ENGR 351 Numerical Methods

Instructor

Lizette R. Chevalier, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Telephone: 618.536.2368
Email: cheval@engr.siu.edu

Lecture: MWF 11-11:50 Rm. A111

Office hours: MWF 10-11 or by appointment

Text: Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5th Edition, Chapra and Canale, McGraw-Hill.

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes used in class are available bound from 710 Bookstore.

Graduate Assistant

Mr. Zach Bulva  Email: ENGR351@engr.siu.edu

Office hours T-Th 1-2 D-110a Structures Research Lab

Course Description

Overview of numerical procedures such as root finding, curve fitting, integration, differentiation, solutions of simultaneous equations, solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations, optimization and uncertainty modeling.  Emphasis will be on applications of these techniques to problems in engineering mechanics, civil engineering, environmental engineering and mechanical engineering.

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment or completion of  Math 305 (Ordinary Differential Equations) or equivalent.

Grading

Use of Computers

All homework assignments, computer assignments and additional course information will be regularly posted on my website for this course as opposed to in-class hardcopy distribution.

Some assignments will require that you submit a your assignments electronically.   All files must be named appropriately (i.e. yourname-hwk1.xls where your name is your first initial and last name).

Requirements & Class Policies:

The due dates for homework are posted. All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period.  Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day.

Homework assignments will generally be a combination of computer and hand calculations, with specific instructions given at the time of the assignment.  When submitting hardcopies of your assignments, you must have a cover sheet with your name, the course number and the date, with subsequent pages appropriately labeled.  All hand calculation must be written on engineering paper. 

There are quizzes scheduled on many of the Friday's during the term (see schedule).  The lowest quiz score will be dropped. No make-up quizzes.

Four one-hour exams will be given during the term.  Exams are open book, but are not open notes.  Exams will typically consist of 5-7 problems. 

Final answers on homework and exams must be given proper units and rounded to the appropriate number of significant figures. Box or underscore final answers.

I am absolutely open to email questions (cheval@engr.siu.edu).  In the subject line,  I recommend using ENGR 351 Numerical Methods to assure that your message is flagged as a student message.

Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is the foundation of higher learning for students and teachers.  The University policy concerning academic dishonesty will be strictly adhered to.  Acts of Academic Dishonesty under the SIUC Student Conduct Code are:

• Plagiarism : Representing the work of another as one’s own work
• Preparing work for another that is to be used as that person’s own work
• Cheating by any method or means
• Knowingly and willfully falsifying or manufacturing scientific or educational data and representing the same to be the result of scientific or scholarly research
• Knowingly furnishing false information to a University official relative to academic matters
• Soliciting, aiding, abetting, concealing, or attempting conduct in violation of this Code

Any violation of the policy can result in immediate failure of this course or other sanctions, as outlined in the Student Conduct Code.