ENGR 370 – Energy Conversion and Electronics (3)

 

Required course for majors in the mechanical and industrial specialties

 

Catalog Description

Three Phase circuits, Electric Power, Electro mechanical Energy Conversion,

Magnetic circuits, Transformers, rotating Electric machines. Semiconductors,

Transistor Amplifiers, Digital Signals and Circuits. -Spring semester. Lecture 3

hours. Prerequisite: ENGR 270 with grade of C or better.

 

Prerequisite:

ENGR 270 with grade of C or better.

 

Textbook:

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, L. S. Bobrow, Second Edition, Oxford Publishing Co., 1996

 

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

Upon completion of this course, the student will have demonstrated the ability to:

·         Apply engineering problem solving methods to the solutions of typical engineering machinery and electronics problems (1,2,3,4)

·         Use fundamental principles and techniques for solving problems associated with engineering machinery and electronics applications, including(1,2,3,4)

Magnetic Transformers,

Electrical Machines,

Diodes,

Transistors and transistor amplifiers,

Digital Logic and Logic Design, and

Digital Devices.

 

Class/laboratory schedule

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

 

Topical Covered:

 

        Week                                             Topic

1                                                                     Introduction, Magnetic Fields

2                                                                     Magnetic Circuits, Transformers

3                                                                     Ideal Transformers, Transducers

4                                                                     Moving/Rotating Coils, Moving Iron Devices

5                                                                     DC/AC Machines

6                                                                     AC Machines & Examination #1

7                                                                     Mid-Term, Semiconductors and Doped Semiconductors

8                                                                     Junction Diode, Ideal Diode

9                                                                     Bipolar Junction Transistors

10                                                                  Spring Break

11                                                                  Bipolar Junction Transistors

12                                                                  Field Effect Transistor, Logic Circuits

13                                                                  Digital Logic and Circuits

14                                                                  Sequential Logic Design

15                                                                  Sequential Logic & Examination #2

               

 

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

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

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering program outcomes 1,2,3,4.

 

Prepared by:  Dr. Virgil Thomason   6-3-03