Forecasting and uncertainty in engineering economics. Materials and energy balances applied to environmental engineering problems. Water pollution control, applied ecology, air quality management, solid and hazardous waste control. Introduction to Structural Engineering. An introduction to engineering and the engineering method through a wide variety of historical and modern case studies, ranging from unique structures like bridges to mass produced objects like pencils.
Topics vary each semester offered.
Introduction to the use of computers in the solution of engineering and scientific problems. Systematic methods for algorithm development and coding in a higher-level computer language. Application of selected numerical methods. Not open to students who have matriculated at Duke. Introduction to computer methods and algorithms for analysis and solution of engineering problems using numerical methods in a workstation environment.