24-780: Engineering Computation -- Carnegie Mellon University

Lectures -- Monday & Wednesday 11:30 am - 13:20 pm (Porter Hall 7F)
Computer Cluster Hours -- Thursday 6pm - 8pm (HH-C101) & Saturday 6pm - 8pm (HH-C101)

Scope of Course

This course covers the practical programming and computational skills necessary for engineers. These include: (1) programming in MATLAB, and (2) programming in C++. In addition to covering fundamentals of the engineering software packages and programming languages, the course offers intensive hands-on computational assignments for practice of common applications. 4 hrs. lec Prerequisites: None

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, students should be able to:

C++ Programming

- Create a project in Microsoft Visual C++ Express,

- Write, debug and compile a basic code in C++, and

- Visualize results with OpenGL

MATLAB Programming

- Write and debug a basic code in MATLAB,

- Use MATLAB toolboxes, and

- Visualize results in MATLAB

Engineering Computation

- Select and/or design an algorithm, data structure, and

programming language for engineering applications,
- Design and develop software in a team, and

- Understand the new trends in computation

Teaching Staff

Professor Kenji Shimada (Instructor) Office: Room 314, Scaife Hall, Phone: 412.268.3614 Email: shimada @ cmu.edu Office Hours: by email appointment
Dr. Soji Yamakawa (Co-Instructor) Office: Room B127, Hamerschlag Hall, Phone: 412.268.8880 Email: soji @ andrew.cmu.edu Office Hours: by email appointment
Iacopo Gentilini (Graduate Teaching Assistant) Office: Room B127, Hamerschlag Hall, Phone: 412.268.8880 Email: gentilini @ cmu.edu Computer Cluster Hours: Fri 3-5pm, Mon 4-6pm, or by email appointment
Ved Vyas (EC Wiki Administrator) Office: Room B127, Hamerschlag Hall, Phone: 412.268.8880 Email: ved @ cmu.edu Office Hours: by email appointment

Email Lists

To send a message to all the teaching staff (use this when you ask a technical question):
+dist+~shimada/dlists/ta-ec09@andrew.cmu.edu
To send a message to all the students (this is mainly for teaching staff use only)
+dist+~shimada/dlists/ec09@andrew.cmu.edu