Browsing Civil and Environmental Engineering (1) - Archived by Title
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3.021J / 1.021J / 10.333J / 18.361J / 22.00J Introduction to Modeling and Simulation, Spring 2011
(2011-06)This subject provides an introduction to modeling and simulation (IM/S), covering continuum methods, atomistic and molecular simulation (e.g. molecular dynamics) as well as quantum mechanics. These tools play an increasingly ... -
3.91J / 1.593J Mechanical Behavior of Plastics, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Relation among chemical composition, physical structure, and mechanical behavior of plastics or synthetic high polymers. Study of types of polymers; fundamentals of viscoelastic phenomena such as creep, stress relaxation, ... -
4.42J / 1.044J / 2.66J Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings, Fall 2003
(2003-12)4.42J (or 2.66J or 1.044J), Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings, is an undergraduate class offered in the Department of Architecture, and jointly in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department ... -
4.42J / 1.044J / 2.66J Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This subject provides a first course in thermo-sciences for students primarily interested in architecture and building technology. It introduces the fundamentals important to energy, ventilation, air conditioning and comfort ... -
4.651 20th Century Art, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and ... -
5.95J / 6.982J / 7.59J / 8.395J / 18.094J / 1.95J / 2.978J Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, Fall 2012
(2012-12)This participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. This course is designed for graduate students interested in an academic career, and anyone ... -
5.95J / 7.59J / 8.395J / 18.094J Teaching College-Level Science, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include: using current research in student learning to improve teaching; developing courses; ... -
6.172 Performance Engineering of Software Systems, Fall 2009
(2009-12)Modern computing platforms provide unprecedented amounts of raw computational power. But significant complexity comes along with this power, to the point that making useful computations exploit even a fraction of the ... -
6.436J / 15.085J Fundamentals of Probability, Fall 2005
(2005-12)This is a course on the fundamentals of probability geared towards first or second-year graduate students who are interested in a rigorous development of the subject. The course covers most of the topics in MIT course 6.431 ... -
6.868J / MAS.731J The Society of Mind, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This course is an introduction to a theory that tries to explain how minds are made from collections of simpler processes. The subject treats such aspects of thinking as vision, language, learning, reasoning, memory, ... -
6.972 Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is offered to graduates and is an introduction to fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design with motivations drawn from various applications including distributed control of wireline and wireless ... -
ESD.260J / 1.260J / 15.770J Logistics Systems, Fall 2003
(2003-12)See description under subject 1.260J. This course is a survey of analytic tools, approaches, and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of logistics systems and integrated supply chains. The material is ... -
ESD.36J / 1.432J System and Project Management, Fall 2003
(2003-12)The course is designed for students in the System Design and Management (SDM) program and therefore assumes that you already have a basic knowledge of project management. The objective is to introduce advanced methods and ... -
ESD.70J / 1.145J Engineering Economy Module, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This intensive micro-subject provides the necessary skills in Excel spreadsheet modeling for ESD.71 – Engineering Systems Analysis for Design. Its purpose is to bring entering students up to speed on some of the advanced ... -
MAS.622 / 1.126J Pattern Recognition & Analysis, Fall 2000
(2000-12)Fundamentals of characterizing and recognizing patterns and features of interest in numerical data. Basic tools and theory for signal understanding problems with applications to user modeling, affect recognition, speech ... -
SP.718 Special Topics at Edgerton Center: D-Lab Health: Medical Technologies for the Developing World, Spring 2009
(2009-06)D-Lab Health provides multi-disciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how ... -
SP.721 D-Lab: Development, Dialogue and Delivery, Fall 2004
(2004-12)D-Lab is a year-long series of courses and field trips. The fall class provides a basic background in international development and appropriate technology through guest speakers, case studies and hands-on exercises. Students ...