Course ID: | CSCI 4150/6150. 4 hours. |
Course Title: | Numerical Simulations in Science and Engineering |
Course Description: | Computationally oriented, covering a wide range of topics that
are necessary for numerical simulation in science and
engineering. Sequential and parallel numerical methods will be
introduced. Available symbolic and numerical software packages
(e.g., Matlab, Maple and MPI) and visualization tools will be
used in the mathematical simulations. |
Oasis Title: | NUM SIMU SCI & ENG |
Prerequisite: | (MATH 2250 and CSCI 1301-1301L) or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course is designed for students in science and engineering.
It will offer students several different numerical methods for
solving scientific problems. In addition, students will learn to
use free and available software in their computations. Students
in this course will be exposed to high performance computing for
solving complex problems. |
Topical Outline: | This course is computationally oriented. Topics include:
1. Introduction to scientific computing and numerical
simulations;
2. Finite difference methods;
3. Introduction to finite element methods;
4. Finite Fourier methods;
5. Symbolic computation;
6. Introduction to higher performance computing;
7. Visualization tools.
A number of mathematical models for problems in science and
engineering will be discussed and numerical solutions for them
implemented. Available symbolic and numerical computational
packages (such as Matlab, Maple and MPI) and visualization tools
will be used in the simulations. |