1995-1996 Academic Catalog

02 ENGR-373 Electrical Machines for Electrical Engineering Majors--A 3 hours Introduction to the principles of analysis and characteristics of AC and DC rotating machines and electromechanical devices; transform– ers, single- and three-phase motors and generators. Three lectures per week for 7 weeks and one 2-hour laboratory period each week for ten weeks. Prerequisite: ENGR-303 Circuits II. (Fee: $20) ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design of Machines--Sp 4 hours Introduction to analysis and synthesis of motion in mechanisms and planar linkages; velocity and acceleration, cams and cam design, gears, simple and compound gear trains; computer solution and simulation using TK Solver, Working Model, and text book software. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR-275 Mechanics II. ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 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. Students design some of the experiments. Prerequi– sites: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods, ENGR-310 Electronics and Instrumentation. Corequisites: ENGR-352 Thermodynamics II, ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. (Fee: $30) ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II--SP 3 hours Continuation of ENGR-381. Two 3-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I. Corequisite: ENGR-365 Heat Transfer. (Fee: $30) ENGR-388 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 Trans– form, dissipative systems; introduction to random, continuous, and non-linear vibrations; engineering applications. Prerequisites: ENGR-275 Mechanics II- Dynamics, ENGR-370 Electronics and Instrumentation, MATH-387 Differential Equations. (Fee: $20) ENGR-389 Vibrations Laboratory 1 hour Laboratory experiments to demonstrate and snpport ENGR-388 Vibrations; function and calibration of motion detection transducers, measurement of the frequency response function, impulse response, electrodynamic shakers, instrumentation, FFT and spectral analysis. Class meets 2 hours per week. (Fee: $30) ENGR-392 Mechanical Engineering Internship 1-3 hours An opportunity 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(s) in that industry or film by applying mechanical engineering design methodology. A faculty advisor assists in supervision of and approval of the internship, including assessment of the number of credit hours. A final report (approximately 7 pages per credit hour) describing the experience -- including the problem and solution -- is required. Three credit hours of engineering electives can be satisfied by three hours of internship. Prerequisite: junior or senior status and permission of faculty advisor. ENGR-394 Topics in Electrical Engineering 3 hours Selected topics in electrical engineering at the 300 or 400 level; topics may include, but not limited to, electroptics, solid-state devices, microprocessor applications, antenna theory or others presented by the faculty or requested by electrical engineering students. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. (odd years) ENGR-395 Topics in Mechanical Engineering 3 hours Selected topics in mechanical engineering at the 300 or 400 level; likely candidates are extensions of present courses or lecture to teach theory to support development of design projects. Prerequi– site: permission of instructor. ENGR-398 Independent Study in Engineering 1-3 hours Opportunity to perform independent research or study in the various branches of engineering and allied fields of application. A formal proposal for study must be approved by the faculty advisor before registering for this course. Three credit hours of engineering electives can be satisfied by three hours of independent study. Prerequisites: a major in engineering, permission of advisor, and junior status or above. ENGR-399 Project Design 1-3 hours An elective course for students to get academic credit for extracur– ricular design work related to their ministry or design competitions. Cannot be used to satisfy engineering elective requirements. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. 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 engineeting problems. Prerequisite: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods in Engineering. ENGR-412 CMOS VLSI Design--Sp 3 hours Fundamentals of CMOS VLSI design; circuit analysis, modeling, mask layout, simulation, and design verification; theoretical concepts and CAD tools used together for circuit design and design vetification. VHDL used to verify and document designs. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENGR- 312 Electronics II, and ENGR-356 VHSIC Hardware Description Language. (Fee: $15) (even years) ENGR-416 Computer Architecture and Advanced Microproces– sors--Sp 3 hours Introduction to computer architecture and design survey of advanced microprocessor architectures. A microprocessor is designed and implemented using rapid electronic prototyping technology during the design project. Prerequisite: ENGR-316 Microprocessors. (odd years) ENGR-421 Electrical Design--A 4 hours Design of electronic instruments with emphasis on analog and digital integrated circuits; students design and build prototype electronic devices for systems integration in ENGR-422. Prerequi– sites: ENGR-312 Electronics II, and ENGR-316 Microprocessors. (Fee: $15) ENGR-422 Electrical Design Laboratory--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; load, deformation, reliability, failure theories, and cost analysis. Prerequisites: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials, ENGR-365 Heat Transfer, ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design of Machines, and ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II. (Fee: $25) 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 IIR 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 program– ming, 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-316 Microprocessors. (Fee: $30) ENGR-432 Communications Theory--W 4 hours Introduction to communications theory, modulation techniques, detection techniques, noise, and computer communications. Three lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Design project required. Prerequisites: ENGR-303 Circuits II, ENGR-318 Linear Systems. (Fee: $20) ENGR-435 Power Systems--W 3 hours Principles of electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution, three-phase circuits, power system analysis, load flow, fault currents, system protection, and stability. Prerequisite: ENGR-333 Electromagnetics. (Fee: $10) (even years)