11.6.1 GENERAL
ENGINEERING STUDIES (GES)
Graduate courses are offered on a regular basis in some departments,
as indicated in the course listings. However, all graduate courses
are taught only upon sufficient demand. In the following course
listing, each description contains a set of parentheses immediately
preceding the semester hours. The first number within the
parentheses indicates the number of contact hours per week in
lecture, recitation, or seminar. The second number indicates the
number of contact hours per week in laboratory.
The College of Engineering requires
that a grade of "C" or better be earned in all prerequisite courses.
Course Descriptions
GES courses are interdisciplinary and may be taken to meet
individual program requirements.
GES 400 Engineering Statistics. (3-0) Three hours. (Mechanical
engineering.)
Prerequisite: MATH 126. Not open to students who have earned credit
for GES 255; not available for credit to industrial engineering or
computer science graduate students.
Probability and basic statistical concepts. Discrete and continuous
distributions; the central limit theorem; sampling distributions;
point and interval estimation; hypothesis testing; regression and
correlation analysis; analysis of variance.
GES 401 Operations Research. (3-0) Three hours. (Civil,
construction, and environmental engineering.)
Prerequisite: Math 126.
Corequisites: GES 255, GES 400 or GES 500.
Model construction, linear programming, network models, dynamic
models, stochastic models, queuing theory, and decision theory.
GES 418 Engineering Management. (3-0) Three hours. Same as IE 418.
(Civil, construction, and environmental engineering.)
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.
An introduction to management principles and the management
functions of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling.
Management of research, design, manufacturing, and quality will be
studied.
GES 449 Radiation Safety. (3-0) Three hours. (Electrical and
computer engineering.)
Prerequisites: MATH 125 and either PH 102 or PH 106.
Radiations and their interactions with matter; radiation detection,
biological effects, current radiation units, and regulations.
GES 451 Matrix and Vector Analysis. (3-0) Three hours. (Aerospace
engineering/mechanics.)
Prerequisite: MATH 238.
Determinants and matrix algebra; linear simultaneous equations;
eigenvalues and eigenvectors; matrix functions; computer techniques;
vector algebra and calculus; and integral theorems. Offered fall
semester and in summer school.
GES 452 Complex Variables. (2-0) Two hours. (Aerospace
engineering/mechanics.)
Prerequisite: MATH 238.
Use of complex variables in engineering; analytic functions,
integrals, series, residues, and poles; conformal mapping with
applications.
GES 491:492 Special Problems (Area). Variable credit.
Assigned individual problems. Credit awarded is based on the amount
of work undertaken.
GES 500 Engineering Statistics. (3-0) Three hours. (Mechanical
engineering.)
Prerequisite: MATH 126. Not open to students who have earned credit
for GES 255 or GES 400; not available for M.S.I.E. or M.S.C.S.
degree credit.
Probability and basic statistical concepts. Discrete and continuous
distributions; the central limit theorem; sampling distributions;
point and interval estimation; hypothesis testing; regression and
correlation analysis; analysis of variance.
GES 501 Operations Research. (3-0) Three hours. (Civil,
construction, and environmental engineering.)
Prerequisite: MATH 126.
Corequisite: GES 255, GES 400, or GES 500. Not open to students who
have earned credit for IE 363; not available for M.S.I.E. degree
credit.
Model construction, linear programming, network models, dynamic
models, stochastic models, queueing theory, and decision theory.
GES 518 Engineering Management. (3-0) Three hours. Same as IE 518.
(Civil, construction, and environmental engineering.)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
An introduction to management principles and the management
functions of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling.
Management of research, design, manufacturing, and quality will be
studied.
GES 522 Quality Engineering. (3-0) Three hours. Same as IE 522.
(Mechanical engineering.)
Prerequisite: GES 257 or GES 400, or GES 500.
Introduction to Taguchi methods, including loss function, orthogonal
arrays, and parameter design experiments. Role of Taguchi methods in
quality function deployment (QFD) process.
GES 526 Design and Analysis of Experiments. (3-0) Three hours. Same
as IE 526. (Mechanical engineering.)
Prerequisite: GES 257, GES 400, or GES 500. Not open to students who
have earned credit for IE 426.
Design of experiments and the application of analysis of variance,
regression analysis, and related statistical methods.
GES 549 Radiation Safety. (3-0) Three hours. (Electrical and
computer engineering.)
Prerequisites: MATH 125 and either PH 102 or PH 106.
Radiations and their interactions with matter; radiation detection,
biological effects, current radiation units, and regulations.
GES 551 Matrix and Vector Analysis. (3-0) Three hours. (Aerospace
engineering/mechanics.)
Prerequisite: MATH 253 or permission of the instructor.
This course provides a graduate level overview of linear algebra and
vector analysis. Topics covered include; linear simultaneous
equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix functions, computer
techniques, and transformations, vector calculus, the Laplacian, and
integral theorems such as the theorems of Green and Stokes.
GES 554 Partial Differential Equations. (3-0) Three hours.
(Aerospace engineering/mechanics.)
This course examines the solution of partial differential equations
by focusing on three specific equations: (1) the heat equation, (2)
the wave equation, and (3) Laplace 's equation. Topics covered
include: Fourier transforms, Sturm-Liouville problems,
classification of partial differential equations, Bessel functions,
and numerical methods for solving partial differential equations.
GES 575 Stochastic Processes. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE 575.
(Electrical and computer engineering.)
Prerequisite: GES 500.
Engineering applications of probability theory; problems on
sequences of random variables, convergence, stochastic processes,
stationarity, ergodicity, correlation function, spectral densities,
linear systems with random inputs, design of filters and predictors,
Markov processes.
GES 585 Genetic Algorithms. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CS 110 or CS 114 and graduate standing.
Theory and application of genetic algorithms. Computer
implementation and current applications in parameter and
combinatorial optimization and optimal control genetics-based
machine learning systems. Focus on both fundamental theory and
modern applications.
GES 640 Electromagnetic Field Theory I. (3-0) Three hours. Same as
ECE 640. (Electrical and computer engineering.)
Prerequisite: ECE 340.
Application of Maxwell's equations to problems of electrical
engineering; boundary-value problems, wave propagation, waveguides,
radiation, and scattering; and surface waves.
GES 641 Electromagnetic Field Theory II. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE 641. (Electrical and computer engineering.)
Prerequisite: ECE 640 or GES 640.
Plane, cylindrical, and spherical wave functions; scattering by
wedges, cylinders, and spheres; radiation from aertures;
perturbational and variational techniques; microwave networks.
GES 647 Acoustic Wave Theory. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ECE 647.
(Electrical and computer engineering.)
Prerequisite: GES 554 or
MATH 541.
Linear acoustic wave equation, radiation and scattering, Kirchoff-Helmholtz
integral theorem, waveguides, stratified media, high-frequency
asymptotics.
GES 649 Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics. (3-0) Three hours.
Same as ECE 649. (Electrical and computer engineering.)
Prerequisite: ECE 541 or PH 531.
Formulation and computer solution of electromagnetic boundary value
problems and integral equations; moment method relation to
finite-element method and variational techniques; and applications
to radiation, scattering, and guided wave geometries.
GES 658 Applied Numerical Methods. (3-0) Three hours. (Aerospace
engineering/mechanics.)
Prerequisites: GES 451 and MATH 238.
Condensed coverage of numerical methods essential in engineering:
interpolation, integration, root calculation, matrix algebra,
eigenvalue problems, matrix differential equations, two-point
boundary value problems, least square approximation, Fast Fourier
Transforms, and optimization methods. Emphasis is on applications
with extensive FORTRAN programming.
GES 695:696 Seminar. (1-0) One hour.
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