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

Catalog Year 2009-2010

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 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)
        ART117 Basic Design III (AET)
        ART291 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)
        ESR271 Envr. Sci II: Intro to Envir. Engineering (CET)
        ET134 Remodeling and Addition Design (AET)
        ET135 Practical Descriptive Geometry (CET)
        ET161 Beginning 2-D AutoCAD (AET, MET)
        ET162 Intermediate 2-D AutoCAD (AET, MET)
        ET163 3-D AutoCAD (AET, MET)
        ET164 Menus and Lisp AutoCAD (AET, MET)
        ET175 AutoCAD 3-D Views & Coordinate Systems (AET, MET)
        ET176 AutoCAD 3-D Modeling I - Surfaces (AET, MET)
        ET177 AutoCAD 3-D Modeling II - Solids (AET, MET)
        ET178 AutoCAD Rendering (AET, MET)
        ET179 AutoCAD Customization (AET, MET)
        ET222 Fluid Mechanics (AET, MET)
        ET232 Sanitary and Storm Sewer Design (AET)
        ET234 Engineering Economics (AET, CET)
        F200 Introduction to Forest Surveying (AET)
        FT228 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (AET)
        G201 Principles of Geology (AET, MET)
        IMTL134/IMTL135 Metallurgy Theory and Lab (MET)
        MTH241 Elementary Calculus (AET, MET)
        MTH243 Probability and Statistics I (CET)
        SHS171 Envr. Sci I: Chemistry of Hazardous Materials (CET)
        WE280CE Cooperative Education Internship (CET)
        For other approved Engineering transfer, Computer Science
         or Physical Science courses, see program adviser

‡See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog