mech
mechatronics option
AS SOCIETY ADVANCES TECHNOLOGICALLY there is a higher and higher demand for mechanical devices with embedded electronics, sensors, actuators and related systems. The Mechatronics Option in Mechanical Engineering provides an interdisciplinary, tightly focused approach to designing such devices, producing professionally trained Mechatronics engineers who can have an immediate impact in industry. Are you up for the challenge?
THE MECHATRONICS OPTION combines core undergraduate mechanical courses, selected electronics and software engineering courses, and several option-specific courses in an interdisciplinary approach to Mechatronics design. Students in the option graduate with professional skills in classical machine design and analysis, as well as electronic instrumentation, computer control systems, and software engineering.
An
Interdisciplinary
Approach
STUDENTS IN THE OPTION ENJOY a closely-knit community, moving through standard timetable classes with other Mechatronics students. Mechatronics option-specific courses have a class size limit of forty students, encouraging student-teacher interaction. Students also work together to put on an annual Mechatronics industry night, providing them a chance to interact with industry. Other opportunities come through the Co-op program, which all students are encouraged to register in. STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY for graduate studies can continue from the option into a M.Eng. or M.A.Sc. (subject to the availability of a departmental supervisor and the approval of the Faculty of Graduate Studies). Students should apply for either Masters program by January of their final undergraduate year. M.Eng. students complete a twelve-month project involving Mechatronics systems design. The projects are solicited from industry, and are jointly supervised by a faculty member and a designated senior engineer from the sponsor company. M.A.Sc. students follow the regular course of studies for Mechanical Engineering graduate students. Consult the Graduate Studies Calendar for details.
Applying
to the
APPLICATIONS TO THE OPTION take place towards the end of first year, concurrently to application to the Mechanical Engineering department. Your application consists of an application form, a cover letter, a copy of your current resume, an unofficial print out of your grades from the Student Service Centre, and any pertinent evidence of potential in Mechatronics design. FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 ENTRY the application deadline is Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at 4:00 pm. DETAILS on applying can be found at www.mech.ubc.ca/~mecha/howtoapply.shtml
Option
mech
mechatronics option
THIRD YEAR
Curriculum
Code CPSC 260 EECE 314 EECE 355 EECE 363 EECE 376 MECH 306 MECH 325 MECH 326 MECH 328 MECH 360 MECH 364 MECH 366
Title Object-Oriented Program Design System Software Engineering Digital Systems and Microcomputers Electronic Circuits for Electromechanical Design Electromechanics Data Analysis and Mechatronics Laboratory Mechanical Design I Mechanical Design II Mechanical Engineering Design Project Mechanics of Materials Mechanical Vibrations Modeling of Mechatronic Systems Total:
Credits
Second year students in this option enroll in a specific section of the Mech 2 program, with Mechatronicsfocused projects. The curriculum for third and fourth years is shown on the right. The technical elective is selected from the general list of technical electives available in the department. With the approval of the Program Student Advisor, an appropriate course from outside the department may be substituted. Curriculum information for the M.Eng. program can be found on the Mechatronics website.
4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3
40
FOURTH YEAR
Code APSC 450 MECH 375 MECH 392 MECH 420 MECH 421 MECH 422 MECH 431 MECH 451 MECH 452 MECH 467 Title Professional Engineering Practice Heat Transfer I Manufacturing Processes Sensors and Actuators Mechatronics System Instrumentation Introduction to Microelectomechanical Systems Engineering Economics Mechatronics Design Project I Mechatronics Design Project II Computer Control of Mechatronics Systems Technical Electives Humanities Elective Impact of Technology on Society Elective Total:
Credits
2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 40
Find out more about mech @ UBC and the mechatronics option:
www.mech.ubc.ca/~mecha
Or contact Jennifer Ross Undergraduate Secretary Room 2054 Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CEME) Building 6250 Applied Science Lane, UBC V6T 1Z4
jlross@mech.ubc.ca / p: 604-827-4090 / fx: 604-822-2403