13 courses in the 1965–66 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Principles of problem statement, analysis and concept creation. Discussion of the planning function, as applied to physical and economic feasibility, concept selection and project design. Discussions of the control function as related to project realization. Applications of the data flow cycle and linear programming to the above.
3 hours lectures (including discussion and problem sessions) one term, first year.
Introduction to basic methods of analysis through mathematical models for components and processes. Systematic formulation of terminal representations and of system equations or linear systems, utilizing terminal and system graph concepts in conjunction with matrix notation. Solutions through Laplace transforms and by computer methods. Examples are drawn from the various engineering disciplines.
A basic survey course on the concepts of the management process and the manner in which scientific method can be used to optimize the results achieved. Topics: the management process; resources; limits on the use of resources; planning, scheduling, and control procedures; the use of mathematics and machines; decisions and the feedback cycle; accuracy of data; time-cost and the method of job performance; the project concept; cyclical repetitive procedures; the corporate planning cycle; the nature of a management information system; the nature and role of Operations Research; an example of an O.R. technique; C.P.M. and project planning and scheduling; arrow diagrams; the Critical Path; project time and cost; the dynamic management cycle.
2 hours per week, one term.
14, Statistics in Engineering and Management. A review of basic statistical concepts and the use of statistical methods in engineering and management problems, with primary emphasis on the application of statistical methods. Frequency distributions, means and deviations. Probability. Coefficients of correlation. Sampling methods and quality control. Concepts of queuing theory. Linear representation and linear programming. Accuracy of data and its use in O.R. techniques. Introductory concepts of time-cost distributions for work performance. Discussion of special problems in management and engineering connected with high speed tabulation, automatic data processing and computer applications.
2 hours, one term.
The course is designed to teach manipulation of drawing instruments and to develop manual drafting skills. Problems include orthographic, axonometric, oblique, isometric, and perspective methods of graphic presentation.
4 hours, one term.
This course supplements the course in Engineering Graphics I with further instruction in graphical methods. Graphical methods for solving problems involving vector quantities. The design, construction, and use of graphs and special charts, with various applications.
The use of specially graduated scales, and the design of slide rules and nomograms. Graphical and mechanical methods of integration.
Prerequisite: GE 21.
4 hours, one term.
The scope and limitations of thermodynamics. Macroscopic approach to energy, work and the First Law. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics and the microscopic description of energy, work and the First Law. The fundamental energy equation. The Second Law of Thermodynamics, principle of increase of entropy, limiting cycle efficiencies, criteria for equilibrium. Thermodynamic potentials. Irreversibility, friction, and availability. Phase equilibrium, phase change, mixtures. The steady flow energy equation and applications. The evaluation of state functions.
3 hours lectures.
Physical properties of fluids and fundamental concepts of fluid flow. Dimensional analysis and similitude, a survey of the principal problems of fluid mechanics on the basis of dimensional analysis. Conservation laws for mass, momentum, energy and entropy, applications to a variety of engineering problems such as flow in pipes, turbomachines, etc.
3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
An analytical treatment of statics and resistance of materials. Equilibrium of particles, rigid bodies and deformable bodies. Vector fields.. Bar systems. Introduction to stress and strain. Stressstrain relationships. Elastic and inelastic behaviour of prismatic members subjected to axial, shearing, torsional and flexural deformations.
2 lectures, 2 hours tutorials, one term.
An introduction to the kinematics of particle and rigid body motion. Impulse-momentum equations. Work-energy methods and Euler’s equations. Simple gyroscopes. Vibrations. 2 lectures, | hour tutorial, one term.
Crystal structure and lattice, X-ray and electron diffraction analysis, chemical binding, Bloch waves and band model, quantum statistics, imperfections and their interactions, diffusion.
Lattice vibrations, phonon and electronic specific heats, thermal conduction, phases. elasticity, plasticity, mechanical properties, electric conduction in metals, semiconductors and superconductors. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Gases; condensed states of matter; origin of interatomic forces; structure of crystals and non-crystalline solids; free electron theory of metals; semiconductors; physical electronics; optical processes; magnetic properties; nuclear processes.
2 hours lectures, 14% hours laboratory, | term.