Mechanical
MECH 101 Drawing for Engineers
Fall, 1 credit hour
In this course, students learn basic drawing skills including, sketching, geometric construction, measuring, isometrics, orthographic views, section views, dimensioning, auxiliary views, and sheet layout.
MECH 102 Parametric Modeling
Spring, 2 credit hour
This course is an introduction to parametric design. The course will cover parametric modeling fundamentals, solid geometry concepts, fundamentals of parametric constraints, geometric construction tools, use of symmetrical features, advanced 3D construction tools, sheet metal tools, and basic assembly modeling. Software implementation of the skills learned in MECH 101 and the creation of industry-accepted drawing sets will be covered as well.
Prerequisite: ENGS 101
MECH 103 INTRO TO HVAC-R
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to heating and air conditioning systems used to achieve a comfortable indoor environment. It includes a straightforward study of heating and cooling loads and the combustion process of various fuels. Warm air, hydronic, and radiant heating systems and related controls are studied to provide technicians the knowledge to install and repair furnaces and ancillary systems. The topics of proper ventilation and refrigeration requirement of a building is developed through ASHRAE standards. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
MECH 112 3D MODELING
Spring, 3 credit hours
A continuation of Computer Drafting (MECH 111) wherein major emphasis is placed on the topics of dimensioning, tolerancing, gears, keys and key seats, assembly drawings, and detail drawings. Computer-aided design, systems, concepts, along with standards, will be emphasized. One hour lecture, four hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: Intro to Computer Drafting (SOET 116) or permission of instructor.
MECH 121 MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an overview of material removal, change in form, change in condition, and heat treatment processes. The student begins with a fundamental understanding of machine tools theory and practice. Instruction includes precision layout and measurement, lathe operations and tooling, milling operations and tooling, drills, reamers, and drilling machines. Instruction involves the selection and calculation of proper cutting speeds and feeds for processes involving different materials. Instruction also includes an investigation to the variety of casting processes, products produced through each process and common defects found. Students further investigate material properties and how change can occur through processing and heat treatments. The laboratory provides the opportunity to apply the material from lecture through the hands on operation of the tooling and equipment. Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week.
MECH 122 Introduction to 3D Printing
Spring, 1 credit hour
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of 3D extrusion printer technology, operation, maintenance, and repair. The components and technology that make 3D printing possible are investigated before students learn the processes involved in moving from a parametric 3D model through the slicing software and then to printing. Fundamental skills like safety, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair are introduced and practiced during the course.
NOTE: In lieu of a textbook, students are required to purchase their own printer for this course. The recommended printer is a Creality Ender 3 which can be purchased through Amazon for $189.00. We will unbox and assemble printers on day 1 of the course, so please purchase your printer prior to the start of the semester and bring it to Lab 1.
MECH 128 ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides the knowledge base needed to understand the principles, concepts, and applications of electro-mechanics. It presents problem solving techniques that are critical for troubleshooting situations. Topics covered include: Nature of motion, simple and compound machines, torque, power transmission, motion devices, electric circuits, electromagnetic circuits and devices, and maintenance procedure for electrical and mechanical machines. Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: College Algebra (MATH 121), College Physics I and Lab (PHYS 121/125).
MECH 180 Survey of Engineering Trades
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides introduction to some of the trade opportunities in the field of engineering and technology. Students will gain introductory experience in the areas of welding, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and residential electricity.
MECH 220 ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Spring, 3 credit hours
A study of the wide spectrum of materials used in manufacturing of discrete parts and machines. Materials structure, characteristics, mechanical properties and applications will be stressed for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, and composites.
Prerequisites: MATH 123 and PHYS 121, or permission of instructor.
MECH 221 MET Lab
Spring, 1 credit hour
In this course, students explore concepts related to statics, strengths, and materials courses through labs designed to reinforce key concepts. Students utilize knowledge and skills developed during the first two years of their engineering education to solve a simple design problem. Written communication skills are practiced and refined through the creation of lab reports documenting key information for each lab and/or design experiment.
Prerequisite: ENGS 201
Corequisites: ENGS 203 and ENGS 205
MECH 223 INTRODUCTION TO CNC
Fall, 3 credit hours
A course designed to introduce students to the capabilities of CNC machine tools used in industry, to teach students the fundamentals in programming CNC lathes and milling machines, to provide students the opportunity to setup and operate CNC equipment and to experience the use of CAD/CAM technology. Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: Manufacturing Processes I (MECH 121) or permission of instructor.
MECH 225 INTRODUCTION TO THERMODYNAMICS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course will investigate thermal power and its applications using the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The properties of liquids and gases will be considered in their current and emerging applications to energy production. The fuel sources will be discussed for their energy input and output heat values. The efficiency of all energy applications will be explored while evaluating the theory of heat transfer. Applications of the Rankin, Otto, Brayton, and refrigeration cycles will be used in evaluating the energy production of thermal systems. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: College Physics II (PHYS 122) and Calculus I (MATH 161), or permission of instructor.
MECH 232 MACHINE DESIGN
Spring, 3 credit hours
Design of machine elements subjected to static, dynamic and fluctuating loads. Theory includes design of beams, shafts, mechanical power transmission devices. A design project is required for the course. The laboratory session will be used for solving numerical problems and for consultation on the semester design project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Strength of Materials (CONS 272) or Engineering Strength of Materials (ENGS 203), or permission of instructor.
MECH 241 FLUID MECHANICS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course develops a basic knowledge of fluids under static and dynamic applications. Principles of fluid statics, fluid kinematics, fluid kinetics, and continuity theorem will explore applications in the mechanical industry. Flow rate, pipe sizing and minor losses in piping systems are addressed. Compressible flow and gas dynamics are introduced. Three hours lecture per week.
MECH 242 FLUID POWER LAB
Spring/Fall, 1 credit hour
A study of force and motion in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, involving cylinders, pumps, valves, and accumulators. Electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic controls will be studied, with an emphasis on sequential operation of fluid devices. Both electrical and fluid schematic diagrams will be examined. One to two hours laboratory per week.
Corequisites: Fluid Mechanics (MECH 241) or permission of instructor.
MECH 261 MET Electricity
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
Fundamentals of alternating current circuits.
Prerequisites: PHYS 122/126 or PHYS 132/136
Corequisites: MATH 123
MECH 301 TECHNICAL DYNAMICS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
Students study the principles of dynamics and the solution of applied engineering problems. Two-dimensional dynamic analysis of particles and rigid bodies are resolved using fundamental analytical methods and computer simulation. Rectilinear, curvilinear, and rotary motion, D’Alembert’s principles of work and energy, impulse and momentum, and Three-dimensional kinematics and dynamics are covered. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Machine Design (MECH 232) or permission of instructor.
MECH 303 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance
Spring, 2 credit hours
This course introduces students to the terminology and applications of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). Students learn and apply the key principles of the ASME Y14.5-20XX standard. Students read and interpret industry drawings with GD&T, create their own drawings utilizing GD&T, and fabricate and measure assembly parts to ensure compliance.
Prerequisite: MECH 121 (Manufacturing Processes) and MECH 102
(Parametric Modeling)
MECH 312 Engineering Design
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course focuses on learning and practicing an industry-accepted process to design mechanical objects; students start with product discovery and a goal of delivering a viable product by the end of the semester. Sketching, hand drawing, parametric modeling, and GD&T are utilized in concert with written communication to document this process. Mathematical models and other principles learned in statics, strengths, materials, and machine design among others are used alongside measurements, tests, and experiments to evaluate and advance the design state. Hand tools, 3D printing, woodworking, and/or machine tools are utilized throughout this iterative process to experimentally verify generated concepts and test prototypes as appropriate.
Prerequisite: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (MECH 303) and Mechanics of Machine Elements (ENGS 350).
MECH 322 Advanced 3D Printing
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course builds on the topics of Introduction to 3D Printing. Topics include print material selection, mechanical properties of printed parts, dual extrusion printing, volume optimization, large-scale prints, accuracy, sizing and tolerances, resin printers, functional prototypes & production, emerging technology, limitations of 3D printing and health risks. Weekly labs examine new topics and offer opportunities for introducing, practicing, and refining 3D printing skills with an emphasis on creating functional prototypes.
Prerequisite: MECH 122
MECH 332 INTERMEDIATE MACHINE DESIGN
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course is a continuation of Machine Design (MECH 232). Design of shafts, keys, couplings and seals provide application to tolerances and fits. The study of bearing types, loads, design life and selection along with fastener selection, machine frames, connection and joints; linear motion, motion control and electric motors and controls used in automated machinery. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Machine Design (MECH 232) or permission of instructor.
MECH 341 INTERMEDIATE FLUID MECHANICS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an intermediate step in students understanding of fluid mechanics. Topics include fluid kinematics, Bernoulli’s equation, mass, energy, and momentum analysis of flow systems, internal flow, external flow, compressible flow, and differential analysis of fluid flows. The continuity, stream function, and Navier-Stokes equations are development for 2-D and 3-D flows. The introduction of similitude and dimensional analysis is also included.
Prerequisites: MECH 241 and junior level status or permission of the instructor
MECH 342 THERMODYNAMICS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course will investigate thermal power and its applications using the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The properties of liquids and gases will be considered in their current and emerging applications to energy production. The fuel sources will be discussed for their energy input and output heat values. The efficiency of all energy applications will be explored while evaluating the theory of heat transfer. Applications of the Rankin, Otto, Brayton, and refrigeration cycles will be used in evaluating the energy production of thermal systems. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: College Physics II (PHYS 122) and Calculus I (MATH 161), or permission of instructor.
MECH 343 HEAT TRANSFER
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course explores the various methods of transferring heat from a source to a sink in engineering systems. Topics will focus on the energy balance of a system. The transport phenomena of heat transfer will be studied in detail, allowing students to internalize these physical principles of conduction, convection, and radiation. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: College Physics II (PHYS 122) and Calculus I (MATH 161), or permission of instructor.
MECH 350 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines statistical concepts related to quality control and improvement. Additional topics include theory, construction, and interpretation of control charts in an industrial manufacturing environment. Probability as it relates to acceptance sampling and ISO 9000 quality standards will be reviewed.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior level status
MECH 351 DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides methodologies that engineers, technologists, and management personnel need to plan and conduct experiments to quantify cause and effects relationships in complex systems. Designs of experiments test multiple factors at one time determining whether changes to products, processes, and systems are improvements. Students will perform simple comparative experiments isolating known sources of variation; while multiple level factional designs will allow analysis for variance (ANOVA) to predict models of interactions that optimize a process. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Calculus I (MATH 161) and Junior level status, or permission of instructor.
MECH 377 CAPSTONE & RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Fall, 2 credit hours
This course is part I of a senior design course. Its purpose is to allow the student to research and propose a project. The project will be constructed and tested in MECH 477. Examples include, but are not limited to, new product development or improvements to an existing product. Course faculty must approve all projects.
Prerequisites: Completion of 90 credit hours or permission of instructor.
MECH 412 VIBRATION AND NOISE CONTROL
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
Provide guidance relevant to design, problem solving and improvement with the measurement and control of noise and vibration as applied to the industrial environment. Students study the source, distribution and measurement of sound waves and vibrations in beams, cylinders, pipe systems, panels and mechanical equipment. Instruction includes methods for dampening noise and vibration. The use of signals generated from noise and vibration as a tool to diagnose the source of the problem and use statistical methods of analysis for determining frequency of service. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: MECH 241 and junior level status or permission of the instructor.
MECH 416 APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course introduces the student to modeling and analyzing fluid mechanics problems via the finite difference and finite volume method. Fundamentals of CFD theory, solution, procedures, techniques, and analysis are discussed. Topics include computational grid generation, fluid model setup, convergence and accuracy analysis, data interpretation, model validation and discussion of conclusions. Students will use CFD software to solve various fluid problems. Two hours lectures, two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (MECH 341), Differential Equations (MATH 262), or permission of instructor.
MECH 417 APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course introduces the student to modeling and analysis of mechanical systems via the finite element method. Topics include the theory and procedures to design computer models to simulate various applied mechanical problems, validation of computer models, and interpretation of numerical results, mesh and accuracy analysis, and discussion of conclusions. Students will use FEM software to solve various mechanical and heat transfer problems. Two hours lectures, two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Machine Design (MECH 232), Differential Equations (MATH 262), or permission of instructor
MECH 443 TECHNICAL PROPULSIONS
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course investigates propulsions systems. Conservation of momentum, mass, and energy are applied to many types of propulsions systems. The course examines and analyzes propeller design (airplane and boat), turbojets, turboprops, ramjets, and rockets.
Prerequisites: MECH 301 (Technical Dynamics), MECH 342 (Thermodynamics), and MATH 364 (Differential Equations)
Corequisites: MECH 341 (Intermediate Fluid Mechanics)
MECH 477 CAPSTONE PROJECT
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides a learning experience that allows a student to design, implement, test, and analyze a project that was proposed in MECH 377.
Prerequisites: MECH 377 Capstone Research & Proposal
Corequisites: Completion of 90 credit hours or permission of instructor.
MECH 480 CO-OP EXPERIENCE IN MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
Spring, 1-6 credit hours
The course provides real world learning experience through professional cooperative education placement in a private/public organization related to the student's academic objectives and career goals. This course requires students to be involved in the design, fabrication, and testing of a system, a component, a software, or a machine where real world constraints such as manufacturability, reliability, safety, environment, aesthetics, and costs are important. In addition to their work experience, students are required to submit bi-weekly reaction papers and an academic portfolio and presentation to a Faculty Coordinator.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, consent of academic advisor, approval by Dean of CSOET.
MECH 291-295, 391-395, OR 491-495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Fall/Spring, 1-4 credit hours
Special topics in Mechanical Engineering Technology will generally include topics of current interest or topics not covered in courses currently offered by the department or in combinations not currently available. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.