Program of MSc. in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Power (Thesis Option)

• Program Overview

1. Program location: Main Campus of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2. Program Background: The graduate program that leads to the degree of Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Power was started in the academic year 2005-2006 (1426-1427 H.). The program is designed to fulfill the needs of the mechanical power industry in the Kingdom. It enables qualified engineers to pursue advanced studies in this field of top technology. The Saudi Vision 2030 and the regional and global orientation intensified this in recent years to enable and develop the mechanical power sectors. In addition to that, the number of undergraduate students in the mechanical engineering department has continuously increased at an annual rate of 30% over the last decade, resulting in an increased demand for graduates to join the program.
3. Total Credit Hours for Completing the Program: 36 credit hours, including 8 credit hours of MS Thesis.

• Program Mission Program Goals
  

  Prepare mechanical power engineering professional leaders to drive innovation, and contribute to the resolution of complex national and global problems and challenges in ethical and responsible manners.

   

•  Program Goals and Their Relation to the King Abdulaziz University Goals

1. Program Goals
   • Provide robust support to the students, help them thrive at KAU, and prepare them for success after graduation.
   • Support, motivate, and encourage creativity and innovation of the teaching staff and their commitment to the best practices in teaching strategies and assessment methods.
   • Encourage faculty and students for ethical production of research and innovation and to improve their contribution to the areas of mechanical power research that are globally relevant and of great importance to the Saudi society.
   • Foster a culture of community engagement promoting community partnerships that enrich teaching, learning, research and creative activities, address critical societal issues, and contribute to the public good.
2. Relationship between Program Goals and the King Abdulaziz University Goals

• Program Learning Outcomes

• Graduate Attributes

Graduates of the MS Programs in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Power should:

1. Consistently respond to complex academic and professional issues, providing creative solutions and making sound judgments in the absence of complete data relevant to the matter concerned.
2. Act autonomously in tackling and solving both anticipated and unpredictable problems, cooperate with others, and provide leadership when appropriate in group situations.
3. Follow, and actively encourage others, to apply sound ethical and moral judgments in dealing with sensitive and complex issues that may involve difficult value conflicts.
4. Take full responsibility for their own independent learning and provide leadership in developing opportunities to support their own and others’ continuing professional development.
5. Behave in ways that are consistent with Islamic values and beliefs, and reflect high levels of loyalty, responsibility, and commitment to service to the society.

• Admission Requirements and Application Procedure

  Admission Requirements

  In addition to the General Admission Regulations enforced by the Deanship of Graduate Studies, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

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  Required Documents for Postgraduate Programs

  Approval of Employer

   

  Application Procedure

  Prospective applicants should complete the online application form.

  Graduate Studies Scholarships, Apply here.

   

• Curriculum

  Program Study Plan for M.Sc. Degree

  To acquire the M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Power, the student must finish 36 credit hours including the following:

  1. Compulsory courses (7 courses) totaling 19 Credit Hours.
  2. Elective courses (3 courses) totaling 9 Credit Hours)
  3. MS Thesis totaling 8 Credit Hours.

     Program Structure		No. of Courses	Credit Hours
     Courses	Core	7	19
     	Elective	3	9
     MS Thesis		1	8
     Total		11	36

      

  The details of these courses are as follows:

  M.Sc. Compulsory courses

  Course code & No.	Course Title	Pre-Requisite Courses	Credit Hours
  MATH 639	Advanced Engineering Mathematics	None	3
  MATH 629	Advanced Numerical Analysis	None	3
  IE 694	Scientific Research Methodology & Skills	None	3
  MEP 602	Advanced Heat Transfer	MATH 629	3
  MEP 604	Advanced Thermodynamics	MATH 629	3
  MEP 606	Incompressible Flow	MATH 629	3
  MEP 695	Seminar	IE 694	1

  
  

  M.Sc. Elective Courses*

  Course code & No.	Course Title	Pre-Requisite Courses	Credit Hours
  MEP 621	Viscous Flow	MEP 606	3
  MEP 622	Computational Fluid Dynamics	MEP 606	3
  MEP 623	Turbulent Flow	MEP 606	3
  MEP 655	Thermal Experimental Techniques	None	3
  MEP 662	Mass Transfer	MEP 606	3
  MEP 663	Radiation Heat Transfer	MEP 602	3
  MEP 669	Gas Dynamics	MEP 606	3
  MEP 671	Combustion	MEP 604	3
  MEP 672	Advanced Desalination Engineering	MEP 602	3
  MEP 673	Solar Thermal Applications	None	3
  MEP 674	Advanced Refrigeration &Air conditioning	MEP 604	3
  MEP 675	Advanced Gas Turbine Engines	MEP 604	3
  MEP 677	Advanced Power Plants	MEP 604	3
  MEP 696	Special Topics in Mech. Eng.-I	Advisors’ Approval	3
  MEP 697	Special Topics in Mech. Eng.-II	Advisors’ Approval	3
  ….. 6xx	Advanced course from other departments	Advisors’ Approval	3
  ….. 6yy	Advanced course from other departments	Advisors’ Approval	3

  * Only three elective courses should be selected.

   

  MS Thesis

  Course code & No.	Course Title	Pre-Requisite Courses	Credit Hours
  MEP 699	MS Thesis	Department’s Approval	8

   

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• Program Course Description

  Course code & No.	Course Title	Course Description
  MEP 602	Advanced Heat Transfer	Review of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. Analytical. Numerical solutions of boundary value problems for conduction in solids. Heat transfer in free and forced convection. Dimensional analysis. Numerical methods. Combined heat transfer mechanisms. Condensation and evaporation. Radiative heat transfer among gray surfaces.
  MEP 604	Advanced Thermodynamics	Basic concepts, general thermodynamics relations, real gases, entropy generation, irreversible thermodynamics and its application in reverse osmosis and electro-dialysis. Multi component systems gaseous mixtures, fugacity, ideal solutions. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics and its Maxwell’s relations, Real mixtures. Special thermodynamics systems involving Maxwell’s relations. Some gas liquefaction system, magnetic refrigerator.
  MEP 606	Incompressible Flow	Flow Cartesian tensors. Lagrange and Euler specifications. Strain rate. Vorticity and circulation. Conservation of mass. Momentum and energy. Irrotational flow. Velocity potential. Conformal mapping. Vorticity dynamics. Dynamic similarity. Laminar flow. Introduction to boundary layer
  MEP 695	Seminar	The students shall give periodical presentations on their research proposals or research results, in the form of seminar. The presentations will follow discussions and suggestions for improving the research plan or work.
  MEP 621	Viscous Flow	Flows with exact solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations. Steady and unsteady flows. Boundary layer theory. Free shear layers (Wakes & Jets). Thermal boundary layer. Low and high Reynolds number flows. Stability of laminar flow. Introduction to turbulence.
  MEP 622	Computational Fluid Dynamics	Numerical formulations of partial differential equations. Use of explicit and implicit methods. Analysis of numerical accuracy and stability. Applications to the solution of some fluid problems and the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.
  MEP 623	Turbulent Flow	Physics of turbulent flow. Length and time scale. Equations of motion for turbulent flow. Reynolds stresses. Turbulence simulation. Equations for velocity components in turbulent flow. Turbulent diffusion of fluid molecules. Measurements of turbulent flow. Shear flow. Turbulent boundary shear flow.
  MEP 655	Thermal Experimental Techniques	Basic concepts. Review of conventional measuring technique. Uncertainty analysis. Analysis of experimental data. Modern data acquisition systems. New trends in thermal measurements. Experiments on thermal engineering applications
  MEP 662	Mass transfer	Mechanisms of mass transfer, Mass transfer in Laminar flow, Mass transfer in turbulent flow, analogy between momentum transfer and mass transfer, steady and unsteady molecular Diffusion, simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Design of cooling tower, Applications.
  MEP 663	Radiation Heat Transfer	Review of radiation heat transfer fundamentals. Solid and gas radiation properties. Electromagnetic theory. Energy exchange between surfaces separated by participating and nonparticipating media. Combined radiation-conduction heat transfer. Radiation-convection heat transfer. Applications
  MEP 669	Gas Dynamics	Introduction to compressible flow. One dimensional isentropic flow. Adiabatic flow through nozzles and diffusers. Standing and moving normal and oblique shock waves. Prandtl-Meyer flow. Flow with friction and heating (Fanno & Rayleigh flow). Reaction propulsion
  MEP 671	Combustion	Combustion refers to the study of chemically reacting fluid systems. Thus, the course discusses topics including chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, premixed laminar flames, diffusion flames and environmental issues.
  MEP 672	Advance desalination Engineering	Course description: thermodynamics of solution and mixture. Colligative properties. Scale formation and prevention. Chemical treatment. Multi-stage flashing. Venting system. Irreversible thermodynamics. Reverse Osmosis. Membranes. Dual-purpose. Ultra-pure water
  MEP 673	Solar Thermal Application	Review of radiation heat transfer, solar angles, and solar radiation on earth’s surface. Solar radiation on tilted surfaces. Radiation measurements. Solar collectors and concentrators, Solar hot water/steam systems, Solar cookers: box type, dish type and others; dryers; desalination systems; absorption cooling; furnace, Process heating systems, community cooking system Power generation: Concentrator based system, Fresnel system, central tower, distributed line focus and point focus systems, Hybrid solar thermal.
  MEP 674	Advanced Refrigeration and Air Conditioning	Industrial and commercial applications of refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Energy consumption and estimation. Control systems in refrigeration cycles. Air handling unit control systems. Thermal cold storage and humidity transfer. Dehumidification and Humidification methods. Modeling and simulation of air conditioning.
  MEP 675	Advanced Gas Turbine Engines	Design Point Performance of gas turbines for industrial and aircraft applications. Off design Performance of multi-stage compressors. Component characteristics. Matching of free power turbine engines. Off design operation of jet engine. Turbofan matching procedure. Off design performance for industrial applications.
  MEP 677	Advanced Power Plants	The main alternative energy sources, generation, utilization, storage and transportation. Carnot cycle, ideal and actual Rankine and Brayton power cycles. Binary vapor, coupled and combined power cycles. Performance of turbines, compressors and pumps. Power plants basic auxiliary systems.
  MEP 696	Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering-I	Recent topics in mechanical engineering related to the interest of the student and the supervising professor and are related to the subject of the student's thesis or research project for the student and the research activities in the department. The selected topics shall not be studied by the student in previous courses.
  MEP 697	Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering- II	Recent topics in mechanical engineering related to the interest of the student and the supervising professor and are related to the subject of the student's thesis or research project for the student and the research activities in the department. The selected topics shall not be studied by the student in previous courses.
  MEP 699	MS Thesis	Original research work conducted by individual MS candidate in one of the areas of Mechanical Power Engineering. The work should contribute new knowledge to the field of Engineering and demonstrates proficiency and creative thinking.

   

   

• Students Enrollment and Graduation Rate

  Students Enrollment

  Number of Students		Academic Year (2019 –2020)	Academic Year (2020 – 2021)	Academic Year (2021– 2022)	Academic Year (2022– 2023)	Expected Years
  Proposed Number of Enrolled Students	Male	10	10	10	10	10
  	Female	0	0	0	0	0
  	Total	10	10	10	10	10
  Total number of Enrolled Students	Male	21	21	23	20	20
  	Female	0	0	0	0	0
  	Total	21	21	23	20	20
  Number of Enrolled International Students	Male	7	7	8	6	6
  	Female	0	0	0	0	0
  	Total	7	7	8	6	6
  Average Class Size	Male	10	5	5	5	5
  	Female	0	0	0	0	0
  	Total	10	5	5	5	5
  Ratio of Students to Teaching Staff	Male	21/23	21/23	1/1	20/19	20/22
  	Female	0	0	0	0	0
  	Total	21/23	21/23	1/1	20/19	20/22

   

  Graduation Rate

  Graduates	Academic Year (2018 – 2019)	Academic Year (2019 – 2020)	Academic Year (2020 – 2021)	Academic Year (2021– 2022)	Academic Year (2022– 2023)
  Number of Graduates
  Male	1	1	5	6	5
  Female	0	0	0	0	0
  Total	1	1	5	6	5
  Graduates’ Employment
  Number of Employed Graduates	1	1	5	6	5
  Ratio of Employed to Total Graduates	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

   

• Alumni

Communication with graduate students is done through the department’s alumni committee.

1. Program Facilities

   The program of M.Sc. has Program Laboratories Facilities in Building 40.

• Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Rooms L4A23– 216 m²)

  The laboratory serves the serve the graduate and undergraduate programs, where it serves the basic fluid mechanics course (MEP 290) and Viscous Flow course (MEP 621), Turbulent Flow course (MEP 623) and MS Thesis course (MEP 699). It is well equipped with the sufficient apparatus required for teaching fluid mechanics topics. Most of the instruments in this laboratory are used only for the student’s classes.
  

• Thermodynamics Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4A12– 65 m²)

  This laboratory serves the Thermodynamics course (MEP 261), Advanced Thermodynamics (MEP 604) and MS Thesis course (MEP 699).
  

• Heat Transfer Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4A22– 65 m²)

  This laboratory mainly serves the Heat Transfer course (MEP 360), Advanced Heat Transfer (MEP 602) and MS Thesis course (MEP 699).

• Applied Heat Transfer and Heat Exchanger Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4A21– 95 m²)

  This laboratory is mainly used in the design of Heat Exchangers course (MEP 460) and Advanced Heat Transfer (MEP 602).

• Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4B01– 95 m²)

This laboratory serves the air conditioning and refrigeration courses, both I and II, (MEP 451, MEP 452) and Advanced Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (MEP 674).

• Heat Engines Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4A05– 144 m²)

  The laboratory supports many courses served the undergraduate and graduate programs, Internal Combustion Engine (MEP 370), Power Plant (MEP 473), Advanced Power Plants (MEP 677), and Combustion (MEP 671) ) and MS Thesis course (MEP 699).

• Thermal Engineering Measurements Laboratory: (Bldg. 40, Room L4A05– 35 m²)

  This laboratory serves the thermal engineering measurements course (MEP 365) and Thermal Experimental Techniques (MEP 655).

• Desalination Laboratory: (Bldg. 106, Room 216– 65 m²)

  This laboratory mainly serves the membrane desalination course (MEP 482), advanced Desalination Engineering (MEP 672), and MS Thesis (MEP 699).

• Computer Lab.: (Bldg. 40, Room 1007PR(

  The MEP program is shared with the mechanical engineering (mechanical) program in two large computer rooms. These rooms provide the undergraduate and postgraduate students of both programs free access to various software packages and desktop computers necessary for class instructions and assignment-related activities as well as to increase their communication, computational and graphing skills.

• Faculty Members

  The Faculty Members can be found in the following site:

  https://meng.kau.edu.sa/Content-135009-EN-49068

• Industry Advisory Board/Committee

The Industry Advisory Board/Committee includes representatives from the following: