Mechanical Engineering Technology

Course Catalog

Course Descriptions

CGT 110 Technical Graphics Communications (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 3. Corequisite: M 125 / M 126. This course is an introduction to the graphic language used to communicate design ideas using Computer-aided Drafting (CAD). Topics include multi-view drawings, dimensioning practices, and section views. 

MET 102 Production Design and Specifications (3 cr.) Class 1, lab 5. Prerequisites: CGT 110 and MET 162. The design, evaluation, and documentation of engineering specifications required for manufacturability and assembly are introduced. Emphasis is on CAD-based details, assemblies, design layouts, equipment installations and related industrial practices.

MET 111 Applied Statics (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. Prerequisites: M 125, M 126, and MET 162. Force systems, resultants and equilibrium, trusses, frames, beams, and shear moments in beams are studied.

MET 141 Materials I ( 3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. An overview of structures, properties, & applications of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites commonly used in industry is presented. Problem-solving skills are developed in the areas of materials selection, evaluation, measurement, & testing.

MET 142 Manufacturing Processes I (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 3. or class 3. Prerequisite: MET 141 . Basic casting, forming, welding, & joining processes are surveyed. The course emphasizes the selection and application of various processes.

MET 162 Computational Analysis Tools in MET (1 cr.) Lab 3. The skills needed to solve technical problems in Mechanical Engineering Technology are developed. Instruction is given in analytical problem-solving techniques. The electronic calculator, the factor-label method of unit conversions & engineering graphs, are used to solve problems.

MET 211 Applied Strength of Materials ( 4 cr.) Class 4 or class 3, lab 2. Prerequisites: MET 111 and MET 162; Corequisite: M 221. The principles of strength, stiffness, and stability are introduced and applied primarily to mechanical components.

MET 213 Dynamics (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2 or class 3. Prerequisite: MET 111 Corequisite: M 221. Kinematics and kinetics principles of rigid-body dynamics are introduced. Emphasis is on the analysis of bodies in plane motion.

MET 214 Machine Elements (3 cr.) Class 3. Prerequisites: MET 162, Math 221 and MET 213. The methods developed in statics, dynamics, and strength of materials are applied to the selection of basic machine components. The fundamental principles required for selection of individual elements that compose a machine are developed. Selected topics are included as computer exercises.

MET 220 Heat/Power (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. Prerequisites: MET 162, PHYS 201; Corequisite: M 221. Heat/power is an introduction to the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Basic thermodynamic processes are used to evaluate the performance of energy-based systems such as internal combustion engines, power plants, refrigeration equipment, and heat exchangers.

MET 230 Fluid Power (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. Prerequisites: MET 111 or PHYS 201, and MET 162. This course consists of the study of incompressible fluid statics and dynamics as applied to hydraulic and pumps, motors, transmissions, and controls.

MET 242 Manufacturing Processes II (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. Prerequisites: MET 141, M 125 or M 126 or MET 162. This course surveys the manufacturing processes and tools commonly used to convert cast forged, molded and wrought materials into finished products. Includes the basic mechanisms of material removal, measurement, quality control, assembly processes, safety, process planning & automated manufacturing.

MET 313 Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.) Class 3. Prerequisites: MET 230, M 222. The fundamental principles of fluid mechanics are developed, including properties of fluid pressure, hydrostatics, dynamics of fluid flow, friction losses, and sizing of pipes. Emphasis is on system design and system/pump matching

MET 320 Applied Thermodynamics (3 cr.) Class 3, Prerequisites: MET 220, M 221. Following a review of fundamental concepts, advanced power and refrigeration cycles are analyzed. Applications such as gas mixtures, air-vapor mixtures and application of combustion to power cycles are presented.

MET 344 Materials II (3 cr.) Class 3. Prerequisites: MET 141 and Chem. 101/121. Metals and polymers are studied. Topics include the bonding of atoms; the structures of crystals and polymers; the coldworking, alloying and heat treating of metals; and the physical behavior of plastics. Course emphasis is on the development and control of material properties to meet engineering requirements and specifications.

MET 382 Controls and Instrumentation of Automation (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. Prerequisites: ECET 214, CS 201, and Physics 202. Study of the procedures and techniques essential to industrial measurement and transmission of data is provided in the areas of machine control, process control, and automated testing. Concepts of hysteresis, repeatability, weighted signals, span, suppression, range, and closed loop control are emphasized

EET 214 Electricity Fundamentals (3 cr.) Class 2, lab 2. (Not open to EET students.) Prerequisite: M125/126. An introduction to elemental electrical components and their characteristics, basic electrical components and their characteristics, basic electrical circuit theory and use of basic laboratory test equipment, electrical motors, and industrial motor controls.