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Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System

detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to "fly humans to the moon and return them safely to earth", How the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance: readings, related resources (Apollo Lunar Landing Audio/Video Clips)

Numerical Methods for Engineers

basic knowledge of numerical methods (root-finding, elementary numerical linear algebra, solving systems of linear equations, curve fitting, numerical solution to ordinary differential equations): homework solutions, example programs, supplemental material

Chemical Reaction Engineering

fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering (rate laws, kinetics, mechanisms of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, analysis of rate data, multiple reactions, adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactors and multiple reactions with heat effects), Emphasis on logic rather than memorization of equations and the conditions to which they apply

Computer Science

XML as a key enabling technology in Java-based applications. Students learn the fundamentals of XML and its derivatives, including DTD, SVG, XML Schema, XPath, XQuery, XSL-FO, and XSLT, programmatic interfaces to XML like SAX and DOM, standard APIs like JAXP and TrAX, and industry-standard software like Ant, Tomcat, Xerces, and Xalan, including JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet, explores HTTP, SOAP, web services, and WSDL, projects focus on the implementation and deployment of these technologies: resources, software

Lecture Courses

  • Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - flow systems encountered in engineering
    design, viscous flow in pipes, external & compressible flow, turbomachines (pumps), thermodynamics
    of gas mixtures, psychometrics and air-conditioning processes

  • Thermal Management Measurements - laboratory techniques for diagnosing and documenting thermal management problems in electronic equipment, design of thermal management solutions (air-cooled systems)

Numerical Methods in Engineering

root-finding, elementary numerical linear algebra, solving systems of linear equations, curve fitting, numerical quadrature and numerical solution to ordinary differential equations

Globalization

How and why are geographical patterns of employment, production and consumption unstable in the contemporary world? What are the consequences of NAFTA, an expanded European Community, and post-colonial migration flows? How is global restructuring culturally reworked locally and nationally?

Modern Physics: From The Atom to Big Science

establishment of the ideas and institutions of modern physics, tracking the evolution of the discipline over the last two centuries, dramatic developments, both intellectual and structural, social, cultural & political context: Reading assignments, Reader contents, useful references, Roadmaps

Introduction to Digital Electronics

principles of electrical engineering from the basic concepts of voltage and current and circuit elements of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws with Thevenin and Norton equivalents, Operational amplifiers for amplication and filtering, Semiconductor devices including diodes and MOSFETS and IV characteristics, diodes for rectification, design of MOSFETs in common source amplifiers, Digital logic gates and design, designs of high level applications including logic circuits, amplifiers, power supplies & communication links.

Social Psychology

perspectives, research methods, and empirical findings of social psychology, impression formation, conformity, prosocial behavior, interpersonal attraction, persuasion, stereotyping and prejudice, social situations and events, critical and integrative ways of thinking about theory and research in social psychology

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