Introductory, Engineering & Technology, Software / Demonstrations

Course Materials

electrical science and linear circuits, electric circuit study applets and interactive examples and exercises, EIT review slides

Courses

  • Electrical Networks 1 - Current, Voltage, Power, Passive Sign Convention, Resistive Networks, Ohm's & Kirchhoff's Laws, Nodal and Loop Analysis, Op-Amp Circuits, Operational Amplifiers, Superposition, Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems, Capacitance and Inductance, First and Second Order Transient Circuits, AC Steady-State Analysis

  • Circuits - basic analysis, design and measurement of linear analog systems important across engineering disciplines, AC steady-state analysis, Laplace transforms, linear circuits
  • Electrical Networks 2 - AC Steady-State Analysis, Steady-State Power Analysis, Polyphase Circuits, Magnetically Coupled Networks, Variable Frequency Network Performance, Laplace Transform & Application
  • Electrical Power Plant - Nuclear, fossil and solar energy sources, Analysis and design of steam supply systems, electrical generating systems and auxiliary systems, Power plant efficiency and operation

What is Engineering?

engineering problem solving: virtual laboratory (WWW-based engineering/science experiments for beginning science & engineering students), topics, projects, readable references

Nuclear Engineering Courses

nuclear links & downloads, reference info: nuclear reactor analysis, engineering physics (nuclear, computer systems, optics and solid state laboratories, power plant systems & operation, reactor safety design, reactor heat transport system design, reactor heat transport system simulation & analysis, Fourier transforms), introduction to statistical mechanics & thermodynamics

Convex Optimization

recognizing & solving convex optimization problems in engineering: Convex sets, functions, optimization problems, Basics of convex analysis, Least-squares, linear and quadratic programs, semidefinite programming, minimax, extremal volume, Optimality conditions, duality theory, theorems of alternative, applications, Interior-point methods, signal processing, control, digital & analog circuit design, computational geometry, statistics, mech engineering

Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems

applied linear algebra & dynamical systems, applications to circuits, signal processing, communications, control systems: Least-squares aproximations of over-determined equations, least-norm solutions of underdetermined equations, Symmetric matrices, matrix norm & SVD, Eigenvalues & eigenvectors, Matrix exponential, stability, asymptotic behavior, Multi-input & output, impulse & step matrices, convolution & transfer matrix, Control, reachability, state transfer, least-norm inputs, Observability & least-squares state estimation: support notes, MATLAB files

Engineering Graphics

Virtual World, Notes (The Design Process, Multiview & Pictorial Sketches, Solid Modeling, Geometry and Constraints, Auxiliary & Section Views, Dimensioning, Tolerancing, Standard Conventions, Working Drawings, Symbols and Schematics, Technical Presentations, Data Presentation), Games and Quizzes, Pro-Engineer Tutorials

Java Applets for Engineering Education

ideal flow machine, Virtual Shock Tube, Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator, Converging Diverging Nozzle Simulator, Thermodynamics of Air, Real Gas Shock Calculator, Boundary Layer Applets + Convection, Heat Conduction Applets, Vortex Panel Method, Mohr's Circle Applet, Beam Analysis, Resultant of Vectors, Motion on Curved Paths, Projectile Motion

Circuits and Electronics

lumped circuit abstraction. resistive elements & networks, independent & dependent sources, switches & MOS transistors, digital abstraction, amplifiers, energy storage elements, dynamics of 1st & 2nd order networks, design in time & frequency domains, analog & digital circuits & applications: readings, labs, related resources, video lectures

Transport Processes in the Environment

introduction to mass transport in environmental flows with emphasis on river & lake systems, derivation & solutions to differential mass conservation equations, molecular & turbulent diffusion, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange & particle transport: syllabus, readings, labs, tools, related resources

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