Graduation Requirements for MEP Program

The name of the degree awarded by the program is “Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering(Thermal Engineering and desalination Technology)”.

The distribution of 155 credit hours is as follows:

Regular option students are required to take 71 credit units (24 courses) as indicated in Table 1.

 

Table 1: MEP Compulsory Courses for Regular Option Students

Course Title

English Code/ #.

Cr Units

Pre-requisites

1

Engineering  Mechanics (Statics)

CE 201

3

PHYS 281

2

Materials Science

ChE 210

4

CHEM 281

3

Numerical Methods in Eng.

EE 332

3

EE 201, MATH 204

4

Linear Algebra

MATH 241

3

MATH 207

5

Basic Workshop

MENG 130

2

-

6

Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics)

MENG 262

3

CE 201

7

Mechanics of Materials

MENG 270

3

CE 201

8

Mach. Elements Design

MENG 310

3

IE 202, MENG 270

9

Machine Dynamics

MENG 364

3

MENG 262

10

Thermodynamics I

MEP 261

3

MATH 206, PHYS 281

11

Fluid Mechanics

MEP 290

3

MATH 206, PHYS 281

12

Heat Transfer

MEP 360

3

MEP261, MEP290, IE 202

13

Thermodynamics II

MEP 361

3

MEP 261, MEP 290

14

Thermal Eng. Measurements

MEP 365

3

  MEP 261, MEP 290,

EE 251, IE 255

15

Internal Combustion  Engines

MEP 370

3

MEP 361, ChE 210

16

Summer Training

MEP 390

2

MEP 370

17

Refrigeration & A/C I

MEP 451

3

MEP 360, MEP 361

18

Design of Heat Exchangers

MEP 460

3

MEP 360, MEP 361, EE 332

19

Power Plants

MEP 473

3

MEP 360, MEP 361, IE 255

20

Turbo M/C & Gas Turbines

MEP 474

3

MEP 360, MEP 370

21

Thermal Desal. Processes

MEP 481

3

MEP 360, MEP 361

22

Membrane Desal. Processes

MEP 482

3

  MEP 360, MEP 361

23

Pumps and Hydraulics

MEP 492

2

MEP 361, MEP 365

24

Senior Project

MEP 499

4

  MEP 360, MEP 361,

MEP 365, EE 332

TOTAL

71

 

*Coop students are required to take 77 credits (24 required courses but instead of MENG 390 they take MENG 400).

 

16

Cooperative Training

MEP 400

هـ مق 400

-

-

1000**

8

MENG 370,

GPA>3.0, and

Completion of 120 Cr units

** 1000 hours of on-job training distributed over 25 weeks

 

MEP Elective Courses

            Regular option students select six credit units out of the courses listed in Table6.  For the cooperative option students, no elective courses are required.

 

Table 4: Program Elective Courses

(6 Credit Units required for regular program.  No credit units for cooperative program) 

Course Title

English Code/ #.

Cr Units

Pre-requisites

1

Object-Oriented Computer Programming

EE 202

3

EE 201

2

Engineering Management

IE 256

2

IE 255

3

Probability and  Statistics

IE 331

3

MATH 207, STAT 110

4

Manufacturing Technology

MENG 332

3

MENG 130, ChE 210

5

Mechanical Design

MENG 410

3

MENG 204,   MENG 310

6

Mechanical Vibrations

MENG 470

3

MATH 204,  MENG 262

7

Mechatronics

MENG 482

3

MENG 366

8

Biofluid Mechanics

MEP 392

3

Instructor Approval

9

Refrigeration and A/C II

MEP 452

3

MEP 451

10

Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Systems.

MEP 463

3

EE 201, MEP 360, EE 332

11

Heat Transfer in Electrical Systems

MEP 464

3

MEP 360, EE 332

12

Control System Engineering

MEP 466

3

  MEP 360,

MEP 460 (Corequisite)

13

Combustion and Pollution

MEP 471

3

MEP 361, MEP 370

14

Energy Conversion

MEP 472

3

MEP 361

15

Automotive Engineering

MEP 476

3

MEP 370

16

Renewable Energy

MEP 478

3

MEP 360, MEP 361

17

Desalination Plants

MEP 483

3

MEP 482

18

Applied Fluid Mechanics

MEP 490

3

MEP 290

19

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

MEP 493

3

MEP 360, EE 332

20

Applications in Thermal Eng.

MEP 496

2

Instructor approval

21

Selected Topics in Mech. Eng.

MEP 497

3

Instructor approval

22

Any course offered by the MEP department or other departments in the Faculty of Engineering or the University.

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MEP 290, MEP 261

 

 


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