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Class Offerings & Course Descriptions

AME Programs

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering - (2009-10)
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - (2009-10)
•	Advanced Standing: All students intending to take upper-division (3/400-level) classes must apply for Advanced Standing. You will not be able to register for upper division classes without it. To qualify for Advanced Standing, you must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher in your core major classes. Applications may be picked up in the AME advising office N310. Please bring a copy of your DARS SAPR with you to turn in with the application. This information can also be found in the course catalog.
•	Attention all Mechanical Engineering majors: Effective Summer 2009, ABE 320 (Introduction to CAD) will be re-numbered to ABE 220 (Intro. to CAD). ABE 220 will be taught in Summer II AND Fall 2009. Also effective Summer 2009, Mechanical Engineering students may NOT enroll in CE 210 and MUST take ABE 220 to fulfill the CAD requirements of the major. Please also note that ABE 320 can no longer be used as a technical elective (since it is now a 200-level class). This is consistent with the AME department's policy on technical electives.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

The following projects are available to undergraduate students interested in research experience. Interested students should contact the project advisor listed under each topic. The project advisor can award academic credit under AME392 or AME492 courses, or financial support (when available).

List of Current Projects:

* A Microfluidic Device for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing *
Project Advisor: Pak Wong: pak@email.arizona.edu
This project aims to develop a microfluidic device for performing antibiotic susceptibility testing in non-traditional healthcare setting. Students will learn micro fabrication techniques that originated from integrated circuit (IC) industry for developing point-of-care biomedical devices.

* A Nanoengineered Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Biomolecules *
Project Advisor: Pak Wong: pak@email.arizona.edu
This project aims to develop a nanoengineered biosensor for rapid detection of biomolecules. Students will apply engineering principles to design nanoengineered probes for biological applications. Quantitative fluorescence experiments will be performed to optimize the probe design.

* Mathematical Simulation of Protein Gene Interactions *
Project Advisors:
Ibrahim Guven: guven@email.arizona.edu
Jonathan Flax: jdflax@email.arizona.edu
This project investigates the fundamental mechanisms driving gene activation and silencing by designing simple mathematical models based on experimental observations. This project is multi-disciplinary by nature, and involves two faculty members from AME and Department of Neurology. The students will implement mathematical models of biological phenomena utilizing programming languages such as Matlab and/or Java. In addition to computational aspects, visualization of results will also be emphasized.

* Micro-robotic drug delivery system *
Project Advisor: Eniko T. Enikov: enikov@email.arizona.edu
This project applies micro-technology to targeted drug delivery. In the core of the project is a ferromagnetic micro-structure (skeleton), which carries a bio-compatible coating containing the drug to be delivered. Student-researchers design and assemble the "micro-robot" from individually fabricated parts. Subsequently, the assembled device is passed through a dual capillary manifold encapsulating it in a drug-containing shell.

* Advanced International Studies in Micro and Nanomechanics *
Project Advisor: Eniko T. Enikov: enikov@email.arizona.edu
This project provides travel stipends for US students to spend one semester in Europe (Budapest, Hungary or Bratislava, Slovakia). Students choosing to participate in this project will take courses (required or elective) and participate in research on micro- and nanotechnology. For more information visit www.nano.arizona.edu/atlantis

* Development of Software for a Portable Knee Load Sensor *
Project Advisor: John Szivek: szivek@u.arizona.edu
We have developed an implantable sensor and transmitter system that has been used to collect load information from inside the knee. One component of this system is a portable receiver which has been programmed using Labview 8 in Windows operating system that runs on a hand held Dell computer. At this point the program is relatively primitive and is only able to collect measurements for later display. As we continue to develop this system it would be very useful to have a more sophisticated program that can detect specific peaks and generate a warning to patients so that they do not overload the tissue engineered cartilage that the sensors are collecting load information from.
Students interested in working on this program and developing a more sophisticated piece of software for the hand held computer should contact the project advisors.

* Summer Research Opportunity *
Contact: Eniko T. Enikov: enikov@email.arizona.edu
Summer internship opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland offers $4,000 per 11-week fellowship, transportation to and from NIST, and local housing (http://www.surf.nist.gov/). You must be an undergraduate student at a U.S. university or college with a scientific/engineering major, have a G.P.A. of 3.0/4.0 or better (recommended), and are considering pursuing a graduate degree (M.S. or Ph.D.).

In your application you need to make a statement of research interests. You can see a list of participating labs on the NIST SURF website (http://www.surf.nist.gov/cont.htm).

AME students might consider:
http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/ - Building Fire Research Lab
http://www.mel.nist.gov/projs.htm - Manufacturing Engineering Lab
http://cnst.nist.gov/cnst_surf.html - Center for Nanoscale Science

The AME deadline for the application is February 1, 2009 since the applications are submitted centrally by UA on February 16. All documents need to be in PDF or WORD format for electronic upload.

* REU program at McDonald Observatory *
We are looking for undergraduate engineering students for a summer internship 2009. The student will work with a mentor and develop hands on skills in their field of interest as well as learn how a major astronomical observatory operates. The deadline for engineering students to apply is February 10th and the application materials can be found at:

www.as.utexas.edu/reu

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