Prereq: senior or graduate standing in the engineering, physics, or the chemistry disciplines, or consent of the instructor. Seminar course on a topic of current interest in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
FALL 2026 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A2 |
Chapman |
EPC 206 |
TR 3:30 pm-5:15 pm |
Multi-scale simulation methods; data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in materials science; workflows integrating experiments, simulations, and data informatics. Materials science topics including phase evolution, materials defect theory, multi-scale materials structures. Simulation topics include electronic structure theory, atomistic simulations, transition state theory and rare event modeling, continuum models, algorithm design and implementation, integrating simulations and experiments through data informatics. Lectures cover theoretical foundations and hands-on algorithm implementation via python programming. |
FALL 2026 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A3 |
Holmes |
PHO 205 |
TR 9:00 am-10:45 am |
This course develops the practical art of mechanical modeling across numerous applications. Students learn how to translate real-world questions into tractable mathematical models, extract dominant physics from governing equations, and generate reliable first-order predictions without relying on exhaustive computation. Emphasis is placed on insight, approximation, and engineering judgment. Core topics include dimensional analysis and scaling, nondimensionalization and dominant balance, boundary layers and similarity solutions in transport processes, and linear stability analysis—because a solution that exists on paper does not always survive in nature. Students practice order-of-magnitude estimation and reduced-order modeling to quickly assess coupled multiphysics problems. By course end, students will be able to construct simplified models, identify controlling dimensionless groups, and produce rapid quantitative assessments that inform design, experimentation, and computation—no matter where a problem falls between A and Z. |
SPRG 2027 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A1 |
Barouch |
|
MW 12:20 pm-2:05 pm |
**Topic: Quantum Dots For The Future of Technology**
Please use the MyBU waitlist. Students are subject to being removed from a course if not they do not meet the pre-req / co-req requirement, or if they're not considered a primary cohort (senior standing, registered concentration, etc.) |
SPRG 2027 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A2 |
Morgan |
|
TR 9:00 am-10:45 am |
**Topic: Introduction to Biological Feedback Control**
Mts w/ENG MS500 Mts w/ENG BE500.
Please use the MyBU waitlist. Students are subject to being removed from a course if not they do not meet the pre-req / co-req requirement, or if they're not considered a primary cohort (senior standing, registered concentration, etc.) |
SPRG 2027 Schedule
| Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
| A3 |
Boley |
|
TR 1:30 pm-3:15 pm |
**Topic: Advanced Manufacturing: Functional Materials & Automation**
Please use the MyBU waitlist. Students are subject to being removed from a course if not they do not meet the pre-req / co-req requirement, or if they're not considered a primary cohort (senior standing, registered concentration, etc.) |
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