1997-1998 Academic Catalog

ENGR-319 Analog Filters-W 3 hours An introduction to the theory, design, and implementation of passive and active analog filters; basic filter structures, sensitivity, passive network synthesis, operational amplifier limitations, multiple-amplifier filters, and filter realization methods. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-318 Linear Systems. (odd years) ENGR-320 Probability and Random Processes for Engineers -Sp 5 hours Sample points, sample spaces, probability, random variables, random vectors, statistical averages, linear transformations, spectral analysis and random processes. May be used to meet the mathemat– ics requirement for electrical engineers. Prerequisite: ENGR-318 Linear Systems. ENGR-321 Electronics Laboratory I-W 1 hour Applications of the Electronics I course; solid-state electronic devices, emphasis on bread-boarding, testing, analysis, synthesis, and reporting. Design project required. One two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: ENGR-311 Electronics I. Prerequisite: ENGR-303 Circuits II. (Fee: $30) ENGR-322 Electronics Laboratory II-Sp 1 hour Applications of the Electronics II course; design, bread-boarding, testing, and analysis of circuits discussed in the lecture using bipolar junction and field effect transistors. Design project required. One two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: ENGR-312 Electronics II. Prerequisite: ENGR-321 Electronics I Lab. (Fee: $30) ENGR-333 Electromagnetics-A 5 hours Development of vector calculus, Maxwell's equations, propagation of uniform plane waves, transmission lines, Smith Chart, wave guides, Laplace's and Poisson's equations. Four lectures with either a two-hour laboratory or recitation period per week. Corequisite: ENGR-303 Circuits II. Prerequisite: MATH-387 Differential Equations; MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I. (Fee: $15) ENGR-337 Principles of Automatic Control-A 4 hours Theoretical and experimental analysis of classical feedback control systems for mechanical engineers; modeling, transfer function formulation; frequency response, root locus, Bode plots, and servomechanisms. Three lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR-302 Circuits I. (Fee: $20) ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials-A 4 hours Introduction to the 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 three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-276 Mechanics III-Strength of Materials. (Fee: $30) ENGR-342 Principles of Physical Metallurgy 3 hours Physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys; crystal structure, phase equilibria, defects, strengthening mechanisms, and kinetics of reactions. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineer– ing Materials. ENGR-343 Manufacturing Processes-W 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-344 Plastic and Composite Materials 3 hours Properties and processing of plastics, resins, and adhesives. Rheology, creep-deformation history, and injection molding. Fiber– reinforced, carbon-carbon, and metal-matrix composites analyzed for strength, anisotropy, and applicability. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials. ENGR-347 Feedback Control Systems-A 5 hours Analysis and design of continuous-time feedback control systems; modeling, transfer functions, state-variables; root-locus, frequency response, Bode plots, Nyquist criterion; stability robustness, compensator design for pe1formance and robustness, PID, phase-lead, phase-lag, lead-lag, pole placement, state observers. Four lectures and one two-hour lab per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-318 Linear systems. (Fee:$20) 07 Cynthia McFadden, an electrical engineering student from Logan, Utah, was chosen to participate in the Washington Internship for Students of Engineering (WISE) in 1997. This summer internship, one of the most prestigious in the nation for engineering students, enables approximately a dozen engineering students from the top schools in the country to complete a research project while interacting with leading engineering policy makers in Washington, D.C. 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. Prerequisite: CHEM-158 Chemistry for Engineers; PHYS-272 General Physics II. ENGR-352ThermodynamicsII-W 4 hours Continuation of ENGR-351 with specific application to power, refrigeration cycles, and combustion processes. Prerequisite: ENGR- 351 Thermodynamics I; MATH-388 Advanced Cale. I. ENGR-353 Internal Combustion Engines-Sp 3 hours Development and design of piston engines and turbines, special design of combustion chambers, valve mechanism, and dynamic balancing. Prerequisite: ENGR-275 Mechanics II- Dynamics; ENGR-352 Thermodynamics II. ENGR-356 VHSIC Hardware Description Language-A 3 hours Design, testing, and verification of combinational logic circuits and finite-state machines using the VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL); top-down design methodology, beginning with purely behavioral description decomposed into a structural descrip– tion using basic logic gates. Three lectures and a one-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design and ENGR- 221 FORTRAN or ENGR-280 "C" Programming. (Fee: $15) (odd years) ENGR-358 Advanced Digital Logic Design-A 3 hours Survey of logic families, arithmetic circuits, advanced finite-state machine design and implementation, introduction to computer organization, controller implementations, jump counters, branch sequencers, and microprogramming; emphasis on rapid electronic prototyping and the effective use of advanced computer aided design tools for minimization, simulation, and implementation of digital circuits. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design; ENGR-302 Circuits I.