Intermediate, Engineering & Technology, Exams

Uncertainty in Engineering

probability & statistics with emphasis on applications, events & probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables & vectors, distributions, Bernoulli trials & Poisson point processes, full-distribution uncertainty propagation, second-moment representation, propagation, conditional analysis, random sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression

Chemical and Biological Reaction Engineering

concepts of reaction rate, stoichiometry and equilibrium applied to the analysis of chemical and biological reacting systems, derivation of rate expressions from reaction mechanisms and equilibrium or steady state assumptions, design of chemical and biochemical reactors via synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, and mass and energy balances: readings

Various Courses

  • Statics and Dynamics - Units, Newton’s Laws, General Principles of Mechanics, Concurrent Force Systems, Moments, Parallel Forces and Their Resultants, Centroids, Equilibrium of Rigid Bodie, Trusses, Frames, and Machines, Internal Forces in Structural Members, Shear and Bending Moment in Beams, Friction, Second Moments, Kinematics of Particles, Particles (Work-Energy, Linear Impulse & Momentum), Impact

  • Structural Concrete Design - Building system primary functions, Types of load, RC structural members: project

Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings

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

Fluid Mechanics

  • Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - fluid mechanics & relevance in civil engineering, fundamental principles, design of simple hydraulic components

  • Fluid Mechanics 2 - Turbulent flow in pipes, including its application to pipe networks, Roughness in pipes and channels, hydraulically rough and smooth surfaces, Colebrooke-White expression, Open Channel Flow, Centrifugal, mixed and axial flow pumps, matching pumps to pipelines, hydraulic efficiency of pumps

Microelectronic Devices and Circuits

modeling of microelectronic devices, basic microelectronic circuit analysis and design, physical electronics of semiconductor junction and MOS devices, relation of electrical behavior to internal physical processes, development of circuit models, understanding uses and limitations of various models: projects, tools, study materials, readings

Information and Entropy

unified theory of info with applications to computing, communications, thermodynamics & other sciences, covers digital signals & streams, codes, compression, noise, probability, reversible & irreversible operations, info in biological systems, channel capacity, maximum-entropy formalism, thermodynamic equilibrium, temperature, second law of thermodynamics, quantum computation: quiz, resources

Micro/Nano Processing Technology

introduces theory and technology of micro/nano fabrication, Lectures and laboratory sessions focus on basic processing techniques such as diffusion, oxidation, photolithography, chemical vapor deposition, application to device fabrication: readings, labs

Circuits and Electronics

fundamentals of the lumped circuit abstraction, resistive elements and networks, independent and dependent sources, switches and MOS transistors, digital abstraction, amplifiers, energy storage elements, dynamics of first- and second-order networks, design in the time and frequency domains, analog and digital circuits and applications: readings, labs

Structure and Interpretation of Systems & Signals

mathematical modeling techniques used in the design of electronic systems, Systems are defined as mappings on signals, notion of the state, Feedback systems and automata, equivalence of automata and concurrent composition. Hybrid systems, Difference and differential equations, frequency domain models for signals and frequency response for systems, Sampling, Applications (communications systems, audio, video, and image processing systems & control systems): Resources, Instructor guide

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