Electrical Engineering: EE 291 Computer Methods For Electrical Engineers (Required)
Electrical Engineering: EE 291 Computer Methods For Electrical Engineers (Required)
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EE 291 COMPUTER METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (3+0) 3 CREDITS. This course covers various numerical methods for typical Engineering applications, mathematical modeling and error analysis, solution of Algebraic and differential equations, numerical differentiation and integration. Students will use MATLAB to study some of the methods. CS 135, EE 191 or Math 182 A. Gilat and V. Subramaniam, Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists: An Introduction with Applications Using MATLAB, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NJ, 2008.
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Course Goals and Objectives: Student will learn Programming skills using MATLAB How to solve engineering problems using a computer Introductory matrix algebra Introductory numerical methods References: S. Chapra and R. Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5th Ed., McGrawHill, 2006.
Educational Outcomes: a, b, c, e, f, h, i, j, k Topics: 1. Introduction to numerical methods, number representation and errors (1 class) (a, c, e, f, h, i, k) 2. Matrix theory, rank, different types of matrices, arithmetic operations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors (2 classes) (a, e, h, k) 3. MATLAB workshop (5 classes) (a, b, c, e, f, h, i, j, k) 4. Linear Equations: Gauss elimination, Gauss-Jordan, computing inverse of matrix, LU Decomposition (4 classes) (a, c, e, h, k) 5. Nonlinear Equations: root finding using bisection method, regula falsi method, Newton-Raphson method, secant method (3 classes) (a, c, e, h, k) 6. Curve fitting and interpolation: least-squares regression, Newtons interpolation, piecewise (Spline) interpolation (4 classes) (a, c, e, h, k) 7. Numerical differentiation: finite differences (2 classes) (a, c, e, h, k) 8. Numerical integration: trapezoidal rule, Simpsons rule (2 classes) (a, c, e, h, k) 9. ODE: Eulers method, Runge-Kutta method (2 classes) (a, c, e, h, k)
Laboratory Projects: Matlab project and report (b, c, e, h, k) Professional Component: Engineering Science and Design Engineering Sciences: 3 credits or 100% Engineering Design: 0 credits