Program Overview

Automotive Engineering Program

The Automotive Engineering program at Ain Shams University is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of the advanced areas of the automotive industry, both locally and globally.

Program Description

The program focuses on vehicle design, dynamics, powertrain, control systems, and maintenance engineering, providing students with a broad platform in automotive engineering. The automotive industry is one of the key industries that boosts economies for developing and developed countries.

Career Prospects

Automotive engineering career opportunities are increasingly in high demand for both individual mobility and transportation of goods and people. Potential careers include vehicle design, automotive assembly feeding industries, automotive intelligence and control systems, and maintenance engineering.

Program Concentrations

The program qualifies its graduates to work as automotive engineers, with four fields of concentration:

• Maintenance and Manufacturing: provides students with the required knowledge to construct the layout of an automotive service for optimum jobs handling.
• Performance: addresses the modern technologies of commercial vehicles and earth moving equipment in terms of design and performance.
• Powertrain: studies engine management, engine emissions, and alternative fuels.
• Automotive Mechatronics (Autotronics): introduces and studies different automotive mechatronic systems, highlighting their components, control logics, fail-safe and fault-tolerance schemes.

Program Objectives

The program aims to:

• Identify and discuss vehicles as complex systems from technical and social perspectives.
• Analyse new technical challenges and create technical advancements in the automotive industry.
• Synthesize and evaluate automotive systems and products in terms of direct use and lifecycle analysis.
• Utilize automotive-related IT and product development tools.
• Demonstrate the skills needed to manage and contribute to team-based engineering activities and projects.

Courses

The program requires the completion of the following courses:

• University Requirements Courses
• Faculty Requirements Courses
• General Mechanical Engineering Requirements Courses
• MEA311s: Automotive Engineering
• MEA312s: Road Vehicle Dynamics
• MEA314s: Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles
• MEA221s: Vehicle Design and Simulation (1)
• MEA321s: Vehicle Design and Simulation (2)
• MEA331s: Automotive Maintenance Engineering
• MEA431s: Automotive After Sales Services
• MEA241s: Automotive Engines
• MEA341s: Automotive Fuel Systems
• MEA342s: Design and Simulation of Automotive Engines
• MEA351s: Automotive Mechatronic Systems
• MEA451s: Vehicle Safety Systems and Accident Analysis
• CSE131s: Computer Programming
• Automotive Concentration Elective Courses

Program Study Plan

The program study plan is divided into 10 semesters, with a total of 170 credits. The plan includes:

• Semester 1: Mathematics, Vibration and Waves, Statics, Engineering Drawing, Engineering Chemistry, and Computing in Engineering.
• Semester 2: Mathematics, Electricity and Magnetism, Dynamics, Projection and Engineering Graphics, Production Engineering, and Fundamentals of Engineering.
• Semester 3: Probability and Statistics, Structures and Properties of Materials, Mechanical Engineering Drawing, Manufacturing Technology, Thermal Physics, and Electrical Circuits and Machines.
• Semester 4: Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis, Rigid Body Dynamics, Machine Construction, Metallurgy and Material Testing, Thermodynamics, and Introduction to Electronics.
• Semester 5: Machine Elements Design, Mechanics of Machines, Fluid Mechanics and Turbo-Machinery, Casting and Welding, Introduction to Automotive, and Industrial Project Management.
• Semester 6: Vehicle Design and Simulation, Automotive Engines, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Vibrations, Measurement and Instrumentation, and Automotive Concentration Elective Courses.
• Semester 7: Automotive Engineering, Road Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle Design and Simulation, Automotive Fuel Systems, Computer Programming, Automatic Control, and Automotive Concentration Elective Courses.
• Semester 8: Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, Automotive Maintenance Engineering, Design and Simulation of Automotive Engines, Automotive Mechatronic Systems, Hydraulics and Pneumatics Control, and Industrial Project Management.
• Semester 9: Automotive After Sales Services, Vehicle Safety Systems and Accident Analysis, Automotive Graduation Project, Human Rights, Report Writing and Communication Skills, and Automotive Concentration Elective Courses.
• Semester 10: Automotive Graduation Project, Selected Topics in Contemporary Issues, Professional Ethics and Legislations, Engineering Economy, ASU Elective Courses, and Automotive Concentration Elective Courses.