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ENGR 1313 Mechanics I
Forces and couples acting on rigid bodies in equilibrium using vector analysis including equivalent force systems, free body diagrams, truss analysis, friction, centroids, moments of inertia, and an introduction to virtual work.
ENGR 1381 Engineering Analysis and Design I
Introduces students to the engineering design process utilizing a competitive design project.
ENGR 1382 Engineering Analysis and Design II
Continues the introduction to engineering design with another interactive team-oriented design project.
ENGR 2181 Engineering Design III
Continues the development of students' design skills through a project emphasizing constraints including: ethics, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability, economics, the environment, and social and political issues.
ENGR 2182 Engineering Design IV
Continuation of ENGR 2181: final design, construction, testing, and evaluation. Engineering economics and life-cycle costs are introduced in support of the project.
ENGR 2311 Mass and Energy Balances
Conservation of mass and energy concepts applied to open and closed systems with and without chemical reactions.
ENGR 2314 Mechanics II
Accelerated rigid body motion including kinematics and kinetics of particles and bodies, work and energy, linear and angular impulse and momentum, and vibrations.
ENGR 2320 Electric Circuits
An introduction to the techniques of analysis and design of elementary linear electric circuits.
ENGR 2120 Electric Circuits Laboratory
Laboratory course accompanying ENGR 2320. An introduction to the measurement of voltage and current, uses of simulation and experimentation for analysis and design, and the design of elementary electric circuits.
ENGR 2359 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
Engineering analysis and design of treatment processes for industrial pollution of air, water, and soil.
ENGR 2364 Electronics I
An introduction to the techniques of analysis, design, and understanding of elementary electronic devices and circuits.
ENGR 2164 Electronics I Laboratory
Laboratory course accompanying ENGR 2364. A continuation of the topics in ENGR 2120, with emphasis on electronic devices and systems.
ENGR 3181 Engineering Design V
Builds on the students' background in electrical engineering with emphasis on the design of a system that may employ circuits, electronics, electromagnetics, and controls.
ENGR 3182 Engineering Design VI
Builds on the students' background in thermodynamics/fluids with the introduction of a competitive thermal-fluids design project.
ENGR 3321 Signals and Systems
The analysis of signals and linear systems in the time and frequency domains using transform methods.
ENGR 3121 Signals and Systems Laboratory
Laboratory to accompany ENGR 3321.
ENGR 3323 Fluid Mechanics I
An introduction to the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, including hydrostatics, conservation of mass, momentum, and energy for a control volume, dimensional analysis and similarity, flow measurement, and pipe flow.
ENGR 3123 Fluid Mechanics I Laboratory
Experimental investigations in fluid mechanics with a strong emphasis on analysis and reporting of results.
ENGR 3327 Thermodynamics I
Basic principles of macroscopic thermodynamics.
ENGR 3339 Mechanics of Materials
Stresses and deflections of structural elements including stress strain relations, Mohr's circle, tierods, columns, beams, torque tubes, and statically indeterminate systems for both elastic and plastic stress levels.
ENGR 3355 Control Systems I
Techniques of modeling and analyzing mechanical and electrical systems.
ENGR 3155 Control Systems I Laboratory
Experimental observation of the behavior of physical systems and comparison with the mathematical models.
ENGR 4326 Heat Transfer
A study of conduction, convection, and radiation separately and in combination; steady and unsteady states; analytical and numerical methods including explicit and implicit finite differences.
ENGR 4126 Heat Transfer Laboratory
Experiments in heat transfer emphasizing design of thermal-fluid systems.
ENGR 4341 Engineering Materials
Principles underlying the structure-property-application relationships of various engineering materials including metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, composites, semiconductors, and superconductors.
ENGR 4342 Bioengineering Science
Structure, function, and modeling of transport systems in the human body with emphasis on cardiovascular, pulmonary, and related systems.
ENGR 4356 Modern Control System Design
Selected topics from the broad range of modern methods of control system analysis and design, such as: state-space and modern transfer function models and methods; discrete-time and/or nonlinear systems; multivariable systems; computer-aided control system design.
ENGR 4357 Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction kinetics and its relationship to the design and scale-up of chemical reactors.
ENGR 4358 Biochemical Engineering
The fundamentals of analysis and design of bioprocesses.
ENGR 4365 Digital Logic Design
A comprehensive study of digital logic design and analysis techniques for combinational and sequential circuits.
ENGR 4165 Digital Logic Design Laboratory
Laboratory to accompany ENGR 4365.
ENGR 4366 Unit Operations
Mass transfer in multi-component systems and its relationship to fluid mechanics and heat transfer.
ENGR 4367 Mechatronics
This course surveys topics underlying the design of mechatronic systems such as electronics, system modeling and control, and computer control of systems.
ENGR 4368 Applications of Signal and System Theory
Variable topics course, with topics determined by the interests of the instructor and students.
ENGR 4369 Embedded Microcomputer Systems
Study of microprocessor and microcontroller systems: hardware, including basic system architectures, processors, memory, and peripheral devices.
ENGR 4370 Mechanics of Continuous Media
Mechanics of solids including elasticity, plasticity, advanced strength of materials, energy methods, experimental stress analysis, and an introduction to the finite element method.
ENGR 4372 Computational Methods in Engineering
Application of contemporary numerical methods to problems in chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering.
ENGR 4373 Thermal/Fluid Applications
This course covers advanced topics in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.
ENGR 4375 Structural Dynamics
Free and forced vibrations of single and multiple degree of freedom systems with and without damping, structural response to dynamic loads, eigenvalue problems, energy methods, differential equation methods, forcing functions, and numerical analysis.
ENGR 4377 Electronics II
Analysis and design of digital electronic circuits using MOS transistors; analysis and design of operational amplifiers; feedback amplifiers and frequency response of amplifiers.
ENGR 4177 Electronics II Laboratory
Laboratory to accompany ENGR 4377.
ENGR 4381 Engineering Design VII
A capstone design experience with small groups of students, each group advised by a designated faculty member.
ENGR 4382 Engineering Design VIII
The capstone experience continued, including final design, construction, testing, and evaluation of the projects started in ENGR 4381.
ENGR 1-90 Directed Research - Introductory Level
Individual research conducted under faculty supervision.
ENGR 2-91 Problems in Engineering
Independent work on problems in engineering as indicated by the student's preparation and interest.
ENGR 3-90 Directed Research
Individual research conducted under faculty supervision.
ENGR 4-91 Problems in Engineering
Independent work on problems in engineering as indicated by the student's preparation and interest. 1 to 6 semester hours.


