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Mechanical Engineering Technology Degree
(One-year certificate also available)

Catalog Year 2008-09

MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Troy Donaldson: 503-491-7681 - Room AC 2579 Troy.Donaldson@mhcc.edu

This degree focuses on technicians for entry in various engineering support activities required by industry. These courses give students experience in mechanical design at a technician level. Included in the scope of many courses is the use of state of the art computer-aided design equipment (CAD). MET students could find employment in any type of manufacturing thus creating a wide variety of job possibilities such as an engineering technician, drafter, and CAD technician in light to heavy product design industries. Typical employers would be manufacturers of material handling equipment, transportation equipment, medical equipment, recreation equipment and materials testing. The MET program also offers a one-year certificate for those successfully completing the first three terms of the two-year AAS degree. Contact the MET adviser for more information.

Additional Program Outcomes

At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate technical expertise in a minimum of three subject areas chosen from - engineering materials, applied mechanics, applied fluid sciences, applied thermal sciences, and fundamentals of electricity
• demonstrate technical expertise in manufacturing processes, mechanical design, and computer-aided engineering graphics with added technical depth in at least one of these areas
• discuss applied physics with an emphasis in applied mechanics plus inorganic chemistry
• determine forces and stresses in elementary mechanical systems
• utilize graphic techniques to produce engineering document
• calculate basic loads and demands in systems.

1 MTH60, 80, 85 may be substituted for MTH95, 111, 112 for Certificate only.
2 ET161 and ET162 may be substituted for ET154.

Engineering Technology Related Electives
The following is a list of pre-approved related electives for the programs indicated. The program adviser for the degree being sought must approve other related electives on a Catalog Exception Form.

ART115 Basic Design I (AET , MET )
ART 117 Basic Design III (AET )
ART 291 Sculpture I (AET )
CH104 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I (AET , MET )
CH151 Basic Chemistry (MET )
CH170 Environmental Chemistry (CET )
CIS125DB Desktop Database (CET )
CIS133SQL Introduction to SQL (CET )
E HS171 Envr. Sci I: Chemistry of Hazardous Materials (CET )
E SR271 Envr. Sci II : Intro to Envir. Engineering (CET )
ET 134 Remodeling and Addition Design (AET )
ET 161 Beginning 2-D AutoCAD (AET , MET )
ET 162 Intermediate 2-D AutoCAD (AET , MET )
ET 163 3-D AutoCAD (AET , MET )
ET 164 Menus and Lisp AutoCAD (AET , MET )
ET 175 AutoCAD 3-D Views & Coordinate Systems (AET , MET )
ET 176 AutoCAD 3-D Modeling I - Surfaces (AET , MET )
ET 177 AutoCAD 3-D Modeling II - Solids (AET , MET )
ET 178 AutoCAD Rendering (AET , MET )
ET 179 AutoCAD Customization (AET , MET )
ET 222 Fluid Mechanics (AET , MET )
ET 232 Sanitary and Storm Sewer Design (AET )
ET 234 Engineering Economics (AET , CET )
F200 Introduction to Forest Surveying (AET )
FT228 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (AET )
G 201 Principles of Geology (AET , CET , MET )
GE 101 Engineering Orientation (CET )
GE 102 Engineering Computations (CET )
I MTL 134/IMTL 135 Metallurgy Theory and Lab (MET )
MTH241 Elementary Calculus (AET , MET )
WE 280CE Cooperative Education Internship (CET )
For other approved Engineering transfer, Computer Science
or Physical Science courses, see program advisor

‡See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog