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Engineering (Engr)

1. Plane Surveying: Elementary (2)
Prerequisite: Math 29, 30, one year of mechanical drawing, or permission of instructor. Familiarization with surveying instruments; calculations; topographic surveying.

1L. Plane Surveying: Elementary Laboratory (1)
Field practice in measurements of distance, and in use of level, transit, and plane table in solution of practical problems. (3 lab hours; field trips)

2. Plane Surveying: Advanced (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 1, 1L,. Theory and computations covering land surveying; engineering astronomy; introduction to route surveying.

2L. Plane Surveying: Advanced Laboratory (1)
Field practice in land surveying, astronomy, triangulation, and route layout. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

11. Manufacturing Processes (2)
Processing techniques, including casting, welding, forming, and machining; capabilities and limitations of these techniques. (Field trips required)

11 L. Manufacturing Processes Laboratory (1)
Application of existing and new processing techniques. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

26. Engineering Graphics (4)
Prerequisite: Math 75 (or concurrently). Principles and applications of graphic projection and graphical mathematics to the solution of engineering problems. (2 lecture, two 3-hour labs)

30. Engineering Mechanics: Statics (3)
Prerequisite: Phys 4A; Math 77 (or concurrently). Analysis of force systems, equilibrium problems, section properties; graphic, algebraic, and vector methods of problem solution. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

32. Engineering Materials (2)
Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr 30, Chem 8. Fundamental nature and properties of engineering materials; structure of matter; mechanical, electrical, magnetic,and thermal properties.

70. Computer Programming (2)
Prerequisite: Math 75 (or concurrent). Introduction to digital computer programming. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)

101. Route Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 2, 2L. Computation and field work covering surveys for highway, irrigation, construction and other kinds of engineering projects. ( lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required)

102. Geodetic Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 2, 2L; Math 76. Triangulation; adjustment of geodetic figures; base line measurement, map projection; precise leveling. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required)

103. Photogrammetry (2)
Prerequisite: Math 30, Engr 1, or permission of instructor. Terrestrial and aerial photography applied to surveying and mapping; stereoscopy; application of aerial surveying to specific engineering problems. (1 lecture, 3 lab) hours; field trips required)

104. Boundary Control and Legal Principles (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 2. legal principles that control the boundary location of real property.

105. Advanced Survey Computations (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 70, and 102. Computation and adjustment of problems incountered in the previous surveying courses by simple adjustment and method of least squares and with programming for electronic computers. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)

106. Cartographic Techniques and Map Reproduction (2)
Prerequisite: Chem 2B, Engr 103. Cartographic color separation, scribing; line and half-tone copy, theory of photographic processes, photographic optics, emulsions, developers, lenses; offset lithographic process, single and multicolor photo-lithographic reproduction; modern edge enhancement and photo-tone techniques.(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)

107. Electronic Distance Measurements (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 102 and 156, or permission of instructor. Introduction of electronic surveying systems. Analysis of main elements in electronic surveying instruments; geometrical concepts in electronic measurements. Use of electronic distance measurement in surveying, traverse, and trilateration. Use of airborne systems. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours, field trips required)

110. Statistical Analysis and Control (3)
Prerequisite: Math 76. Fundamentals of probability and statistics; general theory and practice of statistical quality control; sampling plans; introduction to statistical methods. (Field trips required)

111. Methods Analysis (2)
General approach to the design process; application of design process to problem solving; methods evaluation techniques: motion and time study, work sampling, and simulation. (2 2-hour lecture-labs; field trips)

112. Statistical Design of Experiments (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 70, 110. Analysis of variance; regression and correlation; analysis of covariance; randomized blocks and Latin squares; design of experiments; response surface analysis and determination of optimum conditions.

112L. Statistical Design of Experiments Laboratory (1)
Problem design and data analysis; experimental studies of statistical techniques.

113. Operations Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Math 81, Fngr 70, 110. Application of quantitative and numerical techniques for analysis of complex operational problems.

114. Facilities Engineering (2)
Value analysis, materials handling, packaging, layout of facilities, safety, location of facilities.

121. Mechanism (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 26, 130. Analytical and graphical solutions of motion problems involving mechanical elements; synthesis of plane and space linkage systems. (2 3-hour lecture-labs)

122. Machine Design (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 70, 130, 131; Math 81. Analytical study of machinery; applications to design of machines; use of computers in design problems.

123. Advanced Mechanical Design (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 121, 122. Analytical study of dynamics of machinery; applications to design problems. (2 2-hour lecture-labs)

124. Mechanical Vibration (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 130; Math 81. Mathematical and physical basis of vibration theory with applications to engineering; transient and steady state phenomena; distributed and lumped parameters; coupled systems; computer solutions.

130. Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 30. Application of principles of kinematics and kinetics to problems in engineering.

131. Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 30. Application of principles of mechanics to find stresses and deformations in machine and structural members.

131L. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 32; 131 (or concurrently). Application of the principles and methods of testing to verify theory and determine limitations of principles of mechanics of materials. (3 lab hours)

133. Steel and Timber Structures (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 135. Steel and timber members for buildings and bridges designed for dead, live, impact, wind, and seismic forces; light gage and plastic steel design. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

134. Reinforced Concrete (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 135. Design and investigation of concrete structures by elastic and ultimate design procedures; prestressed concrete. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

135. Theory of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 131. Trusses and frames analyzed by algebraic and graphic procedures; influence lines and live loading analysis; rigid frames analyzed by slope deflection and moment distribution. Introduction to matrix method.

136. Physical Metallurgy (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 131L. Physical properties of metals as manufactured and affected by heat-treatment and forming processes; correlation of properties with microstructure. (i lecture, 3 lab hours)

137. Soil Mechanics (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 131. Physical and mechanical properties of soil as an engineering material; theoretical studies in permeability, compressibility, stress-deformation, and strength characteristics.

137L. Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 137 (or concurrent), 131L. Experiments to illustrate and amplify the principles of soil mechanics. (3 lab hours, field trips required)

139. Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 70, 131; Math 81. Advanced topics in mechanics of materials.

140. Hydrology (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 164. The hydrologic cycle, atmospheric conditions, precipitation, infiltration, ground water, soil moisture, evaporation, runoff, streamflow, hydrographs, flood routing, hydrologic frequency analyses, and their effects in water resource planning and management.

141. Water Resources Engineering (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 164. Planning, design, and operational aspects of water resource projects. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required.)

142. Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 164. Design of urban water distribution, storm drainage, and sanitary sewer systems. Introduction to \water purification and wastewater treatment processes. (3 lecture hours; field trips required.)

143. Concrete Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 131L. Proportioning of concrete mixes; admixtures; workability tests; compressive, flexural, and tensile strength tests; reinforced concrete. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

144. Foundation Design (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 137, 134 (or concurrently). Theory and design of footings, piles, retaining walls, and other structures combining the use of soil mechanics and structural analysis.

145. Fluid Dynamic Machinery (3)
Prerequisite Engr 164, 165 and 165L (or concurrently). Application of principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics to the rotor-fluid energy interchange processes in fluid dynamic imachines; axial and centrifugal pumps, compressors and blowers; impulse (Pelton, Rateau), reaction (Francis, Parsons), and mixed flow turbines.

146. Intermediate Theory of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 135. Analysis of statically indeterminate beams, trusses, and frames; energy methods; influence lines; column analogy; advanced topics in slope deflection and moment distribution.

148. Hydrometeorology (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 140. Hydrometeorologic principles. Analyses of weather systems, precipitation processes and extreme meteorologic conditions as applied in water resource development.

149. Engineering Hydraulics (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 164. Theory and analysis of pressure-conduit and open-channel flow systems. Applications to hydraulic structures and control works, hydraulic power conversion, sediment transport, and channel stabilization.

150. Magnetic and Electric Circuits (3)
Prerequisite Engr 70, Phys 4B, Matli 81 (or concurrently). Fundamentals of magnetic circuits; basic laws of direct-current and of single and polyphase alternating-current circuits; transient phenomena in simple circuits; principles of electrical instruments.

150L. Magnetic and Electric Circuits Laboratory (1)
Experiments on magnetic, direct and alternating-current circuits, including single and polyphase systems. Use of electrical instruments, the development of laboratory techniques and the verification of basic principles.

151. Electrical Machinery (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 150, 150L. Principles of direct- and alternating-current machinery and of other energy-conversion devices and associated apparatus.

151L. Electrical Machinery Laboratory (1)
Experiments and computations on direct- and alternating-current machinery and on other energy-conversion devices and associated apparatus. (3 lab hours)

152. Electrical Circuit Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 150, 150L,. Introduction to the operational analysis of Iinear electric circuits and related systems; Laplace transformation; Fourier analysis; and state-space representations.

152L. Electriccil Circuit Ancilysis Laboratory (1)
Experimetits oil linear electric networks, including response, transformation, and identification of circuits. (3 lab hours)

153. Electromagnetic Energy Transmission (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 152, 152L, 155. Principles of transmission of electromagnetic energy over wires at power and communication frequencies and through wave guides and space at ultra-high frequencies; filter circuits and antennas; design of transmission systems.

153L. Electromagnetic Energy Transmission Laboratory (1)
Experiments on the transmission of electromagnetic energy through wires, wave guides and space; filters and antennas; impedance matching; cross-over networks; location of faults on lines. (3 lab hours)

155. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 150, 150L,. Flectrostatic and magnetostatic fields, time-varying fields, Maxwell's equations, plane waves.

156. Electronic Devices and Circuits (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 150, 150L,. Physical electronics, characteristics and properties of electronic devices, both thermionic and solid state; theory and analysis of electronic circuits.

156L. Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory (1)
Experinicnts oil static and dynamic characteristics of electron tubes and solid- state devices, and oil electronic circuits. (3 lab hours)

157. Pulse and Digital Circuits (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 152, 152L, 156, 156L. Design and analysis of wave-shaping, linear-sweep, electronic-gate and multi-stable and negative-resistance circuits; Boolean algebra and digital logic design.

157L. Pulse and Digital Circuits Laboratory (1)
Experiments on wave-shaping, switching, pulse, and digital circuits. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

158. Microwave Devices and Circuits (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 153, 153L. Microwave theory and techniques, propagation, waves guides, cavities, circuits, S-parameters, microwave devices including klystrons, traveling-wave tubes, magnetrons, and solid state devices.

158L. Microwave Devices and Circuits Laboratory (1)
Microwave measurements selected from measurement of microwave power, standing-wave ratio, impedance, frequency, and klystron characteristics. (3 lab hours; field trips)

159. Electromagnetic Measurements Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 153, 153L, 157, 157L. Advanced experiments in precision measurement techniques and computations in electricity, magnetism, electronics, and electromagnetic fields and waves; modem error analysis techniques. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

162. Air Conditioning (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 165 (or concurrently). Theory and practice in air condition- ing including psychrometrics, load estimating, heating and cooling systems, fluid design and controls.

162L. Air Conditioning Laboratory (1)
Practical laboratory work with commercial type units; test of components of air conditioning systems. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

164. Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics A (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 130 (or concurrently). Fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer as applied to engineering problems.

164L. Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics Laboratory A (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 164 (or concurrently). Application to thermo-fluid systems of experimental methods used in engineering practice. (3 lab hours)

165. Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics B (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 164. Continuation of Engr 164. Fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer as applied to engineering problems.

165L. Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics Laboratory B (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 164L, 165 (or concurrently). Application to thermo-fluid systems of experimental methods used in engineering practice. (3 lab hours)

166. Advanced Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 165. Advanced topics in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer as applied to engineering problems.

166L. Advanced Thermodynamics-Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Engr 165L, 166 (or concurrently). Application to thermo-fluid systems of advanced experimental methods used in engineering practice. (3 lab hours)

170. Engineering Economy (2)
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Importance of economic analyses of problems in engineering and in management decision making; interest, depreciation, income tax, classification of costs, break-even and minimum cost points, economic comparisons of alternatives, economy of replacement.

171. Legal Aspects of Engineering (2)
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Development of law, canons of ethics, torts, principles of contracts, contracting procedure and specifications, property, negotiable instruments, sales, agency and patents; preparation of reports.

172. Senior Project (1)
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering. Engr 182 (or concurrently). Study of a problem by student under supervision of a faculty member; final typewritten report required. The project subject must be approved during the semester prior to enrollment. (Individual project except by special permission)

173. Analog Computation (2)
Prerequisite: Phys 4B, Math 77 (or concurrently). Introduction to electronic analog computer programming. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)

180. Electrical Power Systems Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 151, 151L, 153, 153L,. 156, 156L. Power system networks and devices, steady-state operation, short-circuit analysis, power system stability analysis by digital computation, synchronous generator excitation and governor systems, system load representation, numerical analysis techniques.

180L. Electrical Power Systems Analysis Laboratory (1)
Experiments and demonstrations oil power system apparatus; power system network analysis by digital computation, synchronous generator stability and control. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

181. Control Systems Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 152, 152L or permission of instructor. Analysis, design, and synthesis of linear feedback control systems; non-linear systems; sampled-data and optimal control systems; stability.

181L. Control Systems Analysis Laboratory (1)
Experiments and demonstrations oil control systems, including response, design, and stability criteria. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.

321. Professional Engineering Seminar (1-3; may be repeated in different fields)

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