ENGR - Engineering

This course provides an introduction to the engineering profession for students expressing an interest in all areas of engineering. Topics include engineering disciplines, ethics, the impact of technology on the world, analysis and design using a team design project, and computer-aided design and problem solving. Lab fee.

This course will provide exposure to, and practice with, problem-solving strategies for problems commonly encountered in the design and analysis of mechanical and electrical engineering systems. This course will enhance a student's ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems and to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. Lab Fee.

Students will successfully complete a tutorial-based training to gain introductory proficiency in AutoCAD. This course may be repeated. This is a Credit/No Credit course.

The course is the laboratory component for ENGR 2330. Laboratory fee.

Independent study in engineering may be conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. Course may be taken at the sophomore level through the senior level. One to four hours of credit may be specified. Prerequisite: Written consent of the supervising professor, department chair, and Dean prior to registration. Lab and administrative fee.

This course is designed to expose students with a wide range of academic interests to the human activity of science. In this course students will take the broad view that includes the natural, behavioral, and social sciences as material for discussions. Students will use the texts to explore the modes of thought and activity that are common to all of these disciplines, including their mathematical tools and empirical methods. Students will also consider the social, cultural and political contexts in which science occurs. By the end of the course, students should be familiar with scientists’ intellectual and practical tools. Students should also be able to contrast the distinctive features of the sciences with academic areas such as humanities. Lab fee.

This course is designed to familiarize computer science and engineering students with the fundamental concepts in numerical algorithms. This course will consider problems from the following areas: root finding, floating pair systems, finding solutions to linear systems using direct or iterative solvers, interpolation curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, multiple integrals, least squares. Prerequisites: ENGR 1320 and MATH 2330.  Lab Fee.

The course provides a professional level of instruction for engineering students. Topics include: analysis of force-couple systems, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, structural analysis, distributed forces, friction, centroids and moments of area, particle kinematics and kinetics in various coordinate systems. Prerequisite: ENGR 1320 and PHYS 2421.

The course designed provides a professional level of instruction for engineering students. Topics include: force action related to displacement, velocity, acceleration of rigid bodies including Newton's Second Law, work energy methods, impulse-momentum, central and oblique impacts, and kinematics of plane motion, translation and rotation. Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2320 and MATH 2330. Lab fee.

A course to provide a professional level of instruction for engineering students. Topics that this course covers include: Linear circuit elements, sources, Kirchhoff's laws, mesh and node equations, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, resistive network analysis, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, power, transient analysis of simple circuits. Prerequisites: ENGR 1320 and PHYS 2422. Lab fee. 

The objective of this course is to develop knowledge of the First and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic processes and properties, flow processes, conversion of heat into work, conduction, convection, radiation, and heat exchangers. Topics include applications to ideal and real gases, vapor and gas power systems, refrigeration, and many heat pumps. Examples and problems relate to contemporary aspects of energy, power generation and broader environmental issues. Prerequisites: ENGR 2320. Lab fee.

The course is the laboratory component for ENGR 3320. Laboratory fee.

This lab is designed to help you understand electronic devices and how they work. The goal of the labs is to achieve an understanding of electronics through hands on experience. By the end of the lab, students should have attained some very practical skills and be adept at debugging circuits. Students will also have a much better knowledge of all the tools that they can use to both construct and trouble shoot electronics.

This course is a foundational course for all inter-disciplinary engineering science majors.  It is a crucial component of the ENGR 3337 Digital Logic Design course. Corequisite: ENGR 3337, Prerequisites: ENGR 1320 and ENGR 2430. Lab fee.

This course introduces students to the engineering design process as practiced by professional engineers. Particular focus will be given to design inspirations from the natural world. Students will work in teams to study a mechanism found in nature and draw on the lessons learned to design a bio-inspired educational product, such as a toy or learning tool. Topics covered will include team building, brainstorming techniques, project management, design iteration, design optimization, ethical issues in engineering design, and reflection on career goals. Particular emphasis will be given to the communication of the design team’s results. Prerequisite: ENGR 1310 and ENGR 1320. Lab fee. 

Engineering students in this course learn to apply science, mathematics, and engineering design to the service of humanity. A particular in-need group will be chosen prior to each semester for the design teams to serve. Student will spend time evaluating the needs of the target group and developing products that will improve their lives in a concrete way. Students will be asked to reflect on the experience and how it pertains to their own career goals.  Prerequisites: ENGR 1310 and ENGR 1320. Lab fee.

Independent study in engineering may be conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. Course may be taken at the sophomore level through the senior level. One to four hours of credit may be specified. Prerequisite: Written consent of the supervising professor, department chair, and Dean prior to registration. Lab and administrative fee.

This course offers students an introduction to the design of machine elements. Topics include an overview of the design process, engineering mechanics, failure criteria, design with static and variable loading criteria, transmission elements, bearings, gears, and lubrication. Students will be introduced to engineering software to design and analyze mechanical systems. Prerequisites: ENGR 3420 (3320/3120), ENGR 2311. Lab fee.

This course introduces junior-level engineering students to the concepts of stress and strain with applications to design and analysis of structures. The goals include developing skills relating to modeling and analysis of simple structures subject to axial, torsional, and bending loads. This course incorporates hands-on experience with standard test methods for the mechanical properties of a range of materials. Prerequisites: ENGR 2320 and MATH 2330. Lab fee.

This course covers the use and application of the fundamental concepts of nonlinear electronic circuits. Nonlinear, piecewise linear, and large and small signal analysis and design concepts are emphasized. Essential concepts covered in the course include the p-n diode, bipolar junction and field effect transistors. Prerequisite: ENGR 2430, Lab fee.

This course is designed to familiarize computer science and engineering students with the fundamental concepts in the field of digital logic design. This course will consider problems from the following areas: Boolean algebra, number systems and representations, analysis and design of combinational and sequential logic circuits, minimization, small and medium scale integrated devices, programmable logic and simulation of digital circuits. Prerequisites: ENGR 1320 and ENGR 2430 (ENGR 2130/2330). Lab Fee.

This course extends the study of thermodynamics by exploring the design of gas power cycles, vapor power cycles and refrigeration cycles. Topics include analysis of property relations, gas mixtures, gas-vapor mixtures, and combustion. Prerequisites: ENGR 2345.

This course will cover fundamentals of optics including the following topics: geometrical optics, electromagnetic waves, diffraction, interference, polarization, Fourier optics, laser fundamentals, and optical communication basics. Prerequisite: PHYS 2422. Lab fee. 

The course is an introduction to basic tenets implicit in the molecular realm of material structures, i.e., atomic, crystalline and micro-structures of solids with a coverage of several classes of materials, i.e., metals, ceramics, and composites. Course study focuses on the scientific basis for the mechanical properties exhibited by molecular structures, i.e., phase transitions, multiphase equilibria and chemical reactions, with govern the thermodynamic properties of macroscopic materials observed in nature. The application of these materials to various fields of engineering and science is presented. Prerequisites: PHYS 2422 or PHYS 2412.

All Engineering students are required to have 300 hours of practical experience in Engineering during their junior and senior years. Every student should register for this course during the semester in which they will complete their 300 hours requirement. This course may be retaken if the 300 hours are not completed with the semester of registration. This course is a Credit/No Credit course. 

This lab investigates the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics with hands on experiments in the areas of fluid statics, viscosity, buoyancy, Bermoulli’s equation, friction losses, and the concepts of lift and drag. Lab Fee.

This course offers students a professional level of instruction on the topic of vibration of mechanical systems. Topics include single degree of freedom systems, Lagrangian analysis for multiple degree of freedom systems, matrix methods, transfer functions, impulse response, step response and convolution integrals, and an introduction to nonlinear models. Prerequisites: ENGR 2321, ENGR 3320 and MATH 3325, Lab fee.

This course will cover fundamentals of discrete-time signals and systems including the following topics: signal representation in time domain, Fourier transform, sampling theorem, linear time-invariant system, discrete convolution, z-transform, discrete Fourier transform, and discrete filter design. Prerequisite: ENGR 3340. Lab fee.

This course is an introductory subject in the field of electric power systems and electrical to mechanical energy conversion. It will provide students with a general understanding of the different aspects of power, such as generation, transmission, distribution, some regulatory requirements, and general industry safety issues. Prerequisite: ENGR 2430 (2330/2130). Lab fee.

System Dynamics and Control: Engineering students in this course will gain professional level of education in the mathematics of system dynamics and control. Students will have the opportunity to apply their skill in two projects during the semester that focus on modeling a physical system and applying control theory to achieve a desired behavior. Topics include: Linear Ordinary Differential Equations, System Dynamics, Laplace Transforms, Mechanical Systems, System Modeling, Control System Design in the time domain and frequency domain. Prerequisite. ENGR 2321, ENGR 2430, MATH 3325, and CISC 2330. 

This course will introduce the fundamental principles for radio frequency design and analysis. Topics include transmission line theory; network analysis, impedance matching techniques, design of resonators, couplers, and filters; diodes; mixers, and principles and technique of microwave measurements. Prerequisite: ENGR 3330 and ENGR 4330.

This course covers the fundamentals of applied electromagnetics by emphasizing physical understanding and practical applications in Engineering Science. It deals with the study of static electric fields in vacuum and dielectrics, conductors, capacitance, electrostatic energy and forces, Poisson’s equation, static magnetic fields, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, vector magnetic potential, inductance, Maxwell’s equations for time varying fields, Faraday’s law, plan wave propagation, time-harmonic fields, propagation in lossless media, and wave reflection and transmission at normal incidence. The bridge between electric circuits and electromagnetics is done through the study of transmission lines and their lumped-element model, transmission line input impedance, and power flow on lossless transmission line. Prerequisites: ENGR 2430, MATH 3330, and MATH 3325. Lab fee.

Principles of Heat Transfer will require the use of specific software and hardware to illustrate the mechanisms of the Electromagnetic processes studied in the course and observed in the lab. Lab fee. Prerequisites: ENGR 2311, MATH 3325, CISC 2330, and ENGR 2345. 

This course covers the fundamentals of applied Fluid Mechanics by emphasizing physical understanding and practical applications in Engineering Science. It deals with the study of and the practical applications in Engineering Science. It deals with the study of and the practical application of the conversation equations for mass, momentum, and energy. In addition the course covers the fundamental concepts of hydrostatics and dynamics of Newtonian fluids, using Bernoulli’s and Navier-Stokes equations. Additional topics include: control volume analysis, basic flow differential analysis, potential flow, and viscous incompressible flow. Prerequisites: ENGR 2321, ENGR 2345, and MATH 3325. 

This course provides an introduction to the analysis of signals and systems in the time domain using differential equations and convolution with the impulse response, and in the frequency domain using Fourier series, Fourier, and Laplace transforms with transfer functions. Prerequisite: ENGR 2430.

This course introduces students to the basic mechatronics system components, and the design principles of using mechatronics to meet functionality requirements of products, processes, and systems. Several course projects are presented in diverse application domains. The course will also prepare students to research current techniques and identify possible innovations to the field. Lab fee. Prerequisites: ENGR 4320.

The capstone course for all CSE majors begins with discussions of the ethical impact of computer science and engineering on the human condition as well as more general questions concerning the impact of technology on society. From a distinctively Christian perspective, students will examine several philosophical systems of ethics with the stated purpose of examining the social and ethical responsibilities of CSE professionals. In light of all class discussions, students employ techniques to design and implement a hardware/software solution for a current volunteer project of Computer Science and Engineering. (Same as CISC 4370). Lab fee.

The Capstone Design course provides Senior level engineering students the opportunity to participate in a year-long design project. Design teams will be supported by a dedicated engineering professor from a relevant engineering discipline. Students may choose a University design competition, or a project that serves a customer in the community. Design projects are to be held to a professional standard, with realistic constraints. This course culminates in a preliminary design review that will be used to complete the final design in the following semester. Prerequisite: ENGR 3260 and senior standing. Lab fee.

The Capstone Design course provides Senior level engineering students the opportunity to participate in a year-long design project. This course is the second half of the Capstone Design sequence.  Design teams will continue their work through fabrication, testing, and final presentation. Design projects are to be held to a professional standard, with realistic constraints. This course culminates in a final design review that will include feedback from experts outside the UMHB faculty. Prerequisites: ENGR 4380 and senior standing.  Lab fee.

This course permits students to enhance their knowledge within a field of Engineering Science specialization through application of concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom for which the student will receive three semester hours credit. The course will consist of supervised paid or unpaid work as a professional-level intern for an employer with an approved internship program. Application must be approved prior to registration. Requirements: consent of department chairperson. This course can be taken twice for credit. Administration fee required.