1.  Brief introduction of the major: Mechanical Engineeering is one of majors that strated to recurit students at BTBU in the earliest time. The major covers four professional disciplines-Mechanical design & manufacture, food machinery, mechatronics, vehicle electronics. There are totally 31 facuty memebers including 7 professors and 16 accociate professors in mechanical engineering.

2. Educationl reqirements:

The students should obtain the following knowledge and abilities: (a) solid foundation of natural science, good interpersonal and social skills, strong abilities to apply computer and English and be adaptable to society; (b) professional knowledge in design, control and manufacturing process for mechanical device and equipment; (c) abilities to perform organization, management and business operation.

3. Practical education includes three levels corrsponding to three different kinds of experients repectively. (a) Demonstration experiments: teachers show the entire process of experiements to students and raise questions, and students answer the questions and finish the experimental reports. (b) Designing experiments: first students design experiemnts according to experimental requirements, and then present the design to teachers for evaluation, carry out the experiments and finish reports. (c) Innovative experiments: students are made up of several groups, and they work out innovative designing plans according to experimental contents and requirements, and then revise the plan by referrence of the teacher’s evaluation, and finally implement the experiment.

Course schedule in Mechanical Engineering

Please note: * means the denoted courses are selective courses, otherwise are required courses. The undergraduate students in mechanical engineering are allowed to graduate only after they have finished at least 146 credits.

Brief Introduction of All Professional Courses in Mechanical Engineering

Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Drawing：Engineering drawings are important tools for expression and communication of technical ideas, and important technical documents in engineering technical departments, and thus called common languages of engineers. Every engineer and technician must make and read such drawings. Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Drawing is a technical fundamental course required for students in mechanical engineering. This course integrating systematic theory with strong practice studies principles and methods of making and reading engineering drawings. It serves the goal for students to have some computer graphics designing abilities based on the principles and methods of making and reading engineering drawing grasped by them. Among all machinery courses, this is the first one that will introduce basic knowledge to students such as mechanical design, manufacturing and production, measuring and modeling, design standards etc. The course plays important role in cultivating the student’s learning interest, innovative spirit, creative ability and rigorous working style.

Interchangeability and Measurement Technology: Mainly focuses on the basis concept of interchangeability and standardization, the basic of measurement technology, hole and axis tolerance and fit, shape and position tolerance and detection, surface roughness and detection of the degree of profile, the tolerance and fit of rolling bearing, hole detection and gauge design basis, cylindrical thread tolerance and detection, cylindrical gear tolerance and detection, dimension chain and other contents. Through this course, students can master the basic concept of tolerance and fit, understand the relevant tolerance standard. Can correctly label and annotation tolerances and fit in the parts chart, according to the principle of tolerance to determine the reasonable tolerance and fit, can understand the types of commonly used measuring instruments, application range and testing method, using the size chain calculation method, reasonably determine the parts dimensional tolerances and direction and position tolerance. Through experiment teaching, students have the ability of using common measurement instruments to carry out comprehensive detection of various mechanical parts.

Theoretical Mechanics: Static Mechanics: Basic axioms of static mechanics, constraints and constraint forces, analysis of forces and analytical graph of forces; balance of planar concurrent forces, concept of couple, balance of couples; balance of general planar forces, balance of system, calculation of internal force for truss; balance of spatial forces, calculation for center of gravity; fractional angle and self-locking, balance in case of fraction. Kinematics: kinematics of particle, simple motion of rigid body; composite motion of particle; planar motion of rigid body. Dynamics: basic dynamics equations of particle; general theorems of dynamics; Dalembert’s principle. 

Engineering Materials & Fundamentals of Mechanical Manufacturing：This course mainly includes the engineering materials, thermal processing and cold processing technology basis, interchangeability and measurement technology. The main contents of engineering materials part: the main properties of common engineering materials, metal material structure and solidification, the heat treatment of steel, metallic materials. The main content of thermal processing and cold processing technology basis is: casting, forging, welding, non - metal materials and its processing technology, composite material and its processing technology, new engineering materials, mechanical parts failure and selection of materials and processing technology, the basic principle of cutting processing, machining method, mechanical machining processing procedure design, special processing and advanced manufacturing technology, structure technology performances of part machining.

Mechanics of Materials: Introduction; Axial tension and compression of materials; Mechanical properties of elongated and compressed materials; Practical calculations for shearing and squeezing; Torsion; Internal force for bending, stress and deformation for bending; Stress state and strength theory; Combinational deformation; Dynamic load; Cyclic stress; Stability of compressed bar.

Mechanical Principles: An important fundamental course in mechanical engineering. Mainly involves more in-depth discussion of common problems of various machines. This course can develop students’ comprehensive design ability and creative thinking.

Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer：This is a fundamental course required for Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students. Its contents mainly include the studying objects and methods of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, concepts and theoretical basics, controlling differential equations of fluid flow, the principles and computational methods of heat conduction, convectional heat transfer and heat radiation, and testing methods of physical quantities such as flow rate, temperature, and convectional heat transfer coefficient etc. By studying this course, the students should be able to grasp the analytical, computational and experimental methods used in the field of fluid flow and heat transfer, and should have the abilities to solve related practical engineering problems. 

Professional Practice（Metal Technology Practice）: This is a technical fundamental course focusing on practical teaching, and is one of the important practice teaching steps in the teaching plan for mechanical engineering major. It is a required course for students to obtain basic knowledge of mechanical manufacturing process, to preliminarily grasp the basic concepts for mechanical manufacturing process, and develop operating skills and abilities to analyze and solve problems.

Mechanical Design: Overview of mechanical design, friction, wear and lubrication, threaded coupling, keys, spline, pin, forming connection, belt transmission, gear transmission, worm transmission, chain, reducer, axis, sliding bearing, rolling bearing, coupling.

Embedded Control Technology in Mechatronic System：The course introduces the principle of electromechanical control systems commonly used in microprocessors, performance, and development of technology. Mainly teach Intel MCS-51 series kernel related chip functions, assembly instructions, and programming and debugging methods, minimum system hardware with extension methods, common hardware and software development techniques, a typical mechatronic control system hardware and software design methods and techniques.

Measurement and Control Technology for Mechanical Engineering：This is a technical basic course. It can help students to master the basics and principles of measurement and control technology and the basic theory and method of its analysis and design, choosing the control method and establishing the measurement system. It can also help student calculating and analyzing the dynamic performance and the stability of the system theoretically. It can establish a firm base for the further study of the students. This course contains the basic theory of measurement and control technology, the mathematical description of the measurement and control systems, measurement and control system performance analysis, physical quantity detection and measurement and control system design, and so on.

Technology of Machinery Manufacture：This course mainly includes the follows: design of mechanical manufacturing process, locating datum selection, process route development, allowances, process for determining dimensions and tolerances, process dimension chain; cutting parameters and the determination of fixed working hours, process plan comparison and eco-tech analysis, machining accuracy analysis, surface quality analysis, assembly process planning and quality assurance methods, development of machinery manufacturing technology.

Numerical Control Technology：It is one of the major achievements in the field of mechanical engineering in 20th century, and is an integrated application of computer technology, automatic control technology, information technology, detection technology and mechanical manufacturing technology. This course is an important professional course for junior or senior students in mechanical engineering and automation. The goal of this course is to help students fully understand origin, development and application of NC technology, and understand the important role of NC technology in today’s machinery industry automation, and grasp general CNC programming and general interpolation principle and method in NC technology, understand principles and applications of position detecting elements in CNC machines, be familiar with the composition and control of servo system and moving system and typical parts of CNC machines and computer aided programming software, and have the ability to develop NC equipment preliminarily.

Food Technology and Equipment: The processing methods and technologies are different for various foods, and the food quality depends on the types of processing equipment. The processing technologies for beer, wine, soft beverage, dairy product, soy milk product, mineral water and pure water, fast food, candy, bone product are described in this course. The principles, characteristics and requirements of applying food machinery in food processing are explained in detail, and advanced technologies used in food processing are introduced briefly.

Mechanical and Electrical Transmission Control：This course has strong engineering application background such as mechatronics technology, mechanical & electrical control technology, MEMS technology and light industry. Main contents include introduction of basic concepts of mechanical and electrical transmission control; theory, characteristics and technical properties for driving motors which deal with the mechanical and electrical transmission control system, such as stepping motor, AC motor, DC motor and linear motor, also for the driving systems, control systems and their application methods. Enable students to master the basic principles of electrical and mechanical motion control technology and the application of technology in the related fields.

Automobile Construction：This is required professional basic course for mechanical engineering and automation specialized in the area of automotive electronics. The main contents cover the function, construction and working principle of engine and chassis.

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transmission and Control：This is one of the key technical foundation courses with wide application fields, such as mechanical design and manufacture, engineering machines, mining, metallurgy, light industry machines and so on. Main contents: introduction of hydraulic and pneumatic transmission, fundamental hydraulic fluid mechanics, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic actuators, hydraulic control valves, auxiliary components for hydraulic systems, basic hydraulic circuits, examples of hydraulic systems, design of hydraulic transmission systems and relative knowledge of pneumatic transmission, introduction of mainly the electrical control system, the basic principle of PLC, and the applications of PLC.

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing：The goal of the course is enable students to learn and grasp basic principles and techniques of CAD/CAM, and improve the ability to employ professional knowledge to solve engineering problems. The course covers CAD/CAM system support environment, CAD/CAM design methods, CAD/CAM modeling technology, computer-aided engineering analysis, computer-aided process and assembly design, computer-aided manufacturing and simulation, computer-aided assembly process design, computer integrated quality management, integration technology based on PDM and so on.

Food Processing Machinery：The food processing machines refer to machine devices and equipment applied in food processing, and they play important roles in food industry, and their development level is also a mark of national industrialization. This curriculum mainly introduces the universal machines in food processing such as material transportation machines, cleaning machines, separation and classification equipment, crushing machines, mixing machines, concentration and drying machines, sterilization machines, refrigerating machines, packaging machines, and other machines and equipment.

Mechanical-Electrical Interface Technology：Design principles and methods of various interface circuits between micro-controller units and electrical or mechanical equipment are introduced in this course. The main contents include: the design of commonly used interface circuits in electromechanical systems such as input circuits of different keyboards, circuits of A / D converter and circuits of D / A converter, display circuits of LED/LCD and design methods of MCU application system in details with many practical examples, and some applications of interface technology in mechanical and electrical control system.

Vehicle Testing Technology：This course teaches students to understand and master the experimental equipment of automobile performance; a basic course of technology of automobile electronic professional. The main task of this course is to cultivate students: 1. Understand automobile test technology development status in our country. 2. Master the structure, principle and using method of auto test equipment. 3. Train students to analyze the question and solve in automobile fault problem in practice. 4. Understand and master the vehicle structure and the working principle of the system. 5. Understand and master the basic knowledge of the automobile circuit.

Professional Practice （Practical Training of Electronic Technology）：This is a required course for the engineering undergraduate in the school. It is a necessary practice teaching link and important part. Through the whole production course of an electrical product, the students can lean the theories of the electronic assembly technology, the working principle and application of commonly used instruments, the testing, screening and selection of Electron Components, SIM processing. Meanwhile, the basic skill training is carried out, the examination, repairing and commissioning of the electrical products, the circuitry reading practice link are also made. It is a practice and comprehensive course, the students operating skill are developed, and the research interest, the engineering quality and innovation ability are trained.

Excellence Engineers Plans：This is a professional development course for training student to have mechanical design and expression ability. And the ability to analyze and solve practical problems by basic theories and methods will be developed through specific examples. A habit of analyzing and considering problems comprehensively will be cultivated. The purpose of this course: 1. enable students to master the ability of drawing and reading mechanical drawings; 2. use the master principle, mechanism of kinematics, dynamics analysis of the contents of machine design; 3. the use of common mechanical parts of the design principle, method and the mechanical design of the general rules, the key mechanical analysis of examples; 4. the ability to use standard, specifications, manuals, books and access to relevant technical data; 5. cultivate students’ practical ability, realize the design, fabrication and assembly of a platform to small vehicles actual driving.

Design of Machine Manufacturing Equipment：This is a main specialized course in mechanical engineering. By studying this course, students will obtain basic theory and knowledge and methods for equipment design, and have the abilities to design general machine manufacturing equipment and parts preliminarily. The specific requirements are: 1.Getting the basic knowledge and theory of machinery and equipment including the structure and basic requirements of machinery and equipment, the basic theory and design method of traditional design, and advanced design principles and modern design methods. 2. Having the abilities to design the machine manufacturing equipment (total and part design) preliminarily. 3. Understanding the technology status and development trend of machinery manufacturing equipment.

Processing Equipment and Vessel Design：The basic requirements for this course apply to the major of mechanical engineering and automation and related majors. This is a professional elective course introducing the principles for processing equipment and chemical vessels. By studying this course, students will understand fluid transport installation, heat transfer equipment, separation equipment, evaporation equipment, and chemical vessel etc, and will grasp the fundamental structure, designing methods for processing equipment and chemical vessels.

Mechatronic System Design: Basic principles and methods of design of mechatronic systems; Mechanical system design, including design task, composition of mechanical system, transmission mode and design calculations, bearing guide mechanism design; control system design, including common control method, control software design, etc.; servo drive system design, including sensing and detection of the servo system, the work principle and control method of driving element; designing method of typical mechatronic product (system).

Electronic Control Technology of Automobile：The course focuses on development and present situation of automobile electronic control system, structure and control principles, on automobile electronic control system sensors and actuators functions and principle, the typical vehicle electronic control units (ECU) system composed of basic principles and basic methods of detection and diagnosis.

Professional Practice （Machine shop Experience）：By observing and analyzing all of the design and production process in actual production site, and taking a tour and leaning of the modern production workshop and factory, the students have the actual professional production knowledge. Cultivation the ability and methodology of applying theory to practice, investigation, observing and analyzing the problem, learning from the actual production process and solving the practical disease problems. Hence the practice can lay a solid foundation for learning of subsequent professional courses and working in the further.

Graduation Practice：This is an important part of undergraduate teaching plan, and a comprehensive practical step related to the graduation design content. Through participating in on-site workshop activities, it serves the purpose to cultivate students’ practicing abilities and will lay a foundation for subsequent graduation design.

Graduation Thesis：This is an important part of undergraduate teaching plan at BTBU. It is a comprehensive practice teaching period as well. Its aim is to cultivate students’ ability to analyze and solve the problems independently applying the knowledge which was learned before. Students should achieve the certain design task, complete the design files or write a graduation paper and draw the related diagram independently.

ⅠPROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Industrial design is a new interdiscipline base on innovation, which combines engineering, arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, focusing on industrial product, system and service. Beijing Technology and Business University established the industrial design major in 1994. With the support of Mechanical Engineering, the major orient to the demand of design talents of light industrial enterprises, and pay attention to new materials, new technology and technics. We have 6 full-time teachers, including 4 associate professor and 2 lecturers.

ⅡGENERAL EDUCATIONAL AIMS

The aim of the major is to cultivate the general-purpose application-type special technical personnel with social responsibility, innovative spirit and practicing ability for satisfying the needs of economic and social development of the country particularly the capital in the 21st century. The graduates should be competent for industrial product design, considering the relationships of art form and color, function and structure, structure and material, product and environment, man and machine. They can work in the enterprises, professional design departments, research institutes engaged in product design, structure design, and interaction design.

III EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Students will acquire the following knowledge and abilities through the professional learning:

1 the ability of beauty appreciation, practice and innovating;

2 the basic knowledge about industrial design, mechanical engineering, materials and design theory and method;

3 the professional knowledge about  structure design, appearance design and creative design;

4 the ability to use drawing and computer graphics to express the design thought;

5 the ability of model and prototype making;

6 ability of product development and management.

Ⅳ MAIN COURSES OF SPECIALITY

Fundamentals of Mechanical Design、Drawing and Sketch、Materials and Technology、Presentation technique、Graphic constitutes、Three-dimensional form、Designed Color、Design of Products、Graphic Design、Computer Aided Industrial Design、Design Psychology、Mold design and manufacturing、Product development and Design Management、Structure Design、Industrial Design Thinking and Methods.

V PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS

1 The program combines computer operation, course design and graduation design process to improve the students' practical ability.

2 Design practice, model making and metalworking practice make the students to fully understand the whole process of product design and production.

3 The professional model making laboratory and digital design laboratory, with some 3d scanners, rapid prototyping machines, 3d engraving machine and laser cutting machine, can support the professional course of experiments.

VI credits

To be eligible for graduation, a student must got 149 credits. Among them, the first class accounted for 138 points.

Ⅶ DEGREE

Length of schooling: 4 years

Degree to awarded: bachelor engineering

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