38 courses with the subject ENGN, 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.
ENGN 1205Engineering Marvels4
Engineering has evolved over the years as technology and society has advanced. This course investigates technical engineering concepts, the evolution of engineering, and the historical and cultural significance of engineering through the study of ancient and modern engineering marvels around the world. A framework of basic engineering analysis and historical context for the marvels are explored before travel. Site visits and tours take place abroad to explore these marvels firsthand.
Instructor consent Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 This intensive, 4-credit spring course blends engineering concepts with design thinking to solve real- world community challenges. Open to all majors, students partner with local organizations during an international travel component to prototype and implement sustainable, user-centered solutions. The curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, project management, and civic engagement. This course satisfies the experiential work requirement at W&L.
MATH 1220 with a grade of C or greater. Credits: 3 An introduction to engineering and architectural drawings. Emphasis is placed on using computer software to create two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models. Specific topics include orthographic projections, pictorials, assembly drawings, dimensioning practices, and techniques for three-dimensional visualization.
ENGN 1720How Engineers Create - Design Decisions and Responsibility3
The primary purpose of engineering is to create solutions to problems, from designing bridges for the morning commute, to improving the yield of semiconductor fabrication, to developing life-saving biomedical implants. Yet, how does an engineer know that they are creating the best solution, or even a good one? This course explores what engineers do and how they create by following a design process. Students study how engineering design decisions are made under constraints, uncertainty, and competing priorities. Students will consider the input of stakeholders who are directly or indirectly involved while ensuring that the health, safety, and welfare of the public is held paramount. Students will examine how external influences such as socioeconomic factors, cultural convention, and public policy can be accounted for without introducing bias. In doing so, students will reflect on the responsibility of an engineer, the potential pitfalls in the engineering design process, the importance of clear communication, and the ability to build and maintain an effective and efficient path toward a solution.
PHYS 1101 with a grade of C or greater. Credits: 3 The science of mechanics is used to study bodies in equilibrium under the action of external forces. Emphasis is on problem solving: trusses, frames and machines, centroids, area moments of inertia, beams, cables, and friction.
ENGN 2110 with a grade of C or greater. Credits: 3 A study of kinetics of particles and rigid bodies including force, mass, acceleration, work, energy, and momentum.
ENGN 2130Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering3
PHYS 1102 and MATH 2100 . Credits: 3 Study of a collection of mathematical techniques particularly useful in upper-level courses in physics and engineering: vector differential operators such as gradient, divergence, and curl; functions of complex variables; Fourier analysis; orthogonal functions; matrix algebra and the matrix eigenvalue problem; ordinary and partial differential equations.
PHYS 1102 with a grade of C or greater Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 A detailed study of electrical circuits analysis techniques and practical system design. Core topics covered include DC and AC circuits; amplifiers and basic semiconductor devices; analog-to-digital converters; and microcontroller programming. The lab acquaints the student with fundamental electronic diagnostic equipment. Emphasis is placed on designing, building, and analyzing practical sensors and systems bridging the analog and digital domains.
ENGN 2310 Credits: 0 A detailed study of electrical circuits and the methods used in their analysis. Basic circuit components, as well as devices such as operational amplifiers, are investigated. The laboratory acquaints the student both with fundamental electronic diagnostic equipment and with the design and behavior of useful circuits.
ENGN 2110 . Credits: 4 This course introduces students to the principles of engineering design through first-hand experience with a design project that culminates in a design competition. In this project-based course, the students gain an understanding of computer-aided drafting, machining techniques, construction methods, design criteria, progress- and final-report writing, and group presentations.
ENGN 2505Numerical Methods for Engineering and Physics4
PHYS 1102 Credits: 4 This course introduces students to computer programming and a variety of numerical methods used for computation-intensive work in engineering and physics. Numerical integration, difference approximations to differential equations, stochastic methods, graphical presentation, and nonlinear dynamics are among the topics covered. Students need no previous programming experience.
MATH 2100 and PHYS 1102 with a grade of C or greater Credits: 3 A study of the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics, thermodynamic properties of matter, and applications to engineering processes.
PHYS 1101 with a grade of C or greater Credits: 3 An introduction to solid state materials. A study of the relation between microstructure and the corresponding physical properties for metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites.
ENGN 3311 Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 3 Internal equilibrium of members; introduction to mechanics of continuous media; concepts of stress, material properties, principal moments of inertia; deformation caused by axial loads, shear, torsion, bending and combined loading.
ENGN 3310 Credits: 1 Experimental observation and correlation with theoretical predictions of elastic behavior of structures under static loading; statically determinate loading of beams; tension of metals; torsion; and computer models for stress analysis.
ENGN 2130 and MATH 3500 ; and either ENGN 2120 or PHYS 2300 . All with a grade of C or greater
Corequisite
ENGN 3321 Credits: 3 Fluid statics; application of the integral mass, momentum, and energy equations using control volume concepts; introduction to viscous flow, boundary layer theory, and differential analysis.
ENGN 3320 Credits: 1 Experimental investigation of fluid mechanics under static and dynamic conditions. Correlation of experimental results with theoretical models of fluid behavior. Experiments examine concepts such as hydrostatic force, fluid kinematics, kinetics, and energy.
MATH 3500 and either ENGN 2120 or PHYS 2300 with a grade of C or greater Credits: 3 Analysis of lumped parameter and continuous systems (free and forced, damped and undamped, single- and multi-degree-of-freedom); transient response to shock pulses; simple linear systems; exact and approximate solution techniques; and solution to continuous systems using partial differential equations.
MATH 3500 ; and ENGN 3320 with a grade of C or greater. Credits: 3 Principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. Topics include transient and steady state analysis, boiling, condensation, and heat exchanger analysis. Application of these principles to selected problems in engineering.
ENGN 1710 , ENGN 2120 , ENGN 2310 , and ENGN 2130 ; and ENGN 3310 or ENGN 3320 ; and ENGN 2550 , ENGN 2520 , ENGN 2560 , ENGN 2570 , ENGN 2905 , ENGN 3310 , ENGN 3320 , ENGN 3540 , ENGN 3520 , or ENGN 3905 . All courses with a grade of C or greater.
Corequisite
ENGN 3711 Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 First term of the year-long capstone design project in which student teams solve open-ended engineering problems by integrating and synthesizing engineering design and analysis learned in previous courses. Project topics vary year-to-year and are driven by student interest. The fall term is dedicated to the design and planning phases. This includes project topic selection; comprehensive study of necessary background material; and identification of design objectives, conceptual models, and materials and equipment needed.
ENGN 3721 Credits: 4 Second term of the year-long capstone design project in which student teams solve open-ended engineering problems by integrating and synthesizing engineering design and analysis learned in previous courses. Project topics vary year-to-year and are driven by student interest. The winter term is dedicated to implementation – building, testing, analyzing, and revising the design, culminating with a public presentation and proof-of-concept demonstration.
ENGN 3720 Credits: 0 Laboratory component of Capstone Design course.
ENGN 3905Special Topics in Engineering3
Advanced work in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, or materials science, or additional upper-level engineering topics. Topics selected based on student interest.
Subject
ENGN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for a maximum of six credits if the topics are different.
Instructor consent Credits: 1 A special course of instruction, reading and investigation designed to serve the needs of individual students in a selected field of proposed engineering endeavor.
ENGN 4002Directed Individual Study2
Subject
ENGN
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for degree credit with permission.
Instructor consent Credits: 2 A special course of instruction, reading and investigation designed to serve the needs of individual students in a selected field of proposed engineering endeavor.
ENGN 4003Directed Individual Study3
Subject
ENGN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for degree credit with permission.
Instructor consent Credits: 3 A special course of instruction, reading and investigation designed to serve the needs of individual students in a selected field of proposed engineering endeavor.
Instructor consent Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Directed research in engineering. May be repeated for degree credit. May be carried out during the summer.
Previous research experience, senior standing, declared major in engineering or integrated engineering, and instructor consent. Credits: 3 Culminates in the writing of a thesis on original scholarship undertaken with the guidance of a faculty adviser. May also involve additional research in engineering, individual or group conferences with the faculty adviser, literature review, interim reports, and dissemination activities.
