Engineering Computing

This course covers: An introduction to using computers in engineering problem solving and elementary numerical methods. The course introduces programming fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms. Numerical methods covered include solving single, nonlinear equations, fixed-point iteration, Gaussian elimination, and linear and nonlinear regression analysis. MATLAB software will be introduced in the course and used as a tool to solve problems..

Taught skills:

1) MATLAB matrix manipulation

2) MATLAB plots

3) m.files and functions

4) for loops, nested for loops

5) Numerical errors

6) Numerical differentiation

7) Numerical integration

8) Built-in MATLAB functions

9) Solving linear equations

10) Solving non-linear equations

11) Curve fitting and Interpolation

12) Symbolic MATLAB