Open Access Course Materials - Technology - 2019 and earlier

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  • Publication
    A Gentle Introduction To Programming Using Python
    ( 2008)
    Mihir Kedia, Aseem Kishore
    This course will provide a gentle introduction to programming using Python™ for highly motivated students with little or no prior experience in programming computers. The course will focus on planning and organizing programs, as well as the grammar of the Python programming language. Lectures will be interactive featuring in-class exercises with lots of support from the course staff.
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    ARCH 324 - Structures 2
    ( 2010)
    Peter von Buelow
    This course covers the basic principles of elastic behavior for different materials such as wood, steel, concrete, and composite materials and compares the properties and applications of materials generally. It investigates cross sectional stress and strain behavior in flexure and in shear, and torsion as well as the stability of beams and columns. The qualitative behavior of combined stresses and fracture in materials is also covered
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    Basic Structural Design
    ( 2009)
    John Ochsendorf
    This course provides students with a basic knowledge of structural analysis and design for buildings, bridges and other structures. The course emphasizes the historical development of structural form and the evolution of structural design knowledge, from Gothic cathedrals to long span suspension bridges. Students will investigate the behavior of structural systems and elements through design exercises, case studies, and load testing of models. Students will design structures using timber, masonry, steel, and concrete and will gain an appreciation of the importance of structural design today, with an emphasis on environmental impact of large scale construction
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    Biochemical Engineering
    ( 2005)
    Kristala L. Jones Prather
    This course focuses on the interaction of chemical engineering, biochemistry, and microbiology. Mathematical representations of microbial systems are featured among lecture topics. Kinetics of growth, death, and metabolism are also covered. Continuous fermentation, agitation, mass transfer, and scale-up in fermentation systems, and enzyme technology round out the subject material.
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    Case Study-Is It Easy Being Green?: MIT Sloan Considers the Opportunities and Threats of Sustainable Building
    ( 2019)
    John D. Sterman, Ankita Kaulberg, Bethany Patten
    In early 2000, Dean Richard Schmalensee of MIT’s Sloan School of Management needed to make a decision that would shape the future of the school for decades to come. Sloan desperately needed a new building with great classrooms, faculty offices, study rooms for students, and dining. Schmalensee needed to decide whether the new building should be built quickly, using traditional design methods and features, or whether he should commit to a sustainable “green” building, as the building committee he had convened recommended. But what did green building really mean? How much more would it cost? What were the risks? Was there a business case for building green
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    Case Study-SunPower: Focused on the Future of Solar Power
    ( 2007)
    Joel Conkling, Rebecca M. Henderson, Scott Roberts
    In late 2006, SunPower designed, manufactured, and delivered the most efficient solar cells in the world. At a time when many experts believed solar technology would grow quickly, SunPower needed to decide whether to maintain market share through a strategy of differentiated technology or pricing.
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    Case Study-Tesla's Entry into the U.S. Auto Industry
    ( 2019)
    Donald Sull, Cate Reavis
    In mid-2018, the U.S. auto industry was in the early stages of what many believed would be a significant evolution in how people thought about and used cars. The future would be dominated by electric and autonomous vehicles. Car ownership in which people paid for a hard asset with all its bells and whistles would give way to people buying miles on shared vehicles. Tesla co-Founder and CEO Elon Musk had envisioned his company’s electric vehicles leading the charge in the industry’s evolution. However, the company was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate as it prepared to launch the industry’s first mass-market electric vehicle, the Model 3. Many industry observers doubted whether Tesla would have enough money to stay afloat and if Musk was the right leader.
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    Case Study-Vermont City Electric
    ( 2010)
    Robert M. Freund, Jonathan Potter
    In late 2008, Vermont City Electric (VCE), a municipal electric utility company, needed to determine which investments in demand-side management (DSM) programs to undertake in the context of the budget restrictions it faced. Based on the information contained in the case, students must construct and solve a mixed-integer optimization model of VCE’s operations over a six-year planning period in order to determine which DSM programs to implement and what the cost and carbon impact of these programs will be
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    Complex Variables With Applications
    ( 1999)
    R. Rosales
    The following topics are covered in the course: complex algebra and functions; analyticity; contour integration, Cauchy’s theorem; singularities, Taylor and Laurent series; residues, evaluation of integrals; multivalued functions, potential theory in two dimensions; Fourier analysis and Laplace transforms
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    Computer Systems Security
    ( 2014)
    Nickolai Zeldovich
    Computer Systems Security is a class about the design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system (OS) security, capabilities, information flow control, language security, network protocols, hardware security, and security in web applications.
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    General Chemistry Laboratory 1
    ( 2012)
    Nancy Kerner
    The focus of this guided inquiry laboratory is to foster critical thinking that allows students to design, perform, and interpret experiments. In addition, the student acquires technical skills that are required for further advancement in experimental sciences. Although an ability to collect and analyze data in a quantitative manner is developed, the emphasis of the course is to provide a qualitative understanding of the basic concepts of chemistry. This is accomplished by demonstrating that chemical principles are derived from experimental data. The goal is to provide students both with a more accurate picture of the scientific process and with skills that are relevant to solving real life problems.
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    General Chemistry Laboratory Techniques: Precipitation and Water Purity
    ( 2012)
    Nancy Kerner
    This resource provides a basic foundation for general chemistry laboratory techniques. View the sessions tab to follow the sequence of these methods.
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    Hands-On Introduction To Electrical Engineering Lab Skills
    ( 2008)
    Gim Hom
    This course introduces students to both passive and active electronic components (op-amps, 555 timers, TTL digital circuits). Basic analog and digital circuits and theory of operation are covered. The labs allow the students to master the use of electronic instruments and construct and/or solder several circuits. The labs also reinforce the concepts discussed in class with a hands-on approach and allow the students to gain significant experience with electrical instruments such as function generators, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and power supplies. In the last lab, the students build an electronic circuit that they can keep. The course is geared to freshmen and others who want an introduction to electronics circuits
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    Intermediate Heat And Mass Transfer
    ( 2008)
    Bora Mikic
    2.51 is a 12-unit subject, serving as the Mechanical Engineering Department’s advanced undergraduate course in heat and mass transfer. The prerequisites for this course are the undergraduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, specifically Thermal Fluids Engineering I and Thermal Fluids Engineering II or their equivalents. This course covers problems of heat and mass transfer in greater depth and complexity than is done in those courses and incorporates many subjects that are not included or are treated lightly in those courses; analysis is given greater emphasis than the use of correlations. Course 2.51 is directed at undergraduates having a strong interest in thermal science and graduate students who have not previously studied heat transfer
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    Introduction To Algorithms (SMA 5503)
    ( 2005)
    Charles Leiserson, Erik Demaine
    This course teaches techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods useful in practice. Topics covered include: sorting; search trees, heaps, and hashing; divide-and-conquer; dynamic programming; amortized analysis; graph algorithms; shortest paths; network flow; computational geometry; number-theoretic algorithms; polynomial and matrix calculations; caching; and parallel computing
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    Introduction To Computer Science And Programming In Python
    ( 2016)
    Ana Bell, Eric Grimson, John Guttag
    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language
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    Introduction To Experimental Chemistry
    ( 2012)
    Keith Nelson, Mariusz Twardowski
    This course is the first part of a modular sequence of increasingly sophisticated (and challenging) laboratory courses required of all Chemistry majors: 5.35 Introduction to Experimental Chemistry, 5.36 Biochemistry and Organic Laboratory, 5.37 Organic and Inorganic Laboratory, and 5.38 Physical Chemistry Laboratory. This course provides students with a survey of spectroscopy, and introduces synthesis of coordination compounds and kinetics
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    Introduction To MATLAB Programming
    ( 2011)
    Yossi Farjoun
    This course is intended to assist undergraduates with learning the basics of programming in general and programming MATLAB® in particular.
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    Introduction To Probability And Statistics
    ( 2014)
    Jeremy Orloff, Jonathan Bloom
    This course provides an elementary introduction to probability and statistics with applications. Topics include: basic combinatorics, random variables, probability distributions, Bayesian inference, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and linear regression
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    Laboratory Fundamentals In Biological Engineering
    ( 2010)
    Agi Stachowiak, Alan Jasanoff, Jacquin Niles, Atissa Banuazizi, Neal Lerner, Linda Sutliff
    This course introduces experimental biochemical and molecular techniques from a quantitative engineering perspective. Experimental design, data analysis, and scientific communication form the underpinnings of this subject. Three discovery-based experimental modules focus on RNA engineering, protein engineering, and cell-biomaterial engineering.