ES 497, Engineering Science Colloquium (1)

 

Instructor

Office in Salazar Blg

 

Office hours

Email

Tel

Dr. Ali Kujoory

Room 2008A

 

M 11 AM–12 PM, M &W 3:00-3:30 PM,

TH 3-3:30 PM or by appointment

ali.kujoory@ieee.org

(707) 664-2030

 

Course Description:  Lecture 1 hour; laboratory 0 hours. Series of lectures on topics of interest in the relevant fields of engineering.  A maximum of 1 unit can be applied to the ES major. The students may not miss more than two presentations. A brief summary of each presentation must be submitted after the presentation. The course grade is decided on evaluation of these reports. Cr/NC only.

 

Course Objective:  To keep students abreast with the advancement of science and technology developments and future trends in various high tech fields including communications, computational biology, computing, environmental studies, networking, photonics, and robotics.

 

Prerequisite: None

 

Textbook:  None

 

Course Venue:   The student is supposed to attend at least ten lectures available at the ES, Physics, and CS departments.  These lectures are provided periodically at these departments (see the sites below).  The students in the class may meet periodically and participate in the class discussions on the lectures.  After each lecture attended, the student is supposed to write a summary of the presentation, 500 words, on the lecture and include his/her observation. Please include the title, date, and the place of the talk (CS, ES, or Physics), the job title and affiliation of the speaker, and the date of your submission of the report. The report must be submitted after each presentation.

 

Lectures

Days

Time (~1 hr)

Location

URL

 

Engineering Science Seminars

1st & 3rd Thursdays

Lecture at 4:30 PM, Coffee at 4:00 PM

Salazar 2009A

http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series/

Computer Science Colloquium

Thursdays

 

Lecture at 12 PM

Salazar 2016

http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/events/index.html

What Physicists Do

Mondays

Lecture at 4:00 PM,

Coffee at 3:30 PM

Darwin 103

http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/

 

Lecture Attendance:  Attendance is mandatory at least in ten lectures: e.g., 5 from ES, 3 from CS, and 2 from Physics.

 

Class Schedule:  To be announced by the instructor.

 

Class Participation:  Attendance is mandatory.  There will be no excused absences except in the case of emergencies that could be substantiated.

 

Grades:  The course grade is decided on evaluation of the reports submitted by the student after each presentation.