Credit: 1.0 | Prerequisite: Physics, Precalculus

This class gives future mechanical engineers a glimpse into the kind of analysis they will do on complex mechanical systems in college, by paying special attention to objects that are static, but still experience stress:  bridges, buildings, cantilevers, etc.  Analysis of these systems includes a review of Newton’s Laws from Physics, as well as vectors and forces, moment (torque), equilibrium, types of supports, joints, trusses, center-of-mass (centroid), and moment of inertia.