Application of engineering principles to solve real world problems in an actual industrial setting while earning a wage. Students are expected to work part-time during the semester for an engineering company under the supervision of an engineer on-site. Restricted to engineering majors with junior standing and engineering faculty approval. Graded CR/NC.

Application of engineering principles to solve real world problems in an actual industrial setting while earning a wage. Students are expected to work full-time during the summer for an engineering company under the supervision of an engineer on-site. Restricted to engineering majors with junior standing and engineering faculty approval. Graded CR/NC.

Work with a team to explore a realistic, open-ended and multifaceted case under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Carry out and document design exploration, design refinement, and prototyping. Restricted to engineering majors with senior standing. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 230, 250, 280, 370; 320 or 350 or 380. (Equal to MATH-498)

Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Investigate loads acting on a physical system that do not result in acceleration. Use vectors and free body diagrams to analyze systems in equilibrium. Evaluate the internal forces of trusses, frames, and machines. Calculate equivalent forces and moments of a force system, centroids, and area moments of inertia. Reinforce concepts through hands-on experiments. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in MATH 221 and PHYS 260.

Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Study the motion and systems of forces acting on particles and rigid bodies in three dimensions. Learn about virtual displacements and virtual work, free and force vibrations, degrees of freedom and how to apply constraints to motion. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 250 and MATH 221 and PHYS 260.

Courses on topics of interest to engineering students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites: as determined by the instructor. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of a engineering faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.

Students will participate in an off-campus engineering internship, applying course knowledge and skills to problems within a work environment. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with careers office and/or science/engineering faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor required.

Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Study the interactions of energy and matter. Learn and apply the 0th, 1st, and 2nd laws of thermodynamics, work and heat, free energy, entropy, enthalpy. Learn how equations of state relate quantities such as temperature, pressure, volume, and internal energy for ideal gases and more complex systems. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in PHYS 260.

Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Learn about fundamental crystal structures, elastic constants, stress and strain due to mechanical deformation and thermal expansion, and plastic deformation. Use the Schmid factor to determine active slip systems. Learn how to model viscoelasticity and select optimal materials using Ashby plots. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 250.