B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc.
Degree Program
Table of content
Contents
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Table of content......................................................................................................................1
1.
Mechanical Engineering.................................................................................................2
1.1.
Introduction.............................................................................................................2
1.2.
Objective..................................................................................................................2
1.3.
Background..............................................................................................................2
1.4.
Vision and Mission..................................................................................................3
i.
Vision.......................................................................................................................3
ii.
Mission.................................................................................................................3
2.
Staff and graduate profile...............................................................................................4

2.1.
Staff profile..............................................................................................................4
2.2.
Professional profile of Mechanical Engineering.....................................................4
2.3.
Graduate profile.......................................................................................................6
3.
Program Requirements...................................................................................................7
3.1.
Admission Requirement..........................................................................................7
3.2.
Duration of study.....................................................................................................7
3.3.
Graduation requirement...........................................................................................7
4.
The curriculum...............................................................................................................8
4.1.
Rational for Curriculum..........................................................................................8
4.2.
Structure of the curriculum......................................................................................9
i.
Industrial internship.................................................................................................9
ii.
B. Sc. Thesis......................................................................................................10
4.3.
Degree nomenclature.............................................................................................10
4.4.
Teaching learning methods and materials.............................................................10
A.
Mechanical Engineering courses..................................................................................11
B.
Courses other than mechanical engineering (supportive)............................................82
5.
Schedule of Courses offering for individual semesters................................................88
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Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program
1. Mechanical Engineering
1.1. Introduction
Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of
principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical
systems. It requires a solid understanding of key concepts including mechanics,
kinematics, thermodynamics and energy. Practitioners of mechanical engineering, known
as mechanical engineers, use these principles and others in the design and analysis of
automobiles, aircraft, heating & cooling systems, manufacturing plants, industrial
equipment and machinery, medical devices and more others.
The process of mechanical engineering is optimization: engineers strive to optimize cost,
increase productivity, durability, safety, and overall usefulness of objects. This process can
be as simple as the design of a chair for comfort or as complex as the optimization of a
turbocharger engine for many criteria, such as fuel consumption and power output. It can
be as small as the cutting of a nano-sized gear or as large as the assembly of a supertanker
used to carry oil around the world.
Mechanical engineers must have the ability to work methodically and logically to solve
problems. It is also important that they view their work objectively.
1.2. Objective
The objective of mechanical engineering program is to provide broad- based education and
training in the field and the applications of mechanical engineering leading to a Bachelor
of Science degree to enable graduates to meet the challenges of the engineering profession
in a rapidly changing environment that exists in a developing country. These challenges
require the ability to apply existing knowledge in new ways thereby creating new system
and opportunities as well as adapting existing technology to local production conditions.
These require the ability to manage service, maintain and improve upon existing systems.
1.3. Background
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is under Engineering and Technology College,
the so called Technology Faculty, of Aksum University. It was established in 2007 with one
staff who was giving supportive courses for other departments by that time and was
subsequently sent abroad for further study and training. A year later, two local and one
expatriate staffs added and 40 students were joined to the department for the first time.
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In 2009, BPR was introducing in the whole University which empowers the department by
merging other departments such as Chemical and Textile Engineering under it. Then,
students with a five-year Mechanical Engineering program were graduated in 2013 for the
first time.
Statistical data of Aksum University shows that the total number of mechanical engineers
who graduated from the university hence the department with B.Sc. degree during the
period of 2007 2013 is 27.
As of recent years, stakeholders and employers have expressed concerns that the graduates
of the department lack practical and innovative skills. This lack has been coupled by
deficiency in communication and managerial skills of the graduates. It is believed that this
new revised program has incorporated the necessary changes that will address the issues
raised by stakeholders and employers.
1.4. Vision and Mission
i. Vision
The vision of the Mechanical Engineering Department under the College of Engineering
and Technology at Aksum University is to be the leading center of Mechanical Engineering
Education and research in the country.
ii. Mission
The mission of Mechanical Engineering Department is to offer an outstanding,
professionally oriented undergraduate engineering education and conduct applied research
and consultancy service that will bring qualitative change in manufacturing industry and
technical services in Ethiopia.
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2. Staff and graduate profile

2.1. Staff profile
The Department has fifteen permanent staff members with nine M.Sc. holders. In addition
to these, four expatriates are teaching in the department. It is planned to employ two
additional expatriate professors next year. In addition to these , at present the department
has two Ethiopian staff members in abroad who are working towards their Ph.D. and four
staff members are studying their M.Sc. in abroad and Ethiopian Universities.
2.2. Professional profile of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is a profession that deals with the design, manufacturing,
selection, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of all forms of
machinery, equipment, and industrial systems. The profession plays a vital role in the
establishment and sustainable operation of a nation's manufacturing industries, transport
systems, power generation, construction, and mining industries.
The tasks which professional mechanical engineers undertake are too many to list them all.
Some of the typical engineering tasks these professionals are expected to deal with are:
Product design, development and manufacturing;
Industrial plant design, equipment selection, plant erection, commissioning,

operation and maintenance;
Industrial gas- and water-supply system/component design;
Automotive and construction equipment design and maintenance;
Energy conversion system/component design, installation, commissioning,

operation and maintenance;
Heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning system/components design, installation,

commissioning, operation and maintenance;
Industrial project design and evaluation;
Project management;
Factory and technical service management in the capacity of general manager,

technical manager, operation manager, maintenance manager, and sales manager.
Mechanical Engineering profession can be acquired and mastered by graduates who are
well educated to enter into, and dedicated to continue growing in the profession. An
undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program meant to produce such graduates must be
designed to provide to the students a sufficiently broad and deep base of mathematics,
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physical sciences, and engineering sciences; broad knowledge of mechanical engineering
systems, machineries and control systems; excellent knowledge of design and
manufacturing theories supported by extensive laboratory exercises, workshop practices,
and industrial internship; sufficient practices in the use of computers and application of
software related to the field; sufficient knowledge of management concepts and
communication skills, etc. In short, the program should give due emphasis to the
integration of knowledge and skill to enable its graduates enter the profession.
Due to the very broad nature of the profession of mechanical engineering, the profession
has numerous areas specialization at global level. In the current Ethiopian context, one
could specialize in any one of the following areas:
Product Design and/or Applied Mechanics
This area of specialization focuses on the design of a product, starting from the
need analysis through three dimensional modeling, strength and dynamic analysis
up to prototype manufacturing and testing.
Engineering Materials
It deals with the study and application of materials used in mechanical engineering.
Manufacturing Engineering/ Technology
It deals with the design of manufacturing processes (like casting, forming,
machining, joining, assembling, etc.) of an engineering product, starting from its
design to planning and management of the manufacturing operations.
Thermal and Power Plant Engineering
It deals with the design, selection, installation, commissioning, maintenance and
operation of energy conversion, heating, cooling systems and equipment that utilize
thermal primary energy resources.
Fluid Machinery
It
deals
with
the
design,
performance
analysis,
selection,
installation,
commissioning, operation and maintenance of rotating machines such as pumps,

blowers, compressors and various types of turbines.
Maintenance Engineering
It deals with systematic application of reliability theory, condition monitoring and
reconditioning techniques, and preventive maintenance programs to increase plant
or equipment availability.
Automotive Engineering
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It deals with the design and maintenance of a motor vehicle and its accessories.
Aeronautic Engineering
It deals with design and maintenance of an aircraft and its accessories.
Mechatronics and/or Robotics
It deals with control of mechanical systems and interfacing of mechanical system
with electronic controllers and computer.
Industrial Engineering
It deals with optimal design of manufacturing plant and optimal management of
material, human and machine resources in manufacturing operations to minimize
production costs and maximize product quality.
Depending on the Engineering tasks one is undertaking or the position one is holding, a
professional mechanical engineer working in an industrial facility can have professional
titles and/or job specifications like Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Maintenance
Engineer, Installation Engineer, Utilities Engineer, or management title/job like General
Manager, Technical Manager, Operation Manager, Maintenance Manager, Sales Manager,
and rendering consultancy services in the field.
2.3. Graduate profile
The graduates of the program will be able to
Design, develop and manufacture a product:

Industrial plant design, equipment selection, plant erection commissioning
,operation and maintenance:

Industrial gas-and water-supply system/component design:
Automotive and construction equipment design and maintenance:
Energy conversion system/component design, installation maintenance,
commissioning operation etc.

Industrial project design and evaluation:
Project management
Factory and technical service management
Conducting researches, presentation as well as relation to mechanical
engineering to some extent.
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3. Program Requirements
3.1. Admission Requirement
The admission requirements for the program are similar to the general higher institutional
requirement, which will be determined by Ministry of Education (MOE). Usually the
students are selected from those whom have completed the preparatory package but with
above average grades in the following subjects.
Technical drawing
Mathematics
Physics
3.2. Duration of study

The minimum duration in the university to finalize the Mechanical Engineering courses is
nine semester and six months on job practice in industrial internship.
3.3. Graduation requirement
The total required credit hours for a student to graduate are 168 172. A minimum
cumulative grade point average, CGPA of 2.00 is required in all courses taken.
In
addition, a minimum cumulative grade point average, CGPA of 2.00 is required in the core
courses of the Department.
For a student to sit for an examination in every course he /she must attend 100% practical
sessions and 75% lectures sessions.
4. The curriculum
The curriculum is the set of subjects including their ways of delivering and methods of
evaluation that students must follow at a particular school, college or university. In
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addition, the curriculum is developed, mainly by taking into consideration the specific
objectives of the course. The curriculum is expected to give the student a strong broad
based background in Mechanical Engineering with focus areas of limited specialization in
some specific areas.
This curriculum is prepared based on the fact that Aksum University started to admit
student in the field of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2008. The curriculum is adopted
from Addis Ababa University the so called Faculty of Technology, currently Addis Ababa
Institute of Technology, of Mechanical Engineering Department. The subjects that must be
given for Mechanical engineering students including their course number, course numbers,
credit hours, course objectives, course description, course pre requisite and references are
discussed below in two categories.
Namely the categories are:
A. Mechanical Engineering courses
B. Courses other than mechanical engineering (supportive)
4.1. Rational for Curriculum
Mechanical Engineering is the main field that plays leading roles in the technological
development of a country. The objective of Mechanical Engineering Education up to now
was to educate trainable, broad based mechanical engineers that can fit in the different
applications areas of mechanical engineering after given on job training for about a year.
The department was able to recognize that most of the industries that have been employing
mechanical engineers are small and medium sized and do not have senior engineers for
coaching the new recruits. As a result, the Department was convinced that it is necessary to
make the education more practice oriented and focused to the different areas of industrial
applications in order to make the engineers more productive. With the increasing number
of graduates in mechanical engineering, it is becoming inevitable that some shall be selfemployed. Therefore, the need for training the graduates in entrepreneurship has become
necessary.
4.2. Structure of the curriculum

In the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, all students will take similar courses in the first
five semesters. These courses are categorized as;
Basic science courses,
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Humanities and Communication courses,
The students will choose focus area starting from the sixths semester and study their
respective area by taking the compulsory courses for these focus areas. The students will
take some compulsory courses with their respective focus area from:
Mechanical Design courses
Thermal Engineering courses
Manufacturing Engineering courses
Automotive Engineering courses
Energy Engineering courses
Instrumentation and Control courses
Industrial Engineering courses
Starting from the sixth semester, students will join to one of the following focus area and
take packed electives mainly from one of the focus areas and some necessary courses from
other focus areas and instrumentation and control courses with the objective of giving
streamlined education to the different sectors of the industry.
Manufacturing Engineering focus area courses
Thermal Engineering focus area courses
Mechanical Design focus area courses
Motor vehicle Engineering focus area courses
Industrial Engineering focus area courses
i. Industrial internship
The students will leave the campus of the university and join to one of the countrys
industry in order to develop their practical knowledge during the eighth semester for six
months. During industrial internship, students will have a chance to work on practical
industrial problems integrating with the theory they have learned in the university. This
real world experience will help the student to link theory and practice and have a vision of
skill, discipline and ethics as demanded by the industrial setup.
Here before their leave for industrial internship the students will take a holistic exam which
helps to check the students theoretical knowledge. The exam has to include all the basic
principles and concepts of the courses that were given to the students during their stay in
the university for seven semesters.
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ii. B. Sc. Thesis

Individually or in group students will work on final year project or thesis topics. The B.Sc.
thesis will help the students to integrate what they have learned in five years to solve a real
world problem. Besides solving a particular problem, the students will acquire skill in
general problem solving methodology. The experience will also enhance the skill of
graduates in report writing, and documentation and presentation.
4.3. Degree nomenclature
The degree awarded to students who successfully complete the minimum requirements is
labeled in English and Amharic language as follow:
For the students under Manufacturing focus area:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing focus area

For the students under Thermal focus area:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Thermal focus area

For the students under Motor Vehicle focus area:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Motor Vehicle focus area

For the students under Design focus area:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Design focus area

For the students under Industrial focus area:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Industrial focus area

4.4. Teaching learning methods and materials
The teaching-learning method adopted for the transfer and/or acquisition of knowledge
includes
-
Classroom lectures backed by course-work projects, tutorials and assignments;
Design projects, workshop practice and laboratory works
Presentations and industrial visits.
Most of the lectures shall be conducted using LCD projectors.
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A. Mechanical Engineering courses

These categories of courses are Mechanical Engineering courses taught by the department.
They are tabulated below with course number, course title, credit hours, course objective,
course description, pre-requisites and references.
MENG 1001 Engineering Drawing
Course Number: MENG 1001
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Engineering Drawing

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
At the end of the course, students would understand:
The different types of projection techniques
How to sketch multi view drawings of any given pictorial drawings
How to sketch pictorial drawings of given multi view drawings
Sketching auxiliary and sectional views as a supplement of multi view drawings.
How to find intersection lines of different geometries and development of surfaces.

Course Description:
Theory of projections; Multi-view drawings; Pictorial drawings, Auxiliary views; Sectional
views; Intersection and development.
Pre-requisites: No pre-requisite
Textbook: Engineering Drawing and Graphic Technology, by French
References:
1. Luzader, Engineering Drawing
2. Spencer, Technical Drawing
3. Vaishwanar R.S, Engineering Drawing and Graphics
4. Voland G.S., Modern Engineering Graphics and Design
Assessment/Evaluation methods:
Assignments and Class work
Quizzes
20%,
(30%) and
Final Examination
Attendance Requirement:
50%.
Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours; and
100% attendance during practical work sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
MENG 1102 Introduction to Computers and Programming

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Course Title: Introduction to Computers and
Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and
Programming
Course Objectives:
3 Lab hrs
Upon the completion of this course, students would know:

Number systems (binary, octal, hexadecimal, floating point) and the corresponding
arithmetic
Logic/Digital circuits and Boolean algebra
The major components and functions of personal computers (Hardware: I/O devices,
CPU, memory; Software: System software, Application software)
Handling of files (create directory, copy, delete, save, move, change drive, display file
names, rename, etc.) using Windows and DOS
How to write a syntactically correct C++ programs to solve ordinary mechanical
engineering problems.
The appropriate style and documentation in all computer programs/codes
Graphics and object oriented programming.
Course Description:
Developmental history of computers; Arithmetic-operation with logic unit; Major hardware
components and peripheral devices; Application and operating system software; File
handling with Dos and Windows; Basic programming structure; Control statements; Loops;
Algorithms and flow charts; Functions; Arrays, sets and records; Input-output files; Strings;
Graphics and CRT units; Pointers; Writing custom units; Introduction to visual and object
oriented programming
Pre-Requisites: No pre-requisite
References:
1. Cohoon, J.P. and Davidson, J.W, C++ Program Design: an Introduction to
Programming and Object-Oriented Design, 2nd ed., 1999
2. Lafore, R, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, 3rd ed., 2001
3. Friedman and Koffman, Problem Solving, Abstraction, and Design Using C++
4. http://ditigallibrary.tech.aau.edu.et (the cplusplus.com Tutorials)
Teaching methods:
Lectures supported by assignments and
Laboratory exercise
Assignments and Class work
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Quizzes
Project
(30%)
15% and
Final Examination
50%.
100% attendance during practical laboratory sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
MENG 1302 Engineering Mechanics II, Dynamics

Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title: Engineering Mechanics II,
Dynamics
Course Objectives:
The course enables students to:
Understand and apply basic principles that govern the motion of objects.
Develop appropriate mathematical models that represent physical systems.
Select appropriate coordinate systems for physical systems and analyze motion
variables such as position, velocity, and acceleration.
Derive equations of motion that relate forces acting on systems and the resulting
motion.
Course Description:
Basic equations of motion; Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies; Kinetics of particles and
rigid bodies
Pre-requisite: CEng 1001-Engineering Mechanics I (Statics); Math 231- Applied Mathematics
IB
Textbook: Meriam J.L. and Kraige L.G., Engineering Mechanics
References:
1. Hibbler R. C., Engineering Mechanics
2. Beer P., Mechanics for Engineers
3. Best C. L., Analytical Mechanics for Engineers
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials, and
Assignments.
Evaluation:
Assignments
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Mid-semester Examination
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.

mishaps.
MENG 1506 Workshop Technology I
Credit Hours:
2 Cr.
Course Title: Workshop Technology I

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 6 Laboratory/Practice hrs
The course is intended to give the student

practical training on basic workshop technology on bench work, sheet metal
fabrication;
hands-on experience on basic conventional machining
Course Description:
Introduction to manufacturing processes; Bench work; Wood work, Metal work, cutting
with the aid of conventional machine tools; Operation and maintenance of appliances and
machines; Welding, brazing and soldering; Manufacture of parts; Measuring and testing.
Pre-requisites: No pre-requisites
Teaching methods:
Introductory lectures;
Individual advising on project work.

Evaluation:
Evaluation of project work: 100%
Attendance requirement:
100% attendance during workshop sessions
MENG 1304 -Strength of Materials I
Credit: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Strength of Materials I

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 2 lecture hrs and 3 tutorial/Lab hrs
This course is intended to introduce students to :
Basic concepts in mechanics of materials;
Strength and deformation calculations of loaded members;
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Stability criteria of compression members;
Design methods of simple machine members.

Course Description:
Simple stress and strain in tension and compression members; Deformation; Shear and
bending moment diagrams; Bending stresses in beams, the flexure formula; Slope and
deflection of beams; Shearing stresses in beams,
Pre-requisites: CEng 1001- Engineering Mechanics I (statics)
Textbook: Popov, E.P., Mechanics of Materials,
References:
1. Hearn, E.S., Mechanics of Materials
2. Beer, F.P. and Johnston E. Russell, Mechanics of Materials
3. Singer, Strength of Materials
4. Nash, W.A., Strength of Materials (Schaums Outline Series)
Teaching methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials and assignments
Evaluation:
Assignments 20%
Mid-Semester Exam 30%
Final Exam 50%
mishaps.
MENG 2305 Strength of Materials II

Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title: Strength of Materials II Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
Analyze two dimensional complex stress problems;
Solve strength problems by using energy method;
Calculate critical load and stress in columns;
Calculate stress and deflections in curved beams, rings, discs, and cylinders;
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Analyze torsion of non circular and thin walled sections; and
Apply elastic failure theories to investigate strength of various loading.

Course Description:
Unsymmetrical bending; Struts; Strains beyond the elastic limit; Rings, discs and cylinder
subjected to rotation and thermal gradients; Torsion of non-circular and thin walled
sections; Circular plates and diaphragms; Introduction to advanced elasticity theory.
Pre-requisites: MENG1304 - Strength of Materials I
Textbook: Hearn, E.J., Mechanics of Materials
References:
1. Popov, E.P., Strength of Materials
2. Bowes, W.H., & Suter, G.T., Mechanics of Engineering Materials
3. Seed, G.M., Strength of Materials
Teaching Methods:
Assignments.
Evaluation:
Assignments
Final Examination
10%,
30%, and
60%.
mishaps.
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MENG 2507 Workshop Technology II
Credit Hours:
2 Cr.
Course Title: Workshop Technology II

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 6 Laboratory/practice hrs
The course is intended to give advanced practical training to the student by requiring the
production of simple parts and unit assembly using conventional machines.
Course Description:
Manufacturing simple assemblies (e.g. lock, parallel or toolmakers clamp or wheel puller,
gear-shaft assembly, etc.); Gear cutting; Measuring and testing; Assembly of units.
Pre-requisites: MENG 1506 Workshop Technology I
Teaching methods:
Introductory lectures;
Individual advising on project work.

Evaluation:
Evaluation of project work: 100%
Attendance requirement:
100% attendance during workshop sessions
MENG 2303 Engineering Materials I
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Engineering Materials I
Course Objectives:
The course enables students to understand:

The main concept of engineering materials
The influence of crystalline structure on the properties of metal.
Will acquire knowledge about type of defect and their influences on the properties of
crystals.
How deformation will takes place and will know the
main types of plastic
deformation
The main causes for failure and types of failure. Methods to over come it.
Will acquire knowledge about mechanical testing of materials
Main concepts of Phase and phase transformation, crystalline changes and their
influences on properties of metals.

Course Description :
Classification of engineering materials; Fundamental theory of engineering materials: atomic
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structure, bonds, crystalline structure; Defects in crystalline structures and dislocation theory;
Deformation in solids; Failure and mechanisms of fracture; Mechanical properties and testing
of metals; Phases and phase transformations.
References:
1. Filmin / Torjan., Engineering Materials and their applications
2. Lakhtine U., Physical metallurgy & heat treatment
3. Narag G., Material Science and Processing
4. Kumar H., Engineering Materials & Manufacturing Process
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials,
Assignments and laboratory exercises

Evaluation:
Assignments
Final Examination
20%,
30%, and
50%.
Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours;

mishaps;
MENG 2301 Machine Drawing

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Machine Drawing
Course Objectives:
read and prepare machine drawings,
correctly dimension views,
describe fits and tolerances, surface texture and geometric tolerances,
properly document working drawings,
know conventional representation of such machine elements as bearings, seals,
threaded elements, gears, springs etc.

Course Description:
Types of machine Drawings; Conventional representation of Fasteners, Bearings,
Seals, Gears, Springs and Shafts; Welded Connections, Fits and Tolerance, Surface
Texture, Geometric Tolerance; Exercises using simple units such as check valves,
workshop jacks, vises, hand pumps, hand grinders, hand drills, and so forth. Detail and
assembly drawings of machines.
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Pre-requisites: MENG 1001- Engineering Drawing
References:
1. Earl J.H., Graphics For Engineers with CADKEY, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, New York, 1991
2. Frank M., Fredrick D., Edwin T., Michael J., & John T., Engineering Graphics,
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989
3. French, T.E., Engineering Drawing and Graphics Technology, McGraw-Hill Book
Company, New York, 1972
4. Serebryakov, A., Yankovsky, K., & Pleshkin, M., Mechanical Drawing, Foreign
Language Publishing House, Moscow
5. Sidheswar, N., Machine Drawing, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.,
New York, 1989
6. Singh, s., & Sah, P.L., Fundamentals of Machine Drawing, Printice Hall of India
Private Limited, New Delhi, 2003
7. Spencer, H.C., Technical Drawing, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1949
8. Vaishwanar, R.S., Engineering Drawing and Graphics, Kumar Offset Press, New
Delhi, 1993
9. Yankee, H.W., Engineering Graphics, PWS Engineering, Boston, 1985
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by class exercises and Assignments, and
Project work.
Evaluation:
Assignments
10%,
Class Exercises
10%,
Project Work
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
100% attendance during practical work, except for some unprecedented mishaps.
MENG 2308 Thermodynamics I
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
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Course Objectives:
Understand the relationship between internal energy, heat and work as expressed by
the First Law of Thermodynamics;
Apply the conservation of energy to thermodynamic systems
State and explain the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Explain how the Carnot cycle applies to heat engines and refrigeration cycles
Explain the concept of entropy
Apply the concept of availability, irreversibility and the second law in defining the
efficiency of a system
Course Description:
Thermodynamic notions and systems;
Fundamental concepts;
Pure substances; Vapor
pressure curves; Steam tables; Phase diagrams of steam; First law of Thermodynamics:
closed and open systems, enthalpy; Second law of Thermodynamics: Reversible and
irreversible processes; Carnot cycle; Entropy; Availability; Irreversibility;
Pre-requisites: MENG 1302 - Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)
References:
1. Sonntag R.E.,Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
2. Michael J. Moran, H.N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics,
John Wiley and Sons. Inc., 1995.
3. Cengel Y A., Bole M A., Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach, McGraw-Hill.
4. Eastop T.D and McConkey A., Applied Thermodynamics
5. Wark K.Jr, Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, McGraw-Hill.
Teaching Methods:
Assignments.
Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
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mishaps.
MENG 2306 Fluid Mechanics I
Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title: Fluid Mechanics I

Course Objectives:
The course:
Enables students to understand concepts, principles, laws, observations, and models

of fluids at rest and in motion,
Provides basis for understanding fluid behavior for engineering design and control
of fluid systems,
Helps students develop competence with mass, energy and momentum balances for
determining resultant interactions of flows and engineered and natural systems,
Enables students develop bases for correlating experimental data, designing

procedures, and using scale models of fluid flows,
Enables students to learn the nature of rotation, circulation, resistance (viscous,

turbulent), boundary layers, and separation with applications to drag and lift on
objects, and
Enables students learn methods for computing headlosses and flows in simple pipes
and channels.
Course Description:
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics; Hydrostatics pressure in Fluids; Flow Classification;
Properties of flows; Viscous fluid flows; Turbulent flow in pipes.
Pre-requisites: Math 331- Applied Mathematics IIIB
Text book: White F.M, Fluid Mechanics
References:
1. Streeters, Fluid Mechanics
2. Munson B.R, Fundamental of Fluid Mechanics
3. Fox R.W., and McDonald A.T., Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Teaching Methods:
Assignments.
Evaluation:
Assignments
10%,
30%, and
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Final Examination
60%.
mishaps.
MENG 2302 Computer Aided Drafting

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Computer Aided Drafting

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hr and 3 Lab hrs
Upon completion of the course the students will be able to draw two dimensional and
three dimensional mechanical drawings using CAD software.
Course Description:
Introduction to representing of drawing primitives on a computer; CAD hardware and
software; Basic commands of drawing and drawing settings, editing, dimensioning, text
annotations of a CAD software; Project work of two-dimensional mechanical drawing with
CAD software; Introduction to three dimensional drawing and parametric design.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2301- Machine Drawing
References:
Omura George, Mastering AutoCAD 2000 for Mechanical Engineers
Teaching Methods:
Projects and computer laboratory work.

Evaluation:
Project I
20%,
Project II
40%, and
Final Examination
40%.
mishaps.
MENG 2610 Machine Elements I

Credit: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Machine Elements I
Course Objectives:
This course enables the student to understand:

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Identification or selection of proper safety factor to avoid failure before the expected
life of the component;
Fatigue life and fatigue strength of machine elements;
Causes of stress concentration in machine elements;
Analysis of the strength of bolted, welded, riveted and interference fitted joints;
Design of keys, splines and pins;
Analysis of pressure vessels, valves and sealing mechanisms;
Design of springs.
Course Description:
Introduction: allowable stresses, engineering materials, safety factors, mechanical models
and machine elements. Stress calculations for static, dynamic and varying loads. Joints,
strength calculations and dimensioning. Bolted joint, riveted joints welded and glued joints.
Torque transmission joints: keys, spline joint, pin joint, interference fits. Pressure vessels,
pipes, pipe connections (joints), valves. Gaskets and sealing. Springs.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2301 - Machine Drawing, and MEng2305 - Strength of Materials II
Textbook:
Shegley, J.E: Mechanical Engineering Design, Mc Graw Hill,
References:
1. Burr A.H.: Mechanical Analysis and Design, ELSEVIE,
2. Hall, Holowenko and Laughlin: Theory and Problem of Machine Design, Schaums
Outline Series, McGraw Hill,
3. Juvinal R.C.: Fundamentals of Machine Components Design, John Wiley & Sons
Teaching method:
Lectures supported by tutorials; and
Assignments; and demonstration of machine elements.

Evaluation:
Assignment:
10 %
30 %, and
Final Examination:
60%
Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours
mishaps
MENG 2304 Engineering Materials II

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Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Engineering Materials II Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
Basic methods of iron and steel production;
Properties and applications of steels and alloyed steels;
Heat treatment process;
Properties and applications of different cast irons and non ferrous metals;
Causes of corrosion and theirs protection;
Properties and applications of non metallic materials and plastics
Course Description:
Production of iron and steel steels alloy steels; Effect of alloying elements and heat treatment of
steels, cast irons; Families of cast iron production, properties and applications; Non Ferrous
metals; Corrosion; Inorganic non metallic materials organic materials.
Pre-requisites: : MENG 2303 Engineering Materials I
References:
1. Filmin / Torjan, Engineering Materials and their applications
2. U. Lakhtine, Physical metallurgy & heat treatment
3. Narag .G, Material Science and Processing
4. Kumar H., Engineering Materials & Manufacturing Process
Teaching Methods:
Assignments and laboratory exercises.

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps
MENG 3105 Introduction to Statistics for Engineers

Credit Hours:
Course Title:
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hr and 3 Tutorial hrs
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Statistics for Engineers
Course Description:
Basic concepts of probability, Mathematical rules of probability, Probability distributions:
Binomial, Gaussian and Poisson distributions. Statistical data analysis and graphical
representation: Mean median, variance and standard deviation. Sampling theory, Central
limit theorem, Statistical estimation, Confidence interval estimation, Regression analysis,
Practical applications on quality control, queue modeling and market forecasting.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials; and
Assignments
Evaluation:
Assignment:
20 %
30 %, and
Final Examination:
50%
100% attendance during practical work, except for some unprecedented mishaps
MENG 3611 Machine Elements II
Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title:
Machine Element II Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
The course enables students understand basic principles of design in the design and analysis
of typical machine elements with particular focus on:
Shafts, Couplings, Clutches and Brakes;
Drives: Friction Drives, Belt Drives, Chain Drives and Gear Drives; and
Bearings.
Course Description:
Shafts and Rotors; Couplings and Clutches; Starting Process of Machine Plants Consisting
Friction Clutches; Bearings: Rolling and Sliding; Drives: Friction, Flat and V-Belt Drives;
Rope and Chain Drives; Gear drives: Spur, Helical, and Bevel Gear Drives; Geometry and
Dimensioning on Strength; Worm Gear Drive.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2610 - Machine Element I
Textbook: Shigley, Mechanical Engineering Design.
References:
1. Black, Machine Design.
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2. Faires, Design of Machine Elements.
3. Juvinall, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design.
4. Khurmi, R.S. and Gupta, J.K. Text book of machine design.
5. Norton, Machine Design.
Teaching Methods:
Assignments and demonstration of machine elements.

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps;
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MENG 3309 Thermodynamics II
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Thermodynamics II
Course Objectives:
The basic principles involved in mixture of ideal gases and gas-vapor mixtures.
The types of fuels and their combustion attributes.
Apply thermodynamic concepts to describe the performance of the individual

components of an engineering system, e.g. a power plant, a jet engine, etc., and then
relate that information to the overall performance of the entire system.
The basic principles of refrigeration.

Course Description:
Ideal gases and their mixtures, gas-steam mixtures, wet air, psychometric charts and air
conditioning process. Vapor power and refrigeration cycles.
Air standard cycles.
Thermodynamic relations. Combustion. Phase equilibrium. Introduction to refrigeration

processes.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2308 - Thermodynamics I
Text book: Abebayehu Assefa, Thermodynamics II, Addis Ababa University press, 2000
References:
1. Boles C., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill.
2. Eastop & McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists,
McGraw Hill.
3. Sharpe G. J., Applied Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion.
4. Wark K. Jr, Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, McGraw-Hill.
5. Eastop & McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics, Longman.
6. Bosnjakovic, F. K. Knoche, Technische Thermodynamik Teil I und II.
Teaching Methods:
Assignments.
Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
Mid-Semester Examination
30%,
Final examination
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mishaps.
MENG 3301 Mechanisms of Machinery

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Mechanisms of Machinery

Course Objectives:

The different types of linkage mechanisms used in mechanical design;
The kinematic and kinetic analysis and design of machinery;
Computer method for kinematic and kinetic analysis of mechanisms;
Design and analysis of cams, universal joints, governors, gear trains, flywheels and
gyroscopes; and
Balancing of rotating and reciprocating machines.
Course Description:
Introduction; Transmission of motion; Linkages; Kinematics analysis of linkages; Introduction
to computer methods for kinematic analysis of linkages; cam design; Joints; Governors; Gear
Trains; Introduction to synthesis; Force analysis of machinery; Engine torque fluctuation;
Balancing of rotating and reciprocating masses; Gyroscopes.
Pre-requisites: MENG 1302 - Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)
Textbook: Alem Bazezew, Mechanisms of Machinery, Addis Ababa University Press, 2001
References:
1. Norton, Robert L.,Design of Machinery, WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999.
2. Meriam, J.L. and Kraige, L.G., Engineering Mechanics- Dynamics, John Wiley and
Sons, 1992.
3. Shigley, J.E. and Uicker, J.J., Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, McGraw-Hill
Book Company, Inc., 1995.
4. Khurmi, R.S and Gupta, J.K., Theory of Machines, Eurasia Publishing House ltd.,
1983.
5. Erdman, Arthuer G. and Sandor, George N., Mechanism Design: Analysis and
Synthesis, Prentice Hall International, Inc., 1997.
Teaching Methods:
Assignments
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Laboratory Exercises:
1. Computer simulation lab for kinematics analysis of linkages
2. Static and dynamic balancing laboratory
Evaluation:
Assignments
10%,
20%,
Laboratory exercises
20%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps
MENG 3503 Production Engineering I

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Production Engineering I Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
Basic traditional machining processes, their principles, tool geometry, wear of tools,
force and power on traditional machine tools and measures to achieve optimization;
Basic nontraditional machining operation and their principles;
Basic concept of casting process, design of cast, casting defect and their remedies.
Course Description:
Systematic survey on the most important production processes in the metal-working industry;
Traditional machining processes: Selected process principles, kinematics, geometry, forces and
power, tool wear and tool life, productivity, optimization; Non-traditional machining
processes: Introduction to electric discharge machining, chemical machining, electrochemical
machining, abrasive flow machining, abrasive jet machining, and ultrasonic machining;
Fundamentals of casting processes.
Pre-requisites: : MENG 2507 Workshop Technology II, MENG 2304 - Engineering materials II
Textbook: Winkelmann, Manufacturing Engineering (Teaching materials ), Technical
University of Dresden, 1982
References:
1. Beddoes J., Principles of Metal Manufacturing processes, John Wiles & Sons Inc .
New York , 1999
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2. Lawrence E. Doyle , Manufacturing Process and Materials for Engineering , Prince
Hall , Inc . , 1969
3. Myron L. Begeman , Manufacturing Processes , John wiley ans Sons, Inc. new York ,
1969
4. Rao P.N. , Manufacturing Technology , second edition , Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company Limited , New Delhi , 1998
5. Richard W. Heine , Prinicples of Metal Casting , McGraw Hill Book Company, USA,
1967.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials and assignments,
Laboratory exercises and industrial visits.

Evaluation:
Assignments and Laboratory
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps; and presence during industrial visits.
MENG 3005 Numerical Methods

Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title:
Numerical Methods Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 lab hrs
Course Objectives:
The course is intended to introduce the student to:
Effective computational techniques for solving common numerical problems those

arise in mechanical engineering applications, and
Efficient scientific programming.

Course Description:
Mathematical modeling and engineering problem solving; The number system errors;
Solution of non-linear equations: Bisection method, Secant method, Newton's method;
Curve fitting: Least square regression, Interpolations, Fourier approximations; Solutions of
systems
of linear
algebraic
equations:
Matrix-inversion,
Numerical
Gauss-Siedle
Gaussian-elimination,
LU-decomposition;
differentiation
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iteration,
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Trapezoidal-rule, Simpson's rule, Gauss-quadrature, Romberg's integration; Eigen values
and Eigen vectors; Solution of ODEs: Euler's method, Runge-Kutta method; Solution of
PDEs: FDM method; Computational projects.
Pre-requisites: MENG 1102 - Introduction to Computers and Programming; and
Math 331 - Applied Mathematics IIIB
Textbook: Chapra, Steven C., Numerical Methods for Engineers, McGraw-Hill.
References:
1. Gerald, Applied Numerical Analysis
2. King J.T, Introduction to Numerical Computation.
3. Lafara R.L, Computer Methods for Science and Engineering.
4. Ralston, Antony, A first course in numerical analysis
5. Mohamed Abdo, Numerical Methods for Engineers
Teaching Methods:
Assignments and programming projects.

Projects:
Application of numerical methods to solve engineering problems
Assessment/Evaluation Methods:
Assignments
Project I
Project II
Final Examination
10%,
20%,
30%, and
40%.
mishaps.
MENG 3504 Production Engineering II

Course Title:
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Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Production Engineering II Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
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Course Objectives:
Basic principles and mechanisms of shearing and metal-forming process of selected
processes;
Material consumption, forces and work done on selected machines and die design;
Principles of assembly and joining process in assembly;
Principles and operation of arc, gas, resistance, and other welding and joining processes.
Course Description:
Fundamentals of shearing and metal-forming process; Mechanism in the material; Selected
process principles; Force and work; Material consumption; Machinery; Die design; Principles of
selected joining and assembling process especially; Welding.
Pre-requisites: : MENG 3503 Production Engineering I
References:
1. Winkelmann , Manufacturing Engineering (Teaching Materials ), Technical University of
Dresden, 1982
2. Beddoes J., Principles of Metal Manufacturing processes, John Wiles & Sons Inc . New
York , 1999
3. Lawrence E . Doyle , Manufacturing Process and Materials for Engineering , Prince
Hall , Inc . , 1969
4. Myron L. Begeman , Manufacturing Processes , John wiley ans Sons, Inc. new York ,
1969
5. Rao P. N., Manufacturing Technology , second edition , Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company Limited , New Delhi , 1998
Richard W. Heine , Prinicples of Metal Casting , McGraw Hill Book Company , USA , 1967
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials, assignments,
Laboratory exercises and industrial visits.
Assignments
10%,
20%,
Project
20%, and
Final Examination
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mishaps; and presence during industrial visits
MENG 3612 Machine Design Project I

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Machine Design Project I
Contact Hours: 1 Lectures hr and 6 Tutorial/consult hrs
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students would be able to know:
The different types of machine design methodologies,
Design procedures of machinery and equipment,
Specifications of machineries and equipment,
Documentation of machine design reports.

Course Description:
Conceptual Design; Embodiment Design. Design procedures and special calculation methods
related to the design projects; Practical design of typical machine assemblies; Simple machine
units and elements; Design project: Unfired pressure vessels and jacks (Bottle, Scissor, Fiat
Type, Service, etc.)
Pre-requisites: MENG 2301- Machine Drawing, MENG 2304-Engineering Material II,
MENG 3611- Machine Element II, MENG 3301- Mechanisms of Machinery
References:
1. Avallon, E.A., Marks Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Tenth Edition,
MacGraw-Hill, 1997
2. Coulson and Richardsons , Chemical Engineering Design, Volume 6, Second Edition,
Butterworth Heinemann, 1996
3. Gill, S.S., The Stress Analysis of Pressure Vessels and Pressure Vessel Components,
Pergamon Press, 1970
4. Harvey, J.F., Theory and Design of Pressure Vessel, Second Edition, 1991
5. Hessen, H.C. and Rushton, J.H., Process Equipment Design, D. Van Nostrand
Company, Inc., 1945
6. Joshi, M.V., and Mahajiani, V.V., Process Equipment Design, Third Edition,
Macmillan, 2004
7. Juvinal, R.C., Fundamentals of Machine Component Design
8. Perry, R.H., Chemical Engineering Hand Book, Six Edition, 1984
9. Philips, A.L., Welding Handbook
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10. Spence, J., and Tooth, A.S, Pressure Vessel Design Concepts and Principles
11. Smithells, Metals Reference Book, Seventh Edition, 1992
Teaching Methods:
Project exercises with individual advising.
Project Work:
Project-I: Design of car jacks (scissor jack, bottle jack, etc.)
Project-II: Design of unfired pressure vessels (lateral support, saddle support, bottom
legs, etc.)
Evaluation:
Project-I
60%, and
Project-II
40%.
100% attendance during project work sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
MENG 3408 Instrumentation and Measurement

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Instrumentation and Measurement
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hr and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
This course has the objective of acquainting the student with operating principles and function
of measuring instruments used in Mechanical Engineering education. At the end of the course,
the student will be able:
To understand electrical transducers for measuring force, displacement, velocity,
temperature, etc.
To use temperature, velocity, flow, force, acceleration, current, voltage
measuring
instruments
To calibrate instruments
To conduct simple experiments
Course Description:
Measurement error analysis; Transducers and their response, active and passive transducers;
Signal conditioning. Transducers and measurement systems for: Displacement, velocity,
acceleration, torque, pressure, fluid velocity, flow rate, temperature, flue-gas composition, and
radiation; Data transmission, processing, display and recording;
Laboratory Project works:
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1. Calibration of thermocouple
2. Displacement measurement with inductive and capacitive sensors
3. Fluid velocity measurement with pitot tube and hotwire anemometer
4. Flow rate measurement with orifice, rota meter, turbine meter and ultrasonic sensor
5. Heating value measurement
6. Viscosity measurement
7. Stress and strain measurement with strain gauges
8. Torque measurement
Pre-requisites: MENG 2308 Thermodynamics I, MENG 2306 - Fluid Mechanics I and
MENG 2305 - Strength of Materials II
Textbook: Gosh, A.K., Introduction to measurement and control.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, and
Demonstrations and laboratory exercises.

Assessment/Evaluation Methods:
Laboratory Exercises
50%,
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps.
MENG 3310 Heat Transfer

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Heat Transfer
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be:

Equipped with the basic principles required for understanding conduction, radiation
and convection heat transfer.
Able to apply the basic principles of heat transfer in the analysis and design of
engineering systems.
Course Description:
Steady heat conduction: One and two dimensional applications; Analytical and numerical
solutions; One dimensional transient heat conduction: Analytical, numerical and graphical
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solutions; Convective heat transfer: Forced and natural with laminar and turbulent flows;
Boiling and condensation heat transfer coefficients; Dimensionless parameters; Radiation:
Basic definitions; Black body radiation; Radiation of technical surfaces in the presence of
absorbing and emitting gases; Heat exchangers: parallel, counter and cross flow.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3309 - Thermodynamics II
Textbook: Incropera F., and David P, Dewitt, Introduction to heat Transfer
References:
1.
Holman J P, Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill Int.
2.
Dewitt I., Fundamentals of Heat transfer
3.
Chapman A.J., Heat Transfer
4.
Eckert E.R.G. and R.M. Drake, Heat Transfer
5.
Gupta C.P., Engineering Heat Transfer
6.
Oezisisk M.N, Basic Heat Transfer
Teaching Methods:
Assignments, lab exercise
Laboratory exercises:
1. Experiment on determination of thermal conductivity of a solid
2. Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Experiment
Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%
mishaps.
MENG 3128 Technical Report Writing

Credit Hours:
1 Cr.
Course Title:
Technical Report Writing
Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hr
The course is intended to
Train the student on how to write technical reports using methodologies/techniques
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and processes of doing research
Develop presentation skills of the student, both in written and oral form with or
without the use audiovisual equipment.

Course Description
Fundamental principles of technical writing: formats, contents, grammatical techniques;
General procedures of reporting, proposals, technical reports, formats of reporting, formal
and informal reports. Essential knowledge of vocabularies and terminologies in science and
engineering; Elements of technical documents.
Thesis: selection of subject gathering
material, arrangement of subject matter. Technical papers and articles. Oral reports and
public speaking.
Pre-requisites: Junior standing
Teaching methods:
Lectures and demonstrations;
Individual presentation
Evaluation:
Report writing project and presentation
MENG 3306 Fluid Mechanics II
100%
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Fluid Mechanics II Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 tutorial/lab hrs
Course Objectives:
After completion of the course, the students will acquire the engineering-science knowledge
of fluid mechanics needed to:
Purse many mechanical engineering courses, especially those courses in thermal
engineering stream
Understand the principle of operation of lifting bodies like aircraft wings, blades of
turbo-machines, and the like
Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems involving compressible fluid flows
Understand the principles of operation of flow measuring instruments, conduct
measurements, evaluate the data and draw conclusions
Course Description:
Two-dimensional potential flow; Lifting flow past a cylinder and an airfoil; Finite wing
theory; Compressible flow: sub-sonic and supersonic flows; Normal shock waves; Fanno
and Rayleigh lines, isothermal flow, oblique shock waves, lift and drag on supersonic
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airfoils. Mixed jet flow; Flow measurements.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2306 Fluid Mechanics I
Teaching Methods:

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours, and
100% attendance during practical laboratory sessions, except for some

unprecedented mishaps.
MENG 3302 Mechanical Vibration

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Mechanical Vibration Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students would be able to:
Make vibration analysis,
Know the different causes of vibration,
Know the three types of vibrations (transversal, axial and torsional),
Develop a model for vibration analysis,
Make transient and steady state vibration analysis of single and multi degree of
freedom systems, and
Develop the necessary skills required to control vibrations.

Course Description:
Introduction to mechanical vibration; Modeling of dynamic systems; Single-degree of
freedom system; Multi-degree of freedom system; Whirling of shafts; Torsional vibrations;
Causes of vibrations; Introduction to vibration control and measurements.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3301 - Mechanisms of Machinery
Text book: Leul, F., Introduction to Mechanical Vibration, Addis Ababa press
References:
1. Dimoragonas, A.D., Vibration for Engineers, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1992
2. Rao, S.S, Mechanical Vibration, 3rdEdition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
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1995
3. Seto. W.W., Mechanical Vibrations, Schaums Outline Series, McGraw-Hill Book
Company, 1964
4. Thomson, E.S., Theory of Vibrations with Applications, UNWIN Hyman, Sydney/
Wellington, 1989
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by exercises,
Assignments and Project work.

Project work:
A project work will be arranged on vibration measurements and analysis.
Evaluation:
Assignments
15%,
Project Work
15%,
20%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps.
MENG 3914 Human Factors Engineering

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Human Factors Engineering Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 2 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
Understand how people fit into technological systems;
Recognize the limits of human perceptual-motor capabilities;
Recognize the limits of human cognitive functioning and why people make errors;
Assess workstation and task design for ergonomic deficiencies;
Be able to define safety hazards and general approaches for their control;
Recognize the human indicators of fatigue and stress;
Appreciate the importance of organization and job design factors for performance and
satisfaction;
Define the ethical application of human factors in designing products and processes;
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Be able to write reports that describe human performance.
Course Description:
Introduction to Human Factors; Design for people-machine interaction, introduction to human
sciences; Theory, data, and measurement problems in human information processing,
anthropometry; Training and industrial safety; Laboratories, discussions, and a design project.
Pre-requisites: MENG 1102 Introduction to Computer and Programming
Textbook: Sanders, M.M. & McCormick, E.J. (1993) Human Factors in Engineering &
Design 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, NY.
References:
1. Sanders, M.M. and McCormick, E.J., Human Factors in Engineering & Design 7th
ed., McGraw-Hill, NY, 1993.
2. Wickens, Christopher D., Gordon, Sallie E., and Liu, Yili, An Introduction to Human
Factors Engineering, Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by laboratory exercises,
Assignments and industrial visits.

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps and presence during industrial visit/visits.
MENG 3916 Operations Planning and Control

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Course Title: Operations Planning and Control
Course Objectives:
The objective of the course is to assist the student to

Gain an understanding and appreciation of the fundamental principles and
methodologies relevant to planning, design, operation, and control of production
systems;
Gain an understanding of the role and importance of productivity in the welfare of
society, and learn how to increase productivity and quality for competing in today's
global marketplace;
Gain ability to recognize situations in a production system environment that suggest the
use of certain quantitative methods to assist in decision making;
Learn how to think about, approach, analyze, and solve production system problems
using both technology and people skills.
Acquire knowledge and broaden his/her perspective of the "new world" to which the
student will contribute his/her talent and leadership as an Industrial Engineer.
Course Description:
Types of production systems; Techniques and applications of control concepts in the design
of inventory, production, and project-planning systems; Aggregate planning and master
scheduling: MRP, MRP-II, job shop scheduling and dispatching problems; Forecasting
techniques; Basic concepts of OPT, JIT.
References:
1. Everett E. Adam, JR. Ronald, J. Ebert, Productions and Operations Management:
Prince Hall, 1992
2. James B. Dilworth, Operations Management: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc,
1996
3. Riggs James L. Production Systems: Planning, Analysis & Control, New York: John
Wiley & Sons Inc. 1970.
4. Moore, James M. Plant Layout and Design , New York ; Macmillan
company, 1962
5. Muther , Richard Systematic Layout Planning , London, Industrial International
Limited , 1962
6. Turner, Joe H. Mize, Kenneth E. Case , Introduction to Industrial and System
Engineering, Prentice Hall ,Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,1978
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7. Kurtz, Max P.E., Hand Book of Industrial Management, New York: McGraw Hill,
Inc. 1984, 19
Teaching Methods:

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps and presence during industrial visits.
MENG 4401 Regulation and Control

Credit Hours:
3 Cr.
Course Title: Regulation and Control Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
This course enables the students to:
Model common physical systems such as spring-mass-damper systems, resistorinductor-capacitor networks, first and second order fluid systems, and first and second
order thermal systems
Represent different control systems (CSs) using TFs, block diagrams and state space
functions (using both time variable and Laplace variable)
Analyze common control systems in time domain and frequency domain
Identify important characteristics like settling time, rise time, maximum overshoot,
phase shift, peak resonance, resonance frequency and bandwidth
Determine the accuracy of a control system
Analyze the stability/unstability of a control systems using different criteria such as
Routh-Hurwitz, Root-Locus, Nyquist, Bode Plot, and Nichols Charts
Evaluate the relative stability (gain margin and phase margin) of CS
Evaluate the sensitivity of a CS to disturbance
Design simple controllers like PID and lead-lag networks, and improving the stability,
Course Description:
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Modeling Linear Systems, Time and Frequency Domain Characteristics, Stability, Control
Systems, and additional topics like simulation and PLC
Pre-Requisites: Math 331 Applied Mathematics IIIB, MENG 3302- Mechanical Vibration
Text book: Girma Mullisa; Introduction to Control Engineering, Addis Ababa University Press
References:
1. Kuo, C. B., Automatic Control Systems
2. Savanandam, S.N., Control Systems Engineering, 2001
3. Batson, Introduction to Control Systems Technology
4. Dorf and Bishop, Modern Control Technology
Teaching Methods:

1. DC, Synchro, and AC Basic Experiments
2. Demonstration of First and Second Order Systems using Control Teaching
Mechanism (phase shift, time constant, effects of different inputs, magnification)
3. Linear System and Compensation Experiments using DC Servo System
Evaluation:
Laboratory Exercises and assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.

mishaps.
MENG 4603 Machine Design Project II
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Machine Design Project II
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hrs and 6 Tutorial/consult hrs
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students should be able to know:
The general procedures of the design of transmissions,
Specifications of transmissions, and
Documentation of machine design reports.

Course Description:
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Guidelines for deign procedures and special calculation methods related to: Couplings,
Clutches, Spur gears, Helical gears, Bevel gears and Work gear boxes (including precision
calculation of teeth geometry, dimensioning and strength calculations).
Pre-requisites: MENG 3612 Machine Design Project I
References:
1. Berezovsky, YU., Chernilevsky, D. & Petrov, M., Machine Design, Mir Publishers,
Moscow
2. Dobrovolsky, V., Machine Elements: A Text Book, Mir Publishers, Moscow
3. Juvinall, R.C., Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, John Wiley and Sons,
1991
4. Myatt, D.J., Machine Design Problems, McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1959
5. Shigley, J.C., Power Transmission Elements: A Mechanical Design Work Book,
Teaching Methods:
Individual advising and industrial visits (if it is necessary).

Project work:
Project-I: Design of gearboxes.
Project-II: Design of flexible couplings and disc clutches.
Evaluation:
Project-I
60%, and
Project-II
40%.
100% attendance during project work sessions, except for some unprecedented mishaps.
MENG 4705 Turbo-machinery

Credit Hours: 4 Cr.
Course Title: Turbo-machinery

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture hrs and 3 Lab. hrs
After completion of the course, the students will acquire knowledge on:
Classification of turbo-machines,
Principles of operation of turbo-machines,
Energy losses and efficiencies of turbo-machines,
Performance characteristics of turbo-machines, and its applications to determine their
operating points,
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Regulation of turbo-machines,
Dimensionless parameters of turbo-machines and their significances/applications,
Design guidelines of the rotors and housings of turbo-machines,
Principles of operation of hydraulic couplings and torque converters.
Course Description:
Principle of operation of turbo-machines; Losses in turbo-machines; Performance
characteristics of turbo-machines; Regulation of turbo-machines; Preliminary design of the
rotor and housing of a turbo-machine; Hydraulic coupling and torque converters.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2306 Fluid Mechanics I
Testing the performance characteristics of:
1. Pump
3. Pelton turbine
2. Blower
4. Francis turbine
Text book: Wolfgang Sheer: Turbo-machinery
References:
1. S.L. Dixon: Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbo-machinery
Teaching Methods:

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.

MENG 4711 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
Course Objectives:
The basic concepts in refrigeration.
The working principles of vapor-compression, vapor-absorption, air and steam-jet
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refrigeration cycles.
The major equipments and the operations of vapor-compression, vapor-absorption,

air and steam-jet refrigeration systems.
The basic concepts in air-conditioning.
The principles involved in the determination of cooling-load calculations and design

of air-conditioning systems.
Air-Conditioning equipment understanding and selection
Design of ducts and air distribution and control systems.

Course Description:
Part I: Refrigeration.
Part II: Air-Conditioning.
Pre-requisites: MENG 2306 - Fluid Mechanics I, MENG 3310 - Heat Transfer
References:
1. Sauer H.J., et. al., Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning, McGraw
Hill.
2. Roy. J. Dossat, Principles of Refrigeration, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
3. Stoeker and Jones, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, McGraw Hill.
4. Jones W. P., Air-Conditioning Engineering.
5. Pasad M., Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.
6. Domkundwar A., A Course in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.
7. ASHRAE, Air- Conditioning Systems Design Manual.
8. ASHRAE Handbook, Fundamentals (2001), Systems & Equipment (2000),
Applications (1999), Refrigeration (1998).
1. Domestic refrigeration system performance
2. Air-condition system parameters measurement
Teaching Methods:
Assignments and laboratory exercises
Industrial visit: Industrial Refrigeration plant of beverage plant, Cold store and
Building Air-conditioning Systems

Evaluation:
Assignments and projects
Project
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30%, and
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Final Examination
50%.

MENG 4915 Appropriate Technology Transfer
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Appropriate Technology Transfer

Course Objectives:
The course offers the student

Practical skills, knowledge and experience in the commercialization of new technological
inventions;
The skill to involve in problem-solving teamwork in the major steps from proof of concept
right through to intellectual property protection, prototype development, fabrication and
assembly routes, materials procurement, identification and creation of new markets
The ability to develop a business plan and setting out the appropriate technology,
marketing, distribution and financing routes and strategies for the specific technology
under development.
Course Description:
Appropriate technologies wind, solar, small-scale hydro, etc; Nature of technological
change; Economics of technology; Analysis for technology strategy; Role of policy in the
implementation of technology transfer; Construction of an appropriate technology product;
Transfer of technologies; Management for suitable development.
Pre-Requisites: No pre-requisites
Text Book: Hazeltine & Bull, Appropriate Technology; Tools, Choices, and Implications,
References:
1. Paul, Lowe, The Management of Technology, Chapman and Hall, 1995
2. Wicklein, Robert C., ed., Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Living, 2001 ISBN 007-825813-8
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, case presentations, seminars, projects and industrial visits.
Evaluation:
Project
20%,
30%,
Final Examination
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100% attendance during seminars and project, except for some unprecedented mishaps.
MENG 4523 Computer Aided Manufacturing
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Computer Aided Manufacturing

Course objectives:
Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs an 3 Lab. hrs
The course enables students to understand the fundamental concepts in computer-aided

manufacturing. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Understand tool path control systems
Write manual NC programs for the milling and lathe machines based on given part drawings,
Run the programs on the machine tools,
Model parts with CAD/CAM software,
Create models using CAM software by importing models from other CAD software and derive
computer-aided NC part programs from the models
Course Description:
An introduction to computer numerical control for manufacturing; Basic component of and
classification of NC machine tools; Manual NC programming; CADCAM systems for
programming; Two and two and a half dimensional machining; Industrial robotics: Implementation
and applications.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3612 - Machine Design Project I
References:
1. Chang, T. C., Wysk, R. A., and Wang, H. P., Computer-Aided Manufacturing, 2nd Edition,
1998.
2. Lin, S. C., SURFCAM 2000, Scholars International Publishing Corp., 2000.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures and assignments,
Workshop exercises and projects.

Laboratory exercises:
1. Production of work pieces with CNC Lathe and milling machine
2. Use CAM package to generate CNC code
Evaluation:
Assignments and Laboratory
20%,
Project
30%, and
Final Examination
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100% attendance during workshop and project sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
MENG 4807 I.C. Engines and Recip. Machines

Credit Hours: 4 Cr.
Course Title: I.C. Engines and Recip. Machines
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, students would have:
Sufficient knowledge on IC Engines,
Sufficient knowledge on assembly of vehicles,
Sufficient knowledge on engine selection and Maintenance.
Course Description:
Engine types and classification; Thermodynamic cycles; Performance equation and engine
characteristics; Fuels; Combustion; Combustion chamber design; Mixture formation; Main
components; Forces and turning effort; Valve timing and gear; Cooling and lubrication systems.
Pre-requisite: MENG 3309 Thermodynamics II
Project Work
Computerized force and torque analysis of an IC Engine
Laboratory
1. Various engine models study.
2. Carburetors study
3. Reciprocating injection pump study
4. Ignition system study
5. Engine testing demonstration
Textbook:
1. Obert: Internal Combustion Engines
2. Hey Wood: Internal combustion Engines
Teaching Methods:
Lectures and model demonstrations,
Projects, laboratory exercises and industrial visits.
Evaluation:
20%;
Project
30%;
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Final examination
50%.
mishaps; and presence during industrial visits.
MENG 4917 Operations Research

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Operations Research

Course Objectives:
The course is intended to enable the student to

Understand the major capabilities and limitations of operations research modeling as
applied to problems in industry or government;
Be able to recognize, formulate and, using prepared computer packages, solve allocation
models of static or dynamic type;
Understand the reasons why the applicable algorithms work, and the effects on the
computed solutions of variations in the data or in the assumptions underlying the models;
Be able to communicate the results of the modeling process to users who are not operations
research specialists.
Course Description:
Linear programming; Transportation, assignments, and transshipment problems; Integer linear
programming; Network models; Conditional probability; Markov chain; Waiting line models;
Decision analysis; Multi-criteria decision problems; Dynamic programming
Text book: Bernard W. Taylor , Introduction to Management Science, Prince Hall ,USA, 1996
References:
1. John A. Applied Management Science, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1998.
2. Jeffrey D., Management Science, south western publishing, Thomas publishing
Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996.
3. Bernard W. Taylor , Introduction to Management Science, Prince Hall ,USA, 1996
4. J.K. Sharma, Operations Research, Macmillan India Ltd, Delhi, 1997.
5. Hamdy A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, 6th Edition, New Delhi:
Prentice- Hall of India, 2002.
6. Harvey M. Wagner, Principles of Operations Research: With Applications to
Managerial Decisions, 2nd Edition, New Delhi: Prentice- Hall of India, 1998.
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7. Monks, Joseph G. Operations Management, New York: McGraw-Hill Inc. 1985.
Teaching Methods:

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
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MENG 4919 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Logistic and Supply Chain Management Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 2 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
The course enables the student to
Gain an in-depth understanding of logistics and supply chain management and the need to
manage and plan supply chains within an overall business environment in an integrated
manner;
Acquire the necessary technical knowledge relating to key components of logistics and
supply chain management;
Gain the analytical and managerial skills necessary to successfully apply this knowledge.
Course Description:
Introduction: Basic concepts of supply chain management, logistics, inbound logistics, outbound
logistics; Inventory, warehousing; Materials handling and transportation; Basics of supply chain
modeling: Optimization and monitoring of a supply chain, network (mathematical programming)
models.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3916 - Production Planning and Control
References:
1. Tyloyr, Bernard W., Introduction to Management Science, fifth edition, Prince Hall ,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632,1996.
2. Sharma, J.K., Operations Research, Macmillan India Ltd, Delhi, 1997.
3. Hamdy A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, 6th Edition, New Delhi: PrenticeHall of India, 2002.
4. Gopal, Christopher and Cahill, Gerard, Logistics in Manufacturing, Business on Irwin,
1992.
5. Shay, B.S., Supply chain Management in the twenty first century, Macmillan Indian
Limited, 2000.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials;
Assignments, projects and industrial visits.

Evaluation:
Assignments
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30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
MENG 4309 - Metrology Laboratory

Credit: 1 Cr.
Course Title:
Metrology Laboratory
Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 3 Lab. Hrs
This course enables the students:

To be familiar with the use of different types of metrological instruments;
Understand statistical analysis of error in measurements;
Make calibration of metrology instruments; and
Measure linear quantities, angular quantities, tolerances, etc.
Course Description:
Introduction; Error measurements; Tolerance measurements; Linear measurement; Angular
measurements; Radial measurements; Surface finish.
Laboratory
Laboratory Exercise for all of the measurements indicated in the course outline
Teaching methods:
Lectures and laboratory Exercises
Evaluation:
Laboratory Exercise
Attendance Requirements:
100 %
100% attendance during practical laboratory sessions

MENG 5921 Plant Layout and Design
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Plant Layout and Design

Course Objectives:
The objective of the course is to enable students to

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Learn the methodologies of developing efficient layouts for various production /service
systems, focus on modern plant layout and material handling practices;
Understand the importance of interrelationship with management planning, product and
process engineering, methods engineering and production control;
Understand how to integrate current topics such as supply chain management, JIT, agile
manufacturing, automated systems, industrial ergonomics and quality into facilities
planning;
Understand quantitative approaches in developing alternatives of facilities planning and
material handling problems;
Become skilled in using computer softwares in computer aided layout.
Course Description:
Work area layout, equipment specifying, assembly charting, machine load and labor
calculating and plant services; Facilities design procedure; Material handling and flow
methods and equipment; Relationships between plant services and production; A facilities
area relationship and allocation method; Layout construction techniques; Evaluation
techniques; Material flow analysis techniques; CAD as a facilities design tool; Computerized
layout planning; Configuring the production and service facilities.
Pre -requisites: MENG 4917 - Operations research
Text Book: James M Moore, Plant Layout and Design, MacMillan Company.
References: Denial Kitaw, Industrial management and Engineering Economy, AAU Press.
Projects: Individual or group project relevant to the field.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials;
Seminars, presentations and project work.

Evaluation:
Project
30%,
30%,
Final Examination
40%.
100% attendance during seminars and presentation sessions, except for some
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MENG 4527 - Metal Processing Industries
Credit: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Metal Processing Industries Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hr, 2 Lab/Tutorial hr.
Course Objective
1The course enable students to:
Identify raw materials, equipment and process and finished products of different
metal processing industries;
Specify raw materials and finished products of metal processing;
Understand the design aspect of roll passes, sheet metal rolling processes;
Understand finishing methods and their processes.
Course Description
Introduction to metal processing; Technology of equipment, raw materials used and
finished products for production of: rods, solid sections, tubes, hollow sections;
Aluminum profiles; Surface treatment of steel products.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3504 - Production Engineering II
Method of Delivery: Lectures supported by tutorials and individual Design Project
Evaluation:
Individual Assignment:
Individual Design Project 60%
10 %
Final Examination:
30 %
Attendance Requirement: 75% lecture attendance and 100% of others
MENG 4525 - Casting Lab. Exercises
Credit Hours:
1 Cr.
Course Title: Casting Lab. Exercises

Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 4 Laboratory hrs
The course is intended to give the student hands on practice on sand and centrifugal casting.
Course Description:
Molds and pattern making; Sand casting of lights metals, Sand casting of ferrous metals;
Centrifugal casting.
Teaching methods: Lectures, workshop projects and industrial visits
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Evaluation: Evaluation of project work: 100%
Attendance requirements: 100% attendance during workshop sessions
MENG 4813 Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Pneumatics and Hydraulics Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 2 Tutorial hrs
Course Objective
The course is intended to enable the student to:
Understand the fundamental concepts of hydraulics and pneumatics;
Recognize component symbols and their construction, functioning and applications;
Trace and analyze circuit diagrams of hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Course Description
Introduction to Principles of Hydraulics and Pneumatics; Components and Design of
Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems; Electrical and Electronic Control Devices
Pre-requisites: MENG 2306 - Fluid Mechanics I
References: Pippenger, J. J., Industrial Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill, Tokyo, 1979.
Method of Delivery:
Lectures supported by tutorials and Individual/Group project work
Individual assignment and Industrial Visits
Evaluation:
10 %
Mid-semester Exam:
30 %
Individual/Group Project: 10%
Final Examination:
50 %
Minimum of 80% attendance during lecture hours and presence during industrial
visit session/sessions
MENG 5713 Power Plant Engineering

Credit Hours: 4 Cr.
Course Title: Power Plant Engineering

Course Objectives:
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The basic principles involved in steam power cycles.
The types of fuels and their combustion attributes.
The various types of steam generators (boilers) and methods used in the determination
of the performance of boilers.
The combustion mechanisms of different fuels, combustion equipment and firing

methods.
The types and performance evaluation methods of steam turbines.
Internal combustion power generators.
The types of renewable energy resources, the greenhouse effect and pollution and its
control.
Indicators of financial performance and economics of power generators.

Course Description:
Analysis of steam cycles; Fuels and combustion; Steam generators (Boilers); Combustion
mechanisms, Combustion equipment and Firing methods; Steam turbines; Steam condensers,
Condensate-feed-water and circulating water systems; Internal combustion power plants;
Miscellaneous topics; Engineering economy.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3309- Thermodynamics II; MENG 2306 - Fluid Mechanics I
Text book: Abebayehu Assefa: Power plant Engineering, Addis Ababa University, April 2004
References:
1. El-Wakil, Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill.
2. Black & Veatch, Power Plant Engineering.
3. Domkundwar A., A Course in Power Plant Engineering.
4. Nag P.K., Power Plant Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
5. Sarao A.S., Thermal Engineering.
6. Khurmi R.S, A Text-Book of Mechanical Technology.
7. Sharma P.C., A Text Book of Power Plant Engineering.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials, Assignments and Class presentations, and
Industrial visits: Fire tube boiler plant and water tube boiler plant, Diesel Generator
Evaluation:
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Mid-exam
30%;
Final examination
50%.
MENG 5923 Maintenance of Machinery

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Maintenance of Machinery Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 2 Lab. hrs
Course Objective
The course is intended to enable the student to:
Understand theoretical and practical aspects of maintenance practice in industrial
setup;
Understand basics of damages of typical components of machinery and thereby help
the student realize the state of damage of machinery;
Realize the use of the concepts of reliability, maintainability and availability in
maintenance technology which are helpful in the prediction of plant performance;
Understand the organization of a maintenance department, maintenance planning and
decision making processes;
Develop practical skill by providing some practical work of maintenance;
Course Description
Damages and their causes; Damages of typical machine components; Determination of
the state of damage of equipment; Elements of maintenance technology; Maintenance
Planning and Organization; Reliability, Maintainability and Availability; Spares
Provisioning; Networking; Reconditioning Processes.
Pre-requisites: This course is an advanced standing course that is offered to senior students
Textbook: Teaching Material on Maintenance of Machinery prepared by Dr. Alem Bazezew
References:
1. Gertsbakh, I.B., Stastistical Reliability Theory, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1989.
2. Gopalakkrishinan, P., Banerji, A.K., Maintenance and Spare Parts Management,
Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi - 110001, 2002.
Method of Delivery:
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Lectures supported by tutorials and group project work
Individual assignment and practical project work

Evaluation:
Individual Assignment: 10 %
- Group practical Project
30%
Mid-semester Exam:
- Final Examination
30%
Group Project:
20 %
10 %
mishaps and presence during industrial visit sessions
MENG 5717 Machines Lab Exercises

Credit Hours: 2 Cr.
Course Title:
Machine Lab Exercises
Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 6 Laboratory hrs
This course is arranged to:

Give the student an opportunity to apply the basic theory presented in class,
Teach the logical method of approach to experimental work,
Give the student experience in obtaining and recording data, making computations,
analyzing and interpreting results, and
Train the student on writing concise reports wherein he presents, summarizes, analyzes,
and interoperates the findings in manner consistent with engineering practice.
Course Description:
Study of the operating behavior of machines covering the following machinery: Internal
combustion engines, Air compressors, Refrigeration plant, Steam boilers, Pumps, Blowers,
Water turbines, Combustion chamber. (Changes may be introduced on availability of new
machines).
Lab. Exercises:
1. Characteristics of an Axial Flow Fan
7. Characteristics of Pelton Turbine
2. Characteristics of a Radial Flow Fan
8. KSB-Double Suction Piston Compressor
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3. Wind Tunnel Experiment
9. Witting 2-Stage Rotary Air Compressor
4. Merelli pump-Characteristics
10. IC Engine Diesel Motor
5. Merelli pump-Cavitation Test
11. IC-Engine Petrol Motor
6. Characteristics of Francis Turbine
12. Combustion chamber
Pre-requisites: MENG 4705 Turbo-machinery

References:
1. Scheer, W., Turbomachinery
2. Scheer, W., Power Plant Engineering
Teaching Methods:
Discussion and project exercises with individual advising.
Evaluation:
Each Laboratory Exercise
Final grade
10%.
100% (Lab exercise grades converted to 100%)
mishaps.
MENG 5603 Materials Handling Equipment

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Materials Handling Equipment

Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students would be able to:
Know the different kinds of materials handling equipment,
Know the procedures for selection of material handling equipment suitable for a
specific purpose, and
Know the steps in the design of hoisting and conveying equipment.

Course Description:
Introduction; Main groups and regular types of material handling equipment; Hoisting
equipment: Flexible hoisting appliance, Pulleys, Sprockets, Drums, and Load Handling
Attachments, Arresting Gears and Brakes, Hoisting and Traveling Gear; Conveying
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Equipment: Belt Conveyor, Oscillating Conveyors, Chain Conveyors, Bucket Elevators,
Screw Conveyors, and Pneumatic Conveyors.
Pre-requisites: MENG 3611 - Machine Elements II
Textbook: Daniel Kitaw, Materials Handling Equipment, Addis Ababa University Press
References:
1. Rudenko, N., Materials Handling Equipment, Peace Publishers, Moscow
2. Spivakovisky, A., & Dyachkov, V., Conveyors and Related Equipment, Peace
Publishers, Moscow,
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by exercises and assignments, and
Industrial visits to industries with hosting and conveying equipment

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
MENG 5401 Introduction to Mechatronics

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Introduction to Mechatronics Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Lab. hrs.
Course Objectives:
The course enables the student understand how mechanical engineering is integrated with
computer control and electronics. This includes:
Modeling common systems and identifying their responses to various inputs
Sensing (using sensors), Conditioning (using op-amps, transistors, ), and
Acquiring (using ADC, filters, )signals
Actuating (moving, pressurizing, ) common systems
Controlling electromechanical systems using PLC or simple passive circuits
Course Description:
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Overview of mechatronics; Physical system modeling; Systems and control; Electronics;
Sensors; Actuators; Logic systems; Data acquisition
1. Exercise on Simulink and Matlab Toolbox
2. Simulation of Control System
3. Transistor Circuit
4. Operational Amplifier Circuit
5. Stress/Strain Measurement Using Strain Gauges
6. Displacement Measurement Using Potentiometers and LVDT
7. Stepper Motor Control
8. Programming a PLC
9. Analog to Digital Conversion
10. Filter Circuit (Bandwidth, Amplification)
Pre-Requisites: MENG 1102 Introduction to Computers and Programming, ECENG 2802 Basic
Electricity and Electronics, MENG 3408 Instrumentation and Measurements
References:
1. Bishop, R.H.: The Mechatronics Handbook
2. Bolton, W.: Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering
3. Holman, J.P.: Experimental Methods for Engineers
4. Horwitz, P. and Hill, W.: The Art of Electronics
5. Morries, S.B.: Programmable Logic Controllers
6. Nakra, B.C. and Chaudhry,K.K.: Instrumentation Measurement and Analysis
Teaching Methods:

Evaluation:
Assignments
10%,
Laboratory
20%,
20%, and
Final Examination
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MENG 5715 Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Gas Turbine and Jet Propulsion

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course students would:

Know the principles of jet propulsion.
Gain the experience of applying the thermo-fluid dynamics concepts they learnt earlier
to solve compressible flow problems
Know the components of gas turbine engines and their respective functions, and be able
to analyze and evaluate the performances of these components
Be able to analyze and evaluate the ideal as well as real cycles of gas turbine engines
Be able to analyze and evaluate the overall performance of a gas turbine engine
Know the auxiliary components (e.g., sensors of control systems) of gas turbine engines
and their respective functions
Course Description:
Introduction to the principles of operation of jet propulsion engines; A brief review of:
compressible flow through nozzles, compressors and gas turbines; Components of aircraft
gas turbine engines; Parametric analysis of the ideal and real cycles of the engines; Analysis
of overall performance of the engines.
Laboratory exercises: Conducting tests on a lab-scale gas turbine engine.
Pre-requisites: MENG 4705 Turbo-Machinery
References:
1. Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, Jack D. Mattingly, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996.
2. Jet Propulsion, Nicholas Cumpsty, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Teaching Methods:
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Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.

MENG 5607 Agricultural Machinery Design

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Agricultural Machinery Design Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 3 Tutorial hrs
Course Objective:
The course is intended to:
Course Description
Machines for soil-cultivating, sowing and harvesting; Design of agricultural machines;
Pre-requisites: MENG 4603 Machine Design project II
Method of Delivery:
Lectures supported by tutorials
Individual Design Project and Industrial/Agricultural Site Visits

Evaluation:
Final Examination:
10 %
30 %
100% Presence during industrial/agricultural site visit session/sessions
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MENG 5511 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Credit Hours: 2 Cr.
Course Title: Computer integrated manufacturing
Course Objectives:
The course is intended to assist the student to
Understand the link between individual manufacturing processes;
Understand the automation and integration of manufacturing processes to achieve the
ultimate efficiency of an organization's manufacturing resources;
Grasp issues of precision in CAD/CAM systems.
Course Description:
CIM overview; CAD/CAM & CAE; Model construction and product design; Data
exchange and protocols; CIM models and architecture; Fundamentals of robotics, control of
actuators, robotic sensory devices; Function programming philosophies, computer vision,
control methods; Dynamic modeling of electromechanical systems; Data communication
and networking; Data base management systems; Artificial intelligence in CIM.
Projects: Part programming and production of prototype.
Text Book:
Groove, Mikell P., Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing (2nd Edition).
References:
1. Rehg, James A., and Kraebber, Henry W., Computer Integrated Manufacturing (3rd
Edition).
Teaching Methods: Lectures supported by tutorials, Seminars and presentations;
Evaluation:
Projects
30%,
30%, and
Final Examination
40%.
Attendance Requirement: Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours; and 100%
attendance during seminars and presentation, except for some unprecedented mishaps.
MENG 5819 Motor Vehicle Engineering
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Motor Vehicle Engineering

Course Objectives:
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Upon completion of the course, students will have:
Sufficient knowledge on operating principles, theory and design of motor vehicles,
Sufficient knowledge on design of vehicles, assembly and maintenance.

Course Description:
Introduction; Pneumatic tires and wheel; Suspension systems; Vehicle stability; Power
train; Vehicle road performance; Braking system; Steering system .
Project Work
1. Tractive force diagram and Vehicle Performance Analysis
2. Static analysis of vehicle chassis
Laboratory
1. Suspension models study
2. Power train models study
3. Braking models study
4. Steering model study
Pre-requisites: MENG 4807 I.C. Engines and Recip. Machines
Textbook: Heisler, Heinz, Advanced Vehicle Technology
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, Model and audiovisual presentations,
Projects and Laboratory Exercises.

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%;
Project
30%;
Final examination
50%.

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MENG 5925 Introduction to Systems Engineering
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Introduction to System Engineering

Course Objectives:
This course is intended to help the student to

Understand the systems engineering method with respect to the various phases of the
systems engineering life-cycle;
Understand the role and activities of a systems engineer within the total system project
organization;
Discuss special topics such as modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, development
and production, human systems integration, and supportability and logistics and how they
relate to the systems engineering viewpoint.
Address typical systems engineering problems in a collaborative environment that highlight
important issues and methods of technical problem resolution.
Course Description:
System modeling; Elementary constructs and principles of system models including discretetime, discrete-state system theory; Finite state machines; Modeling components, coupling, modes,
and homeomorphism system design; Requirements: life-cycle, performance measures and cost
measures, tradeoffs, alternative design concepts, testing plan, and documentation; Applications
and case studies from engineering.
Teaching Methods: Lectures supported by tutorials and assignments and laboratory exercises.
Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
mishaps.
MENG 5605 Product Design and Value Analysis
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Course Title: Product Design and Value analysis
Course Objective
The course is intended to provide the students the following benefits:
Awareness of the role of multiple functions like marketing, finance, industrial design,
engineering and production in creating a new product;
Competence with a set of tools and methods for product design and development;
Confidence in abilities to create a new product;
Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinary tasks in order to achieve a common
objective.
Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection
in an action-oriented setting.
Course Description
Product Design and Development is a project-based course that covers modern tools and
methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of
management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design and prototype a
physical product. Topics include identifying customer needs, concept generation, product
architecture, industrial design, and design-for-manufacturing.
Pre-requisites: MENG 4603- Machine Design Project II
Textbook:
George, E. Dieter, Engineering Design, a Material and Processing Approach, McGraw Hill Inc., 2000.
References:
1. G. Phal and W.Beitz, Engineering Design, a Systematic Approach, 2nd Edition,
Springer, London, England, 1996.
2. Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger, Product Design and Development, McGraw - Hill
Inc., 2004.
Method of Delivery:
Lectures supported by tutorials and Individual assignments;
Group project work and Practical project work

Evaluation:
20 %,
Group Project:
20 %,
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Individual Practical Project:
Final Examination:
40%, and
20 %.
mishaps and Presence during industrial visit session/sessions
MENG 5509 - Tools and Die Design

Credit: 3 Cr.
Title: Tools and Die Design

Course Objective
Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hr. and 3 Tutorial hr.
The course is intended to:

Identify types of jigs and fixtures, locators and supports, and various work holders
understand the procedure of Tool Design;
Bring together the skills learned in above objectives and design jigs and fixtures for
specific tasks;
Understand the procedure and purposes of Die Making and Die Design.
Design simple dies.
Course Description
Jigs and Fixtures types and design; Tools classification and design; Punching, bending
and, drawing and forging dies design; Blow and injection molding dies design; Individual
Projects
1. Tool design
2. Die design
References: Jig and Fixture Design (4th Ed.), by Edward G. Hoffman
Method of Delivery: Lectures supported by tutorials and Individual Design Project
Evaluation:
10 %
Final Examination:
30 %
Attendance Requirement: 75% lecture attendance and 100% of others
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MENG 5821 Construction Equipment
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title:
Construction Equipment Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs and 2 Tutorial hrs
Course Objectives:
This course presents operating principles, construction and capacities of construction
equipment. The course enables students to select, guide maintenance and determine
requirements of construction equipment.
Course Description:
Construction Equipment classification. Construction Equipment design, operation and
specifications: Motor Grader, Scrapers, Dozers Excavators, Crushers, Asphalt plant, Concrete
mixer.
Project Work: Study details of construction equipment and presentation
Co-requisites: MENG 5819 - Motor Vehicles Engineering
References: Scharama, S.C.: Construction Equipment and Management
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, Model and audiovisual demonstrations,
Projects and Industrial visits.

Evaluation:
Assignments
10%,
Project
30%,
Final examination
60%.
Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours and 100% others
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MENG 5908 Industrial Management and Engineering Economy
Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Industrial Mangt. and Eng. Economy
Course Objectives:
The course enables students to understand basic principles/concepts of:
Industrial management and organization;
Industrial plant design;
Effective material management;
Management and resource allocation; and
Engineering economy.
Course Description:
Basic management concepts and industrial organization; Work environment; Plant design;
Materials management; Forecasting techniques; Basics of accounting principles; Project
management; Financial evaluation.
Pre-requisites: Senior standing
Textbook: Daniel Kitaw, Industrial Management and Engineering Economy
References:
1. Riggs James L. Production Systems: Planning, Analysis & Control, New York: John Wiley
& Sons Inc. 1970.
2. Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Production systems, and Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing , 2nd Edition, Asia, Pearson Education, 2001
Teaching Methods:
Assignments and Industrial visits.

Evaluation:
Assignments
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
Minimum of 80% attendance during lecture hours and 100% others

MENG 5806 Automotive Maintenance
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Course Title: Automotive Maintenance
Course Objectives:
Contact Hours: 1 Lectures hr and 3 Tutorial hrs
At the end of this course, students would be acquainted with maintenance of motor vehicles.
Course Description:
Preventive maintenance program and cycle of light duty, heavy duty vehicles and heavy
equipment; Inspection instruction oft each PM programs; PM planning of vehicle fleet;
Condition monitoring instruments and equipment; Parts and lubricant requirement planning;
Motor vehicle; Practice on inspection and adjustment.
Project Work
1. Tractive force diagram and Vehicle Performance Analysis
2. Static analysis of vehicle chassis
Laboratory
1. Ignition System Turning and Service

2. Fuel system service
3. Valve clearance adjustment
4. Brake system adjustment
5. Injection valve cleaning
6. Engine disassembly and assembly
Pre-requisites: MENG 4807 I.C. Engines and Recip. Machines
Textbook: Heisler, Heinz, Advanced Vehicle Technology
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, Model and audiovisual presentations,
Projects and Laboratory Exercises.
Evaluation:
Assignments
20%;
Project
30%;
Final examination
50%.
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MENG 5910 Entrepreneurship
Credit Hours: 2 Cr.
Course Title:
Entrepreneurship
Course Objectives:
The course is intended to equip the student with
Entrepreneurial skills, the setting up of SSIs, market evaluation;
Knowledge and skill for the description of manufacturing processes, machinery

requirements, system design of SSI;
Ability for identification of small industry and product market.

Course Description:
Introduction to entrepreneurship; Innovation; Entrepreneurial process; Creativity in
recognizing business opportunities, characteristics of exceptional business opportunities;
Packaging up business opportunities; Overview of the business plan; The entrepreneurial
mind; The entrepreneurial team; Resource issues for entrepreneurs; Being entrepreneurial in
larger organizations; Introduction to financing of entrepreneurial ventures: selecting type of
business, planning and organizing capital, requirements and sources, basic accounting,
location and layout, employee relations.
Text Book: Timmons and Spinelli, New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st
Century, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, 2004.
References:
1. Allen, Kathleen R., Growing and Managing an Entrepreneurial Business, 1st
Edition. . Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1999.
2. Adams, Paul E.,
Fail Proof Your Business: Beat the Odds and be Successful,
(Available at Amazon.Com)
Teaching Methods: Lectures and Case study presentations.
Evaluation:
Projects
30%,
30%, and
Final Examination
40%.
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100% attendance during project presentation sessions, except for some

MENG 5602 - Introduction to Tribology

Credit: 2 Cr.
Course Title: Introduction to Tribology Contact Hours: 1 lecture hr and 3 Tutorial/lab. hrs
Course Description
The is intended to introduce the student to the concept of
Interfaces between two or more bodies in relative motion
Geometric, chemical, and physical characterization of surfaces;
Friction and wear mechanisms

Course Description:
Tribological systems: the interfaces between two or more bodies in relative motion;
Geometric, chemical, and physical characterization of surfaces; Friction and wear
mechanisms for metals, polymers, and ceramics, abrasive wear, delamination theory, tool
wear, erosive wear, wear of polymers and composites; Boundary lubrication and solid-film
lubrication; Rolling contacts.
Laboratory: Laboratory Exercise for all of the measurements indicated in the course
Pre-requisites: Senior standing course
Textbook: Suh, N. P. Tribophysics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Teaching methods: Lectures and Laboratory Exercises.
Evaluation:
Assignments
Laboratory exercises 30%
Final Exam
20%
50%

MENG 5516 - Process Planning & Product Costing

Credit: 2 Cr.
Title: Process Planning & Product Costing

Course Objective
Contact Hours: 1 Lecture hr 3 Tutorial hrs
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2The course enable students to:
understand the fundamental concepts in process planning and product costing;
Plan process of manufactured products;
Determine cost of manufactured products.

Course Description
Process flow of products; Production process planning; Automated process planning

systems; Manufacturing cost items; Principles of cost accounting; Traditional product
cost accounting; Activity based product cost accounting;
Method of Delivery:
Lectures supported by tutorials and Individual Design Project
Industrial/Agricultural Site Visits

Evaluation:
Final Examination:
10 %
30 %
75% lecture attendance and 100% of others
MENG 5914 Industrial Safety and Environment Control

Credit Hours: 2 Cr.
Course Title: Ind. Safety and Environment Control
Course Objectives:
The course provides the student the basis for understanding of
Scientific principles and application of management in the field of industrial safety;
Environmental issues;
Program and human resource organizational issues;
Economic aspects;
Legal, compliance and liability issues;
Risk management;
Program effectiveness measurement;
Global safety management; and
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Standards of competence for safety engineers and professionals.
Course Description:
Traffic safety; Ladder safety; Fire safety; Emergency procedures; Introduction to OSHA
regulations; MSDS Right-to-Know Law; Hazardous materials safety; Safety equipment;
Environmental safety.
Text Book: Schoolcraft Publishing. 719 Safety and Health. Buffalo Grove, IL: Author. (1992).
References:
1. Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry, Administration and Programs,
12th edition, National Safety Council,
2. Phillip E. Hagan, John F. Montgomery, James T. OReilly
3. Goetsch, Industrial Safety Management
Teaching Methods:
Lectures supported by tutorials, Assignments and Presentation of discussion papers
Project work and Industrial visits.
Evaluation:
Project
20%,
30%, and
Final Examination
50%.
100% attendance during project presentation sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
MENG 5912 Quality Management

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.
Course Title: Quality Management

Course Objectives:
The objective of the course is to introduce the student to:

Quality control concept and techniques;
The procedures for implementing quality engineering tools in industrial applications;
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Basic metrology and applied statistics for quality control applications in discrete-item
manufacturing systems.
Course Description:
Concept of quality and quality control; Probability distribution and histogram; Inference
about process quality; type-I error (-error) and type II error (-error); Design of control
chart, average run length for chart performance, control charts for variables, control charts
for attributes, and control charts; Introduction to modern quality control techniques; Quality
costs; Basic statistical tools; control charts; Process capability, use of quality control
software.
Project: Case study analysis
Text Book: Montgomery, D.C, 2001, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 4th edition,
John Wiley and Sons
References:
1. Farnum, Nicholas R., Modern Statistical Quality Control and Improvement.
2. Daniel Kitaw, Industrial Engineering, AAU
3. Feigenbaum A., Total quality control, Mc GrawHill Inc., Singapore
Teaching Methods:
Seminars, presentations and industrial visits

Evaluation:
Project
30%,
30%,
Final Examination
40%.

MENG 5704 Appropriate Technology

Credit: 2 Cr.
Course Title: Appropriate Technology
Contact Hours: 2 Lecture hrs 2 Lab/Tutorial hrs
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Course Objectives:
Knowledge, skills, and abilities students gain from this course:
Understand the principles of operation of simple renewable energy conversion
equipments/machines such as wind mill, micro hydro turbines, solar water and air
heaters, ram pump, hand pumps, cooking stoves, etc.
Gain the experience of designing the equipments/machines that they could be
manufactured locally, and from locally available materials.
Gain the experience of preparing workshop drawings.
Know how these equipments/machines could be manufactured.
Ability to estimate the material and manufacturing cost
Course Description:
Design projects on any two of the following equipment/machines - windmill, cross flow
turbine, micro-Pelton turbine, hand pump, solar water heater, solar air heater, cooking
stove, and other appropriate technologies.
Pre-requisites: Senior standing
Teaching Methods:
Seminars, presentations and industrial visits

Evaluation:
Project
30%,
30%,
Final Examination
40%.

MENG 4000 Industrial Internship

Credit Hours: 6 Cr.
Course Title: Industrial Internship
Contact Hours: Six months industrial works
Course Objective:
This is to help the student:
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To have some industrial exposure
To have a knowledge how to do projects
To have a knowledge how to prepare a document for a project

Course Description
A project that will be done in the industry that solve the problem of the industry and give the student
some practical knowledge about Mechanical Engineering.
Pre-requisites: he/she should not lag more than two major courses from his batch & passes holistic
exam
Evaluation: Holistic Exam
Industrial project
10%
90 %
B. Courses other than mechanical engineering (supportive)

Course Title
Civic & Ethical Education
Course number
CvEt 201
Credit hours
3 Cr
Course pre-requisites none

Teaching method
lectures and discussion
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Introduction to Logic
Course number
Phil 101
Credit hours
3 Cr

Teaching method
lectures
Group work
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
_____________________________________________________________________
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Course Title
Communicative English Skill
Course number
EnLan 201
Credit hours
3 Cr

Teaching method
lectures
Assignments
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
Course Title
Basic Writing Skill
Course number
EnLan 202
Credit hours
3 Cr
Course pre-requisites EnLan 201

Teaching method
lectures
Assignments
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
Course Title
Engineering mechanics, Statics.
Course number
CEng1001
Credit hours
3 Cr

Teaching method
lectures supported by tutorials

Assignments
Course objectives
Understand and apply basic principles of equilibrium

Develop appropriate mathematical model for forces and moments
Select appropriate coordinate systems
Course description
Basic equilibrium equations, method of joints, plane and space

tress analysis, Distributed forces, Friction and Virtual work method
Evaluation
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Mid semester exam
Final examination
_______________________________________
Course Title
Basic Electricity and Electronics
Course number
ECENG 2802
Credit hours
3 Cr
Course pre-requisites Math 231

Teaching method

Assignments
Course objectives
to familiarize non major students with the fundamentals of AC and

DC circuits as well as basic electronic devices and circuits And to
equip students with capabilities of ease of further exploration and
application of underlying electrical and electronic principles in
engineering systems.
Course description
review of electronic application in industry; relay controlled

industrial processes, programmable logic controllers, theory and
application general instrumentation concepts, signal conditioning
and conversion circuits, signal transmission and output
presentation
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Electrical machines and drives
Course number
ECENG 3029
Credit hours
3 Cr
Course pre-requisites ECENG 2802

Teaching method

Assignments
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Course objectives
understand the basic principles of operation and transformers. AC

and DC machines, Understand torque and speed control of
electrical machines and application of power electronics in drive
systems.
Course description
principle of operation, characteristics and modeling of AC and DC

machines, Introduction to electrical drives, power electronics
devices and their use in adjustable speed motor derives.
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Introduction to economics
Course number
Econ101
Credit hours
3 Cr

Teaching method
lectures
Class and group discussions, seminars and workshops
Course objectives
to introduce topics in microeconomics where by the students

introduced to
Fundamental concepts of economics
Laws of demand and supply
Opportunity cost
Functioning of competitive market, essence of short run

production and profit maximization
Course description
Introduction: definition, scope and methods of economics, basic

economic and economic systems; Microeconomics supply and
demand, theory of production and costs, the profit maximization
competitive firm, review of marketing imperfections;
Macroeconomics: problems of the macro economy, national
income accounting, aggregated demand and supply, economic
policy measurements.
Evaluation
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Mid semester exam
Final examination
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Applied Mathematics IB.
Course number
Math231
Credit hours
4 Cr
Course pre-requisite none

Teaching method

Assignments
Course objectives
the objective of this course is to equip students with basic

mathematical techniques of calculus and computational
mathematics and help them develop skill build up in mathematical
analysis for solving engineering problems
Course description
Vector and Vector Spaces: Matrices, Determinants and system of

Linear Equations; Limit and continuity; Derivatives; Integrations;
real sequences; Introduction to numerical Methods
Evaluation
Assignments
Mid semester exam
Final examination
_______________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Applied Mathematics IIB
Course number
Math232
Credit hours
4 Cr
Course pre request
Math 231
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Teaching method

Assignments
Course objectives
the objective of this course is to equip students with basic

mathematical techniques of calculus and computational
mathematics and help them develop skill build up in mathematical
analysis for solving engineering problems
Course description
Series and sequence, power series, Fourier series, Differential

calculus of functions or several variables; Multiple integers.
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Applied Mathematics IIIB
Course number
Math331
Credit hours
4 Cr
Course pre request
Math 232
Teaching method

Assignments
Course objectives
the objective of this course is to equip students with the

mathematical tools of developing mathematical models of physical
engineering problems.
Course description
Differential equations of the first order, ordinary linear differential

equations of the second order, vector differential calculus; Line and
surface integrals; Complex analytic function; complex integrals;
Taylor and Laurent series; Integration by the method of residue
________________________________________________________________________
Course Title
Introduction to engineering skills
Course number
Eng1001
Credit hours
2 Cr
Course pre request
none
Teaching method
lectures
Workshop exercise
Course objectives
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Introduction to different specializations of engineering
Practical training on basic practical skills in the different

areas of engineering.
Course description
Introduction to Civil, Chemical and mechanical engineering

Introduction to workshop practices in construction technology,
electrical technology, Mechanical Technology. Industrial visits
5. Schedule of Courses offering for individual semesters

Course No
YEAR I SEMESTER I
Course Title
Cr
EnLan 201
Communicative English Skill
Eng1001
Introduction to Engineering Skills
MENG 1001
Engineering Drawing
CEng1001
Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)
Phil 101
Introduction to Logic
Math 231
Applied Mathematics IB
Total Semester Cr.
Course No
MENG 1102
MENG 1302
MENG 1506
MENG 1304
EnLan 202
Math 232
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YEAR I SEMESTER II
Course Title
Introduction to Computers and Programming
Engineering Mechanics II, Dynamics
Workshop Technology I
Strength of Materials I
Basic Writing Skill
Applied Mathematics IIB
Total Semester Cr.
18
Cr
3
3
2
3
3
4
18
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Course Code
YEAR II SEMESTER I
Course Title
Cr
MENG 2305
Strength of Materials II
MENG 2507
Workshop Technology II
MENG 2303
Engineering Materials I
MENG 2301
Machine Drawing
Econ 101
Introduction to Economics
Math 331
Applied Mathematics IIIB
Total Semester Cr.
18
Course Code
YEAR II SEMESTER II
Course Title
Cr
MENG 2308
Thermodynamics I
MENG 2306
Fluid Mechanics I
MENG 2610
Machine Elements I
MENG 2304
Engineering Materials II
MENG 2302
Computer Aided Drafting
ECENG 2802
Basic Electricity and Electronics
MENG 3105
Introduction to Statistics for Engineers

Total Semester Cr.
2
20
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Course Code
MENG 3611
YEAR III SEMESTER I

Course Title
Machine Elements II
Cr
3
MENG 3309
Thermodynamics II
MENG 3301
Mechanisms of Machinery
MENG 3503
Production Engineering I
ECENG 3029
Electrical machines and drives
MENG 3005
Numerical Methods
CvEt 201
Civic & Ethical Education
Total Semester Cr.
Course Code
MENG 3504
MENG 3612
MENG 3408
MENG 3128
21
YEAR III SEMESTER II

Course Title
Production Engineering II
Machine Design Project I
Instrumentation and Measurement
Technical Report Writing
Cr
3
3
3
1
Elective I
MENG 3916
Operations Planning and Control
Ind. Eng., Man.

Eng.,
MENG 3306
Fluid Mechanics II
Design, Th. Eng.
MENG 3302
Mechanical Vibration
Design, Th. Eng,

Man. Eng, MVE
Ind. Eng.
Th. Eng., Design,

Man. Eng.,
MVE
Elective II
MENG 3914
Human Factors Engineering
MENG 3310
Heat Transfer
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Total Semester Cr.
16&19
YEAR IV SEMESTER I
Course Code
MENG 4603
MENG 4705
MENG 4309
Course Title
Machine Design Project II
Turbo-machinery
Meteorology Laboratory
Cr
3
4
1
Elective I
MENG 4915
Appropriate Technology Transfer
Ind. Eng
MENG 4523
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Man. Eng, Ind. Eng
MENG 4807
I.C. Engines & Recip. Machines
MVE, Design & Th.

Eng.
Elective II
MENG 4917
Operations Research
Ind. Eng,
MENG 4401
Regulation & Control
Man. Eng., MVE,

Design & Th. Eng
Elective III
MENG 4919
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Ind. Eng,
MENG 4525
Casting Lab. Exercise
Man. Eng.
MENG 4813
Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Design, MVE,
MENG 4527
Metal Processing Industries
Man. Eng.
MENG 4711
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Total Semester Cr.
Th. Eng
Elective IV
3
18&19
YEAR IV SEMESTER II
Course Code
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Course Title
Cr
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MENG 4000
Industrial Internship
Total Semester Cr.
YEAR V SEMESTER I
Course Code
MENG 5923
MENG 5717
MENG 5603
Course Title
Maintenance of Machinery
Machines Laboratory Exercises
Materials handling Equipment
Cr
3
2
3
Elective I
MENG 5607
Agricultural Machinery Design
MENG 5511
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
MENG 5819
MENG 5713
Design
Man. Eng,
Ind. Eng
Motor Vehicle Engineering
MVE.
Power Plant Engineering
Th. Eng
Introduction to Mechatronics
Design, Man. Eng,

MVE &Th. Eng
MENG 5921
Plant Layout and Design
Ind. Eng
MENG 5925
Introduction to Systems Engineering
Ind. Eng
MENG 5401
Elective II
Elective III
MENG 5605
Product Design and Value Analysis
Design ,Ind. Eng
MENG 5509
Tools and Die Design
Man. Eng,
MENG 5821
Construction Equipment
MVE
MENG 5715
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion

Total Semester Cr.
Th. Eng
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16-19
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YEAR V SEMESTER II
MENG 5908
MENG 5910
MENG 5912
MENG 5000
Cr
3
2
3
6
Industrial Mangt. & Eng. Economy

Entrepreneurship
Quality Management
B.Sc. Thesis
Elective I
MENG 5602
Introduction to Tribology
Design
MENG 5914
Industrial Safety & Environment Control
Ind. Eng
MENG 5516
Process Planning and Product Costing
Man. Eng,
MENG 5704
Appropriate Technology
Th. Eng
MENG 5806
Automotive Maintenance
MVE
Total Semester Cr.
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Vision and Mission..................................................................................................3

Staff and graduate profile...............................................................................................4

Professional profile of Mechanical Engineering.....................................................4

Rational for Curriculum..........................................................................................8

Structure of the curriculum......................................................................................9

Teaching learning methods and materials.............................................................10

Mechanical Engineering courses..................................................................................11

Courses other than mechanical engineering (supportive)............................................82

Schedule of Courses offering for individual semesters................................................88

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Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

2. Staff and graduate profile

Product design, development and manufacturing;

Industrial plant design, equipment selection, plant erection, commissioning,

Industrial gas- and water-supply system/component design;

Automotive and construction equipment design and maintenance;

Energy conversion system/component design, installation, commissioning,

Heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning system/components design, installation,

Industrial project design and evaluation;

Factory and technical service management in the capacity of general manager,

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

commissioning, operation and maintenance of rotating machines such as pumps,

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

Design, develop and manufacture a product:

,operation and maintenance:

commissioning operation etc.

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

3.2. Duration of study

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

4.2. Structure of the curriculum

Basic science courses,

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

Humanities and Communication courses,

Mechanical Design courses

Thermal Engineering courses

Manufacturing Engineering courses

Automotive Engineering courses

Energy Engineering courses

Instrumentation and Control courses

Industrial Engineering courses

Manufacturing Engineering focus area courses

Thermal Engineering focus area courses

Mechanical Design focus area courses

Motor vehicle Engineering focus area courses

Industrial Engineering focus area courses

Mechanical Engineering Department (MED)

Curriculum for Regular Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. Degree Program

ii. B. Sc. Thesis

Classroom lectures backed by course-work projects, tutorials and assignments;

Design projects, workshop practice and laboratory works

Presentations and industrial visits.

Most of the lectures shall be conducted using LCD projectors.