Experimental Courses 2012-2013, M-R
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M E 418X. Mechanical Considerations in Robotics. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. (Dual listed with M E 518). Prereq: Credit or enrollment in 421. Three dimensional kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, hardware elements and sensors. Laboratory experiments using industrial robots. Nonmajor graduate credit.
M E 437X. Introduction to Combustion Engineering. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereqs: Credit in M E 332 or equivalent and credit or enrollment in M E 335 or equivalent. Introduction to the fundamentals of combustion and the analysis of combustion systems for gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels-including biomass fuels. Combustion fundamentals are applied to the analysis of engines; turbines, biomass cookstoves; suspension, fixed-bed, and fluidized-bed furnaces; and other combustion devices.
M E 479X. Sustainability Science for Engineering Design. (3-0) Cr. 3. Sustainability Science for Engineering Design. Prereq: any engineering design course. Scientific principles and quantitative methods concerning sustainability. Analysis of environmental issues associated with engineering design and product manufacturing in an economic and social context. Heuristic and analytical methods for assessing the sustainability of existing or potential product/service designs. Application to a design problem in teams.
M E 518X. Mechanical Considerations in Robotics. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. (Dual listed with M E 418). Prereq: Credit or enrollment in 421. Three dimensional kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, hardware elements and sensors. Laboratory experiments using industrial robots. Nonmajor graduate credit.
M E 523X. Creativity and Imagination for Engineering and Design. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with M E 423). Prereq: 523X: Graduate classification; permission of instructor. Broad exposure to the study of creativity, both in scientific research and in engineering design practice. Exploration of the subject includes readings from a variety of fields; in-class discussion and activities; and individual and team projects that enable students to develop their creativity. Graduate students also will do independent research on creativity and develop a related teaching module.
M E 556X. Machine Vision. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: MATH 317, M E 421 or permission of instructor. Practical imaging processing techniques, geometric optics, and mathematics behind machine vision, as well as the most advanced 3D vision techniques. Experience with practical vision system development and analysis. Assignments include individual bi-weekly homework; weekly readings and lectures; and a semester-long research project on design and experiment vision systems.
M S 283X The U.S. Army in American Society to 1917. (3-0). Cr. 3. F. Survey of U.S. Army history focused on the army's social and cultural interactions from colonial wars up to the First World War. Examination of the roles of race and culture in army structure and operations.
M S E 549X. Structural Health Monitoring. (3-0). Cr. 3. (Dual listed with MAT E 449X. Cross-listed with C E 549X). Prereq: permission of instructor. Introductory and advanced topics in structural health monitoring (SHM) of aeronautical, civil, and mechanical systems. Seminar main topics include SHM: sensors, signal processing, data acquisition and transmission systems and design of integrated SHM solutions. Subject matter includes nondestructive evaluation techniques, accelerometers, strain gauges, signal processing in time and frequency domains, feature extraction methods, and cutting edge research in SHM. Team projects in health monitoring solution design.
M S E 557X. Chemical and Physical Metallurgy of Rare Earth Metals. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with MAT E 457X). Prereqs: Mat E 311 or (Chem 325 and Chem 324 or Phys 322). Electronic configuration, valence states, minerals, ores, beneficiation, extraction, separation, metal preparation and purification. Crystal structures, phase transformations and polymorphism, and thermochemical properties of rare earth metals. Chemical properties: inorganic and organometallic compounds, alloy chemistry, nature of the chemical bonding. Physical properties: mechanical and elastic properties, resistivity, and superconductivity. Nonmajor graduate credit.
M S E 559X. Nanoscale Imaging and Atom Probe Tomography. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereqs: Undergraduate coursework in materials science or physics or chemistry; coursework in microscopy is helpful. Overview of nanoscale chemical and structural imaging techniques in materials science including Aberration Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM), Z-contrast STEM, Field Ion Microscopy and Atom Probe Tomography (APT). Physics of field evaporation, surface structure imaging, chemical imaging at the atomic scale and structural analysis in the atom probe. Nanoscale applications of APT.
M S E 567X/AER E 567X/E M 567X. Nanomechanics of Materials. (2-1) Cr. 3. Prereq: E M 566 or permission of instructor. Continuum approaches to material deformation and nanostructure evolution. Thermodynamics and kinetics. Nucleation and growth. Large strain formulation. Surface and interface tension and phenomena. Chemical reactions, phase transformations, and dislocations.
M S E 601X. Seminar. (1-0) Cr. 1. F.S. Prereqs: Only MSE graduate students. Presentations given on a weekly basis by leading U.S. and International researchers that are experts in their respective fields closely related to Materials Science. Satisfactory - Fail grading.
MAT E 202X. Materials Calculations Using Matlab. (1-0). Cr. 1. F. Prereq: ENGR 160. Introduction to using MatLab to solve materials engineering problems using fuctions, matrices, plotting and numerical and graphical techniques.
MAT E 394X. Topics in Sustainable Engineering in Italy. (3-0). Cr. 3. S. Prereq: CHEM 167 or CHEM 177. Fundamentals of sustainable engineering related to biofuels. Basics of food and biofuel chemistry and fluid dynamics. Preparation course for Italy as a case study for food and sustainable engineering. Orientation for summer study abroad program in Torino, Italy. Credit for graduation available only upon completion of the following summer's offering of MAT E 316 taught in Italy, along with additional sustainability lessons/tours.
MAT E 449X. Structural Health Monitoring. (3-0). Cr. 3. (Dual listed with M S E 449X. Cross-listed with C E 449X). Prereq: permission of instructor. Introductory and advanced topics in structural health monitoring (SHM) of aeronautical, civil, and mechanical systems. Seminar main topics include SHM: sensors, signal processing, data acquisition and transmission systems and design of integrated SHM solutions. Subject matter includes nondestructive evaluation techniques, accelerometers, strain gauges, signal processing in time and frequency domains, feature extraction methods, and cutting edge research in SHM. Team projects in health monitoring solution design.
MAT E 457X. Chemical and Physical Metallurgy of Rare Earth Metals. (3-0). Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with M S E 557X). Prereqs: Mat E 311 or (Chem 325 and Chem 324 or Phys 322). Electronic configuration, valence states, minerals, ores, beneficiation, extraction, separation, metal preparation and purification. Crystal structures, phase transformations and polymorphism, and thermochemical properties of rare earth metals. Chemical properties: inorganic and organometallic compounds, alloy chemistry, nature of the chemical bonding. Physical properties: mechanical and elastic properties, resistivity, and superconductivity. Nonmajor graduate credit.
MATH 269X. Systems of Differential Equations. (1-0) Cr. 1. SS. Prereq: Familiarity with ordinary differential equations of first and second order, permission of department. Same as the differential systems content of MATH 266 and 267. Students with credit in 266 or 267 may not earn credit in 269X.
MATH 407X. Applied Linear Algebra. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with 507X). Prereqs: Math 307 or 317. Advanced topics in applied linear algebra including eigenvalues, eigenvalue localization, singular value decomposition, symmetric and Hermitian matrices, nonnegative and stochastic matrices, matrix norms, canonical forms, matrix functions. applications to mathematical and physical sciences and engineering. Nonmajor graduate credit.
MATH 507X. Applied Linear Algebra. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with 407X). Prereqs: Math 307 or 317. Advanced topics in applied linear algebra including eigenvalues, eigenvalue localization, singular value decomposition, symmetric and Hermitian matrices, nonnegative and stochastic matrices, matrix norms, canonical forms, matrix functions. applications to mathematical and physical sciences and engineering. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Math 565X. Continuous Optimization. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereqs: Math 265 and either Math 317 or 510. Theory and methods for constrained and unconstrained optimization. Steepest-descent, conjugate gradient, Newton and quasi-Newton, line search and trust-region, first and second order necessary and sufficient conditions, quadratic and general nonlinear programming.
MATH 566X. Discrete Optimization. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereqs: Math 317 or 510. Algorithms for linear programming, integer and combinatorial optimization. Linear programming, duality theory, simplex algorithm; the solution of the shortest-path, minimal spanning tree, max-flow/min-cut, minimal cost flow, maximum matching, and traveling salesman problems; integer linear programming, branch-and-bound, local and global search algorithms.
MICRO 349X. The Genome Perspective in Biology. (2-0) Cr.2. S. (Same as GEN 349X, BIOL 349X, V PTH 349X) Prereq: GEN 313 or GEN 320. How genome, RNA, and protein data are analyzed using computer technology to answer biological questions on topics ranging from microbial diversity to human health. An introduction for students in the life sciences to the fields of genomics, bioinformatics and systems.
MGMT 410X. Social Entrepreneurship. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereqs: Jr. standing or instructor permission. Review of the process through which social problems are identified and solved through entrepreneurial initiatives. The course will emphasize the role of social entrepreneurship in providing sustainable solutions that fundamentally change communities through self-sufficiency. Course content will include discussing social problems that might be solved through entrepreneurship, planning, organizing, financing, management, and volunteer boards of directors. Speakers and required project.
MIS 436X. Introduction to Business Analytics. Cr. 3. Prereq: STAT 226 and MIS 433 or permission from the instructor. This course provides an introduction to the field of business analytics (BA). It is designed to help students examine BA processes and techniques used in transforming data to knowledge and creating value for organizations. The class consists of business cases, presentations by business professionals, class lectures and discussions on data analysis, design and modeling, and extensive hands-on analytical exercises. Nonmajor graduate credit.
MIS 446X. Advanced Business Analytics. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: MIS 436X. Projects-based course providing an in-depth understanding of BA methods of visualization, data mining, text mining, web mining, and predictions through the use of specific BA tools. Advanced techniques and applications of data analytics and acquiring hands on skills for making intelligent business decisions in data rich organizations.
MIS 450X. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Supply Chain. (Same as SCM 450X) Cr. 3. Prereq: SCM 301, MIS 330 or I E 148, I E 341. The role of enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) in the supply chain. Hands-on experience with a major software application in use by many corporations to manage and improve the efficiency of their supply chains and operations. Students will develop a more process-centric perspective about how a supply chain operates and how ERP enables and supports such operations. Nonmajor graduate credit.
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NREM 207X. Natural Resource Management under the North American Model of Conservation (1-0). Cr.1. F. Introduction to North American model of conservation, current funding for natural resource management, role of hunting and angling in the North American model, critique and refinement of the model for the 21st century and introduction to natural resource leadership and outdoor skills and recreation.
NREM 358X. Forest Herbaceous Layer: Ecology and Identification. (Same as FOR 358X). (0-1) Cr. 1. S. Prereq: BIOL 212. Survey of the major plant families, general, and representative species of the forest herbaceous layer. Functional ecology and restoration.
NREM 454X. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. Cr. 3. S. (Dual-listed with CRP 554X. Cross-listed with
C R P, L A). Introduction to remote sensing techniques needed for basic analysis of satellite images, including: filtering and conflation techniques, stacking, pan sharpening, image rectification, image enhancement, unsupervised and supervised classification. Practical applications in a variety of topics to understand how to interpret images.
NREM 482X. Ecosystem Service Management. Cr. 2. Alt. F (Dual listed with 582X. Cross-listed with Ent 482X/582X). Offered 2010. Prereq: permission of instructor. Lecture and discussion of land use and conservation techniques for improving ecosystem services including: pollination of crops, biological control of pests, prevention of erosion and water quality improvement.
NREM 554X. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. Cr. 3. S. (Dual-listed with NREM 454X. Cross-listed with
C R P, L A). Introduction to remote sensing techniques needed for basic analysis of satellite images, including: filtering and conflation techniques, stacking, pan sharpening, image rectification, image enhancement, unsupervised and supervised classification. Practical applications in a variety of topics to understand how to interpret images.
NREM 582X. Ecosystem Service Management. Cr. 2. Alt. F. (Dual listed with 482X. Cross-listed with Ent 482X/582X). Offered 2010. Prereq: permission of instructor. Lecture and discussion of land use and conservation techniques for improving ecosystem services including: pollination of crops, biological control of pests, prevention of erosion and water quality improvement.
NUC E 421X. Nuclear Criticality Safety. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S. Prereq: NUC E 401. Nomenclature, theory, and practice of nuclear criticality safety. Review of nuclear criticality accidents, analytical methods used in criticality analysis, review of standards and regulations, and developing criticality safety evaluations. Nonmajor graduate credit.
NUC E 430X. Nuclear Energy and Society. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S. offered even numbered years. Prereq: NUC E 401. The relationship between nuclear energy and society is examined from the perspective of significant events in the commercial nuclear power industry. Event analysis includes differences and similarities of technologies along with environmental impact. Political, social, media and regulatory responses for each event are discussed along with the impact on future plant design. Nonmajor graduate credit.
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PHIL 337X. Law, Justice, and Mercy. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. (Cross-listed with PHIL 337X and CJ ST 337X) Cr. 3. Prereq: Sophomore standing. An exploration of tensions among justice, mercy and the rule of law in areas such as criminal punishment, pardons, immigration and asylum, social welfare, and humanitarian foreign policy. Survey of important historical sources that shape contemporary debates. Debates about arbitrary treatment, equality, compassion, and just deserts.
PHYS 528X. Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: MATH 266 or MATH 267. Fast-paced coverage of mathematical techniques needed for advanced analysis in the physical sciences, particularly for quantum mechanics and electrodynamics. Linear vector spaces and operators. Linear differential equations for time-evolution and steady-state problems, Green's functions and propagators, Sturm-Liouville problems. Functions of a complex variable, calculus of residues, series expansions, integral transforms and applications.
POL S 333X. Democracy and Diversity in America. (3-0) Cr. 3 S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. An examination of competing Americans' conceptions of democracy as strategies for responding to the racial, religious, ethnic, gender, and economic diversity of the inhabitants of America. Connections to contemporary debates about topics such as immigration, affirmative action, multicultural education, religion, and minority representation.
PSYCH 335X. Abnormal Psychology of Children and Adolescents. (3-0) Cr.3. S. Prereqs: PSYCH 101, PSYCH 230, or HD FS 102. Psychopathology of children and adolescents, including childhood depression and anxiety disorders, developmental disorders, ADHD, autism, eating disorders, and conduct disorders. Consideration of multiple probable causes and corresponding therapies.
POL S 337X. Law, Justice, and Mercy. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. (Cross-listed with PHIL 337X and CJ ST 337X) Cr. 3. Prereq: Sophomore standing. An exploration of tensions among justice, mercy and the rule of law in areas such as criminal punishment, pardons, immigration and asylum, social welfare, and humanitarian foreign policy. Survey of important historical sources that shape contemporary debates. Debates about arbitrary treatment, equality, compassion, and just deserts.
POL S 345X. Immigration Policy. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Junior or Senior classification. Political, economic, and social factors that affect immigration policy in the United States and abroad. Systematic analysis and implications of different types of immigration policies in countries sending and receiving immigrants. Nonmajor graduate credit.
POL S 354X. War and the Politics of Humanitarianism. (Cross-listed with ANTHR 354X) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: POL S 235, POL S 251, or ANTHR 230. Humanitarianism as a system of thought and a system of intervention in conflict and post-conflict situations: role of humanitarian organizations and actors in addressing human suffering caused by conflict or war military action as a form of humanitarian intervention.
POL S 397X. International Study and Travel. (15-0) Cr. variable. SS. Prereq: Permission of the instructor. Supervised study in an aspect of discipline while traveling or located in a foreign country.
PSYCH 132X. Motivation and Academic Learning Skills. (0-1) Cr. 1. Prereq: Psych 131. Continued development of academic learning skills with an emphasis on motivation and application of learning strategies. Satisfactory-fail only.
PSYCH 386X. Media Psychology. (3-0) Cr.3. SS. Theories and research on the psychological mechanisms (e.g., attitudes, perceptions, emotions, arousal) by which media influence children and adults. Topics include media violence, educational media, advertising, music, video games, media literacy, and ratings.
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