8 courses with the subject ENGR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENGR 261Engineering Thermodynamics
Engineering Thermodynamics explores the relationship between energy, heat, and work. Students develop the analytical skills to model the movement of energy through a system. Major topics include the laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer processes, control volume analysis, engine cycles, gas and vapor power systems, and refrigeration and heat pump systems. These thermodynamic processes are fundamental to a wide variety of engineering fields. Offered every other year during spring semester. Prerequisites: PHYS 130 and PHYS 131, or PHYS 124, PHYS 125, and CSCI 121 or CSCI 125; and MATH 126.
Students engage in in-depth study of particular topics in engineering in a full-semester format. Topics are based on student interest and available staff. Potential course topics include Renewable Energy Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Signals and Systems, and Optics. This course includes weekly laboratory sessions. Offered periodically. Prerequisites: PHYS 130 and PHYS 131 OR PHYS 124, PHYS 125, and CSCI 121 (or CSCI 125) and MATH 126 or equivalent.
Students engage in in-depth study of particular topics in engineering in a full-term. Topics are based on student interest and available staff. Potential course topics include Renewable Energy Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Signals and Systems, and Optics. Offered periodically. Prerequisites: PHYS 130 and PHYS 131 OR PHYS 124, PHYS 125, and CSCI 121 (or CSCI 125) and MATH 126 or equivalent.
This course gives students the opportunity to work on real world physics and engineering problems. Companies, non-profits, and other organizations provide projects relevant and important to the organizations' goals. Students work in teams to approach these projects from an engineering design perspective that emphasizes hands-on work, prototyping, and organizational skills. Offered annually during January Term. Prerequisite: PHYS 244 or permission of the instructor.
How do we ensure complex structures don't fail? How can we model air flow around a wind turbine? How does heat get distributed as a rocket reenters the atmosphere? To solve real-world problems, computational tools are essential in the engineer's toolbox. Students will learn and apply numerical methods for interpolation, differentiation, integration, and solving ordinary and partial differential equations. After grasping these fundamentals, students will use finite element simulation software to model increasingly complex systems. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: PHYS 130, PHYS 131 (or PHYS 124, PHYS 125, and CSCI 121 or CSCI 125), MATH 226, MATH 230.
This is the first 0.5 credit course in a two course sequence that is part of the Engineering Fellows experience. Students engage in a team-based engineering design project alongside a domain expert within the St. Olaf Community. Students also participate in professional development activities in preparation for continuing in the field of engineering and engage in a community based activity to support youth interest in engineering. Open only to juniors and seniors. Prerequisites: PHYS 130 and PHYS 131 (or PHYS 124, PHYS 125 and CSCI 121 or CSCI 125); PHYS 160 or permission of the instructor.
This is the second 0.5 credit course in a two course series that is part of the Engineering Fellows experience. Students engage in a team-based engineering design project alongside a domain expert within the St. Olaf Community. Students also participate in professional development activities in preparation for continuing in the field of engineering and engage in a community based activity to support youth interest in engineering. Prerequisite: ENGR 390; Open only to juniors and seniors. OLE Core Requirement: OLE Experience in Practice.
Independent work is guided by a faculty member. Students need to have the necessary background, including appropriate coursework, before an independent project is approved. A student may not substitute an IS/IR course for a course regularly offered in a department or program. IS/IR culminates in at least one product (a paper, laboratory report, work of art, etc.). Normally, the student and faculty instructor are expected to meet at least once a week. See catalog for more information under registration and course enrollment. Prerequisites: at least second-year standing; at least 5 relevant courses for 398 (IR); approval from the faculty instructor, the academic advisor, and the department chair or program director.
