ENGR 103 Basic Engineering Science (3)

 

Required course for all engineering majors.

 

Catalog Description:    

Introduction to basic concepts of engineering. Physical quantities, units, dimensions, vectors; formulation of engineering problems.  Calculus-based analysis of fundamental dynamics; motion along a straight line and in a plane.  Newton’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Laws plus applications.  Work and energy.  Impulse and momentum.  Rotational motion.  Corequisites:  ENGR 113, MATH 151, 152.

 

Prerequisites:                     

None.

 

Corequisites: 

                ENGR 113, MATH 151, 152

 

Textbook/References:

                Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Part 1, 3rd edition, Douglas C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall.

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

Students in ENGR 103 will demonstrate:

·         an ability to solve kinematics problems in one and two dimensions (1)

·         an ability to solve problems involving Newton’s laws of motion (1)

·         an ability to solve problems involving work and energy (1)

·         an ability to solve problems involving momentum (1)

·         an ability to solve problems involving rotational motion (1)

·         knowledge in measurements, estimating and professional ethics (1,6)

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.

 

Topics Covered:                       

Weeks                                   Topic

1                              Introduction, Measurement, Estimating .        

2                              Kinematics in One Dimension.                                                         

3                              Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors.

4                              Dynamics: Newton’s laws of Motion .                                             

5 - 6                        Applications of Newton’s Laws .                                                     

7                              Gravitation and Newton’s Synthesis .                                           

8                              Work and Energy .                                                                

9-10                        Conservation of Energy.                                                                

11                            Linear Motion and Collisions.                                                            

13 - 14                    Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis.      

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences, and introduces engineering ethics.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

The course supports engineering program outcomes 1 and 6.

 

Prepared by:                  Dr. James W. Hiestand                6-3-03