Online Class Schedule Fall 2023

CHE 6448-600 Bioseparations Engineering
class number 19311
instructor Nick Vecchiarello
online asynchronous

Principles of bioseparations engineering including specialized unit operations not normally covered in regular chemical engineering courses. Processing operations downstream of the initial manufacture of biotechnology products, including product recovery, separations, purification, and ancillary operations such as sterile processing, clean-in place and regulatory aspects. Bioprocess integration and design aspects. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

CHE 6450-600 Energy Science and Technologies
class number 16745
instructor William Epling
online asynchronous

Overview of energy technologies with an emphasis on materials research and development concepts and current production. The scope of these technologies within the broader contexts of innovation and energy policy. Topics will include fossil fuels, electrochemical energy storage, fuel cells, and photovoltaics.

 

CHE 6615-600 Advanced Thermodynamics
class number 16742
instructor Gaurav Giri
online asynchronous

Development of the thermodynamic laws and derived relations. Application of relations to properties of pure and multicomponent systems at equilibrium in the gaseous, liquid, and solidphases. Prediction and calculation of phase and reaction equilibria in practical systems. Prerequisite: Undergraduate-level thermodynamics or instructor permission.

 

CHE 6665-600 Techniques for Chemical Engineering Analysis and Design
class number 19312
instructor Chris Paolucci
online asynchronous

Methods for analysis of steady state and transient chemical engineering problems arising in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, kinetics, and reactor design. Prerequisite: Undergraduate differential equations, transport processes, and chemical reaction engineering.

CE 5020-600 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
class number 16704
instructor John Miller
online asynchronous

Introduces engineering problem solving using geographic information systems (GIS). GIS has proven to be an effective tool in civil engineering applications that include a significant spatial component. This CE course addresses basic GIS concepts and includes hands-on exercises using GIS software.

 

CE 5340-600 Advanced Topics in Structural Engineering
class number 16705
instructor Jose Gomez
online asynchronous

Direct stiffness analysis of frames and grids; second order frame analysis; uniform torsion of non-circular sections; influence functions; introduction to work and energy theorems; polynomial approximation and approximate stiffness matrices for framed structures; topics in beam analysis including shear deformable beams, beams on elastic foundations and elastic foundations. Prerequisite: CE 3300 or equivalent.

 

CE 5400-600 Traffic Operations
class number 16706
instructor Brian Park
online asynchronous

This course provides students with fundamental knowledge of traffic operations including traffic data collection and analysis, safety and crash studies, traffic flow theory, highway capacity analysis, signalized intersection design and analysis, simulation modeling, and sustainable transportation system.

 

CE 5500-600 Engineering Design and Practice I
class number 17022
instructor Lindsay Burden
online asynchronous

Applies basic engineering principles, analytical procedures and design methodology to special problems of current interest in civil engineering. Topic for each semester are announced at the time of course enrollment.

 

CE 6030-600 Green Engineering and Sustainability
class number 16897
instructor Lisa Peterson
online asynchronous

An introductory to sustainability metrics and the engineering tools of industrial ecology, most notably life cycle assessment (LCA). Case studies from various engineering disciplines will be explored. Students will undertake an open-ended LCA project related to their thesis research or improving the sustainability of UVA operations. Prerequisite: SEAS 4th-year or Grad standing.

 

CE 6230-600 Hydrology
class number 60208
instructor Jonathan Goodall
online asynchronous

Stresses the quantitative description and the physical basis of hydrology. Both deterministic and stochastic methodology are applied to the analysis of the hydrologic cycle, namely, precipitation, evaporation, overland flow and stream flow, infiltration, and groundwater flow. The use of compute simulation models, especially microcomputer based models, is emphasized. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

CE 6490-600 Transportation Data Analysis & Modeling
class number 20568
instructor Donna Tong Chen
online asynchronous

This course explores the unique modeling and analysis challenges faced by transportation engineers. Students will be introduced to these challenges in a wide range of transportation areas - ranging from traffic flow theory, to safety, to aviation. Data characteristics from these areas will be investigated, along with well-suited modeling and analysis techniques.

 

CE 6500-600 Land Development Engineering
class number 16899
instructor Cody Pennetti
online asynchronous

Through this course, students will develop critical engineering skills for sustainable land development, including project procurement, road design, utility/stormwater design, site grading, and construction. The course provides an experience similar to working in a professional civil engineering design firm. Project work will require the use of technology design tools (CAD), leadership, and problem-solving.

 

CE 6500-601 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
class number 16947
instructor Jose Gomez
online asynchronous

Detailed study of special topics in civil engineering. Master's-level graduate students. Prerequisites: to be listed for each section as needed

 

CE 6775-600 Theory of Structural Stability
class number 21045
instructor Jose Gomez
online asynchronous

Introduces the elastic stability of structural and mechanical systems. Studies classical stability theory and bucking of beams, trusses, frames, arches, rings, and thin plates and shells. Also covers the derivation of design formulas, computational formulation and implementation. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

ECE 6434-600 Dependable Computing Systems
class number 20085
instructor Homa Alemzadeh
online asynchronous

Focuses on techniques for designing and analyzing dependable computer-based systems. Topics include basic dependability concepts and attributes, fault models and effects, combinatorial and state-space modeling, hardware redundancy, error detecting and correcting codes, time redundancy, software fault tolerance, checkpointing and recovery, reliable networked systems, error detection techniques, and experimental dependability evaluation techniques.

ECE 6501-600 Convex Optimization for Engineering & Data Science
class number 20040
instructor Jundong Li
online asynchronous

Over the course of the last twenty years, convex optimization has firmly established itself as an indispensable tool for solving a plethora of design and analysis problems arising in data mining, machine learning, signal processing, wireless communications, control systems, etc. This course will primarily serve to introduce students to the key concepts in convex optimization theory with the goal of enabling them to formulate and solve various convex optimization problems arising in engineering, data science, and machine learning. Non-convex optimization techniques in deep learning will also be introduced.

 

ECE 6501-601 Semiconductor Devices: Design & Characterization
class number 16749
instructor Nikhil Shukla
online asynchronous

A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

ECE 6501-602 Geometry of Data
class number 16750
instructor Tom Fletcher
online asynchronous

A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

ECE 6502-600 Advanced Thin-Film Optoelectronics
class number 16752
instructor Kyusang Lee
online asynchronous

This course broadly covers the state-of-the-art thin-film semiconductor based optoelectronics from fundamentals, materials, device physics to device fabrication and system level heterogeneous integration.

 

ECE 6782-600 Machine Learning in Image Analysis
class number 19652
instructor Miaomiao Zhang
online asynchronous

This course focuses on an in-depth study of advanced topics and interests in image data analysis. Students will learn practical image techniques and gain mathematical fundamentals in machine learning needed to build their own models for effective problem solving. The graduate students (ECE/CS 6501) will be given additional programming tasks and more advanced theoretical questions.

 

ECE 6850-600 Introduction to Control Systems
class number 20327
instructor Zongli Lin

This course aims to provide an instruction to basic principles and tools for the analysis and design of control systems. It is intended for general graduate students in engineering and science. Topics to be covered include concepts, examples and designs of feedback, system modeling, linear and nonlinear dynamic behaviors, stability analysis, frequency domain analysis and design, transfer functions, PID control, and robustness of control systems. Students can't enroll if previously taken ECE 6502 topic 12 Intro to Control Systems.

MSE 6010-600 Electronic and Crystal Structure of Materials
class number 16710
instructor Petra Reinke
online asynchronous

Provides a fundamental understanding of the structure of crystalline and non-crystalline engineering materials from electronic to macroscopic properties. Topics include symmetry and crystallography, the reciprocal lattice and diffraction, quantum physics, bonding and band theory. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

MSE 6230-600 Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria of Materials
class number 16711
instructor Bicheng Zhou
online asynchronous

Emphasizes the understanding of thermal properties such as heat capacity, thermal expansion, and transitions in terms of the entropy and the other thermodynamic functions. Develops the relationships of the Gibbs and Helmholtz functions to equilibrium systems, reactions, and phase diagrams. Atomistic and statistical mechanical interpretations of crystalline and non-crystalline solids are linked to the general thermodynamical laws by the partition function. Nonequilibrium and irreversible processes in solids are discussed. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

MSE 6592-600 Introduction of Materials Informatics
class number 19445
instructor Prasanna Balachandran
online asynchronous

The goal of this course is to inform and educate future scientists and engineers with the skill set of data analytics applied to materials science problems. The course will cover the following topics: Uncover trends and patterns from diverse materials data using exploratory data analysis, visualization and unsupervised learning; Build structure-property relationships using supervised learning (regression and classification learning); Design of experiments and optimal design; Data-driven vs Science-driven materials informatics (Bayesian inference); Importance of Uncertainties in Materials Exploration; Explainable artificial intelligence; Extract analytical expressions from data. Familiarity with Matlab, R, Python, JMP, SAS, SPSS, or Octave is expected. We will explore several statistical learning and machine learning methods in this course. Prerequisites: MSE 2090 and APMA 3110.

 

MSE 6592-601 High Temperature Oxidation
class number 19446
instructor Elizabeth Opila
online asynchronous

Oxidation is often associated with the unwanted corrosion of materials but under controlled conditions, oxidation can also produce functional oxide films. In this course, high temperature oxidation of metals and ceramics is explored in terms of both degradation mechanisms and production of functional films. Thermodynamics- and kinetics-based theories of oxidation are developed. Oxidation mechanisms to form solid, liquid, and gaseous products are all explored. Some emphasis will be placed on oxidation case studies from original literature.

 

MSE 6592-602 Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Systems
class number 19447
instructor Richard Martukanitz
online asynchronous

A study of special subjects related to developments in materials science under the direction of members of the staff. Offered as required under the guidance of a faculty member.

 

MSE 6592-603 Advanced Thin-Film Optoelectronics
class number 16712
instructor Kyusang Lee
online asynchronous

This course broadly covers the state-of-the-art thin-film semiconductor based optoelectronics from fundamentals, materials, device physics to device fabrication and system level heterogeneous integration.

 

MSE 6592-604 Semiconductor Devices: Design & Characterization
class number 16713
instructor Nikhil Shukla
online asynchronous

A study of special subjects related to developments in materials science under the direction of members of the staff. Offered as required under the guidance of a faculty member.

 

MSE 7140-600 Physics of Materials
class number 19449
instructor Jon Ihlefeld
online asynchronous

This course covers the physical principles governing the elastic, thermal, electronic, and optical properties of materials via a fundamental approach integrating materials science with concepts in solid state physics. Special attention is given to the nature of the crystalline state and wave-particle diffraction with a strong emphasis on the reciprocal lattice, tensor, and Brillouin Zone concepts.

 

MSE 7320-600 Deformation and Fracture of Materials
class number 19450
instructor Sean Agnew
online asynchronous

Emphasizes the roles of defects, state of stress, temperature, strain rate, and environment on macroscopic mechanical behavior of materials, as well as nano-to-micro scale modeling of such responses. The first half of the course considers dislocation theory with application to understanding materials plasticity, strengthening mechanisms and creep. The second half develops tools necessary for advanced fatigue and fracture control in structural materials. Linear and nonlinear continuum fracture mechanics principles are developed and integrated with microscopic plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms. Topics include cleavage, ductile fracture, fatigue, environmental cracking and micromechanical modeling of governing properties. Prerequisite: MSE 6320 or AM/MAE/APMA 6020 or CE 6720 or instructor permission.

MAE 6020-600 Continuum Mechanics with Applications
class number 20993
instructor Jason Kerrigan
online asynchronous

Introduces continuum mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids. Vectors and cartesian tensors, stress, strain, deformation, equations of motion, constitutive laws, introduction to elasticity, thermal elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluids. Cross-listed as APMA 6020, AM 6020. Taught concurrently w/ CE 6720. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

 

MAE 6110-600 Heat and Mass Transport Phenomena
class number 19351
instructor Patrick Hopkins
online asynchronous

Fundamentals of conduction and convection heat and mass transfer. Derivation and application of conservation equations for heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent flows. Steady, unsteady and multidimensional transport. Applications to free and confined flows in forced, natural and mixed convection regimes. Phase change problems with moving boundaries, condensation and evaporation. High speed flows. Prerequisite: Undergraduate fluid mechanics or instructor permission.

 

MAE 6210-600 Analytical Dynamics
class number 19353
instructor Qing Chang
online asynchronous

Classical analytical dynamics from a modern mathematical viewpoint: Newton's laws, dynamical variables, many particle systems; the Lagrangian formulation, constraints and configuration manifolds, tangent bundles, differential manifolds; variational principles, least action; non-potential forces; constrained problems; linear oscillations; Hamiltonian formulation: canonical equations, Rigid body motion. Prerequisite: Undergraduate physics, ordinary differential equations.

 

MAE 6270-600 Experimental Robotics
class number 16982
instructor Tomonari Furukawa
online synchronous W 10am-1230pm

Mechanical design and build of a robot complete with sensors and actuators. Install Robot Operating System (ROS) and operate. Communication using ROS. Integration of microcontrollers and onboard computers. Object recognition. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) of the environment. Prerequisites: undergraduate dynamics; a programming course in Python, C++, or MATLAB; or instructor's permission

 

MAE 6410-600 Engineering Mathematics
class number 20992
instructor Julie Spencer
online asynchronous

Review of ordinary differential equations. Initial value problems, boundary value problems, and various physical applications. Linear algebra, including systems of linear equations, matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization, and various applications. Scalar and vector field theory, including the divergence theorem, Green's theorem, and Stokes theorem, and various applications. Partial differential equations that govern physical phenomena in science and engineering. Solution of partial differential equations by separation by variables, superposition, Fourier series, variation of parameter, d'Alembert's solution. Eigenfunction expansion techniques for non-homogeneous initial-value, boundary-value problems. Particular focus on various physical applications of the heat equation, the potential (Laplace) equation, and the wave equations in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Cross-listed as APMA 6410.

 

MAE 6592-600 Wind Energy
class number 19357
instructor Eric Loth
online asynchronous

This course will focus on the fundamentals of modern wind turbines with emphasis on mechanical and aerospace engineering aspects as well as design and economic considerations. The primary book portions to be covered are Chapters 1-4 and 6-11, which include wind resources, aerodynamics and performance of wind turbines, control of turbine dynamics for power and safety, structural loads and response, blade materials and design, siting and installation, and economic drivers of wind energy systems.

 

MAE 6720-600 Computational Fluid Dynamics I
class number 19359
instructor Haibo Dong
online asynchronous

Includes the solution of flow and heat transfer problems involving steady and transient convective and diffusive transport; superposition and panel methods for inviscid flow, finite-difference methods for elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations, elementary grid generation for odd geometries, primitive variable and vorticity-steam function algorithms for incompressible, multidimensional flows. Extensive use of personal computers/workstations, including interactive graphics. Prerequisite: MAE 6310 or instructor permission.

 

MAE 7510-600 Research Seminar, MAE Masters Students
class number 17002
instructor Baoxing Xu
online asynchronous

Required one-hour weekly seminar for master's students in mechanical and aerospace and nuclear engineering. Students enrolled in MAE 8999 or 6594/7540 make formal presentations of their work. **This is not a standard 3 credit course; this is a 1 credit class**

SYS 6001 Introduction to Systems Analysis & Design
class number 16754
instructor William Scherer
online asynchronous

An integrated introduction to systems methodology, design, and management. An overview of systems engineering as a professional and intellectual discipline, and its relation to other disciplines, such as operations research, management science, and economics. An introduction to selected techniques in systems and decision sciences, including mathematical modeling, decision analysis, risk analysis, and simulation modeling. Elements of systems management, including decision styles, human information processing, organizational decision processes, and information system design for planning and decision support. Emphasizes relating theory to practice via written analyses and oral presentations of individual and group case studies. Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program.

 

SYS 6003 Optimization Models and Methods I
class number 16715
instructor Robert Riggs
online asynchronous

This course is an introduction to theory and application of mathematical optimization. The goal of this course is to endow the student with a) a solid understanding of the subject's theoretical foundation and b) the ability to apply mathematical programming techniques in the context of diverse engineering problems. Topics to be covered include a review of convex analysis (separation and support of sets, application to linear programming), convex programming (characterization of optimality, generalizations), Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions, constraint qualification and Lagrangian duality. The course closes with a brief introduction to dynamic optimization in discrete time. Prerequisite: Two years of college mathematics, including linear algebra, and the ability to write computer programs.

 

SYS 6005-600 Stochastic Modeling I
class number 16716
instructor Tariq Iqbal
online asynchronous

Covers basic stochastic processes with emphasis on model building and probabilistic reasoning. The approach is non-measure theoretic but otherwise rigorous. Topics include a review of elementary probability theory with particular attention to conditional expectations; Markov chains; optimal stopping; renewal theory and the Poisson process; martingales. Applications are considered in reliability theory, inventory theory, and queuing systems. Prerequisite: APMA 3100, 3120, or equivalent background in applied probability and statistics.

 

SYS 6021-600 Statistical Modeling I
class number 17012
instructor TBA
online asynchronous

This course shows how to use linear statistical models for analysis in engineering and science. The course emphasizes the use of regression models for description, prediction, and control in a variety of applications. Building on multiple regression, the course also covers principal component analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, logistic regression, time series methods, and clustering. Course lectures concentrate on theory and practice.

 

SYS 6050-600 Risk Analysis
class number 17003
instructor James Lambert
online asynchronous

A study of technological systems, where decisions are made under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Topics include conceptualization (the nature, perception, and epistemology of risk, and the process of risk assessment and management) systems engineering tools for risk analysis (basic concepts in probability and decision analysis, event trees, decision trees, and multiobjective analysis), and methodologies for risk analysis (hierarchical holographic modeling, uncertainty taxonomy, risk of rare and extreme events, statistics of extremes, partitioned multiobjective risk method, multiobjective decision trees, fault trees, multiobjective impact analysis method, uncertainty sensitivity index method, and filtering, ranking, and management method). Case studies are examined. Prerequisite: APMA 3100, SYS 3021, or equivalent.

 

SYS 6581-600 Human Factors in Safety
class number 16904
instructor Matthew Bolton
online asynchronous

This course provides an overview of occupational and systems safety.  The course will emphasize the role of the human and human factors in safe working systems. It will provide information relevant to understanding the role that the legislative environment, management culture, and sources of workplace hazards play in system safety. It will help you understand the need to consider the human when designing safe, complex systems; and analyzing a work system to predict its hazards and select possible interventions.