Engineering Analysis (24-401)

Class Meetings: M, W: 11.30am-1.20pm (PH 125C)

Instructors:    Jack Beuth 301 Scaife Hall, Ext. 8-3873                     beuth@andrew.cmu.edu
                    Office Hours: Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:00 or by appointment

                    Stefan Reh Instructor for Uncertainty Management and Probabilistic                     Methods: stefan.reh@ansys.com

                    Robert Unetich Instructor for Business Concepts for Engineers:                     itsrmu@aol.com

Course Overview:
                    The goal of this course is to give ME students a broader understanding of engineering fundamentals and engineering practice. It will include some review of concepts from the freshman-junior years and introductions to new material of great importance to practicing engineers. The course will be divided into 3 segments. They are:

Materials Selection and Machine Elements: Basic materials science concepts needed by mechanical engineers and standard analysis and design concepts for common machine elements used by MEs. A short introduction to probability and statistics will also be given.
Uncertainty Management and Probabilistic Methods: How ME’s use statistics to take into account uncertainty in component dimensions, properties and loadings in analyzing components.
Business Concepts for Engineers: What engineers have to understand about the
structure and financing of companies, and methods used to cost out engineering projects during project planning.

Course Assignments:
                    Half of the course grade will come from 3 projects. Most of the project work will be carried out in groups of 3; however, some project work will be done individually.
There will be 3 short quizzes; one on each of the 3 major sections of the course.
There will be weekly homework assignments.
There will be no final exam.
In addition an assessment (exam) of student engineering knowledge will be given, which will be based on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (the first of two exams needed to obtain a professional engineer’s license).

Grading Scale: You are guaranteed to at least get the letter grade designated by the following averages:
                    A 80% to 100%
                    B 70% to < 80%
                    C 60% to < 70%
                    D 50% to < 60%
                    R < 50%

Grading Percentages: Project Work: 50%
                    3 Quizzes: 30%
                    Homework: 15%
                    FE-based Exam 5%*
A student will earn the full 5% for the FE-based exam grade by scoring 50% on the test. Higher test scores (up to 100%) will allow students to earn up to 2.5 extra points on their final grade.

Text: Mechanical Engineering Design, 7th Edition, by Shigley, Mischke and Budynas. This book will be used explicitly during the first 1/3 of the course. It is also a “must have” reference for practicing Mechanical Engineers.

Course Outline

Module #1: Materials Selection and Machine Elements (4 weeks)
Plus 1 week of time devoted to Project#1

Module #2: Uncertainty Management and Probabilistic Methods (4 weeks)
Plus 1 week of time devoted to Project#2

Module #3: Business for Engineers (3 weeks)
Plus 1 week of time devoted to Project#3
Total: 14 weeks