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| | Close | | BME 306 | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering | Overview of the biomedical engineering field with applications relevant to the healthcare industry such as medical instrumentation and devices. Introduction to the nervous system, propagation of the action potential, muscle contraction and introduction to the cardiovascular system. Discussion of ethical issues in biomedicine. Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. | | BME 322 | Engineering Design VI | Introduction to the principles of wireless transmission and the design of biomedical devices and instrumentation with wireless capabilities.(e.g. pacemakers, defibrilators. EKG). Electrical safety (isolation, shielding), and equipment validation standards for FDA compliance are introduced. Use of LabView to provide virtual bioinstrumentation. The course culminates in group projects to design a biomedical device that runs on wireless technology. | | BME 342 | Transport in Biological Systems | A study of momentum, mass and heat transport in living systems. Rheology of blood. Basic hemodynamics. Use of the equations of continuity and motion to set up complex flow problems. Flow within distensible tubes. Shear stress and endothelial cell function. Mass transfer and metabolism in organs and tissues. Microscopic and macroscopic mass balances. Diffusion. Blood-tissue transport of solutes in the microcirculation. Compartmental models for pharmacokinetic analyses. Analysis of blood oxygenators, hemodialysis, tissue growth in porous support materials. Artificial organs. Energy balances and the use of heat to treat tumor growth (radio frequency ablation, cryogenic ablation). Laboratory exercises accompany major topics discussed in class and are conducted at the same time. | | BME 423 | Senior Design I | Senior design courses. Senior design provides, over the course of two semesters, a collaborative design experience with a significant biomedical problem related to human health. The project will often originate with an industrial sponsor or a medical practitioner at a nearby medical facility and will contain a clear implementation objective (i.e. for a medical device). It is a capstone experience that draws extensively on the student’s engineering and scientific background and requires independent judgments and actions. The project generally involves a determination of the medical need, a detailed economic analysis of the market potential, physiological considerations, biocompatibility issues, ease of patient use, an engineering analysis of the design, manufacturing considerations and experimentation and/or prototype construction of the device. The faculty advisor, industrial sponsor or biomedical practitioner works closely with the group to insure that the project meets its goals in a timely way. Leadership and entrepreneurship are nourished throughout all phases of the project. The project goals are met in a stepwise fashion, with each milestone forming a part of a final report with a common structure. Oral and written progress reports are presented to a panel of faculty at specified intervals and at the end of each semester. | | BME 424 | Senior Design II | Senior design courses. Senior design provides, over the course of two semesters, a collaborative design experience with a significant biomedical problem related to human health. The project will often originate with an industrial sponsor or a medical practitioner at a nearby medical facility and will contain a clear implementation objective (i.e. for a medical device). It is a capstone experience that draws extensively on the student’s engineering and scientific background and requires independent judgments and actions. The project generally involves a determination of the medical need, a detailed economic analysis of the market potential, physiological considerations, biocompatibility issues, ease of patient use, an engineering analysis of the design, manufacturing considerations and experimentation and/or prototype construction of the device. The faculty advisor, industrial sponsor or biomedical practitioner works closely with the group to insure that the project meets its goals in a timely way. Leadership and entrepreneurship are nourished throughout all phases of the project. The project goals are met in a stepwise fashion, with each milestone forming a part of a final report with a common structure. Oral and written progress reports are presented to a panel of faculty at specified intervals and at the end of each semester. | | BME 445 | Biosystems Simulation and Control | Time and frequency domain analysis of linear control systems. Proportional, derivative and integral control actions. Stability. Applications of control theory to physiological control systems: biosensors, information processors and bioactuators. Mathematical modeling and analysis of heart and blood pressure regulation, body temperature regulation, regulation of intracellular ionic concentrations, eye movement and pupil dilation controls. Use of Matlab and Simulink to model blood pressure regulation, auto regulation of blood flow, force development by muscle contraction, and integrated response of cardiac output, blood pressure and respiration to exercise. | | BME 453 | Bioethics | This course focuses on professional ethical conduct in the biomedical field. It will enable students to understand the ethical challenges they may encounter as biomedical engineers, allow them to practice biomedical engineering in an ethical manner and conduct themselves ethically as contributing members of society. Case discussions and presentations by practitioners in the field illustrate ethical norms and dilemmas. | | BME 482 | Engineering Physiology | Introduction to mammalian physiology from an engineering point of view. The quantitative aspects of normal cellular and organ functions and the regulatory processes required maintaining organ viability and homeostasis. Laboratory exercises using exercise physiology as an integration of function at the cellular, organ and systems level will be conducted at the same time. Measurements of heart activity (EKG), cardiac output (partial CO2 rebreathing), blood pressure, oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, muscle strength (EMG), fluid shifts and respiratory function in response to exercise stress will be measured and analyzed from an engineering point of view. | | BME 498 | Research in Biomedical Engineering I | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. Prior approval required. These courses can be used as general electives for degree requirements. | | BME 499 | Research in Biomedical Engineering II | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. Prior approval required. These courses can be used as general electives for degree requirements. | | BME 504 | Medical Instrumentation and Imaging | Imaging plays an important role in both clinical and research environments. This course presents both the basic physics together with the practical technology associated with such methods as X-ray computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI (f-MRI) and spectroscopy, ultrasonics (echocardiography, Doppler flow), nuclear medicine (Gallium, PET and SPECT scans) as well as optical methods such as bioluminescence, optical tomography, fluorescent confocal microscopy, two-photon microscopy and atomic force microscopy. | | BME 505 | Biomaterials | Intended as an introduction to materials science for biomedical engineers, this course first reviews the materials properties relevant to the their application to the human body. It goes on to discuss proteins, cells, tissues, and their reactions and interactions with foreign materials, as well as the degradation of these materials in the human body. The course then treats various implants, burn dressings, drug delivery systems, biosensors, artificial organs, and elements of tissue engineering. Laboratory exercises accompany the major topics discussed in class and are conducted at the same time. | | BME 506 | Biomechanics | This course reviews basic engineering principles governing materials and structures such as mechanics, rigid body dynamics, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics and applies these to the study of biological systems such as ligaments, tendons, bone, muscles, joints, etc. The influence of material properties on the structure and function of organisms provides an appreciation for the mechanical complexity of biological systems. Methods for both rigid body and deformational mechanics are developed in the context of bone, muscle, and connective tissue. Multiple applications of Newton's Laws of mechanical are made to human motion. |
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| | | Close | | CHE 210 | Process Analysis | An introduction to the most important processes employed by the chemical industries, such as plastics, pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical, and biochemical. The major emphasis is on formulating and solving material and energy balances for simple and complex systems. Equilibrium concepts for chemical process systems will be developed and applied. Computer courseware will be utilized extensively. | | CHE 234 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | Thermodynamic laws and functions with particular emphasis on systems of variable composition and chemically reacting systems. Chemical potential, fugacity and activity, excess function properties, standard states, phase and reaction equilibria, reaction coordinate, chemical-to-electrical energy conversion. | | CHE 270 | Polymer Materials | Discussion of macromolecular structure and morphology and their implications to polymer states, properties, and processing. Specific discussion of thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, fibers, reinforced plastics, and composites to emphasize the vast range of polymer materials and to familiarize students with them. Lab work will give students experience with the mechanical properties of polymers and with polymer processing machinery and operations for compression molding, extrusion, fiber spinning, and compounding. | | CHE 322 | Engineering Design VI | The objectives of this course are to learn modern systematic design strategies for steady state chemical processing systems and at the same time to gain a functional facility with a process simulator (Aspen) for design, analysis, and economic evaluation. A process is constructed stepwise, with continuing discussion of heuristics, recycle, purge streams, and other process conditions. Aspen is used for design and analysis of the process units. From the viewpoint of the process simulations, the course is divided into four categories: Component, property and data management; Unit operations; System simulation; and Process economic evaluation. The equations used by the simulator are discussed as well as convergence methods, loops and tear streams and scrutiny of default settings in the simulator. The factored cost method and profitability measures are reviewed and compared to simulator results. Work on a capstone design project is begun in the last section of the course. | | CHE 332 | Separation Operations | The design of industrial separation equipment using both analytical and graphical methods is studied. Equilibrium based design techniques for single and multiple stages in distillation, absorption/stripping, and liquid-liquid extraction are employed. An introduction to gas-solid and solid-liquid systems is presented as well. Mass transfer considerations are included in efficiency calculations and design procedures for packed absorption towers, membrane separations, and adsorption. Ion exchange and chromatography are discussed. The role of solution thermodynamics and the methods of estimating or calculating thermodynamic properties are also studied. Degrees of freedom analyses are threaded throughout the course as well as the appropriate use of software. Iterative rigorous solutions are discussed as bases for Aspen simulation models used in Design VI. | | CHE 336 | Fluid Mechanics | Linear cause-effect relationship; molecular aspects, microscopic mass, momentum and energy balances leading to the field equations of change; emphasis is on both isothermal and nonisothermal, steady state flow of incompressible Newtonian fluids; integral forms of the equations of change: macroscopic balances for laminar as well as turbulent isothermal and nonisothermal systems: engineering correlations. | | CHE 342 | Heat and Mass Transfer | Heat conduction, convection and radiation. General differential equations for energy transfer. Conductive and convective heat transfer. Molecular, convective and interface mass transfer. The differential equation for mass transfer. Steady state molecular diffusion and film theory. Convective mass transfer correlations. Mass transfer equipment. | | CHE 345 | Process Control, Modeling and Simulation | Development of deterministic and non-deterministic modelsfor physical systems, engineering applications, and simulation tools for case studies and projects. | | CHE 351 | Reactor Design | Chemical equilibria and kinetics of single and multiple reactions are analyzed in isothermal and nonisothermal batch systems. Conversion, yield, selectivity, and temperature and concentration history are studied in ideal plug flow, laminar flow, continuous stirred tank and heterogeneous reactors. The bases of reactor selection are developed. Consideration is given to stability and optimization concepts, and the interaction of the reactor with the overall processing system. | | CHE 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior Design provides, over the course of two semesters, collaborative design experiences with a problems of industrial or societal significance. Projects can originate with an industrial sponsor, from an engineering project on campus, or from other industrial or academic sources. In all cases, a project is a capstone experience that draws extensively from the student's engineering and scientific background and requires independent judgments and actions. Advice from the faculty and industrial sponsors is made readily available. The projects generally involve a number of unit operations, a detailed economic analysis, simulation, use of industrial economic and process software packages, and experimentation and/or prototype construction. The economic thread initiated in Design VI is continued in the first semester of Senior Design by close interaction on a project basis with E 421. Leadership and entrepreneurship are nourished throughout all phases of the project. The project goals are met stepwise, with each milestone forming a part of a final report with a common structure. | | CHE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior Design provides, over the course of two semesters, collaborative design experiences with a problems of industrial or societal significance. Projects can originate with an industrial sponsor, from an engineering project on campus, or from other industrial or academic sources. In all cases, a project is a capstone experience that draws extensively from the student's engineering and scientific background and requires independent judgments and actions. Advice from the faculty and industrial sponsors is made readily available. The projects generally involve a number of unit operations, a detailed economic analysis, simulation, use of industrial economic and process software packages, and experimentation and/or prototype construction. The economic thread initiated in Design VI is continued in the first semester of Senior Design by close interaction on a project basis with E 421. Leadership and entrepreneurship are nourished throughout all phases of the project. The project goals are met stepwise, with each milestone forming a part of a final report with a common structure. | | CHE 432 | Chemical Engineering Systems | A laboratory course designed to illustrate and apply chemical engineering fundamentals. The course covers a range of experiments involving mass, momentum and energy, transport processes and basic unit operations such as distillation, stripping and multi-phase catalytic reactions. | | CHE 462 | Chemical Process Control | Mathematical and empirical modeling of chemical processes; analysis of static and transient system behavior; design of single-input single-output feedback control systems; open-loop and closed-loop system response, standard PIDs and their tuning relations; measures of control performance; frequency response techniques; stability analysis; design and application of modern control techniques: cascade, feedforward, inferential, internal model control, multivariable. | | CHE 480 | Biochemical Engineering | Integration of the principles of biochemistry and microbiology into chemical engineering processes; microbial kinetic models; transport in bioprocess systems; single & mixed culture fermentation technology; enzyme synthesis, purification & kinetics; bioreactor analysis, design and control; product recovery and downstream processing. | | CHE 498 | Research in CHE II | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the Departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. | | CHE 498-499 | Research in Chemical Engineering I-II | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. Prior approval required. This course cannot be used for degree requirements. |
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| | | Close | | CH 107 | General Chemistry IA | Elements, compounds, ions, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, solutions, gas laws, partial pressures, effusion, thermochemistry, atomic structure, periodicity, bonding, organic molecules, (nomenclatures), organic chemistry (hybridization, delocalization), polymers. Required course for Engineering students. | | CH 109 | General Chemistry IB | An extension of Ch 107 that includes redox chemistry, balancing chemical equations, nuclear chemistry, the reactions of organic chemistry, polymer chemistry. Elective course for Engineering students. | | CH 115 | General Chemistry I | Atomic structure and periodic properties, stoichiometry, properties of gases, thermochemistry, chemical bond types, intermolecular forces, liquids and solids, chemical kinetics and introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. | | CH 116 | General Chemistry II | Phase equilibria, properties of solutions, chemical equilibrium, strong and weak acids and bases, buffer solutions and titrations, solubility, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, properties of the elements and nuclear chemistry. | | CH 117 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | Laboratory work to accompany CH 115: experiments of atomic spectra, stoichiometric analysis, qualitative analysis, and organic and inorganic syntheses, and kinetics. | | CH 118 | General Chemistry Laboratory II | Laboratory work to accompany CH 116: analytical techniques properties of solutions, chemical and phase equilibria, acid-base titrations, thermodynamic properties, electrochemical cells, and properties of chemical elements. | | CH 181 | Honors Chemistry I | These courses include all topics covered in CH115-116, but in greater depth and at a higher level. | | CH 182 | Honors Chemistry II | These courses include all topics covered in CH115-116, but in greater depth and at a higher level. | | CH 187 | Honor Chemistry Laboratory I | Laboratory work to accompany CH181. All topics covered in General Chemistry Laboratory I (CH117), but in greater depth and higher level. | | CH 188 | Honor Chemistry Laboratory II | Laboratory work to accompany CH182. All topics covered in General Chemistry Laboratory I (CH118), but in greater depth and higher level. | | CH 189 | Seminar in Chemistry and Biology | Introduction to chemistry as the "central science" and its impact on other fields, particularly biology. Areas to be explored include the interaction of radiation with matter, the effect of symmetry on chemical and physical properties of molecules, hyphenated methods of analysis, the chemistry of biological signals, biochemical cycles, the physiology of exercise, and chaotic reactions. | | CH 241 | Organic Chemistry I | Principles of descriptive organic chemistry; structural theory; reactions of aliphatic compounds; stereochemistry. Laboratory includes introduction to organic reaction and separation techniques, reactions of functional groups, synthesis. | | CH 242 | Organic Chemistry II | Continuation of Ch 241; reactions of aromatic compounds; infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; laboratory work in synthesis, spectroscopy, and chromatographic separation techniques. | | CH 243 | Organic Chemistry I | Principles of descriptive organic chemistry; structural theory; reactions of aliphatic compounds; and stereochemistry. | | CH 244 | Organic Chemistry II | Continuation of CH 243; reactions of aromatic compounds; infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. | | CH 245 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | Laboratory includes introduction to organic reaction and separation techniques, reactions of functional groups, and synthesis. | | CH 246 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | Laboratory work in synthesis, spectroscopy and chromatographic separation techniques. | | CH 281 | Biology and Biotechnology | Biological principles and their physical and chemical aspects are explored at the cellular and molecular level. Major emphasis is placed on cell structure, the processes of energy conversion by plant and animal cells, genetics and evolution, and applications to biotechnology. | | CH 282 | Introductory Biology Laboratory | An introductory laboratory illustrating basic techniques and principles of modern biology by means of laboratory experiments and simulated experiments. This laboratory does not satisfy medical school admission requirements. | | CH 321 | Thermomodynamics | Laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic functions, and the foundations of statistical thermodynamics. The chemical potential is applied to phase equilibria, chemical reaction equilibria, and solution theory, for both ideal and real systems. | | CH 322 | Theoretical Chemistry | Quantum mechanics of molecular systems are developed. The techniques of approximation methods are employed for molecular binding and spectroscopic transitions. Examples are taken from infrared, visible, ultraviolet, microwave, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. | | CH 341 | Biological Chemistry | Survey of biologically important classes of compounds including fats and lipids, terepenes, steroids, acetogenins, sugars, carbohydrates, peptides, proteins, alkaloids, and other natural products. | | CH 360 | Spectra and Structure | Interpretation of infrared, ultraviolet, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectra. Emphasis is on the use of these spectroscopic methods in identification and structure determination of organic compounds. | | CH 362 | Instrumental Analysis I - Spectroscopy and Chromatography | Theoretical and experimental approach to spectroscopy and chromatography. Includes ultraviolet, visible and infrared absorption by molecules, emission spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectroscopy and gas-liquid and high-performance chromatography. | | CH 372 | Organic Chemistry of Polymers | Survey of preparative methods of polymers, including condensation, free radical, ionic, group transfer, ring opening and stereoregular polymerization; copolymerization. Newer techniques stressed. | | CH 381 | Cell Biology | The structure and function of the cell and its subcellular organelles is studied. Biological macromolecules, enzymes, biomembranes, biological transport, bioenergetics, DNA replication, protein synthesis and secretion, motility, and cancer are covered. Cell biology experiments and interactive computer simulation exercises are conducted in the laboratory. | | CH 382 | Biological Systems | Physiochemical principles underlying the coordinated function in multicellular organisms are studied. Electrical properties of biological membranes, characteristics of tissues, nerve-muscle electrophysiology, circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, digestive, and excretory systems are covered. Computer simulation experiments and data acquisition methods to evaluate and monitor human physiological systems are conducted in the laboratory. | | CH 412 | Inorganic Chemistry I | Lecture and laboratory; ionic solids, lattice energy, and factors determining solubility; thermodynamics in inorganic synthesis and analysis; acid-base equilibria; and systematic chemistry of the halogens and other non-metals. | | CH 421 | Chemical Dynamics | Chemical kinetics, solution theories with applications to separation processes, electrolytes, polyelectrolytes, regular solutions and phase equilibria, and laboratory practice in the measurements of physical properties and rate processes. | | CH 422 | Supplemental Topics in Physical Chemistry | Additional work in physical chemistry for transfer students to cover topics omitted from physical chemistry courses taken elsewhere. | | CH 461 | Instrumental Analysis II - Electrochemistry | Theory and practice of electrochemical methods in analytical chemistry. Includes potentiometry, coulometry, amperometry, polarography, voltammetry, conductivity, etc. | | CH 484 | Introduction to Molecular Genetics | Introduction to the study of molecular basis of inheritance. Starts with classical Mendelian genetics and proceeds to the study and function of DNA, gene expression and regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, genome dynamics and the role of genes in development, and cancer. All topics include discussions of current research advances. Accompanied by laboratory section that explores the lecture topics in standard wet laboratory experiments and in computer simulations. | | CH 496 | Chemistry Project I | Participation in a small group project, under the guidance of a faculty member, whose prior approval is required. Experimentation, application of chemical knowledge and developmental research leading to the implementation of a working chemical process. Individual or group written report required. | | CH 497 | Chemistry Project II | Participation in a small group project, under the guidance of a faculty member, whose prior approval is required. Experimentation, application of chemical knowledge and developmental research leading to the implementation of a working chemical process. Individual or group written report required.
| | CH 498 | Chemical Research I | Individual research project under the guidance of a chemistry faculty member, whose prior approval is required. A written report in acceptable journal format and an oral presentation are required at the end of the project. | | CH 499 | Chemical Research II | Individual research project under the guidance of a chemistry faculty member, whose prior approval is required. A written report in acceptable journal format and an oral presentation are required at the end of the project. |
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| | | Close | | CE 304 | Water Resources Engineering | Principles of engineering hydrology, the hydrologic cycle, rainfall-runoff relationships, hydrographs, hydrologic and hydraulic routing; groundwater resources; planning and management of water resources; probabilistic methods in water resources, reservoir design, water distribution systems. | | CE 322 | Engineering Design VI | Introduction to AutoCAD and computer graphics. Introduction to SAP2000 finite element code. Application of software and design codes to analyze and design full structure. Case studies and projects taken from architectural drawings of real structures. | | CE 342 | Fluid Mechanics | Fluid properties: fluid statics, stability of floating bodies, conservation of mass, Euler and Bernoulli equations, impulse-momentum principle, laminar and turbulent flow, dimensional analysis and model testing, analysis of flow in pipes, open channel flow, hydrodynamic lift and drag. Practical civil engineering applications are stressed. | | CE 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Introduction to linear systems and eigenvalue problems. Matrix analysis of trusses and frames, stress analysis, free and forced vibrations of structures. Introduction to nonlinear ODEs and PDEs with applications to civil engineering problems. Use of MATLAB or equivalent to simulate solutions. | | CE 373 | Structural Analysis | Shear and bending moment diagrams for beams and frames. Statically determinate trusses influence lines and moving loads, deflection of beams using moment-area and conjugate-beam methods, introduction to energy methods, deflection of beams and frames using unit-load method, introduction to statically indeterminate structures, approximal methods, moment-distribution and slope-deflection methods. | | CE 377 | The Art of Structural Engineering | At its best, creativity in structural engineering leads to forms that are notable for their sculptural and aesthetic quality as much as for their structural intelligence. Structures that express this behavior clearly and elegantly achieve the highest levels of artistic creation, and become cultural symbols that exceed historical and cultural boundaries. This course explores Art in Structural Engineering as it evolves in modern history, beginning with the Cast Iron bridges of the Industrial Revolution. It progresses through the works of Eiffel, Roebling, Freyssinet, and Maillart to modern day innovators like Menn, Khan, and Calatrava. Students learn engineering concepts through technical presentations on structural landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Guggenheim Museum, George Washington Bridge, and the Hearst Tower. The course studies beautiful works of structural art and takes site visits in the metropolitan area to supplement the classroom material. These trips will include the Brooklyn Bridge, Skyscraper Museum, Cast Iron District, Flatiron Building, Guggenheim Museum, and Hearst Building. The course converges engineering, architecture, design, and art into one distinguished field. It teaches the concepts and designs behind structural engineering, so high a quality in imaginative conception and execution, that the engineering itself takes on the aspects of art. | | CE 381 | Surveying | Use of surveying instruments; measurement of angles; distances and elevations; field note-book keeping; traverse computations; topographic data gathering and map making. Construction surveys; horizontal and vertical curves, and slope staking. Introduction to land surveying, photogrammetry and electronic surveying. | | CE 410 | Transportation Engineering Design | Description of design elements of system components of transportation, including the driver, vehicle, and roadway. Traffic flow design elements including volume, density, and speed. Intersection design elements including delay, capacity and accident counter-measures. Terminal design elements. | | CE 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior Design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E421) during the first semester. | | CE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior Design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E421) during the first semester. | | CE 483 | Geotechnical Engineering | Elementary concepts of engineering geology and solid mechanics: applications to the solution of design problems; classification of soils; theory of soil strength; lateral pressure and retaining walls; slope stability; stress distribution theory and settlement predictions; bearing capacity and design of shallow foundations; seepage analysis; consolidation theory; laboratory tests. The course is accompanied by concurrent weekly laboratory sessions where students are introduced to the basic concepts of geotechnical testing in a hands-on fashion. | | CE 484 | Reinforced Concrete Design | Ultimate strength design for bending and shear of rectangular sections, slabs, "T" sections and continuous beams, girders, columns, retaining walls and footings. Code requirements. | | CE 486 | Structural Steel Design | ASD and LRFD design for tension members, beams and columns. Design of steel frame systems. Code requirements. |
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| | | Close | | CPE 322 | Engineering Design VI | This course addresses the general topic of selection, evaluation, and design of a project concept, emphasizing the principles of team-based projects and the stages of project development. Techniques to acquire information related to the state-of-the-art concepts and components impacting the project, evaluation of alternative approaches and selection of viable solutions based on appropriate cost factors, presentation of proposedprojects at initial, intermediate and final stages of development, and related design topics. Students are encouraged to use this experience to prepare for the senior design project courses. | | CPE 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems, engineering applications, and simulation tools for deterministic and non-deterministic systems. Case studies and projects. | | CPE 358 | Switching Theory and Logical Design | Digital systems, number systems and codes, Boolean algebra, application of Boolean algebra to switching circuits, minimization of Boolean functions using algebraic, Karnaugh map and tabular methods, design of combinational circuits, programmable logic devices, sequential circuit components, design and analysis of synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits. | | CPE 360 | Computational Data Structures and Algorithms | The role of data structures and algorithms in the real world; principles of programming including the topics of control flow, recursion and I/O; principles of computational intelligence; topics from elementary data structures including arrays, lists, stacks, queues, pointers, strings; searching and sorting; data structures for concurrent execution; topics from elementary algorithms including analysis of algorithms and efficiency, computational complexity, empirical measurements of computational complexity of algorithms, proof techniques including induction; selected topics from advanced algorithms including distributed algorithms; programming laboratory exercises and projects. | | CPE 384 | Data Structures and Algorithms I | An introduction to basic data structures and algorithms. Emphasis will be placed on programming in C++ and debugging skills. Topics include: control flow, loops,recursion, elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues) and their implementation via arrays and pointers, primitive sorting algorithms, binary trees and searching. | | CPE 385 | Data Structures and Algorithms II | A continuation of CS384/CPE360, this course focuses on algorithm development including running time analysis and correctness arguments. Topics include: asymptotic notation and running time analysis, program verification using loop invariants, advanced sorting algorithms, linear sorting algorithms, lower bounds, general trees, priority queues and heaps, set implementations, elementary graph algorithms. | | CPE 390 | Microprocessor Systems | A study of the implementation of digital systems using microprocessors. The architecture and operation of microprocessors is examined in detail along with I/O interfacing, interrupts, DMA and software design techniques. Specialized controller chips for interrupts, DMA, arithmetic processing, graphics and communications are discussed. The laboratory component introduces hardware and software design of digital systems using microprocessors. Design experiments include topics such as bus interfacing, memory decoding, serial communications and programmable ports. | | CPE 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior Design course. The development of design skills and engineering judgment, based upon previous and current occurs and laboratory experience, is accomplished by participation in a design project. Projects are selected inareas of current interest such as communication and control systems. Signal processing, and hardware and software design for computer based systems. To be taken during the studeemester as an undergraduate student. | | CPE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | A continuation of CPE423 in which the design is implemented and demonstrated. This includes the completion of a prototype (hardware or software), testing and demonstrating the performance, and the evaluation of results. To be taken during the student's last spring semester as an undergraduate student. | | CPE 437 | Interactive Computer Graphics | Introduction to computer graphics. Designing a complete 2-D graphics package with an interface. Graphics hardware overview. Drawing of 2-D primitives (polylines, polygons, and ellipses). Character generation. Attribute primitives (line styles, color and intensity, area filling, and character attributes). 2D transformations (translation, general scaling, general rotation, shear, reflection). Windowing and clipping. 3-D concepts (3-D transformations, 3-D viewing, and 3-D modeling). Selected topics. | | CPE 440 | Current Topics in Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering | This course consists of lectures designed to explore a topic of contemporary interest from the perspective of current research and development. In addition to lectures by the instructors and discussions led by students, the course includes talks by professionals working in the topic being studied. When appropriate, team-based design projects are included. | | CPE 441 | Introduction to Wireless Systems | Review of history, concepts and technologies of wireless communications; Explanations and mathematical models for analyzing and designing wireless systems; Description of various wireless systems, including cellular systems,wireless local area networks and satellite-based communication systems; Wireless design projects using Matlab, LabView and software defined radio. | | CPE 442 | Database Management Systems | Introduction to the design and querying of relational databases. Topics include: relational schemas; keys and foreign key references; relational algebra (as an introduction to SQL); SQL in depth; Entity-Relationship (ER) database design; translating from ER models to relational schemas and from relational schemas to ER models; functional dependencies; and normalization. | | CPE 450 | Real-Time Embedded Systems | Unlike typical software-based systems, real-time systems must complete their tasks within specified timeframes. Unlike general purpose computing platforms, embedded systems must perform their tasks while minimizing tightresource constraints. This course addresses the considerations in designing real-time embedded systems, both from a hardware and software perspective. The primary emphasis is on real-time processing for communications and signal processing systems, but applications to seismic and environmental monitoring,process control, and biomedical systems will be addressed. Programming projects in a high level language like C/C++ will be an essential component of the course, as well as hardware design with modern design tools. | | CPE 460 | Software Design and Development | Theory of software design, with emphasis on large systems. Models of the software process, specifications development, designing, coding and testing. Program abstraction with functional abstraction and with abstract data types. Top-down and bottom-up development methods. Common software architecture models. Specification Validation, design verification, testing strategies, test coverage issues. | | CPE 462 | Introduction to Image Processing and Coding | Image acquisition, storage, image formation, sampling, basic relationship between pixels, imaging geometry, segmentation: edge detection, edge linking and boundary detection, Hough transform, region growing, thresholding, split and merge, histogram matching, representation: chain code, polygonal approximation and skeletonization, thinning algorithms, texture, image compression: elementary discussion of motion vectors for compression, discussion of industry standards such as JEPG and MPEG. | | CPE 470 | Parallel Processing | Learn how multiple computational threads may be detected in ordinary code, and how such threads may be tailored for execution on parallel and superscalar architectures. Topics include: introduction to the architecture of parallel and superscalar machines, lexical and syntax analysis, data dependence analysis, control dependence anlysis, generation of code for parallel and superscalar architecture. Students are required to complete a significant programming project. | | CPE 485 | Research in Computer Engineering I | Individual investigation of a substantive character taken at the undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. The student's thesis committee consists of the faculty advisor and one or more readers. Prior approval from the faculty advisor, a faculty member who has agreed to supervise the research, and the Department Director is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. For information regarding a Degree with Thesis, see the "Academic Procedures, Requirements, and Advanced Degrees" section of this catalog. The thesis option is a two-semester program requiring completion of CPE 485 and CPE 486. Continuation into CPE 486 is contingent on demonstrating adequate progress in CPE 485. | | CPE 486 | Research in Computer Engineering IV | Individual investigation of a substantive character taken at the undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. The student's thesis committee consists of the faculty advisor and one or more readers. Prior approval from the faculty advisor, a faculty member who has agreed to supervise the research, and the Department Director is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. For information regarding a Degree with Thesis, see the "Academic Procedures, Requirements, and Advanced Degrees" section of this catalog. The thesis option is a two-semester program requiring completion of CPE 485 and CPE 486. Continuation into CPE 486 is contingent on demonstrating adequate progress in CPE 485. | | CPE 487 | Digital System Design | Design of complex digital CMOS/VLSI circuits. Introduction to MOS transistor characteristics and fabrication, digital circuit design and layout for integrated circuits, major categories of VLSI circuit functions, design methodologies including use of Hardware Description Languages (HDL), FPGA, verification, simulation, testability. The course includes a project using VHDL for the design of a significant system function. | | CPE 488 | Computer Architecture | An introduction to the functional level structure of modern pipelined processors and the empirical and analytic evaluation of their performance. Topics include: empirical and analytic techniques for measuring performance (use of various means, Amdahl's Law, and benchmarks); tradeoff analysis; principles of instruction set design and evaluation (memory addressing, operations, types and sizes of operands, instruction set encoding, CISC vs. RISC, and related compilation issues); pipelining (basics, data hazards, and control hazards); and memory systems. | | CPE 490 | Information Systems Engineering I | The focus of the course is on data networks and end-user software environments for information systems. Topics include the TCP/IP protocols, organization of large-scale data networks, end-to-end operation over heterogeneous networks and the software foundation of client-server application programs. The students complete a project using TCP/IP protocols to create a basic client-server application. | | CPE 491 | Information Systems Engineering II | This course emphasizes a major component of contemporary networked information systems, namely visually rich information, including multimedia, virtual reality, human-machine interactions and related topics. The students complete a project in which they demonstrate competency in creating and manipulating the information and the resources used to store, transfer and present the information. | | CPE 493 | Data and Computer Communications | Introduction to information networks, data transmission and encoding, digital communication techniques, circuit switching and packet switching, OSI protocols, switched networks and LANs, introduction to ISDN and ATM/SONET networks, system architectures. | | CPE 494 | Networked Systems Design: Principles and Practices | Basic elements in local and wide-area network infrastructures, architecture and protocols at all layers; client-server systems programming using sockets and remote procedure cells; concurrency and coordination issues and techniques; concepts and tools for fault tolerance, failure detection, checkpointing, disaster recovery and rejuvenation in networked applications; overview of network systems middleware facilities such as .NET and Weblogic to illustrate the above principles and techniques. | | CPE 498 | Interactive Computer Graphics | An introduction to computer graphics. Designing a complete 2D graphics package with an interface. Graphics hardware overview. Drawing of 2D primitives (polylines, polygons, ellipses). Character generation. Attribute primitives (line styples, color and intensity, area filling, character attributes). 2D transformations (translation, general scaling, general rotation, shear, reflection). Windowing and clipping. 3D concepts (3D transformations, 3D viewing, 3D modeling). Selected topics. |
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| | | Close | | CS 105 | Introduction to Scientific Computing | This is a first course in computer programming for students with no prior experience. Students will learn the core process of programming: given a problem statement, how does one design an algorithm to solve that particular problem and then implement the algorithm in a computer program? The course will also introduce elementary programming concepts like basic control concepts (such as conditional statements and loops) and a few essential data types (e.g., integers and doubles). Exposure to programming will be through a self-contained user-friendly programming environment, widely used by the scientific and engineering communities, such as Matlab. The course will cover problems from all fields of science, engineering, and business. | | CS 115 | Introduction to Computer Science | This is an introductory programming course using the Java language. The topics include: basic facts about object-oriented programming and Java through inheritance and exceptions; recursion; UML diagrams and how to read class diagrams; ethics in computer science; and some basic understanding about computer systems: the compile/link/interpret/ execute cycle and data representation. | | CS 135 | Discrete Structures | The aim of this course is to integrate knowledge of basic mathematics with the problems involving specification, design, and computation. By the end of the course, the student should be able to: use sets, functions, lists, and relations in the specification and design of problems; use properties of arithmetic, modular arithmetic (sum, product, exponentiation), prime numbers, greatest common divisor, factoring, Fermat?s little theorem; use binary, decimal, and base-b notation systems and translation methods; use induction to design and verify recursive programs; and implement in Scheme all algorithms considered during the course. | | CS 146 | Web Fundamentals | This course introduces students to the infrastructure underlying the Web, including protocols and markup languages. It also addresses the question of how one presents large volumes of information to people who need to find out what they are looking for quickly. The scope of the course ranges from mechanics to aesthetics. Social and ethical issues are also discussed, including the concept of information ecologies for social acceptance. Networks and protocols; pervasive computing; Web protocols; markup languages and XML; defining information architecture; understanding information needs and information-seeking behaviors; organizing Web sites and intranets; navigation systems; search systems; thesauri; from research to design: strategies for information architecture; enterprise information architecture; ethics on the Web; and information ecologies. | | CS 181 | Introduction to Computer Science Honors I | Getting acquainted with C++: data types, input and output, functions, writing simple C++ programs, flow control, Boolean expressions, decision statements, if/then, and switch/case. Loop operations, while, do/while, and for loops. Arrays and pointers. Defining structs and classes, constructors and destructors, and operator overloading using an example String class. Templates. Abstract data types: vectors, lists, stacks, queues, and priority trees with applications. Trees and simple sorting with searching algorithms. By invitation only. Students who complete this class are exempt from CS 115 and CS 284. | | CS 182 | Introduction to Computer Science Honors II | Advanced programming concepts covering classical data structures and object-oriented programming. Emphasis will be on building a collection of re-usable software components that will form the basis of future programming efforts. The data structures covered include lists, stacks, queues, trees, binary search trees, and balanced search trees. The object-oriented features of Java covered include classes, templates, inheritance, polymorphism and run-time binding. Also included is a discussion of the analysis of asymptotic running times of algorithms. | | CS 284 | Data Structures | This is a course on standard data structures, including sorting and searching and using the Java language. The topics include: stages of software development; testing; UML diagrams; elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues, and maps); use of elementary data structures in application frameworks; searching; sorting; and introduction to asymptotic complexity analysis. | | CS 334 | Theory of Computation | Introduction to recursive functional programming and equational reasoning; lists as inductive types and list induction; introduction to formal languages, automata, and the theory of computation; regular expressions, finite state machines, and pumping lemma; context free grammars and push down automata; turing machines, recursive enumerability, and unsolvable problems; and complexity and intractability. A number of models of computation are considered, as well as their relation to various problem classes (e.g. solvable problems and polynomial time solvable problems). Some experiments are performed that involve writing small Scheme programs. | | CS 347 | Software Development Process | This course provides a general introduction to the essentials of the software development process, that series of activities that facilitate developing better software in less time. The course introduces software development and deployment life cycles, requirements acquisition and analysis, software architecture and design, and resource management and scheduling in the implementation phase. Students gain experience with tools and methodologies for configuration management and project management. Security engineering is considered as an essential part of the software development process, particularly from the standpoint of applied risk management. | | CS 383 | Computer Organization and Programming | The main aspects of computers: data (data types and formats, number bases), hardware (stored program computer concept, addressing methods and program sequencing, instruction sets and their implementation, the CPU and microprogrammed control, input/output organization, peripherals and interfacing, and main memory), communication (network protocols), software (operating systems, dispatching algorithms), and assembly language programming. | | CS 385 | Algorithms | This is a course on more complex data structures, and algorithm design and analysis, using the C language. Topics include: advanced and/or balanced search trees; hashing; further asymptotic complexity analysis; standard algorithm design techniques; graph algorithms; complex sort algorithms; and other "classic" algorithms that serve as examples of design techniques. | | CS 392 | Systems Programming | Introduction to systems programming in C on UNIX. Students will be introduced to tools for compilation, dynamic linking, debugging, editing, automatic rebuilding, and version control. Some aspects of the UNIX system call interface will be studied, drawn from this list: process creation, signals, terminal I/O, file I/O, inter-process communication, threads, network protocol stacks, programming with sockets, and introduction to RPC. Style issues to be covered include: naming, layout, commenting, portability, design for robustness and debugability, and language pitfalls. X programming and GUI design will be covered, if time allows. | | CS 442 | Database Management Systems | Introduction to the design and querying of relational databases. Topics include: relational schemas; keys and foreign key references; relational algebra (as an introduction to SQL); SQL in depth; Entity-Relationship (ER) database design; translating from ER models to relational schemas and from relational schemas to ER models; functional dependencies; and normalization. | | CS 465 | Selected Topics in Computer Science | A participating seminar on topics of current interest and importance in computer science. Open only to undergraduates. | | CS 488 | Computer Architecture | An introduction to the functional level structure of modern pipelined processors and the empirical and analytic evaluation of their performance. Topics include: empirical and analytic techniques for measuring performance (use of various means, Amdahl's Law, and benchmarks); tradeoff analysis; principles of instruction set design and evaluation (memory addressing, operations, types and sizes of operands, instruction set encoding, CISC vs. RISC, and related compilation issues); pipelining (basics, data hazards, and control hazards); and memory systems. | | CS 492 | Operating Systems | The use and internals of modern operating systems. Lectures focus on internals whereas programming assignments focus on use of the operating system interface. Major topics include: the process concept; concurrency and how to program with threads; memory management techniques, including virtual memory and shared libraries; file system data structures; and I/O. | | CS 496 | Principles of Programming Languages | An introduction to programming language design and implementation, with an emphasis on the abstractions provided by programming languages. Assignments involve problem-solving issues in principles of programming languages such as Scheme and ML; recursive types and recursive functions; structural induction; abstract data types; abstract syntax; implementing languages with interpreters; static vs. dynamic scoping, closures, state; exceptions; types: type-checking, type inference, static vs. dynamic typing; object-oriented languages: classes and interfaces, inheritance and subtyping; polymorphism and genericity; and design patterns and the visitor pattern. | | CS 497 | Independent Study | Independent study under the guidance of a full time computer science faculty member, whose prior approval is required. Independent study allows the student to participate in research, explore a topic not covered by existing courses, or continue to study in greater depth a topic introduced by a course. Scope and details of the participation must be agreed upon between student and professor before the beginning of the project. One to three credits for any BS degree offered by the computer science department. May be repeated for credit.
| | CS 498 | Senior Research I | Individual research project under the guidance of a faculty member of the department, whose prior approval is required. Either a written report in acceptable journal format or the completion of a senior thesis, as well as an oral presentation, is required at the end of the project. Senior students only. CS 498 and CS 499 cannot be taken simultaneously. | | CS 499 | Senior Research II | Individual research project under the guidance of a faculty member of the department, whose prior approval is required. Either a written report in acceptable journal format or the completion of a senior thesis, as well as an oral presentation, is required at the end of the project. Senior students only. CS 498 and CS 499 cannot be taken simultaneously. |
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| | | Close | | EE 250 | Mathematics for Electrical Engineers | Introduction to logic, methods of proof, proof by induction and the pigeonhole principle with applications to logic design. Analytic functions of a complex variable, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Taylor series. Integration in the complex plane, Cauchy Integral formula, Liouville's theorem, maximum modulus theorem. Laurent series, residues, the residue theorem. Applications to system theory, Laplace transforms, and transmission lines. | | EE 291 | Supplemental Topics in Circuits and Systems I | Additional work for transfer students to cover topics omitted from Circuits and Systems courses taken elsewhere. This additional work is usually specified as completion of particular PSI modules. | | EE 321 | Engineering Design V | This course will include both experimentation and open-ended design problems that are integrated with the Materials Processing course taught concurrently. Core design themes will be further developed. | | EE 322 | Engineering Design VI | This course addresses the general topic of selection, evaluation and design of a project concept, emphasizing the principles of team-based projects and the stages of project development. Techniques to acquire information related to the state-of-the-art concepts and components impacting the project, evaluation of alternative approaches and selection of viable solutions based on appropriate cost factors, presentation of proposed projects at initial, intermediate and final stages of development and related design topics. Students are encouraged to use this experience to prepare for the senior design project courses. | | EE 333 | Electronics & Instrumentation Lab | Experimental investigations of the characteristics of networks, and integrated electronics with application to analog and digital instrumentation and control. Students are required to design, breadboard and test their circuits. | | EE 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems, engineering applications and simulation tools for deterministic and non-deterministic systems. Case studies and projects. | | EE 348 | System Theory | An introduction to the mathematical methods used in the study of communications systems with practical applications. Discrete and fast Fourier transforms. Functions of a complex variable. Laplace and Z transforms. | | EE 359 | Electronic Circuits | Design of differential amplifiers using BJTs or FETs, design of output stages (class B and class AB), output and input impedance of differential amplifiers, frequency response. Feedback amplifiers, Nyquist criteria, Nyquist plots and root loci, bode plots, gain/phase margins and application in compensation for operational amplifiers, oscillators, tuned amplifiers and filters (passive and active). A suitable circuit analysis package is used for solving many of the problems. | | EE 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design course. The development of design skills and engineering judgment, based upon previous and current course and laboratory experience, is accomplished by participation in a design project. Projects are selected in areas of current interest such as communication and control systems, signal processing and hardware and software design for computer-based systems. To be taken during the student's last fall semester as an undergraduate student. | | EE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | A continuation of EE 423 in which the design is implemented and demonstrated. This includes the completion of a prototype (hardware and/or software), testing and demonstrating performance and evaluating the results. To be taken during the student's last spring semester as an undergraduate student. | | EE 440 | Current Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering | This course consists of lectures designed to explore a topic of contemporary interest from the perspective of current research and development. In addition to lectures by the instructors and discussions led by students, the course includes talks by professionals working in the topic being studied. When appropriate, team-based design projects are included. | | EE 441 | Introduction to Wireless Systems | Review of history, concepts, and technologies of wireless communications; explanations and mathematical models for analyzing and designing wireless systems; description of various wireless systems, including cellular systems, wireless local area networks, and satellite-based communication systems; and wireless design projects using Matlab, LabView, and software-defined radio. | | EE 448 | Digital Signal Processing | Introduction to the theory and design of digital signal processing systems. Include sampling, linear convolution, impulse response, and difference equations; discrete-time Fourier transform, DFT/FFT, circular convolution, and Z-transform; frequency response, magnitude, phase and group delays; ideal filters, linear-phase FIR filters, all-pass filters, minimum-phase and inverse systems; digital processing of continuous-time signals. | | EE 465 | Introduction to Communication Systems | Review of probability, random processes, signals and systems; continuous-wave modulation including AM, DSB-SC, SSB, FM and PM; superheterodyne receiver; noise analysis; pulse modulation including PAM, PPM, PDM and PCM; quantization and coding; delta modulation, linear prediction and DPCM; baseband digital transmission, matched filter and error rate analysis; passband digital transmission including ASK, PSK and FSK. | | EE 471 | Transport Phenomena in Solid State Devices | Introduction to the underlying phenomena and operation of solid state electronic, magnetic and optical devices essential in the functioning of computers, communications and other systems currently being designed by engineers and scientists. Charge carrier concentrations and their transport are analyzed from both microscopic and macroscopic viewpoints, carrier drift due to electric and magnetic fields in solid state devices is formulated and optical energy absorption and emission are related to the energy levels in solid-state materials. Diffusion, generation and recombination of charge carriers are combined with carrier drift to produce a continuity equation for the analysis of solid state devices. Explanations and models of the operation of PN, metal-oxide, metal-oxide-semiconductor and heterostructure junctions are used to describe diode, transistor, photodiode, laser, integrated circuit and other device operation. | | EE 473 | Electromagnetic Fields | Introduction to electromagnetic fields and applications. Vector calculus: orthogonal coordinates, gradient, divergence, curl, and Stokes' and divergence theorems. Electrostatics: charge, Coulomb's and Gauss' laws, potential, conductors and dielectrics, dipole fields, stored energy and power dissipation, resistance and capacitance, polarization, boundary conditions, and LaPlace's and Poisson's equations. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart's and Ampere's laws, scalar and vector potentials, polarization, magnetic materials, stored energy, boundary conditions, inductance, magnetic circuits, and force. Time-dependent Maxwell's equations: displacement current, constitutive relations, isotropic and anisotropic media, force, boundary conditions, and the time-dependent Poynting vector and power. Circuit theory of transmission lines, transient response, and multiple reflections. | | EE 474 | Microwave Systems | Complex scalars and vectors, sinusoidal steady-state, complex Maxwell's equations, and complex Poynting's theorem. Propagation of plane waves: complex vector wave equation, loss-less transmission line analogy, sinusoidal steady-state, frequency, wavelength and velocity, polarity, lossy media, radiation pressure, group velocity, and reflection and refraction. Snell's law, Brewster angle, field theory of transmission lines, TEM waves, sinusoidal steady-state transmission line theory, traveling and standing waves, Smith Chart, matching power flow, lossy lines, and circuit and field theory. Waveguides: TE and TM modes in general guides, propagation constant and wave impedance, separation of variables, rectangular and cylindrical guides, representation of wavelength fields by plane wave components, propagation and cutoff (evanescent) modes, the Poynting vector, dielectric guides, and losses. Waveguide resonators. Antennas: scalar and vector potentials, wave equations, spherical coordinates, electric and magnetic dipole antennas, and aperture antennas. Microwave electronics and traveling wave tubes. | | EE 475 | Advanced Communication Systems | Information theory and coding. Error control coding: CRCs, trellis codes, convolutional codes, and Viterbi decoding. Quantization and digitization of speech: PCM, ADPCM, DM, LPC, and VSELP algorithms. Carrier recovery and synchronization. Multiplexers: TDM and FDM hierarchies. Echo cancelers, equalizers, and scrambler/unscramblers. Spread spectrum communication systems. Mobile communications: digital cellular communication systems and PCS Encryption techniques. Introduction to computer communications networks. | | EE 478 | Control Systems | Introduction to the theory and design of linear feedback and control systems in both digital and analog form, review of z-transform and Laplace transforms, time domain performance error of feedback systems, PID controller, frequency domain stability, including Nyquist stability in both analog and digital form, frequency domain performance criteria and design, such as via the gain and phase plots, state variable analysis of linear dynamical systems, elementary concepts of controllability, observability and stability via state space methods, and pole placement and elements of state variable design for single-input single-output systems. | | EE 480 | Optical Fiber Communication Systems | Relevant characteristics of optical fibers, sources (LED and laser diodes), and photodetectors (PIN, APD) are introduced to provide the background for optical fiber communication system design. Subsystems design deals with optical transmitters, optical receivers, and optical components (switches, couplers, multiplexers, and demultiplexers). Optical fiber systems design and applications include long-haul optical transmission systems, local area networks, coherent optical communication, and future trends. | | EE 485 | Research in Electrical Engineering I | Individual investigation of a substantive character taken at the undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. The student's thesis committee consists of the faculty advisor and one or more readers. Prior approval from the faculty advisor and the Department Director is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. For information regarding a Degree with Thesis, see the "Academic Procedures, Requirements, and Advanced Degrees" section of this catalog. | | EE 486 | Research in Electrical Engineering II | Individual investigation of a substantive character taken at the undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. The student's thesis committee consists of the faculty advisor and one or more readers. Prior approval from the faculty advisor and the Department Director is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. For information regarding a Degree with Thesis, see the "Academic Procedures, Requirements, and Advanced Degrees" section of this catalog. | | EE 493 | Data and Computer Communications | Introduction to information networks, data transmission and encoding; digital communication techniques, circuit switching and packet switching, OSI protocols, switched networks and LANs, introduction to ISDN and ATM/SONET networks, system architectures. |
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| | | Close | | E 101 | Seminar | This is the first half of a one-credit, two-semester course that consists of a set of engineering experiences such as lectures, small group sessions, on-line modules and visits. Students are required to complete a specified number of experiences each semester and are given credit at the end of the second half of the course which is E102. The goal is to introduce students to the engineering profession, engineering disciplines, college success strategies, Stevens research and other engaging activities and to Technogenesis. Course is pass/fail. | | E 102 | Engineering Experiences | This is the second half of a one-credit, two-semester course that consists of a set of engineering experiences such as lectures, small group sessions, on-line modules and visits. Students are required to complete a specified number of experiences each semester and are given credit at the end of the semester for both E101 and E102 combined. The goal is to introduce students to the engineering profession, engineering disciplines, college success strategies, Stevens research and other engaging activities and to Technogenesis. Course is pass/fail. | | E 115 | Introduction to Programming | An introduction to the use of an advanced programming language for use in engineering applications, using C++ as the basic programming language and Microsoft Visual C++ as the program development environment. Topics covered include basic syntax (data types and structures, input/output instructions, arithmetic instructions, loop constructs, functions, subroutines, etc.) needed to solve basic engineering problems as well as an introduction to advanced topics (use of files, principles of objects and classes, libraries, etc.). Algorithmic thinking for development of computational programs and control programs from mathematical and other representations of the problems will be developed. Basic concepts of computer architectures impacting the understanding of a high-level programming language will be covered. Basic concepts of a microcontroller architecture impacting the use of a high-level programming language for development of microcontroller software will be covered, drawing specifically on the microcontroller used in E121 (Engineering Design I). | | E 120 | Engineering Graphics | Engineering graphics: principles of orthographic and auxiliary projections, pictorial presentation of engineering designs, dimensioning and tolerance, sectional and detail views, assembly drawings. Descriptive geometry. Engineering figures and graphs. Solid modeling introduction to computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) using numerically-controlled (NC) machines. | | E 121 | Engineering Design I | This course introduces students to the process of design and seeks to engage their enthusiasm for engineering from the very beginning of the program. The engineering method is used in the design and manufacture of a product. Product dissection is exploited to evaluate how others have solved design problems. Development is started of competencies in professional practice topics, primarily: effective group participation, project management, cost estimation, communication skills and ethics. Engineering Design I is linked to and taught concurrently with the Engineering Graphics course. Engineering graphics are used in the design projects and the theme of "fit to form" is developed. | | E 122 | Engineering Design II | This course will continue the freshman year experience in design. The design projects will be linked to the Mechanics of Solids course (integrated Statics and Strength of Materials) taught concurrently. The engineering method introduced in Engineering Design I will be reinforced. Further introduction of professional practice topics will be linked to their application and testing in case studies and project work. Basic concepts of design for environment and aesthetics will be introduced. | | E 126 | Mechanics of Solids | Fundamental concepts of particle statics, equivalent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, analysis of trusses and frames, forces in beam and machine parts, stress and strain, tension, shear and bending moment, flexure, combined loading, energy methods, statically indeterminate structures. | | E 231 | Engineering Design III | This course continues the experiential sequence in design. Design projects are linked with Mechanics of Solids topics taught concurrently. Core design themes are further developed. | | E 232 | Engineering Design IV | This course continues the experiential sequence in design. Design projects are in, and lectures address the area of Electronics and Instrumentation. Core design themes are further developed. | | E 234 | Thermodynamics | Concepts of heat and work; First and Second Laws for closed and open systems including steady processes and cycles; thermodynamic properties of substances and interrelationships; phase change and phase equilibrium; chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium; representative applications. Introduction to energy conversion systems, including direct energy conversion in fuel-cells, photo-voltaic systems, etc. | | E 243 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | Descriptive statistics, pictorial and tabular methods, measures of location and of variability, sample space and events, probability and independence, Bayes' formula, discrete random variables, densities and moments, normal, gamma, exponential and Weibull distributions, distribution of the sum and average of random samples, the central limit theorem, confidence intervals for the mean and the variance, hypothesis testing and p-values, applications for prediction in a regression model. A statistical computer package is used throughout the course for teaching and for project assignments. | | E 245 | Circuits and Systems | Ideal circuit elements; Kirchoff laws and nodal analysis; source transformations; Thevenin/Norton theorems; operational amplifiers; response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; sinusoidal sources and steady state analysis; analysis in frequenct domain; average and RMS power; linear and ideal transformers; linear models for transistors and diodes; analysis in the s-domain; Laplace transforms; transfer functions. | | E 246 | Electronics and Instrumentation | Signal acquisition procedures, instrumentation components; electronic amplifiers; signal conditioning; low-pass, high-pass and band-pass filters; A/D converters and anti-aliasing filters; embedded control and instrumentation; micro-controllers; digital and analog I/O; instruments for measuring physical quantities such as motion, force, torque, temperature, pressure, etc.; FFT and elements of modern spectral analysis; random signals; standard deviation and bias. Laboratory experiments. | | E 301 | International Educational Experiences I | This course designation provides a vehicle to award general elective academic credit to approved international educational experiences that meet School of Engineering and Science/engineering program educational outcomes, but would not otherwise be transferable as equivalent to a Stevens course or courses. Multiple activities can be combined for approval if they present a coherent whole that addresses school/program outcomes. The program or activities must be approved for credit by the School of Engineering and Science Education and Assessment Committee. | | E 302 | International Educational Experiences II | This course designation provides a vehicle to award general elective academic credit to approved international educational experiences that meet School of Engineering and Science/engineering program educational outcomes, but would not otherwise be transferable as equivalent to a Stevens course or courses. Multiple activities can be combined for approval if they present a coherent whole that addresses school/program outcomes. The program or activities must be approved for credit by the School of Engineering and Science Education and Assessment Committee. | | E 306 | Bio-Engineering | | | E 321 | Engineering Design V | This course includes both experimentation and open-ended design problems that are integrated with the Materials Processing course taught concurrently. Core design themes are further developed. | | E 322 | Engineering Design VI | This course allows each discipline to address design topics specific to their discipline, but in the context of how design in the discipline fits into an integrated product and process development (IPPD) paradigm where appropriate. Even where IPPD is not significant to the discipline, students will gain some appreciation through specific requirements. The later part of this course is structured to allow for project selection, team formation and preparation of a proposal suitable for submission to a potential sponsor for the senior design capstone project. The core design themes will be further developed. Offered as a discipline specific course (e.g.: CE322, CHE322, CPE322, EE322, EM322, EN322, ME322, PEP322). | | E 342 | Transport/Fluid Mechanics | Offered as a specific departmental course; see departmental listing.
| | E 344 | Materials Processing | An introduction is provided to the important engineering properties of materials, to the scientific understanding of those properties and to the methods of controlling them. This is provided in the context of the processing of materials to produce products. | | E 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems; engineering applications; simulation tools for deterministic and non deterministic systems; case studies and projects. Offered as a discipline specific course (e.g.: CE345, CHE345, CPE345, EE345, EM345, EN345,ME345, PEP345). | | E 355 | Engineering Economics | Basics of cost accounting and cost estimation, cost-estimating techniques for engineering projects, quantitative techniques for forecasting costs, cost of quality. Basic engineering economics, including capital investment in tangible and intangible assets. Engineering project management techniques, including budget development, sensitivity analysis, risk and uncertainty analysis and total quality management concepts. | | E 380 | Sustainable Energy | Assessment of current and potential energy systems, covering extraction, conversion and end use, with emphasis on meeting regional and global energy needs in the 21st century in a sustainable manner; systems engineering and economic analysis tools for sustainable energy systems; climate change; energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types; storage, transmission, and conservation; evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems in the context of engineering, economic, environmental, political and social aspects. | | E 400 | Research in Engineering | Individual research investigation under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Hours/credits to be arranged. A final report/thesis and a formal presentation in a seminar/conference is required. | | E 421 | Entrepreneurial Analysis of Engineering Design | This course provides students with tools needed to commercialize their senior design technology. Topics include engineering economic analysis and issues of marketing, venture capital, intellectual property and project management. These topics are from the view of an entrepreneur who is creating knowledge that can be licensed and/or used in a start-up business. These topics are critical elements in implementing Technogenesis. | | E 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design capstone courses. For most programs a capstone project spanning two semesters is required. Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering require projects of one semester duration. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, all programs will include the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E421) during the first semester. | | E 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior design capstone courses include a capstone project spanning two semesters. |
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| | EN 301 | Sustainable Engineering | This course examines the global environmental and resource issues that we face as a result of human actions, in particular those to which engineering has been a contributor and also for which it can offer the potential for solutions that move us along the path to a sustainable future. A variety of techniques and paradigms will be studied that can make production, use and disposal of our engineered products sustainable. These include industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, green engineering, and design for the environment. | | EN 322 | Engineering Design VI | Introduction to AutoCAD and computer graphics. Introduction to SAP2000 finite element code. Application of software and design codes to analyze and design full structure. Case studies and projects taken from architectural drawings of real structures. | | EN 345 | Modeling and Simulations | Introduction to linear systems and eigen value problems. Matrix analysis of trusses and frames, stress analysis, free and forced vibrations of structures. Introduction to nonlinear ODEs and PDEs with applications to civil engineering problems. Use of MATLAB or equivalent to simulate solutions. | | EN 375 | Environmental Systems | An introduction to environmental engineering, including: environmental legislation; water usage and conservation; water chemistry including pH and alkalinity relationships; solubility and phase equilibria; environmental biology; fate and transport of contaminants in lakes, streams and groundwater; and design and analysis of mechanical, physicochemical, and biochemical water and wastewater treatment processes. | | EN 377 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering Systems | An introduction to environmental engineering, including: environmental legislation; water chemistry including pH and alkalinity relationships, solubility and phase equilibria; environmental biology; fate and transport of contaminants in lakes, streams and groundwater; design and analysis of mechanical, physicochemical and biochemical treatment processes. | | EN 379 | Environmental Engineering Laboratory | An introduction to environmental engineering through laboratory experiments, including: principles of laboratory methods, including common instrumental methods of analysis; application of experimental results to the design of environmental treatment processes. | | EN 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on E 421 Engineering Economic Design during the first semester. | | EN 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on E 421 Engineering Economic Design during the first semester. |
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| | | Close | | MT 001 | Materials Colloquium | | | MT 230 | Materials Lab | Prerequisites: MT 239. This lab synthesizes aspects of materials science and engineering within a materials processing framework. Students will fabricate an object or device and then characterize the properties of the initial materials, the final fabricated objects and the processing variables (temperature, stress, time, etc.) connecting these two materials states. The Processing-Structure-Property-Performance theme will be stressed in experiments dealing with the thermo-mechanical forming and shaping of metals, ceramics and polymers, as well as the fabrication of semiconductor devices. | | MT 234 | Struct. Solid Materials | A lecture and laboratory course dealing with the structure of solid materials, the equipment used to investigate it and the interpretation of the results as they relate to material properties. Topics include crystallography; defects in materials; diffraction theory; properties and uses of X-rays to determine crystal structure, texture, internal stress and orientation of crystals; the application of electron microscopy to the study of material structure and composition; and the optical metallography of materials. | | MT 239 | Materials | An introduction to the important engineering properties of materials, to the scientific understanding of those properties and to the methods for controlling them. The course will include metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers and their composites and their applications in structures, machine elements, electronic, optical and magnetic devices. | | MT 248 | Physical Principles I | Prerequisites: MT 239. Corequisites: MT 234. Examine the processes that control microstructural evolution and hence influence processing and properties of materials, especially mechanical behavior. The role of diffusional and non-diffusional processes controlling phase transformations in metallic and non-metallic materials are examined. | | MT 281 | Honors Materials | | | MT 311 | Materials Design Lab | | | MT 315 | Materials Design | Lectures are given on design considerations in materials engineering that build on the design concepts introduced in earlier core courses. The lecture material complements the Mt 411 and Mt 416 Senior Design experiences. Topics include: design of materials-processing reactors, production and control of high temperature, gas flow and pressure measurement, vacuum technology, quantitative materials selection, professional ethics, report writing and presentation skills. | | MT 322 | Engineering Design VI | | | MT 333 | Mechanical Properties Solids | An introduction to the macroscopic theory of mechanical behavior. Topics include: concept of tensor stress and strain tensor, principal stresses, stress strain relations, anisotropic elastic constants, the dislocation stress field, yield and flow stress criteria, fracture, fatigue, viscoelasticity and creep. | | MT 335 | Intro Thermodyn of Matrs | Prerequisites: MT 226 and MT 239. Laws of thermodynamics and their application, physical chemistry of solutions applied to systems involving solids, phase equilibria, experimental methods of determining phase stabilities and their underlying principles, relationships between pressure, temperature and composition in binary and ternary systems. | | MT 341 | Exp Techniq Matrs Proc | Prerequisites: MT 239 and MT 234. Measurement methods employed in the processing and characterization of materials. Production and measurement of high and low temperatures and pressures; characterization of surfaces; determination of selected mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. | | MT 345 | Modeling and Simulation | | | MT 348 | Physical Principles II | Prerequisites: MT 239 and MT 248. Can be replaced by MT 570. The electrical, optical, magnetic and thermal properties of materials are examined with an emphasis on relating an understanding of the physical processes that control these properties to development of useful devices and engineered materials. | | MT 411 | Mtrs & Mtlrg Eng Dsn I | One day per week is devoted to a design project aimed at preparing students to meet the kinds of problems they might face in industry. Project is conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. | | MT 416 | Mtrs & Mtlrg Eng Dsn II | Prerequisites: MT 315. One day per week is devoted to a design project aimed at preparing students to meet the kinds of problems they might face in industry. Project is conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. | | MT 423 | Engineering Design VII | Prerequisites: Senior Standing | | MT 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Prerequisites: MT423 MT - 450 Comp. Meths in Mat'ls Pr Prerequisites: MT 335. Theories and analysis of mass and energy balances in materials processing. Practical emphasis will be given to the uses of computers in processing engineering in terms of thermodynamic and kinetic theory, simple linear programming models and the mathematical simulation of processing systems. Prerequisites: MT 335. Theories and analysis of mass and energy balances in materials processing. Practical emphasis will be given to the uses of computers in processing engineering in terms of thermodynamic and kinetic theory, simple linear programming models and the mathematical simulation of processing systems. | | MT 463 | Research in Materials Sci/Engr I | Prior approval required. Course cannot be used towards degree requirements. Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. | | MT 464 | Research in Materials Sci/eng II | . Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a member of the departmental faculty. A written report is required. Hours to be arranged with the faculty advisor. |
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| | | Close | | MA 090 | Pre-Calculus | Partial fractions, polynomials, Remainder Theorem, Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, Descartes' Rule, exponential and log functions, trigonometric functions, trigonometry of triangles, right triangles, laws of sines and cosines, and conic sections. | | MA 115 | Calculus I | An introduction to differential and integral calculus for functions of one variable. The differential calculus includes limits, continuity, the definition of the derivative, rules for differentiation, and applications to curve sketching, optimization, and elementary initial value problems. The integral calculus includes the definition of the definite integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques for finding antiderivatives, and applications of the definite integral. Transcendental and inverse functions are included throughout. | | MA 116 | Calculus II | Continues from MA 115 with improper integrals, infinite series, Taylor series, and Taylor polynomials. Vectors operations in 3-space, mathematical descriptions of lines and planes, and single-variable calculus for parametric curves. Introduction to calculus for functions of two or more variables including graphical representations, partial derivatives, the gradient vector, directional derivatives, applications to optimization, and double integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates. | | MA 117 | Calculus for Business and Liberal Arts | This course is designed for undergraduate students in Business and Liberal Arts majors. It includes the following basic topics in calculus: the definition of functions, their graphs, limits and continuity; derivatives and differentiation of functions; applications of derivatives; and definite and indefinite integrals. Properties of some elementary functions, such as the power functions, exponential functions, and logarithmic functions, will be discussed as examples. The course also covers methods of solving the first-order linear differential equations and separable equations, and some basic concepts in multi-variable calculus, such as partial derivatives, double integrals, and optimization of functions. | | MA 118 | Probability for Business and Liberal Arts | This course is designed only for undergraduate students in Business and Liberal Arts majors. It introduces basic concepts and methods in probability. Topics includes the definition of sample spaces, events, and their probabilities; elementary combinatorics and counting techniques; and conditional probability, the total probability, and Bayes' Theorem. The course also deals with concepts of discrete and continuous random variables and probability distributions; multi-random variables and their joint distributions; the mean, variance, and covariance of random variables; and the Central Limit Theorem and t-distributions. | | MA 134 | Discrete Mathematics | This course provides the background necessary for advanced study of mathematics or computer science. Topics include propositional calculus, predicates and quantifiers, elementary set theory, countability, functions, relations, proof by induction, elementary combinatorics, elements of graph theory, mends, and elements of complexity theory. | | MA 182 | Honors Mathematical Analysis II | Covers the same material as MA 116, but with more breadth and depth. Additional topics discussed. By invitation or permission only. | | MA 188 | Seminar in Mathematical Sciences | Introduction to the modern applications of mathematics. The applications chosen demonstrate the power, beauty, and effectiveness of mathematics in establishing a rigorous understanding and treatment of scientific phenomena. Typical topics include optimization, chaotic dynamical systems, probability, information theory and coding, and computational mathematics. | | MA 221 | Differential Equations | Ordinary differential equations of first and second order, homogeneous and non-homogeneous equations; improper integrals, Laplace transforms; review of infinite series, series solutions of ordinary differential equations near an ordinary point; boundary-value problems; orthogonal functions; Fourier series; separation of variables for partial differential equations. | | MA 222 | Probability and Statistics | Introduces the essentials of probability theory and elementary statistics. Lectures and assignments greatly stress the manifold applications of probability and statistics to computer science, production management, quality control, and reliability. A statistical computer package is used throughout the course for teaching and for assignments. Contents include: descriptive statistics, pictorial and tabular methods, and measures of location and of variability; sample space and events, probability axioms, and counting techniques; conditional probability and independence, and Bayes' formula; discrete random variables, distribution functions and moments, and binomial and Poisson distributions; continuous random variables, densities and moments, normal, gamma, and exponential and Weibull distributions unions; distribution of the sum and average of random samples; the Central Limit Theorem; confidence intervals for the mean and the variance; hypothesis testing and p-values, and applications for the mean; simple linear regression, and estimation of and inference about the parameters; and correlation and prediction in a regression model. | | MA 227 | Multivariable Calculus | Review of matrix operations, Cramer’s rule, row reduction of matrices; inverse of a matrix, eigenvalues and eigenvectors; systems of linear algebraic equations; matrix methods for linear systems of differential equations, normal form, homogeneous constant coefficient systems, complex eigenvalues, nonhomogeneous systems, the matrix exponential; double and triple integrals; polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates; surface and line integrals; integral theorems of Green, Gauss and Stokes. | | MA 230 | Multivariable Calculus and Optimization | Begins with a study of n-dimensional geometry (hyperplanes, hyperspheres, convex hulls, and convex polyhedra), and moves on to study the differential calculus of functions of several variables. In this context, classical optimization theory is studied - that is, the application of calculus to the basic problem of finding the maxima and minima of a continuous function of one or more variables, using Lagrange multipliers, and paying particular attention to convex and concave functions. The final major topic studied is linear programming through the simplex method. Computational methods are stressed throughout. Other topics, such as search techniques, are taken up as time permits. | | MA 232 | Linear Algebra | This course introduces basic concepts of linear algebra from a geometric point of view. Topics include the method of Gaussian elimination to solve systems of linear equations; linear spaces and dimension; independent and dependent vectors; norms, inner product, and bases in vector spaces; determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices; symmetric, unitary, and normal matrices; matrix representations of linear transformations and orthogonal projections; the fundamental theorems of linear algebra; and the least-squares method and LU-decomposition. | | MA 234 | Complex Variables with Applications | An introduction to functions of a complex variable. The topics covered include complex numbers, analytic and harmonic functions, complex integration, Taylor and Laurent series, residue theory, and improper and trigonometric integrals. | | MA 281 | Honors Mathematical Analysis III | Covers the same material as that dealt with in MA 221, but with more breadth and depth. | | MA 282 | Honors Mathematical Analysis IV | Covers the same material as that dealt with in MA 227, but with more breadth and depth. By invitation only. | | MA 293 | Supplementary Topics of Differential Equations | This course is designed for the completion of transferring credits for MA 221 Differential Equations. The transfer students, who need to learn some topics of MA 221 not included in the courses taken elsewhere, may enroll in this course only once with permission of an undergraduate adviser in the Math Department, and are required to complete this course under the guidance of the MA 221 course coordinator. The students who pass this course will receive the full transfer credits for MA 221. The students who fail will then be required to enroll in the full course of MA 221 at Stevens. Pass/Fail. | | MA 294 | Supplementary Topics of Calculus IV | This course is designed for the completion of transferring credits for MA 227 Multivariable Calculus. The transfer students, who need to learn some topics of MA 227 not included in the courses taken elsewhere, may enroll in this course only once with permission of an undergraduate adviser in the Math Department. The students are required to complete this course under the guidance of the MA 227 course coordinator. The students who pass this course will receive the full transfer credits for MA 227. The students who fail will then be required to enroll in the full course of MA 227 at Stevens. Pass/Fail. | | MA 331 | Intermediate Statistics | An introduction to statistical inference and to the use of basic statistical tools. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics; review of point estimation, method of moments, and maximum likelihood; interval estimation and hypothesis testing; simple and multiple linear regression; analysis of variance and design of experiments; and nonparametric methods. Selected topics, such as quality control and time series analysis, may also be included. Statistical software is used throughout the course for exploratory data analysis and statistical inference based in examples and in real data relevant for applications. | | MA 335 | Introduction to Number Theory | This is an introductory course to number theory. Topics include divisibility, prime numbers and modular arithmetic, arithmetic functions, the sum of divisors and the number of divisors, rational approximation, linear Diophantine equations, congruences, the Chinese Remainder Theorem, quadratic residues, and continued fractions. | | MA 336 | Modern Algebra | A rigorous introduction to group theory and related areas with applications as time permits. Topics include proof by induction, greatest common divisor, and prime factorization; sets, functions, and relations; definition of groups and examples of other algebraic structures; and permutation groups, Lagrange's Theorem, and Sylow's Theorems. Typical application: error correcting group codes. Sample text: Numbers Groups and Codes, Humphries and Prest, Cambridge U.P. | | MA 346 | Numerical Methods | This course begins with a brief introduction to writing programs in a higher level language, such as Matlab. Students are taught fundamental principles regarding machine representation of numbers, types of computational errors, and propagation of errors. The numerical methods include finding zeros of functions, solving systems of linear equations, interpolation and approximation of functions, numerical integration and differentiation, and solving initial value problems of ordinary differential equations. | | MA 360 | Intermediate Differential Equations | This course offers more in-depth coverage of differential equations. Topics include ordinary differential equations as finite-dimensional dynamical systems; vector fields and flows in phase space; existence/uniqueness theorems; invariant manifolds; stability of equilibrium points; bifurcation theory; Poincaré-Bendixson Theorem and chaos in both continuous and discrete dynamical systems; and applications to physics, biology, economics, and engineering. | | MA 361 | Intermediate Partial Differential Equations | This course offers a rigorous approach to classical partial differential equations. It begins with definitions, properties, and derivations of some basic equations of mathematical physics followed by the topics: solving of first order equations with the method of characteristics; classification of second order equations; the heat equation and wave equation; Fourier series and separation of variables; Green's functions and elliptic theory; examples of the first and second order nonlinear partial differential equations. | | MA 410 | Differential Geometry | This course is an introduction to the geometry of curves and surfaces. Topics include tangent vectors, tangent bundles, directional derivatives, differential forms, Euclidean geometry and calculus on surfaces, Gaussian curvatures, Riemannian geometry, and geodesics. | | MA 441 | Introduction to Mathematical Analysis | This course introduces students to the fundamentals of mathematical analysis at an adequate level of rigor. Topics include fundamental mathematical logic and set theory, the real number systems, sequences, limits and completeness, elements of topology, continuity, derivatives and related theorems, Taylor expansions, the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. | | MA 442 | Real Variables | This course introduces principles of real analysis and the modern treatment of functions of one and several variables. Topics include metric spaces, the Heine-Borel theorem in R-n, Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, Lebesgue and Stieltjes integrals, Fubini's theorem, abstract integration, L-p classes, metric and Banach space properties, and Hilbert space. | | MA 460 | Chaotic Dynamics, with Computations and Applications | This course introduces students to the concepts behind the modern theory of dynamical systems, particularly chaotic systems. Although the course is mathematical in nature, the emphasis is on the underpinning ideas and applications, rather than a systematic exposition of results. Topics include: standard examples and definitions, solutions of ODEs as dynamical systems, flows, and maps; fixed points of linear maps, periodic orbits, limit cycles, and asymptotic stability; rudiments of hyperbolicity; and symbolic dynamics and the Horse Shoe. Further topics may include: fundamentals of topological dynamics, fundamentals of ergodic theory, attractors, and fractals. A good part of the assigned work involves computer experimentation and computations. | | MA 461 | Special Problems I | Individual projects in pure and applied mathematics. | | MA 462 | Special Problems II | Individual projects in pure and applied mathematics. | | MA 463 | Seminar in Mathematics I | Seminar in selected topics, such as: combinatorial topology, differential geometry, finite groups, number theory, or statistical techniques. | | MA 464 | Seminar in Mathematics II | Seminar in selected topics such as: combinatorial topology, differential geometry, finite groups, number theory, or statistical techniques. | | MA 498 | Senior Research Project I | Students will do a research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Senior standing and prior approval are required. Topics may be selected from any area of mathematics with the instructor's approval. Each student will be required to present results in both a written and oral report. The written report may be in the form of a senior thesis. | | MA 499 | Senior Research Project II | Students will do a research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Senior standing and prior approval are required. Topics may be selected from any area of mathematics with the instructor's approval. Each student will be required to present results in both a written and oral report. The written report may be in the form of a senior thesis. |
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| | | Close | | ME 225 | Dynamics | Particle kinematics and kinetics, systems of particles, work-energy, impulse and momentum, rigid-body kinematics, relative motion, Coriolis acceleration, rigid-body kinetics, direct and oblique impact, eccentric impact. | | ME 234 | Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics | Concepts of energy, heat and work; thermodynamic properties of substances and property relationships, phase change; First and Second Laws for closed and open systems including steady and transient processes and cycles; using entropy; representative applications including vapor and gas power and refrigeration cycles. | | ME 322 | Engineering Design VI | This course is intended to teach modern systematic design techniques used in the practice of mechanical engineering. Methodology for the development of design objective(s), literature surveys, base case designs, and design alternatives are given. Economic analyses with an emphasis on capital investment and operating costs are introduced. Integrated product and process design concepts are emphasized with case studies. Students are encouraged to select their senior capstone design project near the end of the course, form teams, and commence preliminary work. A number of design projects are required of all students. | | ME 335 | Thermal Engineering | Applications of First and Second Laws to thermal systems including gas turbine, and internal and external combustion engines. Vapor cycles, including supercritical binary and combined cycles, regeneration and recuperation, gas compression, refrigeration and gas liquefaction. Analysis of thermal processes, including available energy and availability, irreversibility, effectiveness. Laboratory work in air compressors, internal combustion engines, furnaces, heat pumps, and gas turbines. | | ME 342 | Fluid Mechanics | Properties of a fluid, basic flow analysis techniques, fluid kinematics, hydrostatics, manometry, pressure distribution in rigid body motion of a fluid, control volume analysis, conservation of mass, linear and angular momentum, Bernoulli and energy equations, dimensional analysis, viscous flow in pipes, flow metering devices, external flows, estimation of lift and drag, turbo-machinery, open channel flow. | | ME 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Modeling and simulation methodologies including model-block building, logical and data modeling, validation, simulation and trade-off analysis, decision-making, and optimization. Product and assembly modeling; visual simulation; process modeling; production modeling; process plans and resource modeling, entity flow modeling including conveyors, transporters, and guided vehicles; Input and output statistical analysis. Several CAD/CAE simulation software are used. | | ME 354 | Heat Transfer | Basic modes of heat transfer, steady heat conduction, extended surface heat transfer, transient heat conduction, computational methods, forced and free convection, boiling and condensation, thermal radiation, heat exchangers. Design projects. | | ME 358 | Machine Dynamics and Mechanisms | The principles of dynamics as applied to the analysis of the accelerations and dynamic forces in machines such as linkages, cam systems, gears trains, belts, chains and couplings. The effect these dynamic forces have on the dynamic balance and operation of the machines and the attending stresses in the individual components of the machines. Some synthesis techniques. Students also work in teams on a semester long project associated with the design of a mechanical system from recognizing the need through a detailed conceptual design. | | ME 361 | Design of Machine Components | Application of the principles of strength of materials to the analysis and design of machine parts. Stress and deflection analysis. Curved bars, multi-support shafts, torsion, cylinders under pressure, thermal stresses, creep, and relaxation, rotating disks, fasteners, springs, bearings, gears, brakes and other machine elements are considered. Failure of structural materials under cyclic stress. | | ME 421 | Energy Conversion Systems | Technology and economics of energy sources, storage and utilization, overview of fundamental concepts of mechanical, thermal, chemical, nuclear, electrical energy conversion (practical and visionary), thermo chemical conversion, including combustion in power plants, propulsion systems, thermo mechanical conversion in nozzles and turbomachinery, "direct" energy conversion in fuel cells, etc., nuclear energy conversion. | | ME 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E 421) during the first semester. | | ME 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. While the focus is on the capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E 421) during the first semester. | | ME 453 | Advanced Fluid Mechanics | Differential equations of fluid flow, Navier-Stokes equations, introduction to fluid turbulence, inviscid incompressible flow, introduction to airfoil theory, compressible fluid flow and applications nozzles, ducts and airfoils. | | ME 463 | Research in Mechanical Engineering I | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. Thesis comitee will consist of the faculty advisor and one or more reader. | | ME 464 | Research in Mechanical Engineering II | Individual investigation of a substantive character undertaken at an undergraduate level under the guidance of a faculty advisor leading to a thesis with a public defense. Thesis comitee will consist of the faculty advisor and one or more reader. | | ME 470 | Mechanical Engineering Systems Laboratory | Experiments in selected mechanical engineering systems areas, including principles and applications of experimentation, data-acquisition, design of experiments, and written and oral reporting on experimental hardware and results. | | ME 471 | Mechanics of Materials | Multidimensional stress, strain and transformation equations, yield conditions and theories of failure, constitutive laws including linear elasticity, viscoelasticity and temperature influences, equations of elasticity, simple applications to uniaxial stress and symmetric bending, unsymmetrical bending and shear center of beams, torsions, combined stresses with applications to beams, thin-walled cylinders and pressure tanks, shrink fits, bending beyond the elastic limit, instability and energy methods. | | ME 473 | Design of Mechanical Systems | Static and dynamic force analysis of mechanisms, dynamics of reciprocating and rotating machinery, balancing of machinery, friction and wear, vibration and noise control in machines, manipulators and robots, computer-aided design. | | ME 483 | Control Systems | Analysis and synthesis of feedback control systems to achieve specified stability and performance criteria, stability via root-locus techniques, Nyquist's criterion, Bode and Nichol's plots, effect of various control laws and pole-zero compensation on performance, applications to servomechanisms, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems, analysis of nonlinear systems. | | ME 491 | Manufacturing Processes and Systems | Analysis of both bulk-forming (forging, extrusion, rolling, etc.) and sheet-forming processes, metal cutting, and other related manufacturing processes; physics and stochastic nature of manufacturing processes and their effects on quality, rate, cost and flexibility; role of computer-aided manufacturing in manufacturing system automation; methodologies used to plan and control a manufacturing system, forecasting, production scheduling, facility layout, inventory control, and project planning. |
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| | | Close | | NE 322 | Engineering Design VI | This course is intended to teach modern systematic design techniques used in the practice of naval engineering. The emphasis is placed on usage of CAD tools for ship hullform design and development. Methodology for the development of design objective(s), literature surveys, base case designs, and design alternatives are given. Students are encouraged to select their senior capstone design project near the end of the course, form teams, and commence preliminary work. | | NE 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. The capstone design project will use the entire range of knowledge and skills acquired in earlier courses. The project will include extensive instruction in, and incorporation of, engineering standards, professional ethics, environmental impacts, and economics. These aims will be accomplished by providing students with realistic ship design performance requirements, and instruction and advice from practicing ship design professionals. | | NE 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior design course. Complete design sequence with a required capstone project spanning two semesters. The capstone design project will use the entire range of knowledge and skills acquired in earlier courses. The project will include extensive instruction in, and incorporation of, engineering standards, professional ethics, environmental impacts, and economics. These aims will be accomplished by providing students with realistic ship design performance requirements, and instruction and advice from practicing ship design professionals. |
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| | | Close | | PEP 101 | Elementary Physics I | An introductory course for students enrolled in the engineering curriculum. Weekly lecture with demonstrations and a weekly recitation. Bi-weekly exams evaluate the students progress in learning the central concepts of the course which include: Quantitative description of particle motion, vector manipulation and multiplication, Newton's Laws of Motion, forces, friction, uniform circular motion, work and energy, momentum, conservation laws, rational kinematics. Typical text: Halliday & Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics. | | PEP 102 | Elementary Physics II | | | PEP 111 | Mechanics | Vectors, kinetics, Newton’s laws, dynamics or particles, work and energy, friction, conserverative forces, linear momentum, center-of-mass and relative motion, collisions, angular momentum, static equilibrium, rigid body rotation, Newton’s law of gravity, simple harmonic motion, wave motion and sound. | | PEP 112 | Electricity and Magnetism | Coulomb’s law, concepts of electric field and potential, Gauss’ law, capacitance, current and resistance, DC and R-C transient circuits, magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law of induction, inductance, A/C circuits, electromagnetic oscillations, Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves. | | PEP 121 | General Physics I | This is the first course of a two-course, algebra-based conceptual general physics sequence for students in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. This course covers the basic principles and applications of mechanics and electricity and magnetism. The course consists of 3 lectures per week, with certain lectures designated as recitations and/or demonstrations at the discretion of the instructor. Fall semester. Typical text: Cutnell and Johnson or any other algebra-based general physics text complemented by supplemental handouts, as needed. | | PEP 122 | General Physics II | This is the second course of a two-course, algebra-based conceptual general physics sequence for students in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. This course covers the basic principles and applications of oscillations and waves in mechanics, acoustics, electricity and magnetism, and optics and provides an introduction to modern physics. The course consists of three lectures per week, with certain lectures designated as recitations and/or demonstrations at the discretion of the instructor. Spring course. Typical text: Cutnell and Johnson or any other algebra-based general physics text complemented by supplemental handouts as needed. | | PEP 123 | Physics for Business & Technology I | | | PEP 124 | Physics for Business & Technology II | | | PEP 181 | Honors Mechanics | Newtonian mechanics. The course, however, begins with an exploration of high energy particle physics, using the relatistically correct conservation laws as the fundamental organizing principle. Bubble chamber "photograph" of high energy collisions and decays are analyzed. Standard topics in particle dynamics, rotational dynamics of extended bodies, work-energy theorem, angular momentum conservation as well as other less traditional topics such as relativistic coordinate transformation, center-of-mass reference frames, and harmonic oscillatory motion will be explored in depth. | | PEP 182 | Honors Electricity and Magnetism | | | PEP 187 | Seminar in Physical Science I | Selected topics in modern physics and applications. By invitation only. | | PEP 201 | Physcis II for Engineering Students | Simple harmonic motion, oscillations and waves; wave-particle dualism; the Schrödinger equation and its interpretation; wave functions; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle; quantum mechanical tunneling and application; quantum mechanics of a particle in a "box," the hydrogen atom; electronic spin; properties of many electron atoms; atomic spectra; principles of lasers and applications; electrons in solids; conductors and semi-conductors; the n-p junction and the transistor; properties of atomic nuclei; radioactivity; fusion and fission. | | PEP 202 | Modern Physics for Engineers II | | | PEP 209 | Modern Optics | Concepts of geometrical optics for reflecting and refracting surfaces, thin and thick lens formulations, optical instruments in modern practice, interference, polarization and diffraction effects, resolving power of lenses and instruments, X-ray diffraction, introduction to lasers and coherent optics, principles of holography, concepts of optical fibers, optical signal processing. Spring semester. | | PEP 211 | Physics Lab for Engineers | An introduction to experimental physics. Students learn to use a variety of techniques and instrumentation, including computer controlled experimentation and analysis, error analysis and statistical treatment of data. Experiments include basic physical and electrical measurements, mechanical, acoustical, and electromagnetic oscillation and waves, and basic quantum physics phenomena. | | PEP 221 | Physics Lab I for Scientists | An introduction to experimental measurements and data analysis. Students will learn how to use a variety of measurement techniques, including computer-interfaced experimentation, virtual instrumentation, and computational analysis and presentation. First semester experiments include basic mechanical and electrical measurements, motion and friction, RC circuits, the physical pendulum, and electric field mapping. Second semester experiments include the second order electrical system, geometrical and physical optics and traveling and standing waves. | | PEP 222 | Physics Lab II for Scientists | An introduction to experimental measurements and data analysis. Students will learn how to use a variety of measurement techniques, including computer-interfaced experimentation, virtual instrumentation, and computational analysis and presentation. First semester experiments include basic mechanical and electrical measurements, motion and friction, RC circuits, the physical pendulum, and electric field mapping. Second semester experiments include the second order electrical system, geometrical and physical optics and traveling and standing waves. | | PEP 242 | Modern Physics | Simple harmonic motion, oscillations and pendulums; Fourier analysis; wave properties; wave-particle dualism; the Schrödinger equation and its interpretation; wave functions; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle; quantum mechanical tunneling and application; quantum mechanics of a particle in a "box," the hydrogen atom; electronic spin; properties of many electron atoms; atomic spectra; principles of lasers and applications; electrons in solids; conductors and semiconductors; the n-p junction and the transistor; properties of atomic nuclei; radioactivity; fusion and fission. Spring Semester. | | PEP 297 | SKIL I | SKIL (Science Knowledge Integration Ladder) is a six-semester sequence of project-centered courses. This course introduces students to the concept of working on projects that foster independent learning, innovative problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, and knowledge of integration under the guidance of a faculty advisor. SKIL I familiarizes the student with the ideas and realization of project-based learning using simple concepts and basic scientific knowledge. Specific emphasis is put on the development of “Guesstimates” skills, application and recognition of scaling laws as well as fundamental measurement techniques. | | PEP 298 | SKIL II | Particle motion in one dimension. Simple harmonic oscillators. Motion in two and three dimensions, kinematics, work and energy, conservative forces, central forces, scattering. Systems of particles, linear and angular momentum theorems, collisions, linear spring systems, normal modes. Lagrange's equations, applications to simple systems. Introduction to moment of inertia tensor and to Hamilton's equations | | PEP 331 | Electromagnetism | Electrostatics; Coulomb-Gauss Law; Poisson-Laplace equations; boundary value problems; image techniques, dielectric media; magnetostatics; multipole expansion, electromagnetic energy, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, waves in bounded regions, wave equations and retarded solutions, simple dipole antenna radiation theory, transformation law of electromagnetic fields. | | PEP 332 | Mathematical Methods for Physics | This course is designed to build upon the core mathematics sequence in engineering and thus enable the student to fully utilize quantitative mathematical analysis in the junior and senior level courses in engineering physics. Topics covered will include complex numbers and functions, linear algebra, advanced vector analysis, Fourier series and integrals, special functions for mathematical physics, orthogonal functions solutions to differential equations and elements of tensor analysis. Review of previously covered material will be integrated with topics of greater depth as appropriate. Applications to problems in engineering physics will be stressed throughout. | | PEP 334 | Introduction to Nuclear Physics adn Nuclear Reactors | Historical introduction; radioactivity; laws of statistics of radioactive decay; alpha decay; square well model; gamma decay; beta decay; beta energy spectrum; neutrinos; nuclear reactions; relativistic treatment; semi-empirical mass formula; nuclear models; uranium and the transuranic elements; fission; nuclear reactors. Spring semester. | | PEP 336 | Introduction to Astrophysics and Cosmology | Theories of the universe, general relativity, big bang cosmology and the inflationary universe; elementary particle theory and nucleosynthesis in the early universe. Observational cosmology; galaxy formation and galactic structure; stellar evolution and formation of the elements. White dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes; planetary systems and the existence of life in the universe. Spring semester | | PEP 345 | Modeling and Simulation | Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems, engineering applications, simulation tools for deterministic and non-deterministic systems, case studies and projects. | | PEP 368 | Transport: Theory and Simulation | Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations describing oscillation and/or decay. Formulation of diffusion and heat conduction equations (conservation laws, continuity equation, laws of Fick and Fourier). Numerical solution of heat equation by explicit method. Theory of simulation of sound waves. | | PEP 397 | SKIL III | Continuation and extension of SKIL II to more complex projects. Projects may include research participation in well defined research projects. | | PEP 398 | SKIL IV | This course is designed to make students comfortable with the handling and use of various optical components, instruments, techniques,and applications. Included will be the characterization of lens, wavefront division and multiple beam interferometry, partial coherence, spectrophotometry,coherent propogation, and properties of optical fibers. Spring term. | | PEP 411 | Engineering Design for Engineering Physics I | Individually-supervised projects associated with theory, design, construction and operation of instrumentation for biophysics, lasers and optical systems, plasma discharges and cryogenics systems. Off-campus projects in industrial research laboratories and high- technology companies are encouraged. | | PEP 416 | Engineering Design for Engineering Physics II | Individually-supervised projects associated with theory, design, construction and operation of instrumentation for biophysics, lasers and optical systems, plasma discharges and cryogenics systems. Off-campus projects in industrial research laboratories and high- technology companies are encouraged. | | PEP 423 | Engineering Design VII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with capstone project. While focus is on capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E 421) during the first semester. | | PEP 424 | Engineering Design VIII | Senior design courses. Complete design sequence with capstone project. While focus is on capstone disciplinary design experience, it includes the two-credit core module on Engineering Economic Design (E 421) during the first semester. | | PEP 443 | Modern Physics Laboratory I | You select from a variety of experiments illustrating the phenomena of modern physics. Typical experiments are: Rydberg constant and Balmer series, Zeeman effect, charge of the electron, excitation potential of mercury, Hall effect, absorption of photons by matter, half-life of radioactive decay, statistics of counting processes, mass of the neutron, gamma ray energies, diffraction grating, neutron activation of nuclides; X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, Langmuir probe. | | PEP 444 | Modern Physics Laboratory II | You select from a variety of experiments illustrating the phenomena of modern physics. Typical experiments are: Rydberg constant and Balmer series, Zeeman effect, charge of the electron, excitation potential of mercury, Hall effect, absorption of photons by matter, half-life of radioactive decay, statistics of counting processes, mass of the neutron, gamma ray energies, diffraction grating, neutron activation of nuclides; X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, Langmuir probe. | | PEP 497 | SKIL V | | | PEP 498 | SKIL VI | |
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