Restricted to students transferring into Engineering Science. This course provides an introduction to engineering design for students transferring into Engineering Science, who have completed an external Engineering Graphics course. Major topics include engineering estimation, 2k factorial design, teamwork, engineering ethics, and requirement specifications.

Restricted to School of Engineering students. This course is the first of four engineering design courses in the Engineering Science curriculum. Major topics in this course include engineering estimation, three dimensional computer-aided design, 2k factorial design, teamwork, engineering ethics, requirement specifications, and design iteration.

This seminar offers a shared learning experience with an assignment of a service project and exposure to Industrial Advisory Board members and Loyola administrators and faculty. In addition to providing intellectual enhancement to the program, these seminars give us a time and place to regularly interact. This class is restricted to Engineering Science freshman.

This course introduces students to environmental, biomedical and computer engineering-based sensors and signal analysis techniques. Major topics in this course include an introduction to common biomedical sensors, electronics, signals, sampling, analog-to-digital conversion, c programming, microcontroller system architectures, and microcontroller programming.

ENGR 311 covers the fundamentals of signal and system analysis, focusing on representations of discrete-time and continuous-time signals and representations of linear, time-invariant systems. Major topics in this course include convolution, Fourier series, Fourier Transform, and unit impulse and unit step functions. Applications are drawn broadly from engineering and physics.

Introduces numerical methods and control systems theory. Students are exposed to root finding, numerical integration and differentiation, numerical solutions to ODEs, curve fitting and regression techniques, classical control system theory methods (Laplace transforms and transfer functions, root locus design, Routh-Hurwitz stability analysis, Bode and Nyquist plots) and the state variable method (controllability and observability). Employ the state variable method.

This course is an introduction to discrete-time signal processing and system identification. Major topics include the z-transform, infinite/finite impulse response filters, discrete/fast Fourier transform, models of linear time-invariant systems, and parameter estimation methods.

This course is an introduction to electronic circuits and devices. Major topics in this course include an introduction to Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Current Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage Law, Nodal and Loop analysis, Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems, and alternating current steady-state analysis.

This course provides an introduction to basic chemical and thermal processes. Major topics include open and closed systems, control volumes, microscopic vs. macroscopic, mass and energy balances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy balance, exergy balance, thermodynamic cycles, thermodynamic property relations, gas laws, and chemical thermodynamics.

This course is an introduction to digital design. Major topics in this course include, but is not limited to, binary conversions, logic gates, combinational logic design, sequential logic design, microprocessor architecture, and an introduction to hardware description languages.

Mechanics covers the fundamentals of modeling continuous media. Major topics include stress, strain, and constitutive relations; elements of tensor analysis; basic applications of solid and fluid mechanics; and application of conservation laws to control volumes.

This lab course enables students to experiment with concepts learned in concurrently taken core engineering courses ENGR 322, ENGR 323, and ENGR 324.

This course introduces concepts related to the structure, properties, and processing of materials commonly used in engineering applications. Major topics include material structure, bonding, crystalline and non-crystalline structures, imperfections, properties of metals, metal alloys, ceramics and polymers, phase transformation, and material failures.

The relevant physiology, clinical need, history, and system descriptions of eighteen fundamental medical devices are discussed and analyzed. Students are also introduced to several medical device systems, including medical instruments, electrical stimulators, and combination products. These topics provide a foundational background for medical device product development and regulation.

Introduction to the graphical user interface, data acquisition, and sensors of common medical devices. The lab experiments are synchronized with the presentation of medical device topics in ENGR 341. Students also create a software application for a Sponsor from the School of Nursing. Restricted to Engineering Science majors. Concurrent enrollment in ENGR 341. Apply FDA design control principles for creation of a nursing software application and accompanying requirement and design specifications.

This is the second semester of a three-semester Specialty course series for students specializing in Biomedical Engineering. During the first four weeks, students increase their programming skills through exposure to recurrence solving, sorting, and data structures. They then learn how design and verify medical device software using model-based engineering. Restricted to Engineering Science majors. Concurrent enrollment in ENGR 381.

This is the third semester of a three-semester Specialty course series for students specializing in Biomedical Engineering. During four weeks, students increase their programming skills through exposure to advanced data structures and graph algorithms. Separately, software issues that the Food and Drug Administration considers during medical device submissions are highlighted. ENGR 342 with a minimum grade of C-, concurrent enrollment in ENGR 391.

A course for engineering science students (computer engineering) that introduces advanced topics in the design and analysis of analog and digital electronic circuits. Areas of emphasis include an introduction to semiconductor physics, diodes, BJT transistors, CMOS devices, advanced operational amplifier circuits and frequency response fundamentals.

A lab for engineering science students (in the computer engineering specialization) to provide a first experience working with semiconductor devices (such as diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs, and Operational Amplifiers) for the design, creation and analysis of microelectronics using lab instruments.

ENGR 352 is the second semester course of a three-semester Specialty course series for students specializing in Computer Engineering. The areas of emphasis are the analysis of the methods and algorithms used in computer engineering. The course includes hands-on experiments and a design project related to the computing performance and efficiency improvement of engineering systems

ENGR 353 is the third semester course of a three-semester Specialty course series for students specializing in Computer Engineering. The course consists of an introduction to programmable logic controllers, relays, timers, counters, shift registers, human-machine interfaces and programmable embedded systems. The course includes hands-on experiments and a design project to evaluate the performance and efficiency of programmable systems, related safety issues and hardware troubleshooting for control and automation systems.

This is the first of three Specialization courses in Environmental Engineering. Topics include aquatic chemistry, chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, environmental soil and biogeochemistry, environmental organic chemistry, surface and groundwater hydrology, atmospheric processes, and fate and transport modeling of contaminants in natural and engineered systems.

This laboratory course introduces students to the analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry and titration, relevant to environmental engineering practice. This course emphasizes the design of field sampling campaigns of water and soil environments and the statistical data analysis of experimentally estimated water and soil parameters.

Theoretical and conceptual design of systems for treating municipal wastewater and drinking water which include reactor theory, process kinetics, and models. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are presented, including sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection, and sludge processing. Re-use of water and waste products are also covered.

This is the third semester of a three-semester Specialty course series for students specializing in Environmental Engineering. Overview of engineering solutions to present day environmental issues. Technologies focused on the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the modeling and design of best management practices Overview of engineering solutions to present day environmental issues. Technologies focused on the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the modeling and design of best management practices for stormwater management, an exploration of conventional and renewable energy technologies and the design of green infrastructure.

A major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Each group is assigned an industry-sponsored medical device software problem to solve. Each week, a medical device product development or regulation topic is also introduced.

First part of the team-based Capstone Design series for Computer Engineering students. Students focus on the design of an industry-sponsored project with practical, economic, and ethical constraints. They learn the fundamentals of product development, quality, reliability, ethics and project management as it relates to the field of computer engineering.

A major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Each group is assigned an environmental engineering industry-sponsored design problem to solve. During the semester, specific environmental design and regulation case studies will be introduced.

Second semester of a major design experience based on knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Each group continues work on the industry-sponsored medical device projects assigned in ENGR 381. Medical device product development or regulation topics are also introduced.

Second semester of a major design experience based on knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Each group continues work on the industry-sponsored design projects assigned in ENGR 382. Computer engineering or professional development topics are also introduced.

Second semester of a major design experience based on knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Each group continues work on the industry-sponsored design projects assigned in ENGR 383. Environmental engineering or professional development topics are also introduced. ENGR majors only.

The course enables independent study of selected topics in Biomedical, Computer, and Environmental Engineering, under the supervision of a faculty member. It may be repeated for credit. Restricted to Engineering Science majors. Permission of Director.