It is the mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to prepare students for the lifelong practice of mechanical engineering and related engineering disciplines. This includes preparation for immediate entry into positions in industry or for further study in graduate school.
In addition, the department sustains an outstanding academic program, motivating the faculty to attain excellence in research by acquiring external funding and by incorporating students into their research programs.
Submissions from 2012
Design of a Compact Ceramic High-Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, Taha Moahmed, Mohamed Trabia, Anthony Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson
Submissions from 2011
Techno-economic analysis and engineering design consideration of algal biofuel in southern Nevada, Jian Ma
A fuzzy-controlled Hooke-Jeeves optimization algorithm, Deepak Sankar Somasundaram and Mohamed Trabia
Optimization of shock response within a military vehicle space frame, Jagadeep Thota, Brendan O'Toole, and Mohamed Trabia
Modeling of Hysteresis and Backlash for a Smart Fin with a Piezoelectric Actuator, Mohamed Trabia, Woosoon Yim, and Mohammad Saadeh
Submissions from 2009
Modeling of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuator Dynamics Using a Large Deflection Beam Model, Shivakanth Gutta, Joon S. Lee, Mohamed Trabia, and Woosoon Yim
Modelling and Simulation of a Three-Link Spatial Manipulator with One Flexible Link, Kamal A.F. Moustafa, Mohamed Trabia, Mahmoud Emira, and S. Elnaggar
Modelling and Control of an Overhead Crane with a Variable Length Flexible Cable, Kamal A.F. Moustafa, Mohamed Trabia, and Mohamed I.S. Ismail
Structural Response Optimization of a Light-Weight Composite Blast Containment Vessel, Jagadeep Thota, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan O'Toole, and Ashok K. Ayyaswamy
Submissions from 2008
Modeling and reduction of shocks on electronic components within a projectile, Vinod Chakka, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan O'Toole, Srujanbabu Sridharala, George Samaan Ladkany, and Mostafiz Chowdhury
Design and validation of a fuzzy logic controller for a smart projectile fin with a piezoelectric macro-fiber composite bimorph actuator, Venkat Mudupu, Mohamed Trabia, Woosoon Yim, and Paul Weinacht
Parametric study of sulfuric acid decomposer for hydrogen production, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, Taha Mohamed, Mohamed Trabia, Anthony Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson
Finite Element Modeling of a Light-Weight Composite Blast Containment Vessel, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan O'Toole, Jagadeep Thota, and Kiran K. Matta
Generalized Design of an Anti-Swing Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Overhead Crane with Hoist, Mohamed Trabia, Jamil M. Renno, and Kamal A.F. Moustafa
Submissions from 2007
Thermal transient flow rate sensor for high temperature liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, Yingtao Jiang, Jian Ma, and Rohit Reddy Saddi
Submissions from 2006
Numerical modeling of em pump efficiency, D. Cook, Jian Ma, H. Chen, Y. Chen, and L. J. Ratliff
Structural Response Of Blast Loaded Composite Containment Vessels, Brendan O'Toole, Mohamed Trabia, Jagadeep Thota, Trevor Wilcox, and Kumarswamy K. Nakalswamy
Design and Tuning of Importance-Based Fuzzy Logic Controller for a Flexible-Link Manipulator, Linda Z. Shi and Mohamed Trabia
A Fuzzy Logic Controller for Autonomous Wheeled Vehicles, Mohamed Trabia, Linda Z. Shi, and Neil Eugene Hodge
Submissions from 2005
Enhancement of oxygen transfer in liquid lead and lead–bismuth eutectic by natural convection, Jian Ma, P. Guo, J. Zhang, N. Li, and B. Fu
Solid-phase oxygen control system, Jian Ma, Mohamed Trabia, Yingtao Jiang, and Samir Moujaes
The Particle in-flight characteristics in plasma spraying process measured by phase doppler anemometry (PDA), Jian Ma, S. C.M. Yu, and H. W. Ng
Comparison of Distributed PD-like and Importance-based Fuzzy Logic Controllers for a Two-link Rigid-flexible Manipulator, Linda Z. Shi and Mohamed Trabia
Instrumentation of YSZ oxygen sensor calibration in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic, X. Wu, Jian Ma, Yingtao Jiang, B. Fu, W. Hang, J. Zhang, and N. Li
Submissions from 2004
Developing a sensing system for the measurement of oxygen concentration in Liquid Pb-Bi Eutectic, Bingmei Fu, Yingtao Jiang, and Jian Ma
A Distributed Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Autonomous Vehicle, Neil Eugene Hodge, Linda Z. Shi, and Mohamed Trabia
Some observations on particle size and velocity measurements using phase doppler anemometry in plasma spray, Jian Ma, S. C.M. Yu, H. W. Ng, and Y. C. Lam
A Hybrid Fuzzy Simplex Genetic Algorithm, Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 2003
Optimization of the Closure-Weld Region of Cylindrical Containers for Long-Term Corrosion Resistance Using the Successive Heuristic Quadratic Approximation Technique, Zekai Ceylan and Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 2001
Measurements of size and velocity characteristics in plasma spraying process using PDA, Jian Ma, S. C.M. Yu, H. W. Ng, and C. Y. Lam
A Fuzzy Adaptive Simplex Search Optimization Algorithm, Mohamed Trabia and Xiao Bin Lu
Design and Tuning of a Distributed Fuzzy Logic Controller for Flexible-Link Manipulators, Mohamed Trabia and Linda Z. Shi
Submissions from 2000
Control of Overhead Cranes Using a Fuzzy Logic Controller, Michael J. Nalley and Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 1999
A Two-Stage Fuzzy Logic Controller for Traffic Signals, Mohamed Trabia, Mohamed S. Kaseko, and Murali Ande
Placement of a Manipulator for Minimum Cycle Time, Mohamed Trabia and Murali Kathari
Submissions from 1998
Methods for Resolving Fan/Motor Vibration Problems in Air-Conditioning Units: Part I-Experimental Procedures for Identifying Vibration Modes Excited by Fan Impeller Imbalance, Charlie Teng, Douglas D. Reynolds, and Mohamed Trabia
Methods for Resolving Fan/Motor Vibration Problems in Air-Conditioning Units: Part II - Theoretical Models for Identifying Vibration Modes Excited by Fan Impeller Imbalance, Charlie Teng, Douglas D. Reynolds, and Mohamed Trabia
Design of Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Optimal Performance, Mohamed Trabia and William E. McCarthy
Submissions from 1997
An Experimental study on the amplitude of fluctuating pressure of flow around a group of three cylinders, Youheng Xu, Delong Zhang, and Jian Ma
Submissions from 1996
Adaptive path planning and obstacle avoidance for a robot with a large degree of redundancy, John Z. Li and Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 1995
A Decompositional Algorithm for the Design of a Minimum Weight Multi-Stage Gearbox, S. Abayaweera and Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 1994
Optimal Design of a Cold-Sea-Water Chiller, A. Bhargava, Mohamed Trabia, and Samir Moujaes
Optimal Placement of a SCARA-Type Robot for Traversal of a Prescribed Path in Near-Minimum Time with Actuator and Obstacle Constraints, Michael J. Nalley and Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 1993
Optimization of the Seating Position in a Human-Powered Vehicle, Y. Lei, Mohamed Trabia, and D. Too
Planning near-minimum-length collision-free paths for robots, Mohamed Trabia
Submissions from 1992
Substitute-Wrists to Aid in the Placing of Tools on Robots With 3-R Spherical Wrists, Mohamed Trabia and Joseph K. Davidson
Submissions from 1990
Dynamic Simulation of a Three Degrees of Freedom Hydraulically Activated Robot Arm with Flexible Links, Mohamed Trabia and Woosoon Yim