Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
INME 4019. ENERGY AUDITING AND
MANAGEMENT. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INME
4001 or INQU 4011.
Fundamental concepts of energy engineering;
principles and methods related to the use,
conservation, auditing and management of energy
sources.
INME 4027. POWER PLANT ENGINEERING.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and three
of computation per week. Prerequisites: INME
4002 and INME 4015.
The application of fundamental concepts of thermal
sciences and economics to the analysis of power
generating stations; emphasis on steam and gas
systems.
INME 4028. FLUID MACHINERY. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour
computation period per week. Prerequisites: INGE
4015 and INME 4002.
A presentation of the engineering applications of
fluid mechanics in the study and design of fluid
machinery, such as axial and centrifugal fans,
blowers and compressors, pumps, fluid couplings,
torque converters and turbines.
INME 4031. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY I. One credit hour. One threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisites: INME
4015, INEL 4076 and INME 4002.
Principles and application of the data acquisition
planning. Instrumentation technique; analysis and
reduction of data and technical report writing.
INME 4032. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY II. One credit hour. One threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INME
4031.
Continuation of INME 4031. Experiments and
projects in Mechanical Engineering and related
fields.
INME 4035. REFRIGERATION AND AIR
CONDITIONING. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INME
4015 and INME 4002.
A comprehensive study of the fundamentals of air
conditioning; psychometric calculations; comfort,
health and industrial processes requirements;
heating and cooling loads; air conditioning
equipment and its selection.
INME 4037. INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINES. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: INME 4015.
A presentation and study of modern spark-ignition
and compression-ignition engines, including types
and characteristics; operating power cycles;
combustion phenomena; engine performance; heat
losses and efficiencies.
INME 4039. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRACTICE. Three credit hours. Thirty five hours
per week for seven (7) or more weeks during the
Summer or its equivalent during the semester.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
A course organized in cooperation with private
industry or government to provide the student with
practical experience in mechanical engineering.
The work performed by the student will be jointly
supervised by the Academic Department and an
appropriate official from the cooperating
organization. An oral and written report will be
required from the student upon completion of the
project.
INME 4045. GENERAL THERMODYNAMICS
FOR ENGINEERS. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: QUIM
3002 and either (FISI 3172 or FISI 3162 or FISI
3012).
Fundamental laws and principles of
thermodynamics and their application in
engineering. Thermodynamic and energetic
concepts, properties of pure substances, heat
transfer, heat engines.
INME 4055. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INGE 4001.
Different manufacturing processes and machine
tools; influence of the method of fabrication upon
the properties of materials; computer and numerical
control of machine-tools; use of plastics.
INME 4056. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
LABORATORY. One credit hour. One three-hour
laboratory per week. Co-requisite: INME 4055.
Demonstrations and operation of machine-tools in
modern manufacturing.
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