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        starts by introducing vectors,   a tool to analyze and model fuel   RSN480A - Energy-Efficient        net zero buildings, and more, with   Object-Oriented programming.  students a working knowledge
        analytical and graphical methods   cells, fuel stacks, photovoltaic cells,   Green Building Design I   contributions by leaders in the field                      on making economic comparison
        of vector analysis, properties of   photovoltaic modules, photovoltaic                                that illustrate the most recent shifts   COE101 - Introductory Artificial   of investment alternatives in
        areas, and various application in   systems, wind turbines, and wind   Credit Hours: 4                in thinking and practice. The course   Intelligence         engineering project environment.
        engineering. Then two main modules   farms. It introduces the students   Pre-requisite: Senior Level, RSN301  is delivered over two terms with each   Credit Hours: 3   This includes description of the
        are introduced. The first module   to demonstrate the mathematical   Green buildings operate at a very   part as a 2-credit hours course. The   Pre-requisite: STT101  interest and time value of money
        includes: equilibrium of rigid bodies,   models for energy systems and   high level of efficiency. Sustainable   course is delivered from a civil and             relationships, methods of comparing
        free body diagram, friction, energy   investigates the ambient conditions   construction has gone mainstream,   chemical engineering perspectives.   This course builds on the concepts   alternatives using economic concepts
        conservation and virtual work   on the performance of the systems.   and will one day be the industry   Students will design a green building   and skills acquired in STT100 General   such as: the rate-of return (ROR), the
        principle in rigid bodies analyses. The   This includes partial shading, wind   norm. This course introduces   in a competitive setting for the course   Statistics. It introduces students   present worth (PW), the future worth
        second module includes: kinetics and   speed, operating temperature, air   students to the design, construction,   project and defend their designs at   to concepts, techniques, and   (FW), the annual equivalent (AE), and
        dynamics of particles, kinematics and   density and more.   and operation of high-performance         the end of the second course.  applications of Artificial Intelligence.   cost-benefit analysis. Other topics
        dynamics of rigid bodies, and energy                        green buildings covering a breadth                                      Topics covered include Artificial   include replacement analysis, and
        and momentum methods.         RSN404 - UAE Energy           and depth of all aspects of the green     RSN455 - Wind Energy          Intelligence Termonologies, Data   inflation. The course enables students
                                      Regulations and Standards                                                                             Preprocessing, Supervised Learning   to make suitable decisions in their
        RSN301 - Energy Materials                                   building process, from materials          Credit Hours: 3               ( e.g., Regression and Classification),
                                      Credit Hours: 3               selection to building systems and         Pre-requisite: MEC350                                       professional life when they have
        Credit Hours: 3               Pre-requisite: EEN345         more. The course features the latest                                    AI Performance Evaluation and Bias,   to make a decision on ethical and
        Pre-requisite: CHE205                                       codes and standards, including LEED       This course applies the principles   Neural Networks, Convolutional   economical basis.
                                      This course introduces students to   v4, and carbon accounting. It exposes   of fluid mechanics and mechanical   Neural Networks, Clustering, Ethics in
        An introduction to the structure and   the United Arab Emirates standards   students to the current thinking   systems to design wind turbine   AI and AI Strategy. Students connect   CEN201 - Electric Circuits I
        properties of engineering materials   and regulations governing the   on economics, climate change,   systems. Principles of horizontal-  theoretical concepts learned in the   Credit Hours: 3
        and the processing routes utilized   production of electrical energy from   net zero buildings, and more, with   axis wind turbines and vertical-axis   course to practice using hands-on   Pre-requisite: ECS100 or PHY201 +
        to optimize properties. All major   renewable energy resources as well   contributions by leaders in the field   wind turbines will be introduced   laboratory experiences covering   EEN210L
        classes of engineering materials are   as the standards and regulations   that illustrate the most recent shifts   from the fundamentals to the   data preprocessing, performance
        covered, including metals, ceramics,   governing the integration of those   in thinking and practice. The course   design procedure. The course also   evaluation, cross-validation, and   This course builds on the concepts
        composites, and polymers. Emphasis   renewable energy resources with   is delivered over two terms with each   will consider studying the available   neural networks. The course has a   and skills acquired in ECS100
        on the relationships between   grid. Furthermore the UAE standards   part as a 2-credit hours course. The   wind resources and link them to the   project. In this project, students work   Introduction to Engineering and
        chemical bonding, crystal structure,   and regulations governing the   course is delivered from a civil and   design procedures to localize the   teams using Excel and AI-Training   Computing. It introduces students
        phase equilibria, microstructure,   design of power distribution systems   chemical engineering perspectives.   designed systems. The installation   Software to design a classification   to concepts, techniques, and
        and properties including electrical   in residential and commercial   Students will design a green building   and operation of the wind farms   model and communicate their   applications of Electric Circuits. Topics
        band structures, electron excitation   buildings as well as the design of   in a competitive setting for the course   will also be covered. Team- based   experience using presentations and   covered include Circuit Variables,
        events and semiconductors. The   proper protection and backup power   project and defend their designs at   projects are considered as an   reports.              Circuit Elements, Resistive Circuits,
        course is intended to give the   generation systems for emergencies   the end of the second course.   essential activity on the application of                    Voltage-Divider and Current-Divider
        student an overview on selecting   are also discussed in details.                                     the design procedures, installation,   COE202 - Engineering Ethics,   Circuit Circuits, Circuit Analysis.
        and using materials for energy                              RSN480B - Energy-Efficient                and operation of the wind turbine   Economy and Law         Students connect theoretical
        engineering applications. The   RSN352 - Thermal Energy     Green Building Design II                  systems.                      Credit Hours: 3               concepts learned in the course to
        course covers materials for energy-  Credit Hours: 3                                                                                Pre-requisite: ENG200 + MTT102  practice using hands-on laboratory
        efficient technologies, materials   Pre-requisite: MEC320   Credit Hours: 4                           CSC201 - Computer                                           experiences covering voltage and
        selection, materials processing, use                        Pre-requisite: RSN480A                    Programming I                 This course integrates two    current dividers, Star-Delta, and
        and recycling, materials for energy   The course covers thermal energy   Green buildings operate at a very   Credit Hours: 3        interrelated general engineering   equivalent circuits. The course has a
        harvesting, transformation and   generation in solar thermal and   high level of efficiency. Sustainable   Pre-requisite: MTT101 or higher  disciplines, namely: ethics and   project. In this project, students work
        storage, phase change materials,   geothermal applications. The course   construction has gone mainstream,                          economy. In the first part of the   teams using Multisim and testing
        and advanced materials for energy   builds up in parallel: i) the theoretical   and will one day be the industry   The main objective of this course is to   course, the students are introduced   equipment to design a an RC high
        engineering.                  knowledge of heat transfer and its   norm. This course introduces       provide students with the logic and   to ethical issues that practicing   pass filter and communicate their
                                      three mechanisms (conduction,                                           tools required to develop scientific   engineers may face in their   experience using presentations and
        RSN323 - Modeling and         convection and radiation) ii) its   students to advanced design,        software programs in MATLAB.   professional practice. This includes a   reports.
        Simulation of Energy Systems   application in the form of set-ups   construction, and operation of    MATLAB is a matrix based language   discussion of the code of ethics and
                                                                    high-performance green buildings
        Credit Hours: 3               for thermal energy conversion   covering a breadth and depth of         that is commonly used for scientific   responsibility of engineers, ethical   EEN220 - Electric Circuits II
        Pre-requisite: EEN220, MEC350  (boilers, heat exchangers, solar   all aspects of the green building   and engineering computing. MATLAB   theories, ethical problems-solving   Credit Hours: 3
                                      panels), energy storage tanks iii)   process, from materials selection   has a rich set of toolboxes for a wide   methods, and case studies based   Pre-requisite: CEN201
        This course introduces Simulink ®, a   the system integration of such set-  to building systems and more. The   range of applications in science   on real events that illustrate the
        companion application to MATLAB ®,   ups as elements in thermal energy   course features the latest codes   and engineering. The material for   problems faced by engineers. The   This course builds on the concepts
        to perform graphical computations   conversion processes (heat plants,   and standards, including LEED v4,   this course includes: Introduction   case studies also show the effects of   and skills acquired in CEN201 Electric
        and programming of various    district heating systems, solar power   and carbon accounting. It exposes   to Matlab Programming concepts,   engineering decisions on society.  Circuits I. It introduces students
        renewable engineering applications.   systems).             students to the current thinking          Control Structures (loops and                               to concepts, techniques, and
        The students will apply Simulink as                         on economics, climate change,             conditions), Functions, Arrays and   The second part of the course gives   applications of AC Electric Circuits.


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