Credit Hours - 3

In specific sense, students will be introduced to methods and requirements of establishing logical and empirical truths. This is to make critical analysis or reasoning a component of the practical lives of students and a significant means for the solution of problems generated in various academic disciplines. The following topics, among others, will be treated by the end of the Semester: thoughts as objects of scrutiny, types of definition, contrasting types of discourse, the normative and the empirical, the difference between induction and deduction, further discussion of induction (in the sciences and everyday life), polemical tricks and rhetorical ploys (informal fallacies).

Credit Hours - 2

This course is intended to provide fresh students in the department with the necessary background knowledge in Biosystems Engineering. The course will trigger the students’ interest needed to enable them acquire the understanding and skills in the field of Biosystems Engineering. The focus will be to broaden the knowledge of students on how they can apply the skills they will acquire through engineering, math, and biology to design systems to manage soil and water resources and to design and develop biological and machine products.

Credit Hours - 3

Computing Systems: Hardware/software components & organization, types of software, types of computer languages and concepts for executing a program. Engineering problem-solving methodology. Introduction to software tools for solving engineering problems, spreadsheets for engineers – MS Excel for Windows. Technical use of MS Excel: Characteristics of spreadsheets, Arithmetic operations, Common engineering functions and operations, logic operations, plotting, and simple engineering applications. Introduction to MATLAB for engineering problem-solving.

Credit Hours - 3

History of electronics from vacuum tubes to Large Scale (LS) through to Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) systems. Semi conductivity. Diodes and Diode circuits: Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT), the physical structure of the BJT, circuit analysis. Field-Effect Transistors and Circuits: MOSFET characteristics and model, biasing techniques, analog MOSFET amplifier. Digital electronics and logic gates analysis.

Credit Hours - 3

Electricity supply types: definition and characteristics of AC and DC voltages and currents, instantaneous, average and RMS values, energy and power, and simple billing calculations of household appliances. AC power: active, reactive, and apparent power, power factor and correction methods. Introduction to electricity generation and sources. AC transmission and distribution for 1-phase, 2-phase, and 3-phase. Introduction to transformers and operations. Introduction to motors. Electrical safety.

Credit Hours - 3

Electricity supply types: definition and characteristics of AC and DC voltages and currents, instantaneous, average and RMS values, energy and power, and simple billing calculations of household appliances. AC power: active, reactive, and apparent power, power factor and correction methods. Introduction to electricity generation and sources. AC transmission and distribution for 1-phase, 2-phase, and 3-phase. Introduction to transformers and operations. Introduction to motors. Electrical safety.

Credit Hours - 3

The course covers the motions of particles and rigid bodies, and the forces that accompany or cause those motions. It will involve Newton's laws, the work and energy principle, and the impulse and momentum principle.

Credit Hours - 4

The course involves Introduction to Multivariable Calculus, Derivatives of Multivariable Functions (partial derivatives, gradient and directional derivatives, divergence, curl, multivariable chain rule, Laplacian, Jacobian, applications, etc.), Integrating Multivariable Functions (line integrals for scalar functions, line integrals in vector fields, double integrals, triple integrals, change of variables, polar, spherical, and cylindrical coordinates, surface integrals, flux in 3D, and applications, etc.), Green's, Stokes', and the divergence theorems.

Credit Hours - 3

Students will be taken initially through fundamental issues in grammar and composition in order to consolidate their language skills in these areas. Subsequently, reading and writing skills relevant to university work will be introduced. These will include the structure of the essay, unity, completeness and coherence in essay writing; summarizing as a skill basic to exposition, writing from sources, referencing skills and avoiding plagiarism. Usage and conventions, percentages and proportions, sentence connectors, prefixes and suffixes; constructing an essay, general principles, constructing a paragraph, paragraph logic, constructing a sentence; well –crafted sentences, standard errors, punctuation and presentation, direct speech, presentation conventions, quoting from a text, summary; punctuation, how punctuation can strengthen a sentence, the use of colon and semi-colon. The course will be taught in small groups and class activities are characterized by group work, oral presentations and extensive practical assignments.

Credit Hours - 3

The course covers discussion on atoms to molecules, introduction to the chemistry of organic compounds and biochemistry, chemical kinetics and equilibrium, thermochemistry, redox reactions, and acids and bases. Students will be able to explain simple chemical models which has application in engineering related fields, gain insight into the physical origins of chemical behaviour, guide in the design of materials with specific chemical properties, predict a materials response under some chemical conditions, and describe some biochemical processes that occurs in human body.

Credit Hours - 2

The course will introduce students to emerging technologies and trends, engineering ethics, engineering communication tools, and metrology. Also, students will be introduced to and be able to apply the principles of the engineering design process to a case study or project. Moreover, students shall be provided with group advisement regarding specific fields of engineering.

Credit Hours - 3

The course introduces students to theories of vibrations and waves, electricity and magnetism and modern physics. The course provides students with a foundation on how to model real-life scenario for engineering designs. For vibrations and waves, the focus is on generation and propagation. For electricity and magnetism, the course concentrates on the relationship between electric fields and magnetic flux and discusses some of its applications including; cranes for lifting huge loads in industries and magnetic levitation for fast-moving trains in transportation. Finally, for modern physics, much attention is paid to quantum theories because of the breakthrough in electronics.

Credit Hours - 4

Students are introduced to concepts of limits and continuity of a function of a single variable as well as differentiation of trigonometric functions and their inverses, exponential and logarithmic functions, basic concepts on Leibnitz’s rule, trapezium and Simpson rules, Rolle’s Theorem, introduction to differentiation and integration of vector functions, systems of equations, inequalities, vectors, and matrices.

Credit Hours - 3

This course covers basic vector concepts of force, moment of a force, conditions of equilibrium of machine members such as beams, trusses, and frames under static loads, friction, distributed forces, determination of centroid and centre of mass, area moment of inertia, and mass moment of inertia.

Credit Hours - 3

The course will cover: Introduction to Engineering Graphics; Sketch Tools (lines, arcs, circle, rectangle, fillet, chamfer,  sketch relations, smart dimension, pattern, mirror, offset entity, trim, etc.); Parts Modeling Techniques (extrusion, revolve, sweep, loft, shell, hole wizard, pattern, rib, mirror, fillet, chamfer, etc.); Detailed Part Drawing (Projection theory and types: perspective, parallel, orthogonal, axonometric, isometric, dimetric, trimetric, Multiview, line types and conventions, types of projection, sheet format: title block and border line, scale, section view, detailed view, dimensioning and tolerancing: size and geometry tolerancing (limit, unilateral, bilateral, general tolerance, etc.); Assembly Modeling (standard mating and exploded views); Detailed Assembly Drawing (balloons, BOM, exploded state, reference dimensioning).