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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Heat and work in physical systems. Concepts of energy conversion and entropy, primarily from a macroscopic viewpoint. Thermodynamic potentials and chemical equilibrium. Applications to engines, heat pumps, and fuel cells. In the laboratory, students will carry out experiments in the fields of analog electronics and thermodynamics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to the physical and analytical description of phenomena associated with the flow of fluids. Topics include the principles of conservation of mass, momentum and energy; lift and drag; open channel flow; dynamic similitude; laminar and turbulent flow.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Fundamental principles of solid mechanics: equilibrium equations, reactions, internal forces, stress, strain, Hooke's law, torsion, beam bending and deflection, and analysis of stress and deformation in simple structures. Integrates aspects of solid mechanics that have applications to mechanical and aerospace structures (engines and wings), as well as to microelectronic and biomedical devices (thin films and artificial hearts). Topics include stress concentration, fracture, plasticity, and thermal expansion. The course synthesizes descriptive observations, mathematical theories, and engineering consequences.
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Students will conduct a series of prepared experiments throughout the year that will culminate in an independent project of the students' design involving fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and data acquisition tools. Preliminary experiments focus on pressure and Bernoulli's equation. Concepts learned will be applied in subsequent labs involving expanding flows and lift and drag measurements. Experiments will include internal and external viscous flows. Digital electronics including combinatorial and sequential logic, analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, digital telemetry. Coupled oscillators will be covered.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will deal with issues of regional and global energy demands, sources, carriers, storage, current and future technologies and costs for energy conversion, and their impact on climate and the environment. Students will learn to perform objective cost-efficiency and environmental impact analyses from source to end-user on both fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas), and alternative energy sources (bio-fuels, solar energy, wind, batteries, and nuclear). We will also pay particular attention to energy sources, technologies, emissions, and regulations for transportation. The course will also include tours to energy research labs.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An overview of the fundamental principles underlying the fluid mechanics of animal swimming and flying. The course will emphasize the importance of using dimensionless physical numbers to gain insight into the mechanisms responsible for animal locomotion in a fluid and interactions of flow with living organisms. Physiological and zoological flows will be studied. Physiological flows will examine internal flows inside living organisms. Zoological flows will concentrate on flows external to living bodies at the macroscopic and microscopic level.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course focuses on introductory biomedical innovation and global health in four specific areas: biomedical implants, nanotechnology and bioMEMS for cancer detection and treatment, the impact of select diseases and treatments on global health, and the use of ceramic filters for water purification. Lecture topics include basic concepts in cell and molecular biology as well as fundamentals of materials science and bioengineering. The course will demonstrate how biomedical innovation has impacted global health and enterprise in the developed and the developing world.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A treatment of the theory and applications of ordinary differential equations with an introduction to partial differential equations. The objective is to provide the student with an ability to solve standard problems in this field.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to partial differential equations, covering PDEs of relevant interest in engineering and science problems. The material covered includes: (i) Complex analysis, including complex functions and series, (ii) Fourier series, integrals, and transforms, (iii) Solutions of partial differential equations, (iv) Conformal mapping and Potential theory, and (v) Applications of all the above. The material will be covered in three weekly lectures, plus one weekly AI session. Grades will be determined from weekly homework assignments, the midterm and final exam.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Focus on engineering fundamentals, design processes and procedures. Course covers materials selection and design, machine design and innovation, and design and manufacture for a global environment. Parametric-design and finite-element simulation techniques are introduced in the computer-design laboratory. Instruction in basic and computer-based fabrication and prototyping methods is given in the manufacturing laboratory. Teams of students conduct design projects which involve the complete design cycle from concept and fundamental engineering through optimization, prototype, and test. Description continued in Other Information.
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