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Course Descriptions
Core Courses
MEC 121 Engineering Design and Drawing (2 = 1 + 1)
Co-requisite: FAS 120
This course introduces the principles and processes of engineering design and drafting. It explores the role of
design in engineering, difference between product design and system design, steps involved in the traditional
design approach and the concurrent engineering approach from problem identification, conceptual design, and
analysis till final implementation. It introduces the tools used to communicate graphically and explains
visualization in the context of engineering design, shows how to create simple sketches, 2-D and 3-D
geometry and create multi-view and technical drawings in compliance with engineering standards using a
professional CAD software. A team-based design project provides an overview of real design situations.
MEC 213 Statics (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: FES 103
This course is an introduction to basic concepts in mechanics. Topics include forces, moments of forces,
couples, resultants of force systems; distributed loads; conditions of equilibrium and applications to particles and
rigid bodies in two dimension; analysis of statically determinate structures including beams, trusses and arches;
bending moment and shear force diagrams; dry friction.
MEC 215 Engineering Thermodynamics I (3 = 3 + 0)
Prerequisite: FES 103
This is a basic course in engineering thermodynamics. Topics covered include the global picture of energy,
sources and utilization, energy conversion; economical and environmental aspects; properties and behavior of
pure substances; equation of states for ideal and real gases; compressibility factor; first and second laws of
thermodynamics; control mass and control volume analyses; applications of first and second laws of
thermodynamics to closed systems, open systems and simple thermal cycles.
MEC 221 Mechanics of Materials (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: MEC 213
This course provides both the theory and application of the fundamental principles of mechanics of materials. It
prepares students to later design machine components, mechanisms, predict failure and understand the physical
properties of materials. It gives the student the basic tools for stress, strain and deformation analysis. Students
study the mechanical behavior of materials under different loadings such as; axial, bending, transverse, shear,
torsion and combined loadings. Stress and strain transformation is discussed. Deflections of beams and columns
are covered. This course will also prepare the students to conduct design of mechanical elements to withstand
both static and dynamic loading. Engineering design concepts are integrated throughout the course.
MEC 222 Electric Circuits and Devices (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: FES 236
This course covers the fundamentals of electricity and electronics for non-electrical engineering students. Topics
include passive electrical components and electrical power sources, characteristics of electric circuits, both d.c.
and a.c. The course looks at circuit analysis and theorems, steady-state, transient, and resonant modes, and
dependant sources and amplifiers. The operational amplifier is investigated in various small-signal and largesignal
situations as well as instrumentation applications using resistive input transducers. DC, synchronous and
induction machines are also introduced.
MEC 223 Dynamics (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: MEC 213
The objective of the course is to examine the fundamentals concepts of kinematics and kinetics of particles and
rigid bodies. Topics include: kinematics and kinetics of particles, rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles,
Newton’s second law, work and energy, impulse and momentum, impact, dynamics of systems of particles; planar
kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies, dependant motions, forces and acceleration, energy and momentum
methods.
MEC 311 Manufacturing Processes (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisites: FES 270, MEC 213
The course represents an overview of manufacturing processes and methods with emphasis on understanding of
the physical fundamentals of processes. This course aims to provide students with an understanding and
appreciation of the breadth and depth of the field of manufacturing, and the strong interrelationships between
manufacturing processes, product design and material properties. It will introduce some traditional
manufacturing processes such as material removal processes, metal-casting processes and equipments, forming
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