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A dif­fer­en­tial equa­tion is an equa­tion that re­lates a func­tion to one or more of its de­riv­a­tives. – The above rather bor­ing de­scrip­tion does lit­tle to con­vey just how fun­da­men­tal, wide­spread, and amaz­ingly ef­fec­tive dif­fer­en­tial equa­tions are in de­scrib­ing the world around us. – Ex­am­ples: Any­thing in mo­tion. Also, many things that are not in mo­tion. Also, many ad­di­tional things to which the word “mo­tion” does not re­ally apply. – Fur­ther ex­am­ples: space­ships in orbit, pop­u­la­tions grow­ing and shrink­ing, a cup of cof­fee slowly cool­ing, springs bounc­ing, fi­nan­cial mar­kets ris­ing and falling, elec­tri­cal cur­rent flow­ing through a cir­cuit, ocean waves, sound waves, light waves, vi­bra­tions in mu­si­cal in­stru­ments and air­plane wings and sus­pen­sion bridges, – More ex­am­ples: Pretty much every­thing. Top­ics in­clude meth­ods of solv­ing or­di­nary dif­fer­en­tial equa­tions and ap­pli­ca­tions to var­i­ous prob­lems. Course Avatar and Site Header from a photo by Flickr user Mat Che: https://​www.​flickr.​com/​photos/​mci​nter​acti​vity/

A differential equation is an equation that relates a function to one or more of its derivatives. – The above rather boring description does little to convey just how fundamental, widespread, and amazingly effective differential equations are in describing the world around us. – Examples: Anything in motion. Also, many things that are not in motion. Also, many additional things to which the word “motion” does not really apply. – Further examples: spaceships in orbit, populations growing and shrinking, a cup of coffee slowly cooling, springs bouncing, financial markets rising and falling, electrical current flowing through a circuit, ocean waves, sound waves, light waves, vibrations in musical instruments and airplane wings and suspension bridges, – More examples: Pretty much everything. Topics include methods of solving ordinary differential equations and applications to various problems. Course Avatar and Site Header from a photo by Flickr user Mat Che: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcinteractivity/

This course teaches stu­dents on how to de­sign func­tional me­chan­i­cal com­po­nents and sys­tems using en­gi­neer­ing knowl­edge, com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, and de­sign prin­ci­ples they learned from the Math­e­mat­ics, Physics, Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and li­brary art courses, En­gi­neer­ing Sta­t­ics, Strength of Ma­te­ri­als, Ma­te­ri­als Sci­ences, Com­puter Aided De­sign (CAD) and Com­puter Aided Man­u­fac­tur­ing (CAM) soft­ware pack­ages. Stu­dents are re­quired to com­plete a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary hands-on de­sign pro­ject uti­liz­ing con­cur­rent en­gi­neer­ing ap­proach in­cor­po­rat­ing me­chan­i­cal and elec­tronic and soft­ware de­sign into their de­sign work.

This course teaches students on how to design functional mechanical components and systems using engineering knowledge, communication skills, and design principles they learned from the Mathematics, Physics, Communication and library art courses, Engineering Statics, Strength of Materials, Materials Sciences, Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software packages. Students are required to complete a multidisciplinary hands-on design project utilizing concurrent engineering approach incorporating mechanical and electronic and software design into their design work.

http://​websupport1.​citytech.​cuny.​edu/​Faculty/​fmasiello/​index.​htm D550 Fri­days 11:30 – 2:00 This course will allow stu­dents to ex­am­ine the re­la­tion­ship be­tween film and their lit­er­ary sources. Through class­room dis­cus­sions and out-of-class as­sign­ments, stu­dents will an­a­lyze clas­sic and con­tem­po­rary lit­er­ary texts and their cin­e­matic ver­sions. Stu­dents will ex­am­ine the re­la­tion­ship be­tween film and lit­er­a­ture, with spe­cific focus on the tech­niques used in fic­tion, drama and film and the in­flu­ences of cen­sor­ship and so­ci­ety. Stu­dents will focus on the sim­i­lar­i­ties and dif­fer­ences of lit­er­ary works adapted into films.

http://websupport1.citytech.cuny.edu/Faculty/fmasiello/index.htm D550 Fridays 11:30 – 2:00 This course will allow students to examine the relationship between film and their literary sources. Through classroom discussions and out-of-class assignments, students will analyze classic and contemporary literary texts and their cinematic versions. Students will examine the relationship between film and literature, with specific focus on the techniques used in fiction, drama and film and the influences of censorship and society. Students will focus on the similarities and differences of literary works adapted into films.