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MEC 421 - Thermal Engineering or components through a series of and limitations of such programs
Lab projects and experiments. Students available in the market. Ethical and
are required to use conventional autonomous learning techniques will
Credit Hour: 1 and modern engineering tools as be employed throughout the course
Co-requisites: MEC 420 well as to develop commitment where relevant.
This lab aims to provide students to ethical, environmental, MEC 480 - Mechanical Vibration
with in-depth understanding of social and global issues, and
theoretical phenomena studied in the to be aware of entrepreneurial Credit Hours: 3
thermodynamics and heat transfer opportunities relevant to design and Prerequisite: MEC 310 + MEC 410
courses. Students are required to use manufacturing.
data acquisition system to acquire, MEC 463 - Turbomachinery This course aims at providing
analyze, and interpret results. students with knowledge in the area
Experiments include: Psychometric Credit Hours: 3 of mechanical vibrations. Topics
processes; performance of Prerequisite: MEC 420 include: free and forced vibration
refrigeration cycles and components; of one-degree-of-freedom systems;
thermodynamic properties and An introduction to the fundamentals free and forced vibrations of
equations of state; convective heat of modern turbomachinery. Emphasis multi-degrees-of-freedom systems;
transfer; combustion engines; heat will be placed on gas (combustion), natural frequencies and mode
exchangers. The lab aims at inspiring steam, wind and hydraulic shapes; vibration control; vibration
the student and at enhancing his/her turbomachinery. Applications of measurement methods; and vibration
entrepreneurial skills as relevant to the principles of fluid mechanics, of continuous systems.
the area of thermal engineering. thermodynamics and aerodynamics
to the design and analysis of turbines MEC 482 - Introduction to
MEC 430 - Machine Design II and compressors are incorporated. Mechatronics
Credit Hours: 3 Students are expected to have a solid Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: MEC 302, MEC 340 background in undergraduate fluid Prerequisite: MEC 390 + MEC 410
mechanics and thermodynamics.
This course aims at introducing MEC 465 - Numerical and This course aims to provide students
fundamental skills and concepts of Finite Element Simulation of with an introduction to, and hands-
machine design with applications Engineering Problems on skills for, mechatronics elements.
to simple elements. Topics covered Topics include: statics, dynamics
include considerations affecting Credit Hours: 3 and statistical characteristics of
design, fits and tolerances, design of Prerequisites: MEC 302 + MTT 204 measurement systems, measuring
screws, fasteners and connections, fundamental properties; transducers
welded joints, shafts, and flexible Co-Requisite: MEC 420 for measuring position, velocity
mechanical elements (springs, belts, This is a foundation course in the and acceleration, fluid flow,
ropes, flexible shafts, etc). Ethical area of numerical and finite element temperature, pressure and strain,
and Entrepreneurial issues and analysis in solids mechanics and signal conditioning and problems,
autonomous learning techniques thermo fluids. The course provides operational amplifiers, integrators,
as well as introduction of codes a unified theoretical treatment differentiators, diode circuits and
and standards will be employed for the formulation of the finite applications, bipolar junction
throughout the course where element, finite volume and finite transistors and field-effect transistors
relevant. difference methods in engineering theory and applications, analog to
applications. The formulation is digital/digital to analog conversions,
MEC 432 - Design and presented for general engineering and microprocessor applications.
Manufacturing Lab problems in linear static, conduction The course also includes weekly lab
Credit Hours: 3 heat transfer and incompressible sessions which focus on gaining
hands-on skills with mechatronics
Co-requisites MEC 301 fluid mechanics analyses. The components and devices. The course
course is aimed at giving students
This lab aims to integrate theoretical an overview of the use, limitations also aims to familiarize students
and practical knowledge gained and applications of the methods in with entrepreneurial opportunities
from previous design, materials, solids and thermo fluids. The use of related to mechatronics, as well as
manufacturing, dynamics and some a commercial program in a project to increase their commitment to
aspects of thermofluid courses. type of work will provide the students ethical practices and to social and
Students design and realize typical with an overview of the capabilities environmental issues.
mechanical engineering systems

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