Studies kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; relative motion; work and energy; impulse and momentum.

• This course introduces engineering students to dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Methods (kinematic relationships, Newton's laws, conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum) for analyzing the motion of particles and bodies are learned. Students must have the ability to: a) Determine the kinematic relationships between position, velocity, and acceleration for two-dimensional motion of systems of particles and rigid bodies, b) Apply Newton's equation in two dimensions to calculate the motion due to applied forces or to calculate the forces resulting from a specified motion, c) Analyze the two dimensional motion of particles and rigid bodies using conservation laws for energy, momentum, and angular momentum.

ME242 fills a degree requirement for the Associate of Science with Engineering emphasis, for which the mission is to prepare students for successful transfer into civil, chemical, computer, electrical, geological, mechanical, metallurgical, or mining engineering, or computer science, or engineering physics. ME 242 addresses the specific program student learning outcome:
• [Students] are able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems