In this course, advanced concepts of thermodynamics will be presented. Starting with postulation approaches, the physical structure of thermodynamics shall be elucidated in a fundamental manner. In contrast to conventional engineering approaches that are generally focused on the application aspects, we will discuss the logic induction and mathematical framework that shape this subject. In addition to the relevant examples, regarding the formulation and description of fundamental equations, specific interest shall be directed to advanced topics such as stability of thermodynamic systems, phase transition, and critical phenomena. Furthermore, more insight will be gained as the macroscopic elements are connected to the microscopic structure, through the interpretation of entropy, in terms of the statistical mechanical treatment. Course Contents:

1. The problem and the postulates

2. The conditions of equilibrium

3. Some formal relationships, and sample systems

4. Reversible processes and the maximum work theorem

5. Alternative formulations and Legendre transformations

6. The extremum principle in the Legendre transformed representations

7. Maxwell relations

8. Stability of thermodynamic systems

9. First-order phase transitions

10. Critical phenomena

11. The Nernst postulate

12. Properties of materials

13. Statistical mechanics and the entropy

College of Social Engineering Main Campus Kuo-Long Pan 65 Wednesday 7,8,9 ME7002 3 Half Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Mechanical Engineering http://www.me.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?site_id=1

1. Introduction (1 hr)

2. Vector and tensor analysis (5 hrs)

3. Fluid kinematics (3 hrs)

4. Basic equations of fluid dynamics. (3 hrs)

5. Fluid statics and surface tension (3 hrs)

6. Nondimensionalization and solution to simplified N-S eqn. (6 hrs)

7. Creeping flow (6 hrs)

8. Lubrication approximation (3 hrs)

9. Inviscid flow (4 hrs)

10. Boundary layer theory (5hrs)

11. Turbulence (3 hrs)

12. Non-Newtonian Fluids (3 hrs)

The objective of this course is to provide an overview of fluid mechanics theory and its applications. This course also intends to provide the background for advanced research related to fluid mechanics or transport phenomena in chemical engineering. College of Social Engineering Main Campus Ling Chao 51 Tuesday 3,4 Friday 2 ChemE7007 3 Half Graduate Institute of Chemical Engineering http://www.che.ntu.edu.tw/che/?lang=en

Many pieces of a puzzle have to be assembled to enable the successful translation of a novel idea into the clinic for the benefit of patients. First, the idea needs to be tested in a research environment before protecting and communicating the results, for example in a patent and/or journal publication. At this stage, the research can attract the interest of clinicians and/or manufacturers, who can help to progress the testing through clinical trials before a product can be launched. This course will give an overview over some of the main pieces of the puzzle that play a role on the path from the “bench to the bedside”, and will equip students with first-hand, up-to-date knowledge regarding aspects such as the management of intellectual property, regulatory requirements and standards, clinical trials and strategies for effective communication in an interdisciplinary environment. Furthermore, the students will be taken through several examples of successfully translated biomedical products to highlight key issues and pitfalls. Students gain a much sought-after understanding of the issues that are important for the successful translation of biomaterials research into the industrial world. College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Restrict to graduate students. Wei Bor Tsai 20 Monday 5,6,7 ChemE7039 3 Half Graduate Institute of Chemical Engineering http://www.che.ntu.edu.tw/che/?lang=en

Acoustic is interdisciplinary science, that studies propagation of waves in gases, solids, fluids. Acoustic is presented in almost all aspects our life and engineering (noise, underwater acoustics, medical, architectural and musical acoustics, etc ). This course will cover recent advances in nonlinear acoustics, and some trends in computational nonlinear acoustics. Although linear acoustics is much easier to describe, however experiments showed that in real life nonlinear effects play important role and cannot be avoided. The current trends in the modern acoustic is to use nonlinear effects in order to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the methods or to improve the development of the devices. For example, second harmonic imaging can improve diagnostic ultrasound, nonlinear effects during focused ultrasound treatment can dramatically reduce the treatment time. Different nonlinear acoustic phenomenon will be described including radiation force, acoustic streaming, acoustic levitation, cavitation.
This course includes:

1. fundamentals of nonlinear acoustics

2. derivation and analysis of nonlinear equations

3. current cutting-edge trends in biomedical ultrasound

4. introduction to cavitation, acoustic-bubble interaction

5. some methods in computational acoustics

6. Special topics


College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Restrict to graduate students. Maxim Solovchuk 40 Friday 2,3,4 ESOE5118 3 Half Graduate Institute of Engineering Science http://www.esoe.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

To have a basic understanding of Digital Photogrammetry and its potential applications along with the integration trend with image processing and computer vision techniques. (1) Review of Photogrammetric Theories

(2) Introduction

(3) Fundamental of Digital Photogrammetry

(4) Applications of Digital Photogrammetry

College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Restrict to 3rd-year and above, and graduate students. Jen-Jer Jaw 20 Monday 2,3,4 CIE7091 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Surveying and Geospatial Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

This course intends to equip graduate students with fundamental skills of writing English for academic purposes. Topics to be covered include basic English sentence structures, common rhetorical patterns, paragraph/essay development, and some essential vocabulary and grammar in academic English.

By the end of the course, students will

1. Understand common rhetoric modes in academic writing.

2. Apply their knowledge of grammar function to their own writing.

3. Demonstrate familiarity with vocabulary frequently used in academic

writing.

4. Edit and proofread their own and their peers’ writing.

College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Restrict to international students. Chien-Ta Hsu 14 Monday 7,8,9 CIE7110 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division,

Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management Division
http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

Taiwan located in the conjunction of Eurasian and Philippine Sea plate. The hazards imposed by earthquakes are unique in many respects in this country. Planning to mitigate earthquake hazard requires a unique engineering approaches. It is this fact that has led to earthquake hazard reduction only by the design and construction of earthquake resistant structures. This course will teach the basic concept of seismic hazard, the influence of earthquake performance of structures and provide the principal and basic concept of earthquake resistant design.

1. Understand earthquake phenomenon,

2. Seismic hazard analysis,

3. Earthquake response of SDof system,

4. Earthquake response of MDof system.

5. ealstic response of structure under earthquake excitation,

6. Soil amplification under earthquake excitation,

7. Basic seismic design concept,

College of Social Engineering Main Campus Chin-Hsiung Loh 34 Friday 7,8,9 CIE7138 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

Transportation planning is the fundamental step for transportation-related construction and policy making. This course aims to inculcate the students with the underlying concept of the planning process to address the complexity of transportation systems. The course covers both the traditional (popularly used) approaches and the challenges for transportation engineers nowadays, which involve the perspectives of social and environmental concerns. In addition to the planning process, operational and managerial contexts of a transportation system are further clarified and discussed. By the end of this course, the students should be equipped with theoretical understanding of the important issues in transportation planning and be capable of practically dealing with relevant real-world problems in a holistic and integrated manner.

This course is highly discussion-oriented. Class participation is strongly recommended (required).
College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Restrict to 3rd-year and above, graduate students, and Ph.D. students.
Yu-Ting Hsu 25 Wednesday 7,8,9 CIE7021 3 Half Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Transporation Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

0. Introduction to Matlab

1. Introduction (1.1-1.2, 8.1)

2. Definitions and concepts (2.1-2.3, 3.4)

3. Basic equations: equilibrium, compatibility and constitutive equations (course notes)

4. Axial element (2.4-2.6)

5. Direct stiffness method (3.1-3.3, 3.5, course notes)

6. Programming for FRAME15 (course notes)

7. 3D beam-column element _ strength of materials approach (4.5-4.7)

8. Coordinate transformation; contragredient principle and congruent transformations (5.1)

9. Solution of linear algebraic equations (11.1-11.6)

10. Equivalent nodal loads; self-straining problems; support settlement (5.2-5.3)

11. Principle of virtual displacements (6.1-6.4)

12. Principle of virtual displacements in framework analysis (7.1-7.5)

13. Special analysis procedures (13.1-13.6, course notes)

14. Element flexibility matrix (course notes, 4.4)

15. Principle of virtual force (6.5, 7.6)

16. Flexibility method (course notes)


Develop ability of matrix structural analysis not only in theory but

also in imeplementation. College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Prerequisite: Structural Theory Liang-Jenq Leu 80 Thursday 2,3,4 CIE7024 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

This course is intended to develop a students ability to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate approaches to water resource management in terms of their technical feasibility, economic merits, and public policy implications. We will discuss the fundamental optimization theories and the application potentials for water resources and environmental systems planning, resources conservation, and pollution control. The operational research techniques, including linear programming, dynamic programming, nonlinear programming, stochastic programming and multi-objective programming, will be introduced. Both engineering and economic principles will be incorporated into optimization exercises that are used as a means of policy analysis. Most examples cover typical planning, design, and operation problems for water resources and environmental infrastructure with regard to complex multidisciplinary decision-making. Water resources system models addressing the interfaces and interactions between the built environment and the natural systems will be emphasized. Students are expected to finish a term-project according to their research interest to demonstrate their understanding of the course contents. You are supposed to understand:

1) Introduce water resources systems modeling approach.

2) Classical theory of maxima and minima

3) Linear Programming

4) Nonlinear Programming

5) Dynamic Programming

6) Optimization software

7) Policy instruments and regulation

8) Decision making theory & uncertainty

9) Stochastic programming

10) Discussion of water resource management and planning

College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Majors-only (including minor and double major students). Jiing-Yun You 34 Monday 7,8,9 CIE7040 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering Division,
Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Transporation Engineering Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

This course will be conducted in English and will cover the following topics:

(1) Characteristics of construction

(2) Contract types and administration

(2) Cost planning, control and analysis

(3) Construction productivity

(4) Project scheduling and planning

(5) Bonds and insurance

(6) Engineering economics and finance

(7) Decision-making under uncertainty & risk management

(8) Legal aspects

(9) Construction Simulation

This course is to help students learn some fundamental and important concepts and theories that are necessary and useful in handling construction project management. College of Social Engineering Main Campus *Majors-only (including minor and double major students). Po-Han Chen 34 Wednesday 2,3,4 CIE7052 3 Half Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering,Construction Engineering and Management Division http://www.ce.ntu.edu.tw/ce_eng/

This is a seminar course. It shall study papers in the frontier of trade/industrial organization research. Students are required to read assigned papers and share their comments in the classroom. Through numerous presentations and discussions, students shall be familiar with the recent trend of the literature on trade/industrial organization and are required to submit a term paper on a topic approved a priori by the instructor before the end of the semester. This course will be of particular help to students who are looking for a research topic for their MA or PhD theses. Students will be equipped with tools to write a theoretical essay on new trade theory. College of Social Science Main Campus *Restrict to graduate students. Hong Hwang 20 Tuesday 7,8,9 ECON7178 3 Half Graduate Institute of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english