Classes taken for Engineering Major

With Links to Selected Assignments

SWS denotes supplemental writing skills course

EGR 312: Dynamics (Fall 2005)

• Projectile Motion of a Golf Ball

• G-Forces Experienced in a Centrifuge

EGR 352: Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery - elective (Winter 2006)

• Design of a Quick Return Mechanism

• Design of a Cam/Follower

EGR 360: Engineering Thermodynamics (Winter 2006)

• Comparison of Refrigerant Types for a Refrigeration Cycle

EGR 352: Machine Design I (Summer 2006)

• Composite Beams

• Finite Element Analysis with ANSYS

• Semester Project

EGR 365: Fluid Mechanics (Summer 2006)

• Drag on a Semi-Truck

• Drag Force on Cylinder

EGR 345: Dynamic Systems and Modeling Control (Fall 2006)

• Lab 2: Numerical Methods - Integrate Function(c program)

• Lab 2: Numerical Methods - Integrate Function (scilab program)

• Lab 2: Numerical Methods - State Equations (c program)

• Lab 2: Numerical Methods - State Equations 4 (scilab program)

• Semester Project: Design Proposal

• Semester Project: Design Report (1.67 megabyte pdf file)

EGR 368: Heat Transfer (Winter 2007)

EGR 409: Machine Design II (Winter 2007)

EGR 350:  Vibrations - elective (Summer 2007)

EGR 475:  Design of HVAC - elective (Summer 2007)

Senior Design Project (Winter and Summer 2007)

• Term Paper on Materials Used in Bicycle Frames for EGR 250

Extracurricular Work Done at Grand Valley State Engineering

Grand Valley State University's Padnos College of Engineering sponsors a Mini Baja team along with 

Briggs and Stratton and The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).  For team 

progress including pictures of the car and those of us working on it, click the link below.

Grand Valley's Mini Baja Web Site

Classes taken for School of Engineering Admittance:

MTH 201: Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

MTH 202: Calculus and Analytical Geometry II

MTH 203: Calculus and Analytical Geometry III

MTH 302: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

PHY 230: Principles of Physics I

PHY 231: Principles of Physics II

CHM 115: Principles of Chemistry I

CS 162 : Java Programming

BIO 105: Environmental Science

PHI 102: Ethics (SWS)

ECO 211: Microeconomics

STA 314: Statistical Methods and Quality Control

EGR 101: Fundamentals of Engineering I

EGR 102: Fundamentals of Engineering II

EGR 209: Statics and Solid Mechanics

EGR 214: Circuit Analysis I (SWS)

EGR 226: Introduction to Digital Systems

EGR 250: Materials Science and Engineering

Other Classes taken related to engineering

MTH 122: College Algebra

MTH 123: College Trigonometry

MTH 210: Mathematical Reasoning Writing and Proofs (SWS)