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Plan
Fall Term 1
CHEM 103
★ 4.3
(fi 6)(either term,
3-1s-3/2)
Atoms and molecules, states of matter, chemistry of the elements. Prerequisite: Chemistry 30, or equivalent. Note: Restricted to Engineering students only. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 53.5 Units
ENGG 100
★ 1.1
(fi 2)(either term,
.75-.75s-0)
An introduction to the Faculty of Engineering, the engineering profession, the skills required for academic success, and the fundamentals of leadership: study and life skills; time management and goal setting; interpersonal skills; career planning; engineering and society including elements of ethics, equity, concepts of sustainable development, environmental stewardship, and public safety.
Accreditation Units
ENGG 130
★ 4.0
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-2)
Equilibrium of planar systems. Analysis of statically determinate trusses and frames. Friction. Centroids and centres of gravity. Forces and moments in beams. Second moments of area. Note: Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. Corequisite: MATH 100.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 50.4 Units
ENGL 199
★ 3.0
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-0)
This course aims to develop the student's ability to provide effective written and oral information. It will focus on instruction in fundamental writing skills, including building effective sentences and paragraphs, and on learning to communicate clearly across a range of genres and media used in academic and professional contexts, including correspondence and presentations. Students will be introduced to the principles of information gathering, analysis, and citation. Note: Restricted to students in the Faculty of Engineering only.
Accreditation Units
MATH 100
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-1)
Review of numbers, inequalities, functions, analytic geometry; limits, continuity; derivatives and applications, Taylor polynomials; log, exp, and inverse trig functions. Integration, fundamental theorem of calculus substitution, trapezoidal and Simpson's rules. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1 and Mathematics 31. Notes: (1) Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 100, 113, 114, 117, 134, 144, 154, or SCI 100. (2) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. (3) Restricted to Engineering students. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
PHYS 130
★ 3.8
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-3/2)
Geometrical optics, optical instruments, oscillations, waves, sound, interference, diffraction. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1, Mathematics 31, Physics 30. Corequisite: MATH 100 or 113 or 114 or 117 or 134 or 144 or equivalent. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 47.2 Units
Winter Term 2
CHEM 105
★ 3.8
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-3/2)
Rates of reactions, thermodynamics and equilibrium, electrochemistry, modern applications of chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 103 or 101. Note: Restricted to Engineering students only. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 47.2 Units
ENCMP 100
★ 3.8
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-1.5)
Fundamentals of computer programming with emphasis on solving engineering problems. Structure and syntax of computer programs, variables, data types, data structures, control structures, functions, input/output operations, debugging, software development process.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 21.3 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
ENGG 160
★ 2.0
(fi 4)(either term or Spring/Summer,
1-0-2)
Fundamental design process and theory in a multidisciplinary context. Importance, in engineering design, of communications; team work; the engineering disciplines, career fields; professional responsibilities of the engineer including elements of ethics, equity, concepts of sustainable development and environmental stewardship, public and worker safety and health considerations including the context of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act. Corequisite ENGL 199. This course is delivered in a blended format.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 12.6 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 12.6 Units
EN PH 131
★ 4.3
(fi 6)(either term,
3-1s-3/2)
Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 26.8 Units
Engineering Science: 26.8 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 26.8 Units
MATH 101
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-1)
Area between curves, techniques of integration. Applications of integration to planar areas and lengths, volumes and masses. First order ordinary differential equations: separable, linear, direction fields, Euler's method, applications. Infinite series, power series, Taylor expansions with remainder terms. Polar coordinates. Rectangular, spherical and cylindrical coordinates in 3-dimensional space. Parametric curves in the plane and space: graphing, arc length, curvature; normal binormal, tangent plane in 3- dimensional space. Volumes and surface areas of rotation. Prerequisite: MATH 100. Notes: (1) Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 101, 115, 118, 136, 146, 156 or SCI 100. (2) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. (3) Restricted to Engineering students. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
MATH 102
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-1)
Vectors and matrices, solution of linear equations, equations of lines and planes, determinants, matrix algebra, orthogonality and applications (Gram-Schmidt), eigenvalues and eigenvectors and applications, complex numbers. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 100. Notes: (1) Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 102, 125, or 127. (2) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. (3) Restricted to Engineering students. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
Fall Term 3
ENGG 299
★ 1.5
(fi 2)(first term,
1-1s-0)
An examination of the history, philosophy and objectives of Cooperative Education; introduction to the operation of the Cooperative Education Program; self-assessment of transferable skills and work values; preparation of the resume; practice of job interview skills; goal setting on the job; ethics; human rights; and public and worker safety and health considerations including the context of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act. Note: This course is only open to students registered in the Cooperative Education Program and must be taken prior to a student's first work placement.
Accreditation Units
MATH 201
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term or Spring/Summer,
3-0-1)
First-order equations; second-order linear equations: reduction of order, variation of parameters; Laplace transform; linear systems; power series; solution by series; separation of variables for PDEs. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 209 or 214. Notes: (1) Open only to students in Engineering, Specialization Physics, and Specialization Geophysics. (2) Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 201, MATH 334, MATH 336, or MA PH 251. (3) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
MATH 209
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-1)
Partial differentiation, derivatives of integrals. Multiple integration using rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Vector Field Theory. Prerequisite: MATH 101. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 102. Notes: (1) This course may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in MATH 215, MATH 315, MATH 317 or MA PH 351. (2) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. (3) Restricted to Engineering students. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
MCTR 202
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Fall term,
3-0-3/2)
Circuit element definitions. Circuit laws: Ohm’s, KVL, KCL. Resistive voltage and current dividers. Basic loop and nodal analysis. Circuit theorems: linearity, Thevenin. Dependent sources. Time domain behavior of inductance and capacitance, energy storage. Sinusoidal signals, complex numbers, phasor and impedance concepts. Diodes: ideal and simple and models. Treatment of RLC circuits in the time domain, frequency domain and s-plane. Prerequisites: MATH 101, MATH 102.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.8 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 240
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Fall term,
3-0-1)
Introduction to linear systems and signal classification. Convolution. Fourier series expansion and Fourier transform (FT). Sampling and reconstruction. Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and properties. Spectra analysis. Models of continuous-time systems and discrete-time systems for linear control system Z-transform and inverse Z-transform. Analysis of linear time invariant (LTI) systems. Design of linear time-invariant control systems. Corequisites: MCTR 202, MATH 201.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.8 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MEC E 230
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term or Spring/Summer,
3-1s-0)
Introduction to modes of heat transfer. One dimensional heat conduction. Heat transfer from surfaces. Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fluid properties. Fluid statics. Use of control volumes. Internal flows. Prerequisites: MATH 101, EN PH 131.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 11.0 Units
Engineering Science: 33.1 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 33.1 Units
MEC E 250
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term or Spring/Summer,
3-1s-0)
Moments of inertia. Kinematics and kinetics of rigid body motion, energy and momentum methods, impact, mechanical vibrations. Prerequisites: ENGG 130, EN PH 131 and MATH 101. There is a consolidated exam.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 44.1 Units
Winter Term 4
CIV E 270
★ 4.5
(fi 6)(either term or Spring/Summer,
3-0-3)
Plane stress and strain; stress-strain relationships; stresses and deformations resulting from axial and transverse loads; buckling of columns; torsion of circular sections; combined stress; statically indeterminate problems. Laboratory to demonstrate mechanical properties and verify assumptions of analysis. Prerequisites: ENGG 130 and MATH 101.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 56.7 Units
ECE 342
★ 3.5
(fi 6)(either term or Spring/Summer,
3-1s-0)
Deterministic and probabilistic models. Basics of probability theory: random experiments, axioms of probability, conditional probability and independence. Discrete and continuous random variables: cumulative distribution and probability density functions, functions of a random variable, expected values, transform methods. Pairs of random variables: independence, joint cdf and pdf, conditional probability and expectation, functions of a pair of random variables, jointly Gaussian random variables. Sums of random variables: the central limit theorem; basic types of random processes, wide sense stationary processes, autocorrelation and crosscorrelation, power spectrum, white noise. Prerequisite: MATH 209. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 342 or E E 387.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 19.8 Units
Engineering Science: 24.3 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 24.3 Units
MCTR 210
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-1)
Number systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra. Karnaugh maps. Combinational networks. State machines. Field programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation. Computer architecture. Assembly language. Addressing modes, subroutines, memory, input-output interfacing, and interrupts.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 260
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Winter Term,
2-0-3)
Design morphology, analysis and design of components, electro-mechanical system design and risk management concepts, design project aimed at assistive devices or technologies addressing user needs. Corequisite: MCTR 265.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 22.1 Units
Engineering Design: 22.1 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 22.1 Units
MCTR 265
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
2-0-3)
Computer-aided engineering, solid modelling, drafting and design. Introduction to multiphysics simulation. Design project aligned with MCTR 260.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.0 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 44.1 Units
MCTR 294
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Fall term,
3-0-3/2)
Introduction to object-oriented programming for mechatronic applications. Introduction to data structures and classes with application to mechatronics. Introduction to algorithms. Concepts illustrated on a physical mechatronic system. Prerequisite: ENCMP 100.
Accreditation Units
Fall Term 5
MCTR 300
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Transistors, transistor amplifiers, and op-amp circuits; frequency response and filters; analog signal detection, conditioning, analysis, and conversion; transducers and electronic sensors for measuring common physical properties/phenomena. Understanding properties of signals in time and frequency domain; digitization of analog data; statistics, analysis, and uncertainty of measurement data. Prerequisites: MCTR 202, MCTR 240.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 44.1 Units
MCTR 320
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Linear feedback control systems for command-following, stability, and dynamic response specifications. Frequency response and design techniques, including lead, lag compensators and PID control. An introduction to structural design limitations. Introduction to state space models. Examples emphasizing control of mechatronics systems, using computer-aided design. Prerequisite: MCTR 240. Credit can only be granted for one of MCTR 320, MEC E 420, ECE 360, CH E 446.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 53.5 Units
MCTR 350
★ 3.0
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-0)
Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies moving in three dimensions. Spatial kinematics of rigid bodies, Euler angles, tensor of inertia and the Newton-Euler equations of motion for rigid bodies, multi-body dynamics, inverse dynamics for manipulators. Prerequisite: MEC E 250.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 33.1 Units
Engineering Science: 11.0 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 11.0 Units
MCTR 355
★ 3.0
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-0)
Systems engineering definition, relevance, and benefits. The nature of technological systems and the concept of a system life cycle, from need to retirement. Requirements setting, including standards. Modelling system performance, with emphasis on mechatronic systems. System safety, risk, and reliability analysis. Ethical and sustainability considerations in systems design. Design for manufacturability and control. Design de-risking and testing for requirements compliance. Configuration management. Systems thinking and Indigenous perspectives.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science: 11.8 Units
Engineering Design: 23.6 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 35.4 Units
MCTR 357
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Coordinates systems, robot kinematics (forward and inverse), differential kinematics, robot dynamics, path and trajectory planning, position control, force control, impedance control, teleoperation systems.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 394
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Advanced topics in object-oriented programming for mechatronic applications. Advanced data structures, and algorithm analysis and design. Concepts illustrated using a physical mechatronic system and practical mechatronic applications. Introduction to modern robotic and mechatronic operating systems. Prerequisite: MCTR 294.
Accreditation Units
Spring/Summer Term 6
ECE 315
★ 3.8
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-3/2)
Design and use of digital interfaces, including memory, serial, parallel, synchronous and asynchronous interfaces. Hardware implementations of interrupts, buses, input/output devices and direct memory access. Multitasking software architecture, real-time preemptive multitasking kernels. Data structures and mechanisms for flow control. Computer communications interfaces, interfacing of microcontroller to peripheral devices such as stepper motors. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Prerequisite: ECE 212 or E E 380 or CMPUT 229, and 275 or permission of the Instructor. Credit may be obtained in only one of CMPE 401 or ECE 315.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 21.3 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 332
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Spring/Summer,
3-0-3/2)
Force and torque generation in electric machines. AC and DC machines, permanent magnet synchronous (PMSM) and brushless DC motors (BLDC). Machine characteristics and dynamic models of electric actuators. Linear actuators; power electronics device characteristics; motor drives: H-bridges, inverters; speed control methods; power converters.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 44.1 Units
MCTR 360
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Spring/Summer,
2-0-3)
A project-based course dealing with the design and implementation of a robotic system to accomplish a set of requirements. Integration of sensor technologies, sensor data processing, motion control based on feedback and real-time programming. Design procedures, ethics, safety and risk management, theory of engineering design, role of engineering analysis in design, application of computer-aided design software; component and material selection, codes, and standards; design optimization; system integration and verification through testing; teamwork, and a design project. Corequisite: MCTR 365.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 28.3 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 56.7 Units
MCTR 365
★ 3.5
(fi 6.0)(Spring/Summer,
2-0-3)
Mechatronic and robotic system design using CAD tools. Concepts of function structure models, material selection, and introduction of load and stress analysis. Integration of sensors and actuators. Simulation of mechanisms, dynamics, kinematics, and heat transfer using commercial software. Emphasis is on numerical model design including testing and verification methods, and the critical interpretation of the computed results. Design project aligned with MCTR 360.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.0 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 44.1 Units
MCTR 370
★ 3.0
(fi 6.0)(Spring/Summer,
3-0-0)
Fundamentals of machine learning methods. Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning concepts, and fundamentals of fuzzy logic. Review of probability and optimization. Linear regression. Linear classification and logistic regression. Components of modern machine learning approaches, including feature engineering, neural network models, training and evaluation methodology, and deep learning libraries. Object detection and object/human pose regression for robotic applications. Bias in machine learning algorithms. Corequisite: MCTR 399.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.8 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 399
★ 3.0
(fi 6.0)(Spring/Summer,
3-0-0)
Analytical and numerical methods with mechatronics applications. Complex numbers, partial differential equations, analytic functions, elementary functions, mappings, integrals, series, residues and poles, integral formulas. Statistical tests. Numerical integration and differentiation, solution methods of boundary value problems. Use of programming languages to implement numerical methods. Critical-thinking applied to problems related to mechatronics systems. Formulation, methodologies, and techniques for numerical solutions of engineering issues, particularly those arising within the field of mechatronics.
Accreditation Units
Math and Natural Sciences: 44.1 Units
Fall Term 7
Complementary Elective
A complementary elective of the student's choice. Please consult the calendar for more information.
ENG M 401
★ 3.0
(fi 6)(either term,
3-0-0)
The application of the fundamentals of engineering economics, financial analysis and market assessment to engineering alternatives in the planning, development and ongoing management of industrial enterprises. The course covers the use of engineering, economic, financial and market assessment information in investment and business operation decisions in technology oriented companies. Note: Credit cannot be obtained for more than one of ENGG 310, ENGG 401, ENG M 310, or ENG M 401.
Accreditation Units
Program/Technical Elective
A program/technical elective of the student's choice. Please consult the calendar for more information.
Program/Technical Elective
A program/technical elective of the student's choice. Please consult the calendar for more information.
MCTR 420
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Fall term,
3-0-3/2)
System states and state space models. Linearization of nonlinear state-space models. Solving linear time-invariant state-space equations. Controllability and observability, and their algebraic tests. Minimal state-space realizations. State feedback and eigenvalue/pole assignment. Step tracking control design. State estimation and observer design. Observer-based control. Introduction to linear quadratic optimal control. Prerequisite: MCTR 320.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 460
★ 2.5
(fi 6.0)(Fall term,
1-0-3)
PART 1: Feasibility study and detailed design of a project which requires students to exercise creative ability, to make assumptions and decisions based on synthesis of technical knowledge, and devise new designs. Advanced design safety review.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 56.7 Units
Winter Term 8
ITS Elective
An ITS elective of the student's choice. Please consult the calendar for more information.
ENGG 400
★ 1.0
(fi 2)(either term,
1-0-0)
The technical and professional duties and responsibilities of the engineer; the ethics of the engineering profession; technical and professional organizations. The role of the engineer in the social environment including elements of equity, concepts of sustainable development and environmental stewardship, public and worker safety and health considerations including the context of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act. Note: Restricted to fourth-year traditional and fifth-year co-op engineering students. Must be taken in last term of program.
Accreditation Units
MCTR 421
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Review of probability, random variables, and stochastic processes. Recursive state estimation: Bayes filter, linear Kalman filter and its extension to nonlinear systems. Practical applications of filtering techniques to mechatronics systems. Prerequisite: MCTR 420.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 11.8 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
MCTR 461
★ 2.5
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
1-0-3)
PART 2: Feasibility study and detailed design of a project which requires students to exercise creative ability, to make assumptions and decisions based on synthesis of technical knowledge, and devise new designs. Advanced design safety review. Prerequisite: MCTR 460.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 56.7 Units
MCTR 465
★ 3.8
(fi 6.0)(Winter term,
3-0-3/2)
Introduction to mobile robots. Means of locomotion and kinematic and dynamic models. Linear and nonlinear motion control theory and filtering applied mobile robots. Map-based and reactive motion planning. Localization and mapping. Visual servoing. Prerequisite: MCTR 394. Corequisite: MCTR 421.
Accreditation Units
Engineering Design: 35.4 Units
Engineering Science and Engineering Design: 47.2 Units
Program/Technical Elective
A program/technical elective of the student's choice. Please consult the calendar for more information.