1996-1997 Academic Catalog

00 Engineering ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics-W 5 hours Basic concepts and fundamentals of subsonic fluid flows; introduc– tion to boundary layers and transition to turbulence. Prerequisite: MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I; MATH-387 Differential Equa– tions; ENGR-221 FORTRAN. ENGR-365 Heat Transfer-Sp 4 hours Introduction to conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer; analytical and computational techniques. Design project required. Corequisite: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods. Prerequisite: ENGR- 351 Thermodynamics I; ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. 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 seven weeks and one two-hour laboratory each week for 10 weeks. Prerequisite: ENGR-303 Circuits II. (Fee: $20) ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design of Machines-Sp 4 hours lnh·oduction to analysis and synthesis of motion in planar mecha– nisms and 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 I-W 3 hours Measurement ofmechanical 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 laborato1y, and heat transfer laborat01y are conducted during two three-hour laboratories per week. Students design some of the experiments. Corequisites: ENGR-352 Thermodynamics 11; ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. Prerequisite: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods; ENGR-310 Electronics and Instrnmentation. (Fee: $30) ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II-SP 3 hours Continuation ofENGR-381. Two three-hour laboratories per week. Corequisite: ENGR-365 Heat Transfer. Prerequisite: ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I. (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. Prerequisite: ENGR- 275 Mechanics II- Dynamics; ENGR-370 Electronics and Instrumen– tation; MATH-387 Differential Equations. (Fee: $20) ENGR-389 Vibrations Laboratory 1 hour Laboratory experiments to demonstrate and support ENGR-388 Vibrations; function and calibration of motion detection transducers, measurement of the frequency response function, impulse response, electrodynamic shakers, instrnmentation, FFT and spectral analysis. Class meets 2 hours per week. (Fee: $30) ENGR-391 Electrical Engineering Internship 1-3 hours An opportunity in which an electrical engineering student works closely with an industrial advisor. Specific attention is given to solving a particular problem(s) in that industry or firm. A faculty advisor assists in supervising and approving the internship, including assessing 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 engineering major and permission offaculty advisor. ENGR-392 Mechanical Engineering Internship 1-3 hours An opportunity in which a mechanical engineering student works closely with an industrial advisor. Specific attention is given to solving a particular problem(s) in that indushy or firm. A faculty advisor assists in supervising and approving the internship, including assessing the number of credit hours. A final report (approximately seven 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 are 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. 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 the01y to support the development of design projects. Prerequisite: 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. Prerequisite: a junior or senior engineering major and permission of advisor. 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. Can not 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 engineering 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 verification. VHDL used to verify and document designs. Three lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: ENGR- 312 Electronics II. (Fee: $15) (even years) ENGR-416 Computer Architecture and Advanced Microproces- sors-Sp 3 hours Introduction to computer architecture and a brief survey of advanced microprocessor architectures. A microprocessor is developed in lecture, designed, and implemented using a DIGLOG Logic simulator. Architectural concepts including RISC vs. CISC, Pipeline and Vetor Processing, 1/0; Memory heirarchy and multipro– cessors are developed. Prerequisite: ENGR-316 Microprocessors. (odd years) ENGR-421 Electrical Design-A 4 hours Design of electronic instruments to meet specific requirements. The top-down design method, cost, engineering analyses, project management, electronic design tools, prototype methods, and important electronic considerations are emphasized. Students design and build prototype electronic subsystems using various analog and digital integrated circuits to integrate into a working instrument in ENGR-422. Prerequisite: ENGR-312 Electronics II; ENGR-316 Microprocessors. (Fee: $15) ENGR-422 Electrical Design Laboratory-W 3 hours Design laboratory for the electrical design course; the top-down design method is used to design, build, and test a working electronic instrument to meet specific requirements within a given time frame and budget; final report required. Prerequisite: ENGR-421 Electrical Design. (Fee: $30) ENGR-425 Mechanical Design-A 3 hours Design ofmechanical components to achieve a stated objective: load, deformation, reliability, failure theories, and cost analysis. Prerequi– site: ENGR-341 Properties ofEngineering Materials; ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design ofMachines; ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II. (Fee: $25)