Applied & Engineering Physics (AEP)Engineering
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Classes
AEP 1100
Course Description
Lasers have had an enormous impact on communications, medicine, remote sensing, and material processing. This course reviews the properties of light that are essential to understanding the underlying principles ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 26 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 1200
Course Description
Lecture/laboratory course designed to introduce first-year students to some of the ideas and concepts of nanoscience and nanotechnology with stronger emphasis on nanobiotechnology in the spring semester. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fatemi, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fatemi, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fatemi, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fatemi, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 2170
Course Description
Second in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Explores quantitative modeling of the physical world through a study of electricity and magnetism. More mathematical and abstract than a typical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHYS 2217
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 3330
Course Description
Newtonian mechanics, especially with dissipative forces; objects rotating around a constant direction and possibly translating, using both torque and energy; coupled and damped-driven linear oscillations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wickham, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 3560
Course Description
Second course in theory of electromagnetism: Magnetic materials, Faraday's law, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, reflection and transmission, guided waves, and radiation. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Shvets, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 3610
Course Description
Introductory course in quantum mechanics. Topics include Schrodinger's equation and the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, potentials in 1 to 3 dimensions, Dirac notation and Hilbert space, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5610
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Katz, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 4200
Course Description
Covers Fourier and Laplace transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, separation of variables, Method of Frobenius, Laplace transform techniques. Green's functions, wave and diffusion equations, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Disa, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 4230
Course Description
Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5230, PHYS 4230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Rivera, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 4380
Course Description
Introduction to Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, FFT's, Monte Carlo methods) as applied to engineering physics problems that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AEP 5380
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
AEP 4500
Course Description
Introduction to the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; diffraction; electronic states and density functional theory; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5502, PHYS 4454
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Yasuda, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For Physics course enrollment help, please see: https://physics.cornell.edu/enrollment-guide.
AEP 4900
Course Description
Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Xu, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Muller, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Moses, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Kusse, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fuchs, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wise, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Brock, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Pollack, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Shvets, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fennie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Shan, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
McMahon, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fatemi, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Disa, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Yasuda, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Katz, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AEP 4910
Course Description
Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-6 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Fennie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-6 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Department Consent Required (Add)
AEP 5200
Course Description
Covers Fourier and Laplace transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, separation of variables, Method of Frobenius, Laplace transform techniques. Green's functions, wave and diffusion equations, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 4200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Disa, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 5230
Course Description
Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 4230, PHYS 4230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Rivera, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 5330
Course Description
Newtonian mechanics, especially with dissipative forces; objects rotating around a constant direction and possibly translating, using both torque and energy; coupled and damped-driven linear oscillations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wickham, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 5380
Course Description
Introduction to Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, FFT's, Monte Carlo methods) as applied to engineering physics problems that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AEP 4380
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AEP 5502
Course Description
Introduction to the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; diffraction; electronic states and density functional theory; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: AEP 4500, PHYS 4454
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Yasuda, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 5560
Course Description
Second course in theory of electromagnetism: Magnetic materials, Faraday's law, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, reflection and transmission, guided waves, and radiation. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Shvets, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 5610
Course Description
Introductory course in quantum mechanics. Topics include Schrodinger's equation and the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, potentials in 1 to 3 dimensions, Dirac notation and Hilbert space, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3610
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Katz, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 6060
Course Description
Topics include plasma state; motion of charged particles in fields; drift-orbit theory; coulomb scattering, collisions; ambipolar diffusion; elementary transport theory; two-fluid and hydromagnetic equations; ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: EAS 5810, ECE 5810
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Hysell, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AEP 7510
Course Description
Independent study under the direction of a member of the university faculty. Students participate in an independent research project through work on a special problem related to their field of interest. ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-12 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AEP 7530
Course Description
Special topics in applied science, with focus on areas of applied physics and engineering that are of current interest. Subjects chosen are presented in a seminar format by the students. A major goal of ... view course details