LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Department
Spring 2016
EME/EIE 3033
Instructor:
E-mail:
Phone:

Charles Stuart
cgstuart@gmail.com or cstuart@ltu.edu
(248) 895-6744

Course Outline and Agenda

Class Schedule:

Thursday 5:45 9:05PM Room: E - 208

Office Hours:

MW 5:30-7PM, LTU Library, or by appointment

Course Description:

An introduction to the understanding and application of

Engineering Numerical Methods to solve engineering problems.
To be able to solve engineering problems using Numerical
Techniques and Matlab as the programming tool.
As per flow chart.
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The homework is essential for learning the course material and
doing well in the class. Exam problems will be based on concepts
from the class work and homework. Course documents and
assignments will be posted in Blackboard under Course
Documents and Assignments, check weekly.
Selected assignments will be collected.
Attendance is expected. All formal lecture notes will be posted to
Blackboard, but additional material provided in class may not be.
Exam #1 (5th week): 12 February
Exam #2 (10th week): 2 April
Final Exam per University schedule
Exam #1 25%
Exam #2 25%
Project 10%
Final Exam 40%
Grading scale will be as follows:
A= 95-100 %, A- = 90-94.9 %, B+ = 87-89.9 %, B = 83-86.9 %, B= 80-82.9 %, C+ = 77-79.9 %, C = 73-76.9 %, C - = 70-72.9 %, D+
= 67-69.9 %, D = 63-66.9 %, D- = 60-62.9 %, F= less than 60%
Attendance and Homework will affect borderline grades
Cheating is strictly prohibited and violation will result in a grade
"F" for that assignment. Cheating will be dealt with according to

Course Objectives:
Prerequisite:
Credits:
Home Work:

Attendance:
Examinations:
Grading:

General Policies:

the rules of the College of Engineering and the University.

However, discussion of lecture material and homework is
encouraged. Students are encouraged to visit the instructor during
the assigned office hours.
Make-up tests will be given only for a documented illness, work
related travel or some other extenuating circumstance whose merits
will be determined by the instructor. Please notify the instructor as
early as possible regarding any foreseeable class absences.
Cell phone use during exams is strictly prohibited, and will
result in a zero grade for that exam

Textbook:

Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, second or third

edition, by Amos Gilat and Vish Subramaniam. ISBN 978-0-47056515-5

EME 3033 Course Outline

Week/
Date
1
14 Jan

2
21 Jan

Outline of Topics
Chapter 1 Introduction to Numerical
Methods and Matlab

Sections
Covered

Homework
Problems

1.1, 1.2, 1.3,

1.4

1.18, 1.24, 1.32

2.1, 2.2, 2.3,

2.4, 2.5, 2.6,
2.7, 2.8

2.9, 2.19, 2.33

3.6, 3.17, 3.30

Chapter 2 Mathematical Background

3
28 Jan

Chapter 3 Solving Nonlinear Equations

3.1, 3.2,
3.3,3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 3.7, 3.8

4
4 Feb

Chapter 3 Solving Nonlinear Equations

3.9, 3.10

5
11 Feb

Exam #1 - covering Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

N/A

N/A

Chapter 4 Solving a System of Linear

Equations

4.1, 4.2, 4.3,

4.4, 4.5

4.3, 4.5, 4.9

Chapter 4 Solving a System of Linear

Equations

4.6, 4.7, 4.8

4.31

6
18 Feb
7
25 Feb

Week/
Date
8
3 Mar

Outline of Topics
Chapter 5 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Reading

Homework
Problems

5.2, 5.6,
5.7

5.2, 5.17

6.2, 6.3,
6.4, 6.5,
6.6, 6.7

6.1, 6.3, 6.33

10
24 Mar Exam #2 - covering Chapters 4, 5, and 6

N/A

N/A

11
31 Mar Project Work

N/A

N/A

12
7 Apr

Chapter 8 Numerical Differentiation

Chapter 9 Numerical Integration

TBA

TBA

13
14 Apr

Chapter 9 Numerical Integration

Chapter 10 Ordinary Differential Equations:
Initial-Value Problems
Project Due

TBA

TBA

Chapter 11 Ordinary Differential Equations:

Boundary-Value Problems

TBA

TBA

Review of the course material

N/A

N/A

9
17 Mar Chapter 6 Curve Fitting and Interpolation

14
21 Apr
15
28 Apr

Final Exam Thursday, 5 May, 3:50-5:40PM. Final Exam is cumulative.