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Instruction offered by members of Schulich School of Engineering.
Associate Dean (Academic & Planning) - A. Nygren
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Energy Engineering
240
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Introductory Mechanics for Energy Engineering
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Single-variable calculus methods and applications to mechanics. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion. Position, velocity and acceleration. Distributed loads in beams. Centroids. Differential relations between load, shear force and bending moment. Multivariable calculus methods and applications to mechanics. Conservative force fields. Centre of mass and moments of inertia of a body. Distributed forces on surfaces.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(4-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
260
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Statics for Energy Engineering
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Engineering Statics topics: force vectors; equilibrium of a particle in two and three dimensions; force system resultants; equilibrium of a rigid body in two and three dimensions; trusses; frames and machines. Vector and linear algebra methods and applications to static engineering mechanics.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-2)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
300
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Engineering Design and Energy Policy
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Introduction to the mechanical, petroleum, and energy engineering profession, fundamentals of energy engineering design, testing, and product development; problem solving skills development; oil and gas standards, intellectual property protection, project management; regulatory issues; public policy. Case studies and projects may be drawn from a range of energy engineering areas.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Engineering 200 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
340
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Dynamics for Energy Engineering I
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Engineering Dynamics topics: kinematics of particles; Newton’s laws of motion; conservation of linear momentum; conservative forces; conservation of energy; dissipative forces; conservation of angular momentum; impulse and momentum. First- and second-order ordinary differential equations and applications to dynamic engineering mechanics.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 240 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
350
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Computing Tools for Energy Engineers
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The application of computer tools to solve practical Energy Engineering problems; fundamentals of engineering computing including algorithm development, selection of appropriate tools, documentation of solutions, and verification and interpretation of results; applications using engineering analysis and spreadsheet tools; fundamentals of engineering graphics and computer aided design including technical drawing conventions used in the energy industry, dimensioning and tolerances; applications using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
360
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Mechanics of Materials for Energy Engineering
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Internal forces in trusses, beams, shafts, frames and machines. Axial-force, shear-force, bending-moment and internal-torque diagrams. The concept of stress. Normal and shear components in a coordinate system. The concept of strain and its components. Stress-strain relations. Elasticity. Hooke’s law and its generalisation. Stress and deformation of uniaxially loaded members. Stress and deformation in the torsion of shafts of a circular cross section. Stress and deformation in transversely loaded beams of a symmetric cross section. General analysis of plane stress. Principal stresses. Mohr’s circle. Stress in structures subjected to combine loading.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-2)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 260 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
Corequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 240.
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Energy Engineering
400
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Engineering Design and Economics
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Design of chemical and oil & gas processing units and plants; cost estimates and chemical process economics; identifying market needs and commercialization considerations; Safety and environmental considerations in process design; critical thinking and problem solving skills development; case studies and projects may be drawn from a range of energy engineering areas.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 300 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
425
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Electricity, Magnetism and Electrical Circuits
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Electric charges and electric current; Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, application to simple circuits; Definitions of electric and magnetic fields. Introduction to circuit theory: DC circuits, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, single and three phase AC circuits. Introduction to basic electronic devices.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-1T-2)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 240 and 260 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
460
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Dynamics for Energy Engineering II
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Planar kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies; work, energy, impulse and momentum of rigid bodies; kinematics, statics, and dynamics of planar mechanisms; design of cams, gears, and gear trains.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-1T)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 240 and 260 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
480
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Energy Engineering Fluid Mechanics
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Basic principles of mechanics of fluids; properties of fluids; fluids at rest; manometers and other pressure measuring devices; dimensional analysis; the laws of conservation of mass and momentum; Bernoulli's equation for incompressible flow and the energy equation; flow measurements; elementary pipe flow problems including losses, pumps, etc.; applications to a variety of problems in energy engineering.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-1T-3/2)
Prerequisite(s):
Engineering 201 and Energy Engineering 340 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
560
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Energy Engineering Thermodynamics
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The analysis of industrial processes; mass conservation and energy conservation; energy and the first law of thermodynamics; the second law of thermodynamics and entropy; applications of the laws of thermodynamics to problems in the behaviour of fluids, flow processes, power cycles, refrigeration and heat pumps, phase equilibria and chemical equilibria.
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-2)
Prerequisite(s):
Engineering 311 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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Energy Engineering
570
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Automation and Controls
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Linear systems and their characteristics; the Laplace transform, block diagram manipulation, frequency response, application to first and second order physical systems; analysis and design of sensors and actuators; industrial automation systems, programmable logic controllers (PLC), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, distributed control systems (DCS).
Course Hours:
3 units; H(3-1T-3/2)
Prerequisite(s):
Energy Engineering 340 and Energy Engineering 425 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.
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