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MEC 302 - Mechanics of concerning humidification,
Major Requirements Materials dehumidification, evaporative
cooling, and (4) thermodynamics
Credit Hours: 3 of combustion systems such as
Prerequisite: CIV 201 furnaces, flow reactors etc.)
CIV 201 - Statics
Stress and strain; Material behavior; MEC 330 - Computer Aided
Credit Hours: 3 Hooke’s law; Axial loading; Safety Drawing
Prerequisite: MTT 102 + PHY 102 factors; Shear force and bending
moment diagrams; Bending stresses Credit Hours: 2
Basic force concepts and equilibrium and deflections; Shear stresses in Co-requisite: MEC 130
analysis; distributed forces; centroids; beams; Torsion of circular members;
moments of inertia; application to Combined stresses; Mohr’s circle; This course aims at introducing
structural elements. Buckling of columns; Engineering geometric modeling techniques.
MEC 300 - Materials Science applications. Topics covered will include Freehand
sketching, Orthographic and
Credit Hours: 3 MEC 310 - Dynamics Isometric Projections, Sectional
Prerequisite: CHE 205 Views, Dimensioning. Introduction
Credit Hours: 3 to Geometric modeling and
An introduction to the structure Prerequisite: CIV 201 + MTT 204 representation, Solid Modeling,
and properties of materials and Parametric and Feature-Based
the processing routes utilized to Kinematics and kinetics of particles Modeling. Students will use a modern
optimize properties. All major classes in plane, rectilinear and curvilinear mechanical engineering package
of materials are covered, including motion; work and energy of particles; (SolidWorks) throughout to apply the
metals, ceramics, composites, particle impulse and momentum; concepts learnt during this course.
and polymers. Emphasis on the kinematics and kinetics of rigid
relationships between chemical bodies.. MEC 340 - Machine Design-I
bonding, crystal structure, phase MEC 320 - Thermodynamics I Credit Hours: 3
equilibria, microstructure, and Prerequisite: MEC 330, MEC 390
properties including electrical band Credit Hours: 3
structures, electron excitation events Prerequisite: PHY 102 This course introduces the students
and semiconductors. Diffusion, to modern engineering design
kinetics of phase transformations, System and control volume concepts. methodologies and conceptual
and microstructure development Properties of a pure substance. mechanical engineering designs.
during basic processes. Work and heat. The first law of It promotes their creative thinking,
Thermodynamics as applied to a project planning and teamwork.
MEC 301 - Manufacturing system and a control volume, internal The course covers introduction
Processes energy, enthalpy. The second law to manufacturing processes and
of Thermodynamics. Carnot cycle, presents concepts of design for
Credit Hours: 3 entropy, reversible and irreversible manufacturability, assembly, cost,
Prerequisite: MEC 300 processes. Applications of steady- and design optimization. It also
This course aims at studying basic state steady-flow, uniform-state gives an introduction to risk and
manufacturing processes such as uniform-flow, and other processes. reliability in design and addresses the
casting, forging, rolling, drawing, MEC 321 - Thermodynamics II ethical issues in engineering design.
extrusion, press tool work, plastic The course requires students to
molding, powder metallurgy, welding, Credit Hours: 3 demonstrate an ability to design and
brazing, turning, shaping, drilling, Prerequisite: MEC 320 conduct simple experiments and to
milling and grinding. Metal and This course is designed to teach analyze and interpret data.
non-metal fabrication processes are junior mechanical engineering MEC 350 - Fluid Mechanics
included. Topics covered include students the application of
mold design, casting and welding thermodynamic principles to Credit Hours: 3
processes, theory of metal cutting, the design and optimization of Prerequisite: CIV 201 + MTT 205
tooling features, mechanics of engineering systems. Specifically, This course aims at providing
selected bulk deformation and students will have the ability to students with essential concepts
sheet metalworking processes and apply the first and second law of of fluid mechanics. Topics covered
manufacturing process selection thermodynamics to (1) vapor power include; Fluid properties, similitude,
and design for production of a given and refrigeration systems, (2) gas fluid statics, Bernoulli’s equation,
product.
power systems, (3) applications applications of the mass, momentum
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