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Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials

derivation of symmetry theory, lattices, point groups, space groups, and their properties, use of symmetry in tensor representation of crystal properties, including anisotropy and representation surfaces, applications to piezoelectricity and elasticity: readings

Introduction to Computers

introduction to computers and digital technology and culture, conceptual foundations and functions of computer hardware and software, Structure and use of the Internet, Elements of programming for the World Wide Web

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)

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

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.

Introduction to Psychology

perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, religion, persuasion, love, lust, hunger, art, fiction, and dreams, how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, how they break down due to illness and injury

Introduction to Political Philosophy

political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition, the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville), the way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined

Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

focuses on Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy, particular attention to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years, explores not just what is known but what is currently not known and how astronomers are trying to find out: course download

XML with Java, Java Servlet, and JSP

XML as a key enabling technology in Java-based applications, fundamentals of XML and 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, acquaints with J2EE, including JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet, explores HTTP, SOAP, web services, and WSDL, projects focus on implementation and deployment.

Fundamentals of Physics

principles and methods of physics, emphasis on problem solving and quantitative reasoning: Newtonian Mechanics, Vectors in Multiple Dimensions, Newton's Laws of Motion, Inclined Planes, Conservation of Energy, Kepler's Laws, Dynamics of a Multiple-Body System and Conservation of Momentum, Rotations, Dynamics of Rigid Bodies, Parallel Axis Theorem, Torque, Relativity, Lorentz Transformation, Four-Vector, Taylor Series, Simple Harmonic Motion, Waves, Fluid Dynamics, Statics, Bernoulli's Equation, Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics, Carnot's Engine, Entropy, Course Download

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