Course Listing

3 unit(s)
Soft materials include polymers, liquid crystals, surfactants and colloids. The course will cover structure, dynamics, phase transitions and self-assembly, and discuss applications and links to the life sciences.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM 2R03, CHEMBIO 2P03, ISCI 2A18 A/B, PHYSICS 2H04; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics

Antirequisite(s): PHYSICS 3S03

3 unit(s)
A presentation of recent contributions made to the fields of molecular and cell biology by the use of physical approaches. In particular, the following topics are discussed: physical properties of biomolecules, protein folding, molecular motors, cell motion and cell adhesion. Emphasis on the critical evaluation of current research literature.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM 2R03, CHEMBIO 2P03, ISCI 2A18 A/B, MATLS 2B03, PHYSICS 2H04; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics. BIOPHYS 3S03 is recommended.

Antirequisite(s): PHYSICS 4S03
Cross-list(s): BIOCHEM 4S03

3 unit(s)
Applications of chemical engineering principles to biological systems and medical problems including examples from hemodynamics, blood oxygenation, artificial kidney systems, controlled drug release, biosensors and biomaterials.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): One of CHEMENG 2O04 (or 3O04), ENG PHYS 3O03, ENGPHYS 3O04 or MECHENG 3O04

3 unit(s)
The physics and chemistry at the ‘nano’ scale including interactions forces, colloids, surface active systems, wetting, adhesion, and flocculation.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in final level of any Engineering program

4 unit(s)
Time-varying fields, uniform plane waves, reflection and transmission, dispersion, transmission lines and impedance matching, waveguides, elements of theory of radiation and antennas.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2FH3 or ENGPHYS 2A04

4 unit(s)
Analyze, model, and predict the performance of energy conversion devices and systems including single-phase and balanced three-phase systems, transformers, DC and AC generators and motors.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week, second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CJ4, 2FH3, and 2CI5

4 unit(s)
Review of continuous-time signals and systems; amplitude modulation, phase and frequency modulation schemes; digital modulation; stochastic processes; noise performance.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3TP4 or 3TP3; One of ELECENG 3TQ4, 3TQ3 or STATS 3Y03; or ENGPHYS 3W04 A/B

3 unit(s)
Introduction to mathematical and engineering methods for describing and predicting the behaviour of biological systems; including sensory receptors, neuromuscular and biomechanical systems; statistical models of biological function; kinetic models of biological thermodynamics.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

4 unit(s)
Generation and nature of bioelectric potentials; electrodes and other transducers; principles of instrumentation; electrical safety; neuromuscular and cardiovascular instrumentation; ultrasonics and other medical imaging.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term

Prerequisite(s): One of ELECENG 3EJ4, ENGINEER 3N03 or PHYSICS 3B06; and registration in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Level IV, or permission of the department.

4 unit(s)
Fundamentals of robotics and telerobotics; feedback from the environment using sensors and machine vision; application of robotics to medicine and surgery.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3CL4, ELECENG 3TP4 or permission of the instructor

4 unit(s)
Physical principles of medical image acquisition and formation; post-processing for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; comparisons to other medical imaging modalities.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2FH3, ELECENG 3TP4 or 3TP3; and registration in Level IV Electrical and Biomedical Engineering or permission of the department.

Antirequisite(s): ELECENG 4BF3

4 unit(s)
Fundamentals of light. Optical fibers and their propagation characteristics. Lasers and photo-diodes. Optical amplifiers and modulators. Photonic networks.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3EJ4; or ENGPHYS 3BA3 and ENGPHYS 3BB3
Antirequisite(s): ENGPHYS 4K03

4 unit(s)
Transmission lines, waveguides, microwave network analysis via S-parameters, impedance matching, resonators, power dividers, directional couplers, microwave filters, microwave sources, active components and circuits.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3FK4

4 unit(s)
To analyze, model, and predict the performance of basic power converter configurations. To explain topologies of power electronics, AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC. To design proper switching circuits.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CJ4, ELECENG 3EJ4

4 unit(s)
Elements of generation, transmission, and distribution systems; system-wide energy flow and control; modelling and simulation; economics and management; fault prediction and management.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3PI4

4 unit(s)
Digital modulation systems, intersymbol interference, equalization, synchronization; ASK, FSK, PSK, MSK, optimal receiver, noncoherent detection; introduction to information theory; entropy, source coding, mutual information, channel capacity.
Three lectures, one two-hour tutorial; first term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3TR4, ELECENG 3TQ4 or 3TQ3
Antirequisite(s): SFWRENG 4J03

4 unit(s)
This course continues the study of modern communications systems following ELEC ENG 4TK4. Topics include wireless communications systems, multiple antenna systems, channel models and error control coding.
Three lectures, one two-hour tutorial; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 4TK4

3 unit(s)
This course will provide students an opportunity for formal recognition of the design-based experiential learning conducted within the atmosphere of technically-oriented McMaster Engineering teams. Arrangements for participation in this course must be made with the faculty supervisor in the Spring semester prior to enrolment.

One lecture (three hours); term one and two

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level 3 or above in the Faculty of Engineering

3 unit(s)
Eigenvalue problems, Fourier transforms, special functions, spherical harmonics, partial differential equations, boundary value problems.
Three lectures, one tutorial; one term

Prerequisite(s): One of MATH 2A03, 2MM3, 2Q04, 2X03, 2Z03, ISCI 2A18 A/B; and one of MATH 2C03, 2M03, 2P04, 2ZZ3. One of PHYSICS 2B06, 2D03, 2E03 is recommended.

Not open to students with credit or registration in MATH 3FF3.

3 unit(s)
Functions of a complex variable, contour integrals, probability and statistics.
Three lectures, one tutorial; one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 3C03

Not open to students with credit or registration in MATH 3X03 or to students registered in Honours Mathematics and Physics.

3 unit(s)
Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Materials. Strengthening Methods. Fracture Mechanisms. Fatigue and Creep failure.
Three lectures, one tutorial and/or lab; first term

Prerequisite(s): ENGINEER 2P04 and MATLS 1M03 or permission of the department or registration in Level IV or above in Civil Engineering or registration in Level III or above in Mechanical Engineering

3 unit(s)
Fundamental properties of materials used in electronic applications, operation of devices and fabrication methods of electronic circuits and packaging. Includes description of dielectric, magnetic and optoelectronic properties.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): MATLS 1M03

3 unit(s)
Synthesis routes for nanomaterials, bottom-up and top-down approaches, green chemistry methods, properties of materials: carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, quantum dots. Environmental and health impact of nanomaterials.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in level IV and V in Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Physics or Level IV in Chemistry

Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4F03

3 unit(s)
Interaction of electrons and photons with matter. Imaging methods with electron microscopy, scanning probe techniques, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption analysis with high spatial resolution.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or IV of a program in Chemical Engineering, Honours Chemistry, Engineering Physics, Materials Engineering or Honours Materials Science

Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4G02
Offered on an irregular rotation basis. Offered in 2016-2017. Not offered in 2017-2018.

3 unit(s)
Deposition and fabrication techniques, surfaces, growth mechanisms, epitaxy, kinetic effects in thin films, defects and properties of thin films. Materials for packaging.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of Materials Science or Materials Engineering

Offered on an irregular rotation basis. Not offered in 2016-2017. Offered in 2017-2018.

3 unit(s)
Fundamental physics of materials used in non-fossil energy technologies. Solar cells, irradiation damage and nuclear materials, modern battery materials, fuel cells.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of any program in Materials Engineering or permission of the instructor or registration in Level IV or above in Civil Engineering

Offered on an irregular rotation basis. Offered in 2016-2017. Not offered in 2017-2018.

3 unit(s)
Fundamentals and applications of the main classes of functional materials: Ferroelectrics and dielectrics, magnetic, electronic, optoelectronic, thermoelectrics, energy storage and conversion materials, biomaterials.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3Q03 or equivalent
Offered in 2016-2017
Open to Level IV students registered in Engineering Physics

3 unit(s)

Introduction, microfabrication and micromachining fundamentals, scaling effects, mechanics and transduction at microscale, actuation and sensing methods - Electrostatic, piezoelectric, thermal, electromagnetic, resonant, tunneling and microfluidic techniques. Capacitative sensors, resonators, lab on chip devices, microfluidic devices, micromirrors, assembly techniques for MEMS, microsystem packaging.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering program or permission of the department

3 unit(s)
Computational Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer covering: concepts of modelling and numerical analysis, governing equations of thermo-fluid problems, finite difference discretization methods. Use of commercial computational software for solving thermo-fluid problems.
Three lectures, one tutorial (one and one-half hours); second term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 3F04

4 unit(s)
Assessment of current and future energy systems, covering resources, extraction, conversion with emphasis on meeting regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies and their attributes. Evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems in the context of political, social, economic and environmental goals.
Four lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 2W04, 3O04; or permission of the department

3 unit(s)
Fundamentals of linear, continuous control systems. Control system performance in both time and frequency domains. Design and analysis of controllers.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III Mechanical Engineering; or Level IV Mechanical Engineering and Management or Mechanical Engineering and Society

Antirequisite(s): ELEC ENG 3CA3, 3CK4, 3TP3, ELECENG 3TP4

3 unit(s)
Introduction to internal and external laminar and turbulent incompressible flows. Topics include turbulent boundary layers, aerodynamics and convective heat transfer.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 3O04, CHEMENG 2O04, or 3O04; and registration in any Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering program

3 unit(s)
Compressible flows: Fanno and Rayleigh flows, normal and oblique shocks. Turbomachines: axial flow gas and wind turbines, axial flow compressors and fans.
Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 2W04, MECHENG 3O04

3 unit(s)
Design, operation and application characteristics of equipment commonly used in thermal systems. Modelling performance characteristics of piping systems, pumps, compressors, fans, heat exchangers, boilers and cooling towers. System simulation and optimization. Selection criteria of thermal equipment. Design optimization and system performance evaluation.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 2W04, MECHENG 3O04, MECHENG 3R03

3 unit(s)
Re-examination of laws of thermodynamics, multicomponent vapour systems, psychrometry, air conditioning, mechanical vapour compression refrigeration, absorption refrigeration, heating and cooling load calculations, air quality and human thermal comfort.
Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 2W04, and registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): MECH ENG 3D03

3 unit(s)
This course focuses on internal combustion engines (ICE), including operations, thermodynamics, combustion, and characteristics of gasoline and diesel engines, as well as hybrid powertrains.
Three lectures, second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering program

3 unit(s)
A problem-based introduction to the use of numerical methods in medical physics.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 2A03 (or MATH 2X03 or 2ZZ3 or ISCI 2A18 A/B) and MATH 2C03 (or 2Z03)

3 unit(s)
Radioactivity and radiation phenomenology: interaction of radiations with matter, dosimetry, radiation in medicine, biological effects, radiation levels and regulations, radiation protection.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): One of MED PHYS 1E03, MEDRADSC 1C03, PHYSICS 1BA3, 1BB3 (or 1E03), ISCI 1A24, SCIENCE 1E03 or permission of the instructor

3 unit(s)
A theoretical and practical treatment of the math and physics underlying imaging techniques in medicine and biology, such as clinical imaging with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and deconvolution microscopy. Topics include image formation, 2D and 3D reconstruction, noise, filtering, storage, manipulation, and analysis. The course includes a practical MATLAB programming component to introduce students to image processing.
Two lectures, one tutorial (two hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 2C03 or MATH 2Z03

3 unit(s)
Introduces students to the fundamentals of occupational and environmental health physics encountered in the nuclear power, medical and research fields. Concepts include principles and regulatory framework for radiation safety; key dosimetric quantities, units and models; doses from internal and external exposures to ionizing radiation; elements of a radiation safety program; and environmental exposure pathways.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in Level IV or above of a program in the Faculties of Science, Health Sciences, or Engineering. MEDPHYS 4B03 or ENGPHYS 3D03 is recommended.

6 unit(s)
Techniques and theory of the measurement of radiation. Includes radioactivity and radioactive decay, solid state dosimetry, principles of radioactive detectors, counting statistics and data reduction, advanced multidetector systems.
Two lectures every week, one lab (three hours) every other week; two terms

Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3D03 or MEDPHYS 4B03

3 unit(s)
Basic physical concepts underlying medical imaging, nuclear medicine, physiological measurement, radiation therapy and biomedical laser applications with an overview of their technical implementation.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 2A03 or 2Q04 (or ISCI 2A18); and MATH 2C03 or 2P04; and one of ENG PHYS 3D03, or credit or registration in MED PHYS 4B03

3 unit(s)
An introduction to general relativity.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 2C03, and credit or registration in MATH 3C03, and registration in any Honours program in the Faculty of Science or any program in the Faculty of Engineering; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics
Alternates with PHYSICS 3C03.

3 unit(s)
Motion of rigid bodies; coupled oscillators and normal modes; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics; transformation theory and action-angle variables; perturbation theory; nonintegrable systems and chaos.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 2D03 or 2E03, and credit or registration in MATH 3C03 and registration in any Honours program in the Faculty of Science or any program in the Faculty of Engineering; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics; or permission of the instructor
Alternates with PHYSICS 3A03.

3 unit(s)
The laws of thermodynamics, with emphasis on the mathematical structure of the theory; classical and quantum statistical mechanics.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2A03 (or MATH 2X03), MATH 2C03, PHYSICS 2H04; or ISCI 2A18 A/B and MATH 2C03; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics

Prerequisite(s)(EFFECTIVE 2016-2017): MATH 2X03 (or MATH 2A03), MATH 2C03, PHYSICS 2H04; or ISCI 2A18 A/B and MATH 2C03; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics

3 unit(s)
Quantum physics in 1D and 3D systems, with applications including the hydrogen atom.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): Credit or registration in MATH 3C03, and one of ENGPHYS 2QM3, PHYSICS 2C03, 3M03; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics

3 unit(s)
Potential theory, electrostatics and magnetostatics in matter, electrodynamics, electromagnetic waves and wave guides.
Two lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 3D03 and either PHYSICS 2B06 or PHYSICS 2BB3 or both ENG PHYS 2A04 (or 2A03) and ENG PHYS ENG PHYS 2E04; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics or Honours Physics Co-op
Antirequisite(s): PHYSICS 4B04

3 unit(s)
An introduction to modern particle and nuclear physics.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 3MM3

3 unit(s)
Advanced quantum mechanics with applications such as scattering, perturbation theory and the variational method.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 3MM3 and credit or registration in MATH 3D03; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics

3 unit(s)
A course using computers to solve selected problems in physics. Students are required to develop working programs for solving problems such as: Monte Carlo simulations, The Schrodinger equation, molecular dynamics, differential equations among others.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 2G03, PHYSICS 3MM3; or registration in Honours Physics Co-op; or registration in an Honours Biophysics program

3 unit(s)
Crystal structure and binding; lattice vibrations; electron energy bands; metals and semiconductors; magnetism.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): PHYSICS 3MM3