A good introduction to the dynamical analysis of buildings in a civil/earthquake engineering context. The professor is very experienced and caring.

Dynamic Analysis of Linear Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems: dynamic degrees-of-freedom, Newton's equation of motion as an ODE, d'Alembert's Principle, log decrement, Duhamel's Integral, solutions to equation of motion ODEs, Half-Bandwidth Method Earthquake Response Spectra: exact spectra, pseudo spectra, tripartite representation, history of earthquake response spectra development Dynamic Analysis of Linear Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems: matrix form of equation of motion, CIVE 460 review, static condensation, lumped diagonal mass matrix, consistent mass matrix, modal analysis, mode normalization, Rayleigh Damping, initial conditions, Rayleigh Estimation Variational Formulation / Lagrange's Equation: generalized coordinates and forces, derivation of Lagrange's Equation, Rayleigh Dissi...read more

Very nice and chill guy. Very knowledgeable and well-connected in the field.

Attend lectures, and work hard on the assignments.