Focus is on automobiles, airplanes and flight mechanics, turbomachinery and electric power generation, manufacturing methods, heating and air conditioning, rockets and space flight mechanics. Relevance of math, science and engineering fundamentals to well-founded BS engineering programs. First hand experience with machining and drawing on campus.
Plant tours to a variety of manufacturing facilities in the Cleveland area.
Kinetics of systems of particles and of rigid bodies, including concepts of mass center, momentum, mass moment of inertia, dynamic equilibrium. Analysis and synthesis of linkages, cams, and gears. Laboratory projects include analysis, design, construction, and evaluation of students' mechanisms. Lectures on topics in the theory of experimentation. Laboratory includes typical experiments, measurements, analysis, and report writing.