Applied & Engineering Physics (AEP)Engineering

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

AEP 1100

Lasers have had an enormous impact on communications, medicine, remote sensing, and material processing. This course reviews the properties of light that are essential to understanding the underlying principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1100

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11404 AEP 1100   LEC 001

  • 11405 AEP 1100   LAB 401

  • 11406 AEP 1100   LAB 402

  • 11407 AEP 1100   LAB 403

  • 11790 AEP 1100   LAB 404

AEP 1200

Lecture/laboratory course designed to introduce first-year students to some of the ideas and concepts of nanoscience and nanotechnology with stronger emphasis on nanobiotechnology in the spring semester. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11270 AEP 1200   LEC 001

  • 11271 AEP 1200   LAB 401

  • 11272 AEP 1200   LAB 402

  • 11273 AEP 1200   LAB 403

  • 11274 AEP 1200   LAB 404

AEP 2170

Second in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Explores quantitative modeling of the physical world through a study of electricity and magnetism. More mathematical and abstract than a typical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 2217

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10577 AEP 2170   LEC 001

  • 10578 AEP 2170   DIS 201

  • 10579 AEP 2170   DIS 202

  • 10580 AEP 2170   LAB 401

  • 10581 AEP 2170   LAB 402

AEP 2640

A hands-on introduction to computer-aided instrumentation with weekly team and laboratory-based problem solving culminating in the development of a laser scanning microscope system. Students learn fundamentals ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRD 2640

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11647 AEP 2640   LEC 001

  • ENGRC 2640 is a co-requisite.

  • 11648 AEP 2640   LAB 402

  • 11651 AEP 2640   LAB 403

  • 11652 AEP 2640   LAB 404

AEP 3300

A practical laboratory course in basic and modern optics. Students use lasers and basic optical bench equipment to cover a wide range of topics from geometrical optics to interference, diffraction, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 3330

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10582 AEP 3300   LEC 001

  • 10583 AEP 3300   LAB 401

AEP 3330

Newtonian mechanics, especially with dissipative forces; objects rotating around a constant direction and possibly translating, using both torque and energy; coupled and damped-driven linear oscillations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10474 AEP 3330   LEC 001

  • 10475 AEP 3330   DIS 201

AEP 3560

Second course in theory of electromagnetism. Magnetic materials, Faraday's law, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, reflection and transmission, guided waves, and radiation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12406 AEP 3560   LEC 001

  • 12407 AEP 3560   DIS 201

AEP 3610

Introductory course in quantum mechanics. Topics include Schrodinger's equation and the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, potentials in 1 to 3 dimensions, Dirac notation and Hilbert space, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12208 AEP 3610   LEC 001

  • 12209 AEP 3610   DIS 201

AEP 3630

Practical electronics as encountered in a scientific or engineering research/development environment. Analyze, design, build, and test circuits using discrete components and integrated circuits. Analog ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 3360

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12448 AEP 3630   LEC 001

  • 12449 AEP 3630   LAB 401

  • 12450 AEP 3630   LAB 402

AEP 4130

For undergraduate and M.Eng. students interested in nuclear energy. Topics are presented at the level of the course text: Lamarsh and Baratta, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 4th ed. and include the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17536 AEP 4130   LEC 001

AEP 4200

Covers Fourier and Laplace transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, separation of variables, Method of Frobenius, Laplace transform techniques. Green's functions, wave and diffusion equations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17309 AEP 4200   LEC 001

  • 17310 AEP 4200   DIS 201

AEP 4210

Review of vector analysis; complex variable theory, Cauchy-Rieman conditions, complex Taylor and Laurent series, Cauchy integral formula and residue techniques, conformal mapping; Fourier Series; Fourier ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10469 AEP 4210   LEC 001

AEP 4230

Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHYS 4230

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10476 AEP 4230   LEC 001

  • 10477 AEP 4230   DIS 201

AEP 4380

Introduction to Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, FFT's, Monte Carlo methods) as applied to engineering physics problems that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 11655 AEP 4380   LEC 001

AEP 4450

Introductory Senior-level course on electromagnetic and optical metamaterials. The properties of matter can be molded and tailored on subwavelength spatial scales yielding 'metamaterials' with properties ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECE 4380

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12843 AEP 4450   LEC 001

AEP 4500

Introduction the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; electronic states; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Covers optical properties, magnetism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 4454

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10584 AEP 4500   LEC 001

  • 10585 AEP 4500   LAB 401

AEP 4700

Overview of the diversity of modern biophysical experimental techniques used in the study of biophysical systems at the molecular, cellular, and population level. Emphasis is placed on groundbreaking methods ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIONB 4700BME 5700VETMM 4700

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12624 AEP 4700   LEC 001

AEP 4900

Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12050 AEP 4900   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Xu, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12051 AEP 4900   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Muller, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12052 AEP 4900   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Lovelace, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12053 AEP 4900   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Kourkoutis, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12054 AEP 4900   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Moses, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12055 AEP 4900   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Kusse, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12056 AEP 4900   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Fuchs, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12057 AEP 4900   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Wise, F

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12058 AEP 4900   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Brock, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12059 AEP 4900   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Pollack, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12418 AEP 4900   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Shvets, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12419 AEP 4900   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Lambert, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12420 AEP 4900   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Fennie, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12541 AEP 4900   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Buhrman, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 12652 AEP 4900   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Shan, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Graded

  • 19002 AEP 4900   IND 616

    • TBA
    • McMahon, P

AEP 4910

Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-15 Credits Multi-Term

  • 12060 AEP 4910   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

AEP 5570

Applied electrodynamics covers most of the material of chapters 5-14 of Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics text. The course uses the book Modern Electrodynamics by Zangwill (chapters 14-22). The pre-Maxwell ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18926 AEP 5570   LEC 0010

AEP 6060

Topics include plasma state; motion of charged particles in fields; drift-orbit theory; coulomb scattering, collisions; ambipolar diffusion; elementary transport theory; two-fluid and hydromagnetic equations; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ECE 5810

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17061 AEP 6060   LEC 001

  • 17062 AEP 6060   DIS 201

AEP 7510

Independent study under the direction of a member of the university faculty. Students participate in an independent research project through work on a special problem related to their field of interest. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3-12 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11060 AEP 7510   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

AEP 7530

Special topics in applied science, with focus on areas of applied physics and engineering that are of current interest. Subjects chosen are presented in a seminar format by the students. A major goal of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 11061 AEP 7530   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Brock, J

AEP 8020

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11062 AEP 8020   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Buhrman, R

AEP 8030

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11063 AEP 8030   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Fuchs, G

AEP 8050

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11064 AEP 8050   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Fennie, C

AEP 8070

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11065 AEP 8070   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Kusse, B

AEP 8090

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11066 AEP 8090   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Lovelace, R

AEP 8130

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11067 AEP 8130   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Moses, J

AEP 8150

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11068 AEP 8150   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Wise, F

AEP 8160

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11069 AEP 8160   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Craighead, H

AEP 8170

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11070 AEP 8170   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Brock, J

AEP 8180

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11071 AEP 8180   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Lambert, G

AEP 8200

Thesis research for engineering physics graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11072 AEP 8200   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Shvets, G

AEP 8210

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11073 AEP 8210   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Pollack, L

AEP 8230

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11074 AEP 8230   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Xu, C

AEP 8240

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 11192 AEP 8240   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Kourkoutis, L

AEP 8820

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 11075 AEP 8820   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Muller, D