The design, evaluation, and documentation of engineering specifications required of manufacturability and assembly are introduced. Emphasis is on CAD-based details, assemblies, design layouts, equipment installations, and related industrial practices. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 10200 Production Design And Specifications

Production Design And Specifications

Force systems, resultants and equilibrium, trusses, frames, beams, and shear and moments in beams are studied. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 11100 Applied Statics

Applied Statics

Concepts of mechanics are applied to structures, machine components, and frames. Stresses and deformations resulting from axial, shear, torsional, and flexural loads are considered. Kinematics and kinetics of motion are introduced.

MET 11300 Mechanics Applications

Mechanics Applications

An overview of structures, properties, processing, and applications of metals and ceramics commonly used in industry is presented.  Problem solving skills are developed in the areas of materials selection, evaluation, measurement, and testing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 14300 Materials And Processes I

Materials And Processes I

An overview of structures, properties, processing, and applications of polymers, composites, laminates, biomaterials, green materials, nanomaterials, and pharmaceuticals commonly used in industry is presented. Problem solving skills are developed in the areas of material selection, evaluation, measurement, and testing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 14400 Materials And Processes II

Materials And Processes II

Fundamental programming concepts are introduced using an interpreted high level programming language. Programming topics such as variable types, arrays, input/output tasks, and conditional and repetition executions will be applied to address technical problems seen in the first two years of engineering technology curricula. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 16400 Computing In Engineering Technology

Computing In Engineering Technology

The principles of strength, stiffness, and stability are introduced and applied primarily to mechanical components. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 21100 Applied Strength Of Materials

Applied Strength Of Materials

This laboratory course focuses on testing of materials to determine their physical and mechanical properties. Students will verify physical testing through computer analysis using appropriate computer application and prepare reports from data secured from such tests and analysis.

MET 21102 Applied Strength Materials Lab

Applied Strength Materials Lab

Kinematics and kinetics principles of rigid-body dynamics are introduced. Emphasis is on the analysis of bodies in plane motion. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 21300 Dynamics

Dynamics

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, and refrigeration equipment. Typically offered Fall Spring.

MET 22000 Heat And Power

Heat And Power

Laboratory course that introduces the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer through energy systems. Permission of department required.

MET 22010 Heat-Power Laboratory

Heat-Power Laboratory

This course consists of the study of compressible and incompressible fluid statics and dynamics as applied to hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, motors, transmissions, and controls. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 23000 Fluid Power

Fluid Power

This course surveys the manufacturing processes and tools commonly used to convert cast and molded, formed, and joined materials into finished products.  It includes the fundamentals of material removal, measurement, statistical quality control, assembly processes, process planning and optimization, CNC programming and automated manufacturing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 24500 Manufacturing Systems

Manufacturing Systems

This course examines the concepts, devices, and common practices associated with modern industrial control systems. Common industrial control devices are studied. Students learn how to wire, program, and troubleshoot programmable logic controller (PLC) based control systems. PLC applications focus on interfacing and controlling a variety of electromechanical devices such as motors and pneumatic actuators. Industrial safety practices and procedures are emphasized throughout the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 28400 Introduction To Industrial Controls

Introduction To Industrial Controls

Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of Mechanical Engineering Technology is provided by MET faculty, subject to MET curriculum subcommittee approval.

MET 29000 Digital ALD

Digital ALD

Theory and practice of management, use and integration of computer-aided design systems, and related engineering tools and practices are studied as they are applied in the industrial enterprise. Emphasis is on course projects.

MET 30200 CAD In The Enterprise

CAD In The Enterprise

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 problem solving. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31300 Applied Fluid Mechanics

Applied Fluid Mechanics

The methods developed in statics, dynamics, and strength of materials are applied to the selection of basic machine components (gears, shafts, bearings, chain and belt drives, clutches and brakes, and motors). Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31400 Applications Of Machine Elements

Applications Of Machine Elements

Displacements, velocities, and accelerations are determined using graphical, semi-graphical, and numerical analyses of rotational and translational motions of common mechanisms such as linkages, cams, gears, screws, and chains as well as their loading. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31500 Applied Mechanism Kinematics And Dynamics

Applied Mechanism Kinematics And Dynamics

Concepts of stress and strain analysis under combined loadings are introduced. Analyses emphasize use of von Mises stress, Mohr's circle, static failure theories, and fatigue failure criteria. Structural joints and buckling are also analyzed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31601 Mechanics Of Machine Design

Mechanics Of Machine Design

A broad spectrum of equipment behavior is introduced through the study of four major operating parameters: vibration, noise, temperature, and lubrication. Emphasis is placed on measurement and analysis of data using diagnostic instrumentation and techniques found in modern process and manufacturing plants. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31700 Machine Diagnostics

Machine Diagnostics

Concepts of acoustics are applied to rooms, automotive applications, speakers, musical instruments, audio electronics, and other areas of interest.  Modeling and design skills are developed through applied labs and a semester project. Lectures and mathematical exercises are combined with hands-on labs and a semester project to link abstract and physical concepts.  As part of the semester project, a special fee will be assessed to be used towards materials for the semester project. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 31800 Applied Room Acoustics

Applied Room Acoustics

Following a review of fundamental concepts, advanced power and refrigeration cycles are analyzed. Applications such as gas mixtures, air-vapor mixtures, and chemical reactions of combustion processes are presented. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 32000 Applied Thermodynamics

Applied Thermodynamics

Hydraulic and pneumatic circuits and their steady state and time variant behavior as it affects the selection and design of components and systems used in fluid power transmission and motion control are studied. Emphasis is placed on industrial and mobile applications, but the principles also apply to aerospace, marine, and other fluid power systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 33400 Advanced Fluid Power

Advanced Fluid Power

Metals, polymers, ceramic, and composite materials are studied.  Crystal structure, molecular behavior, and the effects of various processes on material properties are considered.  Course emphasizes the development and control of material properties to meet engineering requirements and specifications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 34600 Advanced Materials In Manufacturing

Advanced Materials In Manufacturing

Concepts, knowledge, and skills in experimental mechanics, production processes, and design are integrated to manufacture a working musical instrument. Production concerns such as fixture design, process variability, and validation testing comprise key course elements.

MET 34900 Stringed Instrument Design And Manufacture

Stringed Instrument Design And Manufacture

Study of the procedures and techniques essential to industrial measurement and transmission of data is provided in the areas of microprocessor control, process control, and automated testing. Concepts of hysteresis, repeatability, weighted signals, span, suppression, range, and closed loop control are emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 38200 Controls And Instrumentation For Automation

Controls And Instrumentation For Automation

Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Intended for upper division students. Course content meets the MET Professional Experience requirement. Permission of department and instructor required.

MET 39200 Predictive Analytics ELI Proj

Predictive Analytics ELI Proj

MET 39200 Laboratory Assistant In Engineering Technology

Laboratory Assistant In Engineering Technology

MET 39200 Undergraduate Lab Assistant

Undergraduate Lab Assistant

MET 39200 HIRoLab Undergraduate Research

HIRoLab Undergraduate Research

MET 39200 Undergraduate Assistant At HiR

Undergraduate Assistant At HiR

MET 39200 Binder Jetting 3D Printer

Binder Jetting 3D Printer

MET 39200 Gait Rehab Sim II

Gait Rehab Sim II

This course deals with the planning for capstone projects. Methods to develop engineering requirements to meet project needs and formal design techniques are studied. Planning and design alternatives to meet cost, performance, and user-interface goals are emphasized. System tests and measurements are considered. Project planning, scheduling, and management techniques are studied. Different design approaches are compared. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 40100 Capstone Projects I

Capstone Projects I

This is the second of two courses in a capstone project sequence. Project management and system engineering methods are applied to solving an engineering problem. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 40200 Capstone Projects II

Capstone Projects II

The finite element method is introduced, with emphasis on modeling and interpretation of results. Linear static problems are solved using commercial FEA software, and FEA results are verified through laboratory tests and/or theoretical calculations. Topics include trusses, frames, plane stress/strain, torsion, 3D structures, buckling, and natural frequency/mode shape analyses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 41100 Introduction To The Finite Element Method

Introduction To The Finite Element Method

Heat gains and losses, heat-producing equipment, cooling, and refrigeration equipment are studied. System design is presented, including controls and instrumentation for commercial, industrial, and residential systems.

MET 42100 Air Conditioning And Refrigeration

Air Conditioning And Refrigeration

The theories and skills learned from prerequisite coursework are applied to the analysis and design of power plants and their systems and to selected technologies of energy conversion. Industrial procedures and methods are emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 42200 Power Plants And Energy Conversion

Power Plants And Energy Conversion

The course deals with the fundamentals of internal combustion engines, with emphasis on performance, efficiency, and emissions. A comprehensive review of engine/vehicle operating systems is conducted. Related topics such as turbocharging, fuel oxygenates, lubrication, and computerized engine management are presented. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 42600 Internal Combustion Engines

Internal Combustion Engines

Hydraulic feedback motion control systems, types, and applications are studied. Simulation and performance of closed loop control systems with single and multiple signal paths are emphasized. Dynamic system performance is predicted and evaluated. System parameters including accuracy, response speed, fluid compressibility effects, load disturbances, and nonlinear behavior of the components are studied. Typically offered Fall Spring.

MET 43200 Hydraulic Motion Control Systems

Hydraulic Motion Control Systems

The application of pneumatic motion control systems to industrial motion control and robotics is studied. Circuit design with control logic of both fluid and electronic types is stressed, as applied to pneumatic point-to-point and proportional controls. Control designs are implemented, tested, and evaluated in the laboratory.

MET 43600 Pneumatic Motion Control Systems

Pneumatic Motion Control Systems

Metals used in common engineering applications are studied to determine how their properties are achieved. Photomicrographic and other methods are employed to investigate the alloying, hotworking, coldworking, and heat treating processes of these metals. Detection, identification, and diagnosis of metal failure are included.

MET 44400 Applied Metallurgy

Applied Metallurgy

This course applies metalcasting principles from concept through final product. Students design and optimize essential elements of casting systems using both simulation and fabrication methods and testing.

MET 44500 Applied Metalcasting

Applied Metalcasting

Students will learn and do metalcasting from concept to product. Students design all elements of a casting system, optimize a casting process through simulation, fabricate a pattern, prepare sand, make a mold, and pour metal to generate a cast product. Students will also learn casting defect fundamentals. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 44500 Applied Projects In Metalcasting

Applied Projects In Metalcasting

(MFET 45100)  Quality control practices used in manufacturing industries; management, statistical control charts, reliability, sampling plans, economics, computer methods, and test equipment are presented and applied. Credit will not be granted for both MET 45100 and MFET 45100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 45100 Manufacturing Quality Control

Manufacturing Quality Control

This course explores the theory and application of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) to measurement systems and the programming necessary to insure product quality.

MET 45200 Advanced GD&T Concepts Applied To Product Quality

Advanced GD&T Concepts Applied To Product Quality

Fundamental concepts and applications of practical mechatronics are presented, with emphasis on product design, systems integration, and functional relationships between mechanical structure, sensor data, precision actuators, power resources, embedded microcontrollers, control logic, and drives. Students gain hands-on experience with mechatronics components and measurement equipment which is applied in a team-based design-build mechatronics system project.

MET 48200 Mechatronics

Mechatronics

Group instruction in new or specialty areas of mechanical engineering technology is provided by MET faculty, subject to MET curriculum subcommittee approval. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 49000 Advanced GD&T And CMM Training

Advanced GD&T And CMM Training

Group instruction in new or specialty areas of mechanical engineering technology is provided by MET faculty, subject to MET curriculum subcommittee approval. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty.

MET 49000 Aerospace Technology

Aerospace Technology

MET 49000 Applied Projects In MetalCast

Applied Projects In MetalCast

MET 49000 Applied Acoustics

Applied Acoustics

Independent project or study of a special topic is conducted under the supervision of appropriate MET faculty. Hours and subject matter must be arranged with the instructor and approved by the MET curriculum subcommittee before enrolling in the course. Permission of instructor required.

MET 49900 Gait Rehab Sim IV

Gait Rehab Sim IV

MET 49900 Heat Sink Design

Heat Sink Design

MET 49900 Mechanical Engineering Technology

Mechanical Engineering Technology

MET 49900 Hydraulic Drive VEH II

Hydraulic Drive VEH II

MET 49900 AIRpen DfManufacturing

AIRpen DfManufacturing

MET 49900 Injection Molding II

Injection Molding II

MET 49900 Gait Rehab Sim III

Gait Rehab Sim III

MET 49900 NDT Aircraft Robot

NDT Aircraft Robot

This course will introduce technology graduate students and senior undergraduates to the basic concepts of optimization methods with particular emphasis on applications in product and process design. Unconstrained nonlinear problems will be presented and solved using steepest descent and conjugate directions. Constrained problems will be solved using exterior penalty functions. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.

MET 50300 Applied Optimization

Applied Optimization

Introduction to the challenges faced by the practicing technologist when working and interacting with international technical personnel, both here and abroad, including history, standards, education, and practice of technology outside the United States. Typically offered Fall.

MET 52700 Technology From A Global Perspective

Technology From A Global Perspective

A study of the application of the engineering sciences and technology to the solution of problems associated with mechanical and electrical systems in buildings. Emphasizes commercial and industrial facilities. Identifying energy conservation measures for both mechanical and electrical systems and evaluating their economic impact are an important focus of the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 53000 Facilities Engineering Technology

Facilities Engineering Technology

The course focuses on optimal design of metalcastings to fit structural requirements (applied loads) and to assure sound manufacturability (castability). Students are expected to learn the general principles of design optimization through hands-on laboratory exercises based on the application of finite element and computational fluid dynamics software. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 53500 Optimization Of Metalcasting Design

Optimization Of Metalcasting Design

Advanced study of technical and professional topics. Emphasis is on new developments relating to technical, operational, and training aspects of industry and technology education.

MET 58100 Applied Metallurgy

MET 58100 Time Series ML Analytics

Time Series ML Analytics

Advanced study of technical and professional topics. Emphasis is on new developments relating to technical, operational, and training aspects of industry and technology education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

MET 58100 Applied Computational Methods

Applied Computational Methods

MET 58100 Digital Fabrication

Digital Fabrication

MET 58100 Dsgn Net Zero Residential Bld

Dsgn Net Zero Residential Bld

MET 58100 Welding Engineering

Welding Engineering

MET 58100 Welding Technology For Mfg/Ag

Welding Technology For Mfg/Ag

Independent study of a special problem under the guidance of a member of the staff. Does not substitute for either M.S. thesis or M.S. project credit. Permission of instructor required.

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