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APPLIED SCIENCE

Interdepartmental course offerings in the School of Engineering and Applied Science .

1001 Introduction to Engineering for Undeclared Majors (1) Dolling and Staff
  As an introduction to disciplines within SEAS, potential solutions to problems are presented by practitioners of civil and environmental engineering; computer science; electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering; mechanical and aerospace engineering; and systems engineering. (Fall)
2057 Analytical Mechanics I (3) Silva
  First half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of statics: force systems, conditions of force and moment equilibrium, simple structures, distributed forces, centroids, internal forces, friction, moments of inertia. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: ApSc 2113, Phys 1021. (Fall and spring)
2058 Analytical Mechanics II (3) Staff
  Second half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of dynamics: kinematics of particles, velocity and acceleration, translating and rotating reference frames, particle dynamics, motion under central and electromagnetic force, effect of Earth's rotation, vibrations, work, kinetic and potential energy, dynamics of systems of particles. Prerequisite: ApSc 2057. (Fall and spring)
2113 Engineering Analysis I (3) Haque
  Analytical methods for the solution of problems in engineering, the physical sciences, and applied mathematics: applications of ordinary differential equations, matrices and determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, systems of ordinary linear differential equations, Bessel and Legendre functions. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: Math 2233. (Fall and spring)
2114 Engineering Analysis II (3) Wasylkiwskyj and Staff
  Analytical methods for the solution of problems in engineering, the physical sciences, and applied mathematics: complex variables, Fourier series and integral, frequency filters, Laplace transforms, inversion and Duhamel integrals; partial differential equations. Prerequisite: Math 2233.(Fall and spring)
2130 Materials Science (3) Leng and Staff
  Structure of perfect and imperfect solids, thermodynamics of solids, reaction rate theory, electrons in solids, electron transport, electrical properties of junctions, magnetic materials, optical properties of materials. Prerequisite: Chem 1111, Math 2233, Phys 1022. (Fall and spring)
3115 Engineering Analysis III (3) Shaw, van Dorp
  Analytical methods for the solution of engineering problems using concepts from probability and statistics: probability modeling, random variables and their distributions, mathematical expectation, sampling, point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and engineering applications. Prerequisite: Math 1232; UW 1020. (Spring)
3116 Engineering Analysis IV (3) Mazzuchi and Staff
  Analytical methods using advanced concepts from probability and statistics: multivariate distributions, expectation, generating functions, parametric families of distributions, sampling and sufficient statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, and engineering applications. Prerequisite: ApSc 3115, Math 2233. May be taken for graduate credit. (Fall)
 

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