Multidisciplinary Engineering - Visual Design Engineering
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CHM 11500 (4)
General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4.00. Stoichiometry; atomic structure; periodic properties; ionic and covalent bonding; molecular geometry; gases, liquids, and solids; crystal structure; thermochemistry; descriptive chemistry of metals and non-metals. Required of students majoring in science and students in engineering who are not in CHM 12300. One year of high school chemistry or one semester of college chemistry required. CTL:IPS 1721 General Chemistry I w/lab ENGR 13100 (2)
Trans Ideas To Innovation I Credit Hours: 2.00. A partnership between Schools and Programs within the College of Engineering, introduces students to the engineering professions using multidisciplinary, societally relevant content. Developing engineering approaches to systems, generating and exploring creative ideas, and use of quantitative methods to support design decisions. Explicit model-development activities (engineering eliciting activities, EEAs) engage students in innovative thinking across the engineering disciplines at Purdue. Experiencing the process of design and analysis in engineering including how to work effectively in teams. Developing skills in project management, engineering fundamentals, oral and graphical communication, logical thinking, and modern engineering tools (e.g., Excel and MATLAB). MA 16100/MA 16500 (4-5)
Pl Anly Geo Calc I Credit Hours: 5.00. Introduction to differential and integral calculus of one variable, with applications. Some schools or departments may allow only 4 credit hours toward graduation for this course. Designed for students who have not had at least a one-semester calculus course in high school, with a grade of “A” or “B”. Not open to students with credit in MA 16500. Demonstrated competence in college algebra and trigonometry. GE/COMM(Writ) (3-4)
Written Communication Selective |
ENGR 13200 (2)
Trans Ideas To Innovation II Credit Hours: 2.00. A partnership between Schools and Programs within the College of Engineering continues building on the foundation developed in ENGR 13100. Students take a more in depth and holistic approach to integrating multiple disciplines perspectives while constructing innovative engineering solutions to open-ended problems. Extending skills in project management engineering fundamentals, oral and graphical communication, logical thinking, team work, and modern engineering tools (e.g., Excel and MATLAB). PHYS 17200 (4)
Modern Mechanics Credit Hours: 4.00. Introductory calculus-based physics course using fundamental interactions between atoms to describe Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, energy quantization, entropy, the kinetic theory of gases, and related topics in mechanics and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on using only a few fundamental principles to describe physical phenomena extending from nuclei to galaxies. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed by the student from the very beginning. CTL:IPS 1753 Calculus-based Physics I MA 16200/MA 16600 (4-5)
Pl Anly Geo Calc II Credit Hours: 5.00. Continuation of MA 16100. Vectors in two and three dimensions, techniques of integration, infinite series, conic sections, polar coordinates, surfaces in three dimensions. Some schools or departments may allow only 4 credit hours toward graduation for this course. GE/COMM(Oral) (3)
Oral Communication Selective Elective/FYE (3-4)
FYE Engineering Selective |
CM 16400 (2)
Graphics for Civil Engineering and Construction Credit Hours: 2.00. An introductory course in the area of computer graphics documentation for civil engineering- and construction-related professions. Experiences focus on accepted industry graphic standards and their technical visual applications. The course emphasizes creation and distribution of graphics to enable communication. MA 26100 (4)
Multivariate Calculus Credit Hours: 4.00. Planes, lines, and curves in three dimensions. Differential calculus of several variables; multiple integrals. Introduction to vector calculus. Not open to students with credit in MA 27100. ME 20000 (3)
Thermodynamics I Credit Hours: 3.00. First and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, properties of pure substances. Application to engineering problems. ME 27000 (3)
Basic Mechanics I Credit Hours: 3.00. Vector operations, forces and couples, free body diagrams, equilibrium of a particle and of rigid bodies. Friction. Distributed forces. Centers of gravity and centroids. Applications from structural and machine elements, such as bars, trusses, and friction devices. Kinematics and equations of motion of a particle for rectilinear and curvilinear motion. PHYS 24100 (3)
Electricity Optics Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter. Electromagnetic waves, geometrical and physical optics. IDE 30100 (1)
Professional Prep IDE Credit Hours: 1.00. Seminar covering topics required for professional preparation of engineers including functioning in teams, communication, ethics, global and societal impacts, how people learn, and contemporary issues impacting and impacted by engineering. |
Elective (3)
Area Elective ECE 20001 (3)
Electrical Engr Fundamentals I Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers fundamental concepts and applications for electrical and computer engineers as well as for engineers who need to gain a broad understanding of these disciplines. The course starts by the basic concepts of charge, current, and voltage as well as their expressions with regards to resistors and resistive circuits. Essential concepts, devices, theorems, and applications of direct-current (DC), 1st order, and alternating-current (AC) circuits are subsequently discussed. Besides electrical devices and circuits, basic electronic components including diodes and transistors as well as their primary applications are also discussed. ECE 20007 (1)
Elec Engr Fundamentals I Lab Credit Hours: 1.00. This is an introduction course in electronic measurement and circuit modeling, simulation and design techniques. These skills are developed through a variety of laboratory experiments ranging from voltage, current, and frequency, to resistors, inductors, capacitors, and operational amplifiers. When possible, the experiments develop practical skills through small design and soldering tasks. Finally, the course culminates in a two week group design project. In many ways this course is the laboratory of the co-requisite lecture course ECE 20001: Electrical Engineering Fundamentals I; however, we remind students that this is a standalone course that expects students will learn and demonstrate material not taught in ECE 20001. MA 26200 (4)
Lin Alg Diff Equats Credit Hours: 4.00. Linear algebra, elements of differential equations. Not open to students with credit in MA 26500 or 26600. ME 27400 (3)
Basic Mechanics II Credit Hours: 3.00. Review and extension of particle motion to include energy and momentum principles. Planar kinematics of rigid bodies. Kinetics for planar motion of rigid bodies, including equations of motion and principles of energy and momentum. Three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies. Linear vibrations, with emphasis on single-degree-of-freedom systems. |
CE 34000 (3)
Hydraulics Credit Hours: 3.00. Fluid properties; hydrostatics; kinematics and dynamics of fluid flows; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; flows in pipes and open channels. Formal laboratory experiments. NUCL 27300 (3)
Mechanics Of Materials Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of stress and strain; equations of equilibrium and compatibility; stress-strain laws; extension, torsion, and bending of bars; membrane theory of pressure vessels; combined loading conditions; transformation of stresses and principal stresses; elastic stability, elected topics. CE 34300 (1)
Elem Hydraulics Lab Credit Hours: 1.00. The laboratory covers basic concepts in analysis of experimental data and methods in hydraulic measurements. A variety of simple laboratory experiments illustrating the principles of hydraulics are performed. Elective (3)
Area Elective Elective/ENGR (3)
Engineering Elective GE/HUM (3)
General Education (HUM) |
Elective (3)
Area Elective Elective/ENGR (3)
Engineering Elective Elective/ENGR-Design (3)
Engineering Elective (Design) GE/BSS (3)
General Education (BSS) IDE 36000 (3)
MDE Statistics Credit Hours: 3.00. Statistical methodology is critical to the engineering problem-solving process. This course introduces engineering students to the role of statistics in problem solving, and to the design and presentation of simple models and experiments. An emphasis will be placed on using computer software to perform statistical analyses and to the interpretation of the software results. This is a recommended course for the MOE statistics elective. Permission of instructor is required. |
IDE 48400 (1)
MDE Design Methodology Credit Hours: 1.00. Engineering design methods targeted for MDE students. Introduction to Multidisciplinary Teams, Design Project Scoping and Task Clarification, Design Data Acquisition & Management, Design Communication & Iteration. and Design Review Processes. Permission of department required. IDE48700 (1)
MDE Senior Development Credit Hours: 1.00. Senior professional development covers and assesses students in Multidisciplinary Engineering professional outcomes including, teamwork, professional and ethical responsibility, communication, impact of engineering in context, lifelong learning, impact of contemporary issues, and leadership. Methods to obtain a professional position after graduation. Elective (3)
Area Elective Elective/ENGR (3)
Engineering Elective GE/STS (3)
General Education (STS) GE (3)
General Education IDE 48300 (1)
MDE Engr Analysis/Decision Credit Hours: 1.00. Application of product evaluation, cost estimating, and product/project feasibility and viability analysis from multidisciplinary perspectives in the context of new product development. Topics include exposure to company success measures, quantitative and qualitative analysis, sensitivity analysis, cost-benefit analysis, project comparisons, new product life-cycle analysis, and related engineering decisions. Topics are explored through case-based, industrially focused examples. The course centers on the creation and use of analytical spreadsheets with computer tools/software for routine engineering analysis and decision making. |
IDE 48500 (3)
MDE Engr Design Project Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone design experience for multidisciplinary engineering students. Physical system or process system design projects, related to contemporary or potential problems involving interdisciplinary teams of engineers. Permission of instructor required. Elective (3)
Area Elective Elective/ENGR (3)
Engineering Elective GE (3)
General Education GE (3)
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