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Book list for Biomedical Engg. core courses

Departmental Link

1.) BMES 672: Biosimulation I :

BMES 673: Biosimulation II :

Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2.) BMES 501: Medical Sciences I :

BMES 502: Medical Sciences II :

BMES 503: Medical Sciences III :

Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Oxford University Press.
Thomas D. Pollard & William C. Earnshaw, Cell Biology, W.B. Saunders Company.
Dee Unglaub Silverthorn, Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company.

3.) BMES 631: Tissue Engineering I:

BMES 632: Tissue Engineering II:

BMES 633: Tissue Engineering III:

Scott F. Gilbert, Developmental biology, Sinauer Associates.

4. )BMES 641: Biomedical Mechanics I :

BMES 642: Biomedical Mechanics II :

BMES 643: Biomedical Mechanics III:

Y.C. Fung, Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, Springer Publishers.

5. )BMES 660: Biomaterials I :

BMES 661: Biomaterials II :

BMES 662: Biomaterials III:

Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to materials in medicine, edited by Buddy D. Ratner, Publisher: Academic Press.
William D. Callister, Materials science and engineering: an introduction, Wiley Publishers.

6.) BMES 821: Medical Instrumentation :

John G. Webster ,Medical Instrumentation, Wiley Publishers.

7.) BMES 621: Medical Imaging I :

BMES 623: Medical Imaging III :

Refer to class notes. Bring any book if you already have on image processing and image microscopy

BMES 622: Medical Imaging II :

Thomas Szabo , Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out, Academic Press.

8.)BMES 524: Introduction to Biosensors :

BMES 525: Advanced Biosensors :

Refer to class notes.
For more details on Biomed books, please contact Anup at anupumranikar@gmail.com

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Book list for BioSciences and BioTechnology

Departmental Link

1) The Cell :

Albert et. al. 6th edition

2) Biochemistry :

Lehninger, Latest edition
For more details on BioSciences books, please contact Tanu at tanu_charm@yahoo.com

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Book list for Business Administration (MBA)

Departmental Link

1) Managerial Economics :

Michael Baye

2) Managerial Accounting :

Ronald W Hilton

3) Operations Management :

Bernard Taylor, Roberta Russell

4) Corporate Finance / Advanced Financial Management :

Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe

5) Marketing Planning and Strategy (Customized Edition) :

Stanley Kligman
For more details on MBA books, please contact Alok at alokpatel32@gmail.com

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Book list for Computer Science core courses

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) CS 550: Programming Languages :

Kenneth C. Louden, Programming Languages: Principles and Practice, 2nd Ed., Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003.

2.) CS 544: Computer Networks :

Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, by Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja (2nd edition); McGraw-Hill, 2004. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246352x/

3.) CS 543: Operating Systems :

Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Operating System Concepts (6th Edition, or later), John Wiley and Sons, 2002. ISBN 0-471-41743-2.

4.) CS 521: Data Structures & Algorithms I & CS 522 : Data Structures & Algorithms II :

T.H. Cormen, C.E. Leiserson, and R.L. Rivest, C. Stien, Introduction to Algorithms, second edition.

5.) CS 525: Theory of Computation :

Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition by Michael Sipser
For more details on CS books, please contact Mrinalini at mrinalinichaudhary@gmail.com

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Book list for ECE - Telecommunications core courses

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) ECE-S521, Probability and Random Variables :

Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by A. Papoulis, 4th Edition

2.) ECE-S522, Random Processes and Spectral Analysis :

Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by A. Papoulis, 4th Edition

3.) ECE-T511, Physical Foundations of Telecom :

RF and Microwave Wireless Systems by Kai Chang

4.) ECE-C631, Principles of Computer Networking :

Communication Networking : An Analytical Approach by Anurag Kumar, D. Manjunath, and Joy Kuri, 1st Edition

5.) ECE-T501, Fundamentals of Communication Engineering :

Digital Communications by John Proakis, 4th Edition

6.) ECE-T512, Wireless Systems :

Wireless Systems by Andreas F. Molisch. ISBN 0470848871.

7.) ECE-T513, Wireless Networks :

Wireless Communication and Networks by William Stallings, 2rd Edition
For more details on Telecom books, please contact Sai Chinta at pillanagrovi@gmail.com

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Book list for ECE - Signal/Image Processing

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) ECE-S521 : Stochastic Systems-I :

"Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes" by A. Papoulis and S.U. Pillai, 4th edition

2.) ECE-S522 : Stochastic Systems-II :

"Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes" by A. Papoulis and S.U. Pillai, 4th edition

3.) ECE-S523 : Stochastic Systems-III :

"Detection of Signals in Noise", 2nd edition by McDonough & Whalen

4.) ECE-S631 : Digital Signal Processing-I :

"Discrete Time Signal Processing" by A.V. Oppenheim and R.W. Schafer

5.) ECE-S682 : Digital Image Processing :

"Digital Image Processing" By Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E Woods
For more details on Signal Processing books, please contact Suman at svsuman@gmail.com

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Book list for ECE - Computer Engg.

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) ECEC 621 High Performance Computer Architecture :

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Fourth Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers Inc., by Hennessy & Patterson

2.) ECEC 622 Parallel Computer Architecture :

David E. Culler and Jaswinder Pal Singh with Anoop Gupta, Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999, Fourth Edition.

3.) ECEC623 Advanced Parallel Computer Architecture :

No book required.

4.) ECEC 631 Principles of Computer Networking :

Communication Networking: An analytical Approach, by Anurag Kumar, D Manjunath and Joy Kuri, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

5.) ECEC 632 Performance Analysis of Computer Networks :

Same Book as above

6.) ECEC 633 Advanced Topics in Computer Networking :

Same book as above

7.) ECEC 661 VLSI Design :

A VHDL Primer, by J. Bhasker

8.) ECEC 662 VLSI Array Processors 1 :

No book recommended by the professor

9.) ECEC 663 VLSI Array Processors 2 :

No book recommended by the professor
For more details on CE books, please contact Mrinalini at mrinalinichaudhary@gmail.com

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Book list for ECE - Electrophysics

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) Semiconductor Physics and Devices :

Donald Neamen, 3rd Ed.

2.) Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices :

Pallab Bhattacharya, 2nd Ed.

There are no fixed courses that are offered in Electrophysics. Every year they are changed. Also the books are changed. Most courses would require readings from papers.

For more details on Electrophysics books, please contact Deven at mahajan.deven@gmail.com

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Book list for ECE - Power

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) Power system analysis :

Grainger and Stevenson

2.) Modern Power System Analysis :

Nagrath and Kothari

3.) Power System Stability and Control :

Prabha Kundur

4.) Power System Dynamics and Stability :

Peter W.Sauer and M.A.Pai

5.) Power System Analysis :

Bergen and Vittal

6.) Power generation, operation, and control :

Allen J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg

7.) Linear system theory and design :

Chi-tsong Chen, 3rd edition

8.) Electrical power systems :

C.L.Wadhwa

9.) Getting started with Matlab :

Rudra Pratap
Any book on Vector algebra and matrices will be very useful.
For more details on Power Systems books, please contact Sai at saikumar2@gmail.com

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Book list for Information Systems

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) INFO 620 - Information System Analysis and Design :

Larman, C., Applying UML and Patterns, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

2.) INFO 608 - Human Computer Interaction :

Design of Everyday things by Norman

3.) INFO 630 - Evaluation of Information Systems :

No books assigned - Only PPT

4.) INFO 646 - IS Management :

Only PPT

5.) INFO 638 - Software Project Mgmt :

Only PPT
For more details on IST books, please contact Sundar at sundar009@gmail.com

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Book list for Materials Engineering

Departmental Link

1.) Introduction to Thermodynamics

Swalin
(If you do not find it in India, bring any other Basic Engineering Thermodynamics book)

2.) Introduction to Solid State Physics

Charles Kittles

3.) Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Erwin Kreyszig, 9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4.) Introduction to Electrodynamics

DJ Griffiths
For more details on Materials books, please contact Riju Singhal at rijusinghal@gmail.com

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Book list for Mechanical Engg.

Departmental Info Departmental Link

1.) MEM 601, MEM 602 :

Statistical Thermodynamics, Tein & Lienhard, ISBN: 030803209

2.) MEM 611 :

Conduction Heat Transfer (3rd ed.), S.Kakac & Y.Yener, Taylor and Francis (1993), ISBN: 1560320273

3.) MEM 612 :

Convective Heat & Mass Transfer (4th ed.), William M. Kays, Michael E. Crawford, Bernhard Weigand, McGraw Hill (2005), ISBN: 0072468769

4.) MEM 613 :

Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, Siegel and Howell (4th ed.), Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 0891165061

5.) MEM 621, MEM 622 :

Viscous Fluid Flow, Frank M. White, ISBN: 0070697124

6.) MEM 800-591, MEM 800-592, MEM 800-593 :

Advanced Engineering Analysis, Erwin Kreszig, ISBN: 0471154962

7.) MEM 687, MEM 688 :

Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, Serope KalpakJian and Steven R Schmid (4th ed.), ISBN: 0130453730

8.) MEM 800 (MEMS I & II) :

Fundamentals of Microfabrication: The Science of Miniaturization (2nd ed.), Marc J Madou, ISBN: 0849308267

9.) MEM 639, MEM 640 :

Modern Control Engineering, Ogata, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0130609072 OR Automatic Control Systems, Benjamin Kuo (7th ed.), ISBN: 0133047598

10.) MEM 777 :

Fracture mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications (2nd ed.), T. L. Anderson, ISBN: 0849342600
For more details on Mech books, please contact Dion at dion@drexel.edu or Reewanshu at rc365@drexel.edu

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Book list for Medical and Health Sciences

Departmental Link

1.) Anatomy: Clinical Musculoskeletal Anatomy :

Neal E. Pratt, ISBN: 0397548257. Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Edition Number: 1

2.) Neuroscience: Basic Clinical Neuroanatomy :

Paul A. Young, ISBN: 0683093517, Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Edition Number: 1

3.) Atlas of Human Anatomy :

Either Netter or Grants any of the authors will do as both are used here.

Flash Cards to study anatomy and neuroscience.

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Book list for TV Management

Departmental Link

1.) External Environment of Busn :

Steiner, George A., Business, Government, and Society

2.) Television Ethics :

Media ethics : issues and cases / [edited by] Philip Patterson, Lee Wilkins. New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education

3.) Measuring/Maximizing Fin Perf :

Easton, Peter D., Financial Accounting for MBAs, 3rd edition

4.) Managerial Accounting :

Hilton, Ronald W., Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment, 7th edition

5.) Television Law :

Kenneth Creech, Electronic Media Law and Regulation, 4th Edition.
For more details on TV Management books, please contact Veena at veena.almad@gmail.com

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