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This course covers plane motion and devices used to generate plane motion.  Students will learn how to compute and analyze displacement, velocity, and acceleration in mechanical systems.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to analyze or design practical mechanical mechanisms encountered in engineering applications.

This course describes stress-strain relationships. Students will learn how stress-strain relationships can result from direct loads, torsional loads, and bending loads; the results obtained from applying more than one of these loads simultaneously; and the effects of beam deflection and column loading.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to calculate stresses induced in engineering parts and structures due to various external loads.

This course offers students an exploration of the fundamental principles and techniques of materials science. Through a series of laboratory experiments, students will gain experience in testing, analyzing, and characterizing various materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites. This course is designed to complement theoretical knowledge gained in materials science lecture courses. Upon successful course completion, students will have gained procedural knowledge for conducting standard material tests and calculate material properties based on experimental data.

This course introduces students to the fundamental safety concepts, tools, and techniques used in modern machine shops. Students will explore the properties and uses of various machine tools, including lathes, milling machines, and cutting machines, and their applications in manufacturing. Upon successful completion, students will have a comprehensive understanding of material properties, tool selection, and the basic principles of machine operation.

This course introduces students to CNC (Computer Numerical Control) programming and machine tools operations, focusing on laser cutting, milling and lathe operations. Students will learn to write and optimize CNC programs, set work and tool offsets, and be introduced to CAD/CAM integration for automated programming. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to operate CNC machines and apply various programming strategies in manufacturing and engineering industries.

This course introduces students to the integration of CNC machining and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Through lectures and demonstrations, students will learn to design parts using CAD software, convert designs into machine-readable formats using CAM tools, and optimize CNC programs for efficiency and precision. Upon successful completion, students will have the skills to seamlessly transition from design to production, using advanced software to enhance the capabilities of CNC machining in modern manufacturing environments.

This course introduces quality management, control and improvement in manufacturing processes. Students will learn lean enterprise, six sigma, statistical process control, management and planning tools.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply techniques required to successfully control and improve quality in manufacturing processes.

This course describes the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics through the study of manometry, buoyancy, and forces on submerged bodies; boundary layers; flow over surfaces; Bernoulli’s equation with applications; orifices; pipe losses; and hydrodynamics.  Students will learn how to apply fluid mechanics principles by analyzing exemplary systems.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to solve for parameters of static or dynamic fluids in engineering systems.

This course consists of experimentation involving the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics, as applied to static equilibrium, internal and external flow, pumps and hydrostatic transmissions.  Students will learn the principles of fluid mechanics through laboratory experiments.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to safely conduct experiments to measure the characteristics and parameters of fluids dedicated laboratory equipment.