Posts Tagged: graduate courses

MMS1023 Special Topics in Materials Science II: Electron Transport in Quantum Nanostructures The course will provide an introduction to the primary transport mechanisms in quantized semiconductor nanostructures. This includes tunneling, Coulomb blockade, ballistic and wavelike transport. Students will also be…

JEI1901   Technology, Society, and the Environment This course develops a conceptual framework for understanding technology-society-biosphere interactions and applies this to the development of preventive approaches for the engineering, management and regulation of modern technology in order to reduce burden…

GLG1436          Paleoecological Assessment of Climate Change

ECE 1041 Numerical Solution of Field Problems Introduction to the general method of moments. Numerical solution of the electrostatic capacitance problem and the wire antenna problem by Harrington´s moment method. Finite element and finite difference solution of Laplace´s, Poisson´s and…

CIV1307 Evaluating the Sustainability of Engineering Activities Engineers in the 21st Century need to incorporate economic, environmental and sustainability objectives into their work. In comparing two projects/designs it is not always apparent which one has better lifetime performance with regard…

CHM1401 Transport and Fate of Chemical Species in the Environment Introduction to the physical environment. Fundamentals of chemical kinetics. Gas-phase reactions. Reactions in the environment. Reactions in the environment. Reactions in the environment. Chemicalthermodynamics. Photochemistry. Environmental influences on chemistry. Phase…

CHE 1118 Industrial Catalysis The course covers adsorption, the nature of the catalyst surface, kinetics of catalytic reactions, catalyst selection and preparation, deactivation and poisoning, and specific catalytic reactions. The types of reactions and the examples considered will depend to…

AER 0507 Introduction to Fusion Energy Nuclear reactions between light elements provide the energy source for the sun and stars. On earth, such reactions could form the basis of an essentially inexhaustible energy resource. In order for the fusion reactions…

MIE 1120 Current Energy Infrastructure and Resources This course covers the basic principles of where and how global energy is currently supplied, by primary source. The aim is to provide an energy literacy that can inform research, technology development and…