Strength of materials, introductory vector & tensor algebra, deformation & stress measures, balance laws, introduction to FEM

1. Applied Mechanics of Solids, Allan Bower

Plate deformation theory, Lamina (micro) mechanics, Laminate (macro) mechanics, failure theories, plate buckling

1. Mechanics of Composite Materials, Robert M. Jones

Continuum mechanics, Theoretical stress analysis, Theory of elasticity, Strain gages, The Wheatstone Bridge, Strain gage rosettes, Optical methods, Computer vision, Photoelasticity, Moiré Method, Digital Image Correlation, Holographic Interferometry, Optical and electron microscopy techniques, Sensors and actuators, Health monitoring of structures and systems, Reliability and failure analysis, Micro and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS), Electronic, optical, magnetic and thermal properties of materials and devices, Mechanics of materials, Instrumentation, Molecular machines, Experiments in bio and nanotechnologies, Single cell, tissue and biosystem experimentation, Characterization of synthesis and processing of materials and devices, Smart materials and structures, System identification and inverse problems, Micro and nanofluidics, Multiphysics and multiscale modeling of experiments

1. Experimental Mechanics of Solids by Cesar A. Sciammarella and Federico M. Sciammarella
2. Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics by William N. Sharpe Jr.
3. Handbook on Experimental Mechanics by Albert S. Kobayashi

Conservation laws: Mass, Momentum, Moment of Momentum, Energy, and Entropy inequality

Boundary conditions

Classification of Transport Equations: Fluid, Heat and Mass Transfer.

Discretisation of Navier-Stokes equations based on finite difference/volume.

Discretisation of Heat and Diffusion equation based on finite difference/volume. 

Numerical Solution to discretised equations:

Algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling.

Methods for dealing with complex geometries: Unstructured grid generation

Particle Based Methods (SPH, Peridynamics) 

1. Computational Fluid Dynamics by Klaus A. Hoffmann, Steve T. Chiang
2. An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics by H.K. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics by John D. Anderson
4. Principles of Computational Fluid Dynamics by Pieter Wesseling
5. Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, Volume 1-2, by Charles Hirsch
6. Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer by Dale A. Anderson, John C. Tannehill and Richard H. Pletcher
7. Fluid Mechanics and the SPH Method: Theory and Applications 1st Edition by Damien Violeau
8. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics: A Meshfree Particle Method by Gui-Rong Liu, M. B. Liu

Governing equations, Finite Volume discretization and boundary conditions, Finite Element model implementations, Solution of incompressible fluid/ heat/coupled problems, Non-linear implementations.

1. 1-An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method by H. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera
2. 2-The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics (Applied and Computational Mechanics) by JN Reddy and DK Gartling

Vector mechanics and matrix algebra: Suffix notation and Summation convention

Algebra and Calculus of Tensors: Coordinate transformations; Cartesian tensors; Tensor operations; Scalar, vector and tensor functions; Comma notations; Gradient of a scalar, divergence and curl of a vector; Gradient of a vector, divergence and curl of a tensor; Integral theorems for vectors and tensors: Divergence and stokes theorems

Continuum hypothesis: Description of motion; Material and spatial coordinates; Deformation; Deformation gradient tensors; Deformation of a surface and volume elements, translation and rotation; Strain tensors; Strain displacement relations; Infinitesimal strain tensor; Motion; Material and local time derivatives; Stretching and vorticity; Transport formulas; Stress; Body and surfaces forces; Stress components; Stress tensors; Normal and shear stresses

Fundamental laws of continuum mechanics: Conservation of mass; Balance of linear momentum; Balance of moment of momentum; Balance of Energy; Entropy inequality, Constitutive equations for fluids; multi-component mass transport; Boundary conditions for the associated governing equations;

1. R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition, Wiley
2. Mechanics of continua by  A. Cemal Eringen

Modelling of machining processes, machine tool dynamics, chatter and chatter stability, cutting forces, process-machine interaction.

1. Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design
2. Book by Yusuf Altintas

Additive manufacturing processes and their process principles, the materials used, computer-aided design and path planning for additive manufacturing processes, process-related limitations and constraints and applications of Additive Manufacturing, Bioprinting.

1. Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing by Ian Gibson, David W. Rosen, Brent Stucker

Computer Aided Design (Computational Geometry for Curves and Surfaces, Solid Modelling, etc.)

Computer-Aided Process Planning

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CNC, CNC programming, Path Planning, etc.)

Industrial Control and Automation

1. Computer-Aided Manufacturing. Chang, T-C. Wysk, R.A. Wang, H-P,
2. Principles of CAD/CAM/CAE. Lee, K.
3. Choi, B. K., & Jerard, R. B. (2012). Sculptured surface machining: theory and applications. Springer Science & Business Media.

The fundamental background sciences to processing of polymeric materials; fundamentals of injection moulding and extrusion technology; a wider range of polymer processes: polymer rheology, materials selection, and manufacturing process selection.

1. Polymer processing : principles and design / Donald G. Baird, Dimitris I. Collias. Baird, Donald G., Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.
2. Polymer processing [electronic resource] / Chang Dae Han. Han, Chang Dae.
3. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Rigid motions, homogeneous transformations, manipulator forward and inverse kinematics, differential motions, path and trajectory planning, actuators & drive systems, sensors, independent joint control, robot dynamics, multivariable control, force control, vision based control

1. Introduction to Robotics - Analysis, Control, Applications, Saeed B. Niku, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.
2. Robot Modeling and Control, Mark W. Spong, Seth Hutchinson and M. Vidyasagar. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.

Overview of composite manufacturing processes, Process models and solutions, Constitutive laws and characterizations, Processing of thermoset and thermoplastic with short and continuous fibers

1. Advani, S. G. & Sozer, E. M. (2009). Process Modeling in Composite Manufacturing. CRC Press.