Research Engineering and Education Facility (REEF)

SPRING 2007
COURSE INFORMATION

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MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EAS 6939f   Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering: Ground Testing on Air Vehicles: Structural, Aerodynamic, Propulsion and Data Management Considerations  (3 Cr)  Syllabus  Section  6861
Theory and practice to carry out those objectives pertaining to ground testing (GT) of air vehicles in general and more specifically on small
unmanned air vehicles (SUAV) and micro air vehicles (MAV). The class will be offered as a lectures-lab course. Ideal enrollment: 6–10 students, maximum 12
.
Text:  TBA.
Instructor: Dr. R. Albertani

Section

Time: TBA

EGM 5533  Applied Elasticity and Advanced Mechanics of Solids  (3 Cr) Section  5539
Prerequisite: EGM 3520.  Bars, beams, thin-walled structures, and simple continua in the elastic and inelastic range.  Virtual work approaches, elastic energy principles, plastic limit theorems, creep deformation procedures, introduction to instability and fracture mechanics.  Design applications. 
Computer Support Requirements: Microcomputer availability to run the simple FORTRAN programs given in the text and to develop correspondingly simple programs for other problems.
Text:  A. Boresi and R. Schmidt, "Advanced Mechanics of Materials," 6th edition, Wiley, 0471438812.
Instructor:  Dr. Haftka   Time:  Taped

EGM 6322  Principles of Engineering Analysis II  (3 Cr) Course Information 01/05/07 Section  6844
Prerequisite: EGM 4313 or MAP 4341.  Partial differential equations of first and second order.  Hyperbolic, parabolic, and elliptic equations including the wave, diffusion, and Laplace equations.  Integral and similarity transforms. Boundary value problems of the Dirichlet and Neumann type.  Green's functions, conformal mapping techniques, and spherical harmonics.  Poison, Helmholtz, and Schroedinger equations.
Text: A. Selvadurai, "Partial Differential Equations in Mechanics 1," Springer-Verlag, 2000, 3540672834; A. Selvadurai, "Partial Differential Equations in Mechanics 2," Springer-Verlag, 2000, 3540672842. Ref: P. Berg and J. MacGregor, "Elementary Partial Differential Equations," Holden-Day, 1966, 00700484509.
Instructor: Dr. O. Cazacu   Time:  T  10:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00

EGM 6813  Fluid Mechanics II  (3 Cr)  Section  6869
Prerequisite: EGM 6812 or equivalent.  Mathematical and physical structures of Navier-Stokes equation.  Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows.  Low Reynolds number flows.  Incompressible and compressible laminar boundary layer flows.  Free shear flows. Energy equation and heat transfer. Unsteady flows. Instability.  Turbulence. 
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: F.M. White, "Viscous Fluid Flow," 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill Science, 002402318.  Ref: F. White, "Viscous Flow," McGraw-Hill, 0071009280.
Instructor:  Dr. Haselbacher   Time:  Taped

EGM 6934    Special Topics in Engineering Mechanics: Robust Control  (3 Cr) Section  8315
No additional information at this time.  
Text: K. Zhou and J. Doyle, "Essentials of Robust Control," Prentice-Hall, 0135258332.
Instructor:  Dr. Lind   Time:  Taped

EGM 6934 (EGM 5121)  Data Measurement and Analysis  (3 Cr) Section  5541
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Fundamentals of dynamics and fluid mechanics. Designed to confront the student with the unexpected.
Text:  TBA.
Instructor:  Dr. Cattafesta   Time:  Taped

EGM 7845 Turbulent Fluid Flow  (3 Cr) Section  4730
Prerequisite: EGM 6813 or equivalent. Definition of turbulence, basic equations of motion. Instability and transition. Statistical methods, correlation and spectral functions. Experimental methods, flow visualization. Isotropic homogeneous turbulence. Shear turbulence, similitude, the turbulent boundary layer, rough turbulent flow. Jets and wakes. Heat convection, thermally driven turbulence.
Text: J. Mathieu and J. Scott, "An Introduction to Turbulent Flow," Cambridge Publishers, 0521775388.
Instructor:  Dr. L. Ukeiley   Time:  TBA

EML 5104  Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics  (3 Cr)  Section  8820
First and second laws of thermodynamics. Free energy and chemical equilibrium. Micro- and macroscopic states. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Partition functions.
Text: Sonntag and Van Wylen, "Introduction to classical and Statistical Thermody," 3rd edition, Wiley, 0471614270.
Instructor:  Dr. Segal   Time:  Taped

EML 5223  Structural Dynamics  (3 Cr) Section  5551
Prerequisite: EML 4220. Vibration analysis and synthesis of continuous and multidegree of freedom lumped parameter systems. Computational and experimental techniques in modal analysis.
Text: L. Meirovitch, "Fundamentals of Vibrations," McGraw-Hill, 0072881801.
Instructor:   Dr. Arakere   Time:  Streaming

EML 5311 Control System Theory  (3 Cr) Section  5552
Analysis of dynamic mechanical engineering control systems. Introduction to classical, digital, and state space techniques. Modeling, stability, transient response, frequency response. Implementation consideration.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.
Instructor:  Dr. Dixon   Time:  Streaming

EML 5526    Finite Element Analysis and Application  (3 Cr)  Section  6884
Prerequisite: EML 3520 or permission of instructor. Fundamentals, including discrete system analysis, dynamic analysis of structures, steady state and transient heat transfer analysis, and incompressible fluids analysis. Modeling, analysis, and design using FEA software.
Text: D. Logan, "A First Course in the Finite Element Method," 4th edition, Thomas Engineer, 0534552986.
Instructor:  Dr. Kumar   Time:  Streaming

EML 6155  Convective Heat Transfer I  (3 Cr) Section  6885
Prerequisite: EML 4702, 4141. Application of the equations of motion and energy to forced and free convection with laminar and turbulent flow. Solution techniques to include simplification to ordinary differential equations, boundary layer approximations, similarity transformations, and integral approximations. Phenomenological treatment of turbulent transport.
Text: W. Kays, "Convective Heat and Mass Transfer," 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 0072468769.
Instructor:  Dr. Klausner   Time:  Streaming

EML 6267 Structural Dynamics of Production Machinery  (3 Cr)  Section  _____
Review mechanical vibrations with two degrees of freedom. Natural and forced vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Experimental and computational modal analysis and synthesis. Vibrations of machine tools, rolling mills, robots.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.
Instructor:  Dr. Schmitz   Time:  Streaming

 

 

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

 

EEL 5718 Computer Communications  (3 Cr)    Syllabus  Section  5520  Canceled for Spring 2007 by ECE department; will be offered Summer 2007.
Prerequisite: EEL 4514. Design of data communication networks: modems, terminals, error control, multiplexing, message switching, and data concentration.
Text: A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, "Communications Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures," 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003, 007246352X.
Instructor: Dr. Latchman   Time:  Streaming

EEL 6321  MOS Analog IC Design  (3 Cr) Section  7780
Prerequisite:
EEL 5320 or 6311. Design of analog circuits in CMOS IC technology. MOS switches, MOS op amp circuits, circuit simulation using SPICE.
Text: D.A. Johns, "Analog Integrated Circuit Design," Wiley, 1997, 0471173649.
Instructor: Dr. R. Fox   Time:  Streaming

EEL 6487  Electromagnetic Field Theory and Application II  (3 Cr) Section  5524
Prerequisite: EEL 6486.  Electromagnetic radiation, antennas, wave propagation in anisotropic media.
Computer Support Requirements: Internet connection with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Text: Balanis, "Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering," Wiley, 1989, 0471621943.
Instructor: TBA   Time:  Streaming

EEL 6503 Spread Spectrum  (3 Cr) Section  5536
Prerequisite: EEL 544 and 6535.
Techniques and applications; spreading sequence design; code division multiple access; multi-user detection
Text: Peterson, "Introduction to Spread Spectrum Communications," Prentice Hall, 0024316237.
Instructor: Dr. Yang   Time:  Streaming

EEL 6509    Wireless Communication  (3 Cr)  Section  7642
Prerequisite: EEL 5544.  Introduction. Satellite and cellular systems, propagation, modulation techniques, multiple access techniques, channel coding, speech and video coding, and wireless computer networks.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: T. Rappaport, "Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice," 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001, 0130422320.
Instructor: Dr. D. Wu   Time:  Streaming 

EEL 6535  Digital Communication  (3 Cr)  Section  7647
Prerequisite: EEL 5544.  Digital modulation techniques; analysis of digital communication systems in presence of noise; optimum principles; synchronization; equalization.
Text:
Proakis, "Digital Communications," McGraw-Hill, 2000, 007232113.
Instructor: Dr. Shea   Time:  Streaming

 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

EES 6307  (3 Cr)  Section  _____
Energy basis for system of humanity and nature, including principles of systems ecology, ecological economics, and public policy.

Text: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Brown   Time:  Streaming

ENV 6435C  Advanced Water Treatment Process Design (4 Cr) Section  _____
Prerequisite: CHM 2046, EES 4201 or 6208, ENV 4514C. Design of water treatment processes including air stripping disinfection, activated carbon adsorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, and ozonation. Predesign laboratory studies to select appropriate process parameters..
Text: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Chadik   Time:  Streaming

ENV 6441  Water Resources Planning and Management (3 Cr)   Section  _____
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 
The course is designed to (1) acquaint students with the history and practice of water resources planning and management; (2) provide examples of water resources planning protocols employed by various agencies and levels of government: (3) address the role of analytic methods in water resources planning processes; (4) illustrate the roles of interdisciplinary teamwork, partnerships, and public involvement in planning and management processes;(5) differentiate the roles of planners and decision makers; and (6) present the elements of integrated water resources planning and management.
Computer Support Required: TBA.
Text: A. Dzurik, "Water Resources Planning, 3rd edition, Rowman & Little, 0742517446; "WINQSB," Yih-Long Change, 2003, 0471406724.

Instructor: Dr. Viessman      Time: Streaming

ENV 6511  Biological Wastewater Treatment (3)   Section  _____
Theory and current research associated with biological treatment processes.
Text: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Koopman   Time:  Streaming

 

ENV 6932A       Viessman  Section  _____
 

ENV 6932B

      Sansalone  Section  _____

 

 

ENV 6932  Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Global Environmental Policies & Institutions  (3 Cr) Syllabus Section  _____
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. This is a readings course. There will be weekly reading assignments given and a weekly paper not to exceed 1000 word will be required summarizing key points made in the reading. A term paper single spaced, of not less than 10 pages or more than 14 including a list of references is required. See syllabus for more details
Computer Support Required: TBA.
Text: TBA.

Instructor: Dr. Viessman      Time: Directed Study Course

LAW 6471 Environmental Law  (3 Cr)  Section  _____
Introduction to modern environmental regulation and its foundations, covering common law precursors to environmental law and a survey of major regulatory issues and techniques, focusing on the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, with examples drawn from other statutes such as the Clean Air Act.
Text: TBA.

Instructor: TBA    Time: Directed Study Course

 

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

EIN 6357  Advanced Engineering Economy  (3 Cr) Section  5553
Prerequisite: STA 4321.  Economic analysis of capital expenditure decisions.  Financial mathematics and microeconomics.  Decision under risk and uncertainty.  Game theory and utility theory.
Computer Support Required: Access to PC.
Text: D. Luenberger, "Investment Science," Oxford University Press, 1998, 0195108094.  Ref: R. Elliot, "Mathematics of Financial Markets," 2nd edition, Springer, 2005, 0387212922.
Instructor: Dr. Uryasev   Time:  Streaming

EIN 6905b  Special Problems: Organization and Management Theory for Engineering Administration  (3 Cr)   Section  7853
Prerequisite: MAC 3312.  The management process: organizational theories; planning and control; quantitative and qualitative factors in decision making; behavioral science concepts and applications; forecasting techniques, systems and models; introduction to economics of engineering and R&D in government and industry; measurement and evaluation of work accomplished; and characteristics and evaluation of engineers and scientists.
Text: D. Babcock and L. Morse, "Managing Engineering and Technology: An Introduction to Manufacturing for Engineers," 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001, 0130619787.
Instructor: Dr. P. Carlton   Time: TR      MW 11:15-12:30    Rm 120

Canceled   EIN 6905k  Special Problems: Case Studies in System Engineering  (3 Cr)    Section  _____
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Instructor: Dr. H. Pfister   Time:

ESI 6553  Systems Design  (3 Cr)  Section  7864
Prerequisite: Linear algebra, calculus, and probability.  This course provides a broad introduction to Systems Engineering and the structured approach necessary for the design of complex systems. The course considers the system design process, including requirements identification, conceptual design, system test and evaluation, etc. Basic mathematical tools for systems design and analysis, such as decision making models and economic evaluation, optimization techniques, queuing theory, control concepts, are introduced. System design for reliability and maintainability is discussed
Text: B. S. Blanchard and W. J. Fabrycky, "Systems Engineering and Analysis," 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2005, 0131869779.
Instructor: Dr. M. Yavuz   Time:   MW     8:00-9:15   Rm 110

ESI 5236  Reliability Engineering (3 Cr)  Section  7866
Prerequisite: STA 4321or STA 6326. Mathematical models and methods of reliability engineering. Typical component failure distributions; system reliability as a function of component reliability .Reliability block diagrams and fault trees.
Text: E. Lewis, "Introduction to Reliability Engineering," 2nd edition, Wiley, 1995, 0471018333.
Instructor: Dr. D. Jeffcoat   Time:   TR     4:00-5:15  Rm 110

ESI 6418  Linear Programming Extensions and Applications (3 Cr) Section  7870
Prerequisite: ESI 6417, 6429. Extension of linear programming to large scale linear and nonlinear problems. Integer programming methods. Applications of the methodology to real world models.
Text: TBD.
Instructor:  Staff   Time:  Streaming

ESI 632Applied Probability Methods in Engineering  (3 Cr)  Section  7871
Prerequisite: MAP 2302 and STA 4322 or STA 6327 and MAP 2302, or permission of REEF ISE Graduate Coordinator.  Applied probability theory and statistics, reliability engineering, quality control, robust design, forecasting, Markov processes, and queuing theory.
Computer Support Required: PC
Text: Winston, "Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms," Duxbury Press, 4th, 0534380581.
Instructor: Dr. AitSahlia   Time:  Streaming

ESI 6546  Stochastic Modeling and Analysis  (3 Cr) Section  5559
Prerequisite: STA 6326.  Stochastic processes, with emphasis on model building and probabilistic reasoning.  Review of elementary probability theory.  Poisson process and renewal theory.  Discrete and continuous time Markov chains.  Brownian motions, random walks, and martingales.  Applications in queuing, reliability, inventory theory, logistics, and finance.
Text: S. Ross, "Stochastic Processes," 2nd edition, Wiley, 1995, 0471120626.
Instructor: Dr. H. Romeijn   Time:  Streaming

ESI 6912 Advanced Topics in Network Optimization  (3 Cr) Section  8379
Text: TBD.
Instructor:  Ahuja   Time:  Streaming

ESI 6912  Advanced Topics: Principles of Test and Evaluation I  (3 Cr) Section  ____
Prerequisite: STA 4322 or STA 6327 or permission of REEF ISE Graduate Coordinator.  Principles of test and evaluation (T&E) with emphasis on developmental T&E for sophisticated engineering systems.  Test planning, design, and analysis to include statistical test designs and their relation to the physical hypothesis of the test; establishment of reasonable statistical models for testing; sampling methods; metrics and measures of effectiveness; sequential and classical analytical procedures for test result assessment.  Modeling and simulation in T&E.
Text: R. Mason, J. Hess and R. Gunst, "Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments: with Applications to Engineering and Science,"  2nd edition, Wiley, 2003, 0471372161.
Instructor: Dr. D. Thornton   Time: MW     8:00-9:15  

CAP 5515  Computational Molecular Biology (3 Cr) Section  7771
Algorithms related to molecular biology. Sequence comparisons, pattern matching, pattern extraction, graph techniques in phylogeny construction, secondary structure prediction, multiple sequence alignment, contig search, DNA computing, computational learning theory, and genetic algorithms.
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr.  Thia

 

Time:  Streaming

CAP 6610  Machine Learning (3 Cr)   Section  _____
Prerequisite: CAP 5635 is no longer a pre-req for CAP 6610. Review of attempts, within the artificial intelligence community, to construct computer programs that learn. Statistical pattern recognition with its applications to such areas as optical character recognition. Inductive learning, automated discovery.
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Banerjee

 

Time:  Streaming

CAP 6685  Expert Systems (3 Cr)   Section  _____
Prerequisite: CAP 5635. Production systems, meta-knowledge, heuristic discovery, in depth examination of several expert systems including TEIRESIAS, AM, DENDRAL, MYCIN, IRIS, CASNET, INTERNIST, BACON, PROSPECTOR.
Text:
There are no required or recommended texts.
Instructor: Dr. Dankel

 

Time:  Streaming

CDA 5155  Computer Architecture Principles  (3 Cr)    Section  _____
Prerequisite: CDA 3101, COP 3530, and 4600. Fundamental design issues of processor and computer architecture, a variety of design approaches for CPU, memory and system structure.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Peir   Time:  Streaming

CEN 5035  Software Engineering (3 Cr)  Section  7775
Prerequisite: CIS 3020 and COT 3100. Topics in projects organization, specification techniques, reliability measurement, documentation.

Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Thebaut   Time:  Streaming

CEN 5501C Computer Networks (3 Cr)  Section  ____
Prerequisite: .

Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Newman   Time:  Streaming

COP 5555  Program Language Principles  (3 Cr)  Section  7676
Prerequisite: COP 3530. History of programming languages, formal models for specifying languages, design goals, run-time structures, and implementation techniques, along with survey of principal programming language paradigms.
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Bermudez   Time: Streaming

COP 5615 Operating systems Principles (3 Cr)  Section  ____
Prerequisite: .

Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Newman   Time:  Streaming

COT 5405  Analysis of Algorithms  (3 Cr)  Section  6419
Prerequisite: COP 3530 or equivalent. Introduction and illustration of basic techniques for designing efficient algorithms and analyzing algorithm complexity.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Dobra   Time:  Streaming

COT 6315  Formal Language & Computation Theory  (3 Cr)   Section  _____
Prerequisite: COP 3530 and familiarity with discrete mathematics and data structures. Introduction to theoretical computer science including formal languages, automata theory, Turing machines, and computability.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. Wilson   Time:  Streaming

 

Material Science & Engineering

EMA 6110  Electron Theory of Solids for Materials Scientists  (3 Cr)   Section  _____
Wave equation and its application to free electrons, bound electrons, and electrons in crystals. Electron-band theory and its applications. Electrical properties of metals, alloys, and semiconductors, heat capacity and thermal properties.
Text: J. McKelvey, "Solid State Physics for Engineering & Materials SC," Krieger Pub, 089464436X; S. Kasop, "Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices," McGras-Hill, 3rd edition.
Instructor: Dr. Norton   Time:  Streaming

EMA 6136  Diffusion, Kinetics, and Transport Phenomena  (3 Cr) Section  _____
Prerequisite:  EMA 4125 or equivalent. Physical basis, equation, and theories of diffusion, tracer, chemical, multicomponent, and multiphase diffusion in general force fields.

Text: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Blicksman   Time:  Streaming
EMA 6165

Polymer Physical Science

Dr. Brennan Section  _____
 

EMA 6938c

Classical Methods in Computational Metarials Science

Dr. Phillpot Section  _____

 


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