Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
MAE10
Introduction to Engineering Computations
Fall 2008
Instructor:
Donald Dabdub
ddabdub@uci.edu X-6126
Office Hours:
Engineering Gateway 4226
Tuesday & Thursday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
TA's:
Wayne Chang
wlchang@uci.edu
Office Hours:
Monday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in ECT 123
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in EG 3102
Alex Cohan
acohan@uci.edu
Office Hours:
Engineering Gateway 3102
Wednesday & Friday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Required Books
Author: Larry Nyhoff and Sanford Leestma
Title: FORTRAN 77 for Engineers and Scientists (with an
introduction toFORTRAN 90)
Edition: 4th Edition
Publisher: Pretince Hall. ISBN 0-13-363003-X
Author: Adrian Biran and Moshe Breiner
Title: Matlab for Engineers
Publisher: Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56524-2
Grading:
Homework 10 %
Midterm I 25 %
Midterm II 30 %
Final Exams 35 %
No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances. Students absent to midterm(s) will have their final examination weighted to the right % of the class grade. Students absent to final will get a "I" (incomplete) as a grade.
Integrity Statement:
It is expected that all material you prepare for this
course MUST be original. While it is expected that you will
consult references in preparing the material for the class, you
may not turn in material prepared by someone else as original
material in fulfillment of the assignments and exams for MAE-10.
Any evidence of this will be considered a possible violation of
academic integrity and be reported as such to the office of
undergraduate affairs.
Main Goal:
The main goal of the course is to develop computational programming skills and learn computational tools to be used in the solution of engineering problems.
Topics
Note:
Parts of this course are subject to change in order to meet the needs of the students currently enrolled.