Graduate Student Orientation: Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Julia Gelfand
Science Library 228
Fall 2007 949-824-4971
There are many resources at the UCI Libraries devoted to the study of electrical engineering & computer science. The collection is relatively young growing up with the campus now celebrating 40+ years, and the UCI collection is focused upon the general materials, and the specific research interests and coursework that is offered at the present on campus. It is anticipated that the collection will grow rapidly in parallel as the program expands its emphases and more faculty and students join it. Some of the current special interests reflect strong interdisciplinary interests and include: relationships and support to other units in SSOE, as well as Continuum mechanics or the study of the physics of fluids, physics and chemistry of solids, and structural mechanics. Areas of emphasis in fluid mechanics include incompressible and compressible turbulent flows, multiphase flows, chemically reacting and other nonequilibrium flows, aeroacoustics, aero-optics, and fluid-solid interaction. In the field of solid mechanics, research and course work emphasize theoretical and computational approaches which contribute to a basic understanding of and new insight into the properties and behavior of condensed matter. General areas of interest are large-strain and large-rotation inelastic solids, constitutive modeling, and fracture mechanics. Computational algorithms center on boundary element methods and the new class of meshless methods. Studies in structural mechanics involve the analysis and synthesis of low-mass structures, smart structures, and engineered materials, with emphasis on stiffness, stability, toughness, damage tolerance, longevity, optimal life-cycle costs and self-adaptivity. Also, Micro/nanomechanics encompasses the thrusts of miniaturization engineering, mechatronics, and biotechnology. Miniaturization engineering is relevant to the development of small-scale mechanical, chemical and biological systems for applications in biotechnology, automotive, robotic, and alternative energy applications. It involves the establishment of scaling laws, manufacturing methods, materials options and modeling from the atom to the macro system. Mechatronic design is the integrated and optimal design of a mechanical system and its embedded control system. Main focus research is the design, modeling, and characterization of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Particular emphasis is placed on analysis and design of algorithmic methods and physical systems that realize sensor-based motion planning. The thematic area of biotechnology involves the understanding, modeling, and application of fundamental phenomena in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and chemistry towards the development of bio-sensors and actuators. There is a strong emphasis in automobile design and emission efficiencies, aerospace product design and industrial development, energy, power, propulsion, and environment encompasses aerospace propulsion, combustion and thermophysics, fuel cell technologies, and atmospheric physics and impacts. In aerospace propulsion, particular emphasis is placed in the areas of turbomachinery, spray combustion, combustion instability, innovative engine cycles, and compressible turbulent mixing, and high-efficiency power electronic circuits and alternative energy generation, etc.
The UCI Library Website is your point of departure as you seek information - http://www.lib.uci.edu/
Specific areas to search:
There are several methods to employ to find resources:
1. ANTPAC - online catalog for UCI - most current source for all materials that are part of the collections and accessible at the UCI Libraries in all formats - includes print, non-print, electronic, video, software, etc
2. MELVYL - online collection for all UC campuses and for the electronic materials bought cooperatively by the California Digital Library - particularly useful for InterLibrary Loan via MELVYL REQUEST - also contains UC eLinks to online fulltext content when available
3. WorldCat - international bibliography of library holdings - UCI's holdings are indicated
Indexing &
Abstracting Tools or Databases and they, plus others are noted on the Mechanical
& Aerospace Engineering Subject Guide
1. INSPEC (1969+) - covers electrical engineering & computer science, physics, math, operations & indexes IEE & IEEE, SPIE and other society & commercial journals and conference papers/proceedings
2. INSPEC Archive (covers 1898-1968)
3. IEEE Xplore - covers all IEEE publications, including journals and conference proceedings
4. ACM Digital Library - most of the publications from the Association of Computing Machinery are included
5. COMPENDEX - Engineering Index - most disciplines of engineering
7. Science Citation index in the WEB OF SCIENCE -
The SAE Digital Library is not currently available due to an inability to come to terms over digital rights management issues. Requests for InterLibrary Loan will need to be made to retrieve that content.
Electronic Journals - consult ANTPAC for access by title or subject heading; consult the UCI Libraries Homepage at http://www.lib.uci.edu/ and then "Find Online Resources," and enter element of resource either by title or subject and utilize the pull-down menus.
with which you are familiar either by "searching" on the left side or "browsing" on the right side. UC eLinks support the following publishers which are strong in this subject area:
· Elsevier (Science Direct) & Academic Press
· Springer (LINK)/ Kluwer/Plenum - also contains several Lecture Notes in ... and other Springer eBook series
· Wiley/Blackwell Science
· Taylor & Francis portfolio of families
· AAAS (Science) & STKE
· Nature Group
· IEEE - via IEEE Xplore
· American Chemical Society (ACS)
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· Association of Computer Machinery Digital Library (ACM)
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· International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Specialized titles:
1. Annual Reviews - coverage in the disciplines of social, behavioral, physical and applied sciences. Particularly strong from bibliographic essays on different important topics.
2. eBooks - CRCNetbase for over 650 different e-books in science, engineering & technology books published by CRC Press - some titles also available in print; individual book titles are listed in ANTPAC as is the database name, such as by ENGnetBase and MechanicalEngineeringnetBase, etc.
3. Conference Proceedings - a very valuable and critical element of scholarship in this field due to the fast developments and releases of information; we have many transactions and conference proceedings - some are listed as monographs and some are periodicals. The majority of conference proceedings in print format circulate.
4. Government Information - increasingly available electronically and listed by resource in ANTPAC but specific government subject guides may be useful for local/regional, state, federal and international documents.
ANALYTICAL TOOLS
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1. ISI Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for Science and Social Sciences - online from 1999 but tables include additional years of data through the most recent year
BUSINESS RESOURCES - there are many resources that contain information about business and entrepreneurial strategies in biomedical engineering and product development. The marketing trends, business cycles and company information, business news and investment opportunities are noted on the Business & Management Subject Pages.
REFERENCE ASSISTANCE - besides contacting the Engineering Librarian, you can visit the Science Library Reference Desk (hours), engage in eMail reference or LIVE CHAT, or schedule a research consultation by using the Ask-a-Librarian service.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE - currently two options exist:
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