Cheg 258 - Computer Methods for Chemical Engineers

Syllabus

Press here to see the course syllabus. The class list is also available.

Office Hours

Instructor

D. T. Leighton.
Office hours are 4:00 - 5:00 pm MWThF, Room 179 Fitzpatrick Hall.
email: dtl@darwin.cc.nd.edu

Teaching Assistants

Sunil Kumar Thamida.
Office hours are Friday 1:00-3:00 pm, Room 122 Fitzpatrick Hall.
email: sthamida@darwin.helios.nd.edu
Ben Wilhite.
Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm, Lab A56 Fitzpatrick Hall.
email: bwilhite@darwin.helios.nd.edu

Teaching Assistant / CHEG 258 Web Administrator

Debashis Dutta.
Office hours are Wednesday and Friday 3:00-4:30 pm, Room 122 Fitzpatrick Hall.
email: ddutta@darwin.helios.nd.edu

On-Line Help

Last Year's Notes (1998)

Last Year's Notes .

Class Notes

Jan. 13, 1999 - Introduction

Jan. 15, 1999 - What are Numerical Methods?

Jan. 18, 1999 - Numerical Errors

Jan. 18, 1999 - Matlab Tutorial

Jan. 20, 1999 - Overflow, Underflow, and Ill-Conditioned Problems

Jan. 22, 1999 - Systems of Equations

Jan. 25, 1999 - PLU Factorization

Jan. 27, 1999 - Condition Numbers, Norms, and Errors

Jan. 29, 1999 - Linear Regression

Feb. 01, 1999 - The Normal Equations

Feb. 03, 1999 - QR Factorization

Feb. 05, 1999 - Degenerate Matrices

Feb. 08, 1999 - Singular Value Decomposition

Feb. 10, 1999 - Elementary Statistics and Probability

Feb. 12, 1999 - Error Propagation

Feb. 15, 1999 - Error Propagation in Complex Functions

Feb. 17, 1999 - The Covariance Matrix

Feb. 19, 1999 - Error Propagation in Linear Regression

Feb. 22, 1999 - Regression Error and Analysis

Feb. 24, 1999 - First Hour Exam

Feb. 26, 1999 - Undersampling and the Bootstrap

Mar. 01, 1999 - Root Finding in Non-Linear Equations

Mar. 03, 1999 - Newton's and Secant Methods

Mar. 05, 1999 - Systems of Non-Linear Equations

Mar. 08, 1999 - Mid-Semester Break

Mar. 10, 1999 - Mid-Semester Break

Mar. 12, 1999 - Mid-Semester Break

Mar. 15, 1999 - One-Dimensional Optimization

Mar. 17, 1999 - Multi-Dimensional Optimization

Mar. 19, 1999 - Constrained Optimization

Mar. 22, 1999 - Numerical Quadrature

Mar. 24, 1999 - Gaussian Quadrature

Mar. 26, 1999 - Romberg Iteration

Mar. 29, 1999 - Quadrature Error Estimation

Mar. 31, 1999 - Adaptive Quadrature

Apr. 02, 1999 - Good Friday - Easter Holiday

Apr. 05, 1999 - Easter Monday - Easter Holiday

Apr. 07, 1998 - Multidimensional Quadrature and Mapping

Apr. 09, 1999 - Monte Carlo Integration

Apr. 12, 1999 - Ordinary Differential Equations

Apr. 14, 1999 - Second Hour Exam

Apr. 16, 1999 - Numerical Stability

Apr. 19, 1999 - Implicit Integration Methods

Apr. 21, 1999 - Higher Order Integration Methods

Apr. 23, 1999 - Adaptive Step Size Algorithms and the Shooting Method

Apr. 26, 1999 - Matrix Methods for Linear ODE's

Apr. 28, 1999 - Sturm-Liouville Boundary Value Problems

Homework Assignments

These are links to the homeworks organized by due date. Click on a highlighted date to access the homework due that day.

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Example Problem Index

   Cheg 258 Example Index

 
Examinations


 Hour Exam 1 Wednesday Feb 24, 1999  11:45-12:45 PM 


 Hour Exam 2 Wednesday April 14, 1999  11:45-12:45 PM


 Hour Exam 3 Thursday May 6, 1999 8:00-10:00 AM


 Past Exams



 Final Project 


  Final Project (1999)



 Past Final Projects  

 
  Final Project (1998) 

 
  Final Project (1996) 

 
  Final Project (1994) 
 


Grade Reporter 

To find out your grade, send mail to Debashis Dutta. 


(email: ddutta@darwin.helios.nd.edu) 


  Sample Grade Report



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