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COURSES
Engineering (Engr)
101. Applied Engineering Analysis I (3)
Covers selected topics in mathematical analysis, with emphasis on applications
to engineering problems. Ordinary differential equations, the LaPlace transformation,
matrices and determinants, Fourier series and integrals, partial differential
equations.
102. Applied Engineering Analysis II (3)
Covers selected topics in mathematical analysis with emphasis on applications
to engineering problems. Vector Analysis, line and surface integrals, complex
variables and integrals, conformal mapping, series, residues, potential
theory, special functions, probability and statistics.
205. Computing in Engineering Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering. Solution of engineering problems
using digital computation. Modeling of engineering systems for numerical
analysis.
210. Linear Control Systems (3)
A first-year graduate course covering the analysis, synthesis, and performance
of linear control systems. Partial fraction expansion, Routh's criterion,
the impulse function. Basic servo characteristics and types, block diagrams,
transfer functions. A detailed treatment of the root locus method for analysis
and synthesis. Frequency response, logarithmic and polar plots, Nyquist's
criterion, stability characteristics, phase margin and gain margin.
212. Advanced Control Systems (3)
Describing function analysis of nonlinear control systems; phase-plane analysis;
Liapunov stability analysis; discrete-time systems; z-transform-method;
linear stochastic systems; application of statistical design principles;
optimal and adaptive control systems; digital control systems.
Electrical Engineering (E E)
241. Applied Electromagnetics (3)
Electrostatic field boundary conditions, energy relations, and forces; multidimensional
potential problems; magnetic field boundary conditions, scalar and vector
potentials, and magnetization; Maxwell's equations for stationary and moving
media; energy, force, and momentum in an electromagnetic field; plane waves;
waves near metallic boundaries; inhomogeneous wave equation.
243. Modern Methods in Synchronous Sequential Design (3)
Synchronous machine design with PLDs and FPGAs; algorithmic state machines;
incompletely specified machines; maximum compatibility classes; partitioning
of sequential machines; state merging and state splitting.
245. Communications Engineering (3)
Basic modulation concepts; statistical properties of signals; transmission
systems optimization against noise; digital transmission and modulation
methods; attenuation and phase distortion in analog and digital systems;
intermodulation distortion; random multipath channels; intersystem interference.
247. Modern Semiconductor Devices (3)
Crystal structures and elastic constants; lattice energy and vibrations;
thermal and dielectric properties of solids; ferroelectric and magnetic
properties of crystals; free electron model of metals; quantum statistics
distributions; band theory; semiconductor crystals; superconductivity; photoconductivity
and luminescence; dislocations.
249. Advanced Communication Engineering (3)
The measure of information; noiseless coding; models of communication channels;
channel capacity; discrete memoryless channels; error correcting codes;
information sources; discrete channels with memory; continuous channels.
251. Antennas and Propagation (3)
Wave equation, plane waves, metallic boundary conditions; wave equation
for the potentials Lorentz transformation; covariant formulation of electrodynamics;
radiation from a moving charge; scattering and dispersion; Hamiltonian formulation
of Maxwell's equations.
253. Advanced Asynchronous Machine Design (3)
Asynchronous machine design; primitive flow tables; static/dynamic hazards;
state assignment; covers; partitions; decompositions; state identification
and fault detection experiments; pulse mode circuits; iterative networks;
introduction to hardware description languages.
255. Digital Signal Processing (3)
Discrete-time signals; Fourier transforms; random discrete-time signals;
filtered random signals; correlation functions; power-spectral-density estimation;
cross-spectral estimates; detection of signals in noise; estimation of signals
in noise; recursive estimation of time-varying signals.
257. Optical Communications (3)
Quantum measure of light, linear, elliptical, and circular polarization;
optical waveguide equations, ray and mode theory; source and detector characteristics;
attenuation, dispersion, and noise effects; correlation, spectral density,
noise equivalent bandwith, coding, modulation, multiplexing techniques;
systems and link design.
259. Radar System Design (3)
The nature and history of radar, the radar equation, PRF and range considerations,
CW and FM radars. MTI and pulse-Doppler radars, tracking radars. Radar power
generation, antenna types and design considerations, receivers, detection
of signals in noise, extraction of information from radar signals, propagation
of radar wave, the effects of clutter, weather and interference. Examples
of radar system engineering and design.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering or permission of instructor.
Approved for SP grading.
291T. Topics in Electrical Engineering (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering or permission of instructor.
Selected electrical engineering subjects not in current courses.
Mechanical Engineering (M E)
211. Advanced Dynamics (3)
Dynamics of mechanical systems with emphasis on equations of motion. Kinematics
of particles, energy and momentum methods, variational methods, LaGrange's
method, kinematics and plane motion of rigid bodies, kinetics of rigid bodies
in three dimensions, mechanical vibrations.
220. Compressible Fluids (3)
Review of the foundations of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. The velocity
of sound, mach number and angle, differences between incompressible, subsonic,
and supersonic flow. Isentropic flow, working charts and tables, choking,
operation of nozzles. Normal shock waves, ducts, shock tube analysis. Fanno
and Rayleigh analysis, oblique shock waves, the Prandtl-Meyer equation.
Lift and drag on bodies in supersonic flow. Method of characteristics.
221. Incompressible Fluids (3)
The kinematics of liquids and gases, the LaGrangian and Eulerian methods,
streak lines, stream tubes. Geometry of the vector field, stokes, and Gauss's
theorems, acceleration of a fluid particle, homogeneous fluids and the equation
of continuity. Integration of Eutor's equation, Bernoulli's equation. Potential
motion and potential functions, source and sink potentials, the stream function.
Vortex theory, surfaces of discontinuity.
223. Jet Engine Propulsion (3)
First-year graduate course in mechanics and thermodynamics of jet engine
propulsion. Thermodynamics of fluid flow and engines, boundary layer theory,
subsonic and supersonic inlets, combustors, fans, compressors, turbines,
nozzles, inlet distortion, fuel controls, noise reduction, ramjets and scramjets.
224. Rocket Propulsion (3)
First-year graduate course in mechanics and thermodynamics of rocket engine
propulsion. Nozzle theory and thermodynamics, heat transfer, flight performance,
chemical rocket propellant performance, liquid propellants, solid propellants,
rocket testing, advanced propulsion concepts.
225. Heat Transfer (3)
Conduction, convection, and radiation. One and two dimensional steady-state
conduction, LaPlace's equation, numerical techniques. Transient heat transfer.
Heisler charts, multiple-dimensional systems, boundary layers, Reynold's
analogy. Forced and natural convection radiation heat transfer, Kirchoff's
and Wien's laws, radiation shields.
227. Advanced Thermodynamics (3)
Review of classical thermodynamics, Maxwell relations, equations of state,
nonideal gases, experimental methods. The molecular theory of gases, Clausius
and Van der Waals equations of state, velocity distribution. LaGrange's
method, the principle of equipartition. Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, micro-
and macro-states. Quantum statistics based on the Bose-Einstein, Maxwell
-Boltzmann, and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
229. Advanced Gas Dynamics (3)
Review of supersonic flow. Vibrational and chemical rate processes, nonequilibrium
chemical rate equations, rate equations for dissociation and recombination.
Flow with vibrational or chemical nonequilibrium. Nonequilibrium kinetic
theory; evaluation of collision cross-sections. Flow with translational
non-equilibrium. Radiative transfer in gases, and approximate solutions
of the equation of radiative transfer.
230. Aircraft Stability and Control (3)
First-year graduate course covering analytical tools, system theory, reference
frames, and transformations, equations of unsteady motion, longitudinal
aerodynamics, lateral aerodynamics, stability of steady flight, and response
to control actuation. All stability derivatives will be discussed in detail,
and examples and problems based on actual airplanes will be used.
231. Structural Dynamics (3)
Prerequisite: M E 211 or permission of instructor. Continuation of M E 211.
Von Karman theory, shear deformation, geometry and equilibrium of shells,
theory of vibrations, vibrations of aircraft structures, coupling with the
aerodynamic equations, flutter, ground and flight structural test techniques.
232. Advanced Aircraft Stability and Control (3)
Validity of small disturbance theory, nonlinear equations of motion, steady
state and dynamic stability and control of elastic airplanes. Frequency
response methods, response to turbulence. Automatic flight control analysis
and design, the human pilot in the control loop, stability augmentation,
digital flight control systems, state vector methods.
233. Structural Analysis (3)
Graduate-level course in the principles of structural mechanics. Stress,
strain and displacements, static and dynamic loads, energy methods, virtual
work, discrete and continuous system analysis, finite element analysis,
elastic beams, plates, and frames; single and multi degree-of-freedom modal
analysis.
250. Astrodynamics (3)
Introductory course in astrodynamics. Two-body orbital mechanics, orbit
determination, basic orbital maneuvers, rendezvous, ballistic missile trajectories,
lunar and interplanetary trajectories, orbital perturbations, launch trajectories,
reentry, spacecraft dynamics and attitude control.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering or permission of instructor.
Approved for SP grading.
291T. Topics in Mechanical Engineering (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering or permission of instructor.
Selected mechanical engineering subjects not in current courses.
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