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2015–16 COURSE CATALOG 131

THE Officers and Deans Nader Tehrani Robert P. Hopkins Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin Chief Technology Officer; William E. Mea School of Associate Professor of Board of Trustees Acting President; Vice President B.F.A., B.Arch., Rhode Island Computer Science for Finance & Administration; Treasurer Richard S. Lincer School of Design; B.S., St. Joseph’s College, Indiana; B.A., Widener University Chairman of the Board Architectural Association, M.B.A., M.B.A., Philadelphia University M.A.U.D., Harvard University Kevin Slavin A’95 Mindy Lang Stephen P. Baker Vice Chairman; Alumni Trustee Creative Director Vice President for Community Relations; Administration B.F.A., The Cooper Union Monica Abdallah ChE’17 Dean of Athletics Student Trustee B.S., University David Chenkin, Associate Registrar James Luciano Nils Folke Anderson A’94 B.A., Brandeis University Associate Director of Admissions Saskia Bos Alumni Trustee M.A., Yale University B.A., College of St. Rose Dean, School of Art Robert Bernhard M.S., Sage Graduate School AR’79 B.A., University of Groningen; Jen E. Clarke Joseph B. Dobronyi Jr. M.A., University of Amsterdam Director of Institutional Giving David Minder B.J., Carleton University, Ottawa Director of Engagement Thomas Driscoll ME’77 Lawrence Cacciatore M.A., Carleton University, Ottawa B.A. Texas Tech University Jeffrey Hersch EE’87 Chief of Staff and Secretary Eric Hirschhorn ME’89 to the Board of Trustees Christopher H. Cloud Elizabeth Rivera Adrian Jovanovic BSE’89 B.A., M.A., Interim Vice President of Alumni Major Gifts Officer Alumni Trustee Affairs and Development B.M., The University of North Carolina Christopher Mark Chamberlin Peter Katz A’76 B.A., The Florida State University at Greensboro Alumni Trustee Dean of Students M.B.A., Rollins College David Robbins Malcolm King EE’97 M.A.,The College of New Jersey; J.D., Tulane University Jessica Marshall EE’17 B.A.,The College of New Jersey Director of Housing Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría and Residential Education Student Trustee John Falls Edgar Mokuvos EE’78 Director of Assessment and Innovation; B.A., M.S., Bloomsburg University Associate Dean of Admissions Associate Professor of Social Sciences Alumni Trustee and Records; Director of Carol Salomon Robert Tan AR’81 M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social International Student Advisement Research; B.A., Ph.D., Universidad Library Director Alumni Trustee A.B., Mount Holyoke College B.A., St. John’s University Autónoma de Madrid; M.A., Royal Johnny C. Taylor Jr. M.L.S., M.A., Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Madrid Rachel L. Warren M.S., Long Island University Jeremy Wertheimer EE’82 William Germano Jennifer Durst Inessa Shkolnikov Dean, Faculty of Humanities Senior Major Gifts Officer; Design Director Representatives to the Board and Social Sciences Assistant Director of Development B.F.A., Professor of English Literature B.A., Mount Holyoke College Toby Cumberbatch B.A., ; M.I.A., Columbia University Erin Stahl Full-time Faculty Ph.D., Indiana University Mike Essl A’96 David Greenstein Assistant Director of Admissions Stamatina Gregory B.A., Fairfield University Full-time Faculty Director of Continuing Education/ M.A., Columbia University Atina Grossmann Associate Dean, School of Art Public Programs B.A., New York University; Full-time Faculty B.A., Dartmouth College; Adele C. Stavish M.Phil./A.B.D., The Graduate Center, Yuri Masnyj M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University Human Resources Director City University of New York Part-time Faculty B.S., Montclair University Adrianne Greth Anthony Vidler Mitchell L. Lipton Associate Director of Admissions Robert Thill Full-time Faculty Vice President for Enrollment Services; B.A., Temple University Director, Center for Career Amy Westpfahl A’99 Dean, Admissions and Records M.Ed., Temple University Development Staff B.A., SUNY at Binghamton; B.A., California State University; M.P.A., New York University Marina Gutierrez M.F.A., Director Saturday Program; Elizabeth O’Donnell Co-Director Saturday Yvonne L.C. Wong Associate Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin & Outreach Programs Director of Operations, Office of School of Architecture B.F.A., Cooper Union, Alumni Affairs and Development University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Vermont College B.A., Bryn Mawr College B.Arch., The Cooper Union; R.A. Justin Harmon Jolie Woodson Anita Raja Vice President for Communications Director, Career Associate Dean of Research and B.A. Princeton University Development & Outreach Graduate Programs; Professor of B.A., New York University; Computer Science Steven M. Hillyer MSEd, Baruch College, CUNY; B.S., Temple University; M.S., University Director, The Irwin S. Chanin School EdM, Columbia University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., of Architecture Archive University of Massachusetts Amherst B.Arch., The Cooper Union Charlie Xu Director of Financial Aid Richard Stock Stephanie Hightower B.A., Shanxi University Acting Dean, Albert Nerken Director Outreach Program; M.B.A. Temple University School of Engineering Co-Director Saturday M.A.IA, Ohio University B.Sc (Hons), University of & Outreach Programs Nottingham, England; B.F.A., University of Dallas, Milton Yuen M.S., Ph.D., West Virginia University M.F.A., Pratt Institute Controller B.S., New York University MBA Fordham University 132 THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART

Emeriti William W. Flexner* Jean Le Mée Cooper Union Alumni Association Faculty/Administration Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Professor Emeritus of 2015–2016 Executive Board B.S., Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Dore Ashton B.S., Ecole Nationale de la Marine Nils Folke Anderson A’94 Professor Emeritus of Art History Stanley M. Forman Marchande, Nantes; President B.A., University of Wisconsin; Professor Emeritus of Physics M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University M.A., Harvard University; B.A., Ph.D. Kelly Occhiuzzo Zack A’90 Litt.D., Moore College Niki Logis Vice President/Alumni Activities Sue Ferguson Gussow Professor Emerita of Art Eleanor Baum Professor Emerita of Architecture Mina Greenstein A’56 B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY Dean Emeritus, Albert Nerken Pratt Institute; Vice President/Faculty and School of Engineering The Cooper Union; Arsete J. Lucchesi* Student Liaison B.E.E., CUNY City College; The Brooklyn Museum; Associate Dean Emeritus, Sean Cusack BSE’98 M.E.E., Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of B.S., Columbia University; Albert Nerken School of Engineering Secretary & Treasurer New York M.F.A., Tulane University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Kelly Smolar ME’07 B.S., Queens College, CUNY; Richard L. Bory Hans Haacke Nominating Committee Chair M.S., New York University Dean Emeritus of Admissions Professor Emeritus of Art Carol Wolf, A’84 and Records M.F.A., Staatsexamen, Staatl Philip Nudd* Annual Fund Committee Chair B.A., St. Bonaventure University; Werkakademie, Kassel, Germany; Professor Emeritus of M.Div., Christ the King Seminary; Hon. D.F.A., Oberlin College; Electrical Engineering Ciera Lowe ChE’14 M.S., Queens College, CUNY Atelier 17, Paris; Tyler School of Art; B.S.E.E., M.S., P.E. Communications Committee Chair Pratt Graphics Center John L. Bové George Sadek* Past Presidents Professor of Chemistry Emeritus John Q. Hejduk* Frank Stanton Professor Emeritus Peter Cafiero CE’83 B.A., M.S., Bucknell University; Dean Emeritus, The Irwin S. Chanin of John Leeper AR’85 Ph.D., Case-Western Reserve School of Architecture; Professor B.A., M.F.A. University Emeritus of Architecture Melvin Sandler Alumni Trustees The Cooper Union; Richard S. Bowman* Jesse Sherman Professor Emeritus Peter Katz A’76 B.S. in Arch., University of Cincinnati; Professor Emeritus of of Electrical Engineering Edgar Mokuvos EE’78 M.Arch., Harvard University; Comparative Literature B.E.E., M.E.E., Ph.D. Polytechnic Kevin Slavin A’95 Università degli Studi, Rome; University Robert Tan AR’81 Shang-I Cheng Hon. L.H.D., University of Illinois Professor Emeritus of at Chicago; Ricardo Scofidio Chemical Engineering R.A.; N.C.A.R.B.; Professor Emeritus of Architecture B.S., National Chekiang University; Fellow of the Royal Society; The Cooper Union M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida F.A.I.A. B.Arch., Columbia University; R.A., N.C.A.R.B. Wallace Chinitz Richard Henderson* Professor Emeritus of Associate Dean Emeritus, The Irwin Ysrael A. Seinuk* Mechanical Engineering S. Chanin School of Architecture; Professor Emeritus of Architecture B.M.E., City College of New York; Professor Emeritus of Architecture Degree in Civil Engineering, M.M.E., Ph.D., Polytechnic University B.Arch., Cornell University; University of Havana; R.A. P.E., F.A.C.I., C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.A.S.C.E. Arthur Corwin Professor Emeritus of Art Joel W. Hollenberg* Fred Siegel Ozenfant and Hans Hofmann, Professor Emeritus of Professor Emeritus of History Schools of ; Mechanical Engineering B.A., Rutgers University; The Cooper Union; B.E., The Cooper Union; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh B.F.A., B.Arch., Yale University M.S., Ph.D., Stevens Institute Michael G. Sundell* of Technology; Richard G. Costello* Professor Emeritus of Humanities P.E. Professor Emeritus of B.A., A.M., Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Henry B. Hope David H. H. Tung B.E., The Cooper Union; Professor Emeritus of Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering M.S.E.E., New York University; Chemical Engineering B.C.E., M.C.E., Ph.D., P.E. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin B.Ch.E., M.A., Ph.D. David Weir Peter D. Eisenman Leo S. Kaplan* Professor Emeritus of The Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Behavioral Sciences B.A., University of North Alabama; B.Arch., Cornell University; B.A., City College of New York, CUNY; M.A., University of Alabama; M.S.Arch., Columbia University; M.A., Columbia University Ph.D., New York University M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Ralph Knapp England; R.A., N.C.A.R.B., F.A.I.A. Gerry Weiss Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus of Walton D. Ellison* of Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Professor Emeritus of Physics B.E., The Cooper Union; B.E., The Cooper Union; B.S., University of Colorado; M.S., Columbia University S.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., New York University Walter S. Kut* D.E.E., Polytechnic University; Richard C. Extermann* Professor Emeritus P.E. Professor Emeritus of Physics of Mechanical Engineering Chester Wisniewski* Lic. es Sc., Ph.D. B.S. in M.E., M.S., P.E. Professor Emeritus of Architecture B.Arch., Syracuse University; * deceased Taliesin. R.A., N.C.A.R.B. 2015–16 COURSE CATALOG 133

INDEX Attendance Courses First-year application requirements, General, 22 Architecture, 45 14 41 , 6 Art, 22, 53 Art, 58 Honors, 75 Academic standards and regulations Engineering, 22 Art History and Theory, 126 Master of Engineering application General, 22 Humanities and Social Sciences, Biology, 110 requirements, 15, 74 Architecture, 37 22, 119 Chemistry, 107 Mission statement, 68 Art, 52 Awards and prizes, 20 Computer Science, 110 Overview, 69 Engineering 77 Biomedical Engineering, 82 Drawing, 59 Professional Development, 76 Humanities and Social Sciences 118 Books, materials and school supplies, Engineering, 94 Transfer requirements, 15 17 Chemical, 94 Accreditation, 5 Engineering Sciences, courses, 110 Brooks Computer Center, 70 Civil, 96 Administration, The Cooper Union, 131 English proficiency, 16 Budget guide, 19 Electrical, 99 Admissions, Engineering Master Environmental Engineering, 82 Calendar Engineering Sciences, 110 degree program, 15 Examinations, final (Engineering), 78 Academic 2015–16, 2 Graphic Design, 60 Admission after three years of Exchange programs (Art), 52 Application, 10–15 Interdisciplinary, 61, 110 high school, 15 Faculty Changes, 22 Mechanical, 104 Admission, early decision Architecture, 47 Career Development, 8 Film and Video, 59 Art, 12 Art, 66–67 Center for Design & Typography, 57 Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, 15 Engineering, 114–117 Center for Innovation and 120 Admission information Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Technology, 71 Mathematics, 108 and application, 9 130 Center for Materials and Painting, 61 Admission, rolling (Art), 12 Fair Use, 26 Manufacturing Technology, 71 Performance, 62 Advanced Placement credit Fees and expenses, 16 Center for Signal Processing, Printmaking, 63 Engineering, 14 Film and Video Communications and Physics, 109 Humanities and Social Sciences, Courses, 59 Computer Engineering, 71 Sculpture, 64 118 Facilities, 56 Center for Sustainable Engineering, Alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs, Credits Financial aid, 17 Art and Architecture— policy on, 28 Architecture, 37 First-year application requirements, 9 Materials, Manufacturing Appeal (of academic standards and Art, 52 First-year profile—Fall 2014, 8 and Minimalization, 72 regulations), 25 Engineering, 73 Foundation Building, 5 Center for Urban Systems Application calendars, 9–15 Curriculum Grades and Infrastructure, 71 , 35 Architecture, 38 Center for Writing, 119 Architecture, , 72 Art, 54 Change of program The Irwin S. Chanin School of Bachelor of Fine Arts, 50 Engineering, 78 Architecture, 39 Academic standards Humanities and Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Art, 54 and regulations, 37 118 118 Engineering, 79 Accreditation, 36 II, 40 Graduation Chemical Engineering Application calendar, 10–11 Master of Engineering, 74 Architecture, 40 Courses, 94–96 Attendance, 22 Dean’s List (Engineering), 75 Art, 55 Curriculum, 81–83 Awards and prizes, 20 Design and Typography, The Center for, Engineering, 75 Civil Engineering Courses, 45 57 Fee, 17 Courses, 96–99 Faculty, 47 Disabled Student Services, 8 Graphic Design Curriculum, 84–85 First-year application requirements, Disciplinary sanctions, 33 Courses, 60 Code of Conduct, 30–33 10 Dismissal, 22 Facilities, 55 Computer Graduate Curriculum, 40 Dismissal and academic probation Great Hall, 6 Brooks Computer Center, 70 Master of Architecture II, 11 Architecture, 38 Health, 23–25 Computer Studio 57 Mission Statement, 34 Art, 54 History of The Cooper Union, 4 Architecture, 43 Retention and graduation, 9 Engineering, 79 Honors, graduation with Art, 57 Scholarships, 20 Drawing (Engineering), 75 Continuing Education, 6 Transfer requirements, 11 Courses, 59 Housing, 6 Undergraduate curriculum, 35 Facilities, 55 Fee, 17 Cooper Union, The Electrical Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences, Academic calendar, 2 Art, The School of Courses, 99 Faculty of Accreditation, 5 Academic standards and Curriculum, 87 Academic regulations, 118 Administration, 131 regulations, 52 Emeriti Aims and objectives, 118 Career development, 8 Application calendar, 12–13 Faculty and Administration, 132 Attendance, 119 Facilities, 5 Attendance 22, 53 Energy Engineering, 82 Awards and prizes, 20, 21 Financial aid, 17 Awards and prizes, 20–21 Center for Writing, 119 History, 4 Bachelor of Fine Arts curriculum, 50 Engineering, The Albert Nerken Courses, 120-129 Programs, 5 Courses, 58 School of Curriculum, 118 Scholarships, 20 Electives, 51 Academic standards, 77 Faculty, 130 Trustees, 131 Facilities, 55 Advisory Council, 76, 117 Minor, 118 Faculty, 66 Application calendar, 14–15 Immunization, Vaccination and, 24 C.V. Starr Foundation, 70 First-year application requirements, Attendance, 22 Independent study Code of Conduct, 30–33 12 Awards and prizes, 20–21 Art, 53 Mission Statement, 49 Bachelor’s degree programs, 72 Humanities and Social Sciences, Nonresident study, 52 Courses, 94–113 118 Retention and graduation, 9 Curricula, 72–75 Insurance, 24 Scholarships, 20 Facilities and Research, 70 Fee, 17 Transfer requirements, 13 Faculty, 114–117 134 THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART

Interdisciplinary Engineering Residence (degree requirement) Courses, 111–113 Architecture, 40 International students, 16 Art, 55 Law, Preparatory studies, 76 Engineering, 73 Leave of absence Retention and graduation rate, 9 Architecture, 39 Safety, campus security and, 29 Art, 54 Sculpture Compulsory Medical, 25 Courses, 64 Discretionary, 24 Facilities, 56 Medical, 24 Student Accident and Sickness Returning, 24 Enrollment Waiver, 17 Library, 5 Student Council, Joint, 7 Lubalin, Herb, Study Center of Design Student life, 7 and Typography staff, 67 Student records, 23 Student Residence, 6 Master of Engineering program Student rights, 30 Admission, 74 Thesis project (Master of Engineering), Application requirements, 15 75 Courses, 95, 97, 102, 105, 30 Cooper Square, 6 108, 109, 110, 113 Transcripts, 22 Curriculum, 74 Transfer application requirements Degree requirements, 74 Architecture, 11 Fellowships, 75 Art, 13 Thesis project, 75 Engineering, 15 Mathematics courses, 108 Transfer credit Maurice Kanbar Center for General, 23 Biomedical Engineering, 71 Architecture, 37 Mechanical Engineering Art, 53 Courses, 104–106 Engineering, 76 Curriculum, 90 Humanities and Social Sciences, Medical, Preparatory studies, 76 118 Mobility Program (Art), 52 Trustees, The Cooper Union, 131 Officers, Cooper Union, 131 Tuition, 16 Painting Vaccination and Immunization, 24 Courses, 61 Video Facilities, 55 Courses, 59 Photography Facilities, 56 Courses, 62 Withdrawal Facilities, 56 From Architecture course, 39 Physics, 109–110 From Humanities course, 119 Pre-medical, Pre-law, Pre-business, 76 From school, 39, 54, 79 Printmaking Writing, Center for, 119 Courses, 63 Facilities, 56 Probation, academic Architecture, 38 Art, 54 Engineering, 79 Program changes, 23 Progress toward the degree Architecture, 37 Art, 51 Property, student, 22 Readmission Architecture, 40 Art, 55 Records, student, 23 Refunds, 17 Registration, 22 Regulations, general, 22 Religious observances, policy on, 26