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302. Graduate Colloquium. Current topics in civil and environmental engineering theory
and practice. Weekly seminar series. Instructor: Hueckel. 0 units.
391. Internship. Student gains practical experience in civil and environmental engineering
by taking a job in industry, and writes a report about this experience. Requires prior consent
from the student's advisor and from the director of graduate studies. Instructor: Staff. 1 unit.
399. Special Readings in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Special individual
readings in a specific area of study in civil and environmental engineering. Approval of
director of graduate studies required. 1 to 3 units. Instructor: Graduate faculty. Variable
credit.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Professor Collins, Chair; Associate Professor Board, Associate Chair; Associate Professor
Cummer, Director of Graduate Studies (3455 CIEMAS); Assistant Research Professor
Tantum, Associate Director of Graduate Studies; Professors Brady, Brown, Carin,
Chakrabarty, Fair, Glass, Joines, Jokerst, Krolik, Liu, Massoud, Smith, and Trivedi;
Associate Professors Board, Brooke, Cummer, Kedem, and Teitsworth; Assistant
Professors Dwyer, George, Lebeck, Kim, Ozev, Reynolds, Roy Choudhury, Sorin, Stiff-
Roberts, Willett, and Yoshie; Professors Emeriti Casey, Marinos, Owen, Wang and Wilson;
Professor of the Practice Ybarra; Associate Professor of the Practice Huettel;Assistant
Professor of the Practice Gustafson; Assistant Research Professors Liao, Morizio, Pitsianis,
Remus, Tantum, and Wolter; Adjunct Associate Professors Derby and Janet; Visiting
Professors Kaiser and McCumber
Graduate study in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is
intended to prepare students for leadership roles in academia, industry, and government that
require creative technical problem solving skills. The department offers both PhD and MS
degree programs with options for study in a broad spectrum of areas within electrical and
computer engineering. Research and course offerings in the department are organized into
five areas of specialization: computer engineering, sensing and waves, micro/nano systems,
photonics, and signal processing and communications. Detailed descriptions of course
offerings, faculty research interests, and degree requirements may be found on the
department's Web Site, http://www.ece.duke.edu/. Interdisciplinary programs are also
available that connect the above areas with those in other engineering departments and
computer science, the natural sciences, and the Medical School. Students in the department
may also be involved in research conducted in one of Duke's Centers (e.g. the Fitzpatrick
Institute for Photonics and Communications). Recommended prerequisites for graduate
study in electrical engineering include knowledge of basic mathematics, statistics, and
physics, electrical networks, electromagnetics, and system theory. Students with nonelectrical
and/or computer engineering undergraduate degrees are welcome to apply but
should discuss their enrollment and course requirement options with the Director of
Graduate Studies. The MS degree program includes thesis, project, or courses-only options.
A qualifying examination is required for the PhD degree program and must be taken by the
beginning of the third semester of enrollment. The exam is intended to assess the student's
potential for success as a researcher in their chosen sub-discipline. To ensure breadth of
study, PhD students are required to take at least three courses in two areas outside their area
of specialization. There is no foreign language requirement.
211. Quantum Mechanics. Discussion of wave mechanics including elementary
applications, free particle dynamics, Schrödinger equation including treatment of systems
with exact solutions, and approximate methods for time-dependent quantum mechanical
systems with emphasis on quantum phenomena underlying solid-state electronics and
physics. Prerequisite: Mathematics 107 or equivalent. Instructor: Brady, Brown, or Stiff-
Roberts. 3 units.
214. Introduction to Solid-State Physics. Discussion of solid-state phenomena including
crystalline structures, X-ray and particle diffraction in crystals, lattice dynamics, free
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