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Cat. I
Students gain actual engineering experience by working on an
engineering problem which has been selected from a professional work
experience. Student teams are formed and are assigned the entire
problem or a segment of the problem.
Students are taught a general problem solving methodology and
techniques of library research and creative thinking. They gain
experience in planning, questioning, decision making and produce
written and oral reports.
The course is primarily for first-year students.
Cat.I
This is a basic course in graphical communications which provides a
necessary background for all engineers. Multiview and pictorial
graphics techniques are integrated with standards for dimensioning,
sectioning and familiarization with fasteners. Emphasis is placed on
relating drawings to the required manufacturing processes. The need
for standard, well- integrated detail and assembly drawings is
established as a necessity for engineers to communicate ideas. The
design process and aids to creativity are combined with graphics
procedures.
No prior knowledge is assumed and students with considerable
background in graphics, or those desiring an additional related
course, should take ME 2311.
A self paced, modular version of this course is also available.
Introductory-type computer-aided design applications will be
presented.
Cat. I
A beginning course in understanding the structures and properties of
metals, ceramics and plastics, in the selection and in the working and
heat treating of materials. A course of interest to any engineer,
scientist or person involved with materials.
The underlying fundamental theme of materials science is
structure-property relationship. Structures covered range from the
subatomic, or nuclear level, through the microscopic world to the
macroscopic, or gross point of view. Properties investigated may be
chemical, mechanical, thermal, nuclear, electrical or optical. The
selection, working and thermal treatments of materials are also
related to structural changes and thus property alterations.
No formal laboratory, but ample opportunity exists for the student to
experiment with the fundamentals presented on a voluntary basis.
A prior knowledge of college-level chemistry is assumed.
Cat. I
Overview of the basic phenomena which form the foundation of the field
of nuclear engineering, including radioisotope production and
utilization, and controlled chain reactions. Familiarization with
nuclear laboratory techniques and instrumentation is emphasized.
Topics covered include: structure of the atom and nucleus, decay laws,
properties of decay emanations, and nuclear interactions.
Required background: MA 1003.
Cat. I
This is an introductory course in the engineering mechanics sequence
that serves as a foundation for other courses in mechanical
engineering. In this course, students will learn to solve for forces
and couples in systems that are not accelerating and which are
statically determinate. They will also learn to draw shear and bending
moment diagrams for beams and how to calculate the centroid and the
moment of inertia for areas.
This course qualifies as one of the three courses that mechanical
engineering students must complete in the mechanical systems stem.
Topics normally covered include: forces, moments of forces and
couples; free body diagrams; equilibrium; friction; distributed
loadings; pin trusses; beams and beam loading; suspended cables; first
and second moment of area. Force analysis of submerged bodies is
addressed in this course.
The assumed background is differential and integral calculus and
elementary vector algebra.
Cat. I
The first course in engineering mechanics that addresses stress
analysis of mechanical and structural elements.
Topics covered include: stresses, strains and deformations in bars,
beams, and torsional elements; principal stresses, transverse shear
stresses, buckling.
Recommended background includes: ES 2501, statics and a background in
basic vector algebra.
Cat. I
Engineers should be able to formulate and solve problems that involve
forces that act on bodies which are moving. This course deals with the
kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies which move in a
plane.
Topics covered will include: kinematics of particles and rigid bodies,
equations of motion, work-energy methods, and impulse and momentum. In
this course a basic introduction to mechanical vibration is also
discussed. Basic equations will be developed with respect to
translating and rotating coordinate systems.
Students should have a background which is equivalent to that
developed in ES 2501 or
CE 2000.
Cat. I
This course presents the background for all work in energy conversion
from the classical, macroscopic approach to thermodynamics. The
emphasis is on the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and on the
various relationships between the thermodynamic properties of
substances.
Topics include: fundamental physical concepts; systems of units;
properties of pure substances; processes; work and heat, first law of
thermodynamics, the system and control volume; second law, Carnot
Principle, entropy, reversibility and irreversibility; availability of
systems and energy, second law analysis of systems; property
relationships, Maxwell relations, equations of state, generalized
property charts; cycle analysis and mixtures.
Background: general first year in science and engineering and Chemical
Thermodynamics (CH 3510).
Cat. I
This course emphasizes system and control volume modeling using the
First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics.
Topics include: properties of simple substances, an introduction to
availability, cycle analysis.
Background: introductory course in thermofluids suggested.
Cat. I
This course introduces the student to the phenomena of diffusion and
mass transfer. These occur in processes during which a change in
chemical composition of one or more phases occurs. Diffusion and mass
transfer can take place in living systems, in the environment, and in
chemical processes. This course will show how to handle quantitative
calculations involving diffusion and/or mass transfer, including
design of process equipment.
Topics may include: fundamentals of diffusional transport, diffusion
in thin films; unsteady diffusion; diffusion in solids; convective
mass transfer; dispersion; transport in membranes; diffusion with
chemical reaction; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; selected mass
transfer operations such as absorption, drying, humidification,
extraction, crystallization, adsorption, etc.
Recommended background: fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics, fluid
flow and heat transfer; ordinary differential equations
(MA 2051 or
equivalent).
Cat. I
To provide an understanding of fundamental concepts of heat fluxes, to
develop understanding of the coupling of fluid mechanics and
thermodynamics, and to provide experience in modeling engineering
systems and predicting their behavior.
Topics covered include: steady-state and transient conduction
exemplified by heat transfer to and from buried pipes, heat losses
through furnace walls, response of thermocouple devices, and the
effect of adding fins to increase heat transfer rates. Contact
resistance. Natural and forced convection. Heat exchanger analysis and
design. Convection accompanied by boiling and condensation. Blackbody
radiation. Thermal radiation within an enclosure including diffuse and
gray surfaces. Radiation accompanied by conduction and with
motion.
Mathematical background should include ordinary differential equations.
Cat. I
A study of the fundamental laws of statics, kinematics and dynamics
applied to fluid mechanics. The course will include fluid properties,
conservation of mass, momentum and energy as applied to real and ideal
fluids. Laminar and turbulent flows, fluid resistance and basic
boundary layer theory will also be considered.
The course is recommended for third-year students. A background of
basic physics, basic differential equations and vectors will be
helpful.
Cat. I
Characteristics of control systems. Mathematical representation of
control components and systems. Laplace transforms, transfer
functions, block and signal flow diagrams. Transient response
analysis. Introduction to the root-locus method and stability
analysis. Frequency response techniques including Bode, polar, and
Nichols plots.
This sequence of courses in the field of control engineering
(ES 3011
and ES 4012) is generally available to all juniors and seniors
regardless of department. A good background in mathematics is
required; familiarity with Laplace transforms, complex variables and
matrices is desirable but not mandatory. All students taking Control
Engineering I should have an understanding of ordinary differential
equations (MA 2051 or equivalent) and basic
physics through electricity and magnetism (PH 1120/1121).
Control Engineering I may be considered a terminal course, or it may be the first course for those
students wishing to do extensive work in this field. Students taking
the sequence of two courses will be prepared for graduate work in the
field.
Cat. I
This application course introduces the student to typical graphic
workstations. The application of computer graphics to computer aided
drafting, design, engineering and manufacturing is emphasized.
Topics available include: mechanical design, surface design, solid
modelling, physical properties, numerical control, finite element
modeling and analysis, mechanisms, and programming languages.
Recommended background: programming capability in a higher level
language, ability to read drawings and familiarity with accepted
drafting standards. Additional background for topics such as FEM/FEA
(ES 2501 and
ME 3504/CE 2000 and
CE 2001) and Mechanisms
(ES 2503/
ME 3310/
PH 1110
or PH 1111) is also recommended.
Enrollment limited.
Cat. I
This course applies state-space analysis and design techniques to
continuous and discrete-time systems.
Topics covered include: multiple-input, multiple-output, state models;
controllability, observability and stability concepts; solution of
state equations; computer-control design techniques and computer
effects in physical systems; computer simulation.
Recommended background: linear algebra (MA 2071 or equivalent)
and an understanding of control systems as found in an introductory
course such as ES 3011.