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Academic Administration
Chair, Robert Bell
Teaching Staff
Professors Emeriti
J. A. Goldak, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Alberta), P.Eng.,• J.T. Rogers, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McGill), F.C.S.M.E., P.Eng. • H.I.H. Saravanamuttoo, B.Sc. (Glasgow), Ph.D. (Bristol), F.C.A.S.I., F.I.Mech.E., F.A.S.M.E., P.Eng., • J.Y. Wong, B.Sc. (Tsing Hua), Ph.D., D.Sc. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), F.I.Mech.E., F.A.S.M.E., P.Eng., C.Eng.
Professors
F.F. Afagh, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Washington State), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng. • R. Bell, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen's of Belfast), P.Eng. • M.J. Bibby, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Alberta), P.Eng. •F. Hamdullahpur, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Technical University of Istanbul), Ph.D. (Technical University of Nova Scotia) • R.J. Kind, B.Sc. (Loyola), B.Eng. (McGill), Ph.D. (Cambridge), P.Eng. • M.J. McDill, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (Carleton), P.Eng. • E.G. Plett, B.A.Sc. (British Columbia), S.M., Sc.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), P.Eng. • J.Z. Sasiadek, B.Sc. (Warsaw), M.Sc., D.Sc., Ph.D. (Wroclaw), Ing., P.Eng. • S.A. Sjolander, B.Eng., M.Eng. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Cambridge), P.Eng. • D.A. Staley, B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Western Ontario) • P.V. Straznicky, Dipl.Ing. (Brno), M.Eng. (Toronto), P.Eng. • C.L. Tan, B.Sc., Ph.D. (London)
Associate Professors
J.C. Beddoes, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (Carleton), P.Eng. • F.W. Black, B.Sc. (M.E.) (Manitoba), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng • F. Nitzsche M.Sc., Ph.D. (Stanford University), P.Eng.• D.L. Russell, B.Eng. (Technical University of Nova Scotia), M.S., Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), P.Eng. • M.I. Yaras, B.Sc. (Technical University of Istanbul), M.Eng., Ph.D. (Carleton), P.Eng.
Assistant Professors
A.V. Artemev, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Moscow), P.Eng. • J.E.D. Gauthier, B.Eng. M.Eng. (RMC), Ph.D. (Queen's University), P.Eng. • J.A. Gaydos, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) • R.G. Langlois, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Queen’s), P.Eng. • R. Liu, B.Eng. (Northeastern), M.Eng. (Northeastern), M.Eng. (Wollongong), Ph.D. (Deakin), P.Eng. • R.E. Miller, (B.Sc. (Manitoba), Sc.M. (Brown), Ph.D. (Brown) • X. Wang, B.A.Sc. (Dalian), M.A.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.
Adjunct Research Professors
• F. Christie, •Saamis Technical Management Services • K.R. Goheen, Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc.• E.S. Hanff, National Research Council • C.H. Hersom, Institute for Space and Terrestrial Sciences • J. Lo, Natural Resources Canada • N.B. McLaughlin, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada • H. Moustapha, Pratt & Whitney Canada • T. Mussivand, University of Ottawa Heart Institute • A.K. Pilkey (Queen’s University) • C.J. Poon, National Research Council • W. Richarz, (Carleton University) • M.N. Said, NRC • J. Sinkiewicz, M.I.T. • F. Vigneron, Canadian Space Agency W. Wallace, National Research Council.• M.J. Worswick, University of Waterloo • J.S. Zhang, Syracuse University
Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.
Mechanical and Aerospace Core Courses
Engineering 86.201*
Engineering Graphics and Design
Engineering drawing techniques; fits and tolerances; working drawings; fasteners. Elementary descriptive geometry; true length, true view, and intersection of geometric entities; developments. Assignments will make extensive use of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and will include the production of detail and assembly drawings from actual physical models.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 91.101*.
Prerequisite: Engineering 91.100*.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, laboratory four hours a week.
Engineering 86.211*
Engineering Dynamics
Review of kinematics and kinetics of particles: rectilinear and curvilinear motions; Newton's second law; energy and momentum methods. Kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies: plane motion of rigid bodies; forces and accelerations; energy and momentum methods.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 82.211* or Engineering 91.211*.
Prerequisites: Engineering 91.111* and Mathematics 69.105* and 69.114*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 86.222*
Mechanics of Solids I
Review of Principles of Statics; friction problems; Concepts of stress and strain at a point; Statically determinate and indeterminate stress systems; Torsion of circular sections; Bending moment and shear force diagrams; Stresses and deflections in bending; Stress and strain transformations; Buckling instability.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 82.220*.
Prerequisites: Engineering 91.111*, Mathematics 69.105* and 69.114*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
Engineering 86.230*
Fluid Mechanics I
Fluid properties. Units. Kinematics, dynamics of fluid motion: concepts of streamline, control volume, steady and one-dimensional flows; continuity, Euler, Bernouilli, steady flow energy, momentum, moment of momentum equations; applications. Fluid statics; pressure distribution in fluid at rest; hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces; buoyancy.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.105*, 69.114* and Engineering 91.111*.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 86.240*
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Basic concepts of thermodynamics: temperature, work, heat, internal energy and enthalpy. First law of thermodynamics for closed and steady-flow open systems. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances; changes of phase; equation of state. Second law of thermodynamics: concept of entropy. Simple power and refrigeration cycles. Introduction to hear transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 91.241*.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 65.111*, Mathematics 69.105* and 69.114*.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 86.270*
An Introduction to Engineering Materials
Materials (metals, alloys, polymers) in engineering service; relationship of interatomic bonding, crystal structure and defect structure (vacancies, dislocations) to material properties; polymers, thermoplastic, thermosetting; phase diagrams and alloys; microstructure control (heat treatment) and mechanical properties; material failure.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 88.271* or 82.270*.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 65.111* and Engineering 82.220* or 86.222*. Concurrent registration with 86.222* is also permitted.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
Engineering 86.304*
Dynamics of Machinery
Kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms and machines. Instant Centres and complex algebra techniques. Synthesis of mechanisms. Kinematics and Dynamics of Cams. Design and analysis considerations in reciprocating and rotating machinery. Vibrations in machinery. Vibration isolation. Experimental investigation of dynamic systems.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.211*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratories one hour a week.
Engineering 86.322*
Mechanics of Solids II
Torsion of non-circular sections; Unsymmetric bending and shear centre; Energy methods; Complex stresses and criteria of yielding; Elementary theory of elasticity; Axisymmetric deformations; Elementary plasticity analysis; Plastic collapse.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 82.322*.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.222*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
Engineering 86.330*
Fluid Mechanics II
Review of control volume analysis. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Compressible flow: isentropic flow relations, flow in ducts and nozzles, effects of friction and heat transfer, normal and oblique shocks, two-dimensional isentropic expansion. Viscous flow theory: hydrodynamic lubrication and introduction to boundary layers.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 86.333*.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.204* and Engineering 86.230*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
Engineering 86.340*
Applied Thermodynamics
Gas and vapour power cycles: reheat, regeneration, combined gas/vapour cycles, cogeneration. Heat pump and refrigeration cycles: vapour compression cycles, absorption refrigeration and gas refrigeration. Mixtures of perfect gases and vapours: psychometry and combustion. Principles of turbomachinery.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.240*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratories one hour a week.
Engineering 86.391*
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory
Students perform a series of laboratory exercises dealing with a wide range of mechanical engineering topics. Included in this course is a group design project. Students relate theory and practice and develop experience with modern engineering equipment, measurement techniques and design methodology. Good reporting practice is emphasized.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 86.491*.
Prerequisite: Third-year registration.
Lectures and tutorials one hour a week, laboratory five hours a week.
Engineering 86.412*
Engineering Materials: Strength and Fracture
Analysis and prevention of failures in metals and composite materials; micro-mechanisms of fracture, conditions leading to crack growth. Mechanisms of fracture and transition temperature effects, fracture mechanics, fatigue, environmentally assisted cracking, non-destructive evaluation and testing. Mechanical properties of structural composites.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.270*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 86.450*
Feedback Control Systems
Introduction to the linear feedback control. Analysis and design of classical control systems. Stability and the Routh-Hurwitz criteria. Time and frequency domain performance criteria, robustness and sensitivity. Root locus, Bode and Nyquist design techniques. Control system components and industrial process automation.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 86.352*.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.375* and Engineering 94.360*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 86.495*
Professional Practice
Presentations by faculty and external lecturers on the Professional Engineers Act, professional ethics and responsibilities, practice within the discipline and its relationship with other disciplines and to society, health and safety, environmental stewardship, principles and practice of sustainable development. Communication skills are emphasized.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 82.495*, 94.395* or 97.395*.
Prerequisite : Fourth-year registration.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 86.496*
Special Topics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
At the discretion of the Faculty, a course dealing with selected advanced topics of interest to Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering students may be offered.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
Aerospace Engineering
Engineering 87.302*
Aerospace Design and Practice
Design approach and phases. Design integration. Influence of mission and other requirements on vehicle configuration. Trade-off studies, sizing and configuration layout. Flight vehicle loads, velocity-load factor diagram. Structural design: overall philosophy, role in design process, methods.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.201 and Third-year registration.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 87.311*
Lightweight Structures
Structural concepts; theory of elasticity; bending, torsion and shear in thin-walled beams having single or multi-cell sections; work and energy principles; deformation and force analysis of advanced structures, including stiffened thin-wall panels; finite element methods. Stability and buckling of thin-walled structures.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.322*.
Lectures three hours a week; problem analysis and laboratories one hour a week.
Engineering 87.370*
Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing Methods
Properties, behaviour and manufacturing methods for metals, polymers and ceramics used in aerospace applications. Specialty alloys for gas turbines. Properties and manufacture of aerospace composites. Behaviour of materials in space.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.270*.
Lectures three hours a week; problem analysis and laboratories one hour a week.
Engineering 87.403*
Aerospace Systems Design
Stress and deflection analysis; fatigue, safe life, damage tolerant design. Propulsion systems integration; landing gear; control and other subsystems. Mechanical component design. Airworthiness regulations and certification procedures. Weight and cost estimation and control. System reliability. Design studies of aircraft or spacecraft components.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.322* and 87.302*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 87.430*
Acoustics and Noise Control
Behaviour of compressible fluids, sound waves and properties of sound sources; measurement of sound; human perception of sound; prediction methods based on energy considerations; sound propagation in realistic environments: outdoors, rooms, ducts; absorption and transmission loss, noise control; case studies.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 69.375*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.432*
Applied Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
Differential equations of motion. Viscous and inviscid regions. Potential flow: superposition; thin airfoils; finite wings; compressibility corrections. Viscous flow: thin shear layer approximation; laminar layers; transition; turbulence modelling. Convective heat transfer: free vs forced convection; energy and energy integral equations; turbulent diffusion. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Engineering 88.500, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.434*
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Differential equations of motion. Numerical integration of ordinary differential equations. Potential flows: panel methods; direct solution; vortex-lattice methods. Finite-difference formulations: explicit vs implicit methods; stability. Parabolized and full Navier-Stokes equations; conservation form. Transonic and supersonic flows: upwind differencing. Grid transformations. Computer-based assignments.
Prerequisite: Engineering 87.432*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.436*
Aircraft and Spacecraft Performance and Dynamics
Morphology of aircraft and spacecraft. Performance analysis of fixed wing aircraft: drag estimation, propulsion, take-off, climb and landing, endurance, payload/range, manoeuvres; operational economics. Performance analysis of rotor craft: rotor-blade motion, hovering and vertical ascent, forward flight, and autorotation. Rocket propulsion; escape velocity; orbital dynamics.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.438*
Stability and Control of Aircraft
Static stability and control: equilibrium requirements; longitudinal stability requirements; neutral points; manoeuvring flight; control forces and control requirements; flight envelope diagram. Lateral stability requirements. Introduction to dynamic stability: axis systems; remarks on governing equations; phugoid and short period modes; lateral dynamic modes. Closed-loop control. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Engineering 88.511, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.330* and 86.450* or 86.352* (taken before 1999-2000).
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.442*
Aerospace Propulsion
Propulsion requirements, effects of Mach Number, altitude, and application; basic propeller theory; propeller, turboshaft, turbojet, turbofan and rocket; cycle analysis and optimization for gas turbine power plant; inter-relations between thermodynamic, aerodynamic and mechanical designs; rocket propulsion; selection of aeroengines.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 88.441*.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.240* and 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.462*
Introductory Aeroelasticity
Review of structural behaviour of lifting surface elements; structural dynamics, Laplace Transforms, dynamic stability; modal analysis; flutter, Theodorsen's theory; flutter of a typical section; Wing flutter, T-tail flutter, propeller whirl flutter; gust response; buffeting, limit cycle flutter.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.304*, 86.330* and 94.360*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.468*
Composite Materials
Reinforcing mechanisms in composite materials; material properties. Strength and elastic constants of unidirectional composites; failure criteria. Analysis of laminated plates; bending and eigenvalue problems. Environmental effects and durability. Damage tolerance. Design of composite structures.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.322*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.481*
Spacecraft Design
Types of spacecraft; mission requirements. Systems design considerations: configuration control during design; planning and scheduling. Environmental considerations: thermal, effect of vacuum, debris impact. Design implementation: mechanical, thermal, and electrical/electronic aspects. Spacecraft testing: vibrational, acoustic, vacuum, and thermal testing. Component testing. Simulation.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.240*, and 87.302* or 88.302*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 87.497
Aerospace Engineering Project
Participation in team projects dealing with design and development of an aerospace vehicle or system. One or more such projects will be undertaken each year. Opportunities to exercise initiative, engineering judgment, self-reliance and creativity, in a team environment similar to industry. Oral presentations and reports.
Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent registration in Engineering 87.403*; and Fourth-year registration in the Aerospace program.
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering 88.302*
Machine Design and Practice
The design of mechanical machine elements is studied from theoretical and practical points of view. Topics covered include: design factors, fatigue, and discrete machine elements. Problem analysis emphasizes the application to practical mechanical engineering problems.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.201*, 86.322*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 88.370*
Principles of Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing processes, materials. Casting: solidification and heat flow theory, defect formation, casting design. Metal forming: elementary plasticity theory, plastic failure criteria, force and work calculations. Bulk and sheet forming. Joining: heat flow and defect formation theory, residual stresses. Machining theory and practice. Hardening: diffusion, wear resistance.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.270«.
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week; problem analysis and laboratories one hour a week.
Engineering 88.403*
Mechanical Systems Design
Design of mechanical systems: establishing design criteria, conceptual design, design economics, value analysis, synthesis and optimization. Mechanical elements/systems: gear and flexible drive systems, fluid power systems. These elements are utilized in group design projects.
Prerequisite: Engineering 88.302*.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours a week.
Engineering 88.406*
Vehicle Engineering I
The course emphasizes the engineering and design principles of road transport vehicles. Topics to be covered include: performance characteristics, handling behaviour and ride quality of road vehicles.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.211* and Third- or Fourth-year registration.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.407*
Vehicle Engineering II
Engineering and design principles of off-road vehicles and air cushion technology. Topics include: mechanics of vehicle-terrain interaction - terramechanics, performance characteristics of off-road vehicles, steering of tracked vehicles, air cushion systems and their performance, applications of air cushion technology to transportation.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.211* and Third-or Fourth-year registration.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.411*
Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Course extends the student's ability in design and stress analysis. Topics include: introductory continuum mechanics, theory of elasticity, stress function approach, Lamé and Mitchell problems, stress concentrations, thermoelasticity and plasticity.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.322*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.413*
Fatigue and Fracture Analysis
Elastic and elasto-plastic fracture mechanics. Fatigue design methods, fatigue crack initiation and growth Paris law and strain-life methods. Fatigue testing, scatter, mean stress effects and notches. Welded and built up structures, real load histories and corrosion fatigue. Damage tolerant design and fracture control plans.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.414*
Vibration Analysis
Free and forced vibrations of one and two degree-of-freedom systems. Vibration measurement and isolation. Numerical methods for multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Modal analysis techniques. Dynamic vibration absorbers. Shaft whirling. Vibration of continuous systems: bars, plates, beams and shafts. Energy methods. Holzer method.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.304*.
Lectures three hours per week.
Engineering 88.435*
Fluid Machinery
Types of machines. Similarity: performance parameters; characteristics; cavitation. Velocity triangles. Euler equation: impulse and reaction. Radial pumps and compressors: analysis, design and operation. Axial pumps and compressors: cascade and blade-element methods; staging; off-design performance; stall and surge. Axial turbines. Current design practice. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Engineering 88.541, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.441*
Power Plant Analysis
Criteria of merit; selection of power plant for transportation and power generation applications; interrelation among mechanical, thermodynamic and aerodynamic design processes; jet propulsion, turbojets and turbofans; alternative proposals for vehicular power plant; combined cycle applications.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 87.442*.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.240*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.443*
Energy Conversion and Power Generation
Energy sources and resources. Basic elements of power generation. Hydro-electric, fossil-fuel and fissile-fuel power plants. Other methods of conversion. Future methods of conversion. Economic and environmental considerations. Power generation systems. Future power needs.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.240*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.446*
Heat Transfer
Mechanisms of heat transfer: fundamentals and solutions. Steady and transient conduction: solution and numerical and electrical analog techniques. Convective heat transfer: free and forced convection for laminar and turbulent flows; heat exchangers. Heat transfer between black and grey surfaces, radiation shields, gas radiation, radiation interchange.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.447*
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Comfort.
Environmental demands for residential, commercial and industrial systems. Methods of altering and controlling environment. Air distribution. Refrigeration methods, equipment and controls. Integrated year-round air-conditioning and heating systems; heat pumps. Cooling load and air-conditioning calculations. Thermal radiation control. Component matching. System analysis and design.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.240* and Third- or Fourth- year registration.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.451*
State Space Modeling and Control Techniques
Review of matrices. Geometric structure and dynamics of linear systems. Controllability and observability. Pole placement design of controllers and observers. Design of regulator and servo systems. Transmission zeros. Eigenstructure assignment. Relationship to frequency or classical control techniques. Computer solutions using MATLAB. Applications.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 94.552.
Prerequisite: Engineering 86.450 or 86.352* (taken before 1999-2000).
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.453*
An Introduction to Robotics
History of robotics and typical applications. Robotic actuators and sensors. Kinematics of manipulators, inverse kinematics, differential relationships and the Jacobian. Manipulator dynamics. Trajectory generation and path planning. Robot control and performance evaluation. Force control and compliance. Applications in manufacturing and other industries.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.375* and Engineering 94.360*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.464*
Finite Element Methods
Finite element methodology with emphasis on applications to stress analysis, heat transfer and fluid flow using the simplest one- and two-dimensional elements. Direct equilibrium, variational and Galerkin formulations. Computer programs and practical applications. Higher order elements.
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.322* and 86.330*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.474*
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS)
Overview of the topics essential to CIMS including computer graphics, geometric modelling, numerically controlled machining, and flexible manufacturing with the objective of understanding the fundamental data structures and procedures for computerization of engineering design, analysis and production. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Engineering 88.574, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Engineering 87.370* or 88.370*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.475*
CAD/CAM
Introduction to contemporary computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Topics covered include mathematical representation, solid modelling, drafting, mechanical assembly mechanism design, (CNC) machining. Current issues such as CAD data exchange standards, rapid prototyping, concurrent engineering, and design for X (DFX) are also discussed.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year registration.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.485*
Measurement Systems and Data Handling
Experimental data, accuracy and uncertainty analysis. Analog systems. Sensors. Signal conditioning. Op-Amps, instrumentation amplifiers, charge amplifiers, filters. Digital techniques. Encoders, A/D D/A converters. Data acquisition using microcomputers. Hardware and software considerations. Interfacing. Applications to measurement of motion, strain, force/torque, pressure, fluid flow, temperature.
Precludes additional credit for Engineering 97.485*.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.352*, Engineering 94.360*and 97.365* or 97.251*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering 88.497
Engineering Project
Students are required to complete a major project in engineering analysis, design, development or research. Opportunities to develop initiative, self-reliance, creative ability and engineering judgment. The results must be submitted in a comprehensive report with appropriate drawings, charts, bibliography, etc.
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