Christopher Soriano's Portfolio
On this site you will find all of my engineering related projects both for University student organizations and mechanical engineering courses. Below that is a list of my academic courses with their description and grade earned.
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UCR Academic History
Course Name
Academic Quarter
Engineering GPA 3.79
Overall GPA 3.72
ME 100A Thermodynamics
UCR Fall 2017
"Introduces basic concepts and applications of thermodynamics relevant to mechanical engineering. Topics include work and energy, the first law of thermodynamics, properties of pure substances, system and control volume analysis, the Carnot cycle, heat and refrigeration cycles, the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, and reversible and irreversible processes."
ME 103
Dynamics
UCR Fall 2017
"Topics include vector representation of kinematics and kinetics of particles; Newton's laws of motion; force-mass-acceleration, work-energy, and impulse-momentum methods; kinetics of systems of particles; and kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies."
ME 110Â
Mechanics of Materials
"Topics include mechanics of deformable bodies subjected to axial, torsional, shear, and bending loads; combined stresses; and their applications to the design of structures."
UCR Winter 2018
ME 113Â
Fluid Mechanics
UCR Winter 2018
"Introduces principles of fluid mechanics relevant to mechanical engineering. Topics include shear stresses and viscosity, fluid statics, pressure, forces on submerged surfaces, Bernoulli and mechanical energy equations, control volume approach, mass conservation, momentum and energy equations, the differential approach, turbulent flow in pipes, and lift and drag."
ME 114
Intro to Material Science
UCR Fall 2017
"Covers materials classification, atomic structure and interatomic bonding, crystal structure of metals, imperfections in solids, diffusion, mechanical properties of engineering materials, strengthening mechanisms, basic concepts of fracture and fatigue, phase diagrams, ceramics, polymers, and composites."
ME 116A
Heat Transfer
UCR Spring 2018
"Introduces the analysis of steady and transient heat conduction, fin and heat generating systems, two-dimensional conduction, internal and external forced convection, natural convection, radiation heat transfer, heat exchangers, and mass transfer."
ME 117
Combustion and Energy Systems
"Discusses premixed and diffusion flames; fuel-air thermochemistry; combustion-driven engine design and operation; engine cycle analysis; fluid mechanics in engine components; pollutant formation; and gas turbines."
UCR Winter 2019
ME 118
Intro to Engineering Computation and Analysis
UCR Winter 2018
"Introduces data analysis and modeling used in engineering through the software package MATLAB. Numerical methods include descriptive and inferential statistics, sampling and bootstrapping, fitting linear and nonlinear models to observed data, interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, and solution of systems of ordinary differential equations. Final project involves the development and evaluation of a model for an engineering system."
ME 120Â
Linear Systems and Control
Winter 2019
"Introduces the modeling and analysis of dynamic systems, emphasizing the common features of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal, electrical, and electromechanical systems. Controls are introduced through state equations, equilibrium, linearization, stability, and time and frequency domain analysis."
ME 121 Feedback Control
UCR Spring 2019
"Introduces students to the analysis and design of feedback control systems using classical control methods. Topics include control system terminology, block diagrams, analysis and design of control systems in the time and frequency domains, closed-loop stability, root locus, Bode plots, and an introduction to analysis in state-space."
ME 135
Transport Phenomena
UCR Fall 2018
"Introduces new concepts of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer: sychrometry, combustion, one-dimensional compressible flow, and turbomachinery. Integrates the most important concepts of transport of momentum, heat, and mass."
ME 137
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
"Covers the application of fluid mechanics to flows in the atmosphere and oceans. Topics include hydrostatic balance, Coriolis effects, geostrophic balance, boundary layers, turbulence, tracer and heat transport."
UCR Winter 2019
ME 156Â
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
"Introduces the theory and experimental techniques for testing the mechanical behavior of materials and structures. Covers the fundamental mechanisms of deformation and failure of metals, ceramics, polymers, composite materials, and electronic materials as well as structural design and materials selection."
UCR Fall 2018
ME 170A
Experimental Techniques
UCR Spring 2018
"Covers the principles and practice of measurement and control, and the design and implementation of experiments. Topics include dimensional analysis, error analysis, signal-to-noise problems, filtering, data acquisition and data reduction, and statistical analysis. Includes experiments on the use of electronic devices and sensors, and practice in technical report writing."
ME 170B Experimental Techniques
UCR Fall 2018
"Analysis and verification of engineering theory using laboratory measurements in advanced, project-oriented experiments involving fluid flow, heat transfer, structural dynamics, thermodynamic systems, and electromechanical systems."
ME 174
Machine Design
"An introduction to the fundamentals of strength-based design. Topics include deflection and stiffness, static failure, and fatigue failure."
UCR Spring 2018
ME 175A
Professional Topics in Engineering
"Topics include technical communication, team work, project management, engineering economics, professional ethics, and computer-aided design."
UCR Fall 2018
ME 175B
Mechanical Engineering Design
"Outlines the defining of a design problem and the conception and detail of the design solution. Explores design theory, design for safety, reliability, manufacture, and assembly."
UCR Winter 2019
ME 175C
Mechanical Engineering Design
"Students create, test, and evaluate a prototype based on the project design generated in ME 175B. Lecture topics include prototyping techniques, design verification, and special topics in design."
Spring 2019