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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course will provide students with a background in electronics as it applies to the design of circuits of measuring instruments and to interface sensors and computers. The program of study will concentrate on following the form of the electrical signal from light, pressure, temperature, and other sensors as it proceeds through signal conditioning circuits and into the microcomputer for further processing. In the laboratory portion of the course the student will explore the design of pertinent regulated power supplies, amplifiers, logic circuits, filters, stepper motors, servo motors, and A-to-D and D-to-A converters. This work will serve as the basis for design project assignments to produce one or two working instruments that are interfaced to a microcomputer. Prerequisites: EGR 115, PS 219, PS 220, or instructor's waiver. Corequisite: MA 345.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
2 Credits Basic topics in analytical dynamics, two body orbits and the initial value problem, the two body orbital boundary value problem, Earth coverage and space mission geometry, non-Keplerian effects, orbital maneuvers and rendezvous, and interplanetary transfer. Fundamentals of ascent flight mechanics, launch vehicle selection, fundamentals of entry flight mechanics, and the associated thermal control problem. Prerequisite: EGR 115.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Development of the fundamental principles used in the engineering and design of space systems. Several major subsystems including power, telemetry and command, communications, thermal control and guidance, navigation, and control subsystems are covered. Topics on space environmental control and life support systems, space system integration and testing, and space system operations are also discussed. Prerequisite: AE 313 or EP 393 or consent of the instructor.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Basic thermodynamics, entropy, kinetic theory, distribution of molecular velocities, Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, Bose-Einstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics, microcononical ensemble, canonical ensemble. Prerequisite: PS 303.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Origin, evolution, and structure of neutral and ionized terrestrial atmosphere. Effect of sun's electromagnetic radiation on ozone shield. Photoionization and thermal structure of the neutral atmosphere as well as the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Solar disturbances and their effects on satellite orbit decay and on longdistance communication. Studies of composition, thermodynamics, and physical processes of the near-Earth space environment. Rocket and satellite monitoring and remote sensing. Numerical and instrument design projects. Prerequisite: PS 320. Corequisite: EP 440.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Study of the planetary system: origin, evolution, composition, present configuration, dynamics, interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and magnetospheres of the planets and, where appropriate, similar aspects of the satellites, asteroids, and comets. Interpretations of existing data and definition of future experiments to aid in determination of the origin and evolution of the solar system are stressed. Prerequisite: PS 303.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Basic design and use of an optical telescope, fundamentals of astronomical optics including refracting and reflecting systems, principles and applications of optical filters and adaptive optics. Design optimization and trade-offs in an observing system. Telescope system calibration and techniques for enhancing tracking accuracy. Visual observation and analysis of images of the sun, moon, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. Electronic imaging including quantification of radiant energy, spectroscopy, and techniques for reducing the effects of noise sources. Optical and detector design trade-offs for measurement optimization. Prerequisites: PS 303, PS 305, and either PS 301 or PS 401.
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3.00 Credits
Solutions of electrostatics problems using Poisson's equation and Laplace's equation, electrostatic energy, electric current, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, physics of plasmas, Maxwell's equations, and application of Maxwell's equations (reflection, refraction, waveguides, antenna radiation). Students will write some simple computer programs. Prerequisites: EGR 115, MA 442, PS 303, PS 305, PS 320, or instructor consent.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits The Schrodinger equation in one and three dimensions and its solutions for step potentials, the harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom. Operators and their matrix representations: Dirac bracket formalism, angular momentum and spin, spin-orbit interaction. Identical particles and exchange symmetries. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory and approximation methods: transition rates, Fermi's rule, scattering theory. Classical and quantum statistical distributions. Prerequisite: EP 440 or instructor consent.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
2 Credits A program of undergraduate research, supervised by physics or engineering faculty, leading to the writing of a technical design report in an area of current interest in engineering physics. Prerequisites: EP 340 and EP 394.
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