Engineering (EGR)

EGR 121. Foundations of Engineering. (2 Credits)

Introduces the engineering profession and its impact on society and the environment, including engineering problem solving, the engineering design process, and professional practices. Covers fundamental engineering calculations, descriptive statistics, basic spreadsheet and mathematical scripting language applications, professional ethics, teamwork, and communication. Lecture 2 hours per week. Total 2 hours per week. Prerequisites: ENG 111 eligible; MTH 162 or MTH 167, or equivalent; or departmental approval.

EGR 122. Engineering Design. (3 Credits)

Applies engineering methods to a semester-long team design project with an emphasis on engineering software involving 2D and 3D computer aided design; data modeling and analysis; and iterative programming solutions. Covers design drawings and dimensioning; spreadsheet software usage; mathematical scripting language; and professional practices. Lecture 2 hours per week. Laboratory 2 hours per week. Total 4 hours per week. Prerequisite: EGR 121 or departmental permission.

EGR 125. Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers. (4 Credits)

Introduces problem solving and implementation of computer software solutions using a high-level programming language in a structured environment. Includes concepts and practice of algorithm design, language syntax, control structures, arrays, and introduction to object-oriented programming. Covers engineering applications, such as mathematical modeling, file input and output, and basic numerical methods. The assignments in this course require mathematical problem-solving skills, algebraic modeling, and functions, and use of variables. Lecture 4 hours per week. Total 4 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 162 or MTH 167 or equivalent; Corequisites: EGR 121.

EGR 130. Statics and Strength of Materials Engineering Tech. (5 Credits)

Presents principles and applications of free-body diagrams of force systems in equilibrium. Analyzes frames and trusses. Presents principles and applications to problems in friction, centroids and moments of inertia. Includes properties of materials, stress, strain, elasticity, design of connections, shear and bending in statically determinate beams, and axially loaded columns. Lecture 4 hours per week. Laboratory 2 hours per week. Total 6 hours per week. Prerequisite: MTH 161 or equivalent.

EGR 206. Engineering Economics. (3 Credits)

Presents economic analysis of engineering alternatives. Studies economic and cost concepts, calculation of economic equivalence, comparison of alternatives, replacement economy, economic optimization in design and operation, depreciation, and after tax analysis. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week.

EGR 231. Mass and Energy Balances. (3 Credits)

Introduces the field of chemical engineering and how material and energy balances are applied to chemical processes, and physical and thermodynamic properties of multi-component systems. Prerequisites: MTH 264, EGR 121, CHM 112 (grade of C or higher in these courses) Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week.

EGR 232. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. (3 Credits)

Introduces the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Examines energy conservation; concepts of equilibrium, temperature, energy, and entropy; partial molar properties; pure component and mixture equations of state; processes involving energy transfer as work and heat; reversibility and irreversibility; and closed and open systems and cyclic processes. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hour per week. Prerequisites: MTH 265 and EGR 231 (grade of C or higher in both of these courses)

EGR 240. Statics. (3 Credits)

Introduces basic concepts of engineering mechanics, systems of forces and couples, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, and internal forces and analysis of structures, including SI and U.S. customary units. Includes trusses, frames, machines, beams, distributed forces, friction, and centroids. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 263 or department permission.

EGR 245. Dynamics. (3 Credits)

Presents approach to kinematics of particles in linear and curvilinear motion. Includes kinematics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Teaches Newton's second law, work-energy and power, impulse and momentum, and problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: EGR 130 or EGR 240 or departmental approval.

EGR 246. Mechanics of Materials. (3 Credits)

Introduces concepts of stress, strain, deformation, internal equilibrium, and basic properties of engineering materials. Analyzes axial loads, torsion, bending, shear and combined loading. Studies stress transformation, principal stresses, and buckling. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: EGR 130 or EGR 240 or departmental approval.

EGR 247. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory. (1 Credit)

Examines mechanical behavior of bars, rods, shafts, tubes and beams subjected to various types of loading. Introduces experimental stress analysis techniques, such as the use of strain gages and data reduction. Laboratory 2 hours per week. Total 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: EGR 130 or EGR 240.

EGR 248. Thermodynamics for Engineering. (3 Credits)

Studies formulation of the first and second law of thermodynamics. Presents energy conversion, concepts of energy, temperature, entropy, and enthalpy, equations of state of fluids. Covers reversibility and irreversibility in processes, closed and open systems, cyclical processes and problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total 3 hours per week.

EGR 270. Fundamentals of Computer Engineering. (4 Credits)

Covers the design and organization of digital systems, including number systems, Boolean algebra, logic gates, Karnaugh maps, combinational and sequential logic circuits, timing diagrams, and synchronous and asynchronous controllers. Introduces hardware description language (HDL) and assembly language programming. Lecture 3 hours per week. Laboratory 3 hours per week. Total 6 hours per week. Prerequisites: EGR 121 and (EGR 125 or CSC 221)

EGR 271. Electric Circuits I. (4 Credits)

Covers fundamentals of electric circuits. Teaches resistive circuit analysis methods, including network theorems. Features operational amplifiers, capacitors, inductors, resistor-capacitor (RC), resistor-inductor (RL) and resistance-inductance-capacitance (RLC) circuit transient response. Introduces phasor representation of alternating current (AC) circuits. Utilizes circuit design processes, technical writing and computer software for problem solving. Includes laboratory analysis to explore course concepts. Part I of II. Lecture 3 hours per week. Laboratory 3 hours per week. Total 6 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 264 and EGR 121.

EGR 272. Electric Circuits II. (4 Credits)

Covers sinusoidal steady-state circuit response using phasors, frequency analysis of linear circuits including frequency response, Bode plots, Fourier series analysis, and design of basic filters. Examines Laplace circuit analysis and transfer functions, AC power analysis, nonlinear diode models, and technical writing. Includes laboratory analysis and open-ended design project. Part II of II. Lecture 3 hours per week. Laboratory 3 hours per week. Total 6 hours per week. Prerequisites: MTH 267 and EGR 271.

EGR 285. Capstone Project. (1 Credit)

Provides a capstone research project for the final semester of the program, focusing inquiry upon an area of interest to the student or area relevant to their prospective career field. May include problem-based research topics, internships, or other focused projects. Lecture 1 hour per week. Total 1 hour per week.