Physics Degrees

...It also covers lifting line and lifting surface theory with applications to hydrofoil craft, rudder, control surface, propeller and wind turbine rotor design...

...(Department of Mechanical Engineering), and this course was renumbered 2.24. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session Recitations: 1 session /...

...the material covered in lectures and are essential to learning that material. They will involve theory, modeling, and a few design exercises... Learn about: Fluid Dynamics...

...tools used in optical design are emphasized. Graduate students are required to complete assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project... Learn about: Team Training...

...tools used in optical design are emphasized. Graduate students are required to complete assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project... Learn about: Team Training...

..."graded exam" courses cannot teach. Each year, the class takes on a different project. In this year's class, you will designed a power plant that... Learn about: Team Training...

...Lectures: 1session / week, 2 hours / session Fusion Energy has the potential to provide almost unlimited amounts of electric power with minimal environmental impact... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...It covers reactions induced by neutrons, nuclear fission, slowing down of neutrons in infinite media, diffusion theory, the few-group approximation... Learn about: GCSE Physics, Nuclear Physics...

...radioactive decays; and energetics and general cross section behavior in nuclear reactions. 22.101 is dedicated to foundational study of nuclear radiations... Learn about: GCSE Physics, Nuclear Physics...

...1.5 hours / session This course discusses principles and applications of electromagnetism, starting from Maxwell's equations, with emphasis on phenomena...

...intended to introduce the student to the concepts and methods of transport theory needed in neutron science applications. This course is a foundational... Learn about: Nuclear Engineering...

...of Boltzmann's equation and methods of solution such as Monte-Carlo and particle-in-cell techniques. This course meets for the first half of the semester...

...Nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of actinides and selected fission products in spent fuel are examined... Learn about: GCSE Physics, Waste Disposal...

...their relevance to topics in current research and to practical applications. Starting from the foundation of quantum mechanics and its applications in simple discrete systems...

...2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session This course discusses MHD equilibria in cylindrical, toroidal, and noncircular tokamaks. It covers derivation...

...educational experience to provide as realistic as possible understanding of nuclear power systems short of being at the reactor. Lectures: 2 sessions /... Learn about: Nuclear Engineering...

...discuss modern techniques of generation of x-ray photons and neutrons and then follow with selected applications of newly developed photon and neutron...

...background in both the classical theory and in the instrumentation. The course will be run as a series of 8 lectures, each of which will be followed...

...and an overview of light-water reactor startup. Lectures and demonstrations employ computer simulation and the use of the MIT Research Reactor. Lectures...

...the kinds of questions little kids often wonder about. This might seem trivial, but the puzzles are genuine and hard! Here are a few that we'll think about in this class...