Course Description

Through problems that engage and challenge, students explore a broad range of engineering topics, including mechanisms, the strength of structures and materials, and automation. Students develop skills in problem solving, research, and design while learning strategies for design process documentation, collaboration, and presentation.

Class Topics:

Semester 1

Unit 1: Energy and Power
Mechanisms
Energy Sources
Energy Applications
Design Problem-Energy and Power

Unit 2: Materials and Structures
Statics
Material Properties
Material Testing
Design Problem-Materials & Structures

Semester 2

Unit 3: Control Systems
Machine Control
Fluid Power
Design Problem-Control Systems

Unit 4: Statistics and Kinematics
Statists
Kinematics