Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Second Semester
INME 4032 1 Mechanical Engineering Lab. II
INME ---- 3 Mechanical Engineering Elective
INME ---- 3 Design Elective
INME 4058 3 Computer Aided Design
INME 4056 1 Manufacturing Processes Lab.
ELECTIVES 6 Free Electives
17
Total credits required for this program: 175
* Refer to the Academic Regulations section for
information on Advanced Placement.
** The fifteen (15) credit hours of Sociohumanistic
electives will be selected by the student, with the
advisor's approval, from a list of recommended
courses.
ALI SABZEVARI, Professor, Ph.D., 1967, Case
Western Reserve University, Ohio.
DAVID SERRANO, Professor, Sc.D., 1987,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
PAUL A. SUNDARAM, Professor, Ph.D., 1988, The
Ohio State University.
MIGUEL A. TORRES-FEBUS, Professor, Ph.D.,
1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
RICKY VALENTIN, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
2003, University of Maryland.
NELLORE VENKATARAMAN, Professor, Ph.D.,
1970, Purdue University.
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY
JAYANTA BANERJEE, Professor, Ph.D., 1969,
University of Waterloo.
SANDRA COUTIN, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1996, Kansas State University.
DAVID B. DOONER, Professor, Ph.D., 1991,
University of Florida, Gainesville.
NIHAD DUKHAN, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1996, University of Toledo, Illinois.
JORGE E. GONZALEZ-CRUZ, Professor, Ph.D.,
1994, Georgia Institute of Technology.
VIJAY K. GOYAL, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. 2002,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2002, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
YI JIA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1994, Harbin
Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
FREDERICK A. JUST-AGOSTO, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1997, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
INME 3810. PRODUCT DISSECTION. Two
credit hours. One hour of lecture and two hours of
workshop per week. Prerequisite: INGE 3011.
Product dissection to develop in students the ability
to understand the machines: its functionality,
history, social impact, design methodology, market
constraints and customer needs. Use of proper
technical vocabulary to describe mechanical and
electrical components. Develop oral, written and
drafting communication skills.
INME 4001. THERMODYNAMICS I. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture an one hour of
tutorage per week. Prerequisites: QUIM 3002 and
FISI 3172 and FISI 3174.
A study of the first and second laws of
thermodynamics; properties, equations of state, and
thermodynamic relations.
VIKRAM PANDYA, Assistant Professor, PhD,
1993, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbhai, India.
NESTOR L. PEREZ-BARRIOS, Professor, Ph.D.,
1988, University of Idaho.
FERNANDO E. PLA-BARBY, Professor, Ph.D.,
1978, University of Texas, Austin.
LOURDES M. ROSARIO, Professor, Ph.D., 1988,
University of Rhode Island.
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