This is an introductory to finite elements offered by the Department of Civil Engineering. The finite element method has been coined as the most useful numerical method for solving engineering problems governed by partial differential equations. The contents are vast and the commercial programs are sophisticated. It is thus impetus (and sometimes difficult) to cover the important aspects of the method. This course is offered to guide you through the basic of the method and help you to acquire hands-on experience on programming the method. Learn the basic theory and formulation for finite elements (FE) with hands-on experience on FE programming (MATLAB). College of Engineering Main Campus Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in engineering mathematics, statics, dynamics and mechanics of materials. Chuin-Shan Chen 80 Wednesday 2,3,4 Thursday A,B CIE7017 (521EM1210) 3 (College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Computer-Aided Engineering Division,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division,
Non-degree Program: Nano-Technology Engineering
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

The purpose of this course is to introduce the concepts, theories, and applications of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. It is a multidisciplinary course including the related topics in seismology, geology, wave propagation, soil dynamics, structure dynamics, risk analysis and related engineering problems. Topics discussed in this course include plate tectonics, faults, wave propagation, earthquake ground motion, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis dynamic soil behavior and its evaluation, site effect, soil liquefaction, soil-structure interaction and other earthquake-induced ground failure. The students will have a basic understanding of concepts, theories and applications related to the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering. College of Engineering Main Campus Structural Dynamics or Soil Dynamics On-Lei( Annie) Kwok 30 Thursday 7,8,9 CIE7030 (521EM2210) 3 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

1. Invited Lecture (every week) 2. Special Topic (Lecture) Let students understand the most update research topics in Structural Engineering. College of Engineering Main Campus Chin-Hsiung Loh 120 Thursday 7,8,9 CIE7071 (521EM6200) 1 (College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

Understand the basic behavior of various seismic resisting steel members and systems. Discuss the core concepts and the implementation of the latest seismic steel building codes. Exercise the seismic design and nonlinear response analysis of seismic steel building systems. College of Engineering Main Campus *Loading and resistance *Seismic load and structural ductility *Basic concepts on seismic design of steel building systems *Special moment resisting frame (SMRF) *Special concentrically braced frame (SCBF) *Eccentrically braced frame (EBF) *Buckling restrained braced frame (BRBF) *Steel panel shear wall (SPSW) *Steel and concrete composite beam *Elastic and inelastic static/dynamic response analysis of seismic steel building structures Keh-Chyuan Tsai 34 Monday 7,8,9 CIE7131 (521EM7180) 3 (College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

The purpose of this course is to provide basic knowledge needed for managing high-tech facility constructed project. High-Tech includes, not limited to, the advanced technologies applied in the fields of microelectronics, optoelectronics, precision equipment, telecommunication, nanotech, pharmaceutics, biotech, medical devices, animal experiment, and Aerospace. The construction processes undertaken in high-tech manufacturing plants require special clean-build protocols with extremely tight schedule, stringent quality and safety control as well as using 3D CAD for effective communication among all the participants. The focus of this course is on managing the construction of high tech fabrication plant (fab) and engineering its facilities for life-cycle operation. Students will gain methodologies needed to meet ever-changing challenge of delivering an ultra pure and fast moving semiconductor and related Fabs such as wafer, LED, TFT, and/or Photovoltaic. In addition, this course will strengthen student’s understanding and background in managing high-tech fab engineering project and integrating its interdisciplinary nature. Moreover, laboratory experiments will be required to enable students to have hands-on experiences on cleanroom testing. And a short supplemental course by applying TSMC’s 3D CAD to Fab Project Management may be provided on a volunteer base, if more than 10 students sign up for the short course,the supplemental course will be examined and certified by TSMC 300mm Fabs Facility Division. The following YouTube exemplifies the 5D wafer Fab: https://youtu.be/hnuczt8Vxb4 This course will be taught in English. Students are encouraged to use English for asking questions and answering homework problems. However, to enhance student’s learning and to facilitate the communication between instructor and students, manderin could be used in the case. This course is intended to offer to both graduate students, and undergraduate seniors and juniors. Students from the field of engineering, science, pharmacy, life science, agriculture, business, management and social science will be exposed to fundamental theories and their applications in the build/certify/manage of the high tech manufacturing/fabrication plant (fab). Academic faculty will teach basic theories and principles. Professional industrial experts will be invited to reinforce the application of theories and principles in the real world practices. The course will enable the students to:
1. Differentiate the typical processes in IC and Photovoltaic Fabs. 2. Explain the interdisciplinary nature of high tech Fab construction 3. Perform Site Investigation & Mobilization. 4. Use the basic theories and principles to control Fab Design/Build schedule, to integrate time with cost and to make time-cost trade off. 5. Classify cleanrooms in terms of various international standards. 6. Measure and verify cleanroom. 7. Establish clean-build protocols for constructing and renovating the clean room and other high-tech facilities. 8. Address the issues in automatically integrating the emergency, safety, and security systems. 9. Link to the information sources for further studies in nano/micro fabrication and research. College of Engineering Main Campus There will be approximate 3-5 home works in spring 2017. Homework counts 15% of “Total Grade.” Students will have to preview class reading assignments. The homework is to answer the questions derived from the reading assignments, lectures, lab experiments, cleanroom tour, and/or field trips. There is one (1) group term project. The group term project will focus on 4D (3D CAD + 1D Time) scheduling. The term project tests the student’s understanding of the principal managerial concepts on 3D CAD and CPM scheduling that will be covered in the course within the context of a comprehensive “real-world” problem. It also provides an opportunity to develop skills for working in a project team context and communication skills. The term project counts 50% of the final grade. A Final Exam is required on June 21, 2017. The Final Exam will be comprehensive and counted as 15% of “Total Grade.”, Group Field Trip Reports (10%) and another 10% is for class participation. 34 Wednesday 7,8,9 CIE7139 (521EM7270) 3 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above.
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Construction Engineering and Managem,
(College of Engineering) Department of Civil Engineering,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Construction Engineering and Managem,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Transporation Engineering Division,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering Division,
(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Computer-Aided Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

[1] Introduction [2] Satellite signals and data structure [3] Satellite orbit (Intro. to orbit mechanics) [4] Geodetic reference frames and coordinates transformations [5] Time system [6] Atmospheric effects [7] GPS observables [8] Data processing [9] Precision analysis [10] Design of a satellite surveying project College of Engineering Main Campus 20 Wednesday 7,8,9 CIE7144 (521EM7320) 3 (College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering Division
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

PRELIMINARIES
Fundamentals of real variables
Mathematical preliminaries
Fundamentals of uncertainty analysis
Fundamentals of random processes

MARTINGALES, STOPPING TIMES AND FILTRATIONS
Stochastic processes and sigma fields
Stopping times
Continuous time martingales
Reynolds transport theorem
Conservation of dissolved constituent mass

BROWNIAN MOTION
Brownian motion
Markov property
The brownian sample paths

STOCHASTIC INTEGRATION
Construction of the stochastic integral
The change-of-variable formula
Generalized ito rule for brownian motion

STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (IF TIME PERMITTED)
Strong solutions
Weak solutions
Approximation methods for uncertainty analysis
Firs-order variance estimation method
Rosenblueth;s probabilistic point estimate method
Harr’s probabilistic point estimate method
Li’s probabilistic point estimate method College of Engineering Main Campus Statistics or Engineering Statistics, Calculus or Engineering Mathematics (I), or approval by the instructor 10 Thursday 3,4,6 CIE7156 (521EM7450) 3 (College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering Division
*Majors-only (including minor and double major students). http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

Students participate in the class will prepare case presentation from his/own patient pool. Each resident is assigned his / her own patients in the first year of the training program, most of which are expected to be completed by the end of the third year. Some of the unfinished cases will be transferred to the second year trainee from the graduates. The second year trainee will select a case undergoing treatment but treatment goal and efficiency not meeting the expectation. The third year trainee will select a completed case to review the treatment outcome. The presentation will begin with pre-treatment records, evaluating etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment outcome (mid-treatment records or final records). Students are taught the important skills of cephalometric superimposition in order to differentiate the natural growth and treatment effects. After each case presentation, questions will be raised and fully discussed. All the presentation and discussion will be held in English. Problems in diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment procedures, treatment mechanics and management will be carefully reviewed based on individual cases. Constructive opinions will be given on improving treatment efficiency, treatment outcome or biomechanics. In this class, students learn how to a. obtain and create long term files of quality images of patients using techniques of photography, radiology and cephalometrics. b. collect and organize detailed treatment records which may include care from other providers. c. develop a foundation for understanding and planning treatment and implementation of appropriate treatment objectives and mechanics. d. evaluate treatment progress via cephalometric superimposition. e. manage and motivate patients to participate fully with orthodontic treatment procedures. Goal: for developing the skill of case presentation in English, evaluating the treatment result via cephalometric superimposition, exercising problem resolving ability in clinical setting College of Medicine Review of Orthodontic Treatment Results (Ⅱ) Chung-Chen Yao 30 Monday 6 CDent7019 (422EM1140) 1 (College of Medicine) Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry http://gicd.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?Page=N1

1. MR signal source 2. Spatial encoding and image contrast 3. Hardware 4. K-space 5. Fast scan* 6. Image quality 7. Artifacts in MRI 8. MR angiography 9. Diffusion MRI* 10. Perfusion MRI* 11. MR spectroscopy* 12. Clinical applications 13. Bio-effects and safety 14. Lab tour The instructor will give advanced courses on the asterisked topics and functional magnetic resonance imaging next semester. After finishing this course, the students will (hopefully) have basic understanding of MRI and its applications in clinical medicine. College of Medicine Downtown Campus-NTU Hospital 1. Graduate standing or consent of instructor 2. Basic knowledge of calculus and matrix operation Wen-Chau Wu 20 Thursday 2,3,4 ClinMD7046 (421EM9290) 3 (College of Medicine) Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine,
(College of Medicine Graduatte Institute of Oncology,
Non-degree Program: Program of Neurobiology and Cognitive Science,
(College of Medicine) Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine,
(College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics http://clinicalmedicine.mc.ntu.edu.tw/en/Pages/default.aspx

Students participate in the class will prepare case presentation from his/own patient pool. Each resident is assigned his / her own patients in the first year of the training program, most of which are expected to be completed by the end of the third year. Some of the unfinished cases will be transferred to the second year trainee from the graduates. The second year trainee will select a case undergoing treatment but treatment goal and efficiency not meeting the expectation. The third year trainee will select a completed case to review the treatment outcome. The presentation will begin with pre-treatment records, evaluating etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment outcome (mid-treatment records or final records). Students are taught the important skills of cephalometric superimposition in order to differentiate the natural growth and treatment effects. After each case presentation, questions will be raised and fully discussed. All the presentation and discussion will be held in English. Problems in diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment procedures, treatment mechanics and management will be carefully reviewed based on individual cases. Constructive opinions will be given on improving treatment efficiency, treatment outcome or biomechanics. In this class, students learn how to a. obtain and create long term files of quality images of patients using techniques of photography, radiology and cephalometrics. b. collect and organize detailed treatment records which may include care from other providers. c. develop a foundation for understanding and planning treatment and implementation of appropriate treatment objectives and mechanics. d. evaluate treatment progress via cephalometric superimposition. e. manage and motivate patients to participate fully with orthodontic treatment procedures. Goal: for developing the skill of case presentation in English, evaluating the treatment result via cephalometric superimposition, exercising problem resolving ability in clinical setting College of Medicine Clinical Orthodontic Practice (Ⅰ), Clinical Orthodontic Practice (Ⅱ) Chung-Chen Yao 30 Monday 6 CDent7017 (422EM1120) 1 (College of Medicine) Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry http://gicd.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?Page=N1

The course trains students to discuss economic concepts from a philosophical perspective. Is economics a science? Do economic models need realistic assumptions? What makes an economic institution “good”? These and other questions are raised in this course. The course puts a strong emphasis on discussion and debate. Students are required to give two short presentations of research papers and defend the authors’ claims in the following discussion. Students are also required to be discussants of other students’ presentations. To train writing interesting and coherent arguments, students write a short paragraph about the debate after class. In the final paper, students examine a recently published research paper from the perspective of one of the topics discussed in class. The course has two objectives. First, it trains students to discuss economic concepts in speaking and writing. Second, it introduces students to methodological and normative issues on the border of economics and philosophy. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Hendrik Rommeswinkel 30 Wednesday 6,7,8 ECON5146 (323EU8320) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics,
(College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above, and graduate students. http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

This is an intermediate level Macroeconomics. Though this is a second part of the sequences of the year long macroeconomic courses, this course is independent from Macroeconomics (I). There will be assignments, two midterms, and one final exam. This course will cover major topics, ideas, and new developments in modern macroeconomics. More specifically, we will cover (1) long run Economic Growth. (2) short run Business Cycles. (3) microfundations for macroeconomics modeling and the idea of general equilibrium. We will also cover policy issues in part (1) and part (2). For Economic Growth, in addition to the traditional Solow growth model, we will also cover how ideas and innovations affect economic growth, i.e., Romer’s endogenous growth model, since innovations is a key ingredient for sustained economic growth, but mostly skipped in intermediate macro courses. For Business Cycles, in addition to the traditional neoclassical method, we will discuss over the recent financial crisis, great recession, and introduce the idea of general equilibrium and the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, the frontier of business cycle research. This course aims to introduce modern developments of macroeconomic research in past decades to students at an appropriate intermediate level. There will be discussions and problem solving exercises in class. College of Social Sciences Main Campus 1.This course requires basic mathematics skills: (a) basic calculus (freshmen level) (b) basic algebra. 2. This is an English class. Lectures, discussions, assignments, and exams are all in English. 3. Attendance: students will form subgroups to discuss and compete in class. So regular attendance is required. Hsuan-Li Su 83 Wednesday 6,7,8 ECON2004 (303E22120) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics
http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english