Engineering

Courses 501 - 601

Courses 602 - 649

Courses 651 - 674

Courses 677 - 797

Engineering Science

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Geology and Geological Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Professor Kai-Fong Lee, Coordinator of Graduate Study

Graduate students with academic backgrounds in the traditional areas of engineering may have special interests in the following courses listed under engineering:

• Aeroacoustics: 558, 585, 590, 591, 592, 601, 603, 604, 605, 606, 608, 609, 611, 612, 613, 617, 658, 671, 672, 679, 685, 711, 713, 715, 716, 720.
• Chemical Engineering: 551, 553, 594, 601-608, 633-635, 651, 663, 665, 667, 669-670, 711-717.
• Civil Engineering: 558, 572, 585, 590-594, 601, 603-604, 630-635, 638-640, 647, 649, 671-674, 685, 687, 690, 702, 706, 713-714.
• Computer Science: 501-512, 514, 517-518, 520, 521, 618, 652-654, 656-657, 659-662, 664, 666.
• Electrical Engineering: 559, 619-628, 687, 729.
• Geological Engineering: 537, 572-573, 577, 579, 581-582, 600, 602, 614-615, 632, 638-644, 646, 651, 706, 749.
• Mechanical Engineering: 551, 553, 558-559, 561-562, 585, 601, 603-609, 611-613, 617, 631-632, 658, 663, 667, 671-674, 677-679, 683-684, 689, 702, 711-717, 720, 779.
• Telecommunications: 610, 618, 629, 686, 688.
  

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ENGINEERING - ENGR

501. FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. Survey of fundamental topics in computer science, including machine, assembler and high-level languages, design of assemblers, loaders, macro processors and compilers, operating system concepts, and other material essential for graduate work in computer science. (3).

502. SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. Survey of fundamental topics in computer technology as a continuation of ENGR 501. Topics covered include introduction to database technology, formal languages, graphical user interfaces, advanced operating system design, as well as algorithm and interface design (not to be used to satisfy computer science degree requirements). Prerequisite: ENGR 501 or consent of instructor. (3). CSCI equivalent: 515.

503. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING. CSCI equivalent: 517.

504. FORMAL THEORY COMP LANG. CSCI equivalent: 520.

505. COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. CSCI equivalent: 521.

506. OPERATING SYSTEMS. CSCI equivalent: 523.

507. DISTRIBUTED OS DESIGN. CSCI equivalent: 524.

508. COMPILER CONSTRUCTION. CSCI equivalent: 525.

509. COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE. CSCI equivalent: 530.

510. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CSCI equivalent: 531.

511. ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS. CSCI equivalent: 533.

512. EXPERT SYS LOGIC PROG. CSCI equivalent: 541.

514. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. CSCI equivalent: 551.

517. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING I. CSCI equivalent: 562.

518. FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTING. CSCI equivalent: 563.

520. DATA BASE SYSTEMS II. CSCI equivalent: 575.

521. SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMP SCI. CSCI equivalent: 581.

537. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING II. Interdisciplinary overview of environmental engineering. Ecology, toxicology, treatments, hydraulics/hydrology, computational simulation, waste repositories. Prerequisite: CE 471 or equivalent. (3).

551. ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS. Advanced classical thermodynamics of systems of constant composition; emphasis on topics particularly useful to thermodynamic analysis in engineering. (3).

553. HEAT TRANSFER. Transient and multidimensional heat conduction, free and forced convection, thermal radiation; design of heat transfer systems; analytical and numerical methods. Prerequisite: PHYS 212, ENGR 310, ENGR 321 or equivalent. (3).

558. VIBRATION ANALYSIS. This course is intended to establish a systematic treatment of problems in the vibration of linear systems. Topics covered include systems with multiple degrees of freedom, properties of vibrating systems, vibration of continuous systems, and approximate numerical methods for finding natural frequencies. (3).

559. ELEMENTS OF ROBOTICS. This course will concentrate on the mechanical aspects of robotic manipulators, including manipulator kinematics, dynamics, and trajectory generation. This course will provide a thorough treatment of the fundamental skills underlying the use and mechanics of manipulators. (3).

561. SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS DESIGN I. (3).

562. SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS DESIGN II. (3).

572. ADVANCED SANITARY ANALYSIS. Introduction to advanced theoretical concepts in sanitary engineering with special emphasis on inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. Prerequisite: CE 471. (3).

573. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. Characterization and remediation of contaminated soil and ground water. Sources of contamination, regulations, health effects, sampling, monitoring, analysis and remediation technologies. (3).

577. GEOPHYSICS I. Gravity and magnetic theory and methods. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

579. GEOPHYSICS II. (3).

581. APPLICATIONS IN GEOPHYSICS. (3).

582. INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD PROJECTS. Interdisciplinary field projects for geologists, geological engineers, and civil engineers. For example, the course may cover waste management design, or off-shore drilling and sampling, or mineral recovery projects. Prerequisites: consent of instructor. (1-6).

585. MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS I. Development of constitutive laws governing the thermo-mechanical response of composite material systems. Micromechanical and macromechanical modeling, laminate theory, definition and comparison of failure criteria. Damage modeling and fatigue studies. Prerequisite: ENGR 312 or equivalent. (3).

590. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I. Basic concepts and principles of the finite element method; discretization and interpolation techniques; element formulations; applications for analysis of engineering problems. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

591, 592. ENGINEERING ANALYSIS. Application of higher mathematics to engineering problems; special emphasis on the expression of engineering problems in mathematical terminology. Prerequisite: MATH 353. (3, 3).

593, 594. APPROXIMATE METHODS OF ENGINEERING ANALYSIS I, II. Application of approximate methods to solve boundary value problems and Eigen value problems; variational principles and numerical methods: finite difference, finite element, computer simulation. Prerequisite: MATH 353 or consent of instructor. (3, 3).

597. SPECIAL PROJECTS. Approved investigation of original problems under direction of a staff member. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

600. ADVANCED GEOCHEMISTRY. Application of chemical principles to geological problems. Prerequisites: GEOL 221, 222, CHEM 106 or consent of instructor. (3).

601. COMPRESSIBLE FLOW. General equations, one-dimensional gas dynamics; shocks and waves, two-dimensional flows, perturbation theory; similarity rules, effects of viscosity and conductivity. (3).

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602. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY. Quantitative map and lithofacies analysis for the purpose of defining and evaluating depositional systems using surface and subsurface data. Prerequisite: GEOL 313 or GEOL 315 (3).

603. FLUID MECHANICS I. Equations of motion, potential and stream function; complex variable application, conformal transformation; flow-past cylinders, Schwartz-Christofel transform, vortex motion. (3).

604. FLUID DYNAMICS II. Navier-Stokes equation, viscous flow, boundary layer, laminar and turbulent flow, open channel flow, flow in porous media. (3).

605. CONVECTIVE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER. A study of heat and mass transfer by classical methods; includes laminar and turbulent flow, entrance region convection, variable fluid properties, aerodynamic heating, free convection. (3).

606. NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW. Study of numerical methods for solving conduction, convection, and mass transfer problems including numerical solution of Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation, Navier-Stokes equations and the general equations of convection. (3).

607. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS. Thermodynamic properties of gases; introduction to quantum mechanics; distribution functions; partition functions; properties of real gases; problems in ionized gases. (3).

608. PHYSICAL GAS DYNAMICS. Microscopic aspects of gas dynamics; elementary kinetic theory, development of Boltzmann equation, Chapman-Enskog development, collisional processes; transport properties. (3).

609. TIME SERIES ANALYSIS. Study of random processes and methods for analyzing random signals. Topics include stationarity, ergodicity, correlation, coherence, continuous and digital spectral analysis, data sampling considerations, and filtering. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

610. DATA COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS. Introduction to modern protocols. Layering of communications processes including the OSI model, TCP/IP. Standard communications functions and how they are achieved under the framework of these protocols. Performance analysis and error control. (3).

611. AEROACOUSTICS. Theory of aerodynamic sound generation; jet noise; boundary layer noise; turbo machinery noise; helicopter noise; sonic booms; atmospheric effects of propagation. Prerequisite: ENGR 603 or 604 or 605, PHYS 605, or consent of instructor. (3).

612. AEROELASTICITY. Study of structural deformations due to time-dependent fluid flow phenomena over surfaces; effects of gusts and turbulence; structural design criteria. Prerequisites: ENGR 558, ENGR 603 or 604 or 605, or consent of instructor. (3).

613. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN AERODYNAMICS/AEROACOUSTICS. Principles of experimentation; intrusive/non-intrusive methods of measuring static and dynamic phenomena; jet and wind tunnel testing considerations; anechoic facility testing. Prerequisites: ME 401 or equivalent, ENGR 609, or consent of instructor. (3).

614. GEOMETRICS. Map analysis of spatial geological data as applied to petroleum, coal, ore, and geotechnical exploration and evaluation. (Same as GEOL 614) Prerequisite: GE 413. (3).

615. ANALYTICAL PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. Analysis and design of petroleum exploration and production programs. (3).

616. ISOTOPE HYDROGEOLOGY. Applications of stable and radioactive isotopes for solving environmental and low-temperature geologic problems. Problems that will be addressed include measurement techniques and limitations, tracing the origin of water and contaminants in natural systems, applications for global climate change and paleoclimates, quantifying infiltration and groundwater travel rates, and age dating of water. Prerequisites: CHEM 105 and 106. (3).

617. CONTINUUM MECHANICS. Continuum hypothesis, forces and stress fields, displacement and strain fields, governing field laws, applications to fluid, solid and magnetofluid mechanics, electrodynamics, electro- and thermoviscoelasticity. (3).

618. CODING FOR ERROR CODE. This course provides a working knowledge of the use of codes to minimize error in the transmission of data using block and convolutional codes. Prerequisites: TC 491 (Digital Comm.), CSCI 361, MATH 264, Probability/Statistics. (3).

619. ADVANCED MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS. Modern microwave measurement techniques for passive and active microwave circuits, materials scatters and antennas. Prerequisite: ENGR 621 or consent of instructor. (3).
620. ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING. Lecture and laboratory study of advanced topics in remote sensing, including classification and georeferencing. Prerequisite: GE 510. (3).

621. ADVANCED ELECTRODYNAMICS. Boundary-value problems. Green's functions, general transmission systems, coupled transmission systems, microwave optics, scattering. Prerequisite: EL E 441. (3).

622. ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY. Lectures on recent developments in electromagnetic theory. Prerequisite: ENGR 621. (3).

623. PASSIVE MICROWAVE CIRCUITS. Guided electromagnetic waves, linear multiports, computer analysis and optimization of microwave circuits, multiconductor transmission lines, filters. Prerequisite: EL E 441. (3).

624. ACTIVE MICROWAVE CIRCUITS. Microwave semiconductor sources, noise in linear circuits, microwave transistor amplifiers, parametric amplifiers, theory of nonlinear oscillators. Prerequisite: ENGR 623. (3).

625. ANTENNAS. Aperture antennas, array synthesis, linear antennas, thin-wire antennas, traveling-wave antennas, frequency independent antennas; reciprocity principle and receiving antennas. Prerequisite: EL E 525. (3).

627. RAY METHODS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS. Application of the Geometric Theory of Diffraction (GTD) to electromagnetic scattering problems, scattering from a half plane, reflection from planar and curved surfaces, diffraction from straight and curved edges and wedges. Prerequisite: ENGR 621. (2-3).

628. NUMERICAL METHODS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS. Integral equation formulation for static and dynamic electromagnetic fields, method of moments solution techniques, subdomain and entire-domain basis sets, testing procedures, Galerkin's Method, radiation and scattering. Prerequisite: ENGR 621. (3).

629. TELEVISIONS SYSTEMS II. Current practice and future development in TV, especially High Definition TV. Techniques of scanning, resolution, waveform design, and modulation, as well as regulatory aspects of television, will be covered. Prospects of commercialization of HDTV will be discussed. Prerequisite: PS 362, TC 409 or consent of instructor. (3).

630. UNIT PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I. Theory and application of physical and chemical unit processes and operations available for the treatment of water and wastewater. Prerequisite: CE 471. (3).

631. UNIT PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING II. Theory and application of biological processes available for the treatment of wastewater. Prerequisite: ENGR 630. (3).

632. SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL. Basic theory of sludge handling; treatment, disposal, and design application. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

633. PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL I. Design of control systems for chemical processes and selected topics of an advanced nature. (3).

634. TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Classification, characterization, and study of industrial waste by industrial category. Selection and combination of unit processes/unit operations for treatment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

635. OPTIMIZATION. Theory and practice of optimization, analytical and numerical methods for single- and multivariable functions; functions of continuous variable. (3).

638. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT. Introduction to waste management, risk assessment, environmental legislation. Characterization of hazardous waste, minimization and resource recovery, remediation of failed hazardous waste sites, case histories. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

639. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. Mathematical modeling techniques including Lagrange multipliers, searching, linear programming, dynamic programming, simulation, optimization over time. Numerous applications in environmental engineering. Prerequisites: MATH 264, CE 471. (3).

640. STREAM AND ESTUARINE ANALYSIS. Extensive coverage of the fundamentals of stream, estuarine, and ocean interactions. Development of the mathematical formulations describing the distribution of concentration of conservative and nonconservative pollutants in natural waters. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

641. CLAY PETROLOGY. (Same as GEOL 641). (3).

642. X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF INORGANIC CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS. (Same as GEOL 642). (4).

643. ADVANCED GEOMORPHOLOGY. Surface processes associated with specific physiographic districts. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

644. CARBONATE PETROLOGY. Advanced problems in carbonate rock genesis and distribution. Prerequisite: GEOL 221, 222, 309, 315, or consent of instructor (3).

646. ADVANCED STRATIGRAPHY. Advanced problems in stratigraphy. Prerequisite: GEOL 221, 222, 309, 315, or consent of instructor. (3).

647. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. Study of basic elements of pavement management; data collection; databases; single-year prioritization; performance prediction; multiyear prioritization; optimization. Prerequisite: CE 585. (3).

649. ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING. Earth pressure theories; bearing capacity; control of groundwater in excavation, shoring, and underpinning; foundations subjected to dynamic forces. Prerequisite: CE 433. (3).

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651. GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY. (3).

652. ADVANCED COMPILER DESIGN. Investigation into the theory of lexical analysis, syntax-directed translation, type checking, code generation, code optimization, and compiler project coordination. Prerequisite: CSCI 525. (3).

653. COMPUTER STRUCTURES. In-depth study of the upper levels of computer structure (down to the internal register transfer level) including design choices, design needs and structural variations in organizing processors, memories I/O devices, controllers and communication links. An extensive review of several current machines is made. (3).

654. INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES. Introduction to the theory and practice related to the development and operation of information systems. Study of data base management principles, data management systems, and general purpose software for data management systems. System and performance evaluation. (3).

656. OPERATING SYSTEMS DESIGN CONCEPTS. Design objectives of operating systems. Sequential and concurrent processes, processor management, memory management, scheduling algorithms, resource protection. System design and performance evaluation. (3).

657. TIMESHARING COMPUTER SYSTEMS. A study of the major design goals, implementation concepts and mechanisms of timesharing systems, including motivation for the development of timesharing systems and discussions of the hardware/software concepts important to timesharing system implementation. (3).

658. ADVANCED VIBRATION. Vibration of discrete systems, plate and shell types, structures, combined structures, composite material, nonlinear and random vibrations. Prerequisite: ENGR 558 or consent of instructor. (3).

659. ADVANCED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL. Theoretical aspects of information retrieval. Comparison and evaluation of techniques for enhancement of recall and precision performance. Design of user/system interface; applications of natural language processing. Experimental and intelligent information retrieval systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 345 or consent of instructor. (3).

660. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING II. Software quality assurance, software testing techniques, software testing strategies, software maintenance, and configuration management. (3).

661. COMPUTER NETWORKS II. Continued analysis of loosely coupled computer communication, constraints on intercomputer communication, communication protocols, and network services. LAN data link protocols, transport services and other high-level network functions are examined in detail. Prerequisite: CSCI 361 and CSCI 561 or consent of instructor. (3).

662. ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Advanced aspects of artificial intelligence. Logical foundations of AI. Machine learning, planning, representation of commonsense knowledge, image understanding. Intensive study of artificial intelligence programming techniques and languages. Prerequisite: CSCI 531. (3).

663. ADVANCED RATE AND EQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES. Selected topics in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and other physical separations important to chemical plant design and operation. (May be repeated for credit). (3).

664. THEORY OF CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING. Topics in the theory of concurrent programming. Models of concurrency. Programming logics. Emphasis on the formal specification and verification of concurrent programs. Case studies drawn from several areas of computer science. Prerequisite: CSCI 550. (3).

665. THERMODYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL SYSTEMS. Phase and reaction equilibria in multicomponent chemical engineering applications; non-ideal considerations. (3).

666. FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTING. Reliability, safety, availability, maintainability, and performance modeling; fault-tolerant design in VLSI; software reliability growth models; fault-tolerant data structures and algorithms; design diversity; self-stabilizing fault tolerance; Byzantine failures; performance and reliability tradeoffs. Prerequisite: CSCI 423. (3).

667. MASS TRANSFER I. Unified treatment of momentum, energy, and mass transport with emphasis on mass transport and transfer in flowing, non-isothermal, multicomponent, reacting systems. (3).

669, 670. CHEMICAL REACTION AND REACTOR ANALYSIS I, II. Single and multiple chemical reactions and reactor systems; system characterization and design. (3, 3).

671. ELASTICITY. Classical solutions; complex variable solutions, nonlinear elasticity, thermoelasticity, crack propagation, punch problems. Prerequisite: CE 521 or equivalent. (3).

672. VISCOELASTICITY. Integral and differential operator forms of constitutive relationships, relaxation and creep characteristics, integral and Fourier transform methods. Laplace transform methods and approximate inversion techniques. Dynamic response problems and temperature-dependent effects. Nonlinear behavior characterization. Prerequisite: ENGR 617. (3).

673. PLASTICITY. Introduction to the physical foundations of plasticity. Modern treatments of constitutive theory (including thermodynamics and internal variables). Theory of yield criteria, flow rules, hardening rules, limit analysis and shakedown theorems. Large-deformation plasticity and dynamic plasticity. Prerequisite: ENGR 617. (3).

674. FRACTURE MECHANICS. Stress fields near crack tips; modes of fracture; stress intensity factors; numerical methods. Critical stress intensity; fracture toughness. Energy considerations; the J-Integral. Crack-tip plasticity; small-scale yielding; crack-opening displacement. Fatigue; cyclic deformation; fatigue crack initiation. Prerequisite: ENGR 617 or equivalent. (3).

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677. PLATES AND SHELLS. Classical plate history; variational methods; thick plates; large deflections; membrane theory of shells. Prerequisite: ENGR 671. (3).

678. ELASTIC STABILITY. Concepts of stability of equilibrium; buckling of beams, plates, and shells under various loadings; approximations of eigenvalues; flutter of elastic systems, wings, panels and hydrofoils. Prerequisite: ENGR 671. (3).

679. WAVE PROPAGATION. Elastic waves, loss mechanisms and attenuation, sources for elastic waves, waves in layered media, effects of gravity, curvature and viscosity, Rayleigh's principle. Prerequisite: ENGR 671. (3).

683. ADVANCED PHYSICAL METALLURGY. Discussion of microstructural relationships for understanding material behavior. Topics include defect structures, solidification - transformation mechanisms and kinetics, and microstructural modification techniques. Prerequisite: ME 530 or consent of instructor. (3)

684. ADVANCED MECHANICAL METALLURGY. Discussion of mechanical and metallurgical fundamentals to explain the mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Applications to tensile and torsional loading, hardness, fatigue, creep, and embittlement included. Prerequisite: ME 531 or consent of instructor. (3).

685. MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS II. Advanced techniques of modeling and analyzing the behavior and response of composite material systems. Nonlinear behavior, both constitutive and geometric. Emphasis on the use of finite element analysis, computational simulation. Prerequisites: ENGR 585 or equivalent; ENGR 590 or equivalent. (3).

686. MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES II. The design of appropriate instructional material using interactive video production techniques including sound and graphics. Technical analysis of requirements and design tradeoffs. The economics of video disc production will be discussed. Prerequisite: TC 409; ENGR 585. (3).

687. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS. Polynomials, basic special functions, series and integral solutions of differential equations, asymptotic methods, properties of major special functions, applications. (3).

688. CURRENT ISSUES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Survey of modern communications systems, practices, technology, business applications, and regulatory issues. Wireless systems, protocols, problems in propagation, spectral allocation, and modulation techniques. Asynchronous Transfer Mode and B-ISDN. Use of satellites for personal communications. Prerequisites: TC 501 and TC 534 or equivalent. (3).

689. CONTROL OF ROBOTICS MANIPULATORS. Covers topics of robot control such as the linearization of nonlinear models, controller design, adaptive control of robot arm motion, and control of forces and torques exerted on an object by the end-effector. Prerequisite: ENGR 559, 330 or EL E 331, or consent of instructor. (3).

690. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS II. Three-dimensional element formulations; nonlinear analysis; dynamic response, time-dependent behavior; advanced mesh-generation techniques. Prerequisite: ENGR 590 or equivalent. (3).

691. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

693. RESEARCH TOPICS IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Individual research in selected areas of interest. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

695. SEMINAR. Presentation of papers by faculty, visiting lecturers, and graduate students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (May be repeated for credit). (1).

696. SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. Presentations on topics in environmental engineering/science by faculty, visiting lecturers, and graduate students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (May be repeated for credit). (1).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

699. SPECIAL PROJECTS IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Individual design or research projects in selected areas of interest. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (May be repeated for credit). (1-6).

702. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF FLUID FLOWS. Applications of FEM for fluid flow simulation; discussion on current developments; research on individual projects. Prerequisite: ENGR 590 or equivalent. (3).

706. ADVANCED WASTE TREATMENT PROCESSES IN SANITARY ENGINEERING. An intensive study of the biological processes used for the treatment of domestic sewage and industrial wastes, with special emphasis on environmental factors which affect process rates and efficiencies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (3).

711. TURBULENCE. Introduction to probability theory; stochastic processes and statistical continuum theory; kinematics and dynamics of homogeneous turbulence; isotropic turbulence; turbulent shear flows. (3).

712. STATISTICAL THEORY OF TURBULENT DIFFUSION. Molecular and turbulent diffusion theories; dispersion of dissolved and suspended matter in closed conduits, streams, lakes, estuaries, oceans. Prerequisite: CE 441 or ME 401, ENGR 310. (3).

713. HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY. General theory of stability; stability of a hydrodynamic system; normal mode analysis; initial value problems; energy dissipation; small and finite disturbances. (3).

714. COASTAL HYDRODYNAMICS. Water wave theory; tides, hurricane surges, harbor resonance, interaction of waves and structures; estuary dynamics; stratified flows; salinity intrusion; modeling. Prerequisite: CE 441 or ME 401, ENGR 310. (3).

715. APPLIED HYDRO- AND AEROMECHANICS I. Subsonic internal and external hydro- and aeromechanics; effects of compressibility, cavitation and viscosity; airfoils and finite wings, turbomachinery, slender bodies, wakes and trails. (3).

716. APPLIED HYDRO- AND AEROMECHANICS II. Transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aerodynamics including viscous effects; blunt bodies and the associated shock layer, aerodynamic heating, ablation. (3).

717. SPECIAL TOPICS IN THERMAL SCIENCE. Selected topics of an advanced nature. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

720. ADVANCED TURBULENCE. Analytical, theoretical, and numerical approaches to turbulence; turbulence modeling. Prerequisite: ENGR 711 or consent of instructor. (3).

729. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

749. SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOIL SCIENCE. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

779. SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOLID MECHANICS. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

797. DISSERTATION. (1-18).

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ENGINEERING SCIENCE - ENGS

Graduate students with academic backgrounds in the traditional areas of engineering may have special interests in the following courses listed under engineering science:

Computer Science: 603, 606
Electrical Engineering: 633
Telecommunications: 610, 627

603. ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS. Introduction of the analysis of computer algorithms as well as concepts of computational complexity; sorting, matrix multiplication, other (for computer engineering/telecommunications majors). Prerequisites: ENGR 502 or consent of instructor. (3).

606. COMPUTER NETWORKS. Analysis of loosely coupled computer communication; communication protocols and network services; an open systems interconnection model is presented and compared to selected examples of computer networks (for computer engineering/telecommunications majors). Prerequisite: ENGR 501, TC 501 or equivalent.

610. TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK ENGINEERING. Team design project developed in cooperation with industry. Students accomplish the design and document the results in a report and in an oral presentation. Prerequisites: ENGR 653, ENGS 603, and ENGS 606. (3).

627. APPLIED PROBABILITY MODELING. Concepts of probability modeling for applications. Fundamental of statistical experiments, events, probability laws, conditional probability, random variables, expectation and conditional expectation, introduction to and applications of Markov chains, papers from literature. (Same as FIN 642). Prerequisites: MATH 264, Unified Calculus; MATH 353, Differential Equations; graduate standing. (3).

633. MICROWAVE FILTERS. Error correction for microwave network analyzers. Multiconductor transmission lines, voltage, and current eigenvectors. Lumped element filter prototypes, commensurate filters, impedance inverters. Prerequisites: ENGR 623. (2)

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