Week-By-Week Syllabus  
 

S refers to the textbook "Engineering Computation with MATLAB" by David Smith.
FVL refers to the online supplement "Foundations of Computational Science and Engineering," accessed through CMS.

The syllabus evolves, i.e., is filled in and modified as we move along. It is accurate only through the current week.

Week

Lecture

Notes

0
 
Aug 23   Introduction
Section:  
Reading:   Browse: Intuition, S 1.1-1.4
Event:

1
Aug 28  Programming basics
Aug 30  Conditionals
Section:  lab1.pdf
Reading: FVL Table of Contents (updated 10/5), FVL 1.1-1.2, and S 2, 4.3 
Event:

2
Sep 4  Iteration
Sep 6  Iteration
Section:   lab2.pdf
Reading: FVL 2.1-2.2 and S 4.5-4.7 
Event: Project 1 due on Sept 6 at 6pm

3
 Sep 11  Iteration
 Sep 13  Iteration
Section: 
Reading: FVL 3.2, and S 3.1 -3.2, 5.1-5.2, 11.1  
Event:

4
Sep  18 Arrays, Plotting
Sep  20 Functions and Arrays
Section:  
Reading: FVL 3.1, 4.1-4.3 and S 5.3
Event:  Project 2 due on Monday Sept 17 @ 6pm; Prelim I on Sept 20

5
Sep 25  Graphics procedures
Sep 27  Probabilities and Averages 
Section: 
Reading:   S3.3, S11.1-11.2 
Event:  

6
Oct 2  Simulation
Oct 4  Search and Discovery 
Section:  
Reading: FVL 5.1-5.4   
Event:  Project 3 due on Oct. 4 @ 6pm

7
Oct 9     Fall Break
Oct 11  Structures and cell arrays
Section:  
Reading: S7.1-7.2  
Event: 
8
Oct 16   Structures and cell arrays
Oct 18   2D Arrays
Section: 
Reading:   S 7.3-7.4, 3.5
Event: Prelim II on Oct 16, 7:30 pm
9
Oct 23   Contour Plotting 
Oct 25   Simulation on a Grid
Section: 
Reading:  S 11.2-11.4  
Event: Project 4 due on Oct 29@ 6pm
10
Oct 30  Working with Numerical data
Nov 1   Working with Images
Section: 
Reading: S 6-6.3, 8.1 - 8.2  
Event:
11
Nov 6   Working with Images
Nov 8   Working with Acoustic Data
Section: 
Reading: S 13.1-13.4   
Event: Project 5 due on Nov 9 @ 3pm
12
Nov 13   Working with Acoustic Data
Nov 15   Divide and Conquer
Section: 
Reading:  S 14.1-14.6  
Event: Prelim III on Nov 13, 7:30 pm
13
Nov 20   Writing Efficient Code
Nov 22   Thanksgiving Break
Section: 
Reading:   S 9.1-9.5
Event:
 14
Nov 27   Model Building and Simulation
Nov 29  The Design Process
Section: 
Reading:   
Event: Project 6 due on Nov 29 @ 6pm