1993-1994 Academic Catalog

ENGR-341 of Engineering Materials--A 4 hours Introduction to properties of metallic, ceramic, polymer, and composite materials; plastic deformation, strengthening, fracture, fatigue, corrosion, diffusion, equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes, phase diagrams, and electrical and magnetic properties; application to materials selection. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-276 Strength of Materials. (Fee: $20). ENGR-342 Principles Metallurgy 3 hours Physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys; crystal structure, phase equilibria, defects and strengthening mechanisms, and kinetics of reactions. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties and Processing of Materials. ENGR-343 Materials Processing and 3 hours Contemporary materials processing: molding, casting, forming, machining, and hot and cold working; fundamentals of manufactur– ing, inspection techniques and quality assurance. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials. ENGR-351 Thermodynamics I--A 4 hours Introduction to engineering thermodynamics; properties of pure substances, work, heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics, energy and entropy. Prerequisites: CHEM-158 Chemistry for Engineers and PHYS-273 General Physics III. ENGR-352Thermodynamics11--W 4 hours Continuation of ENGR-351 with specific application to power, refrigeration cycles, and combustion processes. Prerequisite: ENGR-351 Thermodynamics I and MATH-388 Advanced Cale I. ENGR-360 FluidMechanics--W 5 hours Basic concepts and fundamentals of viscous and non-viscous subsonic fluid flows, introduction to boundary layers and transition to turbulence. Prerequisite: MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I, MATH-387 Differential Equations, ENGR-221 FORTRAN. ENGR-365 Heat 4 hours Introduction to conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer; analytical and computational techniques. Prerequisites: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods, ENGR-351 Thermodynamics I, ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. ENGR-371 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines--Sp 4 hours Introduction to theoretical and experimental analysis and synthesis of force and motion in mechanisms and planar linkages; velocity and acceleration, cams, gears, gear trains, balancing of rotating machines. Prerequisite: ENGR-275 Mechanics II. ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering 1--W 3 hours Measurement of mechanical phenomena such as acceleration, force, pressure, temperature, fluid flow, viscosity, and heat transfer using transducers and PC-based data acquisition. Experiments using the wind tunnel, engine test cell, mechanics laboratory, and heat transfer laboratory are conducted during two 3-hour laborato– ries per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods and ENGR-310 Electronics and Instrumentation. Corequisites: ENGR- 352 Thermodynamics II, ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. (Fee: $30). ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory U--SP 3 hours Continuation of ENGR-381. Two 3-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I. Corequisites: ENGR-365 Heat Transfer, ENGR-371 Machine Kinematics. (Fee: $30). ENGR-390 Engineering Economy 3 hours Economic decision making in engineering; industrial management, cost, taxes, financing, ethics, comparing alternatives, replacement, and uncertainty. ENGR-399 Project Design 1-3 hours An elective course for students to get academic credit for extracurricular design work related to their ministry or design competitions. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. ENGR-410 VHSIC Hardware Description Language 4 hours Design, testing and verification of combinational logic circuits and finite-state machines using the VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL); emphasis placed on the top-down design methodology, beginning with a purely behavioral description which is decomposed into a structural description using basic logic components. Three lectures and one 1-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design and ENGR-221 FORTRAN or ENGR-280 "C" Programming. ENGR-411 Finite Difference Methods In Engineering 3 hours Finite-difference approximations for derivatives and differential equations; consistency, stability, and truncation error; introduction to grid generation; applications of finite-difference methods to engineering problems. Prerequisites: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods in Engineering, ENGR-365 Heat Transfer. ENGR-412 CMOS VLSI Design 4 hours Fundamentals of CMOS VLSI design; circuit analysis, modeling, mask layout, simulation, and design verification; theoretical concepts and CAD tools used together for circuit analysis. VHDL is used to verify and document designs. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-312 Electronics II, ENGR-410 VHSIC Hardware Description Language. ENGR-421 Electrical 4 hours Design of electronic instruments with emphasis on analog and digital integrated circuits; students design an electronic device for prototyping in ENGR-422. Prerequisites: ENGR-312 Electronics II, ENGR-316 Microprocessors. ENGR-422 Electrical Design .!'.11h1111r!'.111toir·w-- 3 hours Design laboratory for the electrical design course; design, build, and analyze circuits built with analog and digital integrated circuits; final report required. Prerequisite: ENGR-421 Electrical Design. (Fee: $30) ENGR-425 Mechanical Design--A 3 hours Design of mechanical components to achieve a stated objective; perform loads, deformation, and kinematic analysis; specify system design and prepare cost analysis. Prerequisites: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials, ENGR-365 Heat Transfer, ENGR-371 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines, ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II. ENGR-427 Digital Signal Processing 3 hours Introduction to digital signal processing, review of continuous time linear systems, application of Fourier series, spectral analysis, sampling theory, sampled spectrums, theory of discrete-time systems, realization of discrete time systems, frequency response of discrete time systems, design of FIR and HR filters, and properties of the Fast Fourier Transform. Design project. Prerequisites: ENGR-318 Linear Systems and ENGR-221 FORTRAN or ENGR- 280 "C" Programming. ENGR-431 Digital Systems Design 4 hours Complex microprocessor architecture, machine language programming, software development, memory interface, input/ output interface, and interrupts, emphasis on microprocessor applications. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-441 Microprocessors. (Fee: $30). ENGR-432 Communications 4 hours Introduction to communication theory, modulation techniques, detection techniques, noise, and computer communications. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENGR-318 Linear Systems. (Fee: $20) ENGR-435 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 one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-333 Electromagnetics or ENGR-471 Electrical Machines. (Fee: $30).