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33 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 099KENNAMETAL YOUNG ENGINEERS

The semester-long Young Engineers Program, taught in conjunction 189

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 100Introduction to Engineering3

Required STEM Education Courses (9 credits)

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 105ENGINEERING GRAPHICS & DESIGN3

Introduction to engineering graphics and 3D design using SOLIDWORKS®. Topics include basic engineering drawing conventions and terminology, fundamentals of part modeling, assembly modeling, and engineering drawings in SOLIDWORKS®. Design projects are an integral part of this course.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: none. Prerequisites: none. Offered spring semester.

ENGR 115Intro to Engineering Computation3

Take four credits of Natural Science and Lab: 4

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 215Introduction to Circuits and

Measurements 3

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 220ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING ETHICS

This course provides students with the knowledge to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering and computing situations. Students will also learn how to make informed judgments and to articulate the impact of engineering and computing solutions when considering the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Course topics include basic ethical concepts, codes of ethics, ethical theories, ethical problem-solving techniques, and risk and safety. Students will analyze and discuss engineering and computing ethics case studies to reinforce the course material and to develop their skills in effective communication and the ability to acquire and apply new knowledge. Offered fall semester. 3 credits r

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 100 or CS 102 or Tier 1 SLO 6 core class.

ENGR 223STATICS3

Statics is the structural analysis of non-deformable bodies that are at equilibrium (i.e. - typically stationary). Students will use equilibrium of forces and moments to analyze various structures, including beams, trusses, and machines. Analysis of structures subjected to distributed loads is also addressed, along with methods to calculate internal shear forces and bending moments. Vectors, trigonometry, and algebra are used extensively.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: PH 111, MA-102 and MA-103, or MA-109, or MA-111. Offered fall semester and occasional spring semester.

ENGR 224DYNAMICS3

Dynamics is the analysis of particles, rigid bodies, and systems in motion. This course applies concepts such as kinematics, Newton's second law, work/energy, and impulse/momentum to analyze the behavior of moving particles, rigid bodies, and systems such as mechanical apparatuses. Vectors, trigonometry, calculus, and algebra are used extensively.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 223. Offered spring semester.

ENGR 226MATERIALS ENGINEERING3

An introductory materials science and engineering course. Students learn about atomic bonding and how material properties are influenced by structure and inherent defects. Emphasis is placed on strength and failure of metals, phase transformations, phase diagrams, and processing. Electrical and thermal properties are also considered.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: CH-101, MA-102 and MA-103, or MA- 109, or MA-111. Offered fall semester.

ENGR 228MATERIALS ENGINEERING LAB

Materials laboratory course that supports Materials Engineering (ENGR 226). Students will learn how to prepare metallic samples for mechanical testing and microstructure imaging. Students will also learn how to alter the microstructure and material properties of metallic samples through heat treatment. Students will be exposed to tensile testing and Charpy impact testing through a collaboration with an external testing facility. Failure mechanisms in metallic samples are also investigated through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Must be taken simultaneously with or after successful completion of

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 230Chemical Engineering Fundamentals3

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 235Introduction to Environmental

Engineering 3

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 240Engineering Design and Laboratory4

Additional Requirements (18 credits) The students in the Mathematics/Engineering program are also required to take two engineering electives and four technical electives. An engineering elective is any two-, three-, or four- credit Engineering course not required by the Mathematics/Engineering major. Technical elective courses are defined in the requirements for the Engineering major. See page 321 for typical eight semester degree plan. * * The recommended 8-semester program plans are listed at the end of the catalog. These plans are designed to be a road map to help students finish their degrees in a timely manner and should be utilized in consultation with their Academic Advisor. 69

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 310ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS3

Engineering Thermodynamics examines the phenomenon of energy and its applications to engineering problems. The principles of energy conservation, transformation, and transfer can be used to understand a large variety of processes, including power generation, building heating and cooling, chemical manufacturing, engine performance, biological processes, and more. This course will cover the first and second laws of thermodynamics, various forms of energy, entropy, heat, work, properties of substances as they relate to the above, and the use of control boundaries as a tool for problem solving.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: PH-111, CH-101. Offered fall semester.

ENGR 315JUNIOR ENGINEERING LABORATORY1

This laboratory course gives students the opportunity to apply topics from the core engineering curriculum. Students will prepare written laboratory reports and give an oral presentation on a self-designed experiment.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: credit
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 215 and 223. Offered spring semester.

ENGR 320MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Mechanics of materials analyzes the elastic deformations and stresses that arise in structural components from applied forces. Students will learn to analyze structures subjected to axial loads, torsion, and bending. Students will also learn to incorporate material properties and combined loading to design against mechanical failure.

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 223. Offered spring semester. 3 credits

ENGR 327SOFT MATERIALS

Soft materials are those which undergo large deformations with relatively small forces, and include polymers, elastomers, gels, biological materials, and even some fluids. These materials exhibit an extreme diversity of properties, behaviors, and applications, and have been increasingly utilized over the past several decades in a wide variety of consumer products and applications. This course will draw connections between the molecular structures of these materials and the properties (mechanical, chemical, optical, etc.) they exhibit, with a focus on plastics, rubbers, biological tissues, and composites. Topics of special interest may include "smart" (stimulus-responsive) materials, bio-inspired material design, adhesion, and bio-compatible materials. Prerequisites or co-requisite: ENGR 226. Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years. 3 credits

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 328RAPID FABRICATION This course introduces3

current manufacturing processes and rapid prototyping techniques. These include, but are not limited to, 3D printing (fusion deposition modeling and stereolithography), mold making and casting, thermoforming, laser cutting, and micro-fabrication. The class also introduces user-centered design.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 222. Offered spring semester.

ENGR 330FLUID MECHANICS3

This course introduces students to the flow of fluids under both steady and unsteady conditions through mass, momentum and energy balances on finite and differential systems. Topics include pressure and fluid statics, kinematics, flow in open and closed channels, dimensional analysis and modeling, lift and drag, and turbomachinery. Students will work to formulate the models necessary to study, analyze, and design fluid systems through the application of these concepts, and to develop the problem-solving skills essential to good engineering practice of fluid mechanics in practical applications.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: PH 111 and MA 112. Offered fall semester.

ENGR 340Heat and Mass Transport3

ENGR ENGR 200-level or higher class, 3 excluding those required in Engineering Core or in this

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 350Alternative Energy Systems3

See pages 294 for typical eight semester degree plan. * Materials Engineering Concentration

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 355INDEPENDENT STUDY/ENGINEERING

Studies to be chosen and developed by the student with the guidance of the professor directing the study. May be repeated. Prerequisite:

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated.
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 357STUDENT RESEARCH SEMINAR

Students will participate in research projects defined independently or in conjunction with Engineering faculty research programs. The expectations are approximately 3 hours of work per week, per credit. May be repeated. Credits may be counted towards the Technical Elective requirement for Engineering majors. 0-3 credits

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated.
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 360SEPARATION PROCESSES

This course provides the fundamentals of separation processes relevant to chemical engineering applications. Topics include mass transfer fundamentals, distillation, absorption, stripping, extraction, and leaching. Examples are drawn from numerous applications. Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years. 3 credits

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 230, and ENGR 310 or CH 232 or PH 215.

ENGR 366AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

Automatic control systems are devices that regulate their own behavior. Examples include home heating systems, cruise control, CNC machining, robotics, automatic material processing, and 191

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 368MECHATRONICS3

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field of engineering combining principles of mechanical design, electronics, and programming. This course will expand previous coursework in the above three areas, and apply those principles to the design and fabrication of electro- mechanical devices. This course includes a substantial hands-on component.

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 215. Offering varies.

ENGR 413FE EXAM PREPARATION

Weekly reviews and summaries of topics covered on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. 1 credit.

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 420Chemical Reaction Engineering3

See pages 293 for the typical eight semester degree plan. * Environmental Engineering Concentration

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 425ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Introducing concepts related to engineering project management. Defining roles and responsibilities, analyzing program risk, developing schedules and budgets. Concepts of resource management, team management, stake holder management, risk management, schedule management, and knowledge management are presented and discussed using actual and conjured case studies. The course includes considerable in-class discussion and student presentation. Prerequisite: ENGR 240 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester of even-numbered years. 3 credits

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 450JUNIOR CAPSTONE SEMINAR

This is the first of a three-semester capstone design project sequence Students will learn teamwork, project management skills and tools, and will review the engineering design process. Around midsemester, students will be assigned to capstone teams to begin work on a comprehensive design project. The second half of the semester will focus on research, stakeholder engagement, and problem definition, culminating in a final presentation, foundation report, and preliminary action plan. Corequisite: ENGR 240. Offered spring semester. One Credit.

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 451CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT I

This is the second of a three-semester capstone design project sequence. This course focuses on the conceptual and preliminary design stages of the project. Students build on prior coursework to develop a solution to a complex engineering problem that meets desired needs and specifications within given constraints.

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu
Prerequisite: ENGR 450. Offered fall semester. Two credits.

ENGR 452Capstone Design Project II2

Technical Elective (3 credits) Students pursuing concentrations in chemical engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering must take at least one three-credit course from the following list of science, mathematics, computer science, and engineering courses as a technical elective. Students pursuing the environmental engineering concentration must take an engineering course as a technical elective. Note that students must have the required prerequisites to take any of these courses. In addition, this technical elective cannot be satisfied by AP or IB credit, or by independent study or independent research courses. Any 100-level or 200-level Biology course

Subject: ENGR
Credits (min): 2
Credits (max): 2
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

ENGR 550ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Work experience program extending the learning experience beyond the college into the world of work. Students are employed in an area related to their academic endeavor. Academic credits are awarded according to the extent of the work experience. Students may or may not be paid depending on the site. The purpose of the program is to integrate academic studies and employment activities. May be repeated. Variable credit.

Subject: ENGR
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated.
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: www.stvincent.edu

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