USF 1998-99 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 203 - 204
EGN 2031 HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY -HP (3)
Covers the evolution of technology and its influence on society from prehistoric man to the modern day. Topics include: seven technological ages of man, methods of producing power, materials, transportation, communication and calculation, and technology and society.
EGN 2210 COMPUTER TOOLS FOR ENGINEERS (3)
PR: MAC 2281. Students will be introduced to computer based engineering tools and their application to the solution of engineering problems. The programming language, FORTRAN, will be the most emphasized tool, but coverage will also be given to other engineering/mathematical tools such as equation solving tools and spreadsheets.
EGN 3311 STATICS (3)
PR: PHY 2048. Principles of statics, mechanical equilibrium, forces, moments, plane trusses. Lec.-pro.
EGN 3321 DYNAMICS (3)
PR: EGN 3311. Dynamics of discrete particles; kinematics and kinetics for rigid bodies. Lec.
EGN 3331 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3)
PR: EGN 3311. Stress, strain, Hooke's Law; torsion, beam, column analysis; combined stresses; inelastic effects, limit design. Lec.
EGN 3331L MECHANICS OF MATERIALS LABORATORY (1)
PR: EGN 3311. CR: EGN 3331. Experiments in mechanics of deformable bodies. Lab.
EGN 3343 THERMODYNAMICS I (3)
PR: PHY 2049. Axiomatic introduction to thermodynamic concepts of energy, entropy, work and heat. Properties of ideal and real substances. Applications: power production and refrigeration, phase equilibria.
EGN 3353 BASIC FLUID MECHANICS (3)
PR: EGN 3311, CR: EGN 3321. Fundamental and experimental concepts in ideal and viscous fluid theory; momentum and energy consideration, introduction to hydraulics, pipe flow. Lecture.
EGN 3365 MATERIALS ENGINEERING I (3)
PR: CHM 2046, EGN 3311. Structure and property relationships in engineering materials, i.e., metal, ceramic and polymer systems. Environmental effects are also treated.
EGN 3373 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS I (3)
PR: PHY 2049, PHY 2049L, CR: MAP 2302. A course in linear passive circuits. Physical principles and modes. Transient and steady-state analysis.
EGN 3374 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS II (3)
PR: EGN 3373. Continuation of EGN 3373.
EGN 3375 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS III (3)
PR: EGN 3373. Continuation of EGN 3373 or EGN 3374.
EGN 3433 SYSTEM DYNAMICS (3)
CR: EML 4041; PR: EGN 3321, EGN 4450, PHY 2049. Dynamic analysis of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and thermal systems; LaPlace transforms; numerical method; use of computers in dynamic systems.
EGN 3443 ENGINEERING STATISTICS I (3)
PR: MAC 2283. An introduction to the basic concepts of statistical analysis with special emphasis on engineering applications.
EGN 3613C ENGINEERING ECONOMY I (3)
A study in analyzing the economic limitations imposed on engineering activities using basic models which consider the time value of money.
EGN 4366 MATERIALS ENGINEERING II (3)
PR: EGN 3365. Applications and structure property relationships of commonly used engineering materials. Steel, nonferrous alloys and their welding, heat treatment and processing. Introduction to ceramic and polymeric materials.
EGN 4420 NUMERICAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS (2)
PR: MAP 2302, EGN 2210. Computation methods of analysis for engineering problem solving by use of digital computers, matrix methods, differential equations, curve fitting, integral equations.
EGN 4450 INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR SYSTEMS (2)
PR: MAC 2282. Study and application of matrix algebra, differential equations and calculus of finite differences.
EGN 4831 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY -XMW (3)
Non-technical survey of engineering activities: utilities, nuclear power, genetics weaponry, space,etc. Students conduct individual in-depth study of environmental/ethical problem.
EGN 4905 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-5)
PR: CI. Specialized independent study determined by the students’ needs and interests. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours. (S/U only.)
EGN 4930 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGINEERING (1-3)
PR: CI. New technical topics of interest to engineering students. May be repeated for different topics up to 9 hours.
EGN 5421 ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS FOR VECTOR ANALYSIS (3)
PR: MAP 2302. Vector methods of electromagnetism and fluid mechanics. Vector operators, line and flux integrals, potential and transport theorems, applications.
EGN 5422 ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF PARTIAL DIFFERNTIAL EQUATIONS (3)
PR: MAC 2302 or CC. Power series solutions for ordinary differential equations, Sturm-Liouville theory, special functions. Vector methods with generalized coordinates. Separation of variables for partial differential equations. Green’s functions. Calculus of variations. Numerical methods.
EGN 5423 MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING (3)
PR: CC or EGN 4450. Finite fields and coding applications. Probabilities of error detection and correction. Introduction to neural networks. Advanced matrix algorithms: LU and QR factorizations, least-squares, pseudoinverses.
EGN 5424 ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF COMPLEX ANALYSIS (3)
PR: MAC 2302 or CC. Analytic functions, conformal mapping, residue theory, Laurent series, transforms. Applications to various problems in engineering and physics.
EGN 5425 ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED MATRIX COMPUTATIONS (3)
PR: EGN 4450 and MAP 2302, or CC. Survey of theory and software for matrix computations: factorization methods, least squares and pseudoinverses, eigenvector algorithms. Special matrices and representations for control system and finite element applications.
EGS 1113 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN GRAPHICS (3)
An introduction to the basic principles of engineering design. The course will include the graphic projective systems used in engineering drawing and design. Methods of graphic communication and graphic analysis of engineering design problems will be investigated.
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