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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the principles and concepts associated with mechanical energy, work, torque, power – and the inter-conversion between these entities in the engineering realm. 
• Get familiarized with methods and strategies utilized by mechanical engineers for analyzing forces and moments in beams and truss systems - in static equilibrium.
• Understand how to perform stress, strain, toughness and ductility analyses on engineering materials.
• Get familiarized with – or get refreshed on – the basics of dynamics, kinematics and kinetics in linear and angular motion domains.
• Learn about the strengths and thermal and alloying characteristics of materials.
• Comprehend and learn to apply hydrostatics and hydrodynamics principles, laws and equations to analyze fluid systems.
• Gain an introduction to – or get refreshed on – the four stages/phases of a refrigeration cycle illustrated and supported by the DuPont R-134a refrigerant pressure-enthalpy case study.
• Get introduced to some of the basic instruments utilized by mechanical engineers.

Description
This course is an abridged version of the 2-Day Mechanical Engineering Principles and Practice for Non-Mechanical Engineers Course. This course caters mainly to Engineers, Technicians and Facilities Managers who are not intimately familiar with Mechanical Engineering Principles and Practices.

Through this course, attendees are expected to learn the basic principles of mechanical engineering in a simple, easy-to-understand format. This course will enable attendees to accomplish straightforward and common calculations associated with mechanical engineering concepts such as statics, kinetics, kinematics, materials, mechanics of materials, fluid mechanics, hydraulic machines, thermodynamics, refrigeration cycle, financial evaluation and decision-making associated with typical engineering projects. Most concepts are presented in basic and easy-to-understand terms. Practical numerical problems and case studies illustrate mechanical engineering concepts.

Past experience has shown that even professionals without engineering education can take away a commensurate amount of engineering knowledge from cross-discipline skill-building seminars such as this one.

Who Should Attend

• Licensed Professional Engineers who need to meet the annual or biennial license renewal PDH (Professional Development Hour) or CEU (Continuing Education Units) requirements.
• Engineers and Architects who do not possess current working knowledge of mechanical engineering and are interested in broadening their engineering knowledge base through basic cross-training.
• Facility Managers, Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Managers, Engineering Managers, Program/Project Managers and other professionals in leadership roles who need more current and adequate mechanical engineering knowledge to hold meaningful technical discussions and make informed decisions when interacting with their mechanical engineering direct reports or colleagues.
• Non-engineers, including technical writers responsible for developing operations and maintenance manuals for mechanical, civil and HVAC systems
• Procurement/purchasing professionals who are responsible for the acquisition of mechanical, civil and HVAC systems
• Candidates aspiring to take the FE or PE exams.
• Energy Managers and Construction Managers,
• Patent attorneys and attorneys who specialize in construction, workplace safety and workmanship litigation cases.
• Other professionals whose annual PLP, Performance and Learning Program, includes engineering/technical courses/seminars/workshops.

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Syllabus

Day 1, 4 hours:

• Mechanical engineering system of units - Imperial (US) and Metric (SI) Systems.
• Basic mechanical engineering concepts, associated formulas and units
• Dynamics - Kinematics: The kinematics topic introduces concepts, laws and analytical techniques pertinent to motion in the absence of unbalanced forces.
• Dyna mics - Kinetics: The kinetics topic introduces the attendees to concepts, laws and problem analysis techniques associated with bodies or objects in motion when motion is influenced by unbalanced forces.

Day 2, 4 hours:

• Materials and Mechanics of Materials: This topic covers concepts such as stress, strain, strengths of materials, alloy phase diagrams, and phase equilibrium liquid-solid diagrams.
• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines: This topic includes fluid statics, hydrodynamics and hydraulic machines.
• Thermodynamics: In this segment, the attendee is introduced to some fundamental, yet practical, thermodynamic concepts, principles, laws, and problem-solving techniques.
• Refrigeration Cycle: The basic refrigeration cycle model is covered, coupled with a brief explanation of thermodynamic processes associated with each segment of the refrigeration cycle.
• Engineering Economics & Financial Analysis of Engineering Projects: This topic is intended to provide engineer and non-engineer attendees with a brief introduction to basic, yet practical, methods for performing simple, financial evaluations of capital projects.

Instructor

Professor Bobby Rauf has developed and instructed engineering courses, seminars and workshops for over 14 years in the US and abroad.

He holds a patent on an electrical control system. Mr. Rauf has authored three books:

• Finance and Accounting for Energy Engineers
• Thermodynamics Made Simple for Energy Engineers
• Electrical Engineering for Non-Electrical Engineers

Mr. Rauf served as a Senior Staff Engineer, Energy and Ergonomics Program Manager, at PPG Industries, Inc, for over 30 years. He has served as Adjunct Professor at Gardner-Webb University since 1989. He has taught Professional Development Seminars/workshops at UNCC, McNeese University, Texas A&M University, Lamar University, AEE, Association of Energy Engineers, Balfour Beatty, Saudi Aramco and PDHengineers.

Prof. Rauf is a Licensed (PE) Professional Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. He was inducted as a “Legend in Energy” by AEE in 2014.