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Undergraduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
2.000	How and Why Machines Work	Spring 2002
2.001	Mechanics & Materials I	Fall 2006
2.002	Mechanics and Materials II	Spring 2004
2.003	Modeling Dynamics and Control I	Spring 2005
2.003J	Dynamics and Vibration (13.013J)	Fall 2002
2.003J	Dynamics and Control I	Fall 2007
2.003J	Dynamics and Control I	Spring 2007
2.004	Modeling Dynamics and Control II	Spring 2003
2.004	Systems, Modeling, and Control II	Fall 2007
2.004	Dynamics and Control II	Spring 2008
2.007	Design and Manufacturing I	Spring 2005
2.008	Design and Manufacturing II	Spring 2003
2.008	Design and Manufacturing II	Spring 2004
2.00B	Toy Product Design	Spring 2008
2.011	Introduction to Ocean Science and Engineering	Spring 2006
2.016	Hydrodynamics (13.012)	Fall 2005
2.017J	Design of Systems Operating in Random Environments	Spring 2006
2.019	Design of Ocean Systems	Fall 2005
2.038J	The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering	Spring 2008
2.050J	Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos	Fall 2006
2.110J	Information and Entropy	Spring 2008
2.12	Introduction to Robotics	Fall 2005
2.14	Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems	Spring 2007
2.140	Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems	Spring 2007
2.51	Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer	Fall 2008
2.611	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
2.612	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
2.66J	Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings	Fall 2003
2.670	Mechanical Engineering Tools	January (IAP) 2004
2.672	Project Laboratory	Spring 2009
2.673J	Biological Engineering II: Instrumentation and Measurement	Fall 2006
2.71	Optics	Fall 2004
2.710	Optics	Fall 2004
2.72	Elements of Mechanical Design	Spring 2006
2.737	Mechatronics	Spring 1999
2.772J	Statistical Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems (BE.011J)	Spring 2004
2.772J	Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems	Fall 2005
2.790J	Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Spring 2006
2.791J	Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues	Fall 2004
2.792J	Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems	Spring 2004
2.793J	Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems	Spring 2007
2.794J	Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues	Fall 2004
2.797J	Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics	Fall 2006
2.96	Management in Engineering	Fall 2004
2.971	2nd Summer Introduction to Design	January (IAP) 2003
2.993	Designing Paths to Peace	Fall 2002
2.993	Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: The Art and Science of Boat Design	January (IAP) 2007
2.993J	Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Engineering (13.002J)	Spring 2005
2.996	Designing Paths to Peace	Fall 2002
2.THA	Undergraduate Thesis for Course 2-A	January (IAP) 2007

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Graduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
2.032	Dynamics	Fall 2004
2.034J	Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves	Spring 2007
2.035	Special Topics in Mathematics with Applications: Linear Algebra and the Calculus of Variations	Spring 2007
2.036J	Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos	Fall 2004
2.062J	Wave Propagation	Fall 2006
2.067	Advanced Structural Dynamics and Acoustics (13.811)	Spring 2004
2.068	Computational Ocean Acoustics (13.853)	Spring 2003
2.080J	Structural Mechanics (13.10J)	Fall 2002
2.081J	Plates and Shells	Spring 2007
2.082	Ship Structural Analysis & Design (13.122)	Spring 2003
2.084J	Structural Mechanics in Nuclear Power Technology	Fall 2006
2.093	Computer Methods in Dynamics	Fall 2002
2.094	Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids	Spring 2008
2.096J	Introduction to Numerical Simulation (SMA 5211)	Fall 2003
2.097J	Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (SMA 5212)	Spring 2003
2.098	Optimization Methods (SMA 5213)	Fall 2004
2.111J	Quantum Computation	Fall 2003
2.14	Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems	Spring 2007
2.140	Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems	Spring 2007
2.141	Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems	Fall 2006
2.154	Maneuvering and Control of Surface and Underwater Vehicles (13.49)	Fall 2004
2.156J	Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems	Fall 2003
2.158J	Computational Geometry	Spring 2003
2.159J	Foundations of Software Engineering	Fall 2000
2.160	Identification, Estimation, and Learning	Spring 2006
2.161	Signal Processing: Continuous and Discrete	Fall 2008
2.171	Analysis and Design of Digital Control Systems	Fall 2006
2.20	Marine Hydrodynamics (13.021)	Spring 2005
2.22	Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles (13.42)	Spring 2005
2.23	Hydrofoils and Propellers	Spring 2007
2.24	Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)	Spring 2002
2.25	Advanced Fluid Mechanics	Fall 2005
2.26	Compressible Fluid Dynamics	Spring 2004
2.27	Turbulent Flow and Transport	Spring 2002
2.29	Numerical Marine Hydrodynamics (13.024)	Spring 2003
2.29	Numerical Fluid Mechanics	Spring 2007
2.372J	Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Devices	Spring 2007
2.391J	Submicrometer and Nanometer Technology	Spring 2006
2.57	Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes	Fall 2004
2.58J	Radiative Transfer	Spring 2006
2.59J	Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology	Spring 2007
2.60	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
2.61	Internal Combustion Engines	Spring 2008
2.611	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
2.612	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
2.626	Fundamentals of Photovoltaics	Fall 2008
2.62J	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
2.64J	Superconducting Magnets	Spring 2003
2.65J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
2.65J	Sustainable Energy	January (IAP) 2007
2.693	Principles of Oceanographic Instrument Systems -- Sensors and Measurements (13.998)	Spring 2004
2.701	Introduction to Naval Architecture (13.400)	Fall 2004
2.71	Optics	Fall 2004
2.710	Optics	Fall 2004
2.717J	Optical Engineering	Spring 2002
2.739J	Product Design and Development	Spring 2006
2.75	Precision Machine Design	Fall 2001
2.76	Multi-Scale System Design	Fall 2004
2.760	Multi-Scale System Design	Fall 2004
2.761J	Noninvasive Imaging in Biology and Medicine	Fall 2005
2.771J	Biomedical Information Technology	Fall 2008
2.782J	Design of Medical Devices and Implants	Spring 2006
2.785J	Cell-Matrix Mechanics	Spring 2004
2.795J	Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems (BE.430J)	Fall 2004
2.798J	Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics (BE.410J)	Spring 2003
2.79J	Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions (BE.441)	Fall 2003
2.800	Tribology	Fall 2004
2.830J	Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)	Spring 2008
2.851J	System Optimization and Analysis for Manufacturing	Summer 2003
2.852	Manufacturing Systems Analysis	Spring 2004
2.854	Manufacturing Systems I (SMA 6304)	Fall 2004
2.875	Mechanical Assembly and Its Role in Product Development	Fall 2004
2.882	System Design and Analysis based on AD and Complexity Theories	Spring 2005
2.890J	Proseminar in Manufacturing	Fall 2005
2.963	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
2.964	Economics of Marine Transportation Industries	Fall 2006
2.994	MADM with Applications in Material Selection and Optimal Design	January (IAP) 2007
2.996	Sailing Yacht Design (13.734)	Fall 2003
2.996	Biomedical Devices Design Laboratory	Fall 2007
2.997	Decision Making in Large Scale Systems	Spring 2004

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