This course aims at providing fundamental and practical notions in finite element analysis. The course will present systematic approaches for the derivation of various finite elements. The students will also be introduced to numerical techniques for the solution of the discretized governing equations. Practical aspects such as mesh generation and choice related to numerical integration will also be presented.

This course will mostly be based on structural analysis, focusing on both isotropic and composite materials. Students need to program their own FE code to accomplish homework and final project.

AE8104

Prerequisites:
Student should have previous knowledge or currently registered to courses: Solid Mechanics, Mechanics of Composites, Linear Algebra, and Numerical analysis. Moreover, this course requires some programming knowledge with C/C++, FORTRAN, Java, Python or any other computer language you prefer. 

Assessment:

1. Homework: 30%
2. In-class quizzes: 10%
3. Mid-term exam: 30%
4. Final Project: 30%

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This course builds on basic financial theory and the principles courses in economics to address topics that are important for managing banks in China. Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to understand recent development in the Chinese banking industry and how banking reforms change the banking industry landscape in China. More importantly, students are expected to understand the special role of financial institutions in the Chinese economy and how to manage the risks faced by the banks in China in a rapidly changing international environment. 

BUSS8030

for Year 3/4 undergraduates.
Students should have some background in basic macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, algebra, differential calculus, statistics, and a disposition to keep themselves informed of current developments in the area of banking and finance in China as well as in the world.

Assessment:
1. Class Assignment: 50%
2. Presentation: 20%
3. Term Paper: 20%
4. Class Participation: 10%

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This course focuses on the advanced methods and tools to analyze time series in finance and macroeconomics. The first part of the course introduces the foundation and building blocks for time series analysis, such as stationarity, nonstationarity, cointegration, impulse responses and shock identification etc.

The students are expected to understand ARMA, VAR, and other models as well as methods such as Spectral Analysis, GMM and Kalman Filter that are important tools in the time series analysis of macroeconomics and financial economics. More importantly, students are expected to be able to apply the methods and tools learned to set up appropriate empirical models to analyze the problem in macroeconomics and financial economics, and to estimate and test these models. 

In the second part of the course, various macro-asset pricing models are introduced and the students are expected to understand the empirical tests of implication of these asset pricing model, both time-series and cross-section tests.

ECON9004

Year 4 undergraduates in finance, economics, and management with strong background in math, finance, and economics.

Prerequisite: finance, macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics

Assessment:
1. Homework: 20%
2. Presentation and Referee Report: 30%
3. Class Participation: 10%
4. Final Exam: 40%

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This course is offered for senior undergraduates. It introduces fundamental principles and practical techniques of digital image processing. The content of the course comprises of 3 parts.

Part one: fundamental principles, includes the theories of 2- D signal processing and visual psychology, results of information theory and image transforms.

Part two: human visual system based practical techniques, includes the principles and the methods of image enhancement, image restoration, image reconstruction and image compression.

Part three: content recognition and understanding based practical techniques, introduces image segmentation and image description in the view of digital image processing.

This course completely reflects the new progress of digital image processing, not only gives the research hotspots, but also gives practical methods and techniques of this field.

ICE6202H

This course is offered for senior undergraduates.
Prerequisites: Digital Signal Processing, Matrix Theory, Probability Theory, Random Procedure

Assessment:

1. Practice exercise: 20%
2. Project reports: 40%
3. Final exam: 40%

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This course provides a focused treatment and analysis of the major legal, policy and business aspects of foreign trade in China. With respect to China’s regulation of foreign trade, areas covered include: trade in goods, trade in services, protection of intellectual property rights in trading, China’s participation in the WTO and China’s commitments under the multilateral trading system, WTO dispute settlement mechanism and the relevant disputes concerning China. Specifically, China’s regulations on foreign trade include tariff regulation and non-tariff regulation, trade remedies including antidumping measures, countervailing measures, safeguard measures.

LAW6828

Pre-requisites: Public International law.

Assessment:

1. Class Performance: 20%
2. Mid-semester Exam: 20%
3. Final Exam: 60%

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This course would cover the fundamental principles, algorithm designs and frontier progresses on quantum information and quantum computing, with an emphasis on the practical skills and visions for application-oriented quantum information technologies. 
Through this course, the students are expected to:

• Understand fundamental concepts for computational complexity, and the essential difference between classical and quantum computing;
• Learn different physical platforms for quantum computing including photonics, superconductors, ion traps, etc; Understand the physical realization and matrix expressions for qubits and quantum gates.  
• Master common universal quantum algorithms including Deutsche’s algorithm, Grover’s algorithm, Shor’s algorithm, Quantum Fourier transform, and know how to implement quantum circuits on the online quantum cloud platform to demonstrate these algorithms.
• Learn analog quantum algorithms such as boson sampling and quantum walks, and understand the common analog quantum computing app.

MS331-MS333

Second or Third year undergraduate with a background on physics, mathematics, computer sciences or other engineering subjects. Preliminary knowledge on quantum mechanics is not a must.

Assessment:

1.Class performance: 30%
2.Oral report: 20%
3.Final Exam: 25%
4.Report: 25%

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Materials are the physical foundations for the development of science and technology. The human civilizations are historically designated by the evolution of materials, such as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Nowadays, materials science and technology support most of the industrial sectors, including aerospace, telecommunications, transportation, architecture, infrastructure and so on. Fundamentals of Materials Science is a core module for undergraduates majored in materials science and engineering. 

An integrated approach of combining metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials will be adopted in this course, for the attendants to attain a deep understanding on the correlation of composition, microstructure, processing and properties in materials science. The first part of this course will cover atomic bonding, structure of solids, defects, and mechanical properties of materials. 

MSE2605

For materials science & metallurgy students. Prerequisites include calculus, college physics, and thermodynamics.

Course Introduction Video

Assessment:

1. Class participation and quizes: 10%
2. Problem sets: 10%
3. Experiments (for offline students) / Mini research report (for online students): 20%
4. Final exam: 60%

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Basic principles of modern physics and quantum mechanics as pertain to solid state physics and the physical behavior of materials on the atomic scale. Applications to solid state materials will be emphasized on those topics including thermal capacity, electric conductivity, and semiconductors.

MSE3607

Prerequisites: Calculus, General Physics, Fundamentals of Materials Science.

Assessment:

1. Lectures: 10%
2. Homework: 20%
3. Final Examination: 70%

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Exercise is medicine. Regular and moderate exercise can effectively strengthen immune system so as to reduce the risk of virus infection and also improve or assist in the treatment of dysthymic disorders like anxiety and depression. This course provides suggestions for the general public about how to actively respond to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. It also explains: how the immune system reacts when viruses invade into the body; why exercises can enhance immunity and what is the mechanism; what the difference is between western sports and traditional eastern exercises. Besides, the course includes training lessons on Baduanjin, Zhanzhuang, Daoyin, Yoga and other exercises conducive to immunity improvement. 
     
This course is characteristic for its combination of physical education and medicine, so the course will be taught by experts in either sports or medicine. The teaching content covers both disciplinary theory and specific training method, showcasing the unique culture and charm of the East while conducting cross-cultural communication as well as sharing the wisdom of traditional exercises and modern research and application in this regard. 

PE003C22

A general understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda.

Assessment:

1. Theoretical part: 40% (Participation: 20% + Quizzes: 60% + Final Exam: 20%)
2. Practice: 60%

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Develop an understanding of the physical behavior of materials under load. The course emphasizes equilibrium, compatibility of deformation, and material behavior. Weekly lectures are given on theory and applications in statics, mechanics and structural engineering. Applications include axial loads, thermal stresses, bending, shear, and torsion, combined loadings, stress and strain transformations.

VME2110J

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Assessment:

1. Homework: 20%
2. Exam 1: 15%
3. Exam 2: 30%
4. Final Exam: 35%

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