Mechanical Engineering

To provide qualified students with a good foundation in Mechanical Engineering in order to prepare them for a successful professional career and to contribute to the needs of society.

  • To prepare mechanical engineering professionals with proper ethics, training, and knowledge needed to compete in local and international markets.
  • To provide graduates with proper background needed for research and graduate studies.
  • To provide graduates with proper tools needed for adaptation with the global technical and economic development and to be engaged in lifelong learning.
  1. Ability to apply mathematics, science and engineering principles.
  2. Ability to design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data.
  3. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
  4. Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
  5. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.
  6. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
  7. Ability to communicate effectively.
  8. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
  9. Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
  10. Knowledge of contemporary issues.
  11. Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
  • Automotive engineering and engine design.
  • Power plants.
  • Materials and metals industry.
  • HVAC systems.
  • Advancement of industrial technology.
  • Clean energy sources, such as solar panels and windmills.
  • Design and manufacturing of industrial machinery.
  • Related governmental institutions, such as Palestine Standard Institution and Energy and Natural Resources Authority.

Program Requirements (101 Credit Hours):

  1. Compulsory Program Courses: (85) credit hours for the following courses:

Course No.

Course Name

Prerequisites

MATH2311

Calculus and Analytical Geometry 3

MATH1321

MATH234

Introduction to Linear Algebra

MATH1321

MATH330

Numerical Methods

MATH234,

(COMP230 or COMP132 or COMP133 or COMP142).

MATH331

Ordinary Differential Equations

MATH1321

ENEE2101

Basic Electrical Engineering Lab

PHYS112, ENEE2311

ENEE2311

Network Analysis 1

PHYS132

ENMC3251

Statistical Analysis

MATH2311

ENMC3151

Engineering Measurement Lab

PHYS112, ENMC3251 or concurrent

ENCS2301

Fundamentals of Electronics and Digital Systems

ENEE2311, COMP230

ENEE4102

Fundamentals of Electrical Machines Lab

ENEE2101, ENEE4303

ENEE4303

Electrical Machines Fundamentals

ENEE2311

ENCE233

Mechanics of Materials

ENCE232

ENME2111

Mechanical Drawing

ENME1210

ENME232

Dynamics

ENCE232

ENME312

Fluid Mechanics Lab

ENME335

ENME3100

Introduction to Practical Training

Completing 60 hours, department consent

ENME331

Material Science

CHEM143

ENME332

Machine Dynamics

ENME232, (ENMC3111 or concurrent)

ENME333

Thermodynamics

PHYS141

ENME334

Applied Thermodynamics

ENME333

ENME335

Fluid Mechanics I

ENME232

ENME4300

Practical Training

ENME3100, finishing 90 credits and department consent

ENME4110

Thermal Fluid Applications Lab

ENME312, ENMC3151, ENME431

ENME4120

Seminar in Mechanical Engineering

Fourth year level

ENMC3111

Computer Aided Engineering Lab.

ENME2111

ENME431

Heat Transfer

ENME333, ENME335

ENME432

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

ENME431, ENME334

ENME433

Production Processes 1

ENME331

ENME435

Machine Design 1

ENCE233, ENME2111, ENME3100

ENME436

Machine Design 2

(ENME435 or ENMC4421), ENME332

ENME4380

Control Systems

MATH331, (ENMC4310 or concurrent)

ENMC4310

Mechanical Vibrations

MATH331, ENME232

ENME520

Introduction to Graduation Project

Finishing 112 credits, ENME4120

ENME530

Graduation Project

ENME520

 

b.  Elective Courses 16 credit hours from the following courses

Field

Course No.

Course Name

Prerequisites

 13 credit hours from one of the following tracks. Alternatively, for the general track students can select 13 credit hours from the power, production and management, or automotive tracks and must include one laboratory course.

Power

Track

 

ENME5380

Plumbing and Firefighting

ENME335

ENME437

Fluids Mechanics II

ENME335, MATH331

ENME511

Power Lab

ENME4110

ENME4330

Energy Conversions

ENME334

ENME534

Design and Operation of Power Stations

ENME334, BUSA3321 

Production

and

 Management

Track

 

ENME5340

Quality control

ENMC3151, (ENME433 or concurrent)

ENME5360

Production Planning and Control

ENMC3151

ENME5370

Safety Engineering

ENME335 or ENMC4411

ENME5350

Facilities Planning

ENME433

ENME5130

Industrial Practice

ENME5360 or concurrent

Automotive Engineering

Track

 

ENME535

Internal Combustion Engines

ENME334

ENME5391

Automotive Systems Technology

ENME332

ENME5392

 

Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems

ENCS2301

ENME5395

Alternative Fuel, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

ENEE4303

ENME5194

Automotive laboratory

ENME4110 or ENMC411

Three credit hours from the following courses or from the above track courses.

 

ENME5311

Refrigeration Engineering

ENME432

ENME5312

Finite Element Methods

ENCE233,

MATH330

ENMC532

Robotics

ENME332, ENME4380

ENME5390

Special Topic in Automotive Engineering

Department consent

ENME5372

Special Topic in Production and Management

Department consent

ENME537

Fluid Power Control

ENME4380, (ENME335, or ENMC4411)

ENME5342

Sustainable Engineering Principles

ENME431 or ENMC4411

ENME5331

Special Topic in Power

Department consent

ENME5382

Industrial Machine Operation and Maintenance

Department consent

ENMC535

CAD/CAM/CNC

MATH330, (ENMC3111 or ENME433)

 

 
  1. Student must successfully complete and obtain a cumulative average of 70% or more in the following courses:

      MATH1411, MATH1321, PHYS141, PHYS132, ENME1210

  1. Department approval based on its capacity. In the case the number of applicants exceeds the enrolment capacity of the Department, only those with the highest overall competitive average grade will be admitted. The average grade will be calculated based on the grades of all course attempts.

The study plan of the Mechanical Engineering Program consists of 158 credit hours, distributed as follows:

Requirements

Credit Hours

University Requirements

19-20

Faculty Requirements

30

Program Requirements

102

Elective Courses

7-8

Total

158