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minerals, igneous rocks, volcanoes, weathering, erosion, soils, sediment & sedimentary rocks, metamorphism & metamorphic rocks, mass wasting/movement, running & groundwater, shorelines, glaciers, wind & deserts, geologic time, deformation & mountain building, earthquakes, plate tectonics, application of relative ages

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

experimental & theoretical aspects of chemical reaction kinetics, including transition-state theories, molecular beam scattering, classical techniques, quantum & statistical mechanical estimation of rate constants, pressure-dependence & chemical activation, modeling complex reacting mixtures, uncertainty/sensitivity analyses, reactions in gas phase, liquid phase, on surfaces with examples from atmospheric, combustion, industrial, catalytic, biological chemistry: readings, study materials

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

• Strength of Materials - Statics of Simple Structures, Stress, Strain, Hooke's Law, Thermal Stress and Deformation, Beam Analysis including Shear Force and Bending Moments, Riveted, Bolted and Welded Joints

• Statics and Strength of Materials - Translational and Rotational Equilibrium Conditions, Statics for Simple Structures, Stress, Strain, Hooke's Law, Thermal Stress and Deformation, Mixed Mechanical/Thermal Effects, Beam Analysis, Torsion and Power Transmission, Riveted, Bolted, and Welded Joints

• 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

quantitative techniques of Operations Research with emphasis on applications in transportation systems analysis (urban, air, ocean, highway, pick-up and delivery systems) and in the planning and design of logistically oriented urban service systems, unified study of functions of random variables, geometrical probability, multi-server queueing theory, spatial location theory, network analysis and graph theory and relevant methods of simulation.

principles and concepts of Special and General Relativity, origins of Quantum Mechanics, quantum structure of atoms, molecules, solids, applications to lasers and microelectronics, nuclear and particle physics and cosmology.

quantitative models and qualitative frameworks for studying complex engineering systems, abstracting a complex system into a model for purposes of analysis and design while dealing with complexity, emergent behavior, stochasticity, non-linearities and the requirements of many stakeholders with divergent objectives

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