228 Chabot College 2024-2026 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, ENGR 22 Engineering Design Graphics 3 Units Introduction to the engineering-design process, and to technical- graphic communications tools used by engineers. Conceptual design of products. Development of spatial reasoning skills. Orthographic and axonometric projection-drawing techniques. Tolerance analysis for fabrication. Documentation of designs through engineering working-drawings. Use of 2D and 3D CAD software as a design tool. The use of CAD software is an integral part of the course. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Prerequisite: MTH 22 or MTH 36 or MTH 37. 25 Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists (See also MTH 25, PHYS 25) 3 Units Methodology and techniques for solving engineering/science problems using numerical-analysis computer-application programs MATLAB, SimuLink, MuPad, and EXCEL. Technical computing and visualization using MATLAB software. Examples and applications from applied-mathematics, physical-mechanics, electrical circuits, biology, thermal systems, fluid systems, and other branches of science and engineering. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Prerequisite: MTH 1 36 Engineering Mechanics -Statics 3 Units Force systems under equilibrium conditions; vector properties of forces, moments, couples, and resultants; rigid body structures; hydrostatics; shear and bending-moment diagrams; friction; centroids; area/mass moments of inertia. Graphical, algebraic, and numerical (computer) solutions of vector mechanics problems. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGR 25 (same as MTH 25, PHYS 25) and PHYS 7A or PHYS 4A and MTH 2. 40 Thermodynamics 3 Units This course introduces the fundamentals of energy storage, thermophysical properties of liquids and gases, and the basic principles of thermodynamics. The course focuses on application of the concepts to various areas of engineering related to energy conversion and air conditioning. The use of computing tools that facilitate problem solving, design analysis, and parametric studies in thermodynamics will be integrated throughout the course. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours Prerequisite: CHEM 1A and ENGR 25 (same as MTH 25, PHYS 25) or PHYS 25 (same as MTH 25, ENGR 25) or MTH 25 (same as ENGR 25, PHYS 25) and PHYS 7B or PHYS 4C (PHYS 7B or PHYS 4C may be taken concurrently) 43 Electrical Circuits and Devices 4 Units Introduction to basic electrical engineering circuit-analysis and devices. DC, transient and AC circuit analysis methods, Kirchoff’s laws, nodal/mesh analysis, network theorems, voltage and current sources, resistors, capacitors and inductors. Thévenin/Norton equivalent circuits. Natural and forced response of first and second order circuits. Steady-state sinusoidal circuit voltage/current analysis, and power calculations. Frequency response, phasors, Bode plots and transfer functions. Low/High/Band pass filters. Operational Amplifiers in DC, transient, and AC circuits. Diode and NMOS/PMOS FET characteristics. Diode and MOSFET circuits. Introduction to basic integrated-circuit technology and layout. Digital signals, logic gates, switching. Combinatorial logic circuits using AND/NAND OR/ NOR gates. Sequential logic circuits using RS, D, and JK Flip-Flop gates. Computer based circuit-operation simulation using SPICE and MATLAB software. Electronics laboratory exercises demonstrating basic instruments, and experimental techniques in Electrical Engineering: DC current/voltage supplies, Digital MultiMeters (DMM), RLC Meters, oscilloscopes, and AC function generators. Measurements of resistance, inductance, capacitance, voltage, current, transient response, and frequency response. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGR 25 (same as MTH 25, PHYS 25) or MTH 25 (same as ENGR 25, PHYS 25) or PHYS 25 (same as MTH 25, ENGR 25) and PHYS 7C or PHYS 4B and MTH 4 (MTH 4 may be taken concurrently) 45 Materials of Engineering 4 Units Application of principles of chemistry and physics to the properties of engineering materials. The relation of micro-structure to mechanical, electrical, thermal and optical properties of metals. Solid material phase equilibria and transformations. The physical, chemical, mechanical and optical properties of ceramics, composites, and polymers. Operation and use of materials characterization instruments and methods. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGR 25 (same as MTH 25, PHYS 25) or PHYS 25 (same as MTH 25, ENGR 25) or MTH 25 (same as ENGR 25, PHYS 25) and PHYS 7A or PHYS 4A and CHEM 1A. 47 Engineering Dynamics 3 Units This course covers dynamics for engineering applications, where motion is involved. It includes the kinematics and dynamics of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. Also included are orbital motion and satellites, vibrations, which are present in many engineering situations, Euler angles, which are necessary to completely describe the orientation of an object in space, and variable mass systems, such as rockets and jet engines. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours Prerequisite: ENGR 36
