{"id":108,"date":"2018-10-28T04:23:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T08:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/disciplineguide2\/chapter\/first-year-engineering\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:14:27","slug":"first-year-engineering","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/chapter\/first-year-engineering\/","title":{"raw":"Engineering Core Courses (ENCS and ENGR)","rendered":"Engineering Core Courses (ENCS and ENGR)"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"59\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 889px;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 61px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 61px;\"><strong>Open Textbook Title<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 61px;\"><strong>Potentially Relevant Courses<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Writing for Success<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENCS 272<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Open Technical Writing: An Open-Access Text for Instruction in Technical and Professional Writing<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Technical Writing<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Technical Writing Essentials<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 393<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENGR 202<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 213<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Vector Calculus<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 243<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Mechanics<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 244<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">\u00a0Project Management<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 311<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 361<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Basics of Fluid Mechanics<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 361<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Probability<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 371<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Random Processes<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 371<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Numerical Methods with Applications<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 391<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"59\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Description and Access<\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/writing-for-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing for Success<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, examples of essays\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 272 Composition and Argumentation for Engineers<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/open-technical-writing-an-open-access-text-for-instruction-in-technical-and-professional-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Technical Writing: An Open-Access Text for Instruction in Technical and Professional Writing<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook presents technical writing as an approach to researching and carrying out writing that centers on technical subject matter.\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 Technical Writing and Communication<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/technical-writing-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Writing<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook offers students of technical writing an introduction to the processes and products involved in professional, workplace, and technical writing.\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 Technical Writing and Communication<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/browse-our-collection\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=836b5a53-291d-4236-9821-15aca6bae4f5&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Writing Essentials<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of professional communications in technical fields: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 T<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">echnical Writing and\u00a0<\/em><i>Communication<\/i>\r\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textbooks.open.tudelft.nl\/index.php\/textbooks\/catalog\/book\/24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology<\/a><\/h3>\r\nBased on a MOOC on responsible innovation, this textbook provides a framework to reflect on the ethics and risks of new technologies.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: case studies, questions, web lectures\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 393 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Information and Communication Technologies<\/em>\r\n<div class=\"title\">\r\n<h3 class=\"large-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/sustainability-a-comprehensive-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThis text has been positively-reviewed and is intended for both a broad-based introductory class on sustainability and as a supplement to specialist courses with a dimension on sustainability in their areas of study. As sustainability is a multidisciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>:<\/em> <em>ENGR 202 Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/notes-on-diffy-qs-differential-equations-for-engineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook is designed for a one-semester first course on differential equations, aimed at engineering students.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises and solutions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 213 Applied Ordinary Differential Equations\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 1<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis OpenStax textbook covers functions, limits, derivatives, and integration.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 2<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis OpenStax textbook covers integration, differential equations, sequences and series, and parametric equations and polar coordinates.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 3<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis OpenStax textbook covers parametric equations and polar coordinates, vectors, functions of several variables, multiple integration, and second-order differential equations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecmath.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vector Calculus<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis is a textbook on elementary multivariable calculus, designed for students who have completed courses in single-variable calculus. These topics are covered: basic vector algebra; lines, planes and surfaces; vector-valued functions; functions of 2 or 3 variables; partial derivatives; optimization; multiple integrals; line and surface integrals. The book also includes discussion of numerical methods: Newton's method for optimization, and the Monte Carlo method for evaluating multiple integrals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, solutions, applications, LaTex source code\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vtechworks.lib.vt.edu\/handle\/10919\/78864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook covers the dynamic behavior of physical systems, with some emphasis on simple mechanical and electrical systems representative of or analogous to those often encountered in aerospace and mechanical engineering.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Includes<\/strong><\/em>: homework problems\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 243 Dynamics<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca\/catalogue\/item\/?id=08634b1a-2f7d-4987-86fb-faebfff1a128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mechanics<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis is a calculus-based open textbook meant for the first semester of a first year survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors. It has a traditional order of topics whereby force is discussed before energy.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources (learning evaluation, learning logs), student resources (tutorials, problems and solutions)\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 244 Mechanics of Materials<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/project-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Management<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook covers the basics of project management, including the process of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes:<\/strong> PowerPoint slides, questions, audio files\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook is written in collaboration by an expert in Project Management and an expert in writing instructional textbooks. It explores project management in a complex, virtual, and global environment.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: essay questions, discussions, exercises\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/technical-project-management-in-living-and-geometric-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order<\/a><\/h3>\r\nWritten by three engineering instructors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this textbook emphasizes on the connections between the various stages and practices of technical project management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: practical tips\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/elementary-differential-equations-with-boundary-value-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook is written for students in science, engineering, and mathematics who have completed calculus through partial differentiation.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, LaTex source code\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 311 Transform Calculus and Partial Differential Equations<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook covers fundamentals of basic flow processes, emphasizing on vortices, waves and hydraulic jumps.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: homework exercises\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 361 Fluid Mechanics I<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/basics-of-fluid-mechanics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basics of Fluid Mechanics<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook describes the fundamentals of fluid mechanics phenomena for engineers and others.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: examples and questions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 361 Fluid Mechanics I<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/introduction-to-probability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Probability<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook is intended for use in a standard one-term course, in which both discrete and continuous probability is covered.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises and solutions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 371 Probability and Statistics in Engineering<\/em>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.umass.edu\/ece_ed_materials\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Random Processes<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook is intended for undergraduate and first-year graduate-level courses in probability, statistics, and random processes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, solutions, code\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 371 Probability and Statistics in Engineering<\/em>\r\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nm.mathforcollege.com\/textbook-numerical-methods-with-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numerical Methods with Applications<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe textbook is written primarily for engineering and science undergraduates taking a course in Numerical Methods. \u00a0Its treatment of numerical methods is based on a holistic approach and short chapters.\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes<\/strong>: PowerPoint slides, worksheets, applications, questions\r\n\r\n<strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 391 Numerical Methods in Engineering<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Support for Open Textbooks at Concordia<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>There are <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/adopt-create\/oer-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grants<\/a> <\/span>available to adopt an open textbook for your course.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.fit.edu\/OEREng\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Textbooks for Engineering<\/a> offers a range of open textbooks that may be of use for Concordia courses.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make suggestions for this page by emailing <a href=\"mailto:oer@concordia.ca\"><strong>oer@concordia.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Learn more about <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OER<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-65x70.png 65w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-225x241.png 225w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 55px) 100vw, 55px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 889px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 61px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 61px;\"><strong>Open Textbook Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 61px;\"><strong>Potentially Relevant Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Writing for Success<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENCS 272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Open Technical Writing: An Open-Access Text for Instruction in Technical and Professional Writing<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Technical Writing<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Technical Writing Essentials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENCS 393<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%;\">Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%;\">ENGR 202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Calculus Volume 3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Vector Calculus<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Mechanics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">\u00a0Project Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Basics of Fluid Mechanics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Probability<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"shaded\" style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Random Processes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 75.8182%; height: 37px;\">Numerical Methods with Applications<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37.9273%; height: 37px;\">ENGR 391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/05\/ver2-65x70.png 65w, 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href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/open-technical-writing-an-open-access-text-for-instruction-in-technical-and-professional-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Technical Writing: An Open-Access Text for Instruction in Technical and Professional Writing<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook presents technical writing as an approach to researching and carrying out writing that centers on technical subject matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 Technical Writing and Communication<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/technical-writing-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Writing<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook offers students of technical writing an introduction to the processes and products involved in professional, workplace, and technical writing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 Technical Writing and Communication<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/browse-our-collection\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=836b5a53-291d-4236-9821-15aca6bae4f5&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Writing Essentials<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of professional communications in technical fields: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 282 T<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">echnical Writing and\u00a0<\/em><i>Communication<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textbooks.open.tudelft.nl\/index.php\/textbooks\/catalog\/book\/24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Based on a MOOC on responsible innovation, this textbook provides a framework to reflect on the ethics and risks of new technologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: case studies, questions, web lectures<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENCS 393 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Information and Communication Technologies<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h3 class=\"large-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/sustainability-a-comprehensive-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>This text has been positively-reviewed and is intended for both a broad-based introductory class on sustainability and as a supplement to specialist courses with a dimension on sustainability in their areas of study. As sustainability is a multidisciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>:<\/em> <em>ENGR 202 Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/notes-on-diffy-qs-differential-equations-for-engineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This textbook is designed for a one-semester first course on differential equations, aimed at engineering students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises and solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 213 Applied Ordinary Differential Equations\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 1<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This OpenStax textbook covers functions, limits, derivatives, and integration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 2<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This OpenStax textbook covers integration, differential equations, sequences and series, and parametric equations and polar coordinates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculus Volume 3<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This OpenStax textbook covers parametric equations and polar coordinates, vectors, functions of several variables, multiple integration, and second-order differential equations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecmath.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vector Calculus<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This is a textbook on elementary multivariable calculus, designed for students who have completed courses in single-variable calculus. These topics are covered: basic vector algebra; lines, planes and surfaces; vector-valued functions; functions of 2 or 3 variables; partial derivatives; optimization; multiple integrals; line and surface integrals. The book also includes discussion of numerical methods: Newton&#8217;s method for optimization, and the Monte Carlo method for evaluating multiple integrals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, solutions, applications, LaTex source code<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vtechworks.lib.vt.edu\/handle\/10919\/78864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook covers the dynamic behavior of physical systems, with some emphasis on simple mechanical and electrical systems representative of or analogous to those often encountered in aerospace and mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Includes<\/strong><\/em>: homework problems<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 243 Dynamics<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca\/catalogue\/item\/?id=08634b1a-2f7d-4987-86fb-faebfff1a128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mechanics<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This is a calculus-based open textbook meant for the first semester of a first year survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors. It has a traditional order of topics whereby force is discussed before energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: instructor resources (learning evaluation, learning logs), student resources (tutorials, problems and solutions)<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 244 Mechanics of Materials<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/project-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Management<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This textbook covers the basics of project management, including the process of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes:<\/strong> PowerPoint slides, questions, audio files<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook is written in collaboration by an expert in Project Management and an expert in writing instructional textbooks. It explores project management in a complex, virtual, and global environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: essay questions, discussions, exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/technical-project-management-in-living-and-geometric-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Written by three engineering instructors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this textbook emphasizes on the connections between the various stages and practices of technical project management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: practical tips<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/elementary-differential-equations-with-boundary-value-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This textbook is written for students in science, engineering, and mathematics who have completed calculus through partial differentiation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises, LaTex source code<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 311 Transform Calculus and Partial Differential Equations<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook covers fundamentals of basic flow processes, emphasizing on vortices, waves and hydraulic jumps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: homework exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 361 Fluid Mechanics I<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/basics-of-fluid-mechanics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basics of Fluid Mechanics<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook describes the fundamentals of fluid mechanics phenomena for engineers and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: examples and questions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 361 Fluid Mechanics I<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/introduction-to-probability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Probability<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The textbook is intended for use in a standard one-term course, in which both discrete and continuous probability is covered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes<\/strong>: exercises and solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>May suit<\/strong><em>: ENGR 371 Probability and Statistics in Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.umass.edu\/ece_ed_materials\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Random Processes<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This textbook is intended for undergraduate and first-year graduate-level courses in 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