Course Descriptions

General Engineering

ENGR 151 Engineering Principles I

2 hours. Introduction to the concepts and methods of engineering problem solving and design. Topics include the following: analysis and design methodologies, structured computer programming, basic principles of engineering graphics, the visualization and modeling of real-world systems, and an introduction to the history and ethics of the engineering profession. Computer-aided design (CAD) tools, solid modeling and simulation software, and mathematics software applications are presented. Students work on numerous team design projects, communicating their results through oral and written reports. Meets twice weekly in a lecture/lab environment. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: MATH 190 Precalculus Mathematics or equivalent.

ENGR 152 Engineering Principles II

ENGR 250 Principles of Materials Science

3 hours. The science underlying the behavior of engineering materials, including the relation between atomic structure and mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties in metals, ceramics, polymers, composite materials, and semiconductors. Phase diagrams, heat treatment, and corrosion mechanisms are also presented. Laboratory exercises are included to enhance course theory and to provide hands-on experience with materials measurement apparatus and analysis techniques. Two lectures and one laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: CHEM 211 General Chemistry and PHYS 212 General Physics with Calculus.

ENGR 481 Senior Design I

1 hour. Offered 2006–07. In the senior design sequence, students apply their knowledge and design skills gained through course work to an industry-based project. In the first semester, interdisciplinary teams are formed to begin projects in conjunction with participating industrial sponsors. Necessary background research and feasibility studies are completed. Students must also consider the ethical, moral, environmental, and social impact of their designs. Collaboration with other departments of the university is encouraged. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: senior standing in the engineering major.

ENGR 482 Senior Design II

3 hours. The projects that were initiated in the first semester are further developed through simulation, prototyping, and testing. Use of analytic, computer, experimental, and design techniques are applied throughout the project. The design sequence culminates in the construction of the projects, oral presentations, and formal written reports. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGR 481 Senior Design I.

ENGR 485 Selected Topics

2–4 hours. Occasional special courses chosen to fit the interests and needs of engineering students and faculty. Additional course fee is required.

ENGR 490 Senior Seminar

1 hour. A capstone course for the engineering major. Discussion of current trends and issues in the engineering profession. Features invited speakers from the industrial sector. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: senior standing in the engineering major or by permission.

Electrical Engineering

ENGE 220 Digital Logic Design

4 hours. Introduction to digital systems and binary codes; Boolean algebra and digital logic devices; combinational logic circuits and design methods; ROM and RAM memory elements; sequential logic circuits and design methods. Laboratory experience includes TTL logic circuits and CAD tools. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. (Identical to CSIS 220.) Prerequisite: ENGR 152 Engineering Principles II or CSIS 201 Introduction to Computer Science I.

ENGE 250 Electrical Circuit Analysis

4 hours. Basic concepts of DC and AC electrical circuits. Voltage-current relationships for circuit elements; Kirchhoffs laws; Thevenin and Norton theorems. Basic transient and sinusoidal steady-state analysis; phasor analysis; frequency response, resonance, and measurement concepts. Applications of the transistor and operational amplifier. Analysis and design aided by PSpice simulation software. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Corequisite: MATH 310 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra. Prerequisite: PHYS 212 General Physics with Calculus.

ENGE 300 C Programming with Applications

3 hours. Introduction to the C programming language as a means to perform low-level access and control of hardware with a high-level language. Custom software applications, portability issues, application of pointers, and introduction to data structures. Applications to engineering problems, including data acquisition and control systems. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGE 220 Digital Logic Design and MATH 202 Calculus II.

ENGE 311 Electronic Devices and Circuits

4 hours. Introduction to the terminal characteristics of active semiconductor devices. Operation and small-signal models of diodes, junction and field-effect transistors, and operational amplifiers. Basic single-stage and multistage amplifiers: gain, biasing, and frequency response. Switching characteristics of transistors in saturation and cutoff. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGE 220 Digital Logic Design, ENGE 250 Electrical Circuit Analysis.

ENGE 312 Applications of Electronic Devices

4 hours. Analog and digital applications of electronic devices: amplifiers, oscillators, filters, modulators, logic circuits, and memory elements. Feedback, stability, and noise considerations. Emphasis on practical design problems and the formulation of design objectives. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGE 311 Electronic Devices and Circuits.

ENGE 330 Electrical Signals and Networks

4 hours. Fundamental concepts of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant systems, the convolution integral, and impulse response. Fourier series and frequency domain analysis. Fourier, Laplace, and z-transform techniques. Principles of feedback, sampling, and modulation. Theoretical and practical aspects of electrical networks. Loop and nodal analysis of multi-port networks. Admittance, impedance, and transmission parameters, matrix solutions. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGE 250 Electrical Circuit Analysis.

ENGE 360 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

3 hours. Theoretical study of static and dynamic electric and magnetic fields. Gauss’ law and the static electric field; boundary value problems in electrostatics. Effects of dielectric and magnetic media properties. Magnetostatics; Faraday’s law and applications. Maxwell’s equations for time-varying fields; wave propagation; Poynting’s theorem. Numerical methods and computer simulation tools in electromagnetics are introduced. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: MATH 310 Differential Equations and PHYS 212 General Physics with Calculus.

ENGE 410 Digital System Design

3 hours. Practical aspects of digital design with Hardware Description Languages including the design, construction, and testing of significant digital subsystems. Explorations of advanced digital design concepts such as timing-driven synthesis, integration of intellectual property and design for reuse. Extensive use is made of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools and Field-Programmable-Gate-Array (FPGA) technology in course assignments. Two lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGE 420 Microprocessors.

ENGE 420 Microprocessors

4 hours. Principles of hardware and software microcomputer interfacing. Microprocessor characteristics, memory peripheral devices, microcomputer structures, and I/O interface device control. Assembly language programming. Team design projects involve the construction and programming of a microprocessor-based system. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENGE 300 C Programming with Applications.

ENGE 430 Communication Systems

3 hours. Introduction to analog and digital communications theory and applications. Topics include encoding, modulation and multiplexing techniques, spectral analysis, transmission line effects, noise analysis and filtering, multiple-channel and fiber optic communications, telecommunication systems, and data communications applications. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGE 330 Electrical Signals and Networks.

ENGE 440 Electric Machines and Power Systems

3 hours. Introduction to electric machines and electric power utility systems. AC and DC rotating machines; single- and three-phase motors and generators; transformers and solid-state devices, power transmission lines, load flow analysis, system faults, and system modeling and design. Includes lab assignments to enhance course theory and to give hands-on experience. Prerequisites: ENGE 330 Electrical Signals and Networks and ENGE 360 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves and

ENGE 460 Microwave Engineering and Applications

3 hours. Study of microwave circuits, devices, and techniques as applied to cellular communications and other modern systems. Propagation and reflection on ideal and lossy transmission media. Smith chart and S-parameter tools. Strip lines, microstrip and coplanar lines, and cross talk. Analysis and design of microstrip circuits. Introduction to antenna fundamentals. Includes computer and laboratory exercises. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGE 312 Applications of Electronic Devices, ENGE 330 Electrical Signals and Networks, and ENGE 360 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves.

ENGE 480 Digital Signal Processing

3 hours. Sampling as a modulation process, aliasing, the sampling theorem, the Z-transform and discrete-time system analysis, direct and computer-aided design of recursive and nonrecursive digital filters, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), digital filtering using the FFT, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, effects of quantization and finite-word-length arithmetic. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGE 330 Electrical Signals and Networks

Mechanical Engineering

ENGM 210 Statics and Dynamics

4 hours. A two-part course beginning with rigid bodies in equilibrium. A quantitative description of forces, moments, and couples acting upon engineering structures at rest is developed. The free-body diagram is used extensively to understand the equilibrium of a whole physical system through isolation of each component particle, or body. The second part of the course considers the mathematical description of rigid bodies in motion under the action of forces, moments, and couples. Students learn how to describe the geometry of motion (kinematics) and then move into two- and three-dimensional kinetic analysis. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: MATH 202 Calculus II and PHYS 211 General Physics with Calculus.

ENGM 300 Computational Methods

2 hours. Solution to problems in mechanical engineering using numerical techniques. Development of numerical models beginning with physical model analysis, description of appropriate governing equations, selection of critical parameters, choice of solution methodology, and application of numerical solution procedure. Applications selected from a wide variety of topics in mechanical engineering. Solution techniques to include finite difference and finite element methods. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGR 152 Engineering Principles II, MATH 310 Differential Equations, and ENGM 320 Mechanics of Materials.

ENGM 311 Engineering Thermodynamics

3 hours. Classical treatment of thermodynamics emphasizing the first and second laws and their application to closed and open (control volume) systems undergoing steady, unsteady, and cyclic processes. Introduction to vapor power systems. Tabular and graphical thermodynamic property data are used in analytical work. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: PHYS 212 General Physics with Calculus.

ENGM 312 Applications of Engineering Thermodynamics

3 hours. Advanced topics in the first and second laws of thermodynamics, availability, and irreversibility. Vapor and gas power cycles, mixtures of gases and vapors, introduction to combustion theory, nonreacting and chemically reacting flows. Applications to spark and compression ignition engines, gas and vapor turbines, refrigeration systems, heat exchangers, and psychrometrics. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGM 311 Engineering Thermodynamics.

ENGM 320 Mechanics of Materials

3 hours. Behavior of deformable body systems under combinations of external loading is presented. Analysis of stress, deformation, strain, failure fatigue, and creep are included. Mathematical, graphical, and energy methods are utilized. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGM 210 Statics and Dynamics and ENGR 250 Principles of Materials Science.

ENGM 330 Fluid Mechanics

3 hours. Presentation and development of fundamental concepts of fluids as continua, including velocity and stress fields, and viscosity. Fluid statics, hydrostatic analysis of submerged bodies, and manometry methods. Development of the governing equations of mass, momentum, and energy conservation for fluid motion using both integral and differential techniques. Incompressible inviscid flow, dimensional analysis and similitude, and flow in pipes and ducts. Boundary-layer concepts. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGM 311 Engineering Thermodynamics and MATH 310 Differential Equations.

ENGM 350 Machine Dynamics and Vibrations

3 hours. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of basic mechanisms with an introduction to kinematic synthesis. Fundamentals of vibration theory and their application to lumped parameter systems. Both single- and multi-degree of freedom systems having steady-state and transient responses are considered. Concepts of machine dynamics and design are supplemented with mathematical, graphical, and computer techniques and analysis. Applications using dynamic analysis software are included. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGM 210 Statics and Dynamics and MATH 310 Differential Equations.

ENGM 370 Control Systems Engineering

3 hours. This course covers various aspects of control system engineering including dynamic system modeling, control system stability and performance analysis. Special attention is given to compensator design by PID and lead-lag algorithms. Principles of closed loop mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and thermodynamic systems are considered. Laboratory experiments include both MATLAB simulations and PLC programming with applications. Two lectures and one laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: MATH 310 Differential Equations.

ENGM 380 Heat Transfer

4 hours. Fundamental aspects of steady-state and transient heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiative transport modes. Analytical and semi-empirical methods of forced and natural convection systems. Conjugate analysis of multi-mode problems using numerical methods is presented. Heat exchanger design, boiling, and condensation are also included. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Corequisite: ENGM 300 Computational Methods. Prerequisite: ENGM 330 Fluid Mechanics.

ENGM 400 Mechanical Engineering Design

4 hours. Fundamental principles for the synthesis, analysis, and design of mechanical elements and systems. The use of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and failure theories to evaluate mechanical systems under static and dynamic loading. Application of design techniques to specific mechanical components such as gears, springs, shafts, bearings, and fasteners, with an emphasis on design for manufacturability. Computer modeling tools including finite element analysis are utilized. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGM 320 Mechanics of Materials and ENGM 350 Machine Dynamics and Vibrations. Corequisite: ENGM 300 Computational Methods

ENGM 410 Materials and Processes in Manufacturing

3 hours. Mechanical and metallurgical fundamentals of cutting operations, metal forming by deformation, material fabrication, and nontraditional processing. Manufacturing systems, concepts in production, green design, and design for manufacturability (DFM). Special emphasis on silicon crystal growth methods and silicon wafer fabrication processes. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisite: ENGM 400 Mechanical Engineering Design.

ENGM 430 Acoustics and Noise Control

3 hours. Theory and practice in the analysis and measurement of sound and vibration as applied to noise control. Basic concepts of vibration and acoustic theory are developed, and a variety of sound and vibration measuring equipment is used in laboratory experiments. Practical aspects of noise control as applied to products, machinery, buildings, vehicles, and other systems. Topics include sound propagation; sound in small and large enclosures, and design of enclosures, ducts, and mufflers; isolation and damping. Prerequisites: ENGM 330 Fluid Mechanics and ENGM 350 Machine Dynamics and Vibrations.

ENGM 450 Vehicle Systems Dynamics

3 hours. Several different vehicle systems (automotive, truck, railway freight vehicles, and passenger transport systems) are described analytically from road/track to passenger/load. Topics include tire/wheel construction and modeling, contact mechanics, suspension design, power transmission, steering mechanisms, braking, vibratory causes/effects, and safety requirements. Vehicle system modeling with ADAMS (ADAMS/Car and ADAMS/Rail) computational dynamic analysis software is introduced. Prerequisite: ENGM 400 Mechanical Engineering Design.

ENGM 470 Combustion

3 hours. The fundamentals of combustion science and engineering applications of combustion theory based on the background of chemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Stoichiometry, flame temperature, chemical kinetics, combustion of premixed gases, diffusion flames, single droplet combustion. Combustion of two-phase flow systems and ignition. Introduction to the quantitative analysis of products of combustion from the perspective of emissions and air pollution. Effects and sources of air pollution. General control strategies for particulates, vapors, and product gases such as the oxides of sulfur and nitrogen are presented. Additional course fee is required. Prerequisites: ENGM 312 Applications of Engineering Thermodynamics and ENGM 380 Heat Transfer.