EGGN-3960 Competition Project
–Sp
0 hours
Engineering juniors on a department of engineering
intercollegiate design competition may use this course to provide
on their transcript a record of their participation throughout the
year. The name of the competition will be designated.
EGGN-4010 Senior Seminar
–Fa
0 hours
Required weekly meeting of senior engineering majors to
discuss the transition into the professional work environment.
Prerequisite: senior status in engineering or computer science.
(Fee: $35)
EGGN-4960 Competition Project
–Sp
0 hours
Engineering seniors on a department of engineering
intercollegiate design competition may use this course to provide
on their transcript a record of their participation throughout the
year. The name of the competition will be designated.
Mechanical Engineering (EGME)
EGME-1810 Engineering Graphics
–Fa
1 hour
Introduction to basic techniques of sketching, drawing,
dimensioning, multiple views, sectioning, multi-view projections,
and pictorial views. Introduction to commercial software for three-
dimensional solid modeling and preparing engineering drawings.
(Fee: $25)
EGME-2050 Computational Methods
–Sp
4 hours
Introduction to computer programming and the numerical
methods for solving roots of equations, simultaneous linear
algebraic equations, ordinary differential equations, integration,
introduction to finite-difference approximations, and least-squares
curve fits. Pre- or Corequisites: MATH-2710 Calculus III; MATH-
2740 Differential Equations.
EGME-2310 Manufacturing and Finance
–Fa
3 hours
Introduction to the fundamentals of manufacturing and
contemporary materials processing, molding, casting, forming,
machining, inspection techniques, and quality assurance.
Applications to the time value of money, break-even and payback
analysis, and economic analysis of engineering alternatives.
Prerequisite: EGME-2410 Properties of Engineering Materials.
(Fee: $55)
EGME-2410 Properties of Engineering Materials
–Fa
4 hours
Introduction to the properties of metallic, ceramic, polymeric,
and composite materials; plastic deformation, strengthening,
fracture, fatigue, corrosion, diffusion, equilibrium and
nonequilibrium processes, phase diagrams, electrical and
magnetic properties, and application to materials selection. Three
lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
EGME-2530 Statics and Mechanics of Materials. (Fee: $100)
EGME-2510 Statics
–Fa
3 hours
Introduction to analyzing forces in isolated and connected rigid-
body systems; vector analysis, forces, moments, resultants, two-
and three-dimensional equilibrium, centroids, moment of inertia,
friction, trusses, frames, and machines. Design project required.
Prerequisites: EGME-1810 Engineering Graphics; PHYS-2110
General Physics I; MATH-1720 Analytical Geometry and Calculus
II. (Fee: $10)
EGME-2530 Statics and Mechanics of Materials
–Fa
5 hours
Introduction to analyzing forces in isolated and connected rigid-
body systems; vector analysis, forces, moments, resultants, two-
and three-dimensional equilibrium, centroids, distributed loading,
moment of inertia, friction, trusses, frames, and machines.
Introduction to the theoretical and experimental analysis of
deformable bodies subject to applied loads; normal and shear
stress and strain, strain energy, torsion, stresses in beams,
deflection of beams, combined stress, stress transformation,
failure theories, and buckling of columns. Design project required.
Prerequisites: EGME-1810 Engineering Graphics; PHYS-2110
General Physics I; MATH-1720 Calculus II. (Fee: $25)
EGME-2630 Dynamics
–Sp
3 hours
Introduction to kinematic and kinetic analysis of particles,
systems of particles, and rigid bodies; position, velocity,
acceleration, non-rotating and rotating frames of reference,
Newton’s laws, work, energy, impulse, momentum, conservative
and non-conservative systems, and vibration of single-degree-of-
freedom systems. Design project required. Prerequisite: EGME-
2510 Statics or EGME-2530 Statics and Mechanics of Materials.
Pre- or Corequisite: MATH-2740 Differential Equations. (Fee: $10)
EGME-3010
2 hours
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I–Fa
Experiments using the wind tunnel, engine test cell, testing
machines in the mechanics laboratory, vibrations laboratory, fluids
laboratory, refrigeration laboratory, and heat transfer laboratory
are conducted. Students measure mechanical phenomena such
as acceleration, force, pressure, temperature, strain, fluid flow,
viscosity, and heat transfer using transducers, instrumentation,
and PC-based data acquisition. Students design some of the
experiments. Two 2-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisites:
EGME-2630 Dynamics; EGEE-2050 Circuits and Instrumentation.
Corequisites: EGME-3110 Thermodynamics; EGME-3210 Fluid
Mechanics. (Fee: $100)
EGME-3020
2 hours
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II–Sp
Continuation of EGME-3010. Two two-hour laboratories
per week. Prerequisite: EGME-3010 Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory I. Corequisite: EGME-3150 Heat Transfer. (Fee: $100)
EGME-3050
3 hours
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis–Sp
Introduction to basic components of the finite element method
including element selection, shape functions, strain-displacement
and stress-strain relations, formulation of the stiffness matrix
for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D elements, linear strain and isoparametric
formulations, application of boundary conditions, and
interpretation of results; application to 2-D and 3-D problems and
experience using a commercial code. Prerequisites: EGME-2050
Computational Methods; EGME-2530 Statics and Mechanics of
Materials. (Fee: $25)
EGME-3110 Thermodynamics
–Fa
5 hours
Introduction to engineering thermodynamics, properties of pure
substances, work, heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics,
energy, enthalpy, and entropy. Specific application to power,
refrigeration cycles, and combustion processes. Prerequisites:
CHEM-1050 Chemistry for Engineers; MATH-2710 Calculus III.
EGME-3130 Internal Combustion Engines
–Sp
3 hours
Introduction to internal combustion engines, fuel-air cycles,
engine simulation, emissions, engine performance and alternative
fuels. Prerequisites: EGME-2630 Dynamics; EGME-3110
Thermodynamics.
EGME-3150 Heat Transfer
–Sp
3 hours
Introduction to conduction, convection, and radiation heat
transfer in one and two dimensions; free and forced convection,
analytical and computational techniques applied to Fourier’s Law
of conduction, Newton’s Law of cooling, and Stefan-Boltzman’s
Law of thermal radiation. A heat exchanger design project is
required. Prerequisites: EGME-3110 Thermodynamics; EGME-
3210 Fluid Mechanics. Corequisite: EGME-2050 Computational
Methods.
EGME-3170 Thermal Systems
–Sp
2 hours
Introduction to engineering thermodynamics, properties of pure
substances, work, heat, enthalpy, and first law of thermodynamics.
Introduction to conduction and convection modes of heat transfer.
Prerequisites: CHEM-1050 Chemistry for Engineers; MATH-2740
Differential Equations.
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