1991-1992 Academic Catalog

112 Engineering Departmental Courses ENGR-101 Introduction to Engineering Design-A 3 hours The student is introduced to the basic concepts and skills necessary for effective functioning as a Christian engineer in a diverse society. Included are activities and field trips, and design problems introducing the profession and history of engineering. Some consideration is given to ethical and moral issues in the application of engineering principles. (Fee: $20) ENGR-102 Introductory Design Project 2 hours A "hands-on" project which introduces students tothe elements fo engineering design. Pro– vides insight into the problem-solving nature of the engineering profession by requiring the integration of several disciplines and the applicatio of individual creative effort. Prerequisite: ENGR-101 Introduction to Engineering Design (Fee: $15) ENGR-171 Computer Aided Design 3 hours The use and operation of a microcomputer system with software. Basic techniques of drawing. editing, dimensioning, multiple views, sectioning, multiview projections, pictorial views, two and three dimensional modeling. One hour lecture and a three-hour laboratory per week. (Fee: $20) ENGR-201 CircuitAnalysis-Sp 3 hours Class activities introduce a systematic development of network analysis methods, Kirchhoff's Laws. loop and nodal analysis, Laplace transform analysis of circuits, AC steady state analysis, and phasor diagrams. Prerequisites: ENGR-101 Introduction to Engineering Design, MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I. ENGR-211 futoduction to Computer Engineering 3 hours Examination of the types, chracteristics. components, and uses of computers with special emphasis upon the relationships between hardware and softwares. (Fee: $20) ENGR-260 Instrumentation 3 hours Examination of principles of measurement, measurement standards and accuracy, and mea– surement systems in general. Topics include the applications and problems of detectors. trans– ducers, signal modifying systems. computing devices, and read-out devices. (Fee: $20) ENGR-274 Mechanics I-Statics 5 hours A study of the principles of mechanics including force systems. free body diagrams, re– sultants and equilibrium, centroids and centers of gravity, friction, moments of inertia with applications. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: PHYS-271 General Physics, MATH-283 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. ENGR-275 Mechanics Il-Dynamics 5 hours A study of kinematics including translation, rotation, plane motion and relative mo– tion. Also includes the kinetics of particles and bodies by the methods of Newton's laws, work-energy. and impulse-momentum. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-274 Me– chanics I -Statics. ENGR-277 Strength ofMaterials 5 hours The study of stresses, strains, and deflections under forces of tension, compression, shear and torsion; shear and moment diagrams, buckling, and properties of materials. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-274 Mechanics I- Statics. (Fee:$20) ENGR-301 Networks 4hours Tune -domain analysis of networks with energy-storage components. Topics include steady state solutions, three-phase networks. Fourier techniques in network theory. Laplace transform, and Laplace transform analysis ofnetworks. ENGR-311 Electronics I 4 hours This course gives the physical theory basic to the understanding of solid state electronic devices, including bipolar and unipolar transistors. Prerequisites: ENGR-201 Circuit Analysis, PHYS-376 Electricity and Magnetism. Corequisite: ENGR-321 Electronic Laboratory I. ENGR-312 Electronics Il 4 hours A modem introduction is given to discrete, bipolar solid state electronic devices and basic electronic circuits including small signal amplifiers. transistor biasing, equivalent circuits. elec– tronic unregulated DC power supplies, and special solid state devices. Frequency response, decibels, cascaded amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, UITs, control circuits, regulated DC power supplies, and solid state amplifiers are also introduced. Prerequisites: ENGR-301 Networks, ENGR-311 Electronics I. Corequisite: ENGR-322 Electronics Laboratory II. ENGR- 321 Electronics Laboratory I 3 hour Applications of the Electronics course allow the student to demonstrate proficiency in the understanding of solid state electronic devices. including bipolar and unipoplar transistors. Emphasis is placed upon experimentation. analysis. synthesis, and reporting. Prerequisite: ENGR-311 Electronics I. (Fee: $30) ENGR-322 Electronic Laboratory Il 2 hour This engineering design laboratory provides practice in constructing circuits studied in the Electronic Circuits course. It provides the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency in analysis and design of linear electronic circuits and utilization of bipolar effect transistors, field effect transistors. and operational amplifiers. Other laboratory activities involve small signal amplifi– ers. transistor biasing, equivalent circuits, electronic unregulated and regulated DC power supplies, special solid state devices. frequency response. decibels, cascaded amplifiers, feed– back amplifiers. UITs. and control circuits. Corequisite: ENGR-321 Electronics Laboratory I. (Fee: $30) ENGR-333 Electromagnetics 4 hours Concepts and skill development center around vector calculus, electric fields and charge distributions. dielectrics, energy and forces in the presence of dielectrics, Laplace and Poisson equations, magnetostatics, Faraday's induction law, properties of magnetic materials, electro– magnetism, and radiation.