University of Mines and Technology(UMaT), Tarkwa. Ghana

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MASTER’S (MODULAR) PROGRAMME IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

4.1    Titles of Programmes

The titles of the programmes is MSc/MPhil Programme (Modular) in Mechanical Engineering.

14.2   Programme Objectives

The main objectives of the programme are to produce graduates with a wide range of knowledge of modern engineering enterprise and to develop skill in advanced mechanical engineering in the field of thermal power and fluid engineering.

14.3   Entry Requirements

The entry requirements for the Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering are:

i)   Applicants must have BSc First Class or Second Class (Upper Division) in Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and Engineering from a Recognized University.

ii)  All applicants who do not satisfy (i) above but have degree in Engineering and Science may be eligible only after passing an interview.

iii)  Holders of UMaT Diploma in Mine Mechanical Engineering or Earth Sciences and related Engineering programmes who hold senior positions in an appropriate industry and have at least 5 years professional experience with proven ability in their discipline are eligible for admission.

iv)    Foreign applicants with proficiency in English language who satisfy the requirements of (i) or (ii) above are eligible for admission after careful consideration of transcripts and relevant references.

v)    A student may be admitted to participate in any module on non-scoring basis. In this case, he/she may participate in class discussions, do practical work, take examinations and generally enjoy the privileges of a class member. No credit is given either on completion of a module or at a later time. Such a student shall be given the award of either a Certificate of Proficiency if he/she passes the examination of Certificate or Participation if he/she does not take the examination or fails the examination.

14.4    Programme Requirements

The Department offers two Master’s Degree programmes. These are:
•    MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering).
•    MPhil in Mechanical Engineering

a)       Graduation Requirements

i)    MSc Mechanical Engineering Degree

•    A minimum of 45 credit hours is required for the award of MSc. Degree. The programme is composed of a minimum of eight (8) modules (24 credit hours), Postgraduate Seminar    (3 credit hours), Field Trip and Report (3 credit hours) and a Thesis (15 credits).
•    Each module runs for a maximum of two weeks (10 working days) duration; examinations in each module shall be taken within a week after completion of the module.
•    There shall be a minimum of forty (40) contact hours in each module (4 hr/day).
•    A student may take a module on non-scoring basis. In this case no credit will be given either on completion of a module or at a later time.

ii)   MPhil Mechanical Engineering Degree

•    A student is required to audit three (3) core modules outlined in Section 14.5 and two others recommended by the supervisor to facilitate his/her research work. The candidate is also required to present at least one seminar.
•    The successful defence of a thesis is required for the award of the MPhil Degree in the chosen area of specialization. The thesis should be an embodiment of independent research conducted by the student under the guidance of a Supervisor on a significant problem in a chosen area of Mechanical Engineering

b)    Programme Duration

•    Full-time – A maximum of four (4) semesters for coursework and thesis.
•    Part-time – A maximum of six (6) semesters.

c)    Registration

•    Full time students are required to register a minimum of four (4) modules per semester.
•    Students should register modules they intend to participate in by the third week of every semester. Students may, however, pay module participation fees at the time the module is being offered.
•    To be of good standing one must enroll in at least three modules per academic year.

14.5    Programme Structure

a)    Core/Compulsory Modules

The MSc. Course work comprises 6 core compulsory modules namely:
•    Engineering Heat Transfer (MC 503).
•    Fluid Mechanics (MC 505).
•    Computational Fluid Dynamics (MC 507).
•    Gas-Turbines and Fuel Cells (MC 502).
•    Gas Dynamics (MC 504).
•    Research Methods (MC 501).

In addition, a minimum of two (2) other modules must be selected by the candidate in consultation with his/her Supervisor(s). Applicants without adequate Mechanical Engineering background will be required to register for the module in Introduction to Mechanical Engineering.

Numerical Methods and Computer Programming are compulsory non-scoring modules but a candidate may apply for exemption in either of them on satisfactory proof of proficiency in it/them.

Field trips will be organized and all students are required to participate in at least one of them. An essential requirement of the modules is that students devote the afternoons to tutorials, practicals or field trips.

Module No.: MC 379
Name of Module: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 0
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.    Engineering Materials: Classification of Engineering Materials, Properties of Materials, Testing of Materials.
2.    Machine Tools: Lathe, Drilling, Milling, Shaping.
3.    Machine Design: Design process, material selection in design.
4.    Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluid, Pascal’s Law, Variation of pressure with depth and hydrostatic, energy and its form, Bernoulli’s equation, Viscous and turbulent flow.
5.    Fluid Machineries: Fluid coupling, Pumps, Compressors, Hydraulic turbine, Hydraulic power plant, Pneumatic machines.
6.    Laws of Thermodynamics: Joule apparatus and mechanical equivalent, First Law of Thermodynamics, The Kelvin-Plancks second law of thermodynamics,

Clausius statement for Second law of thermodynamics.
7.    Internal Combustion Engines: Types of internal combustion engines, working principles for four-stroke petrol and diesel engines, working principle for two stroke petrol

and diesel engines, comparison of petrol and diesel engines, comparison of four-stroke  and two-stroke engines, comparison of steam and internal combustion engine.
8.    Heat Transfer: Introduction to the three modes of heat transfer; Types of Heat Exchangers.
9.    Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
0.    Industrial and Maintenance Engineering: Time and Work Study, Types of Maintenance Schedule.

Module No.: MC 379
Name of Module: Numerical Methods
Credits: 0
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.       Review of the various numerical techniques of solving linear and non-linear equations
2.       The nature of iterative schemes.
3.       The Successive-Over Relaxation method (SOR) for both component and matrix forms
4.       Finite differences
5.       Interpolation
6.       The Taylor’s method, the Euler method, Modified Euler method
7.       Runge-Kutta methods
8.       The Shooting method, the finite difference method
9.       Methods for Eleptic equations
10.     Methods for Parabolic and Hyperbolic equations

Module No.: MC 389
Name of Module: Computer Applications: Programming in C/C++
Credits: 0
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.    Introduction to  C Programming, Operators and Expressions
2.    Fundamental Data Types and Storage Classes, Standard C/C++ preprocessor
3.    Standard C/C++ library and Conditional Program Execution, Program Loops and Iteration, Modular Programming
4.    Pointer to Objects, Arrays, Structures, Unions
5.    Controlling Devices, Operating System Interaction, Mouse and graphic programming, Lists, Trees, String, Queues and stacks
6.    Object Oriented paradigm and C++ at a glance, Classes and objects
7.    Object initialization and cleanup, dynamic objects
8.    Operator overloading, Inheritance, Virtual functions
9.    Generic programming with templates, Streams computation with streams, Stream computation with files
10.    Exception handling

Module No.: MC 501
Name of Module: Research Methods
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Introduction to research
2.      Epistemology and its implications for research methodology and design
3.     Theoretical framework and Scientific research design
4.      Qualitative data collection and Analysis 
5.      Principles of quantitative data analysis (Descriptive Statistics)
6.      Quantitative Methods 
7.      Sampling, questionnaire design and methods for pre-testing
8.      Research proposal for competitive research grant
9.      Format of research proposal
10.    Reporting and communicating research results

Module No.: MC 503
Name of Module: Engineering Heat Transfer
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Introduction to the three modes of heat transfer
2.      Physical laws governing these processes (the three modes of heat transfer)
3.      Differential equation of three-dimensional conduction
4.      Complex and unsteady heat conduction
5.      Laminar and turbulent heat convection, 
6.      Natural and Forced convection
7.      Heat Exchangers
8.      Mass transfer
9.      Boiling and condensation.
10.    Radiation and Solar energy

Module No.: MC 505
Name of Module: Fluid Mechanics
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Review of laws of fluid mechanics
2.      Derivation of the governing differential equations
3.      Introduction to potential flows
4.      Exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations
5.      Laminar boundary layers.
6.      Basic theory and description of turbulent flows and turbulent mixing processes
7.      Physics of near-wall turbulent flows
8.      Modeling of turbulent flows
9.      Linear and non-linear eddy-viscosity schemes
10.    Flow Management: active and passive measures to delay or avoid transition to turbulent flow or to reduce turbulent mixing.

Module No.: MC 507
Name of Module: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      CFD activity and Transport equation
2.      Numerical verses analytical solutions
3.      Discretisation techniques to transform governing equations into sets of linear equations
4.      One-dimensional conduction equation, TSE and IOCV methods.
5.      Stability and convergence
6.      Solution methods for linear systems (Gauss-Seidel, Tridiagonal Matrix Algorithm)
7.      Central and upwind differencing for convection terms, diffusion and pressure-velocity coupling
8.      Two-dimensional boundary layers
9.      Adaptive grid, transformation of coordinates and discretisation
10.    Complex domains; curvilinear grids, unstructured grids

Module No.: MC 509
Name of Module: Combustion and Internal Combustion Engines
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Properties of gaseous mixtures: Gibbs-Dalton Law, evaluation of mixture energy, enthalpy and entropy
2.      Properties of gaseous mixtures: gravimetric and molar analyses of mixtures, processes with mixtures
3.      Combustion processes: simple chemistry, stoichiometry, mixtures of reactants
4.      Combustion processes: air/fuel ratios, energy release, and adiabatic flame temperature
5.      Chemical equilibrium and dissociation: equilibrium constant, degree of dissociation
6.      Chemical equilibrium and dissociation: effects on heat release and flame temperature
7.      Chemical kinetics: rate constants, forward and backward (dissociation), law of mass action
8.      Chemical kinetics: relation to equilibrium constant, forms of rate constant, example of NO, chemical time scales
9.      Flames: premixed, partially premixed and diffusion
10.    Flames: relation to engine output and performance, laminar and turbulent flame speed.

Module No.: MC 502
Name of Module: Gas Turbines and Fuel Cells
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Gas Turbine as a prime energy converter
2.      Gas turbine plant
3.      Auxiliary devices and Suitable fuels for gas turbines
4.      Review of the relevant thermofluid mechanics for the design and performance analysis
5.      Fuel cell as the primary class of non-heat route energy conversion
6.      Development of constituent materials
7.      Multi-scale modeling
8.      Stack design
9.      Optimization and control
10.    Fuel cell application, fuels and infrastructure.

Module No.: MC 504
Name of Module: Gas Dynamics
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Thermodynamics concepts of compressible flow
2.      Energy equation: static and stagnation temperatures
3.      Elastic waves, the mach cone and the propagation of finite waves
4.      Compressible flow around a body
5.      One dimensional compressible flow in a duct
6.      Subsonic flows
7.      Supersonic flows
8.      Isothermal flow in a pipe
9.      Adiabatic flow in a pipe
10.    Case Studies

Module No.: MC 506
Name of Module: Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Classical thermodynamics of a general reactive system
2.      Conservation of energy and principles of increase of entropy
3.      Fundamental relation of thermodynamics
4.      Availability and maximum work potential
5.      Reversible work and irreversibility
6.      Second-law efficiency; second law analysis of closed systems
7.      Heat transfer with other systems or bodies
8.      Second-law analysis of steady-flow systems
9.      Second-law analysis of unsteady-flow systems
10.    General unsteady-flow processes

Module No.: MC 508
Name of Module: Renewable Energy Resources
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Energy and the economy
2.      Solar radiation production
3.      Transmission and conversion
4.      Photovoltaic
5.      Solar panel and its accessories
6.      Installation and maintenance of Solar panel
7.      Biomass
8.      Wind
9.      Wave and tide
10.    Hydropower conversion

Module No.: MC 510
Name of Module: Engineering Economics
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.    Nature of and Requirements for Engineering Projects
2.    Time value of Money and Economic Equivalence
3.    Estimation of  Revenue and Costs
4.    Choosing among Investment Alternatives
5.    Financing Alternatives
6.    Cash Flow Models and Analysis
7.    Sensitivity and Risk Analysis
8.    Equipment Replacement and Retirement
9.    Feasibility Study
10.    Case Studies

Module No.: MC 512
Name of Module: Environment Management
Credits: 3
DAY                                       TOPIC
1.      Environmental Impact of Mechanical Engineering Activities (an Overview)
2.      Emissions/Pollutants from Internal Combustion Engines
3.      Air Quality Modeling
4.      Water Quality/ Pollution
5.      Water Quality Modeling
6.      Noise
7.      Environmental Aspects of Ground Vibrations
8.      Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies
9.      Environmental Impact Assessment Practices
10.    Ghana’s Environmental Policy

Module No.: MC 515
Name of Module: Postgraduate Seminar
Credits: 3
Students will be required to make a minimum of one presentation on the progress and research underway in their areas of specialization. The seminar will be assessed by a Departmental Panel. Postgraduate students are required to attend.

Module No.: MC 518
Name of Module: Field Trip and Report
Credits: 3
Field trips will be organized and all students will be required to participate in at least one of them. Candidates are required to submit a written report and make oral presentation(s) on it/them.

Module No.: MC 500
Name of Module: Thesis
Credits: 15

The thesis must be an embodiment of independent research work under the guidance of Supervisor(s) on a topic in the student’s area of specialization. A thesis embodying the results of the research will be presented to the Department for assessment. A panel of examiners will assess the thesis.

14.6    Areas of Research
A candidate may submit a thesis under the Supervision of an academic staff in any of the following areas:
•    Thermal power engineering.
•    Fluid engineering.
•    Renewable energy systems
•    Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to the solution of complex flow phenomena including heat and mass transfer in single and multi-phase.

Other related topics will be accepted but must be approved by the Department.

14.7   Employment Opportunities
There are employment opportunities in the following areas:
•    Oil and gas industry.
•    Thermal and hydro power generation industries.
•    Water and thermal engineering industries.
•    Manufacturing industries using systems involving transport of heat and mass e.g. cocoa processing factories and the breweries.
•    Universities, Polytechnics and other Educational and Research Institutions.

14.8   Available Resources

a)    List of Academic Staff and Areas of Specialization
See Appendix I for the list of Academic Staff
b)    Available Equipment
See Appendix II for available equipment and Appendix III for the required equipment.

14.9   Resources Needed
See Appendix III for the resources needed to run the programme.


14.10 Cost of Module
Module fees shall be GH?500.00 (or its dollar equivalent) per module (module fees are subject to changes without notice).

APPENDIX I

List of Academic Staff and Areas of Specialisation

APPENDIX II

AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT

There are up-to-date facilities in the University, the mining industry and allied industries and other research institutions in the country to allow for a comprehensive and detailed work in the programmes. The facilities include:

•    A refrigeration and air-conditioning teaching laboratory with work stations.
•    A power hydraulics teaching laboratory with work stations.
•    A power pneumatic teaching laboratory with work stations.

APPENDIX III

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

•    Test Stand for Internal Combustion Engines
•    GILKES GT 106 Thermo-Fluids Tutor
•    GILKES GT 85-2 Gas Turbine test set
•    Tecquipment TD16, TD17, TD18, TD19 Models
•    Heat Transfer Apparatus TD1
•    Armfield Compressible Flow Bench C1 with accessories
•    Armfield Laminar Flow Table 
•    Armfield Heat Transfer Equipment (HT10X Heat Transfer Service Unit) with accessories

APPENDIX IV

LIST OF REFERENCE BOOKS

Thermodynamics

Moran, M. J. and Shapiro, H. N. (2007), Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th Edition, Wiley and Sons, New York, 944 pp.

Borgnakke, C. and Sonntag, R. E. (2008), Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, 7th edition, Wiley and Sons, New York, 912pp.

Cengel, Y. and Boles, M. (2010), Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resources DVD, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1024pp.

Turns, S. R. (2006), Thermodynamics: Concepts and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 754pp.

Heat and Mass Transfer

Cengel, Y. A. (2006), Heat and Mass Transfer: (SI Units): A Practical Approach, McGraw-Hill.

Incropera, F. P., Dewitt, D. P., Bergman, T. L., Lavine, A. S. and Middleman, S. (2007), Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer: An Introduction to Mass and Heat Transfer, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1720pp.

Yunus Cengel, Y. and Ghajar, A. (2010), Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, McGraw-Hill, 924pp.

Welty, J., Wicks, C. E., Rorrer, G. L. and Wilson, R. E. (2007), Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th edition, Wiley and Sons, 740 pp.

Incropera, F. P., DeWitt, D. P., Bergman, T. L. and Lavine, A. S. (2006), Introduction to Heat Transfer, 5th edition, Wiley and Sons, 912 pp.

Mills, F. (1999), Basic Heat and Mass Transfer, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1000pp.

Combustion and Internal Combustion Engines

Taylor, C. F. (1985), Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice: Vol. 2 - Revised: Combustion, Fuels, Materials, Design, 2nd Edition, The MIT Press, 800pp.

Stone, R. (1999), Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines, 3rd edition, SAE International, 641pp.

Heywood, J. (1988), Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, 1st edition, McGraw-Hill, 930pp.

Ferguson, C. R., and Kirkpatrick, A. T. (2000), Internal Combustion Engines: Applied Thermosciences, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 384pp.

Guzzella, L., and Onder, C. (2009) Introduction to Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engine Systems, 2nd Edition, Spring, 356pp.

Pulkrabek, W. W. (2003), Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 504 pp.

Obert, E. F. (1973), Internal Combustion Engines and Air Pollution, 3rd edition, Intex Educational Pub, 736pp.

Basshuysen, V. R. and Schafer, F. (2004), Internal Combustion Engine Handbook: Basics, Components, Systems, and Perspectives, SAE International, 868pp.

Maleev, V. L. (1945), Internal-Combustion Engines, Theory and Design, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 636pp.

Fluid Mechanics

Munson, B. R., Young, D. F., Okiishi, T. H. and Huebsch, W. W. (2009), Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition, Wiley and Sons, 776 pp.

Granger, R. A. (1995), Fluid Mechanics (Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics), Dove Publication, 912pp.

Cengel, Y. and John Cimbala, J. (2009), Fluid Mechanics with Student Resources DVD, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 992pp.

Finnemore, E. and Franzini, J. (2001), Fluid Mechanics With Engineering Applications, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 816 pp.

Kundu, P. K. and Cohen, I. M. (2010), Fluid Mechanics with Multimedia DVD, 4th Edition, Academic Press, 904pp.

Potter, M. and Wiggert, D. (2007), Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics (Schaum's Outline Series), McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 248pp.

Potter, M. (2009), Fluid Mechanics DeMYSTiFied, Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M. (1987), Fluid Mechanics: Volume 6 (Course of Theoretical Physics), 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 552pp.

Crowe, C. T., Elger, D. F. and Roberson, J. A. (2008), Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 9th edition, Wiley and Sons.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Anderson, J. (1995), Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 574pp.

Tu, J., Yeoh, G. H. and Liu, C. (2007), Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Approach, Butterworth-Heinemann, 480pp.

Versteeg, H. and Malalasekra, W. (2007), An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 520pp.

Hirsch, C. (2007), Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, Volume 1, Second Edition: The Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 680pp.

Zikanov, O. (2010), Essential Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wiley and Sons, 320pp.

Shyy, W., Udaykumar, H. S., Rao, M. M. and Smith, R. W. (2007), Computational Fluid Dynamics with Moving Boundaries (Dover Books on Engineering), Dover Publications, 304pp.

Pletcher, R., Tannehill, J. and Anderson, D. (1997), Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition, Taylor and Francis, 816pp.

Chung, T. J. (2010), Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1056pp.

Wendt, J. F. (2010), Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Introduction, Springer, 332pp.

Ferziger, J. H. and Peric, M. (2001), Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 3rd edition, Springer, 423pp.

Date, A. W. (2009), Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 398pp.

Gas Turbines

Saravanamutto, H., Rogers, G. F. C., Cohen, H. and Straznicky, P. V. (2009), Gas Turbine Theory, 6th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 608pp.

Boyce, M. P. (2006), Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, 3rd edition, Gulf Professional Publishing, 962pp.

Lefebvre, A. H. and Ballal, D. R. (2010), Gas Turbine Combustion: Alternative Fuels and Emissions, 3rd edition, CRC Press, 557pp.

Bathie, W. W. (1995), Fundamentals of Gas Turbines, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 480 pp.

Kehlhofer, R., Hannemann, F., Stirnimann, F. and Rukes, B. (2009), Combined-Cycle Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plants, 3rd edition, Penwell Corp., 430pp.

Giampaolo, T. (2009), Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practice, 4th edition, CRC Press, 450pp.

Soares, C. (2007), Gas Turbines: A Handbook of Air, Land and Sea Applications, Butterworth-Heinemann, 776pp.

Fuel Cells

O'Hayre, R., Cha, S., Colella, W., Prinz, F. B. (2009), Fuel Cell Fundamentals, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 576pp.

Spiegel, C. (2007), Designing and Building Fuel Cells, 1st edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, 434pp.

Mench, M. M. (2008), Fuel Cell Engines, Wiley and Sons, 528pp.

Larminie, J. and Dicks, A. (2003), Fuel Cell Systems Explained, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 406pp.

Gas Dynamics

John, J. E. A. and Keith, T. G. (2006), Gas Dynamics, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, 688pp.

Zucrow, M. J. and Hoffman, J. D. (1976), Gas Dynamics (Vol. 1), Wiley and Sons, 772pp.

Zucker, R. D. and Oscar Biblarz, O. (2002), Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 512pp.

Liepmann, H. W. and Roshko, A. (2002), Elements of Gas Dynamics, Dover Publication, 456pp.

Rathakrishnan, E. (2010), Applied Gas Dynamics, Wiley and Sons, 680pp.

J. Anderson Jr. (2006), Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, 2nd edition, Aiaa Education Series, 813pp.

Organ, A. J. (2010), Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of the Stirling Cycle Machine, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 452pp.

Renewable Energy Resource

Twidell, J. and Weir, T. (2005), Renewable Energy Resources, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 624pp.

William H. Kemp, W. H. (2009), The Renewable Energy Handbook, Revised Edition: The Updated Comprehensive Guide to Renewable Energy and Independent Living, 3rd edition, Aztext Press, 600pp.

Boyle, G. (2004), Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 464pp.

da Rosa, A. V. (Author), Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, 2nd edition, Academic Press, 864pp.

Engineering Economics

Park, C. S. (2008), Fundamentals of Engineering Economics, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 629pp.

Park, C. S. (2010), Contemporary Engineering Economics, 5th edition, Prentice-Hall, 960pp.

Newnan, D., Eschenbach, T. and Lavelle, J. (2011), Engineering Economic Analysis, 11th edition, Oxford University Press, USA, 672 pp.

Sepulveda, J., Souder, W. and Gottfried, B. (1984), Schaum’s Outline of Engineering Economics, McGraw-Hill, 224pp.

Sullivan, W. G., Wicks, E. M. and Koelling, C. P. (2011), Engineering Economy, 15th edition, Prentice-Hall, 672pp.

Blank, L. and Tarquin, A. (2004), Engineering Economy, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management, 800pp.

White, J. A., Kenneth E. Case and Pratt, D. B. (2009), Principles of Engineering Economic Analysis, 5th edition, Wiley and Sons, 908pp.

Lindeburg, M. R. (1993), Engineering Economic Analysis: An Introduction, Professional Publications, Inc., 234 pp.

Boehm, B. W. (1981), Software Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, 767pp.

Riggs, J. L., Bedworth, D. D. and Randhawa, S. U. (1996), Engineering Economics, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 736pp.

Research Methods

McBurney, D. H. and White, T. L. (2009), Research Methods (Examples & Explanations Series), 8th Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 464pp.

Creswell, J. W. (2008), Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rd edition, Sage Publications, Inc., 296pp.

Graziano, A. M. and Raulin, M. L. (2009), Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry, 7th edition, Allyn and Bacon, 432pp.

Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G. and Williams, J. M. (2008), The Craft of Research, 3rd edition University of Chicago Press, 336pp.

Jackson, S. L. (2008), Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, 3rd edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 448pp.

Environmental Management

Russo, M. V. (2008), Environmental Management: Readings and Cases, 2nd Edition, Sage Publications, Inc. 680pp.

Callan, S. J. and Thomas, J. M. (2006), Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, 4th Edition, South-Western College Publications, 480pp.

Theodore, M. K. and Theodore, L. (2009), Introduction to Environmental Management, CRC Press, 556pp.

Barrow, C. (2006), Environmental Management for Sustainable Development, 2nd edition, Routledge, 464pp.

Rogene A. and Buchholz, R. A. (1998), Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 464pp.

Numerical Methods

Hamming, R. (1087), Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, 2nd Edition, Dover Publications, 752pp.

Faires, J. D. and Burden, R. L. (2002), Numerical Methods, 3rd edition, Brooks Cole, 640pp.

Chapra, S. and Canale, R. (2009), Numerical Methods for Engineers, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, 960pp.

Gilat, A. and Subramaniam, V. (Author), Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists: An Introduction with Applications using MATLAB, 2nd edition, Wiley and Sons, 512pp.

Hoffman, J. D. (Author), Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 840pp.

Programming in C++

Bronson, G. J. (2009), C++ for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd edition, Course Technology, 752pp.

Hanly, J. R. (2001), Essential C++ for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd edition, Addison Wesley, 560pp.

Capper, D. (2001), Introducing C++ for Scientists, Engineers and Mathematicians, 2nd edition, Springer, 560pp.

Etter, D. M. (1997), Introduction to C++ for Engineers and Scientists, Prentice-Hall Modular Series for Engineering, 167pp.

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