2001-2002 Academic Catalog

School of Engineering, Nursing, Science ENGR-344 Plastic and Composite Materials 3 hours Introduction to properties and processing of plastics, resins, and adhesives; rheology, creep-deformation hist01y, and injection molding. Fiber-reinforced, carbon-carbon, and metal-matrix composites are analyzed for strength, anisotropy, and applicability. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials. ENGR-347 Feedback Control Systems-A 5 hours Introduction to the analysis and design of analog feedback control systems; modeling, transfer functions, root locus, frequency response, Bode plots, Nyquist Criterion; stability, robustness, compensator design for performance and robustness, PID, phase-lead, phase-lag, and lead– lag. Four lectures and one two-hour lab per week. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR-318 Linear systems. (Fee: $20) ENGR-351 Thermodynamics I-A 4 hours Introduction to engineering thermodynamics; properties of pure substances, work, heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics, energy, enthalpy, and entropy. Prerequisite: CHEM-158 Chemistl)' for Engineers; PHYS-272 General Physics II. ENGR-352Thermodynamics11-W 4 hours Continuation ofENGR-351 with specific application to power, refrigeration cycles, and combustion processes. Prerequisite: ENGR- 351 Thermodynamics I; MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I ENGR-353 Internal Combustion Engines-Sp 3 hours Introduction to the development and design ofpiston engines and turbines, special design ofcombustion chambers, valve mechanisms, dynamic balancing, and alternative fuels. Prerequisite: ENGR-2 75 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 broken down into a strnctural description using basic logic gates. Three lectures and one one-hour laborat01y per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design and ENGR- 221 FORTRAN, ENGR-280 "C" Programming, or instructor's permission. (Fee: $15) (odd years) ENGR-358 Advanced Digital Logic Design-A 3 hours Survey oflogic families, arithmetic circuits, advanced finite-state machines; introduction to computer organization, controller implementa– tions usingjump counters, branch sequencers, andmicroprogramming; emphasis on rapid electronic prototyping and the effective use of advanced computeraided design tools for minimizing, simulating, and implementing digital circuits. Prerequisite: ENGR-191 Digital Logic Design; ENGR-302 Circuits I ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics-W 5 hours Basic concepts and fundamentals of subsonic fluid flows; introduc– tion to boundaiy layers and transition to turbulence. Prerequisite: MATH-388 Advanced Calculus I; MATH-387 Differential Equations; 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. Prerequisite: ENGR-351 Thermodynamics I; ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. Corequisite: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods. ENGR-373 Electrical Machines for Electrical Engineering Majors-W 3 hours Introduction to the principles of analysis and characteristics of AC and DC rotating machines and transformers. Three lectures per week for seven weeks and one two-hour laborat01y each week for 10 weeks. Will not substitute for ENGR-471 Electrical Machines (for mechanical engineers). Prerequisite: ENGR-303 Circuits II. (Fee: $20) ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design of Machines-Sp 4 hours Introduction to analysis and synthesis ofmotion in planar mechanisms and linkages; velocity and acceleration, cam design, gears, simple and compound gear trains; computer solution and simulation. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR-275 Mechanics II. (Fee: $10) ENGR-378 Introduction to Finite Element Analysis 3 hours Introduction to the basic components of the finite ~lement method including element selection, shape functions, strain-displacement and stress-strain relations, formulation of the stiffness matrix, imposition of boundary conditions, interpretation of results; experience using a commercial code. Prerequisite: ENGR-221 FORTRANorENGR-280 "C" Programming; ENGR-276 Mechanics III-Strength of'Materials; ENGR-250 Numerical Methods. (Fee: $25) ENGR-381 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 1-W 3 hours Experiments using the wind tmrnel, engine test cell, mechanics laboratory, refrigeration, and heat transfer laborat01y are conducted. Students will measure mechanical phenomena such as acceleration, force, pressure, temperature, strain, fluid flow, viscosity, and heat transfer using transducers, instrumentation, and PC-based data acquisition. Two three-hour laboratories per week. Students design some of the experiments. Prerequisite: ENGR-250 Numerical Methods; ENGR-310 Electronics and Instmmentatio11. Corequisite: ENGR-352 Thermody11a111ics II; ENGR-360 Fluid Mechanics. (Fee: $30) ENGR-382 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II-Sp 3 hours Continuation ofENGR-381. Two three-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: ENGR-381 Mechanical E11gineeri11g LaboratolJ' I. Corequisite: ENGR-365 Heat Tmnsf'er. (Fee: $30) ENGR-391 Electrical Engineering Internship 1-3 hours 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. Catrnot be used to satisfy elective credit requirements. Prerequisite: junior or senior e11gi11eeri11g status andfaculty advisor's permission. ENGR-392 Mechanical Engineering Internship 1-3 hours 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 industJy or firm. A faculty advisor assists in supervising and approving the internship, including assessing the number ofcredit hours. A final report (approximately seven pages per credit hour) describing the experience-including the problem and solution--is required. Cannot be used to satisfy elective credit requirements. Prerequisite: junior or se11ior engineering status a11dfac11lty advisor's per111issio11. E11gi11eeri11g professors teach i11 classrooms a11d labs desig11ed specificall)' for e11gi11eeri11g a11d 11tilizi11g the latest tech11ology.