1992-1993 Academic Catalog

104 ~ngineering ENGR-421 Electrical Design--W 4 hours Design of electronic instrnments with emphasis on analog and digital integrated circuits, students design an electronic device for prototyping in ENGR-422. Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab per week. ENGR-422 Electrical Design Laboratory--Sp 4 hours Design laboratory for the electrical design course; design, build, and analyze circuits built with analog and digital integrated circuits; final report required. ENGR-431 Digital Systems Design 4 hours Complex microprocessor architecture, machine language programming, software development, memory interface, input/output interface, and inteITupts, emphasis on microprocessor applications. Three hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-441 Microprocessors. (Fee: $30). ENGR-432 Communications Theory--W 4 hours Introduction to communication theory, modulation techniques, detection techniques, noise, and computer communications. Three lectures and one 2-hour lab per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-301 Circuits II, ENGR-318 Linear Systems. ENGR-433 "C" Programming--A 4 hours Introduction to the language and structure of the "C" programming language. ENGR-435 Energy Conversion and Power Distribution 4 hours Principles of energy conversion and power distribution, three– phase circuits, power system analysis, load flow, fault, and stability; principles of direct current and alternating current machines. Three hours of lectures and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-333 Electromagnetics. (Fee: $30). ENGR-441 Mechanics of Materials 3 hours Microscopic and macroscopic behavior of materials during deformation and failure; plasticity, fatigue, hardening mechanisms, introduction to fracture mechanics. Prerequisite: ENGR-342 Principles of Physical Metallurgy. ENGR-451 Propulsion 3 hours Principles of thrnst production; thermodynamics of turbojet, turbofan, turboprop and rocket engines. Prerequisites: ENGR-352 Thermodynamics II, ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. ENGR-455 Introduction to Astronautics 3 hours Introduction to the analysis of orbital mechanics, rocket propulsion, compressible flow, and 3-D rigid-body dynamics. Prerequisites: ENGR-275 Mechanics II and ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. ENGR-461 Systems Design I--W 5 hours A mechanical engineering design project will be assigned. The design process from initial concept through final report will be addressed. Two 4-hour laboratories per week. (Fee: $30) ENGR-462 Systems Design II--Sp 5 hours The completion of the design project ENGR-461. Two 4-hour laboratories per week. (Fee: $30) ENGR-463 Senior Electrical Design I 4-10 hours A capstone design project for electrical engineers. Each student proposes a design project to solve a particular problem and seeks sponsorship from an electrical engineering faculty and (optionally) a third party interested in the solution of the problem; arranged with the EE faculty sponsor. Prerequisites: ENGR-312 Electronics II, ENGR-411 Microprocessors. ENGR-464 Senior Electrical Design II 4-10 hours Continuation of ENGR-463 Senior Electrical Design I. Course emphasizes prototypes, troubleshooting, design modifications, project finalization, reporting and oral presentation. Prerequisites: ENGR-463 Senior Electrical Design I. ENGR-465 Compressible Fluid Flow 3 hours Compressible flow of gases in engineering systems, isentropic flow in variable area passages, shock and expansion waves, flow with wall friction and heat transfer. Prerequisites: ENGR-350 Thermodynamics I, ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. ENGR-471 Electrical Machines--A 4 hours Introduction to the principles of analysis and characteristics of AC and DC rotating machines and electro-mechanical devices; transformers, single and three-phase motors and generators. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-201 Circuits I, ENGR-310 Electronics and Instrumentation. (Fee: $20). ENGR-476 Advanced Strength of Materials 3 hours Analysis of beams with non-symmetrical sections, non-circular torsion, beams on elastic foundations, failure theories, Mohr's circle for stress and strain, load-deflection analysis by energy methods. Prerequisites: ENGR-276 Strength of Materials. ENGR-480 Professional Ethics--Sp 4 hours Product liability, legal problems, and ethics studied from a Christian perspective; students explore problems encountered in the application of engineering practice within diverse cultures of the real world. ENGR-485 Discrete Vibrations 3 hours Free and forced vibrations of mechanical systems having lumped mass and elasticity, single and multiple degree-of-freedom systems, matrix formulation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Laplace Transform, dissipative systems; introduction to random and non– linear vibrations; engineering applications. Prerequisites: ENGR- 275 Mechanics II. ENGR-491 Electrical Engineering Internship 1-4 hours An experience in which an electrical engineering student works closely with an industrial advisor employed at an area firm. Specific attention is given to solving a particular problem in that industry or firm by applying electrical engineering design methodology. A faculty advisor assists in supervision of the internship. ENGR-492 Mechanical Engineering Internship 1-4 hours An experience in which a mechanical engineering student works closely with an industrial advisor employed at an area firm. Specific attention is given to solving a particular problem in that industry or firm by applying mechanical engineering design methodology. A faculty advisor assists in supervision of the internship. ENGR-495 Senior Seminar--W 1 hour A required weekly meeting of senior engineering majors. Up-to– date information in current areas of research and advances in technology will be presented by faculty and outside speakers. ENGR-499 Independent Study in Engineering 1-4 hours Opportunity to perform independent research or study in the various branches of engineering and allied fields of application. Prerequisites: a major in engineering, permission of project advisor, and junior status or above. A formal proposal for study must be approved by the advisor before registering for this course.