Engineering

Units: 2.00 UC:CSU 18.00 hours lecture, 54.00 hours lab
Prerequisite: MATH-102, MATH-102X, or higher math placement Explores the branches of engineering, the functions of an engineer, and the industries in which engineers work. Explains the engineering education pathways and explores effective strategies for students to reach their full academic potential. Presents an introduction to the methods and tools of engineering problem solving and design including the interface of the engineer with society and engineering ethics. Develops communication skills pertinent to the engineering profession.

Units: 3.00 UC:CSU 36.00 hours lecture, 54.00 hours lab C-ID ENGR 150 for ENGR-110 + ENGR-114
Prerequisite: MATH-102, MATH-102X, or higher math placement
Covers the principles of engineering drawings in visually communicating engineering designs and an introduction to computer-aided design (CAD). Topics include the development of visualization skills; orthographic projections; mechanical dimensioning and tolerancing practices; and the engineering design process. Assignments develop sketching and 2D and 3D CAD skills. The use of CAD software is an integral part of the course.

Units: 3.00 UC:CSU 54.00 hours lecture 
Prerequisite: PHYSIC-220 and CHEM-201 or 201H.
Presents the internal structures and resulting behaviors of materials used in engineering applications, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and semiconductors. The emphasis is upon developing the ability both to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria and to understand the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Includes the properties of materials as related to atomic and crystal structure.

Units: 1.00 UC:CSU 54.00 hours lab
Prerequisite: PHYSIC-220 and CHEM-201 or 201H.
Explores the connections between the structure of materials and materials properties through experimentation. Laboratories provide opportunities to directly observe the structures and behaviors discussed in ENGR 151. Students will operate testing equipment to analyze experimental data and to prepare reports. Presents crystalline structures, mechanical properties of metals, the electrical properties of semiconducting materials, and polymers in a laboratory setting. Investigates experiments involving cold-working, heat treatment, material hardness, ductile-to-brittle fracture behavior, fatigue, equilibrium phase diagrams, steel microstructure, corrosion, and process methods.

Units: 3.00 UC:CSU 54.00 hours lecture
Prerequisite: MATH-212 and PHYSIC-220
Applies the principles of mechanics to rigid bodies in two- and three-dimensional equilibrium. Focuses on analytical and graphical solutions using force vectors and equivalent force systems to solve problems pertaining to analysis of trusses, and beams; distributed forces, shear and bending moment diagrams, friction, centroids, center of gravity, and moments of inertia.

Units: 3.00
UC:CSU 36.00 hours lecture, 54 hours lab
Prerequisite: MATH-211
Utilization of the MATLAB environment to provide students with a working knowledge of computerbased problem-solving methods relevant to science and engineering. Introduction of the fundamentals of procedural and object-oriented programming, numerical analysis, and data structures. Examples and assignments in the course are drawn from practical applications in engineering, physics, and mathematics.

Units: 3.00
UC:CSU 54.00 hours lecture
Prerequisite: ENGR-152
Explores the fundamentals of kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies. Topics include kinematics of particle motion; Newton's second law, work-energy and momentum methods; kinematics of planar motions of rigid bodies; work-energy and momentum principles for rigid body motion; mechanical vibrations.

Units: 3.00
UC:CSU 54.00 hours lecture
Prerequisite: ENGR-152
Presents stresses, strains and deformations associated with axial, torsional and flexural loading of bars, shafts and beams as well as pressure loading of thin-walled pressure vessels. In addition, the course also covers stress and strain transformation, Mohr’s Circle, ductile and brittle failure theories, buckling of columns, and statically indeterminate systems.

Units: 3.00
UC:CSU 54.00 hours lecture
Prerequisite: PHYSIC-221
Co-requisite: MATH-215
Introduces analysis of electrical circuits. Use of analytical techniques based on the application of circuit laws and network theorems. Analysis of DC and AC circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, dependent sources, operational amplifiers, and/or switches. Natural and forced responses of first and second order RLC circuits; the use of phasors; AC power calculations; power transfer; and energy concepts.

Units: 1.00
UC:CSU 54.00 hours lab
Co-requisite: ENGR-260
Introduces the construction and measurement of electrical circuits. Basic use of electrical test and measurement instruments including multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and function generators. Use of circuit simulation software. Interpretation of measured and simulated data based on principles of circuit analysis for DC, transient, and sinusoidal steadystate (AC) conditions. Elementary circuit design. Practical considerations such as component value tolerance and non-ideal aspects of laboratory instruments. Construction and measurement of basic operational amplifier circuits.