curriculum

UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Online Courses (Graduate Level)

Summer 2008

Engineering Online Curriculum

Summer Course Offerings

Com Sci 217A. Internet Architecture and Protocols (4 units)

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 118. Focus on mastering existing core set of Internet protocols, including IP, core transport protocols, routing protocols, DNS, NTP, and security protocols such as DNSSEC, to understand principles behind design of these protocols, appreciate their design tradeoffs, and learn lessons from their operations.

EL ENGR 231E. Channel Coding Theory

Requisite: course 131A. Fundamental limits on compression and transmission of information. Topics include limits and algorithms for lossless data compression, channel capacity, rate versus distortion in lossy compression, and information theory for multiple users.

MECH&AE M256A/C&EE M230A Linear Elasticity (4 units)

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 156A or 166A. Linear elastostatics. Cartesian tensors; infinitesimal strain tensor; Cauchy stress tensor; strain energy; equilibrium equations; linear constitutive relations; plane elastostatic problems, holes, corners, inclusions, cracks; three-dimensional problems of Kelvin, Boussinesq, and Cerruti. Introduction to boundary integral equation method.

MAE 296A. Damage and Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design (4 units)

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisites: course 156A, Materials Science 143A. Role of failure prevention in mechanical design and case studies. Mechanics and physics of material imperfections: voids, dislocations, cracks, and inclusions. Statistical and deterministic design methods. Plastic, fatigue, and creep damage. .

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