MER 357 - Applied Math for Engineering

Course Units: 1

This course introduces students to a wide range of numerical methods to solve various engineering problems, as well as the use of computers to simulate such systems using numerical mathematical software, particularly MATLAB. Some of the topics in this course include: (1) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and their physical meaning in systems, (2) partial differential equations, (3) Fourier and Taylor series, (4) numerical solutions of boundary-value and initiate-value problems, (5) numerical differentiation and integration, and (6) numerical error quantification. Prerequisite(s): MTH-130 or MTH-234 and MER-212 with a minimum grade of C-.