MEC 1910 - Computer Applications in Engineering

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the modern computer tools required for engineering practice and teach them how to apply these tools to solve practical engineering problems and interface software with hardware. Solution methods learned will be applied to various problems found in engineering. Laboratory topics will cover the use of algebraic, iterative algorithmic, and graphical solutions methods. In addition, students will learn how to collect sensor information to reinforce program development. (prereq: precalculus) (quarter system prereq: MA 127 or equivalent)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Program solutions to engineering problems
Develop algorithms to support programming
Employ flowcharts and/or pseudocode in algorithm development
Demonstrate the use of logical operations and statements to solve problems
Apply loop control structures properly
Employ intrinsic functions
Construct user written functions
Curve fit data
Solve systems of equations
Apply matrix mathematics using computer applications
Import and export data as necessary
Numerically integrate a function
Numerically differentiate a function
Optimize a function or system of functions
Develop algorithms to interact with hardware

Prerequisites by Topic

College trigonometry and algebra

Course Topics

Computing tool fundamentals
Engineering solution approaches
Mathematical operations
Logical operations
Arrays and matrices
Matrix methods
Application of flowcharts and/or pseudocode in algorithm development
Loop control structures
Intrinsic functions
User written functions
Data import and export
Plotting of data
Roots of equations
Zeros of functions
Defining and solving optimization problems
Digital input and output functions
Analog input and output functions

Laboratory Topics

Problem solving using algebraic, iterative, and graphical methods
Curve fitting of data
Solution of systems of equations
Application of matrix mathematics
Numerical integration
Numerical differentiation
Optimization of functions
Collection of sensor data and interacting with hardware

Coordinator
Dr. William Farrow

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MEC 1910 - Computer Applications in Engineering