Courses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanical Engineering
- 2.25: Advanced Fluid Dynamics
Instructor: Gareth McKinley
Term: 2009 Fall
Survey of principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics. Mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua. Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows. Similarity and dimensional analysis. Lubrication theory. Boundary layers and separation. Circulation and vorticity theorems. Potential flow. Introduction to turbulence. Lift and drag. Surface tension and surface tension driven flows. - 2.42: General Thermodynamics
Instructor: Ernest Cravalho
Term: 2008 Fall
General foundations of thermodynamics from an entropy point of view, entropy generation and transfer in complex systems. Definitions of work, energy, stable equilibrium, available energy, entropy, thermodynamic potential, and interactions other than work (nonwork, heat, mass transfer). Applications to properties of materials, bulk flow, energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, combustion, and industrial manufacturing. - 2.500: Desalination and Water Purification
Instructor: John Lienhard
Term: 2009 Spring
Introduces the fundamental science and technology of desalinating water to overcome water scarcity and ensure sustainable water supplies. Covers basic water chemistry, flash evaporation, reverse osmosis and membrane engineering, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, solar desalination, energy efficiency of desalination systems, fouling and scaling, environmental impacts, and economics of desalination systems. - 2.52: Modeling and Approximation of Thermal Processes (Listener)
Instructor: Leon Glicksman
Term: 2009 Fall
Focuses on teaching students how to model thermal transport processes in typical engineering systems such as those found in manufacturing, machinery, and energy technologies. Subject is divided into successive modules that cover basic modeling tactics for particular modes of transport, including steady and unsteady heat conduction, convection, multiphase flow processes, and thermal radiation. Subject includes a creative design project executed by the students. - 2.55: Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer
Instructor: Borivoje Mikic
Term: 2009 Spring
Advanced treatment of fundamental aspects of heat and mass transport. Topics covered include: diffusion kinetics, conservation laws, laminar and turbulent convection, mass transfer including phase change or heterogeneous reactions, and basic thermal radiation. Problems and examples include theory and applications drawn from a spectrum of engineering design and manufacturing problems. - 2.62J: Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion (In Progress)
Instructor: Ahmed Ghoniem
Term: 2010 Spring
Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy.
- 2.25: Advanced Fluid Dynamics
Mathematics
- 18.085: Computational Science and Engineering
Instructor: Gilbert Strang
Term: 2008 Fall
Review of linear algebra, applications to networks, structures, and estimation, finite difference and finite element solution of differential equations, Laplace's equation and potential flow, boundary-value problems, Fourier series, discrete Fourier transform, convolution. Frequent use of MATLAB in a wide range of scientific and engineering applications.
- 18.085: Computational Science and Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- MAE 20: Programming with Numerical Methods Applications
Instructor: Shalom Ruben
Term: 2005 Spring
Introduction to programming with MATLAB. Applications to numerical methods used in engineering. - MAE 94: Introduction to Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
Instructor: Sanjeev Jain
Term: 2006 Fall
Computer graphics and two- and three-dimensional modeling on computer-aided design and drafting systems. Students use one or more online computer systems to design and display various objects. - MAE 101: Statics and Strength of Materials
Instructor: Ajit Mal
Term: 2006 Winter
Vector representation of forces, resultant force and moment, equilibrium of concurrent and nonconcurrent forces. Determinate and indeterminate force systems. Area moments and products of inertia. Support reactions and free-body diagrams for structures. Internal forces in beams, shear and moment diagrams. Cauchy's stress and linear strain components in solids, equilibrium equations, Hooke's law. Saint Venant's problems of extension, bending, flexure, and torsion. Deflection of symmetric beams. Axial and hoop stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels. - MAE 102: Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies
Instructor: Steve Gibson
Term: 2006 Spring
Fundamental concepts of Newtonian mechanics. Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. Impulse-momentum and work-energy relationships. Applications. - MAE 103: Elementary Fluid Mechanics
Instructor: Owen Smith
Term: 2006 Spring
Introductory course dealing with application of principles of mechanics to flow of compressible and incompressible fluids. - MAE 105A: Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics
Instructor: Laurent Pilon
Term: 2005 Fall
Phenomenological thermodynamics. Concepts of equilibrium, temperature, and reversibility. First law and concept of energy; second law and concept of entropy. Equations of state and thermodynamic properties. Engineering applications of these principles in analysis and design of closed and open systems. - MAE 105D: Transport Phenomena
Instructor: Adrienne Lavine
Term: 2006 Fall
Transport phenomena; heat conduction, mass species diffusion, convective heat and mass transfer, and radiation. Engineering applications in thermal and environmental control. - MAE 131A: Intermediate Heat Transfer
Instructor: Webb Marner
Term: 2007 Winter
Steady conduction: two-sided, two-ended, tapered, and circular fins; buried cylinders, thick fins. Transient conduction: slabs, cylinders, products. Convection: transpiration, laminar pipe flow, film condensation, boundary layers, dimensional analysis, working correlation, surface radiation. Two-stream heat exchangers. Elements of thermal design. - MAE 131AL: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Laboratory
Instructor: Anthony Mills
Term: 2008 Spring
Applications of thermodynamic principles to engineering processes. Energy conversion systems. Rankine cycle and other cycles, refrigeration, psychrometry, reactive and nonreactive fluid flow systems. - MAE 133A: Engineering Thermodynamics
Instructor: Ravnesh Amar
Term: 2007 Fall
Applications of thermodynamic principles to engineering processes. Energy conversion systems. Rankine cycle and other cycles, refrigeration, psychrometry, reactive and nonreactive fluid flow systems. - MAE 135: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Instructor: Neil Morley
Term: 2007 Fall
Nuclear physics, Radioactivity, Decay, Radiation interaction with matter. Nuclear fission and fusion processes, mass defect, chain reactions, criticality, neutron transport, heat transfer issues. Nuclear power plants (electrical, space, propulsion), Medical uses. - MAE 136: Energy and Environment
Instructor: Anthony Mills
Term: 2008 Winter
Global energy use and supply, electrical power generation, fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, renewable energy such as hydropower, biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, and ocean, fuel cells, transportation, energy conservation, air and water pollution, global warming. - MAE 150A: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
Instructor: Jeff Eldredge
Term: 2007 Winter
Fundamental solutions of Navier-Stokes equations. Lubrication theory. Potential flow theory. Boundary layers. Turbulent flow. Compressible flow: normal shocks, channel flow with friction or heat addition. - MAE 150B: Aerodynamics
Instructor: P.P. Yee
Term: 2007 Spring
Advanced potential flow theory. Incompressible flow. Gas dynamics: oblique shocks, Prandtl/Meyer expansion. Linearized subsonic/ supersonic flow around thin airfoils/wings. Wave drag. Transonic flow. - MAE 156A: Advanced Strength of Materials
Instructor: Ajit Mal
Term: 2007 Spring
Stress, strain, and material behavior. Stresses in loaded beams with symmetric and asymmetric cross sections, curved beams, pressure vessels, press/shrink fit problems. Torsion of cylinders and thin-walled structures, rotating shafts. Contact stress, shear flow. Strength and failure, plastic deformation, fatigue, elastic instability. - MAE 157: Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Instructor: Andrew Charwat
Term: 2007 Spring
Measurement and performance of basic experiments in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, structures, thermodynamics, primary sensors, transducers, recording equipment, signal processing, and data analysis. - MAE 162A: Introduction to Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems
Instructor: Lih-Min Hsia
Term: 2007 Fall
Analysis and synthesis of mechanisms and mechanical systems. Kinematics, dynamics, mechanical advantages. Displacement, velocity, acceleration analyses. Gearing and various gear trains. - MAE 162B: Mechanical Product Design
Instructor: Shahram Shaefer
Term: 2008 Winter
Lecture and laboratory (design) course involving modern design theory and methodology for development of mechanical products. Economics, marketing, manufacturability, quality, and patentability. Design considerations taught and applied to hands-on design project. - MAE 162M: Senior Mechanical Engineering Design
Instructor: Webb Marner
Term: 2008 Spring
Analytical course of large engineering system. Design factors include functionality, efficiency, economy, safety, reliability, aesthetics, and social impact. Final report of engineering specifications and drawings to be presented by design teams. - MAE 169A: Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations
Instructor: Mike Lih
Term: 2008 Winter
Fundamentals of vibration theory and applications. Free, forced, and transient vibration of one and two degrees of freedom systems, including damping. Normal modes, coupling, and normal coordinates. Vibration isolation devices, vibrations of continuous systems. - MAE 171A: Introduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I
Instructor: Jeff Shamma
Term: 2007 Winter
Feedback principles, control systems design, and system stability. Modeling of physical systems; transform methods; controller design and analysis using Nyquist, Bode, and root locus; compensation. - MAE 182A: Mathematics of Engineering
Instructor: Amiya Chatterjee
Term: 2006 Spring
Methods of solving ODEs in engineering. Review of matrix algebra. Solutions of systems of first- and second-order ODEs. Laplace transforms and applications. Boundary value problems. - MAE 183: Introduction to Manufacturing Processes
Instructor: C.J. Kim
Term: 2006 Spring
Manufacturing fundamentals - Materials, Systems, Rapid prototyping, Material removal processes, Solidification/forming, Joining, Assembly, Particulate and surface processes, Electronics. - MAE 199: Directed Research in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Instructor: Shahram Shaefer
Term: 2008 Spring
Tutorial, to be arranged. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. May be repeated for credit with school approval. Individual contract required; enrollment petitions available in Office of Academic and Student Affairs.
- MAE 20: Programming with Numerical Methods Applications
Miscellaneous Engineering
- EE 100: Electrical and Electronic Circuits
Instructor: D.M. Briggs
Term: 2006 Fall
Electrical quantities, linear circuit elements, circuit principles, signal waveforms, transient and steady state circuit behavior, semiconductor diodes and transistors, small signal models, and operational amplifiers. - EE 110L: Circuit Measurements Laboratory
Instructor: Arlen Baghdasarian
Term: 2007 Winter
Experiments with basic circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, and op-amps. Ohm's law voltage and current division, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, superposition, transient and steady state analysis, and frequency response principles. - MSE 14: Science of Engineering Materials
Instructor: Eric Bescher
Term: 2006 Winter
Introduction to different materials used in engineering designs: metals, ceramics, plastics, and composites, relationship between structure (crystals and microstructure) and properties of technological materials. Illustration of differences and applications in engineering.
- EE 100: Electrical and Electronic Circuits
Mathematics
- MATH 31B: Integration and Infinite Series
Instructor: Marek Biskup
Term: 2004 Fall
Transcendental functions; methods and applications of integration; sequences and series. - MATH 32A: Calculus of Several Variables
Instructor: Rodolfo De Sapio
Term: 2005 Winter
Introduction to differential calculus of several variables, vector field theory. - MATH 32B: Calculus of Several Variables
Instructor: Jonathan Rogawski
Term: 2005 Spring
Introduction to integral calculus of several variables, line and surface integrals. - MATH 33A: Linear Algebra and Applications
Instructor: M Thillainatesan
Term: 2005 Fall
Linear algebra: systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, linear independence, subspaces, bases and dimension, orthogonality, least-squares methods, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix diagonalization, and symmetric matrices. - MATH 33B: Differential Equations
Instructor: E.D. Lee
Term: 2006 Winter
First-order, linear differential equations; second-order, linear differential equations with constant coefficients; power series solutions; linear systems.
- MATH 31B: Integration and Infinite Series
Physics
- PHYSICS 1A: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
Instructor: Brent Corbin
Term: 2005 Winter
Motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravitation. - PHYSICS 1B: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
Instructor: Brent Corbin
Term: 2005 Spring
Damped and driven oscillators, mechanical and acoustic waves. Electrostatics: electric field and potential, capacitors, and dielectrics. Currents and DC circuits. Magnetic field. - PHYSICS 1C: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
Instructor: Walter Gekelman
Term: 2005 Fall
Ampere law, Faraday law, inductance, and LRC circuits. Maxwell equations in integral and differential form. Electromagnetic waves. Light, geometrical, and physical optics. Special relativity. - PHYSICS 4AL: Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
Instructor: William Slater
Term: 2005 Spring
Experiments - measuring gravity, accelerated motion, kinetic/potential energy, impulse/momentum, damped/driven oscillators, resonance/vibrating strings. Computer DAQ and analysis. Error analysis (distributions and least-squares fitting). - PHYSICS 4BL: Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism
Instructor: William Slater
Term: 2005 Fall
Experiments on electric forces, fields, and potentials. Magnetic fields. Linear and nonlinear devices. Resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Modern circuits. Geometrical and physical optics.
- PHYSICS 1A: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
Chemistry
- CHEM 20A: Chemical Structure
Instructor: Delroy Baugh
Term: 2004 Fall
Survey of chemical processes, quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular structure and bonding, molecular spectroscopy. - CHEM 20B: Chemical Energetics and Change
Instructor: Delroy Baugh
Term: 2005 Winter
Intermolecular forces and organization, phase behavior, chemical thermodynamics, solutions, equilibria, reaction rates and laws. - CHEM 20L: General Chemistry Laboratory
Instructor: Johnny Pang
Term: 2005 Winter
Balance, volumetric techniques, volumetric and potentiometric analysis; Beer's law, environmental analysis and materials science applications.
- CHEM 20A: Chemical Structure
General Education
- ESS 15: Introduction to Oceanography
Instructor: Edwin Schauble
Term: 2006 Fall
General introduction to geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and history of Earth's global ocean system. - Ethno 120A: Development of Jazz
Instructor: Kenny Burrell
Term: 2007 Fall
Introduction to jass; its historical background and its development in the U.S. - Ethno 147: Classical Music of India
Instructor: Allyn Miner
Term: 2007 Spring
Examination of melodic, metric, and formal structures of Indian classical music in context of religious, sociocultural, and historical background of the country. - MUSHIST 75: The History of Jazz
Instructor: Stephan Pennington
Term: 2006 Winter
History and analysis of variety of jazz styles, from late 19th-century forerunners to the present, with emphasis on social meanings of muiscal practices. - PHIL 7: Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
Instructor: Joseph Almog
Term: 2004 Fall
Introductory study of philosophical issues about nature of the mind and its relation to the body, including materialism, functionalism, behaviorism, determinism and free will, nature of psychological knowledge.
- ESS 15: Introduction to Oceanography
MIT course information comes from the MIT Subject Listing & Schedule.
UCLA course information comes from the 2007-2008 HSSEAS Announcement and the 2007-2008 UCLA General Catalog.
