Fall

MAT292 - Calculus III (3/0/2) Profs: Gideon Simpson, R. Gerrard Existence and uniqueness of solution for first-order differential equations, general second-order linear ODEs, homogeneous equations, nonhomogeneous equations, variable coefficients, variation of parameters ODEs in matrix form, Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms, optimization, single-variable functions, interpretation of problems in mathematical terms, multivariable functions, hessians, optimization in the presence of constraints, Lagrange multipliers, introduction to numerical methods, introduction to numerical and computational methods. Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations Boyce/DiPrima 9e - $152.30 Other good books: Ordinary Differential Equations Morris Tenenbaum, Harry Pollard Notes: Simpson is a good prof and teaches at a decent pace. Gerrard I wasnt so happy with. He talks very fast at times, has dreadful writing and is unclear at times. I opted to go to Simpsons class (there are two sections). The course itself is not intrinsically difficult, its all about practice. This course is not so much Calculus III as it is ODEs. The textbook is thorough but unnecessarily wordy and a tad boring to read. There are MATLAB laboratory sessions that are very easy. There are also assignments which Gerrard found from some website (use google). PHY293 - Particles & Waves (3/1/1) (Four 3 hour labs) Profs: Kaley Walker, William Trischuk An introduction to the basic ideas of classical statistical mechanics and radiation, with applications to experimental physics. Topics include Boltzmanns interpretation of entropy, Maxwell-Boltzman statistics, energy equipartition, the perfect gas laws, blackbody radiation, wave optics, normal modes, travelling waves, wave equation, forced and damped harmonic motion, reflection and transmission at interfaces, group and phase velocity. Textbook: Introduction To Thermal Physics Schroeder (2000) - $69.60 Physics of Vibrations & Waves Pain 6e - $90.95 Notes: The course is taught in two sections, first waves (taught by Trischuk, goes over vibrations, oscillations, waves, etc etc) and then particles (taught by Walker, statistical mechanics). Trischuk goes quickly, but he knows what hes talking about so ask questions if you need clarification. He also writes quickly (and sometimes very small) so get your pencils ready. Physics of Vibrations & Waves is coincidentally by H.J. Pain and the book is just thatpainful. The book is pure mathematics, has few step by step proofs and is littered with errors (which is what happens when your wife types your book?). Trischuk

posted online notes which were an overview of what he did in class. Those were much more useful. Walker is a decent prof but her use of powerpoint left much to be desired. Take notes on her slides if possible, as there are too many graphs and she goes too fast for you to copy everything. The textbook is very good, just take the time to read it. Know your concepts, as explanation questions are worth a good portion of evaluations and are graded very systematically (which means few part marks). Labs are chosen from a list: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy225h/webpages/phy225.htm CHE260 - Thermodynamics (3/0.5/1) (Two 3 hour labs in the semester) Profs: Sanjeev Chandra, Yu-Ling Cheng Classical thermodynamics and its applications to engineering processes. Concepts of energy, heat, work and entropy. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Properties of pure substances and mixtures. Phase equilibrium, and chemical equilibrium. Textbook: Energy, Entropy and Engines - Chandra Notes: The course is taught in two parts. Chandra teaches classical thermodynamics and Cheng teaches mass and heat transfer. Chandras portion starts off simple (high school chem), but dont be fooled. Do lots of practice questions (many are supplied) and read the custom text (which is very well written). Cheng uses PowerPoint slides with step by step derivations which are quite useful for studying off after. Labs are Stirling Engine and Conduction, Convection and Heat Transfer. Both labs are fairly easy to perform, though Stirling Engine takes some patience. The final exam includes content from both sections. Whatever Chandra does not cover on the midterm (e.g. superheated tables), HE WILL PUT ON THE FINAL. Chengs portion will have a large percentage on the last section (radiative heat transfer). This is, in my opinion, the hardest course in 2nd year. AER210 - Vector Calculus and Fluid Mechanics (3/0.5/2) (Two 3 hour labs) Profs: Jim Davis, Alis Ekmekci The first part of this course covers multiple integrals and vector calculus. Topics covered include: double and triple integrals, derivatives of definite integrals, surface area, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, general coordinate transformations (Jacobians), Taylor series in two variables, line and surface integrals, parametric surfaces, Greens theorem, the divergence and gradient theorems, Stokess theorem. The second part of the course provides a general introduction to the principles of continuum fluid mechanics. The basic conservation laws are derived in both differential and integral form, and the link between the two is demonstrated. Applications covered include hydrostatics, incompressible and

compressible frictionless flow, the speed of sound, the momentum theorem, viscous flows, and selected examples of real fluid flows. Textbook: Calculus by Stewart, Online notes Notes: Calculus by Stewart is still awesome. Davis is still awesome. Davis teaches the vector calc portion (almost directly from Stewart) and Ekmekci teaches the fluid mech portion (online notes). Vector calculus is no cakewalk but its not overly difficult. The questions on midterms will be tricky, as calculus always is. Ekmekci teaches using PowerPoint slides. Take notes if you want to, but her online notes will cover everything she does in class. Her notes are extensive (though including many errors such as gravitaty and the Berboullu principle). Ekmekcis section requires some memorization work, but the most important formulas are usually given on the exam. ECE253 - Digital Computer Systems (3/3/1) Prof: Zvonko Vranesic Digital system design principles. Logic circuits, logic synthesis. Registers, arithmetic circuits, counters, finite state machines, and programmable logic. Computer structure, machine language instruction execution and sequencing, addressing techniques. Organization and design of central processing units. I/O techniques. Memory hierarchy. Analog/Digital interface. The laboratory will consist of experiments involving logic circuits, computeraided design systems, and small computers, including microprocessors. Design aspects constitute a major portion of laboratory work. Textbook: Excerpts From Digital Logic/Comp Org Vranesic (2008) - $92.00 Notes: Did you enjoy CSC? I hope so. If not, get ready for more programming fun! Verilog is about as easy as C, though assembly is more convoluted (but itll just make you appreciate C so much more). Labs take a significant amount of time to complete (and are weekly), and at times will not seem worth the percentage that they are. Do them anyway. It is the only time you have to practice your programming skills. Evaluations and lengthy but not too difficult. Read questions carefully. ESC203 - Engineering, Society & Critical Thinking (2/0/2) Prof: Lisa Romkey Through this course, students will examine the interrelations of science, technology, society and the environment (STSE), emphasizing a humanities and social sciences perspective. Using topics in STSE as the context, students will consider established models of critical thinking and develop their own framework for analyzing socio-technical issues. Students will have the opportunity to apply tools learned through persuasive writing and formal debate. Upon completion of the course, students will have an understanding of how structured models of thinking can aid in the analysis and evaluation

of thought, and should be able to apply tools of critical thinking in other contexts. Textbook: The Real World of Technology Ursula Franklin (1999) - $18.95 ($13.83 on Amazon) Notes: Lectures are not always useful but often interesting. This is the engineering writing component a.k.a. Praxis III. Not an awful lot of writing, a few assignments and an essay. Tutorials are 2 hours a week. Do the assigned reading, and participate in tutorial (this is worth marks). This counts as 0.5 credits HSS.

Winter
STA286 - Probability and Statistics (3/0/1) Profs: Viliam Makis, Hadas Moshonov A general introduction to probability and applied statistics for engineers. Topics include: definitions of sample space, events, probability, conditional probability, an overview of discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, joint and conditional distributions, expectation, functions of random variables, central limit theorem, point and interval estimation of population parameters, method of maximum likelihood, hypotheses testing, fitting a distribution to the data and goodness of fit tests. Textbook (REQUIRED): PKG Probability and Statistics for Engineers Plus Extras 8th Edition Walpole et al - $189.55 (ALTERNATE): STA286 Extra Reading Custom Chapter Mendenhall - $20.75 Other good books: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 3rd Edition Hayter $183.95 Notes: Makis wont be teaching this course next year (consider yourselves lucky). I havent heard too much about Moshonov, though thats probably a good thing. She uses PowerPoint that she wants the students to fill in during class. Evaluations were too long given the amount of time. After probability, statistics is most plug and chug. You get an equation sheet, so write down all the formulas and necessary stats. The textbook is a good reference, and the Mendenhall supplement wasnt even used. Assignments are worth 20% (10% each) and do take a while to finish. PHY294 - Modern Physics (3/1/1) (Four 3 hour labs) Profs: Arun Paramekanti, Aephraim Steinberg

An introduction and a historical development of quantum mechanics and special relativity. Topics include the Michelson-Morley experiment, time dilation and length contraction, the photoelectric effect, the Compton effect, the Bohr atom, wave-particle duality, Schrodingers wave mechanics, atomic spectra, bound states in potential wells, tunneling, and the quantum oscillator. Textbook: Quantum Mechanics Jean-Louis Basdevant and Jean Dalibard (Springer) $138.50 Other good books: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Griffiths A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics - Townsend Notes: The science is interesting. The math operations are not difficult, but the concepts get difficult quickly. Steinberg teaches the first half (which for you will include a relativity component) which includes the historical development and some simple quantum concepts. Paramekantis section picks up where Steinberg leaves off and even goes over some of the same material. Paramekanti doesnt write a lot of words (mostly equations), so write down as much of what he says as possible. The textbook is not very useful. Its not really an undergraduate text, as it gives no steps to its proofs. There is a .djvu version available, so I suggest not spending your money on the text. Previous tests are invaluable, as there will be recycled questions. MSE260 - Molecules and Materials (3/0/1) Profs: Warren Chan, Doug Perovic This course will cover both the fundamentals and applications of molecular chemistry as it relates to the properties of materials. Fundamental topics will include: (1) the design of chemical structures and their relationship to optical and electronic properties; (2) the chemistry and physics of covalent and noncovalent bonding; (3) the relationship of atomic bonding to molecular geometry and local symmetry; (4) crystal structures of extended solids; and (5) extension of these principles to electronic structure, elasticity, and vector and tensor descriptions of materials properties. Applications to diverse areas of engineering will be discussed. Textbook (REQUIRED): Chemistry 5th Edition Brady - $123.20 Notes: Chan teaches the organic chemistry portion and Perovic teaches the materials science portion. Chans part is about one half high school chemistry (Lewis dot, VSEPR, valence bond theory). Make sure you understand everything he does and go over everything before the midterm even if he says dont. He may put it on there anyways. If he says 100 times, memorize the Jablonski diagram, memorize it. The textbook is useful, but may not be worth the investment since you only use something like 4 chapters of it. Perovics portion seems fairly simple at the beginning, but the problem sets may make you think otherwise. It is difficult to find suitable

practice questions for this course as there is no textbook, only pdfs of scanned chapters from various sources that Perovic posts and there will be only one year of past exam. He said the final would be easyit wasnt. Weekly quizzes in tutorials, worth 20% total (8 quizzes total). ECE259 - Electromagnetism (3/0/1) Prof: Sergei Dmitrevsky Field theory of electromagnetic phenomena based on vector analytical formulation of fundamental observations, and application thereof to electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetic effects. Topics: conservation of charge, electric field intensity and flux density vectors, Gauss law, Coulombs law, electric potential, Poissons and Laplaces equations; magnetic flux density and field intensity vectors, Amperes law, non-existence of magnetic charges, vector potential, Biot-Savarts formula, Faradays induction law; displacement current, electromagnetic waves, special relativity and Lorentz transformation. Textbook (REQUIRED): Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Theory Dmitrevsky - $30.00 Textbook (RECOMMENDED): Engineering Electromagnetics 7th Edition - Hayt $181.90 Other good books: Electricity and Magnetism 2E - Edward M. Purcell Introduction to Electrodynamics - Griffiths Notes: Get a seat near the front of the class, because he doesnt speak very loudly. He is a good prof, and he knows what hes talking about. His textbook is very similar to his lectures and is a great resource. Bi-weekly (once every two weeks) problem sets are challenging but certain resources make them manageable. Past exams and midterms make this course much easier, but given that there are something like 20 years of past exams and midterms, schedule your time wisely. AER201 - Engineering Design (1/5/0) Prof: Bardia Bina, Michael Helander, Christopher Moraes Design of integrated, multidisciplinary systems is introduced through a major course project. Project selection and definition of functions and performance objectives for the open-ended design problem will take place early on by teams of students, while learning practical subjects of engineering in lectures and workshops. This process will lead to the preparation of project proposals consisting of identification of design objectives and constraints, generation and evaluation of potential approaches, selection of the most promising design concept, identification of product subsystems, and assignment of responsibilities to team members. Following project approval, the design process will comprise preliminary design, followed by detailed design, prototype construction and testing, and preparation of a final design report.

Progress is evaluated weekly, culminating in a prototype demonstration and design review. Textbook (REQUIRED): Engineering Design AER201 Custom for Jan 2010 Emami - $54.75 Notes: The most time consuming and rewarding experience of 2nd year (and maybe EngSci, though I wouldnt know yet). Choose your group wisely, as you will have to work with them for the remainder of the semester. Start work early, and help your group members whenever possible. Discuss with other teams, dont be afraid of people stealing your ideas (its just a compliment anyway). Prepare to pull all nighters. The textbook is an excellent resource. The subsystems are electromechanical, circuits, and programming. Electromechanical members should visit arts and crafts stores (Toose, Gwartzmann, Currys, Midoco) as well as hardware stores (Home Hardware on College, Rona, Home Depot) and hobby shops. Circuits members should visit Creatron, Active Surplus and Home Hardware on College (they sell electronic components). The staff at these locations are very knowledgeable. Programming members can speak with the instructor and other programming members. As Emami was on sabbatical last year, it is likely he will return this year. The TAs are generally very experienced. If your TA does not know much about your subsystem, feel free to ask other TAs. HSS or CS elective