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Mechanical Engineering Technology (2920)
| 100 | SURVEY OF MECHANICAL ENGR TECH | 2 credits |
| Overview of the Mechanical engineering Technology degree programs; pre-testing; career opportunities; professional societies & certification; standards; and useful tools of the MET field. | ||
| 101 | INTRO TO MECHANICAL DESIGN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 2940:121; corequisite: 2030:154. Topics in engineering drawing: conventions, sections, dimensioning and tolerancing. Detail drawings, subassembly and assembly drawings. Manufacturing processes. Descriptive geometry. Drawing mechanical components. | ||
| 130 | INTRO TO HYDRAULICS & PNEUM | 3 credits |
| Principles of hydrostatic forces, pressure, density, viscosity, incompressible and compressible fluids. Principles of hydraulic and pneumatic devices and systems. | ||
| 142 | INTRO TO MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY | 3 credits |
| Fundamental properties of materials. Material testing. Applications of methods to control material properties. | ||
| 243 | KINEMATICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 2990:125; Corequisite: 2920:101. Study of rigid-body motions of simple linkages, cams, gears, and gear trains. Vector solutions emphasized. Industrial applications presented and computers used to analyze mechanisms. | ||
| 245 | MECHANICAL DESIGN II | 5 credits |
| Prerequisites: 2940:210, 2990:241; Corequisite: 2920:142, 243. Design of machine elements: springs, shafts, fasteners, welded joints. Combined stress and fatigue analysis. Design projects. Experimental stress analysis. | ||
| 249 | APPLIED THERMAL ENERGY I | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 2030:255, 2820:164. Thermodynamic principles. Study of power cycles. Applications in I.C. engines, compressors, steam power cycles, refrigeration. | ||
| 251 | FLUID POWER | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 2820:162, 164. Statics and dynamics of fluids. Viscosity, energy and momentum relationships. Fluid machinery and measurements. | ||
| 252 | THERMO-FLUIDS LABORATORY | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: 251; corequisite: 249. Laboratory experiments in applied thermal energy and fluid power. | ||
| 290 | ST: MECHANICAL ENGR TECHNOLOGY | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics or subject areas of interest in Mechanical Engineering Technology. | ||
| 310 | ECONOMICS OF TECHNOLOGY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 64 credits or permission. Economic principles as they pertain to technology. Equivalence, alternatives, costs, depreciation, valuation. Project studies. | ||
| 336 | WELDING PROJECTS | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: 335. Individual projects containing elements of analysis, design and laboratory implementation. | ||
| 344 | DYNAMICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 243; 2030:255; 2990:125. Introduces particle dynamics, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of constrained rigid bodies in plane motion. Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, work and energy, mechanical vibration. | ||
| 346 | MECHANICAL DESIGN III | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 244, 245; 2820:310. Continuation of design of mechanical components: gears, bearings, brakes, and clutches. Special topics presented will be coordinated with assigned design projects. | ||
| 347 | PRODUCTION MACHINERY & PROCESS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 245 and 2030:255. Study of manufacturing processes (casting, forging, welding, forming sheet metal), integrating material technology, mechanical design, and mechanics of materials. | ||
| 365 | APPLIED THERMAL ENERGY II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 249, 251, 2030:255. Review and application of basic thermodynamic principles used in designing automotive engines and refrigeration equipment. Introduction to heat transfer, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. | ||
| 370 | PLASTICS DESIGN & PROCESS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 2820:111 or higher. Introduction to structure and properties of polymers, selection based on properties and cost, design of products and tools, basic principles of the major processes. | ||
| 402 | MECHANICAL PROJECTS | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: senior standing. Individual projects emphasizing creative technical design. | ||
| 405 | INTRO TO INDUST MACH CONTROL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 2860:370 (previously 270). Principles and design of industrial machine control systems. Application oriented study of typical control devices. Utilization of programmable controllers as the system logic controllers. | ||
| 470 | PLASTICS PROCESS & TESTING | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 370 or permission. Use of basic polymer testing methods. Setup and operation of modern molding and extrusion equipment. Basic troubleshooting procedures. Study of processing effects on final properties. | ||
| 490 | MECH ENGR TECH SENIOR SEMINAR | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: Senior Standing. An opportunity for post-testing of all MET students and the presentation of social and professional responsibilities, diversity, professional certification, life-long learning, and career opportunities. | ||
| 497 | SR HNR PRJCT IN MECH ENGR TECH | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisites: senior standing in Honors Program, permission of area honors preceptor and major in mechanical technology. Independent research leading to completion of senior honors thesis or other original work. | ||
| 498 | INDP STUDY: MECH ENGR TECH | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: department permission. Directed study in a special field of interest chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor (may be repeated for a total of six credits). | ||
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