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302012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements AddendumElliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic types; Eigenvalue problems. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I. (I.)Hafez(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)190. Professional Responsibilities ofEngineers (3)Lecture—3 hours. Restricted to upper-division studentsin the College of Engineering. Organization ofthe engineering profession; introduction to contracts,specifications, business law, patents, and liability;discussion of professional, ethical, societal, andpolitical issues related to engineering. GE credit:SocSci | SS.—II, III. (II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)198. Directed Group Study (1-5)May be repeated for credit up to 3 times. (P/NPgrading only.) GE credit: SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Engineering:Aerospace Science andEngineeringNew and changed courses inAerospace Science and Engineering(EAE)Upper Division126. Theoretical and ComputationalAerodynamics (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:C- or better in course 127; C- or better in Engineering180 or Applied Science Engineering 115 orMechanical Engineering 115 or Mathematics 128C.Development of general equations of fluid motion.Study of flow field kinematics and dynamics. Flowabout a body. Thin airfoil theory. Viscous effects.Applications of numerical methods to wing analysisand design. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—III. (III.) Hafez(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)130A. Aircraft Performance and Design (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in course 127; C- orbetter in course 129 (may be taken concurrently).Major aircraft design experience with multiple realisticconstraints including aerodynamics, performanceanalysis, weight estimation, stability and control,and appropriate engineering standards. GE credit:SciEng | SE, QL, VL.—II. (II.) van Dam(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)135. Aerospace Structures (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in Engineering104; course 126 or 127 recommended.Analysis and design methods used in aerospacestructures. Shear flow in open, closed and multicellbeam cross-sections, buckling of flat and curvedsheets, tension field beams, local buckling. GEcredit: SciEng | QL, SE.—II. (II.) La Saponara(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)138. Aircraft Propulsion (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:C- or better in Mechanical Engineering 106. Analysisand design of modern aircraft gas turbineengines. Development and application of cycle performanceprediction techniques for important engineconfigurations. Introduction to the operation anddesign of inlets, compressors, burners, turbines, andnozzles. Cycle design studies for specific applications.GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE.—II. (II.) R. Davis(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)140. Rocket Propulsion (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: grade of C- or betterin Engineering 103 and 105. Restricted to upperdivision standing. Fluid and thermodynamics ofrocket engines, liquid and solid rocket propulsion.Space propulsion concepts and space missionrequirements. Not open for credit to students whohave taken identical course 189A prior to Fall Quarter2013. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—III, IV. (III, IV.)Hafez(new course—eff. fall 13)141. Space Systems Design (4)Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:grade of C- or better in Engineering 102 andMechanical Engineering 106. Introduction to spacesystems design including space project organization,requirements definition and specification, conceptsformulation, system tradeoffs, subsystemdesign. Prototype space mission concepts are presentedand a multidisciplinary mission design isdeveloped that considers all relevant architectureelements. Offered in alternate years. GE credit:SciEng | SE.—(I.) Joshi(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)142. Orbital Mechanics (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: grade of C- or betterin Engineering 102. Restricted to upper divisionstanding. Satellite orbits, multistage rockets, currentglobal boosters, and new technologies. Designapplication problems include satellites, trajectoryoptimizations, and interplanetary trajectories. Notopen for credit to student who have completedcourse 189B prior to Fall Quarter 2013. GE credit:SciEng | SE.—III, IV. (III, IV.)(new course—eff. fall 13)189A. Rocket Propulsion (4)(cancelled course—eff. summer 13)189B. Orbital Mechanics (4)(cancelled course—eff. summer 13)Engineering: AppliedScience—DavisNew and changed courses inEngineering: Applied Science—Davis (EAD)Lower Division2. Introduction to Applied ComputationalScience and Engineering (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:Mathematics 21C (may be taken concurrently), Physics9A (may be taken concurrently), Computer ScienceEngineering 30. Role of mathematics inmodeling physical, biological, and engineering phenomena.Pitfalls in computation. Limitations of models,numerical implementations, and qualityassessment of computational data. Interactionsamong mathematics, algorithms, computer hardwareand software, and selected scientific and engineeringapplications. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—III.(III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Upper Division108A. Optics I (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:Physics 9C and Mathematics 21D. Optical propertiesof matter, the nature of light, reflection, refraction,and other properties of light. Basic opticalcomponents, reflecting systems, and dispersive components.Geometrical optics, ray tracing, and opticalaberrations. Optical instruments. The color oflight. GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE.—I. (I.) Baldis, Kolner(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)108B. Optics II (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 108A. Introduction to wave theory of optics,including Maxwell’s equations and boundary condition,reflection and transmission coefficients, interference,diffraction, polarization, thin film and ultra thinfilm optics, and radiation from extended distributionsof oscillating electric dipoles. Applications of waveoptics. Not open for credit to students who havecompleted Physics 108 and 108L. GE credit:SciEng | QL, SE.—II. (II.) Baldis, Kolner(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)115. Numerical Solution of Engineeringand Scientific Problems (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:Engineering 6 or Computer Science Engineering 30,and Mathematics 22B. Computer problem solving,including error analysis, roots of equations, systemsof equations, interpolation and data fitting, integration;initial value, boundary value, and eigenvalueordinary differential equations. Emphasis on robustmethods to solve realistic problems. GE credit:SciEng | QL, SE.—I. II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)116. Computer Solution of PhysicalProblems (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 115. Application of computers to the solutionof physical problems. Numerical solution of elliptic,parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations.Eigenvalue problems. Monte Carlo methods.GE credit: SciEng | SE.—III. Jensen, Cramer, Miller,Orel, Laub, McCurdy, Rodrigue(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)117A. Simulation and Modeling ofDeterministic Dynamical Systems (5)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; extensiveproblem solving—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 2,116; Physics 104A. Numerical techniques for simulationand modeling of nonlinear deterministic systems.Examples from fluid, continuum, molecularmechanics, low dimensional nonlinear systems.Emphasis on error and stability through adaptivemethods, evaluation of relationships between physicalsystems, the model equations, numerical implementation.GE credit: SciEng | SE.—Jensen,McCurdy, Miller, Orel, Rocke(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)117B. Simulation and Modeling ofStatistical Systems (5)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; extensiveproblem solving. Prerequisite: Statistics 131A orCivil and Environmental Engineering 114 or Mathematics131 and course 117A. Simulation of stochasticsystems, maps, and deterministic chaos. Stabilityand error control in stochastic modeling. Fluctuationsand dissipation; dynamics of complex and disorderedsystems; Monte Carlo techniques, Brownian,Langevin, and molecular dynamics. Simulation ofmeaningful statistical sampling in stochastic and disorderedsystems. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.)Miller, Orel, Laub, McCurdy, Rodrique(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)117C. Topics in Simulation and Modeling(5)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; extensiveproblem solving. Prerequisite: course 117B. Topicsmay include algorithms in electromagnetics, materials,biology, and economics. Fast multipole andresummation techniques, algorithms for integraltransforms, mesh generation, combinatorics, encryption;data mining, handling, and compression ofQuarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience