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.
- Ability to apply mathematics, science and engineering principles.
- Ability to design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data.
- 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.
- Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.
- Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
- Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
- Knowledge of contemporary issues.
- 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):
- Compulsory Program Courses: (85) credit hours for the following courses:
|
Course No. |
Course Name |
Prerequisites |
|
Calculus and Analytical Geometry 3 |
MATH1321 |
|
|
Introduction to Linear Algebra |
MATH1321 |
|
|
Numerical Methods |
MATH234, (COMP230 or COMP132 or COMP133 or COMP142). |
|
|
Ordinary Differential Equations |
MATH1321 |
|
|
Basic Electrical Engineering Lab |
PHYS112, ENEE2311 |
|
|
Network Analysis 1 |
PHYS132 |
|
|
Statistical Analysis |
MATH2311 |
|
|
Engineering Measurement Lab |
PHYS112, ENMC3251 or concurrent |
|
|
Fundamentals of Electronics and Digital Systems |
ENEE2311, COMP230 |
|
|
Fundamentals of Electrical Machines Lab |
ENEE2101, ENEE4303 |
|
|
Electrical Machines Fundamentals |
ENEE2311 |
|
|
Mechanics of Materials |
ENCE232 |
|
|
Mechanical Drawing |
ENME1210 |
|
|
Dynamics |
ENCE232 |
|
|
Fluid Mechanics Lab |
ENME335 |
|
|
Introduction to Practical Training |
Completing 60 hours, department consent |
|
|
Material Science |
CHEM143 |
|
|
Machine Dynamics |
ENME232, (ENMC3111 or concurrent) |
|
|
Thermodynamics |
PHYS141 |
|
|
Applied Thermodynamics |
ENME333 |
|
|
Fluid Mechanics I |
ENME232 |
|
|
Practical Training |
ENME3100, finishing 90 credits and department consent |
|
|
Thermal Fluid Applications Lab |
ENME312, ENMC3151, ENME431 |
|
|
Seminar in Mechanical Engineering |
Fourth year level |
|
|
Computer Aided Engineering Lab. |
ENME2111 |
|
|
Heat Transfer |
ENME333, ENME335 |
|
|
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning |
ENME431, ENME334 |
|
|
Production Processes 1 |
ENME331 |
|
|
Machine Design 1 |
ENCE233, ENME2111, ENME3100 |
|
|
Machine Design 2 |
(ENME435 or ENMC4421), ENME332 |
|
|
Control Systems |
MATH331, (ENMC4310 or concurrent) |
|
|
Mechanical Vibrations |
MATH331, ENME232 |
|
|
Introduction to Graduation Project |
Finishing 112 credits, ENME4120 |
|
|
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
|
Plumbing and Firefighting |
ENME335 |
|
|
Fluids Mechanics II |
ENME335, MATH331 |
||
|
Power Lab |
ENME4110 |
||
|
Energy Conversions |
ENME334 |
||
|
Design and Operation of Power Stations |
ENME334, BUSA3321 |
||
|
Production and Management Track
|
Quality control |
ENMC3151, (ENME433 or concurrent) |
|
|
Production Planning and Control |
ENMC3151 |
||
|
Safety Engineering |
ENME335 or ENMC4411 |
||
|
Facilities Planning |
ENME433 |
||
|
Industrial Practice |
ENME5360 or concurrent |
||
|
Automotive Engineering Track
|
Internal Combustion Engines |
ENME334 |
|
|
Automotive Systems Technology |
ENME332 |
||
|
|
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems |
ENCS2301 |
|
|
Alternative Fuel, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles |
ENEE4303 |
||
| Automotive laboratory |
ENME4110 or ENMC411 |
||
|
Three credit hours from the following courses or from the above track courses. |
|||
|
|
Refrigeration Engineering |
ENME432 |
|
|
Finite Element Methods |
ENCE233, MATH330 |
||
|
Robotics |
ENME332, ENME4380 |
||
|
Special Topic in Automotive Engineering |
Department consent |
||
|
Special Topic in Production and Management |
Department consent |
||
|
Fluid Power Control |
ENME4380, (ENME335, or ENMC4411) |
||
|
Sustainable Engineering Principles |
ENME431 or ENMC4411 |
||
|
Special Topic in Power |
Department consent |
||
|
Industrial Machine Operation and Maintenance |
Department consent |
||
|
CAD/CAM/CNC |
MATH330, (ENMC3111 or ENME433) |
||
- Student must successfully complete and obtain a cumulative average of 70% or more in the following courses:
MATH1411, MATH1321, PHYS141, PHYS132, ENME1210
- 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 |
