Engineering Science

Modern concepts of atomic structure and chemical properties, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, chemical equilibrium and kinetics. Satisfies the general chemistry requirements for chemistry and biology majors as well as prerequisites for medical, veterinary and other health related graduate programs. Placement into MATH 151 or higher required. A drop or withdrawal in the lecture must be matched by a drop or withdrawal in the corresponding laboratory course.

Corequisite: CHEM 142     Course Offered: Every Fall

Qualitative and quantitative studies of chemical systems. Introduction to basic synthetic and instrumental chemical methods.

Required: placement into MATH 151 or higher     Corequisite: CHEM 141

Modern concepts of atomic structure and chemical properties, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, chemical equilibrium and kinetics. Satisfies the general chemistry requirements for chemistry and biology majors as well as prerequisites for medical, veterinary and other health related graduate programs. A drop or withdrawal in the lecture must be matched by a drop or withdrawal in the corresponding laboratory course.

Prerequisites: CHEM 141/142     Corequisite: CHEM 152     Course Offered: Every Fall

Qualitative and quantitative studies of chemical systems. Introduction to basic synthetic and instrumental chemical methods.

Prerequisites: CHEM 141/142    Corequisite: CHEM 151     Course Offered: Every Spring

A theoretical introduction to differential calculus including limits, continuity, the basic rules for derivatives and applications including optimization problems. A brief introduction to integration leading to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus completes this course.

Prerequisite: MATH 151 or equivalent.    Course Offered: Every Fall, Every Spring

Transcendental functions, applications of integrals, volumes of revolution, surface areas; techniques of integration, including powers of trigonometric functions, integration by parts and by partial fractions, improper integrals, infinite series, Taylor’s expansion and indeterminate forms.

Prerequisite: MATH 191.    Course Offered: Every Fall, Every Spring

Vectors and vector valued functions, extrema of multivariate functions and the method of Lagrange multipliers, surfaces in three dimensions, line and surface integrals; multiple integration and Stokes’ Theorem.

Prerequisite: MATH 192.    Course Offered: Every Fall

ODEs of first order: linear, homogeneous, separable and exact, with applications; orthogonal trajectories; those of second order: reducible to first order, general and particular solutions by the methods of undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters and power series; and an introduction to numerical methods and Laplace Transforms.

Prerequisite: MATH 192.    Course Offered: Every Spring

An introduction to probability: discrete and continuous random variables (binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, Poisson, normal, and exponential), sampling distributions, multivariate distributions and hypothesis testing. Covers the statistical analyses skills necessary to determine whether data is meaningful and how to predict, understand, and improve results.

Prerequisite: MATH 192.    Course Offered: Spring of every even year

To be taken concurrently with PHYS 142. An algebra-based introduction to the concepts and methods of physics: I; Kinematics and Newtonian Mechanics in 1 -d, Work and Energy, Gases, Fluids, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics: II; Newtonian Mechanics in 2-d, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, Sound and Optics. Students need to have good algebra skills and basic Trigonometry.

Course Offered: Every Fall

To be taken concurrently with PHYS 141. Experiments designed to supplement the lecture course and to provide proficiency in the methods of measurements, the analysis and presentation of data and the interpretation of results.

Course Offered: Every Fall

To be taken concurrently with PHYS 242. An algebra-based introduction to the concepts and methods of physics: I; Kinematics and Newtonian Mechanics in 1-d, Work and Energy, Gases, Fluids, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics, II; Newtonian Mechanics in 2-d, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, Sound and Optics. Students need to have good algebra skills and basic Trigonometry.

Course Offered: Every Spring

To be taken concurrently with PHYS 241. Experiments designed to supplement the lecture course and to provide proficiency in the methods of measurements, the analysis and presentation of data and the interpretation of results.

Course Offered: Every Spring

The first course in a two-course sequence designed to orient students to the engineering profession. The first course covers ‘what is engineering?’ and the various engineering fields. Students use spreadsheets, word processors and presentation software as they learn to solve engineering problems, write technical reports, and prepare and give presentations. Students will practice ethical decision making while examining engineering issues and learn to work in teams.

Course Offered: Every Fall

The second course in a two-course sequence designed to orient students to the engineering profession. Solving engineering problems using computer software applications is emphasized. Students will further develop their problem solving and design skills by developing algorithms and converting them into MATLAB programs.

Course Offered: Every Spring

Second course in the two-semester engineering capstone design sequence for Engineering Science majors. Continues study of the system software and hardware lifecycle. Emphasis is placed on system design, appropriate implementation in hardware and software, analysis, testing and evaluation, quality assurance, and documentation. The execution and closure phases of a capstone engineering design project is completed in this course.

Course Offered: Every Spring

Statics of particles and rigid bodies, vector operations, equivalent systems, equilibrium, centroids and center of gravity, analysis of structures, shear and moment diagrams, bending stress and shear stress in structural members, loads, strain, friction and moments of inertia.

Prerequisite: MATH 191 and PHYS 151.     Course Offered: Every Fall

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of particles and rigid bodies, as well as an introduction to mechanical vibrations of simple systems. Topics include kinematics in 2- and 3-dimensions using Cartesian, path, and polar coordinates; kinetics using force-mass- acceleration, work-energy, and impulse-momentum methods; introduction to single degree of freedom vibration.

Prerequisite: ENGR 243.     Course Offered: Every Spring

Fundamental principles of mechanics of materials including: stress-strain curves, deformation, and failure of solid bodies under the action of forces, Mohr’s circle, and mechanical properties of materials. Course will emphasize strength and elastic deflection of engineering materials due to loads applied axially, in torsion, in bending and in shear. Students will conduct basic experiments in strength of materials, including mechanical properties, stressstrain curves of materials and analyze beams under tension, compression and bending.

Prerequisite: ENGR 243.     Course Offered: Every Spring

An intermediate treatment of thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems, work, heat, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, equations of state, entropy and exergy analysis of engineering systems.

Prerequisite: PHYS 251.     Course Offered: Every Fall

Description of fluid matter kinematics of fluid flow and similarity concepts. Derivation of the governing equations. Application to hydrostatics, boundary layers, separation, wakes and drag, pipe flow, compressible flow, and introduction to turbomachinery (with emphasis on pumps). Normal shocks and isentropic flow.

Prerequisite: ENGR 244.     Course Offered: Spring of every odd year

Survey of engineering applications of non-ferrous and ferrous alloys, polymers, ceramics and composites. Basic crystallographic notation and molecular structure of common engineering materials. Principles of metallurgical thermodynamics and kinetics applied to phase transformations and strengthening mechanisms.

Prerequisite: ENGR 245.    Course Offered: Spring of every even year

Emphasizes the systematic evaluation of the costs and benefits associated with proposed technical projects. The student will be exposed to the concepts of the “time value of money” and the methods of discounted cash flow. Students are prepared to make decisions regarding money as capital within a technological or engineering environment. Topics include: analysis of engineering projects; interest rate factors, methods of evaluation, depreciation, replacement, breakeven analysis, after tax analysis, decision-making under certainty and risk.

Prerequisite: junior standing.    Course Offered: Spring of every even year

Presents methods essential to successful execution of projects, from initiation, to planning, to execution, monitoring and controlling, and to closure. Topics include organizational structures, management functions, planning tools, scheduling techniques, pricing and estimating, cost control, trade-off analysis, and risk management. This course aligns with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards for professional certification as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Prerequisite: senior standing.    Course Offered: Every Fall

This course is an introduction to the field of operations management and focuses on how organizations transform inputs to products and services. Topics include: modeling and analysis of operations; supply chain analysis and planning; inventory control and warehouse management; logistics network design; and supply chain coordination.

Prerequisite: junior standing.     Course Offered: Spring of every odd year

An introduction to analog and digital electronics. Topics include basic circuit theory and the application of Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws; time-domain and frequency domain responses for passive and active circuits; Boolean algebra and logic circuits; and analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.

Prerequisite: PHYS 251.     Course Offered: Every Fall

Synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in designing and manufacturing machines, products and processes; semiconductor electronics, analog signal processing, with op amps, digital circuits, Boolean algebra, logic network designs, Karnaugh map, flip-flops and applications, data acquisition, A/D and D/A, interfacing to personal computers, sensors and actuators, microcontroller programming and interfacing.

Prerequisite: PHYS 251.

Introduction to control techniques. Dynamic analysis of linear feedback systems in the time and frequency domain, with emphasis on stability and steady-state accuracy. Includes modeling of electrical and mechanical systems; characterization of physical systems using linear, constant-coefficient differential equations and state-space models; Convolution using Laplace transform techniques; identification of system response using frequency response and Bode plots; specification of design criteria in the s-domain; and modification of system parameters to satisfy design requirements. MATLAB is used as simulation tools and as a computer interface for analysis and design.