Engineering (ENGR)

100. Orientation to Engineering

First semester. One credit. Fifteen class periods of lecture, and eight seminar and discussion periods. Not open to Junior or Senior students in the School of Engineering. Not open for credit for students who have passed ENGR 150. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). 

A series of orientation lectures on the many fields of engineering, followed by a series of seminars and discussions in engineering discipline-specific sections on engineering topics.

150C. Introduction to Engineering I

Either semester. Three credits. Two lecture periods and one 2-hour discussion period. Not open for credit to Junior or Senior  students in the School of Engineering. Not open for credit for students who have passed ENGR 100 or 166. 

Introduction to engineering and the engineering profession. Topics include: problem solving, design projects, group work, oral and written reports, Fortran computer programming, and engineering graphics.

151. Introduction to Engineering II

Either semester. Three credits. Two lecture periods and one 2-hour discussion period. Prerequisite: ENGR 150C or CSE 110C, and MATH 110Q or 113Q or 115Q, which may be taken concurrently. Not open to Junior or Senior students in the School of Engineering. Not open for credit for students who have passed ENGR 100 or 166.

Introduction to engineering and the engineering profession through application of physical conservation principles in analysis and design. Topics include: problem solving, conservation laws, materials properties and selection, engineering economics, group design projects, and oral and written reports.

166. Foundations of Engineering

Second semester. Three credits.  Not open for credit to Junior - Senior students in the School of Engineering. Not open for credit for students who have passed ENGR 150 or 151. 

Introductory topics in a specific engineering major. Topics selected by Department or Program, or Regional Campus faculty. Students to select section based on their selected or intended major. In the context of the discipline, students would develop skills transferable to other engineering disciplines.

250. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology I

First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite ECE 245 or PHYS 230 or 261 or MMAT 267; and CHEM 127 or equivalent.

Fundamentals of electron and hole confinement in quantum well, wire and dot heterostructures, confinement of photons in photonic band gap structures, density of states in quantum wires; transport in quantum wires and dots, and single wall (SWNT) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes; operation of nano field-effect transistors: absorption and emission in quantum wires and dot structures; fabrication methodology to grow and assemble quantum wires and dots including self-assembly techniques for light-emitting diodes, transistors, lasers, and nanoelectromechanical (NEM) structures.

251. Nanotechnology II

(Also offered as ECE 251.) Second semester. Three credits. One-hour lecture and four-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: Senior standing and ECE 245 or ENGR 250.

Growth and characterization of carbon nanotube using vapor phase nucleation; growth of CdSe quantum dots using liquid phase precipitation and vapor phase MOCVD reactor; characterization using AFM and TEM and dynamic scattering techniques; device processing highlighting nanolithography (E-Beam), and self assembly techniques; project work involving fabrication of devices such as LEDs, carbon nanotube based FETs, and sensors using self-assembled quantum dots hosted in inorganic or organic/polymer layers.

289. EUROTECH Internship Abroad

Semester by arrangement. No credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

A six-month internship in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland for the EUROTECH Program. The student must arrange with the instructor for this internship at least one year before the intended departure date and participate in the orientation program. To successfully complete this course the student must submit periodic reports in German on the assigned work during the work period and a final report upon return.

295. Special Topics in Engineering

Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement, or as announced. Prerequisite and/or consent: Announced separately for each course. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit. 

Classroom and/or laboratory course in special topics as announced in advance for each semester.