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Advanced Engine Technology
Matak, Pete
Program Director, Advanced Engine
180095069894098808226
Office: Technology Building 1, Room 117
Address: PO Box 10043, Beaumont, Texas, 77710

The Advanced Engine Technology Program is designed to prepare the graduate for a career in the operation, repair, and maintenance of diesel/multi-fuel, and industrial and consumer-use engines and equipment. Industrial engines provide power for transportation equipment such as heavy trucks, buses, and locomotives. They are also used in all types of farming and harvesting equipment. Heavy equipment and stationary engines for pumps and compressors use diesel/multi-fuel engines also.

To effectively repair an engine, the mechanic must isolate the cause of the problem, repair or replace defective parts, and make adjustments that affect engine life, performance, and emissions.

Objectives of the Advanced Engine Technology program include opportunities to learn the design and construction of industrial engines, experiences in their disassembly and repair, tune-up, troubleshooting computer, electrical, electronic, hydraulic problems, and preventative maintenance.

The Associate of Applied Science degree will be awarded to students successfully completing the two-year course of study. The Certificate of Completion in Advanced Engine -- Diesel will be awarded to students successfully completing the one-year course of study. Job placement assistance is available through the Institute Placement Office.

Lamar Institute of Technology also requires students to register for the College Success Skills Course in their first semester. The course is designed to provide students with a thorough orientation to the campus, postsecondary education, and the classroom skills necessary for success. Students with a thorough orientation to the campus, postsecondary education, and the classroom skills necessary for success. Students must earn a 'C' or better in all cources in the degree plan.

General Education Courses

COSC 1301

Microcomputer Applications

3:3:0

DORI 0200

College Success Skills+

2:2:0

ENGL 1301

Composition I

3:3:0

HUMA 1315

Fine Arts Appreciation

3:3:0

MATH 1332

Contemporary Math I

3:3:0

SOCI 1301

Introductory Sociology

3:3:0

POFT 1328

Business/Professional Presentations

3:3:0

Program Requirements

AUMT 1301

Introduction/Theory of Automotive Technology**

3:3:0

AUMT 2305

Automotive Engine Theory**

3:3:0

DEMR 1305

Basic Electrical Systems

3:3:0

DEMR 1306

Diesel Engine I

3:3:0

DEMR 1313

Fuel Systems

3:3:0

DEMR 1316

Basic Hydraulics

3:3:0

DEMR 1329

Preventative Maintenance

3:3:0

DEMR 1401

Shop Safety & Procedures

4:3:4

DEMR 1410

Diesel Engine Testing & Repair I

4:3:4

DEMR 1423

HVAC Troubleshooting & Repair

4:3:2

DEMR 1449

Diesel Engine II

4:3:4

DEMR 2334

Advanced Diesel Tune-Up & Troubleshooting*

3:2:4

DEMR 2348

Failure Analysis

3:3:0

DEMR 2412

Diesel Engine Testing & Repair II

4:3:4

DEMR 2580

Cooperative Training+

5:1:29

+ Institutional requirement.