Engineering

Contact Information

Department Chair: Dr. Gholam H. Pahlavan

E-Mail: gholam.pahlavan@hccs.edu
Phone: (713) 718-7773

Office Location:

Houston Community College Southwest
Stafford Campus
10141 Cash Road
Stafford, TX  77477
Room S113

  
Patti Wooldridge, Secretary

Phone: (713) 718-7771
Fax: (713) 718-6706

Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM  Monday - Friday
Department Web Site: http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/courses/physscience

  
Samuel Thomas, Lab Supervisor

Phone: (713) 718-7763
Fax: (713) 718-6706

e-mail: samuel.thomas@hccs.edu

Office Location: Room S107

Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM  Monday - Friday

Frequently Asked Questions

Tutoring Schedules

Teaching Schedules

Teaching Schedules for Chemistry, Geology, Engineering, and Physics

HCCS Early Alert Initiative

Established to assist in student retention and success

Links to Learning Resources

Links to be added

National Science Foundation Scholarship

The CSEMS Program for Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Majors

The Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship Program sponsors a Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology scholarship designed to increase the numbers of students who graduate with associate degrees in computer science, mathematics, and engineering from Houston Community College. Being a CSEMS Scholar is both an honor and responsibility.  Financial support is up to $6,250 for the two years.

• Southwest College contact person:  Nancy Bowen (Mathematics Department)
• Application Packet (pdf file)
• HCC Financial Aid:  http://www.hccs.edu/students/financialaid/index.htm

Application Submissions Deadlines:

FALL  -  June 15
SPRING  -  October 15

Course Descriptions

ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering
Credit: 2 (2 lecture)

Introduction to engineering as a discipline and a profession. Includes instruction in the application of mathematical and scientific principles to the solution of practical problems for the benefit of society.  Sample Course Outline

ENGR 2301 Engineering Statics
Prerequisites: PHYS 2425 and MATH 2414
Credit: 3 (3 lecture, 1 lab)

Composition and resolution of forces, free body diagrams, analysis of forces acting on structures and machines, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.

ENGR 2302 Engineering Dynamics
Prerequisite: ENGR 2301
Credit: 3 (3 lecture, 1 lab)

Dynamics of rigid bodies, force-mass acceleration, work-energy, impulse momentum and introduction of mechanical vibrations.

ENGR 2304 Computer Programing for Engineers
Prerequisite: MATH 2413. Recommended co-enrollment in MATH 2414.
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)

Course designed for students who intend to obtain a degree in an engineering discipline. Course covers problem solving, algorithm development for advanced topics in engineering and mathematics.

ENGR 2332 Engineering Mechanics of Materials
Prerequisites: MATH 2414 and ENGR 2302
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)

Concepts of stresses and strains, engineering properties of materials including thin-walled pressure vessels, torsional and flexural members, shear, moment, equation of elastic curve, deflection of members, combined loadings, column behavior.