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University Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs 2003-2004 The George Washington University  

 
   
 

APPLIED SCIENCE

Interdepartmental course offerings in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

1 Introduction to Engineering for Undeclared Majors (1) Tong and Staff
  As an introduction to disciplines within SEAS, potential solutions to problems are presented by practitioners of civil and environmental engineering; computer science; electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering; mechanical and aerospace engineering; and systems engineering. (Fall)
57 Analytical Mechanics I (2) Haque and Staff
  First half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of statics: force systems, conditions of force and moment equilibrium, simple structures, distributed forces, centroids, internal forces, friction, moments of inertia. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: ApSc 113, Phys 21. (Fall and spring)
58 Analytical Mechanics II (3) Chichka
  Second half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of dynamics: kinematics of particles, velocity and acceleration, translating and rotating reference frames, particle dynamics, motion under central and electromagnetic force, effect of Earth's rotation, vibrations, work, kinetic and potential energy, dynamics of systems of particles. Prerequisite: ApSc 57. (Fall and spring)
113 Engineering Analysis I (3) Haque, Motevalli
  Analytical methods for the solution of problems in engineering, the physical sciences, and applied mathematics: applications of ordinary differential equations, matrices and determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, systems of ordinary linear differential equations, Bessel and Legendre functions. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: Math 33. (Fall and spring)
114 Engineering Analysis II (3) Kahn and Staff
  Analytical methods for the solution of problems in engineering, the physical sciences, and applied mathematics: complex variables, Fourier series and integral, frequency filters, Laplace transforms, inversion and Duhamel integrals; partial differential equations. Prerequisite: Math 33. (Fall and spring)
115 Engineering Analysis III (3) van Dorp and Staff
  Analytical methods for the solution of engineering problems using concepts from probability and statistics: probability modeling, random variables and their distributions, mathematical expectation, sampling, point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and engineering applications. Prerequisite: Math 32; UW 20. (Fall and spring)
116 Engineering Analysis IV (3) Soland and Staff
  Analytical methods using advanced concepts from probability and statistics: multivariate distributions, expectation, generating functions, parametric families of distributions, sampling and sufficient statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, and engineering applications. Prerequisite: ApSc 115, Math 33. May be taken for graduate credit. (Fall)
130 Materials Science (3) Staff
  Structure of perfect and imperfect solids, thermodynamics of solids, reaction rate theory, electrons in solids, electron transport, electrical properties of junctions, magnetic materials, optical properties of materials. Prerequisite: Chem 11, Math 33, Phys 22. (Fall and spring)

 

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