Engineering (EGR) at Danville Community College
- EGR 100 - Engineering Technology Orientation
- Focuses on the roles and responsibilities of the engineering team, professional ethics, problem solving with hand calculator and computer applications.Laboratory 2 hours per week.
1 credits - EGR 115 - Engineering Graphics
- Applies principles of orthographic projection, and multi- view drawings. Teaches descriptive geometry including relationships of points, lines, planes and solids. Introduces sectioning, dimensioning and computer graphic techniques. Includes instruction in Computer Aided Drafting.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits - EGR 120 - Introduction to Engineering
- Introduces the engineering profession, professional concepts, ethics, and responsibility. Reviews hand calculators, number systems, and unit conversions. Introduces the personal computer and operating systems. Includes engineering problem solving techniques using computer software.Lecture 0-2 hours. Laboratory 0-3 hours. Total 1-4 hours per week.
1-2 credits - EGR 124 - Introduction to Engineering and Engineering Methods
- Introduces the engineering profession, professionalism, and ethics. Covers problem presentation, engineering calculations, digital computer applications, word processing, worksheets, programming, and elementary numerical methods. Design project also includes using presentation software, database searching, and prototyping.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 125 - Introduction to Engineering Methods
- Applies problem-solving techniques to engineering problems utilizing computer programming and algorithms in a higher level computer language such as FORTRAN, PASCAL, or C++.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - EGR 126 - Computer Programming for Engineers
- Introduces computers, their architecture and software. Teaches program development using flowcharts. Solves engineering problems involving programming in languages such as FORTRAN, PASCAL, or C++.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 1-2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 140 - Engineering Mechanics - Statics
- Introduces mechanics of vector forces and space, scalar mass and time, including S.I. and U.S. customary units. Teaches equilibrium, free-body diagrams, moments, couples, distributed forces, centroids, moments of inertia analysis of two- force and multi-force members and friction and internal forces.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - EGR 196 - On-Site Training
- Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - EGR 198 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - EGR 206 - Engineering Economics
- Presents economic analysis of engineering alternatives. Studies economic and cost concepts, calculation of economic equivalence, comparison of alternatives, replacement economy, economic optimization in design and operation, depreciation, and after tax analysis.Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits - EGR 235 - Material and Energy Balances
- Covers fundamental chemical engineering topics including engineering problem solving, stoichiometric and composition relationships, material balances, energy balances, chemical operations and processes, reactive and non-reactive systems (batch, continuous, single-phase and multi-phase). Introduces thermodynamics and physical chemistry.3 credits
- EGR 245 - Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics
- Presents approach to kinematics of particles in linear and curvilinear motion. Includes kinematics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Teaches Newton's second law, work-energy and power, impulse and momentum, and problem solving using computers.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 246 - Mechanics of Materials
- Teaches concepts of stress, strain, deformation, internal equilibrium, and basic properties of engineering materials. Analyzes axial loads, torsion, bending, shear and combined loading. Studies stress transformation and principle stresses, column analysis and energy principles.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 248 - Thermodynamics for Engineering
- Studies formulation of the first and second law of thermodynamics. Presents energy conversion, concepts of energy, temperature, entropy, and enthalpy, equations of state of fluids. Covers reversibility and irreversibility in processes, closed and open systems, cyclical processes and problem solving using computers.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - EGR 293 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - EGR 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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