Courses on topics of interest to engineering students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites: as determined by the instructor. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.
Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Study the motion and systems of forces acting on particles and rigid bodies in three dimensions. Learn about virtual displacements and virtual work, free and force vibrations, degrees of freedom and how to apply constraints to motion. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in MATH 221 and PHYS 260.
Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Investigate loads acting on a physical system that do not result in acceleration. Use vectors and free body diagrams to analyze systems in equilibrium. Evaluate the internal forces of trusses, frames, and machines. Calculate equivalent forces and moments of a force system, centroids, and area moments of inertia. Reinforce concepts through hands-on experiments. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in MATH 221 and PHYS 260.
Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Learn basic electrical circuit concepts including voltage, current, and resistance. Use Ohms Law and Kirchhoffs Laws to evaluate series and parallel combinations of RLC circuits. Analyze direct current and alternating current circuits analytically and experimentally.
Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Learn the fundamentals of drafting communication and the visualization of scientific data. Explore the capabilities of computer-aided drafting through the creation and detailing of 2-D drawings and 3-D solid models conforming to engineering drafting standards, and learn to interpret standard engineering drawings. Develop a basic understanding of programming to manipulate data sets and generate presentation-quality plots.
Course includes both lecture and lab components per week. Practice innovation by designing and building solutions subject to physical constraints. Explore the creative side of problem solving, learn the fundamentals of the design process, and strengthen solutions by working in teams. Sharpen real-world presentation skills by giving pitches to "customers". AE
Explore engineering career options through tours of local engineering companies and guest speakers. Sharpen mathematic and technical skills essential to higher level courses. Learn the fundamentals of free-hand sketching and basic drafting instruments, and gain exposure to computer-aided drafting. Prepare for internships and careers by creating a resume and becoming familiar with Viterbo Universitys career services.
This graduate-level course introduces fundamental principles and practices in embedded systems design and builds upon these principles to study the interaction of computer systems (CPU, memory) and interfacing with those systems. The course covers microcontroller/microprocessor architecture, real-time operating systems (RTOS), hardware/software co-design, system-on-chip (SoC) architectures, and interfacing with peripherals. Prerequisite: three credits of introductory programming and a discrete math course.
Learn optimization and simulation methods including linear optimization, Monte Carlo, and discrete event simulation. Apply modeling to business problems to recommend possible actions toward a solution. Prerequisite: MATH-230 or equivalent and three credits of intro to programming course.
This graduate-level course builds on the foundational concepts of web development introduced at the undergraduate level. This course builds an understanding of how frameworks fit together through project-based learning. Students will gain experience with front-end and back-end development, explore advanced frameworks and tools, and apply best practices in building scalable and efficient web applications. Prerequisite: three-credit web development undergraduate course or equivalent industry experience.