SPRING 2004
COURSE INFORMATION

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Updated: 03/31/04

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MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EAS 6138      Gasdynamics  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EAS 4112, 4112L.  Theory of sound waves, subsonic and supersonic flows, shockwaves, explosions and implosions.
Computer Support Requirements: Some numerical analysis work required.  Students can choose platform, OS, and programming language.  (Optional) Java applets for use in Java Studio (a Sun Microsystems product) will be available (on campus) for many calculations.
Text: H.W. Liepmann and A. Roshko, "Elements of Gas Dynamics," Dover, 2002, 0486419630.

Instructor: Dr. P. Sforza

Time:  Taped

EGM 5421 Dynamics  (3 Cr) Section 7888
Prereq: EGM 3400; 3311, 3520, and CIS 3020. Modern methods of elastomechanics and high speed computation. Matrix methods of structural analysis for multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Modeling of aeronautical, civil, and mechanical structural engineering systems.
Text: R.R. Craig, "Structural Dynamics: An Introduction to Computer Methods," Wiley, 1982, 0471044997.

Instructor: Dr. Arakere

Time:  Taped

EGM 5533     Applied Elasticity and Advanced Mechanics of Solids  (3 Cr)  Section 7561 (Previously: Advanced Mechanics of Solids and Structures) 
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: R.D. Cook and W.C. Young, "Advanced Mechanics of Materials," 2nd, Prentice-Hall, 1998, 0133969614.  (Previous text: A. Boresi and O. Sidebottom, "Advanced Mechanics of Materials," 5th edition, Wiley, 1993, 0471551570.)

Instructor: Dr. A. Rapoff

Time:  Taped

EGM 6322     Principles of Engineering Analysis II  (3 Cr) Section 4845
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:  TBA

EGM 6342     Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis II  (3 Cr) Section
Prerequisite: EGM 6341 or consent of instructor.  Finite-difference methods for parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations.  Application to heat conduction, solid and fluid mechanics problems.
Computer Support Requirements: Use of FORTRAN or high-level language.
Text: D. Anderson, J. Tannehill and R. Pletcher, "Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer," 2nd edition, Hemisphere, 1984, 0891164715. Ref: W. F. Ames, "Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations," Academic Press, 1992,  012056761X.

Instructor: Dr. C. Hsu

Time:  Taped

EGM 6671    Inelastic Materials   (3 Cr) Section 7061
Prerequisite:EGM 6611. Virtual work, stability, extremum principles. Applications on the microscale, miniscale, and macroscale. Thermodynamics, internal variables, damage parameters, time and temperature effects. Fracture mechanics. Finite elastoplasticity.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Cristescu

Time:  Taped

EGM 6813     Fluid Mechanics II  (3 Cr)  Section 7915
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," 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Science, 1991, 0070697124.  Ref: Sherman, "Viscous Flow," McGraw-Hill, 1990, 070565791.

Instructor:  Dr. R. Mei

Time:  Taped

EGM 6855   Bio-Fluid Mechanics and Bio-Heat Transfer  (3 Cr)  Section
Prerequisite: undergraduate fluid mechanics. Biothermal fluid sciences. Emphasis on physiological processes occurring in human blood circulation and underlying physical mechanisms from engineering perspective.
Text: No required textbook but list of references will be provided in class

Instructor: Dr. Tran-Son-Tay

Time:  Taped

EGM 6934   Special Topics in Engineering Mechanics: Microfluidics and BioMEMS  (3 Cr)  Section  Syllabus
Prerequisite: EGN 3353C "Fluid Mechanics", or EEL 5225 "Principles of MEMS Transducers", or consent of instructor. Introduction to the concept of miniaturization, the materials and the methods for microfabrication, the principles of microfluidics, and the biological applications of microfluidic and biomedical MEMS devices.
Text: A few chapters of each book will be used. Other references and handouts will be provided in the class. Recommended textbook: M. Madou, "Fundamentals of Microfabrication: The Science of Miniaturization," 2nd edition, CRC Press, 0849308267. Ref: G. Karniadakis, and A. Beskok, "Microflows: Fundamentals and Simulation," 1st edition, Springer-Verlag; Stephen D. Senturia, "Microsystem Design," 1st edition, Kluwer Academic.

Instructor:  Dr. Z. Fan

Time:  Taped

EML 5104    Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics  (3 Cr)  Section
First and second laws of thermodynamics. Free energy and chemical equilibrium. Micro- and macroscopic states. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Partition functions.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Segal

Time:  Taped

EML 5131    Combustion  (3 Cr)  Section
Prerequisite: EML 3101 or consent of instructor. Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, flame propagation, detonation and explosion, combustion of droplets and spray. Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Mikolaitis

Time:  Taped

EML 5224    Acoustics  (3 Cr)  Section
Theory of sound. Plane waves and three-dimensional acoustic fields. Sound transmission and reflection. Dissipation, radiation, and scattering.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Niezrecki

Time:  Taped

EML 5311    Control System Theory  (3 Cr)  Section 5400
Analysis of dynamic mechanical engineering control systems. Introduction to classical, digital, and state space techniques. Modeling, stability, transient response, frequency response. Implementation consideration.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Lind

Time:  Taped

EML 5526    Finite Element Analysis and Application  (3 Cr)  Section 7577
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: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Haftka

Time:  Taped

EML 6155    Convective Heat Transfer I  (3 Cr)  Section
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: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Peterson

Time:  Taped

EML 6451    Energy Conversion  (3 Cr)  Section
Conversion of available forms of energy into mechanical and electrical forms; energy conversion schemes, including conventional cycles in unusual environments. MHD, photovoltaics, thermionic and thermoelectric conversion and fuel cells.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Sherif

Time:  Taped

EML 6606    Advanced Air Conditioning   (3 Cr)  Section 7896
Prerequisite: EML 4600. Air-conditioning system selection and system design; air handling techniques including noise control, cleaning, temperature and humidity control; modern technological development and economic analysis.
Text: TBA

Instructor:  Dr. Ingley

Time:  Taped

EML 6934    Special Topics in Engineering Mechanics: Precision Machine Design (3 Cr)  Section  Syllabus
Application of principles of precision engineering to the design of instruments and manufacturing equipment where accuracy, repeatability, and stability are primary functional requirements. Principles of metrology, accuracy, repeatability, resolution. Error budgeting and uncertainty analysis. Principles of exact kinematic constraint. Thermal deformations. Sensors, actuators, bearings, flexures for precision motion generation.
Text: S.T. Smith and D.G. Chetwynd, " Foundations of Ultraprecision Mechanism Design (Developments in Nanotechnology)," Taylor & Francis (reprint edition, 1994) Gordon and Brea, 2884490019.

Instructor:  Dr. J. Ziegert

Time:  Taped

EML 6934   Special Topics in Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics and Control of Robots  (3 Cr)  Section
No additional information at this time.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts. Only reference textbooks will be used for this course. A listing of these will be posted at a later date once a website is set up for the course accessible from instructor's website: http://www.mae.ufl.edu/SAMM.

Instructor:  Dr. G. Wiens

Time:  Taped

EML 6934   Special Topics in Engineering Mechanics: Laser-Based Diagnostics  (3 Cr)
Instructor note: Course, EML 6934 Laser-Based Diagnostics, is not well suited for FEEDS, in that it has a laboratory/demonstration component that is often in my laboratory.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.

Instructor:  Dr. D. Hahn

Time:  Taped

EEL 5934    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Digital Control Systems  (3 Cr)
No additional information at this time.
Text: TBA

Instructor: Dr. H. Latchman

Time:  Taped

EEL 6265    Advanced Electric Energy Systems II  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 6264. Continuation of EEL 6264 with additional emphasis given to the new electric energy technologies.
Text: A. Domijan, "Advanced Electrical Energy Systems II," Target copy.

Instructor: Dr. A. Domijan

Time:  Taped

EEL 6321    MOS Analog IC Design  (3 Cr)  Section 8066
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:  Taped

EEL 6323    Advanced VLSI Design  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 5322. Advanced very large scale integrated circuit design, testability, and performance evaluation. Use of industrial VLSI software. Building an advanced CMOS VLSI circuit.
Text: J. Rabaey and A. Chandrakasan, "Digital Integrated Circuits," 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002, 0130909963.

Instructor: Dr. W. Eisenstadt

Time:  Taped

EEL 6324    Silicon Fabrication Processes  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 5322. Advanced modeling of physics of silicon fabrication. Lithography, deposition, etching, oxidation, implantation, and diffusion. Oriented toward silicon device fabrication.
Text: J. Plummer, M. Deal, P. Griffin, "Silicon VLSI Technology: Fundamentals, Practice, and Modeling," Prentice Hall, 2000, 0130850373.

Instructor: Dr. A. Ural

Time:  Taped

EEL 6383    Semiconductor Physical Electronics II  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 6382. Scattering mechanisms. Recombination-generation and trapping processes; optical properties. Excess carrier phenomena. Photoelectric effects in semiconductors. Metal-semiconductor contacts. Optoelectronic devices. Junction and MOS devices. Superconductors and Josephson Junction devices.
Text: S. Li, "Semiconductor Physical Electronics," Kluwer, 1993, 0306441578.

Instructor: Dr. S. Li

Time:  Taped

EEL 6447    Laser Electronics  (3 Cr)  Section
Prerequisite: EEL 3473 and 5441 or equivalent.  Study of lasers from basic principles to operational characteristics.  
Text:   L. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, "Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits," Wiley, 1995, 0471118753.

Instructor: Dr. P. Zory

Time:  Taped

EEL 6487    Electromagnetic Field Theory and Application II  (3 Cr)  Section 4859
Prerequisite: EEL 6486.  Time-varying electromagnetic fields, reflection and transmission, waveguides, electromagnetic radiation, antennas.
Computer Support Requirements: Internet connection with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Text: Balanis, "Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering," Wiley, 1989, 0471621943.

Instructor: Dr. H. Zmuda

Time:  TBA

EEL 6502    Adaptive Signal Processing  (3 Cr)  Section 5339
Prerequisite: EEL 5719, 5544. Theory of adaption with stationary signals; performance measures. LMS, RLS algorithms. Implementation issues and applications.
Text: S. Haykin and Simon, "Adaptive Filter Theory," 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2001, 0130901261.

Instructor: Dr. J. Principe

Time:  Taped

EEL 6509    Wireless Communication  (3 Cr)  Section 5839
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:  Taped

EEL 6535    Digital Communication  (3 Cr) (Title change 2001 from Theory of Communication)  Section 5352
Prerequisite: EEL 5544.  Optimum receiver principles; analysis of digital and analog communication systems in the presence of noise; modeling of communication channels.
Text: No required texts. Recommended: Proakis, J. G. "Digital Communications," 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000, 0072321113; Barry, "Digital communication," 3rd edition, Kluwer, 0792375483. Ref: B. Sklar, "Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications," 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000, 0130847887.

Instructor: Dr. T. Wong

Time:  Taped

EEL 6537    Spectral Estimation  (3 Cr)  Section 8071
Prerequisite: EEL 5544, 5701.  Measurement and analysis of signals and noise.  Digital filtering and spectral analysis; fast Fourier transform.
Text: P. Stoica and R. L. Moses, "Introduction to Spectral Analysis ," 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000, 0132584190.

Instructor: Dr. J. Li

Time:  Taped

EEL 6586    Automatic Speech Processing  (3 Cr)  Section
Prerequisite: EEL 5701. Various models of speech production and perception. Operation of speech synthesizers. Discussion of speech recognition. Mathematical models of speech signals.
Text: No required texts.

Instructor: Dr. J. Harris

Time:  Taped

EEL 6591    Wireless Networks  (3 Cr)  Section
Prerequisite: EEL 5718 and knowledge of probability and statistics. Design and analysis of wireless networks including channel characteristics, physical layer, cellular concepts, multiple access control protocols, FEC and ARQ protocols, resource allocation, and wireless standards.
Text: Rappaport, "Wireless Communications," 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 0130422320.

Instructor: Dr. Y. Fang

Time:  Taped

EEL 6614    Modern Control Theory  (3 Cr)  Section 8075
Prerequisite: EEL 5182. Optimization of systems using the calculus of variations, dynamic programming, and the maximum principle. Extensive study of the linear plant with a quadratic performance index. Observers and dynamic compensators.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA.
Text: A. Bryson, "Dynamic Optimization," Prentice Hall, 1999, 0201361876.

Instructor: Dr. J. Hammer

Time:  Taped

EEL 6702    Digital Filtering  (3 Cr)  Section 7978
Prerequisite: Analysis and design of digital filters. Introduction to number transforms, complexity of algorithms, and finite fields. Development of transforms and digital filter using algebraic operators and finite fields plus the technological consideration of DSP system and system integration.
Text: F. Taylor, "Hands-On Digital Signal Processing," McGraw-Hill, 1998, 007912965X.

Instructor: Dr. F. Taylor

Time:  Taped

EEL 6763    Parallel Computer Architecture  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 5764. Advanced architecture emphasizing design and quantitative analysis of parallel architecture and systems, including theory, hardware technologies, parallel and scalable architectures, and software constructs.
Text: D. Culler, "Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach," Morgan Kaufmann, 1998, 1558603433.

Instructor: Dr. A. George

Time:  Taped

EEL 6769    Hardware-Software Interactions: Nonnumeric Processing  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 6767 or COP 5725 or consent of instructor. Information representations; content and context search methods; associative memories, retrieval language mapping; parallel processing; hardware and software garbage collections.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.

Instructor: Dr. S. Su

Time: Taped

EEL 6841    Machine Intelligence and Synthesis  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 5840. Theory of machine intelligence applied to general problem of engineering intelligent computer systems and architecture. Applications emphasized.
Text: Russell, "Artificial Intelligence: Modern Approach," 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002, 0137903952; Clocksin, "Programming in PROLOG," 5th edition, Springer-Verlag, 2003, 3540006788.

Instructor: Dr. A. Arroyo

Time: Taped

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Electronic Navigation Systems  (3 Cr)  Section 7899  Syllabus
Prerequisite: EEL 5544 and EEL 5701 or equivalents; prociency in Matlab programming. Mathematical background, coordinate systems, inertial sensors, line of sight positioning, global positioning system, Kalman filtering, inertial system mechanization and error equations, integrated systems, differential GPS.
Text: P. Misra and P. Enge, "Global Positioning System: Signals, Measurements, and Performance," Hall Street Press, 2001, 0970954409.

Instructor: Dr. E. Sutton

Time: TBA

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Kalman Filtering  (3 Cr)  Section 5353
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.  A review of Kalman filtering theory.  Applications to target tracking, inertial navigation, GPS, passive ranging, terrain aided navigation, and other problems of military interest.
Text: R. Brown, "Introduction to Random Signals and Applied Kalman Filtering with Matlab Exercises and Solutions, 3rd edition, Wiley, 1996, 0471128392. Ref: A. Gelb, "Applied Optimal Estimation," MIT Press, 1974, 0262570483.

Instructor: Dr. L. Cerrato

Time: MW    11:15-12:30    Rm 121

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Virtual Computers  (3 Cr)
No additional information available at this time.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.

Instructor: Dr. R. Figueiredo

Time:  Taped

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Novel VLSI  (3 Cr)
No additional information available at this time.
Text: TBA

Instructor: Dr. J. Fossum

Time:  Taped

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Distance Computing (3 Cr)
No additional information available at this time.
Text:  A. Tanenbaum and M. van Steen, "Distributed Systems Principles and Paradigms," Prentice Hall, 2002, 0130888931.

Instructor: Dr. J. Fortes

Time:  Taped

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Fractal Signal Processes (3 Cr)
No additional information available at this time.
Text:  J. Gouyet, "Physics and Fractal Structures," Springer-Verlag, 1996, 3540941533.

Instructor: Dr. J. Gao

Time:  Taped

EEL 6935    Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Advanced Networking (3 Cr)
No additional information available at this time.
Text:  D. Bertsekas, "Data Networks," 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1991, 0132009161.

Instructor: Dr. Y. Fang

Time:  Taped

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

AEB 4274     Natural Resource and Environmental Policy  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: AEB 3103 or ECO 2023. A study of the role of government in natural resource and environmental management. Discussion of the role of government. Includes historical perspective on the evolution of natural resource and environmental policies and programs. Surveys current public policies and programs at the state and federal government levels, and identifies institutions which address international and global and environmental issues. Considers the role of economist as policy analyst, providing information on likely consequences of policy options.
Computer Support Required: Access to e-mail and the web.
Text: None. Required reading supplied by professor.

Instructor: Dr. Carriker

Time:  Taped

EES 5306    Energy Analysis  (3 Cr)
Energetics of systems of environment and economics; energy analysis of environmental systems, agroecosystems, regional and national economies; energy evaluation of public policy.
Text: There are no required or recommended texts.

Instructor:

Time:  Taped

ENV 6932    Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Water Resource  (3 Cr) Section 6490
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Computer Support Required: TBA.
Text:

Instructor: Dr. Viessman

Time: Directed Study Course

EOC 6850    Numerical Simulation Techniques in Coastal and Ocean Engineering  (3 Cr)
Numerical treatment of problems in ordinary and partial differential equations with application to incompressible geophysical fluid flows.
Text: TBA.

Instructor:

Time:  Taped

STA 4321     Mathematical Statistics 1  (3 Cr)  Section 7771
Prerequisite: MAC 2313 or equivalent.  Introduction to the theory of probability, counting rules, conditional probability, independence, additive and multiplicative laws, Bayes Rule.  Discrete and continuous random variables, their  distributions, moments, moment generating functions.  Multivariate probability distributions, independence, covariance.  Distributions of functions of random variables.
Text: Dennis D. Wackerly, William Mendenhall III and Richard L. Scheaffer, “Mathematical Statistics with Applications,” 6th edition, Duxbury Press, 0534377416. 

Instructor: Dr. D. Polk

Time: MW   4:30-5:45    Rm 119

STA 4322     Mathematical Statistics 2 (3 Cr)  Section 7775
Prerequisite: ST A 4321 or equivalent. Sampling distributions, central limit theorem, estimation, properties of point 
estimators, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, common large sample tests, normal theory small sample tests, uniformly most powerful and likelihood ratio tests, linear models and least squares, correlation. Introduction to analysis of variance.
Text: Dennis D. Wackerly, William Mendenhall III and Richard L. Scheaffer, “Mathematical Statistics with Applications,” 6th edition, Duxbury Press, 0534377416. 

Instructor: TBA

Time: TBA

GRADUATE COURSES:

EIN 6357    Advanced Engineering Economy  (3 Cr)  Section 5821
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.

Instructor: Dr. Uryasev

Time:  Taped

EIN 6392    Manufacturing Management  (3 Cr)   Section 7895
Prerequisite: ESI 6314 and STA 4322 or STA 6327, or permission of GERC ISE Graduate Coordinator.  Variety and importance of  management decisions. Total quality management, just-in time manufacturing, concurrent engineering, material requirements planning, production scheduling, and inventory control.
Text: W. Hopp and M. Spearman, "Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management," 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 1996, 0256154643.

Instructor: Dr. S. Tufekci

Time:   Taped

EIN 6905    Special Problems: Principles of Test and Evaluation I  (3 Cr)  Section 5370
Prerequisite: STA 4322 or STA 6327 or permission of GERC 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   Rm 116

EIN 7933    Advanced Topics: Games and Decision Theory  (3 Cr)  Section  8031
Prerequisite: ESI 6417 and probability theory.  Games in extensive and normal form. Two-person zero-sum bimatrix and multi-stage games. Coalitations and n-person games. Games against nature and Bayesian decision theory.
Text: M. Osborne and A. Rubinstein, "A Course in Game Theory," MIT Press, 1994, 0262650401.

Instructor: Dr. P. Krokhmal

Time: TBA    Rm 110

ESI 5236    Reliability Engineering (3 Cr)   Section 5799
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 , Wiley, 1995, 0471018333.

Instructor: Dr. D. Jeffcoat

Time: MW 3:00-4:15  Rm 123

ESI 6321    Applied Probability Methods in Engineering  (3 Cr)  Section 5374
Prerequisite: MAP 2302 and STA 4322 or STA 6327 and MAP 2302, or permission of GERC 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: D. Montgomery and G. Runger, "Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers," 3rd edition, Wiley, 2002, 0471204544.

Instructor: Dr. S. Bai

Time:  Taped

ESI 6546    Stochastic Modeling and Analysis  (3 Cr)  Section 5387
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 Modeling and Analysis," 2nd edition, Wiley, 1995, 0471120626.

Instructor: Dr. H. Romejn

Time:  Taped

ESI 6912    Advanced Topics: Organization and Management Theory for Engineering Administration  (3 Cr)  Section 5393
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

Tim