ME110 INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5690110 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 2 (2.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 3.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ALİ EMRE TURGUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is to prepare the students to mechanical engineering profession at an early stage. The course aims to provide the students:
- A general understanding of major fields of mechanical engineering.
- An insight about systems approach.
- A preliminary step to engineering design in a team environment.
- Appreciation for engineering ethics through case studies.
- Awareness of social concerns in engineering practices.
- Skills for writing homework assignments and reports, and presentation of scientific results orally in an effective way.
- Basic principles of scientific computation and a basic understanding of engineering and other related software.
- Knowledge about professional engineering organizations.
- Information about academic search engines to reach engineering information.
- Basic skills for time management and project planning.
Course Content
Overview of the major fields of mechanical engineering: design, production, theory of machines, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermal and energy systems. Systems approach, project planning, professional writing and engineering ethics. Written and oral communication in engineering. Team work and design process.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||