TEACHING EXPERIENCE

GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES

Environmental Geotechnology (Independent Study)

Investigation of wastewater disposal facilities, waste stabilization, subsurface and air flow, soil - contaminant interaction, and remediation investigation and analysis techniques.

Waste Water treatment (Independent Study)

Investigation of contaminated water, methods of clean - up, review of physical, chemical, and biological remediation techniques for contaminated sites and groundwater. 

Information obtained from these two independent study courses was basis for proposal submitted and funded by U.S. Department of Energy. To review the abstract, see Appendix A

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSES

Engineering

  -Construction Materials    -Fundamentals of Materials

 -Graphical Communication    -Statics

  -Dynamics      -Mechanics of Materials

Physics

  -General Physics I, II     -Physics I, II

  -General Physics Lab I, II   -Physics Lab I, II

Mathematics and Computer Programming

  -Pre Calculus    - Calculus I, II,  III

  -Linear Algebra    - Differential Equation

 - Probability and Statistics  - Computer Programming FORTRAN

 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Description of Undergraduate Courses Taught

Fundamentals of Materials

Examines principals underlying structure, properties, and behavior of engineering materials, including metals, ceramics, and polymers.  Covers topics including bonding; crystal structure; defect structure; alloying; mechanical, electronic, and magnetic properties in relation to structure: phase eqbilbria; phase transformation; and oxidation and corrosion.

Graphical Communication

Covers selected topics in graphics, including SI (metric) units, instruments, orthographic projection, pictorial systems, sectioning, tolerance, dimensioning, specialized drawing, design drawing, graphs, and microcomputer applications.

Construction Materials

Introduces the properties of materials used in construction, including timber, masonry, metals, concrete, bituminous materials, and fiber - reinforced materials.

Statics

Covers principals of mechanics, including vector treatment of force systems, friction, and engineering applications.

Dynamics

Covers kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, including force - acceleration, work - energy, impulse - momentum methods, and engineering applications.

Mechanics of Materials

Covers stress and strain at a point, elastic and plastic analysis of deformable bodies, stability, and engineering applications.

Computer Programming FORTRAN

Covers fundamentals of computer programming in the language of instruction (FORTRAN):  variable, input and output, expressions, assignment statements, conditional and branching, subprograms, parameter passing, repetition, arrays, top - down design, testing, and debugging.

Calculus I

Covers line, circle, and parabola; functions, limits, continuity, derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric functions and definite integrals and applications.

Calculus II

Covers definite integrals; application; logarithmic. exponential, hyperbolic and inverse trigonometric functions: conic; and parametric equations and various techniques of integration. 

Calculus III

Covers indeterminate forms, finite series, and polar coordinates.  Solid analytical geometry. vectors, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and applications.

Linear Algebra

Covers matrix arithmetic, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, coordinate systems, linear transformations, determinants, characteristic value problem, Euclidean spaces, and applications.

Differential Equations

Covers solutions of first - order equations, undetermined coefficient and variation parameter methods of solution of high - order linear equations, applications, systems of equations, and Laplace transform.

Probability and Statistics

Statistical thinking starts with an awareness and understanding that no two things are exactly alike and that variability is inherent in all things.  Statistical thinking is the ability to identify, quantify, reduce and control the kinds of variability that reduce the quantity of our performance, of the objects that we make, and of our actions as individuals, groups, and societies.  Variability is not inherently undesirable. It is essential to variety and creativity and often enriches our lives.

General Physics I

Algebra - based course that covers force, motion, work, energy properties of matter, and wave motion and sound propagation.

General Physics II

Algebra - based course that covers electricity and applications, magnetism and optics.

Physics I

Calculus based course that covers principals of mechanics pertaining to kinematics, dynamics, momentum, and energy and conservation laws.  This course also covers the nature wave motion, including harmonic forces, general wave characteristics, acoustics, geometrical and physical optics.

Physics II

Calculus - based course that temperature, heat, heat transfer, black body, ideal gas, laws of thermodynamics, and heat engines.  This course also covers phenomena and principles of electricity and magnetism, including electrostatic, potential theory, capacitance, direct currents, electrical instruments and circuits, magnetic fields, induced EMF, alternating currents, magnetic properties of matter, and inductance.

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