1993-1994 Academic Catalog

ENGR-101 Introduction to Engineering Design--A 3 hours Introduction to the basic concepts and skills necessary for effective functioning as a Christian engineer in a diverse society; participation in group activities and field trips; design problems introducing the profession and history of engineering; introduction to ethical and moral issues in the application of engineering principles. (Fee: $20). ENGR-171 Computer Aided Design--A, W, Sp 3 hours Use and operation of a microcomputer system with AutoCad 12 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-191 Logic Design--Sp 4 hours Fundamentals of digital logic design, number systems, Boolean Algebra, Kamaugh maps, logic gate networks, combinational network design, flip flops, counters, state machines, sequential networks; introduction to computer architecture; circuits are designed in class and then bread-boarded and evaluated in the laboratory. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. (Fee: $20). ENGR-201Circuits1--Sp 4 hours Basic Circuit analysis using Ohm's law, Kirchoffs laws, indepen– dent and dependent sources, Thevenin and Norton equivalency, DELTA-WYE and WYE-DELTA transformations; resistor, capacitor and inductor responses in RC and RL circuits; computer simulations and bread-board circuits are designed and tested. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: PHYS-272 General Physics II, MATH-387 Differential Equations. (Fee: $20). ENGR-221 FORTRAN Programming--Sp 3 hours Introduction to computer programming techniques using FOR– TRAN 77, application to science and engineering problems. Prerequisites: Familiarity with algebraic expressions. ENGR-250 Numerical Methods in Engineering--Sp 4 hours Computational methods for solving non-linear, transcendental and ordinary differential equations, integration, and linear algebra; introduction to finite-difference and finite-element methods. Prerequisites: MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I, MATH-387 Differential Equations, Corequisite: ENGR-221 FORTRAN Programming. ENGR-274 Mechanics I - Statics & Intro to Strength--A 5 hours Analysis of forces in isolated and connected rigid body systems, resultants, equilibrium, centroids, moment of inertia, friction; introduction to response of deformable bodies to axial, bending, and torsional loads. Design Project. Prerequisite: ENGR-171 Computer Aided Design, PHYS-271 General Physics I and MATH- 282 Analytical Geometry and Calculus II. (Fee: $5) ENGR-275 Mechanics II - Dynamics--W 5 hours Kinematic and kinetic analysis of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies; Newton's laws, work, energy, impulse, momen– tum, and acceleration; conservative and non-conservative systems; vibration of single degree-of-freedom systems. Design Project. Prerequisite: ENGR-274 Mechanics I. (Fee: $5) ENGR-276 Mechanics III - Strength of Materials--Sp 4 hours Theoretical and experimental analysis of deformable bodies to applied loads; normal and shearing stress and strain, energy, torsion, flexure, deflection, combined stress, failure theories, and columns. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Design Project. Prerequisite: ENGR-274 Mechanics I. (Fee: $20). ENGR-280 "C" 3 hours Introduction to the programming language; algorithms, data structures, unique capabilities, application to science and engineer– ing problems. ENGR-301 Circuits II--A 4 hours Analysis of RLC circuits, sinusoidal steady state, mutual induc– tance, operational amplifiers, Fourier and Laplace Transforms, transfer function, and two-port networks. Computer simulations and bread-board circuits are constructed and evaluated in the laboratory. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-201 Circuits I. (Fee: $30). ENGR-310 Electronics and Instrumentation--A 4 hours Fundamentals of harmonic signals, voltmeters, analog and digital oscilloscopes, integrated circuits, operational amplifiers, character– istics of amplifiers, characteristics of active and passive filters, PC based data acquisition, and transducers and conditioning circuits to me~sure acceleration, velocity, displacement, temperature, and stram. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-275 Mechanics II-Dynamics and ENGR-201 Circuits I. (Fee: $30). ENGR-311Electronics1--W 5 hours Introduction to semiconductor electronics: diodes, bipolar and unipolar transistors. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: ENGR- 301 Circuits II. Corequisite: ENGR-321 Electronics Laboratory I. ENGR-312 Electronics H--Sp 4 hours Integration of physics of solid-state electronic devices and basic electronic circuits including low-level signal amplifiers, power supplies, operational amplifier circuits, control circuits, optoelec– tronics, switching devices and oscillators. Prerequisites: ENGR- 311 Electronics I. Corequisite: ENGR-322 Electronics Laboratory II. ENGR-316 Microprocessors--A 4 hours Microprocessor characteristics, assembly language, memory layouts, peripheral devices, microcomputer structures, interface design, control and data communications. Three hours of lecture and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design. (Fee: $30). ENGR-318 Linear Systems--W 5 hours Introduction to linear time-invariant analysis of continuous and discrete time systems, Fourier, Laplace, and Z transforms, and state variable representations. Prerequisite: ENGR-301 Circuits II. ENGR-320 Probability and Random Processes for Engineers 5 hours Sample points, sample spaces, probability, random variables, random vectors, statistical averages, estimation, linear transforma– tions, spectral analysis and Gaussian processes. May be used to meet the mathematics requirement for electrical engineers. Prerequisite: MATH-283 Calculus Ill. ENGR-321 Electronics Laboratory 1--W 1 hour Applications of the Electronics I course in solid-state electronic devices, emphasis on bread-boarding, testing, analysis, synthesis, and reporting. Corequisite: ENGR-311 Electronics I. (Fee: $30) ENGR-322 Electronics Laboratory 11--Sp 2 hours Laboratory for the Electronics II course; design, bread-board, test, and analyze linear electronic circuits using bipolar transistors, field-effect transistors, and operational amplifiers; low-level signal amplifiers, transistor biasing, equivalent circuits, electronic regulated and unregulated DC power supplies, special solid-state devices, frequency response, decibels, cascaded amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, UJTs, and control circuits. Corequisite: ENGR-312 Electronics II. (Fee: $30) ENGR-333 Electromagnetics--A 5 hours Development of vector calculus, Maxwell's equations, propaga– tion of uniform plane waves, transmission lines, the Smith Chart, wave guides, Laplace's and Poisson's equations; introduction to antennas. Four lectures per week with alternating 2-hour labora– tory and recitation periods. Prerequisite: MATH-387 Differential Equations, MATH-388 Advanced Cale I. Corequisite: ENGR-301 Circuits II. ENGR-337 of Automatic Control--A 4 hours Theoretical and experimental analysis of classical feedback control systems; modeling, transfer function formulation; frequency response, root locus, Bode plots, discrete systems, state space, and servomechanisms. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-201 Circuits I. (Fee: $20).