Engineering 390 - Advanced Topics in Engineering: Dynamics

Advanced Topics in Engineering is designed as a technical depth course for engineering majors. Course topics can adapt to new technologies and opportunities and build on the engineering fundamentals developed through 100- and 200-level coursework. Permission of the instructor required. Not open to first-years and sophomores: In this course, we will explore the movement of physical objects in 2D space, following closely from Physics (e.g. PHY117) and Mechanics (EGR270). The design of a moving object or system- like a bicycle, car, or aircraft- requires consideration of the motion it undergoes. Other systems for which this is true include energy infrastructure, athletic equipment, amusement park rides, motors, pumps, industrial manufacturing equipment, satellites, and spacecraft. We will focus on developing a physical sense of what is happening in these systems, and the mathematical description of (i) the motion itself, and (ii) the forces which cause that motion. We will also learn basic computer programming in MATLAB and practice applying computational tools in moving mechanical systems.

Instructor Permission. Limited to EGN majors, EGR majors Not open to first-years, sophomores