Teaching

ENGN1003 Properties and Mechanics of Materials
This course covers properties of materials which are important to the performance of these materials in service.  Topics include force equilibrium, stress and strain relations and modes of failure. We review steels, concrete and plastics including their manufacturing processes. The lab exercises offer both analytical and hands on exercises including the cutting, fitting and welding of metals.

ENGN2006 Surveying
The course presents an introduction to surveying principles and recording techniques. Students are given lectures, assignments and hands on lab exercises.  Practice is gained in the proper use of tape, level, and transit through exercises involving measurements of horizontal and vertical distances and angles. This includes chaining, stadia, benchmark, profile and contour leveling, triangulation and traverse exercises. Students work in teams and are required to complete a survey project and submit a finished report.  A brief introduction to GPS survey systems and GIS is included

ENGN3000 Electric Circuits
This course  reviews the fundamental circuit variables such as voltage, current, charge, power and energy. Kirchhoff’s laws are introduced and developed into node and mesh analysis techniques. Terminal behaviour and circuit equivalence including source transformation, superposition, Thevenin and Norton circuits are covered. Analysis with controlled sources and energy storage elements is developed including steady state and transient response for first order networks. Phasors and sinusoidal steady state are introduced. Students are introduced to circuit simulation tools such as p-spice. Lab exercises familiarize students with current and voltage measurements and the oscilloscope.

ENGN3001 Engineering Measurement
The course examines the fundamentals for measurement of environmental parameters such as temperature, pressure, humidity, stress, and strain. The use of electronic instruments and microcomputers is demonstrated through laboratory exercises. Several methods of control are investigated. 

ENGN3002 Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a study of energy and energy transfers in the form of work and heat, and the effect these transfers have on the properties of selected substances. First and second law analyses are covered including entropy and efficiencies. Lab exercises aid in applying principles of water properties, temperature measurement, water and solar power.

ENGN3015 Irrigation and Drainage
This course examines basic soil-water-plant-atmosphere relationships. It introduces students to soil and water conservation and management principles. The course covers irrigation and drainage of golf courses, athletic areas, parks and residential landscape. Students develop system designs and participate in lab exercises.