courses of instruction - Lafayette College

ENGINEERING/MECHANICAL
ing ladder logic implemented on pro
grammable logic controllers is presented
and aspects of ditital control are explored.
Prerequisite: ME 352. Corequisite: ME 478.
Offered in fall semester. S taff
497. Senior Design Project I. In the first
course of a two-semester sequence, a com
prehensive, open-ended design project of
the student's choice is carried through to
a prearranged stage of partial completion.
Design criteria and objectives are formu
lated, and techniques of engineering anal
ysis and synthesis are applied to obtain a
design that achieves them. Students docu
ment their achievements through oral and
written presentations. Prerequisites: ME
210, 350, 353. Corequisites: ME 470,478.
Offered in fall semester. Staff
498. Senior Design Project II. In the
second course of a two-semester sequence,
a comprehensive, open-ended design
project of the student's choice is carried
through to completion. Engineering analy
sis and synthesis are applied to obtain a
design that best meets previously formu
lated design criteria and objectives. Stu
dents document their accompliments
through oral and written presentations.
Prerequisites: ME 497. Offered in spring
semester. Staff
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES
Senior technical electives in mechanical engi
neering are courses applying the fundamentals
of design, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics,
and heat transfer to mechanical engineering
problems. These courses give advanced stu
dents additional opportunity to study the ap
plication of engineering methods and provide a
sound basis for graduate study in these areas.
These courses are offered when staff is available
and when a sufficient number of students have
registered for them in either term of the senior
year.
461. Advanced Mechanism Design. An
advanced course in mechanism analysis
and design. Topics include analysis of
flexible and spatial mechanisms, kinemat
ic design and synthesis, and mechanism
102
dynamics. The design of mechanisms will
emphasize optimization of kinematic
function, component size and selection,
power transfer, link flexibility, and mecha
nism balancing. Prerequisite: ME 361. Staff
472. Advanced Dynamics. A study of vi
brations of mechanical systems to include
treatment of the free and forced vibrations
of lumped mass and continuous systems.
The physical behavior of these sytems un
der steady state and transient vibration is
investigated. Matrix methods are utilized
in the treament of multidegree of freedom
systems. Prerequisites: ME 240, 352, 353.
Offered in spring semester. Staff
476. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Condi
tioning. The study of the applications of
thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat
transfer, and other engineering principles
to the design of interior environmental
control systems. Consideration is given to
the total energy concept of environmental
control in light of present energy concerns.
Prerequisites: ME 350, 362. Pre- or corequi-
site: ME 470. S taff
477. Internal Combustion Engines. The
study of the application of thermodynam
ics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and oth
er engineering principles relating to the
design, performance, and economy of in
ternal combustion engines and gas tur
bines. This course also includes the effect
and control of automotive emissions. Pre
requisites: ME 350, 362. Staff
483. Power Plants. The study of the appli
cations of thermodynamics, fluid mechan
ics, heat transfer, and other engineering
principles to the design and operation of
power plants. Prerequisite: ME 470. Staff
484. Advanced Design. Study of selected
topics such as optimum design, comput
erized design of linkages, solar energy
devices, wind generating systems and/or
noise control depending on student inter
ests. Prerequisite: ME 353. S taff
485. Advanced Heat Transfer. Further
development of heat transfer principles