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EGR Courses for All Students

The School of Engineering and Applied Science offers several courses that have interdisciplinary content integrating engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities and are of broad interest to students from across the University. These courses typically have no prerequisites. They are listed in the Course Offerings under engineering and bear the label EGR. Currently the following courses are in this category:

CEE 105 / ART 105 / EGR 105: Lab in Conservation of Art (ST)
This course examines how environmental factors (acid, rain, ice, salts, and biota) damage sculpture and monuments made of stone and masonry, paintings on wood, and sculptures in bronze. We examine campus buildings that illustrate each type of damage and visit the Cloisters Museum to learn how those medieval buildings are protected. Lectures on structure and properties of materials and mechanisms of attack. Labs include quantifying water movement through stone, damage from freezing and salts, strength of mortars, protective effects of sealants and consolidants, effect of moisture on wood.
Professor: George W. Scherer

CEE 262B / ARC 262B / EGR 262B / URB 262B: Structures and the Urban Environment (ST)
This course focuses on structural engineering as a new art form begun during the Industrial Revolution and flourishing today in long-span bridges, thin shell concrete vaults, and tall buildings. Through laboratory experiments students study the scientific basis for structural performance and thereby connect external forms to the internal forces in the major works of structural engineers. Students examine contemporary exemplars that are essential to the understanding of 21st century structuring of cities with illustrations taken from various cities in the U.S. and abroad.
Professors: David P. Billington and Maria E. Garlock

COS 116 / EGR 116: The Computational Universe (ST)
Computers have brought the world to our fingertips. We will try to understand at a basic level the science--old and new--underlying this new Computational Universe. Our quest takes us on a broad sweep of scientific knowledge and related technologies: propositional logic of the ancient Greeks (microprocessors); quantum mechanics (silicon chips); network and system phenomena (internet and search engines); computational intractability (secure encryption); and efficient algorithms (genomic sequencing). Ultimately, this study makes us look anew at ourselves--our genome; language; music; "knowledge"; and, above all, the mystery of our intelligence.
Professor: Sanjeev Arora

EGR 250, 251, 350, 351, 450, 451: Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of freshmen through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
Professors: Elie R. Bou-Zeid, Michael G. Littman, Catherine A. Peters, and Winston O. Soboyejo

EGR 277 / SOC 277 / HIS 277: Technology and Society (SA)
Technology and society are unthinkable without each other - each provides the means and framework in which the other develops. To explore this dynamic, this course investigates a wide array of questions on the interaction between technology, society, politics, and economics, emphasizing the themes of innovation and maturation, systems and regulation, risk and failure, and ethics and expertise. Specific topics covered include nuclear power and waste, genetically-modified organisms, regulation of the internet, medical mistakes, intellectual property, the financial crisis of 2008, and the post-fossil-fuels economy.
Professor: Michael D. Gordin

EGR 495: Special Topics in Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial New Product Development (NPD)
Focus: We dive into the conception, innovation, and marketing of insanely great products and services. NPD processes must balance creativity, emotion, analysis, technology, and cost reduction. Great products may be thought of as a carefully orchestrated symphony of engineering characteristics, aesthetics, and emotional attributes. Design: We study multiple NPD methods, both qualitative and quantitative, and apply them to case studies and a course project competition.
Professor: Ely Dahan, James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship

ELE 386 / EGR 386: Cyber Security (STX)
This course surveys the technology underlying secure transactions and safe interactions in a public Internet and wireless world. Topics include cyber security needs such as confidentiality, integrity, availability, access control, authorization, authentication, non-repudiation, trust, privacy and anonymity. Case studies are selected from e-commerce, denial of service attacks, viruses and worms, spam, e-voting, digital rights management, and cyber-terrorism. Related policy, social and economic issues are also discussed.
Professor: Ruby B. Lee

ELE 391 / EGR 391: The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century
This is an interdisciplinary course addressing technological, regulatory, economic and social issues arising in the rapidly developing field of wireless communications and computing. The course is intended to introduce students to a major technological trend that will be a significant force in worldwide commercial and social development throughout the 21st Century.
Professor: Sanjeev R. Kulkarni

ELE 491 / EGR 491 / ORF 491: High-Tech Entrepreneurship
This "hands-on" practical course introduces students to the analysis and actions required to launch a successful high tech company. Using several conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques, it addresses the challenges of evaluating technologies for commercial feasibility, determining how best to launch a new venture, attracting the resources needed to start a company (e.g. people, corporate partners, and venture capital), preparing comprehensive business plans, structuring business relationships, and managing early stage companies toward "launch velocity" and sustainable growth. By application only. Applications are available in ACE21 E-Quad. Deadline: December 7, 2010
Professor: Ed Zschau

MAE 328 / EGR 328 / ENV 328: Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World
This course addresses, in technical detail, the challenge of changing the future global energy system to accommodate environmental constraints. Energy production strategies are emphasized, including renewable energy, solar, wind, nuclear fission and fusion, the capture and storage of fossil-fuel carbon, and energy storage strategies. Efficient energy use is also considered, as well as intersections of energy with economic development, international security, local environmental quality, and human behavior and values.
Professor: Staff

EGR Courses with Focused Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematical Content

Additional EGR courses are those with focused computer science, engineering, or mathematical content. These courses are relevant to students beyond the home department. Currently the following courses are in this category: