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A first course in the mechanical sciences that introduces elements of continuum mechanics and explains how materials and structures stretch, bend, twist, shake, buckle, and break. Definitions of stress and strain. Strain-displacement relations. Stress-strain behavior of materials. Torsion, beam theo...

This class leads students to develop their skills in the critical reading and writing of science and engineering. Genres will include research articles, grant proposals, school/fellowship/job applications, or lay abstracts & press releases for the non-scientific public. Crucially, students will ...

Natural-language-processing applications are ubiquitous – from digital assistants like Siri or Alexa, to machine translation systems like Google Translate, to fluent conversational systems like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. How do such systems work? This course provides an introduction to the fi...

Big data is everywhere. A fundamental goal across numerous modern businesses and sciences is to be able to utilize as many machines as possible, to consume as much information as possible and as fast as possible. The big challenge is how to turn data into useful knowledge. This is a moving...

This class leads students to develop their skills in the critical reading and writing of science and engineering. Genres will include research articles, grant proposals, school/fellowship/job applications, or lay abstracts & press releases for the non-scientific public. Crucially, students will ...

This is a core course in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program. Launching a successful startup requires a business model that defines the venture's customer value proposition; plans for technology, operations, and marketing; and a formula for eventually earning profit. Students will learn how to ...

This course will introduce fundamental concepts in quantum mechanics and the associated mathematical frameworks crucial for comprehending emerging quantum technologies, notably quantum computing and the broader field of quantum information science. The central theme of this course revolves around th...