EE 4290 - Mechanics and Control of Robotic Manipulators

• Students will be able to calculate the mobility (number of degrees-of-freedom) of planar and spatial structures, mechanisms, and serial and parallel robots.
• Students will be able to use the mathematical basis of motion description, including rotation matrices.
• Students will be able to derive the standard Denavit-Hartenberg parameters for planar and spatial serial robot chains.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate the forward pose kinematics solution for serial robots.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate the inverse pose kinematics solution for serial robots.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate forward and inverse velocity kinematics for serial robots, including Jacobians, static forces/torques, singularities, and simulation of resolved rate control.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate joint-space trajectory generation polynomials.
• Students will be able to perform kinematic calculations for example kinematically-redundant serial robots, including simulation of resolved rate control.
• Students will be able to perform kinematic calculations for example parallel robots.

EE 4290A - Honors Experience: Mechanics & Control of Robotic Manipulators

EE 4313 - Optoelectronics and Photonics

• Students will be able to describe contemporary issues in photonics and optoelectronics.
• Students will be able to explain fundamentals of basic passive and active photonic and optoelectronic devices and their characteristics.
• Students will be able to explain how to describe and derive fundamental parameters of passive and active photonic and optoelectronic devices.

EE 4323 - Solar Cell and Photovoltaics

• Students will be able to employ engineering tools and practices in PV systems design and diagnostics.
• Students will be able to explain contemporary issues in solar cells and PV systems.
• Students will be able to explain the physics of materials used for solar cells.
• Students will be able to identify solar cell parameters critical for designing solar cell arrays and PV systems for a specific practical application.

EE 4403 - Antenna and Microwave Theory

• Students should be able to understand array theory and apply it to various design problems.
• Students should obtain the knowledge and ability to understand and use fundamental antenna parameters (directivity, effective aperture, input impedance, pattern, etc.)
• Students should understand guided wave propagation at microwave and optical frequencies.
• Students should understand the fundamental physics behind antenna radiation and apply the radiation integrals to various wire geometries.

EE 4523 - Introduction to Electric Power System Engineering and Analysis

• Student will have an understanding of power flow analysis and simulations.
• Student will have an understanding of power system stability.
• Students will be able to analyze power networks using the per unit system.
• Students will be able to utilize power system analysis software.
• Students will have a broad understanding of the electric power system including current challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
• Students will have a understanding of symmetrical components and fault analysis.
• Students will have an understanding of the major components of the power system including transmission lines, transformers.

EE 4673 - Embedded Systems

• Students will be able to apply some of the above knowledge in the design of a distributed embedded system in a laboratory environment.
• Students will be able to define embedded systems using requirements.
• Students will have an understanding of communications protocols widely used in networked embedded systems.
• Students will have an understanding of defining interfaces and the use of mixed-signal systems.
• Students will have an understanding of design methodology and tools.
• Students will have an understanding of distributed embedded systems.
• Students will have an understanding of fault tolerance.
• Students will have an understanding of micro-controllers, low-power microprocessors, digital signal processors, and field programmable gate arrays and their use in embedded systems.
• Students will have an understanding of the economy of embedded systems.
• Students will have an understanding of the history and impact of embedded systems.
• Students will have an understanding of the timing aspects of embedded systems.

EE 4683 - Computer Architecture

• Ability to apply parallel processing approaches to design scalar and superscalar processors.
• Ability to describe data access from magnetic and optical disk drives.
• Ability to explain how to use interrupts to implement I/O control and data transfers.
• Ability to explain the different parallel processing paradigms and their usefulness and applicability.
• Ability to identify various types of buses in a computer system.
• Ability to understand advance topics in memory management including multi-level caching and virtual memory organizations.
• Ability to understand advanced concepts of instruction level parallelism: out-of-order execution, loop unrolling and dynamic scheduling.
• Ability to understand how cache coherence is implemented in shared memory multiprocessors that allow sharing of data.
• Ability to understand limitations of instruction level parallelism and further advances into multithreading and multicore architectures.
• Ability to understand the factors that contribute to computer performance, understand its limitations and select the most appropriate performance metrics while evaluating a computer.
• Ability to understand various performance factors of interconnection networks in terms of topology, bisection bandwidth and link bandwidth.

EE 4713 - Communication Engineering

• Students will be able to perform a basic link budget analysis.
• Students will be able to describe main resources and components of comm systems.
• Students will be able to employ probability, random process analysis to communication signals.
• Students will be able to quantitatively compare analog modulations (SNR, BW).
• Students will be able to quantitatively compare digital modulations (Pb, BW, complexity).
• Students will be able to quantitatively describe baseband digital signals.

EE 4773 - Foundations of Hardware Security

• Students will be able to describe the ethical responsibilities associated with hardware hacking.
• Students will be able to analyze security countermeasures such as physically uncloneable functions and logic locking.
• Students will be able to distinguish between simple and differential power analysis of side channels.
• Students will be able to appraise and analyze the “root of trust” of a secure system.
• Students will be able to design security countermeasures using digital watermarking and fingerprinting techniques.
• Students will be able to analyze bus snooping attacks on intra circuit bus protocols.
• Students will be able to develop and apply techniques used to detect hardware trojans.

EE 4853 - Electronic Navigation Systems

• Students will be able to explain the concepts of positioning and navigation.
• Students will be able to execute conversions between a variety of coordinate frames utilized in navigation and positioning.
• Students will be able to solve for airspeed and altitude using air data measurements.
• Students will be able to solve for position using linearized measurement equations.
• Students will be able to explain the influence of relative transmitter locations on positioning performance.
• Students will be able to explain the concepts of inertial navigation, VOR, DME, ILS and GPS.
• Students will be able to use GPS receiver measurements in the computation of a position solution.

EE 4900 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering

• Students will be able to meet the outcomes of the course as established by the instructor.

EE 4913 - Programmable Logic Controllers

• Students will be able to analyze industrial applications to determine suitability of using a programmable logic controller.
• Students will be able to explain programmable logic controller architecture.
• Students will be able to create new programs for programmable logic controllers.

EE 4953 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design I

• Students will be able to adapt and apply engineering knowledge to a challenging design experience that incorporates an awareness of important non-technical issues, develops an ability to communicate effectively and instills a sense of self as a learner.
• Students will be able to Function in Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
• Students will be able to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
• Students will be able to take business-related issues into account in engineering design.
• Students will be able to act in accordance with professional and ethical standards.
• Students will be able to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs while observing relevant engineering standards.
• Students will be able to deliver organized, polished, and credible design reviews that clearly convey the project scope and engineering approach by using terminology appropriate for a technical audience and incorporating supporting technical knowledge.

EE 4963 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design II

• Students will be able to adapt and apply engineering knowledge to a challenging design experience that incorporates an awareness of important non-technical issues, develops an ability to communicate effectively and instills a sense of self as a learner.
• Students will be able to function in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Students will be able to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constrains such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
• Students will be able to take business-related issues into account in engineering design.
• Students will be able to act in accordance with professional and ethical standards.
• Students will be able to deliver organized, polished, and credible design reviews that clearly convey the project scope and engineering approach by using terminology appropriate for a technical audience and incorporating supporting technical knowledge.

EM 1010 - Introduction to Electronic Media

• Trace the evolution of regulatory organizations that shape media.
• Trace the evolution of the technological and operational maturation of radio, television, cable and new media.
• Understand how Electronic Media shapes society.
• Understand the terminology used in Electronic Media.

EM 1020 - Writing For Media

• Students will be able to identify the terminology used in media writing and short-form copywriting.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the use of persuasion techniques into the writing of commercials.
• Students will be able to use language and grammar to effectively communicate a message to a targeted audience.
• Students will be able to develop the ability to write for the “ear” so that messages are clearly understood.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to write for different media applications, including audio, video and multimedia.

EM 1220 - Media Performance

• Define the role of various types of announcers in radio, television and new media.
• Distinguish regional and dialectic differences in speech.
• Exploration of opportunities available to those with announcing skills.
• Improve voice and articulation skills through vocal exercises.
• Perform the functions of an announcer: music, news, commercials, interviews, teleprompter.
• Skilled delivery of scripted commercial and news cast.

EM 1890 - Electronic Media Workshop-Non-Majors

• Outcome goals dependent on topic.

EM 2010 - Electronic Media Analysis/Criticism

• An appreciation of the influence of culture upon electronic media messages.
• An awareness of social characteristics in electronic media messages.
• Understand the critical skills needed to create those messages.

EM 2011 - Electronic Media as Business

• Understand the companies with media holdings.
• Evaluation of Electronic Media industry results.
• Knowledge of the concept of professionalism.
• Understand marketing and promotional strategies employed in the Electronic Media industry.
• Understand the business and creative aspects of the Electronic Media business.

EM 2080 - Topics in Electronic Media Technologies

• Dependent on Topic.

EM 2090 - Special Topics in Electronic Media - Video

• Knowledge for new challenges in the field of video production.
• Other outcomes dependent on topic.
• Recognition of the new technologies.

EM 2100 - Special Topics in Audio Production

• Knowledge for new challenges in the field of audio production.
• Other outcomes dependent on topic.
• Recognition of the new technologies in the audio production field.

EM 2110 - Introduction to Audio Production

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic audio production techniques.
• Students will be able to identify different production approaches to various types of audio production projects.
• Students willbe able to recognize and demonstrate the function and operation of various types of audio equipment.
• Students will be able to recognize and practice basic audio theory.

EM 2120 - Introduction to Multimedia Production Design

• Students will be able to apply basic principles of interactive design, user-interface design, storyboarding, concept mapping and scripting to the development of original work.
• Students will be able to identiy a methodology for producing multimedia projects on DVD and the internet.
• Students will be able to recognize an aesthetic and conceptual approach to content and interface design appropriate for an undergraduate level course.
• Students will be able to demonstrate use of software like Photoshop, Flash and DVD Studio Pro.
• Students will be able to use pre-production preparation for a multimedia project, including; script and storyboard.
• Students will be able to employ basic authoring skills needed for multimedia projects.

EM 2140 - Advanced Audio Production

• Students will be able to demonstrate an ability to perform advanced multitrack production techniques.
• Students will be able to recognize and describe advanced audio principles and terminology.
• Students will be able to demonstrate specific applications and techniques for new media platforms.
• Students will be able to recognize various applications for live event production.

EM 2150 - Introduction to Website Design

• Students will be able to review, choose and design web environments for individual projects.
• Students will be able to apply web planning, usability and information architecture.
• Students will be able to select and incorporate the correct medium/tools.
• Students will be able to use applied design principles for professional applications.
• Students will be able to utilize industry standard digital image editing, animation, text, graphics and other web authoring software tools.

EM 2160 - Introduction to Video Production

• Basic knowledge of the discipline and techniques used in video production.
• Compare and contrast analog and digital scanning standards.
• Knowledge of the roles of each production team member.
• Understand basic camera techniques, shot composition, lighting and editing.

EM 2170 - Advanced Video Production

• Digital post production, use of non-linear editing software to edit video, audio and graphics to tell a story.
• Understand composition, depth, and screen motion.
• Understand the scope of field - studio production planning.
• Understand the use of color media including light for base illumination and creation of texture for mood and feeling.

EM 2180 - Introduction to Digital Media Design

• Students will be able to recognize professional digital photography production quality and design consistency.
• Students will be able to prepare and produce digital photography.
• Students will be able to recognize developing sequences for integrating still images into media disimination.
• Students will be able to identify an aesthetic and conceptual approach to content and interface design appropriate for an undergraduate level course.
• Students will be able to demonostrate basic DVD authoring skills needed for digital projects.

EM 2220 - Aesthetics in Digital Media

• Students will be able to recognize production aesthetics utilization in today’s new media.
• Students will be able to demonstrate applied media aesthetics and incorporate them into planning and production of a media project.
• Students will be able to demonstrate creative process from conception to completion of an electronic media project.
• Students will be able to utilize aesthetic elements to amplify the message of the production.

EM 2500 - News Distribution Platforms

• Comprehension of the trend toward new media and the use of interactive tools such as blogging and twitter.
• Develop an understanding of news production through hands-on production of stories using various forms of technology and new media.
• Understand both similarities and differences between traditional and new media in regard to the process of newsgathering, writing, and reporting.

EM 2570 - Advertising in the Broadcast and Cable Media

• Analysis of advantages and disadvantages of the various media.
• Understand the role of both electronic and print media in marketing, advertising and sales.
• Understand the terminology of marketing, advertising and sales.

EM 2670 - International Media Systems

• Learn the major characteristics of media structure in each part of the globe and the historical facts that have given media structure their unique qualities.
• Understand how a country’s terrain, religions, languages, government, and economic health affect its electronic media system.
• Understand importance of media on the international scene.
• Understand the major issues and policies that are likely to affect the future of electronic media within particular countries and worldwide.
• Understand the various methods that have been used worldwide to support media financially and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

EM 2700 - Introduction to Sports Production

• Analyze the ideas, material, and content used to tell the sport story of a multi-camera remote sport production.
• Apply audio, video, and multimedia theory to a remote production.
• Develop and demonstrate technical proficiencies of multi-camera remote camera operation, audio production, graphics, and slow-motion.
• Trace the evolution of multi-camera remote sports productions from television through new media of today.
• Understand the terminology used in multi-camera remote sports productions.

EM 2880 - Electronic Media Workshop-Multimedia

• Hands-on experience utilizing skills obtained in the multimedia sequence.
• Other outcomes dependent on project.

EM 2890 - Media Workshop

• Knowledge of performance and supervisory functions in real world productions.
• Overcome issues that arrive during a production.
• Understand strategies and concepts of media production.

EM 2900 - Special Topics in Electronic Media

• Students will increase their knowledge in Electronic Media.

EM 2910 - Radio-Television Internship

• Appreciation of prompt, efficient and thorough completion of assignments.
• Appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses in a professional atmosphere.
• Understand the media industry outside of classroom.
• Work ethic through attendance and punctuality.

EM 2921 - Video Practicum 1

• Students will be able to recognize performance and supervisory functions in real world productions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arrive during a production.

EM 2922 - Video Practicum 2

• Students will be able to recognize performance and supervisory functions in real world productions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arrive during a production.

EM 2923 - Audio Practicum 1

• Students will be able to recognize performance and supervisory functions in real world productions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arise during a production.

EM 2924 - Audio Practicum 2

• Students will be able to recognize performance and supervisory functions in real world productions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arrive during a production.

EM 2925 - Media Design Practium 1

• Students will be able to utilize skills obtained in the multimedia sequence to applied learning experiences.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arise during a production.

EM 2926 - Media Design Practium 2

• Students will be able to utilize skills obtained in the multimedia sequence to applied learning experiences.
• Students will be able to demonstrate strategies and concepts of media production.
• Students will be able to identify issues that arise during a production.

EM 2930 - Independent Study

• Awareness of the skills needed to enter the job market.
• Completion of a project to include student’s portfolio.
• Other outcome goals dependent on project.
• Utilize the knowledge gained through degree completion.

ECT 1210 - Understanding Virtual Reality Technology

• Students will be able to define pivotal moments in the history of virtual/augmented/mixed reality (XR).
• Students will be able to explain the basic functionality of virtual/augmented/mixed reality systems and describe how various XR applications function.
• Students will be able to recognize perceptual modalities in virtual/augmented/mixed reality and articulate how these modalities affect our discernments of time, space, and the immersive experience.
• Students will be able to report on their personal experiences with virtual/augmented/mixed reality and construct informed opinions on the societal, health, legal, ethical, and educational implications of these technologies.
• Students will be able to recognize their own ethical beliefs and how they shape their experiences and choices relative to emerging technologies like XR.
• Students will be able to apply ethical theories to the functionality, use, and distribution of XR technologies.
• Students will be able to conduct research on the scientific and commercial applications of virtual/augmented/mixed reality technologies and formulate hypotheses about the future of these technologies.
• Students will be able to recognize, evaluate, and connect ethical issues related to human interactions with virtual/augmented/mixed reality and apply ethical theories, including those other than their own, to diverse use cases.

ECT 1700 - Foundations of Virtual Reality and Game Design

• Students will be able to communicate story, emotion and idea within an emerging communication technology experience.
• Students will be able to critique digital imagery within emerging communication technologies by considering the effects of area, color, motion, convergence and form on the end user.
• Students will be able to utilize the workflow principles of emerging communication technologies via iterative and hierarchical problem-solving techniques.
• Students will be able to apply various prototyping theories to communicate, influence, direct, entice and excite an end user of emerging communication technologies.

ECT 1710 - Digital Tools for Virtual Reality and Game Development

• Students will be able to utilize digital tools to manipulate images and sound in a virtual environment.
• Students will be able to create digital imagery through the manipulation of area, color, convergence and form.
• Students will be able to explain and demonstrate the workflow principles of emerging communication technologies.
• Students will be able to employ digital tools to direct an end user to begin, continue and complete an emerging communication technology experience.

ECT 2210 - Introduction to VR Production

• Students will be able to critically assess the impact and development of virtual, mixed, and augmented reality.
• Students will be able to evaluate and implement the production processes and technology associated with immersive/emerging media categories such as video, audio, interactive design/animation.
• Students will be able to demonstrate a functional understanding of the technology and software used for the production of immersive/emerging media.
• Students will be able to identify and list emerging trends in immersive media.
• Students will be able to produce content for virtual/augmented/mixed reality, including CineVR/360 video, immersive/spatial audio, and interactive design projects using Unity 3D.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast different production processes for immersive/emerging media production.
• Students will be able to delineate the basics of production software used to create immersive/emerging media such as audio, video, and interactive design/animation.

ECT 2401 - Digital Game Design: Concepts

• Students will be able to create a digital game design production workflow.
• Students will be able to design game ideas.
• Students will be able to explain the fundamentals of game design theory and practice.
• Students will be able to demonstrate how to create enjoyable interactive content.
• Students will be able to explain the concepts of rules, play, pretend, and goals.

ECT 2411 - Digital Game Design: World Creation

• Students will be able to explain the fundamentals of digital world creation and theory
• Students will be able to design and develop their own digital worlds
• Students will be able to create a workflow for building digital worlds with teams
• Students will be able to communicate and demonstrate what makes digital worlds effective
• Students will be able to integrate their design worlds into their portfolios

ECT 2750 - New Media Storytelling

• Students will be able to design and create narrative materials for new media.
• Students will be able to recognize, discuss and evaluate the effectiveness in the work of others.
• Students will be able to identify and break storytelling boundaries in their own creative work.
• Students will be able to analyze and critique peer projects based upon industry trends.

ECT 2900 - Special Topics in VR and Game Development

• Students will be able to apply and analyze specified emerging communication topics.

ECT 3005 - Esports Seminar

• Students will be able to compare management techniques in traditional sports to esports management
• Students will be able to define technical requirements for esports events
• Students will be able to analyze esport-specific features in game design

ECT 3210 - Virtual Reality Production: Immersive Audio

• Students will be able to design and create immersive audio assets for digital environments.
• Students will be able to design and create immersive audio assets for 360-degree stories.
• Students will be able to recognize and demonstrate the difference between immersive audio and more traditional forms of sound design and music recording.
• Students will be able to identify technical boundaries in the medium of immersive audio and will be able to design ways to push these boundaries.
• Students will be able to analyze and critique projects based upon industry trends and professional practices.
• Students will be able to analyze workflow strategies for immersive audio assets.
• Students will be able to strategize and distribute immersive audio content via the web.

ECT 3220 - Virtual Reality Production: cineVR

• Students will be able to design and create 360-degree stories for both fiction and non-fiction.
• Students will be able to recognize and discuss the difference between 360-degree storytelling and more traditional forms of storytelling.
• Students will be able to identify storytelling boundaries within virtual reality and will be able to design ways to push these boundaries.
• Students will be able to analyze and critique peer projects based upon industry trends and professional practices.
• Students will be able to analyze distribution strategies and generate marketing and distribution strategies based on 360-degree content needs.
• Students will be able to distribute 360-degree content across various platforms.

ECT 3230 - Virtual Reality Production: Interactive

• Students will be able to design interactive patterns to discover their effectiveness.
• Students will be able to design and reproduce interactive techniques according to industry guidelines.
• Students will be able to recognize, utilize and synthesize software, hardware, and sample codes to create VR and AR assets and workflow.
• Students will be able to analyze and critique peer projects based upon industry trends and professional practices.
• Students will be able to analyze tracking, calibration, and interactive systems for virtual reality projects.

ECT 3260J - Virtual Reality Critical Analysis and Evaluation

• Students will be able to demonstrate effective written communication through drafting, revising and finalizing written work in formats commonly used within the communication field.
• Students will be able to critique and interpret communication technologies and products using a variety of written formats found in the communication field.
• Students will be able to compose well-researched and well-presented written arguments for their analysis and criticism of different technologies, products and concepts.

ECT 3401 - Game Development I

• Students will be able to create 3D game levels and art.
• Students will be able to explain the fundamentals of game production and development.
• Students will be able to analyze what constitutes enjoyable interactive content.
• Students will be able to explain marketing and producing fundamentals.

ECT 4110 - Augmented Reality Development

• Students will be able to design and prototype interactive augmented reality experiences
• Students will be able to create a production workflow and execute it in a production setting
• Students will be able to develop augmented reality experiences using mobile technologies and AR headsets
• Students will be able to test and measure the effectiveness of their designs
• Students will be able to identify trends in augmented reality to improve their post-graduation marketability

ECT 4250 - Transmedia Storytelling

• Students will be able to assess the elements of transmedia storytelling that make the experience effective for a specific audience.
• Students will be able to build a critical vocabulary to discuss and inform work in this new form of storytelling.
• Students will be able to recognize how transmedia storytelling fits within the historical framework of artistic approaches and creative ideas.
• Students will be able to compare transmedia storytelling to work by artists from a variety of media backgrounds and genres.
• Students will be able to create original transmedia stories and evaluate their effectiveness on an audience.

ECT 4401 - Game Development II

• Students will be able to create Advanced 3D Game Levels and Art.
• Students will be able to explain the fundamentals of Game Production and Development.
• Students will be able to develop scripts using the Javascript language.
• Students will be able to analyze what makes for enjoyable interactive content.
• Students will be able to explain the process of game publishing.

ECT 4440 - Lifecycle Management in Emerging Communication Systems

• Students will be able to develop project budgets.
• Students will be able to generate and respond to requests for proposal (RFP) and request for quotes (RFQ).
• Students will be able to translate user needs into information and telecommunication system attributes necessary to generate viable alternatives.
• Student will be able to specify equipment, infrastructure and software necessary to acquire a system, given a system architecture.
• Students will be able to perform needs assessments through interviews, documentation reviews, focus groups and surveys.

ECT 4900 - Topical Seminar

• Students will be able to analyze a current issue in emerging communications technologies.
• Students will be able to discuss current issues in emerging communications technologies.

ECT 4910 - Internship

• Students will be able to design and present effective solutions to “real world” technical or business problems.
• Students will be able to demonstrate successful collaboration in a professional environment.

ECT 4920 - Practicum

• Students will be able to demonstrate team-building skills through successful completion of collective projects undertaken with faculty, staff, industry professionals, and other advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
• Students will be able to exhibit their knowledge of a unified workflow process specific to designated research projects.
• Students will be able to outline advanced production skills gleaned through project work in their assigned areas of immersive and emerging media.
• Students will be able to articulate their research on project-specific topics undertaken during practicum.
• Students will be able to design and present effective solutions to problems that arise during their projects.
• Students will be able to discuss and analyze the project at hand on a regular and recurring basis.
• Students will be able to create digital, analog, or research assets for their projects, as required.

ENE 1010 - Introduction to Energy Engineering

• Students will be able to discuss the engineering profession, the mechanical/energy engineering discipline, and an engineer’s role in society.
• Students will be able to identify the faculty, staff, and student organizations of the mechanical engineering department and energy engineering program at Ohio University.
• Students will be able to use mathematics, experimentation, and computation in solving problems.
• Students will be able to demonstrate fluency in both English and SI units and an ability to translate between them.
• Students will be able to explain the importance of empathy, verbal and non-verbal communications, curiosity, and openness in the context of a practicing professional in the discipline.
• Students will be able to describe the importance of supporting other worldviews in the practice of the engineering profession, asking/answering complex questions about culture, and being open to different cultures.
• Students will be able to reflect on their ethical beliefs, recognize ethical issues and evaluate and apply ethical perspectives in a decision.
• Students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with the NSPE Code of Ethics and its use in professional decision making.

ENE 1010 - Mechanical and Energy Engineering - Gateway Course

• Students will be able to discuss the engineering profession, the mechanical/energy engineering discipline, and an engineer’s role in society.
• Students will be able to identify the faculty, staff, and student organizations of the mechanical engineering department and energy engineering program at Ohio University.
• Students will be able to use mathematics, experimentation, and computation in solving problems.
• Students will be able to demonstrate fluency in both English and SI units and an ability to translate between them.
• Students will be able to explain the importance of empathy, verbal and non-verbal communications, curiosity, and openness in the context of a practicing professional in the discipline.
• Students will be able to describe the importance of supporting other worldviews in the practice of the engineering profession, asking/answering complex questions about culture, and being open to different cultures.
• Students will be able to reflect on their ethical beliefs, recognize ethical issues and evaluate and apply ethical perspectives in a decision.
• Students will be able to discuss the role of engineering ethics in professional problem solving.
• Students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with the NSPE Code of Ethics and its use in professional decision making.

ENE 1800 - Energy Engineering Colloquium IA

• Students will be able to identify typical responsibilities for an engineer in their discipline.
• Students will be able to respond to interview questions related to personal effectiveness competencies.
• Students will be able to discuss aspects of and identify methods for improving their emotional intelligence.
• Student will be able to identify different methods for positive influence in multiple situations.
• Students will be able to identify and implement methods for more effective teamwork.
• Students will be able to discuss leadership characteristics and roles.

ENE 1810 - Energy Engineering Colloquium IB

• Students will be able to complete a basic carbon footprint analysis.
• Students will be able to explain energy choices on society.
• Students will be able to discuss energy sources.

ENE 3400 - Fuels Conversion

• Students will be able to apply calculus and differential equation solution methods to solve fuels conversion equations analytically or using computer software.
• Students will be able to define key fuels handing and utilization processes.
• Students will be able to develop elementary rate laws for various fuel conversion reactions.
• Students will be able to develop life cycle analyses around fuel conversion processes.
• Students will be able to develop material and energy balances around fuel conversion systems.

ENE 3810 - Energy Engineering Colloquium IIA

• Students will be able to describe at least three different job or educational opportunities to pursue after graduation.
• Students will be able to find job opportunities using college and university resources.
• Students will be able to list the different types of interviews and explain how to prepare for them.
• Students will be able to provide answers to common behavioral and situational based interview questions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of engineering competency standards and competence in select standards.
• Students will be able to explain the importance of research to engineering practice and identify current areas of research in their discipline.

ENE 3820 - Energy Engineering Colloquium IIB

• Students will be able to describe 20th century energy policy.
• Students will be able to explain the impact next generation/disruptive energy technologies could have on society.

ENE 4100 - Energy Engineering Senior Design I

• Students will be able to apply project management tools for planning, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks in a design project.
• Students will be able to select an appropriate decision making process and implement that process to make a defensible engineering decision.
• Students will be able to find, evaluate, and use resources to learn independently.
• Students will be able to generate and evaluate numerous creative and feasible alternative solutions to an engineering problem.
• Students will be able to use appropriate modeling and analysis for solving problems involving energy systems.
• Students will be able to work effectively on project teams in both member and leader roles.
• Students will be able to promote safety and health in all aspects of an engineering project.
• Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate engineering competencies, including workplace effectiveness competencies.
• Students will be able to connect experience to knowledge, make connections across disciplines, apply knowledge/skills to new situations, communicate learning, and self-reflect on learning.
• Students will be able to deliver a purposeful and organized presentation for a specific audience using unbiased language, credible evidence, and appropriate non-verbal communications.
• Students will be able to evaluate and apply relevant engineering codes and standards.

ENE 4110 - Energy Engineering Senior Design II

• Students will be able to apply project management tools such as Gantt charts, Pareto charts, critical path analysis, and action items for planning, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks in a design project.
• Students will be able to participate effectively in writing and editing a team design report that uses visuals and figures effectively, that makes clear claims supported with evidence, and that includes proper citations.
• Students will be able to prepare and present clear and effective design presentations that include professional quality visual aids.
• Students will be able to select appropriate materials for a design, considering manufacturability, availability, cost, performance, suitability for the conditions, potential failure modes, environmental impact, and other considerations.
• Students will be able to describe and promote safety and health in all aspects of the engineering profession, including safety during manufacturing and assembly, and product safety through Design For Safety or similar approaches.
• Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of the influence of engineering standards and constraints in engineering design, such as: manufacturability, sustainability, health and safety, environmental, ethical, social, political, and economic.

ENE 4500 - Energy Conversion Laboratory

• Students will be able to develop laboratory reports which effectively communicate assignment objectives, procedures, results, analyses, and conclusions.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety in testing and laboratory work, including awareness of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and the proper use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
• Students will be able to design and conduct experiments on a realistic engineering system using real-world hardware.
• Students will be able to discuss fundamental principles of experimentation.
• Students will be able to select appropriate measurement devices and hardware including sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems.

ET 1000 - The History of Engineering and Technology in Society

• Students will be able to explain how engineers, scientists and technologists serve as the connection between science and society.
• Students will be able to examine the interdependence between environmental, social and economic systems at the local, national and global scale and the solutions that governments and institutions could implement to ensure a sustainable future.
• Students will be able to explain ways in which engineers and technologists must become techno-responsible, environmentally responsible, economically responsible, and socially responsible participants in the global community.
• Students will be able to evaluate how the benefits and costs of engineering and technology decisions impact the local, national and global economies.
• Students will be able to explain the engineering and technology code of ethics and correlate those to social and professional responsibilities in the local, national and global community.
• Students will be able to examine historical aspects of engineering and technology innovations on the environmental, social, economic and governmental policy systems.
• Students will be able to critically analyze current issues in engineering and technology and potential impacts on the environmental, social, economic and governmental systems.

ET 1060 - Engineering Orientation

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the ways engineers and technologists interact with society

ET 1100 - Engineering Graphics Fundamentals

• Construct primary auxiliaries using both freehand sketching and CAD.
• Construct the basic types of section according to conventional practices and standards using freehand sketching.
• Define and layout multi-view and isometric drawings of an object using freehand sketching and CAD.
• Describe the size of an object using dimensions applied according to conventional practices and standards using both sketching and CAD.
• Manipulate images.
• Read , sketch, and use a CAD system to construct basic engineering drawings using conventional drafting practices and standards.
• Use the basic functions on the computer aided drafting (CAD) software system for both two dimensional drawings and basic three dimensional parametric models.
• Use the graphic language of Engineering Graphics to: communicate in the design phase of a project, communicate ideas to other individuals, and communicate industry wide using appropriate industrial standards.

ET 1500 - Engineering and Technology: Career Orientation

• Students should be able to conduct a self-assessment of their abilities, skills, values, and interests to target opportunities that will be an appropriate fit for their personality and major.
• Students should be able to conduct an effective co-op and/or full-time job search using multiple resources.
• Students should be able to demonstrate appropriate interviewing skills.
• Students should be able to display appropriate behavior as a new employee.
• Students should be able to network effectively with professionals in their field(s) of interest.
• Students should be able to use social media effectively for their job search campaign.
• Students should be able to write a résumé, cover letter, and reference sheet.

ET 1910 - Cooperative Education Field Experience I

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the professional practice of engineers and technologists.

ET 2100 - Engineering Programming

• Students will be able to do basic input/output operations, assignment statements, math operations using numbers and strings.
• Students will be able to write programs with the flow of control by using loops and selection structures.
• Students will be able to perform input/output using text files.
• Students will be able to assess common programming errors and how to debug and test a program.
• Students will be able to work with basic strings and string library functions.
• Students will be able to write programs to solve mathematical and statistics problems.
• Students will be able to write an algorithm in pseudo-code and then convert it into a programming language.
• Students will be able to write applications that will take the data from other sources (files, web) and visually represent those data.
• Students will be able to efficiently use lists and dictionaries in their programs.
• Students will be able to adapt to write programs in different programming languages or tools.

ET 2200 - Statics

• Students will be able to analyze truss structures using the method of joints and the method of section.
• Students will be able to construct shear-moment diagrams.
• Students will be able to determine moment of inertia.
• Students will be able to draw free-body diagrams.
• Students will be able to locate centroid of a 2-D body and center of gravity of a 3-D body.
• Students will be able to solve 2-D static problems.
• Students will be able to solve 30D static problems using the vector method.
• Students will be able to solve frames and machines.
• Students will be able to solve static problems involving friction.
• Students will understand concept of static equilibrium.

ET 2220 - Strength of Materials

• Students will be able to analyze stresses in beams using beam bending and shear stress theories.
• Students will be able to deal with combined loading situations.
• Students will be able to determine deformations experienced by a uniaxially loaded body.
• Students will be able to draw shear-moment diagrams for beam problems.
• Students will be able to solve problems related to torsion.
• Students will have a basic understanding of energy method and apply it to solve some mechanics problems.
• Students will learn how engineering materials behave when loaded uniaxially.
• Students will understand Euler’s critical load theory and apply it to solve column buckling problems.
• Students will understand Hooke’s law.
• Students will understand beam deflection theory and apply it to determine vertical deflection experienced by a beam.
• Students will understand stress transformation theory and draw a Mohr’s circle to determine principal stresses.
• Students will understand the concepts of stress and strain.
• Students will understand thin-wall pressure vessel theory and apply it to solve pressure vessel problems.

ET 2240 - Dynamics

• Ability to analyze kinematics of the three-dimensional particle motion in various coordinate systems: cartesian, natural and cylindrical.
• Ability to use both SEI and English system of units in all mechanical quantities (linear and angular displacement, velocity and acceleration, mass, force, torque, work/energy, power, momentum, mass moment of inertia).
• Understanding of the concepts of displacement, velocity and acceleration as vectors and how to determine them.
• Understanding of the notion of a force as a vector.
• Ability to understand concepts of kinetic, potential and mechanical energies and the concept of a conservative force.
• Understanding of the concepts of power and mechanical efficiency.
• Ability to analyze particle dynamics, including choosing the system, drawing the free-body diagram, and write and solve equations of motion.
• Ability to use principles derived from Newton’s second law, including Work & Energy, and Momentum, for particlaes and rigid bodies.
• Ability to analyze the kinematics of two-dimensional (planar) rigid-body motion, including applying concepts of angular displacement, angular velocity and angular acceleration and drawing Free Body Diagrams.
• Ability to determine mass moment of inertia for some simple body geometries.

ET 2300 - Principles of Engineering Materials

• Students will be able to communicate material science and engineering concepts in writing
• Students will be able to identify the uses and properties of engineering materials including metals, ceramics and plastics
• Students will be able to relate structure at the atomic and microscopic levels to physical properties
• Students will be able to solve material science and engineering calculation problems
• Students will be able to solve problems requiring them to identify or represent directions and planes
• Students will be able to use binary equilibrium phase diagrams and phase transformation diagrams

ET 2400 - Fundamentals of Statistics

• Students will be able to identify discrete and continuous random variables and perform descriptive statistics.
• Students will be able to calculate probabilities, conditional probabilities, permutations and combinations.
• Students will be able to conduct hypothesis tests and calculate confidence intervals on population parameters utilizing point estimates from random samples.
• Students will be able to perform simple one-way ANOVA for randomized experiments.
• Students will be able to calculate simple linear regression and evaluate the strength and significance of the relationship between X and Y.
• Students will be able to perform Goodness of Fit Tests.
• Students will be able to utilize quantitative analyses for engineering solutions in order to develop statements for the support of decision-making processes and dissemination to a variety of audiences.
• Students will be able to state conclusions and related outcomes based on statistical tests (consequences and implications) logically and in a priority order.

ET 2450 - Engineering Statistics

• Students will be able to identify discrete and continuous random variables and use descriptive statistics.
• Students will be able to calculate probabilities, conditional probabilities, permutations and combinations.
• Students will be able to conduct hypothesis tests and calculate confidence intervals on population parameters using point estimates from random samples (mean, variance, proportion).
• Students will be able to use Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) techniques to test for simple randomized one-factor experiments.
• Students will be able to perform simple linear regression and evaluate the strength and significance of the relationship between X and Y.
• Students will be able to utilize quantitative analyses for engineering solutions in order to develop statements for the support of decision-making processes and dissemination to a variety of audiences.
• Students will be able to state conclusions and related outcomes based on statistical tests (consequences and implications) logically and in a priority order.

ET 2900 - Special Topics in Engineering Technology

• Students will increase their knowledge in Engineering Technology.

ET 2910 - Cooperative Education Field Experience II

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the professional practice of engineers and technologists.

ET 3132 - Basic Electrical Engineering I

• Ability to analyze electric circuits using nodal and mesh analysis.
• Ability to calculate all types of power.
• Ability to determine the transient response of capacitive and inductive circuits.
• Ability to perform complete steady-state AC sinusoidal analysis.

ET 3200 - Engineering Thermodynamics

• Students completing this course should be able to analyze and determine the thermal efficiency of heat engines.
• Students completing this course should be able to calculate the heat effect of chemical reactions.
• Students completing this course should be able to select data which is needed to solve problem, articulate underlying assumption in thermodynamic models and calculations.
• Students completing this course should have a fundamental understanding of basic thermodynamic principles and concepts the units commonly used in thermodynamic calculations, and the first and second law of thermodynamics.
• Students should be able to apply the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics to determine process parameters such as heat transfer and work, by applying force, mass, or energy balances, steam tables, and derivation of simple thermodynamic relations.

ET 3300 - Engineering Economy

• Classify benefits, disbenefits and cost for Benefit/Cost analysis.
• Compare alternatives using Rate-Of-Return (ROR) total and incremental analysis.
• Compare alternatives with same life-cycle, different life-cycles and infinite life using NPW.
• Compute an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for a set of cash flows.
• Convert arbitrary cash flows into NPW, net future worth, or annual worth values.
• Convert between nominal and effective interest rates.
• Determine an effective interest rate for cash flows with payment periods different from compounding periods.
• Determine unknown years and interest rates for net present worth (NPW) determination.
• Identify complex cash flows with multiple IRR values and select the proper IRR.
• Move arithmetic and geometric gradient cash flows along a time line using a compound interest rate.
• Move single and annualized cash flows along a time line using a compound interest rate.
• Perform sensitivity analysis and break/even analysis of economic project.
• Understand simple and compound interest.
• Utilize spreadsheet software for economic analysis.
• Utilize straight line, and MACRS depreciation techniques.

ET 3800J - Engineering and Technology Public Policy

• Become aware of the power struggle that exists among the players in any specific public policy.
• Become aware of the international factors that influence policy-making.
• To be able to provide examples of who their legislators rely upon for guidance in technical policy issues.
• To be able to write a letter to your public officials.
• To become familiar with a few of the basic ethical frameworks for such as utilitarian and deontological approaches and how these ethical frameworks influence public policy.
• To become familiar with administrative law and how it can impact/challenge engineering and technology regulation.
• To become familiar with how Congress oversees policy implementation.
• To become familiar with how interest groups are formed.
• To become familiar with the factors a politician uses to decide whether to support an agenda/policy.
• To become familiar with the laws that regulate how individuals can try to influence public officials.
• To become familiar with the laws that regulates interest groups.
• To become familiar with the separation of powers in (legislative executive judicial) in state government impacts public policy.
• To cite examples of how interest groups affect policy formation.
• To find examples of metropolitan regulatory agencies as they relate to your discipline.
• To find possible ways that you maybe able to influence your political representatives.
• To find ways that implementation of a law varied due to interpretation of language in a law.
• To understand how public policy emerges in from government.
• To understand how to access you political representatives and gain their support.

ET 3910 - Cooperative Education Field Experience III

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the professional practice of engineers and technologists.

ET 4000 - Professional Engineering Fundamentals Review

• Students will become familiar with professional registration process.
• Students will review fundamental subjects ranging from math to science to basics engineering subjects.
• Students will take mock exam to become ready to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
• Students will understand the importance of becoming professional engineers.

ET 4520 - Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries

• Students will be able to analyze technology for a particular psychosocial and biophysical context.
• Students will be able to define technology.
• Students will be able to develop an appropriate technology solution.
• Students will be able to list characteristics of appropriate technology.

ET 4521 - Engineering and Technology Projects in Developing Countries: Design

• An ability to consider environmental, economic, social, and ethical issues associated with engineering design.
• An ability to learn new material outside of the normal lecture format.
• An ability to work as part of an engineering team that includes people of different levels and majors.
• An ability to work with a customer to develop engineering specifications.
• An ability to work with people of different cultures.
• An improved ability to communicate especially with those media associated with a global workplace.
• An increase ability to deal with unforeseen circumstances (both technical and non-technical) typically encountered in projects.
• An increased ability to apply the principles of mathematics, science, and engineering science to solve engineering problems.