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using rapid prototyping and CAD/CAM devices in a studio environment: projects, recitations

themed sections based around construction materials, Structures from all periods of history are analyzed, goal to provide understanding of the preservation of historic structures

introduces history of Islamic cultures, religious architecture that spans 14 centuries & 3 continents, studies representative examples from House of the Prophet to present in conjunction with their social, political & intellectual environments: readings, related resources
 

project-based introduction to the contemporary city, assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies to provide humane and sustainable solutions, City and building design, coastal Louisiana (review on sustainability and vulnerability), post-Katrina rebuilding

forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves and heat, presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, (useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture)

basic principles of elastic behavior for different materials such as wood, steel, concrete, and composite materials, properties and applications of materials, cross sectional stress and strain behavior in flexure and in shear and torsion, stability of beams and columns, qualitative behavior of combined stresses and fracture in materials
 

thermo-sciences for students primarily interested in architecture & building technology, fundamentals important to energy, ventilation, air conditioning & comfort in buildings, design projects: readings

case studies, publications: courses (sustainability in built environment, green building principles & practices, energy & environmental systems for green buildings, energy efficiency in buildings, technologies for energy efficient buildings)

includes extensive & heavily illustrated lecture notes covering Cairo from time of Alexander until 20th century, organized by major historical periods, glossary of terms: readings, related resources