Course Description
Introductions to the principles of design and analysis of planar mechanisms.
Design for functionality, motion, force, power, and strength.
The laboratory experience provides open-ended projects to reinforce the design process.
The course is typically offered in the Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
Fall Semester 2019
Prof. Gordon Pennock
- Section 121
- MWF 9:30 am - 10:20 pm - EE 117
- Email
- pennock@purdue.edu
- Office
- ME 3003F
- Office Hours
- Monday & Wednesday 11:00 am -12:00 pm
Murtuza Shergadwala
- Section 122
- MWF 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm - GRIS 103
- Email
- mshergad@purdue.edu
- Office
- ME 3015
- Office Hours
- Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Required Textbooks
(i) Custom edition: Machine Design I, ME 35200: J.J. Uicker, G.R. Pennock and J.E. Shigley, Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2017. [ISBN: 978-01-900-9067-8].
(ii) Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, Eleventh Edition, R.G. Budynas and J.K. Nisbett. McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2020. [ISBN: 978-1-264-08776-1].
TA Office Hours
Room ME 3015 - check the door for times.
