Engineering Program at LaGuardia COmmunity College

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

MAE 101: Engineering Lab 1
3 Lab hours; 1 credit
Pre-Requisite: MAT200

Course Description: This first laboratory course is an introduction to engineering practice through hands-on investigations, computer applications, design projects and student presentations in the fields of structures and robotics. In the first segment of the course, the behavior of materials and structural members is explored. Concepts of structural safety and equilibrium are developed and students are introduced to structural analysis of a steel truss bridge and to construction of a model bridge.

The second portion of the course focuses on basic mechanisms, kinematics, feedback, and computer control by considering the specific operation of several robotic devices. Students then engage in a robotic design project that may include software or hardware or both. All investigations and design projects are performed in groups and presented in oral and/or written form. Computers are used for documentation, data analysis and robot control.

MAE 103: Engineering Lab II
3 Lab Hours; 2 Credits
Pre-Requisite: MAT 201, SCP 231

Course Description: This second laboratory course serves as an introduction to computer aided analysis techniques necessary for the study of electrical engineering and the design of electrical systems. Concepts introduced through short lectures are examined thoroughly in computer workstation-based assignments, using MATLAB. Topics to be studied include: functions of real variables and their graphs, complex numbers and phasors, linear algebra, difference equations with applications to signal processing, and introductory systems analysis.

MAE 211: Engineering Mechanics (Statics)
3 Lecture Hours, 1Hour Recitation; 3 Credits
Pre-Requisite: SCP 231, MAT 202
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and applications of engineering mechanics - statics. Topics to be covered include equivalent systems of forces, resultants, distributed forces, equilibrium of rigid bodies, centroids, centers of gravity, fluid statics, moments of inertia, and friction. Analysis of frames and machines, forces in beams, internal stresses, and stability will also be considered. Vector algebra will be used where throughout

MAE 213: Circuit Analysis I
3 Lecture hours; 3 Credits
Pre-Requisite: SCP231, MAT203
Co-Requisite: MAT204

Course Description: Students are introduced to the analysis of basic AC and DC circuits containing resistors, inductors, capacitors, and both independent and dependent sources of voltage and current. Other topics include Kirchhoff's current law, Kirchhoff's voltage law, and Ohm's law. Voltage division and current division yield simplified analysis of resistors (impedences) in series and in parallel, respectively. Thevenin's and Norton's theorems are used to determine equivalent subcircuits. Differential equation techniques are presented to simplify the analysis of AC circuits.

MAE 219: Thermodynamics I
3 Lecture Hours; 3 Credits
Pre-Requisite: SCP231/2, MAT203, SCC201
Co-Requisite: MAT204

Course Description: This course introduces students to basic physical concepts and applications of thermodynamics, and to their consequences for engineering processes and operations. Emphasis is placed on the first and second laws. Properties of pure substances are studied, along with basic principles governing transformations of energy, particularly heat and work. Behavior of mixtures of gases and vapors and air conditioning are considered. An elementary introduction to cycles (Carnot cycle, reversibility, power and refrigeration cycles) completes the course.