Undergraduate Research

Last Updated: Mon, 04/13/2026
Syllabus
Fall-2026-90306-Sulchek-ME-2699-ST1_0.pdf (58.31 KB)
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
ME
Course number:
2699
Section:
ST1
CRN
90306
Department (you may add up to three):
Sch/Mechanical Engineering
Instructor first name:
Todd
Instructor last name:
Sulchek
Catalog Description

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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Active

Computing Techniques

Last Updated: Thu, 04/16/2026
Syllabus
CTL Syllabus-ME-2016-4-15-26.pdf (142.63 KB)
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
ME
Course number:
2016
Section:
B
CRN
80535
Department (you may add up to three):
Sch/Mechanical Engineering
Instructor first name:
Mdferdous
Instructor last name:
Alam
Catalog Description

An introduction to numerical methods for the solution of mechanical engineering problems. Topics of interest include: Introduction to mathematical modeling and the numerical solution of engineering problems,  Numerical errors: Computer representation of real numbers. Accuracy, precision, and round-off error, Taylor series and truncation error. Root finding: Bisection and Newton-Raphson methods. Convergence. Curve fitting: Least-squares regression, polynomial interpolation, piecewise cubic splines. Numerical integration: Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s 1/3 rule. Order of convergence. Ordinary differential equations: Euler’s method, Runge-Kutta methods (second and fourth order). Order of convergence. Initial value problems. Boundary value problems. Applications of numerical methods to engineering problems using programming languages. Additional topics may be covered including introduction to optimization algorithms, introduction to scientific computing etc.

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Course status
Active
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