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21 January |
Course Organization, Overview, Technology in Western Civilization (H) |
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23 January |
Ancient Construction Methods and Materials (F) |
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28 January |
Architecture: Theory and Practice - Vitruvius and Alberti (T) |
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30 January |
Greek and Roman Engineers: Heron, Philon, Archimedes, Frontinus (C) |
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4 February |
Renaissance Background: Culture, Economy, Social and Political Structure, Humanism, Printing (H) |
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6 February |
Basic Design Issues: Physical and Material Constraints (C/F) |
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11 February |
Brunelleschi’s Dome (T) |
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13 February |
Sources for Vaulting Spaces (T) |
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18 February |
Sienese Engineers: Taccola, Francesco di Giorgio (C/T) |
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20 February |
Leonardo da Vinci: the Man (H); the Painter (T) |
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25 February |
Leonardo the Engineer (C) |
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27 February |
Building Defensively – Fortifications and Weapons (T) |
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4 March |
Engineering Drawings and Perspective (H/T) |
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6 March |
The Renaissance Architect: Palladio (T) |
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11 March |
Renaissance Trusses and Bridges (F) |
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13 March |
Fontana: Moving the Vatican Obelisk (T/F) |
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18 March |
Midterm Examination |
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20 March |
Galileo’s Two New Sciences (H/C) |
| SPRING BREAK | |
| 1 April | Agricola, Theaters of Machines (C) |
| 3 April | Hydraulics (C) |
| 8 April | Earthquake Engineering (T) |
| 10 April | Descriptive Geometry: Desargues to Monge (H) |
| 15 April | Euler’s Influence in Engineering (C) |
| 17 April | The Emergence of the Engineering Profession; Technical Education and Institutions; Coulomb (H) |
| 22 April | A new material: Iron Reinforced Buildings and Iron Bridges; (T/F) |
| 24 April | A Glimpse at Modern Buildings and Structures (F) |
| 29 April | Student Presentations and Discussion |
| 1 May | Student Presentations and Discussion |
| 6 May | Student Presentations and Discussion |
| 8 May | Student Presentations and Discussion |
| 13 May | Conclusions, Discussion, and Course Evaluations |
| 19 May | Deadline for Submission of Final Report (4 copies ) to J. Casey, 6125 Etcheverry Hall |
last update: September 05, 2004