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This course is taught in four main parts. The first is a review of fundamental thermodynamic concepts (e.g. energy exchange in propulsion and power processes), and is followed by the second law (e.g. reversibility and irreversibility, lost work). Next are applications of thermodynamics to engineering systems (e.g. propulsion and power cycle
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- aeronautics and astronautics
- energy exchange
- propulsion
- power
- second law
- thermodynamics
- reversible process
- irreversible process
- irreversibility
- lost work
- first law
- cycles
- energy transfer
- heat exchange
- energy conversion
- entropy
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Space Systems Engineering (16.83X) is the astronautical capstone course option in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Between Spring 2002 and Spring 2003, the course was offered in a 3-semester format, using a Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (C-D-I-O) teaching model. 16.83X is shorthand for the three course numbers: 16.
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- aeronautics and astronautics
- space systems engineering
- cdio
- conceive
- design
- implement
- operate
- trajectory analysis
- entry dynamics
- propulsion
- power
- structural design
- avionics
- thermal control
- environmental control
- human factors
- support systems
- weight estimates
- cost estimates
- student projects
- integrated vehicle design
- team communication
- electromagnetic
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Human beings are symbol-making as well as tool-making animals. We understand our world and shape our lives in large part by assigning meanings to objects, beings, and persons; by connecting things together in symbolic patterns; and by creating elaborate forms of symbolic action and narrative. In this introductory subject we consider how sym
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- myth
- ritual
- symbolism
- animals
- symbolic system
- meaning
- life cycle
- metaphor
- figurative language
- human body
- cosmology
- magic
- narrative
- mythology
- patterns
- culture
- sign
- tropes
- classification
- interpretation
- folktale
- power
- passage
- persuasion
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Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. The course also examines how we are influenced in subtle ways by the people around us, who makes controlling
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- power
- interpersonal
- organizational
- global
- dimensions
- sociology classical
- contemporary
- social theory
- dominant
- subordinate
- relationships
- legitimate authority
- resistance
- control
- decisions
- family
- work
- democracies
- will
- people
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After decades of efforts to promote development, why is there so much poverty in the world? What are some of the root causes of inequality world-wide and why do poverty, economic transformations and development policies often have different consequences for women and men? This course explores these issues while also examining the history of
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- gender
- power
- international development
- inequlaity
- poverty
- economics
- political policy
- women's studies
- government
- africa
- latin america
- asia
- melanesia
- social policy
- urban
- rural
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This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of mora
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- anthropology
- medicine
- religion
- politics africa
- african diaspora
- colonial
- postcolonial clashes
- theories of healing
- embodiment
- western
- bio-medicine
- afro-atlantic
- traditions
- illness
- healing
- body
- alternative
- morality
- rationality
- kinship
- gender
- sexuality
- imperial
- power
- global
- health
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This course explores stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and global/diasporic narratives about gender and power. Students will read ethnography, cultural studies, and history, and view films to examine the politics and circumstances that create and perpetuate the representation of Asian wom
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This course in organizational economics prepares doctoral students for further study in the field. The course introduces the classic papers and some recent research. The material is organized into the following modules: boundaries of the firm, employment in organizations, decision-making in organizations, and structures and processes in org
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- economics
- organizational economics
- classic evidence
- formal theories
- contracting between firms
- evidence on contracts
- business cases
- performance pay
- incentives
- job assignment
- skill development
- networks
- employment systems
- decision processes
- authority
- power
- leadership
- politics
- influence
- language
- hierarchical models
- organizational stru
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This course is offered to graduates and is a project-oriented course to teach new methodologies for designing multi-million-gate CMOS VLSI chips using high-level synthesis tools in conjunction with standard commercial EDA tools. The emphasis is on modular and robust designs, reusable modules, correctness by construction, architectural explo
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- electrical engineering and computer science
- vlsi implementation
- project-oriented
- digital systems
- multi-million-gate
- cmos
- vlsi chips
- high-level synthesis tools
- standard commercial eda tools
- modular
- robust
- designs
- reusable modules
- construction
- architectural exploration
- area
- timing
- power
- constraints
- standard cell
- fpga
- frameworks
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This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis
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- foreign languages and literatures
- japan
- popular culture
- media
- capitalism
- comics
- hip-hop
- music
- animation
- movie
- sports
- sexuality
- race
- gender
- fan communities
- culture
- manga
- pop
- popular music
- anime
- japanese animated films
- power
- global culture industries
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"Tragedy" is a name originally applied to a particular kind of dramatic art and subsequently to other literary forms; it has also been applied to particular events, often implying thereby a particular view of life. Throughout the history of Western literature it has sustained this double reference. Uniquely and insistently, the realm of the
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- literature
- literature
- tragedy
- western literature
- critcal thought
- ethics
- ancient history
- modern
- war
- sophocles
- euripides
- plato
- shakespeare
- balzac
- melville
- conrad
- ibsen
- fitzgerals
- dinesen
- camus
- literary theory
- nietzsche
- coppolla
- power
- scapegoat
- hero
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This course studies the fundamentals of how the design and operation of internal combustion engines affect their performance, operation, fuel requirements, and environmental impact. Topics include fluid flow, thermodynamics, combustion, heat transfer and friction phenomena, and fuel properties, with reference to engine power, efficiency, an
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- mechanical engineering
- internal combustion engines
- engine operation
- engine fuel requirements
- environmental impact
- fluid flow
- thermodynamics
- combustion
- heat transfer and friction phenomena
- fuel properties
- power
- efficiency
- emissions
- spark-ignition
- diesel
- stratified-charge
- mixed-cycle engine
- full lecture notes
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This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the definitions of politics itself, the nature of citizenship, and the roles of women in civil s
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- political science
- feminism
- political theory
- modern society
- citizenship
- women
- sexuality
- race
- class
- poverty
- welfare
- power
- culture
- morality
- gender
- modern life
- feminist scholarship
- public
- private
- roles
- civil society
- political culture
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This course focuses on evolution of contemporary politics and economics. The subject is divided into four parts:
Context: historical and strategic perspectives, theoretical issues, and sources and forms of conflict;
Continuity: detailed analysis conflicts systems and their persistence, as well as regional competition and recent wars – f
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- political science
- middle east
- contemporary politics
- conflict resolution
- economics
- history
- domestic policy
- regional politics
- power
- war
- peace
- negotiation
- iraq
- nation state
- arab
- israel
- lebanon
- jordan
- palestine
- persian gulf
- saudia arabia
- turkey
- iran
- egypt
- sudan
- north africa
- international relations
- political science
- conflict
- cooperatio
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This seminar provides an overview of the field of international relations. Each week, a different approach to explaining international relations will be examined. By surveying major concepts and theories in the field, the seminar will also assist graduate students in preparing for the comprehensive examination and further study in the depar
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- political science
- international relations
- security
- anarchy
- power
- identity
- domestic policy
- war
- conflict
- military
- peace
- cooperation
- compliance
- democracy
- politics
- unipolarity
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This field seminar in international political economy covers major theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives. The basic orientation is disciplinary and comparative (over time and across countries, regions, firms), spanning issues relevant to both industrial and developing states. Special attention is given to challenges and dilemmas s
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- political science
- international relations
- political science
- economics
- wealth
- neoclassical
- development
- ecology
- power
- trade
- capital
- foreign investment
- intellectual property
- migration
- foreignpolicy
- globalization
- internet
- sustainability
- institutions
- foreign policy
- ipe
- dual national objectives
- global context
- pursuit of power
- pursuit of weal
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