Intermediate, Engineering & Technology, Assignments

Course Materials

electrical science and linear circuits, electric circuit study applets and interactive examples and exercises, EIT review slides

Courses

  • Electrical Networks 1 - Current, Voltage, Power, Passive Sign Convention, Resistive Networks, Ohm's & Kirchhoff's Laws, Nodal and Loop Analysis, Op-Amp Circuits, Operational Amplifiers, Superposition, Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems, Capacitance and Inductance, First and Second Order Transient Circuits, AC Steady-State Analysis

  • Circuits - basic analysis, design and measurement of linear analog systems important across engineering disciplines, AC steady-state analysis, Laplace transforms, linear circuits
  • Electrical Networks 2 - AC Steady-State Analysis, Steady-State Power Analysis, Polyphase Circuits, Magnetically Coupled Networks, Variable Frequency Network Performance, Laplace Transform & Application
  • Electrical Power Plant - Nuclear, fossil and solar energy sources, Analysis and design of steam supply systems, electrical generating systems and auxiliary systems, Power plant efficiency and operation

Engineering Materials

iron-carbon diagram in detail, Steels, non-ferrous alloys, composites, non-metallic materials, corrosion and the principles underlying the selection of materials in mechanical design, processes taking place during heat treatment of metallic alloys and how they influence their microstructures and properties

Numerical Methods in Engineering

root-finding, elementary numerical linear algebra, solving systems of linear equations, curve fitting, numerical quadrature and numerical solution to ordinary differential equations

Lecture Courses

  • Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - flow systems encountered in engineering
    design, viscous flow in pipes, external & compressible flow, turbomachines (pumps), thermodynamics
    of gas mixtures, psychometrics and air-conditioning processes

  • Thermal Management Measurements - laboratory techniques for diagnosing and documenting thermal management problems in electronic equipment, design of thermal management solutions (air-cooled systems)

Mechanics and Materials II

responses exhibited by solid engineering materials when subjected to mechanical & thermal loadings, introduction to physical mechanisms associated with design-limiting behavior of engineering materials (stiffness, strength, toughness, durability), basic mechanical properties of engineering materials, testing procedures, ways in which properties characterize material response: readings, labs, course download

How and Why Machines Work

how and why machines work, conceived, developed (drawn), utilized, hands-on experiences of taking things apart mentally and physically, drawing (sketching, 3D CAD) what they envision and observe, understanding the physics and history of machines: tools, study materials, animations, course download

Experimental Engineering

Principles of physical measurements (standards calibration, estimation of error), uncertainty analysis (static and dynamic performance of measuring systems), laboratory experience, experiment planning, report writing: labs, equipment list, examples

Probability with Engineering Applications

probability theory & statistics with applications to engineering problems primarily chosen from areas of communications, control, signal processing & computer engineering: syllabus, books, exams, slides

Nuclear Engineering Courses

nuclear links & downloads, reference info: nuclear reactor analysis, engineering physics (nuclear, computer systems, optics and solid state laboratories, power plant systems & operation, reactor safety design, reactor heat transport system design, reactor heat transport system simulation & analysis, Fourier transforms), introduction to statistical mechanics & thermodynamics

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