Teaching
MCEN 2043 Dynamics (syllabus)
Spring/Fall 2015, Spring/Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2025, Fall 2026
This course covers dynamic behaviors of particles and rigid bodies. Topics include: planar kinematics and kinetics, impulse and momentum, work and energy and collision.
MCEN 2063 Mechanics of Materials (syllabus)
Spring 2023, Spring 2025
This course introduces advanced stress/strain analysis methods to analyze the internal stresses and strains caused by external forces and moments applied to solids and structures. Topics include: axial, shear and bearing stresses, normal and shear strains, factor of safety, stress-strain relation, torsion, bending, pressure vessels, multi-axial stress/strain and transformation, Mohr's circle, failure theories, and beam deflection.
MCEN 4183/5183 Mechanics of Composite Materials (syllabus)
Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025, Fall 2026
Fiber-reinforced composite materials offer advantageous properties such as high strength, high stiffness, and low density, and are utilized in many engineering applications. This course starts with a brief review on the fundamentals of solid mechanics and then introduces the concepts required to analyze fiber-reinforced composite materials. Topics include: elasticity and strength of composites, failure analysis, uni-directional lamina, multi-directional laminate, and hygrothermal effects.
MCEN 5228 Fracture Mechanics (syllabus)
Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026
This course introduces fundamental concepts, analytical approaches, and expeirmental methods for characerizing fracture of solid materials. Topics include: linear elastic analysis of 2D cracks, energy flows and criteria for elastic fracture, experimental methods for elastic fracture, application of fracture mechanics in adhesion, introduction to elastic plastic fracture, introduction to soft material fracture, and introduction to dynamic fracture.
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics I (syllabus)
Fall 2017
This course covers tensor analysis, deformation and strain measurements, stress and its relation to force and moment, the fudamental principles of mass, moementum, energy and entropy, geometric compatibility, material behaviors, consitutitve equations, and energy methods.
MCEN 6228 Wetting Friction & Adhesion (syllabus)
Fall 2021
This course introduces fundamental concepts, measurements, theories, and practical applications related to wetting, adhesion and friction. Topics include: surface tension & energy; capillarity, contact mechanics, interfacial tension/energy, contact angle, droplet spreading, wetting in porous materials, topographic influence on wetting, electric wetting, fluid instabilities related to surface energy, adhesive contact theories, thin film adhesion; elasto-capillarity, classical friction laws, and lubrication theory.
MECE 250 Engineering Mechanics II (syllabus)
Spring 2014 at University of Alberta
This course covers basic concepts and analysis methods for planar kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and vibration of simple mechanical systems and planar rigid bodies.
MECE 380 Advanced Strength of Materials I (syllabus)
Fall 2013 at University of Alberta
This course introduces advanced stress/strain analysis methods to examine the load carrying capacity of various structures. Topics include: multi-axial stress and strain state and tranformation, linear elasticity, thermal stresses, stress concentration, failure criteria, energy method, and advanced methods for bending and torsion.