Engineering Course Listing 2009–2010
The following key is used to designate the core courses and department/division courses.
BE Biomedical Engineering
EC Electrical & Computer Engineering
EK Engineering core
ME Mechanical Engineering
MS Materials Science & Engineering
SE Systems Engineering
Course descriptions can be found at:
www.bu.edu/reg/registration/descriptionsreg.html
The course number indicates the level of difficulty of the course. Courses at the 500 and 600 levels are open to both undergraduate and graduate students; those listed in this bulletin are approved for both Master’s and PhD credit. Graduate students in these courses are often expected to complete extra work in the form of special projects. Students should consult the course instructor about any special requirements.
Other course levels are as follows:
700–899 primarily for graduate students
900–999 for graduate students only
Credits are awarded on the semester-hour basis. A credit requires three to four hours per week of an average student’s time. The distribution of that time between class activities (such as lecture, recitation, laboratory, field trips, etc.) and outside preparation varies from course to course.
ENG BE 500 Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering
ENG BE 505 Molecular Bioengineering I
ENG BE 506 Physical Chemistry of Cell Structure and Machinery
ENG BE 508 Quantitative Studies of the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems
ENG BE 509 Quantitative Physiology of the Auditory System
ENG BE 511 Biomedical Instrumentation
ENG BE 512 Biomedical Instrument Design
ENG BE 513 Biological and Environmental Acoustics
ENG BE 515 Introduction to Medical Imaging
ENG BE 516 Applied Medical Imaging
ENG BE 517 Practical Optical Microscopy of Biological Materials
ENG BE 521 Continuum Mechanics for Biomedical Engineers/Continuum Mechanics
ENG BE 523 Mechanics of Biomaterials
ENG BE 524 Skeletal Tissue Mechanics
ENG BE 526 Fundamentals of Biomaterials
ENG BE 527 Principles and Applications of Tissue
ENG BE 533 Biorheology
ENG BE 535 Cell Mechanics
ENG BE 537 Biomedical/Biochemical Microsystems
ENG BE 560 Biomolecular Architecture
ENG BE 561 DNA and Protein Sequence Analysis
ENG BE 562 Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution
ENG BE 564 Biophysics of Large Molecules
ENG BE 565 Molecular Biotechnology
ENG BE 566 DNA Structure and Function
ENG BE 567 Nonlinear Systems in Biomedical Engineering
ENG BE 570 Introduction to Computational Vision
ENG BE 700 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering
ENG BE 703 Numerical Methods and Modeling in Biomedical Engineering
ENG BE 705 Single Molecule Approaches for Biophysics and Bioengineering—Fundamentals and Applications
ENG BE 706 Quantitative Physiology for Engineers
ENG BE 707 Quantitative Studies of Excitable Cells
ENG BE 710 Neural Plasticity and Perceptual Learning
ENG BE 721 Continuum Mechanics
ENG BE 722 Advanced Continuum Biomechanics and Biofluid Dynamics
ENG BE 726 Fundamentals of Biomaterials
ENG BE 727 Principles and Applications of Tissue
ENG BE 736 Biomedical Transport Phenomena
ENG BE 740 Parameter Estimation and Systems Identification
ENG BE 747 Advanced Signals and Systems Analysis for Biomedical Engineering
ENG BE 760 Structural Bioinformatics
ENG BE 764 Biophysics of Large Molecules
ENG BE 765 Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics
ENG BE 767 Protein and Genomic Systems Engineering
ENG BE 768 Biological Database Analysis
ENG BE 773 Advanced Optical Microscopy and Biological Imaging
ENG BE 777 Computational Genomics
ENG BE 790 Biomedical Engineering Seminar
ENG BE 791 PhD Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Rotation System
ENG BE 801 Teaching Practicum
ENG BE 900 Research
ENG BE 901 Thesis/Prospectus
ENG BE 951 Independent Study
ENG BE 991 Dissertation Research
ENG EC 500 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENG EC 501 State Space Control
ENG EC 504 Advanced Data Structures
ENG EC 505 Stochastic Processes
ENG EC 511 Software Systems Design
ENG EC 512 Enterprise Client-Server Software Systems Design
ENG EC 513 Computer Architecture
ENG EC 514 Simulation
ENG EC 515 Digital Communication
ENG EC 516 Digital Signal Processing
ENG EC 517 Introduction to Information Theory
ENG EC 518 Software Project Management
ENG EC 520 Digital Image Processing and Communication
ENG EC 524 Optimization Theory and Methods
ENG EC 533 Advanced Discrete Mathematics
ENG EC 534 Discrete Stochastic Models
ENG EC 535 Introduction to Embedded Systems
ENG EC 541 Computer Communication Networks
ENG EC 543 Sustainable Power Systems: Planning, Operation and Markets
ENG EC 544 Networking the Physical World
ENG EC 551 Advanced Digital Design with Verilog and FPGA
ENG EC 560 Introduction to Photonics
ENG EC 561 Error-Control Codes
ENG EC 563 Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
ENG EC 565 Electromagnetic Energy Transmission
ENG EC 566 The Atmosphere and Space Environment
ENG EC 568 Optical Fiber Sensors
ENG EC 569 Introduction to Subsurface Imaging
ENG EC 570 Lasers
ENG EC 571 VLSI Principles and Applications
ENG EC 572 VLSI Design Project
ENG EC 573 Solar Energy Systems
ENG EC 574 Physics of Semiconductor Materials
ENG EC 575 Semiconductor Devices
ENG EC 577 Electronic Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
ENG EC 578 Fabrication Technology for Integrated Circuits
ENG EC 579 Microelectronic Device Manufacturing
ENG EC 580 Modern Active Circuit Design
ENG EC 582 RF/Analog IC Design Fundamentals
ENG EC 591 Photonics Lab I
ENG EC 599 Advanced Laboratory Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENG EC 700 Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENG EC 701 Optimal and Robust Control
ENG EC 702 Recursive Estimation and Optimal Filtering
ENG EC 707 Radar Remote Sensing
ENG EC 708 Advanced Process Control
ENG EC 710 Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
ENG EC 712 Advanced Software for Computer Engineers
ENG EC 713 Parallel Computer Architecture
ENG EC 714 Software Performance Engineering
ENG EC 715 Wireless Communications
ENG EC 716 Advanced Digital Signal Processing
ENG EC 717 Image Reconstruction and Restoration
ENG EC 719 Statistical Pattern Recognition
ENG EC 720 Digital Video Processing
ENG EC 724 Advanced Optimization Theory and Methods
ENG EC 725 Queueing Systems
ENG EC 726 Personal Knowledge Engineering
ENG EC 727 Advanced Coding Theory
ENG EC 728 Design and Testing for Distributed Software-Intensive Systems
ENG EC 730 Information-Theoretical Design of Algorithms
ENG EC 731 Applied Plasma Physics
ENG EC 733 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
ENG EC 734 Hybrid Systems
ENG EC 741 Randomized Network Algorithms
ENG EC 744 Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
ENG EC 749 Interconnection Networks for Multicomputers
ENG EC 751 Design of Asynchronous Circuit and Systems
ENG EC 752 Theory of Computer Hardware Testing
ENG EC 753 Fault-Tolerant Computing
ENG EC 755 Communication Networks Control
ENG EC 757 Advanced Microprocessor Design
ENG EC 760 Advanced Topics in Photonics
ENG EC 761 Information Theory and Coding
ENG EC 762 Quantum Optics
ENG EC 763 Nonlinear and Ultrafast Optics
ENG EC 764 Optical Measurement
ENG EC 765 Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics
ENG EC 770 Guided-wave Optoelectronics
ENG EC 771 Physics of Compound Semiconductor Devices
ENG EC 772 VLSI Graduate Design Project
ENG EC 773 Advanced Optical Microscopy and Biological Imaging
ENG EC 774 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Photonic Devices
ENG EC 777 Nanostructure Optics
ENG EC 782 RF/Analog IC Design—Advanced Applications
ENG EC 891 Seminar: Computer Systems Engineering
ENG EC 892 Seminar: Electro-Physics
ENG EC 900 Research
ENG EC 901 Thesis
ENG EC 910 Computer Engineering Design Project
ENG EC 911 Systems Design Project
ENG EC 913 Electrical Engineering Design Project
ENG EC 914 Photonics Design Project
ENG EC 915 Computer Systems Engineering Team Project
ENG EC 951 Independent Study
ENG EC 991 Dissertation
ENG EK 500 Probability with Statistical Applications
ENG EK 501 Mathematical Methods I: Linear Algebra and Complex Analysis
ENG EK 514 Computational Methods for Continuum Problems
ENG EK 546 Assessment of Sustainable Energy Technologies
ENG EK 697 Graduate Part-time Co-op
ENG EK 698 Graduate Co-op Experience
ENG EK 720 Biophotonic System Design and Prototyping
ENG EK 730 Technology Commercialization
ENG EK 731 Biomedical Innovations
ENG ME 500 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ENG ME 501 Dynamic System Theory
ENG ME 502 Intellectual Assets: Creation, Protection, and Commercialization
ENG ME 503 Kinetic Processes in Materials
ENG ME 504 Polymers and Soft Materials
ENG ME 505 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
ENG ME 507 Process Modeling and Control
ENG ME 508 Computational Methods in Materials Science
ENG ME 510 Production Systems Analysis
ENG ME 511 Manufacturing Information Systems
ENG ME 512 Engineering Analysis
ENG ME 513 Compressible Aerodynamics
ENG ME 514 Simulation
ENG ME 515 Vibration of Complex Mechanical Systems
ENG ME 516 Statistical Mechanical Concepts in Engineering
ENG ME 517 Product Development
ENG ME 518 Product Quality
ENG ME 519 Theory of Heat Transfer
ENG ME 520 Acoustics I
ENG ME 521 Continuum Mechanics for Biomedical Engineers
ENG ME 522 Underwater Acoustics
ENG ME 523 Mechanics of Biomaterials
ENG ME 524 Skeletal Tissue Mechanics
ENG ME 525 Technology Ventures
ENG ME 526 Simulation of Physical Processes
ENG ME 527 Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
ENG ME 529 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials and Processes
ENG ME 530 Introduction to Micro- and Nano-mechanics of Solids
ENG ME 531 Phase Transformations
ENG ME 532 Atomic Structures and Dislocations in Materials
ENG ME 534 Materials Technology for Microelectronics
ENG ME 535 Green Manufacturing
ENG ME 542 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ENG ME 544 Networking the Physical World
ENG ME 545 Electrochemistry of Fuel Cells and Batteries
ENG ME 550 Product Supply Chain Design
ENG ME 555 MEMS: Fabrication and Materials
ENG ME 560 Precision Machine Design and Instrumentation
ENG ME 566 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
ENG ME 568 Modeling of Pattern Transfer in Microlithography
ENG ME 570 Robot Motion Planning
ENG ME 579 Microelectronic Device Manufacturing
ENG ME 580 Theory of Elasticity
ENG ME 581 Experimental Techniques in Solid Mechanics
ENG ME 582 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENG ME 583 Product Management
ENG ME 584 Manufacturing Strategy
ENG ME 586 Product Development Engineering
ENG ME 700 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ENG ME 701 Optimal and Robust Control
ENG ME 702 Computational Fluid Dynamics
ENG ME 703 Managerial Cost Accounting
ENG ME 704 Adaptive Control of Dynamical Systems
ENG ME 706 Acoustics and Aerodynamic Sound
ENG ME 707 Finite Element Analysis
ENG ME 709 Turbulent Flows
ENG ME 710 Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
ENG ME 711 Multiscale Methods in Computational Mechanics
ENG ME 713 Viscous Flow
ENG ME 714 Advanced Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
ENG ME 715 Waves in Fluids
ENG ME 718 Advanced Topics in Nanotechnology
ENG ME 719 Computational Problem Solving
ENG ME 720 Acoustics II
ENG ME 721 Acoustic Bubble Dynamics
ENG ME 723 Waves in Random Media
ENG ME 724 Advanced Optimization Theory and Methods
ENG ME 725 Queueing Systems
ENG ME 726 Fundamentals of Biomaterials
ENG ME 727 Principles and Applications of Tissues
ENG ME 728 Special Topics in Wave Propagation
ENG ME 729 Nonlinear Acoustics and Sonic Booms
ENG ME 732 Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Algorithms
ENG ME 733 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
ENG ME 734 Hybrid Systems
ENG ME 736 Biomedical Transport Phenomena
ENG ME 740 Vision, Robotics, and Planning
ENG ME 741 Fluid-Structure Interaction
ENG ME 742 Bio-Fluids and Structural Mechanics
ENG ME 760 Control of Sound and Vibration
ENG ME 761 Experimental Modal Analysis and System Identification
ENG ME 762 Nonlinear Systems and Control
ENG ME 765 Production Systems Design
ENG ME 766 Advanced Scheduling Models and Methods
ENG ME 778 Micromachined Tranducers
ENG ME 780 Perturbation Methods in Mechanics
ENG ME 785 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
ENG ME 900 Research
ENG ME 901 Thesis
ENG ME 925 Graduate Project
ENG ME 951 Independent Study
ENG ME 991 Dissertation
ENG MS 500 Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering
ENG MS 503 Kinetic Processes in Materials
ENG MS 504 Polymers and Soft Materials
ENG MS 505 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
ENG MS 507 Process Modeling and Control
ENG MS 508 Computational Methods in Materials Science
ENG MS 523 Mechanics of Biomaterials
ENG MS 524 Skeletal Tissue Mechanics
ENG MS 526 Simulation of Physical Processes
ENG MS 527 Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
ENG MS 530 Introduction to Micro- and Nano-mechanics of Solids
ENG MS 532 Atomic Structures and Dislocations in Materials
ENG MS 534 Materials Technology for Microelectronics
ENG MS 535 Green Manufacturing
ENG MS 545 Electrochemistry of Fuel Cells and Batteries
ENG MS 555 MEMS: Fabrication and Materials
ENG MS 574 Physics of Semiconductor Materials
ENG MS 577 Electronic Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
ENG MS 580 Theory of Elasticity
ENG MS 582 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENG MS 700 Advanced Special Topics
ENG MS 718 Introduction to Nanotechnology
ENG MS 726 Fundamentals of Biomaterials
ENG MS 727 Principles and Applications of Tissue
ENG MS 736 Biomedical Transport Phenomena
ENG MS 742 Bio-Fluids and Structural Mechanics
ENG MS 774 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Photonic Devices
ENG MS 778 Micromachined Tranducers
ENG MS 900 Research
ENG MS 901 Thesis
ENG MS 951 Independent Study
ENG MS 991 Dissertation
ENG SE 501 Dynamic Systems Theory
ENG SE 524 Optimization Theory and Methods
ENG SE 700 Advanced Special Topics
ENG SE 710 Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
ENG SE 714 Advanced Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
ENG SE 724 Advanced Optimization Theory and Methods
ENG SE 725 Queueing Systems
ENG SE 732 Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Algorithms
ENG SE 733 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
ENG SE 734 Hybrid Systems
ENG SE 740 Vision, Robotics, and Planning
ENG SE 741 Randomized Network Algorithms
ENG SE 755 Communication Networks Control
ENG SE 762 Nonlinear Systems and Control
ENG SE 765 Production Systems Design
ENG SE 766 Advanced Scheduling Models and Methods
ENG SE 900 Research
ENG SE 901 Thesis
ENG SE 951 Independent Study
ENG SE 991 Dissertation
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