Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
JOSE E. CRESPO-BADILLO, Instructor, M. Arch,
1997, State University of New York at Buffalo.
MIGUEL A. CRUZ-AROCHO, Professor, M.S
Env. E., 1977, Georgia Institute of Technology.
MEGH GOYAL-AGGARWAL, Professor, Ph.D.,
1979, Ohio State University.
WILFREDO IRIZARRY-RUPERTO, Associate
Professor, M.Arch., 1973, University of Puerto Rico.
ENRIQUE A. MAESTRE-KOPPISCH, Professor,
M.S.M.E., 1974, University of Puerto Rico.
LIONEL R. ORAMA, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1997, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
ALLAN L. PHILLIPS, Professor, Ph.D., 1967,
University of California.
LUIS F. PUMARADA-O'NEILL, Professor, Ph.D.,
1986, Northwestern University.
JAIME B. RAMIREZ-VICK, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1997, Arizona State University.
MARIO RIVERA-BORRERO, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1997, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
JOSEPH ROBINSON, Assistant Professor, MA,
1984, Counseling Psychology, Seton Hall University.
WILMA SANTIAGO, Assistant Professor,
M. Arch., 1992, University of Wisconsin.
MAREK RYSZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1981, Technical
University of Cracow (Poland).
JEANNETTE SANTOS-CORDERO, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1995, Louisiana State University.
BASIR SHAFIQ, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1996,
University of Illinois.
ANAND D. SHARMA, Professor, Ph.D., 1980,
Texas A&M University.
ARSALAN SHOKOOH, Professor, Ph.D., 1977,
Illinois Institute of Technology.
WALTER SILVA-ARAYA, Professor, Ph.D., 1993,
Washington State University.
OSCAR MARCELO-SUAREZ, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2000, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
FREYA TOLEDO-FERIA, Associate Professor,
M.S.I.E., 1985, University of Massachusetts.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
GENERAL ENGINEERING
INGE 3007. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Introduction to the history of technology and
engineering, from the Stone Age to the Industrial
Revolution, emphasizing the relationships between
technology, energy, and society. Focuses on
Western history and cultures; with examples from
Puerto Rico. Includes field trips and student
presentations.
INGE 3011. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS I. Two
credit hours. One hour of lecture and two one-andone-half-hour
laboratories per week.
Principles of graphic language: Fundamentals of
delineation, analysis and solution of space
problems, symbols and standards as applied in
engineering. Freehand drawing as a tool for
visualization. Principles of orthographic
projection, sections, auxiliary views and
conventional practices. Pictorial drawings:
axonometric, oblique and perspective. Introduction
to descriptive geometry. Hand and computer-aided
drawing.
INGE 3012. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS II.
Two credit hours. Two two-hours of lecturedrawing
periods per week. Prerequisite: INGE
3011.
Underlying principles of the graphic language:
fundamentals of delineation, analysis and solution
of space problems, symbols and standards as
applied to engineering, spatial geometry: distances
between planes and lines, angles between lines and
planes, rotation problems. Introduction to graphical
mathematics and nomography.
INGE 3016. ALGORITHMS AND COMPUTER
PROGRAMMING. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATE
3031 or MATE 3144 or MATE 3183.
Development of algorithms and their
implementation in a structured high level language.
Programming techniques applied to the solution of
engineering and mathematical problems.
OSWALD N.C. UWAKWEH, Associate Professor,
1990, Universite De Nancy1, France.
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