and Heat TransferMechanics: Wind Energy

http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/courses/ME/738






Senate Graduate and Research

Council – Course/Milestone –

New/Revision/Inactivation form

Faculty: ENGINEERING

Effective date: 1/1/2015

Course ☒ Milestone ☐ Milestone title:

New ☐ Revision ☒ Inactivation ☐

Subject code (applicable for courses only): ME Course number: 621

For course revision, indicate the type(s) of changes e.g. consent, description, title, requisites:

Course title (maximum 100 characters): Advanced Finite Element Methods

Course short title (maximum 30 characters): Ad. Finite Element Methods

Grading Basis: NUM

Consent Required: None

Credit Weight 0.50

Course description:

The course covers principles of finite element method as applied to linear and non-linear problems. The

course will start by reviewing fundamentals of finite element method including discretization, element

formulation, assembling process, boundary conditions, solving system of equations, and post processing. The

focus will then shift to non-linear FEM. A brief summary of variational calculus and the classical theory of

plasticity will be followed by the theory of non-linear FEM including various numerical integration schemes.

The course will also include use of software/programming with available codes/in-house codes in solving

nonlinear problems.

New course description (for course description revision):

Meet type(s): LECTURE TUTORIAL Choose an item.

Primary meet type: LECTURE

Requisites: 1- ME620: Mechanics of Continua or equivalent course; 2- ME559: Finite Element Methods or equivalent course; OR instructor's approval

Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☒

Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☒

Course subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status:

Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale: ME621 is advanced finite element course and students interested in this course should have prior

knowledge of FE at an elementary level. ME559: Finite Element Methods or equivalent course; OR instructor's approval

is being added as a prerequisite.

Prepared by: Hamid Jahed Date: 10/14/2014

GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies | [email protected] Fax 519-746-3051

http://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies

mailto:[email protected]




Faculty: ENGINEERING

Effective date: 9/1/2014

Course ☒ Milestone ☐ Milestone title:

New ☒ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐

Subject code (applicable for courses only): ME Course number: ME760

For course revision, indicate the type(s) of changes e.g. consent, description, title, requisites: Sub title, Description

Course title (maximum 100 characters): Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases

Course short title (maximum 30 characters): Air Pol. & Greenhouse Gases

Grading Basis: NUM

Consent Required: None

Credit Weight 0.50

Course description:

This course is designed for graduate students with engineering background. It covers the following topics: Introduction

to air, air quality and air pollution, Impact of air pollution and greenhouse gases on health and climate change energy

and air pollution. Fundamentals of fossil fuel combustion and combustion related GHG emissions. Properties of GHGs.

Pre-combustion GHG control strategies: fossil fuel cleaning/refinery and Green energy, In-combustion emission control,

Post-combustion air cleaning and GHG emission control. (Also offered Online)

New course description (for course description revision):

Meet type(s): LECTURE TUTORIAL Choose an item.

Primary meet type: LECTURE

Requisites: Anti-requisite: ME571

Special topics course: Yes ☒ No ☐


Course subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status:


Rationale for request:

Originally Biofuels course was offered as one of the specific courses of Green Energy GDip in Fall 2011. The basic

concepts related to the biochemistry and chemical engineering background required for this course limited the breadth

and depth of knowledge planned for this course for mechanical engineering students. The Air Pollution and Greenhouse

Gases course is now designed to include the topics of bioenergy and biofuels, while giving the required knowledge on air

quality to the students in Green Energy GDip. With this new course, the department is also requesting replacing the

Biofuels course with Air Pollution and Green House Gases course in the list of specific courses of MEng Green Energy

Graduate Diploma (Type 1 and 2).

Prepared by: Chao Tan Date: 9/30/2014








Faculty: Engineering

Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course ☒ New ☒ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐

Milestone ☐ New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐

New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites) Course Subject code: ME Course number: 659

Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Energy and the Environment

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Energy and Environment

Grading Basis: NUMERICAL

Course Credit Weight: 0.50

Course Consent Required: ☐ Choose an item.

Course Description:

Review Canada’s and the world’s energy situation from energy reserve availability, to consumption trends, to

environmental impact. Energy resources covered include fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, and others. The

technological capabilities and challenges associated with, and physics and engineering principles behind, a range of

energy conversion systems are covered. The energy conversion systems covered are fossil fuel systems, nuclear fission

power plants, photovoltaic and thermal solar collector systems, wind energy systems, and a range of other systems as

appropriate from wave and tidal energy to fuel cells. The thermodynamics of energy conversion systems is considered

from the perspectives of optimization and improving energy conversion efficiency. (Also offered Online)

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item.

Primary Meet Type: Lecture

Requisites: Undergraduate thermodynamics.

ANTI-REQUISITE: ME 459 – Energy Conversion



Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status:


May be held with ME459 (Energy Conversion) but with enhancements for the ME659 students. Rationale for request:

This course has been offered for several years as a Special Topics course during the trial phase of the MME’s Green

Energy Graduate Diploma (GDip). It is the only required course in the Green Energy GDip program. This Fall 2014 the

Green Energy GDip went online live. Given the expectation of the continued yearly offering of this course as part of the

Green Energy GDip program the time has come to provide this course with a UW Calendar documented course

description. The new course number closely describes the nature of this core course.

Prepared by: Roydon Fraser Date: 31-Oct-14













For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites) Course Subject code: ME Course number: ME680

Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Design Engineering

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Design Engineering



Course Consent Required: ☒ Instructor

Course Description:

An overview of advanced engineering design, from the establishment of the need to preliminary design, including formal

and informal methods to facilitate and encourage innovation. Focus is placed on a fundamental understanding of the

problem and various theoretical and practical techniques to arrive at feasible solutions. There is a strong focus on

practical applications, including case studies, and culminating in a major design project.


Meet Type(s): Lecture Seminar Studio Choose an item.

Primary Meet Type: Seminar

Requisites:






This course has been offered since 2007 as a special topics course, ME729 Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design

methods: Design Methods. It has been taken as a stand-alone course and as the first course in the Graduate Diploma in

Design. Given the expectation of the continued yearly offering of this course as part of the Design GDip program, the

department would like to provide this course with a UW Calendar documented course description. The new course

number closely describes the nature of this core course.

Prepared by: Steve Lambert Date: 13-Nov-14













For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ME Course number: ME681

Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Design Engineering– Design Project 1

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Adv Design Eng-DP1




Course Description:

In this course students apply design methods, principles and practices learned in the previous course (ME680) to a highly

authentic design project challenge. Students apply methods, principles and practices related largely to proposal

refinement, needs assessment, conceptual design, embodiment design, design verification and design project

communication. Aspects of design safety, sustainability, and professional ethics are emphasized during the realization

of the design project. Three graded design project reviews provide formative and summative assessment opportunities,

as well as weekly instructor mentorship and assignments, preferably in a studio setting.


Meet Type(s): Studio Practicum Reading

Primary Meet Type: Studio

Requisites: ME680,






This course has been offered since 2008 as a special topics course: ME 729 Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design

Methods: Design Project 1 of the Graduate Diploma in Design. This and its sister course are core courses for this

Diploma. Given the expectation of the continued yearly offering of this course as part of the Design GDip program, the



Prepared by: Oscar Nespoli Date: 12-Nov-14













For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ME Course number: ME682

Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Design Engineering– Design Project 2

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Adv Design Eng-DP2




Course Description:

In this course students apply design methods, principles and practices learned in the previous courses (ME680 and

ME681) to a highly authentic design project challenge. Students apply methods, principles and practices related largely

to embodiment design, design verification, design implementation and refinement and design project communication.

Aspects of design safety, sustainability, and professional ethics are emphasized during the realization of the design

project. Three graded design project reviews provide formative and summative assessment opportunities, as well as

weekly instructor mentorship and assignments, preferably in a studio setting.


Meet Type(s): Studio Practicum Reading

Primary Meet Type: Studio

Requisites: ME680, ME681






This course has been offered since 2008 as a special topics course: ME 729 Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design

Methods: Design Project 2 of the Graduate Diploma in Design. This and its sister course are core courses for this

Diploma. Given the expectation of the continued yearly offering of this course as part of the Design GDip program, the



Prepared by: Oscar Nespoli Date: 12-Nov-14













Course Subject code: ME Course number: 671

Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Fundamental Fire Dynamics

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Fire Dynamics



Course Consent Required: ☒ Department

Course Description:

Fuels and their chemical structure. Polymers and polymer decomposition, Ignition of liquids and solids, geometric and

chemical effects. Combustion processes and reaction stoichiometry. Ignition, catalysis and combustion kinetics. Heat of

reaction, flame temperature, fire heat release rate. Flammability, evaporation, flashpoint. Conduction, convection and

radiation heat transfer in fire analysis. Gas and flame radiation, point source, planar models. Premixed flames,

explosions, deflagrations. Suppression, flame arrestors, “explosion proof” equipment. Diffusion and jet flames, fire

plumes, flame heights, CO, soot and smoke formation. (Also offered Online)



Requisites: Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics or equivalent

ANTI-REQUISITE: ME 567




Sections combined/heldwith: May be held with ME 567 (Fire Safety Engineering) but with extended work for the ME 671 students.


This course has been offered as Special Topics ME 765: Topic Fire Dynamics for several years. It is a core

course for the new graduate diploma in Fire Safety, and as such, it should now become a numbered course. .

The new course number closely describes the nature of this core course.

Prepared by: E.J. Weckman Date: 10-Nov-14













For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes:


Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Fire Dynamics

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Advanced Fire Dynamics




Course Description:

Ignitability of materials, flame spread, burning rates. Specification of design fires. Stages of room fires, hot layer

development and composition. Thermal stratification, entrainment, ceiling flames and jets, smoke filling. Principles of

ventilation, wall and ceiling vents, pressure distributions, smoke control. Wall and ceiling heat transfer, corner effects.

Enclosure and zone radiation. Room fire growth and spread, flashover, rapid fire growth phenomena. Use of zone/field

models for fire development. (Also offered Online)



Requisites: Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics or equivalent, ME567 or 671




Sections combined/heldwith: N/A


This course has been offered as Special Topics ME 765: Topic: Advanced Enclosure Fires for several years. It

forms a core component of the new graduate diploma in Fire Safety, and as such it should now be a numbered

course. . The new course number closely describes the nature of this core course.















Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Fire Modelling

Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Fire Modelling




Course Description:

Introduction to Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) simulation of complex, fire-related flows. First- and second-order

finite control volume discretization and iterative solution methods. Introduction to finite element analysis. Boundary

conditions, turbulence models and grid generation techniques. Assessment of strengths, limitations and uncertainty in

simulation of complex applications relevant to fire engineering. Introduction to zone and field models, such as CFAST

and FDS, with application to practical fire engineering applications and design. (Also offered Online)



Requisites: ME 671 recommended but not required.




Sections combined/heldwith: N/A


This course has been offered as Special Topics ME 770: Topic Fire Modeling for several years. It is a core

course for the new graduate diploma in Fire Safety, and as such it should now become a numbered course.

The new course number closely describes the nature of this core course.






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