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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Engine Basics

  • This course explores the basic principles and applications of various types of internal combustion engines, with a major emphasis on reciprocating engines. It covers both spark ignition and compression ignition engine; as well as those operating on four-stroke cycles and on two stroke cycles.

  • 6 Credits

  • Thermodynamics

  • This course provides an easily understandable presentation of classical thermodynamics that builds on your background of energy concepts first learned in physics and chemistry. The material is organized in a logical progression from the conservation of mass, the conservation of energy, and the second law.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

  • This course introduces you to the ever-emerging field of mechanical engineering, giving an appreciation for how engineers design the hardware that builds and improves societies all around the world. The course balances the treatments of technical problem-solving skills, design, engineering analysis, and modern technology.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Finite Elements

  • This course provides an integrated approach to finite element methodologies. The development of finite element theory is combined with examples and exercises involving engineering applications. The steps used in the development of the theory are implemented in complete, self-contained computer programs.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Product Design

  • This course presents an in-depth study of structured designed processes and methods. Fundamental approach is that reverse engineering and teardowns offer a new better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and then execution. For practicing engineers interested in learning about mechanical design.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Mechanism Design

  • Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery provides you knowledge to analyze the motion of machines and mechanisms. It covers a broad range of machines and mechanisms with practical applications given top consideration.

  • 6 Credits
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Engine Basics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    Operating characteristics.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Engine cycles.
    Thermochemistry and fuels.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Air and fuel induction.
    Fluid motion within combustion chamber.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Combustion.
    Exhaust flow.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Emissions and air pollution.
    Heat transfer in engines.
    Friction and lubrication.

Thermodynamics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Concepts of thermodynamics.
    Properties of substances.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Conservation of mass.
    Conservation of energy.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics.
    Second-law analysis of thermodynamic systems.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Gas cycles.
    Vapor cycles.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Thermodynamic relationships.
    Thermodynamic behavior of real gases.
    Nonreacting-gas mixtures.
    Thermodynamics of chemical reactions.
    Chemical equilibrium.
    Introduction to one-dimensional compressible flow.

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to engineering design.
    Problem formulation.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Information and communication.
    Professional and social context of design.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Probabilistic considerations in design.
    Concept generation.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Project planning.
    Engineering economics.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Decision making.
    Optimum design.

Introduction to Finite Elements

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fundamental concepts.
    Matrix algebra and gaussian elimination.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One-dimensional problems.
    Trusses.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Two-dimensional problems using constant strain triangles.
    Axisymmetric solids subjected to axisymmetric loading.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Two-dimensional isoparametric elements and numerical integration.
    Beams and frames.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Three-dimensional problems in stress analysis.
    Scalar field problems.
    Dynamic considerations.
    Preprocessing and postprocessing.

Fundamentals of Product Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Journeys in product development.
    Product development process tools.
    Establishing product function.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Benchmarking and establishing engineering specifications.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Product architecture.
    Generating concepts.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Modeling of product metrics.
    Design for manufacture and assembly.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Design for the environment.
    Physical prototypes.
    Physical models and experimentation.
    Design for robustness.

Introduction to Mechanism Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mechanisms and machines: basic concepts.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Motion in machinery.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Velocity analysis of planar and spatial mechanisms.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Acceleration analysis of planar and spatial mechanisms.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Design and analysis of cam and follower systems.
    Spur gears: design and analysis.
    Helical, worm, and bevel gears: design and analysis.
    Drive trains: design and analysis.
    Static-force analysis.
    Dynamic-force analysis.
    Synthesis.
    Introduction to robotic manipulators.