Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery and Engineering

Approved Courses

Students must complete nine credit hours of approved courses to earn the CDE certificate — at least six from the list of Methodology classes, and the rest from Applications classes. Please email [email protected] if you would like to use a course that is not listed here. Classes listed in bold are offered during the current semester (Winter 2020).

Methodology CDE Courses

Number	Title
AEROSP 510/511	Finite Elements In Mechanical And Structural Analysis I & II
AEROSP 523	Computational Fluid Dynamics I (cross-listed with MECHENG 523)
AEROSP 623	Computational Fluid Dynamics II
AEROSP 729	Special Topics: Gasdynamic
AEROSP 740-*	Special Topic: Parameter Inference, Estimation, and Learning (course will be listed as AEROSP 567 in Fall 2021)
ASTRO 406	Computational Astrophysics
BIOINF 501	Mathematical Foundations for Bioinformatics
BIOMEDE 503	Statistical Methods For Biomedical Engineering
CEE 510	Finite Element Methods In Solid And Structural Mechanics (cross-listed with NAME 512)
CHE 505	Applied Mathematics For Chemical Engineers
CHE 540	Mathematical Methods For Biological Network Analysis
CHE 557	Computational Nanoscience Of Soft Matter
CLIMATE 407	Mathematical Methods in Geophysics
CLIMATE 555	Spectral Methods
CMPLXSYS 511	Theory of Complex Systems
CMPLXSYS 530	Computer Modeling of Complex Systems
CMPLXSYS 535	Network Theory (cross-listed with PHYS 508)
EARTH 468	Data and Models
EARTH 500	Introduction to Linux Programming
EECS 402	Computer Programming For Scientists And Engineers
EECS 442	Computer Vision
EECS 445	Introduction to Machine Learning
EECS 492	Artificial Intelligence
EECS 503	Introduction To Numerical Electromagnetics
EECS 505	Computational Data Science and Machine Learning
EECS 545	Machine Learning
EECS 584	Advanced Database Systems
EECS 586	Design And Analysis Of Algorithms
EECS 587	Parallel Computing
EECS 592	Artificial Intelligence Foundations
EECS 598-*	Special Topics: Brain-Like Computing
EECS 598-*	Special Topics: Applied Machine Learning for Affective Computing (topics change each term)
EECS 598-*	Special Topics: Convex Optimization Methods in Control (topic changes each term)
EECS 598-*	Special Topic: Quantum Information, Probability, and Computing (topic changes each term)
IOE 510	Linear Programming I
IOE 511	Continuous Optimization Methods (cross-listed with MATH 562)
IOE 512	Dynamic Programming
IOE 552	Financial Engineering
IOE 565	Time Series Modeling, Analysis, and Forecasting (cross-listed with MECHENG 563 and MFG 561)
IOE 574	Simulation Analysis
IOE 610	Linear Programming II
IOE 611	Nonlinear Programming
IOE 612	Network Flows
IOE 614	Integer Programming
IOE 691	Special Topics In Stochastic And Robust Optimization
IOE 691	Special Topics: Predictive Data Modeling
MATH 450	Adv Mathematical Methods for Engineers
MATH 454	Boundary Value Problems for Partial Differential Equations
MATH 471	Introduction to Numerical Methods
MATH 556	Methods of Applied Math I: Applied Functional Analysis
MATH 557	Methods of Applied Math II: Asymptotics
MATH 571	Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing I
MATH 572	Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing II
MATH 671	Topics in Scientific Computing (Numerical Methods I)
MECHENG 501	Analytical Methods In Mechanics
MECHENG 505	Finite Element Methods In Mechanical Engineering
MECHENG 543	Analytical And Computational Dynamics I
MECHENG 555	Design Optimization (cross-listed with MFG 555)
MECHENG 560	Modeling Dynamic Systems (cross-listed with MFG 562)
MSE 554	Computational Methods In MATSCIE And CHEM (cross-listed with CHEM 554)
NERS 544	Monte Carlo Methods
NERS590-*	Special Topics: Machine Learning for Science (topics change each term) (cross-listed with AEROSP 729 and MECHENG 599)
NERS590-*	Special Topics: Methods and Practices of Scientific Computing (topics change each term)
PHYS 411	Introduction to Computational Physics
PHYS 514	Computational Physics
SI 561	Natural Language Processing
SI 601	Data Manipulation
SI 608	Networks
SI 618	Data Man & Analysis
SI 649	Information Visualization (cross-listed with EECS 548)
SI 650	Information Retrieval
SI 721	Data Mining: Methods And Applications
SI 760	Language And Information
STATS 415	Intro to Data Mining
STATS 500	Applied Statistics I
STATS 503	Statistics Learning II

Applications CDE Courses

Number	Title
BIOMEDE 580	Computation Projects In Radiation Imaging (cross-listed with NERS 580)
CEE 501	Deployable and Reconfigurable Structures
CEE 520	Physical Processes of Land-Surface Hydrology
CHEM 461	Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 462	Computational Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 463	Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 571	Quantum Chemistry
CHEM 575	Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 580	Molecular Spectra and Structure
CLIMATE 477	Space Weather Modeling
CLIMATE 586	Climate Data Analysis
CMPLXSYS 425	Evolution In Silico
CMPLXSYS 530	Computer Modeling of Complex Systems
EEB 401*	Advanced Topics (topics change each term)
EECS 463	Power System Design And Operation
EECS 484	Database Management Systems
EECS 485	Web Database And Information Systems
EECS 487	Interactive Graphics (wepage)
EECS 517	Physical Processes In Plasmas
EECS 556	Image Processing (webpage)
EECS 570	Parallel Computer Architecture
EECS 592	Advanced Artificial Intelligence
EECS 598-*	Special Topics (topics change every term)
EPID 633	Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Epidemiology and Public Health
IOE 623	Computational Finance (cross-listed with MATH 623)
MATH 462	Mathematical Models
MATH 463	Math Modeling in Biology
MATH 472	Numerical Methods with Financial Applications
MATH 563	Advanced Mathematical Methods for the Biological Sciences
MATH 568	Math & Comp Neurosci
MECHENG 489	Sustainable Engineering and Design
MECHENG 499/599-*	Special Topics: Special Topics in ME, course material changes frequently.
MECHENG 507	Atomistic Computer Modeling Of Materials
MECHENG 599-*	Special Topics: Defects in Materials and Fundamentals of Atomistic Modeling
NERS 547	Computational Fluid Dynamics for Industrial Applications (cross-listed with NAVARCH 527 and AEROSP 528)
NERS 574	Introduction to Computational Plasma Physics