MEE 305 Mechanics of Machines 3 (3, 0) COURSE DESCRIPTION : This advanced course addresses the design and analysis of mechanisms, and focuses on mechanics of rigid bodies, position, velocity and acceleration analysis, cams, gears, gear trains, linkage synthesis, governors, engine balancing, flywheels, gyroscopes and synthesis of mechanisms. PREREQUISITES : MEE 201 RECOMMENDED BOOKS : 1. Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, 3 rd Edition by John Joseph Uicker, G. R. Pennock, Joseph Edward Shigley, Published by Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 019515598X, 9780195155983 2. Mechanics of Machines, Elementary Theory and Examples, 4 th Edition, revised by John Hannah, R. C. STEPHENS Contributor R. C. STEPHENS, Published by Edward Arnold, 2000, ISBN 0713134712, 9780713134711