Fall 2008

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GE 598
Special Topics

Credit:  1 to 4 hours.


Lectures on special topics in selected areas of General Engineering. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: As specified for each topic offering; see Schedule or departmental course information.


Section Information
CRNTypeSectionTimeDays Location  Instructor
47679  lecture- discussion  AY1 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM  room ARR
Transportation Bldg 
Viswanathan, M 
4 hours
Departmental Approval Required
Topic: Prod & Mkt Devel for Sub Mktpl. Course enrollment is by application only, due March 16th. The first course may be taken separately, however, room in the second course is not guaranteed. Priority will be given to students planning to register in the two course sequence. Course meets in 215 TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

41135  lecture- discussion  FEM 01:00 PM - 02:50 PM  room 106B3
Engineering Hall 
Morris, J; Lilly, B 
2 hours
Topic: Finance for Engineering Mgmt. Cornerstone financial concepts for engineering management to enable analysis of engineering projects from a financial perspective: income statements; the balance sheet; cash flow statements; corporate organization; the time value of money; net present value; discounted cash flow analysis and portfolio theory. Prerequisite: STAT 400.

42849  lecture- discussion  HMK 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM MW  room 106B3
Engineering Hall 
Kim, H 
4 hours
Topic: Optimal Product Design & Devel. This course is designed to address the fundamental theories for optimal system realization (planning, design and development): 1) System planning involves demand modeling, customers' preference analysis, and profit modeling under uncertainty, 2) System design involves the fundamentals of engineering optimization theory, 3) System development involves analytical problem formulation to achieve the performance targets assigned at the enterprise level and the engineering design level. Students will learn core components of modeling, solving, and validating optimization models in a mathematically rigorous manner. Individual or group semester project is required.Prerequisite: MATH 225 or equivalent, recommended:Prior knowledge on algorithm and optimization will be helpful, but not required. For engineering graduate students only.

51334  lecture- discussion  JP 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM MW  room 336
Mechanical Engineering Bldg 
Peng, J 
3 hours
Topic: Optimization in Finance. Introduces and discusses both continuous (including linear, quadratic, conic, robust, and stochastic programming problems) and discrete optimization problems (including integer programming and dynamic programming problems) encountered in financial models.

50660  lecture- discussion  SC 04:00 PM - 04:50 PM  room 203
Transportation Bldg 
Chopra, S 
1 hours
Topic: Venture Funded Startups-Venture Capital has become an increasingly important source of financing for technology based startups over the past 15 years. However the process and task of raising venture capital remains largely a black art to students and first time entrepreneurs. Without much prior knowledge they are often forced to negotiate terms of investment with professional investors largely on their own, sometimes making costly mistakes! This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, tools, and language used by Venture Capitalists (VC?s). In particular we will look at how VC?s evaluate, value, and structure new companies. Prerequisites: Math 463, GE 598 FEM Finance for Engineering Managers, GE 598 IS Technology Innovation and Strategy , GE/TE 461 (GE 498 TE1 Technology Entrepreneurship). For seniors and graduate students only.