School of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Fairleigh Dickinson University

 

I.          Course: ENGR 1204 Programming Languages in Engineering

Semester: Spring                                Year: 2002                  Credits: 3

 

Class Hours:  Tues. 10-11:15 am (M-205)

Wed. 11-11:50 am (M-205)

Thur. 10-11:15 am (UH-23, Computer Lab)

 

II.        Instructor:  Prof. Howard Silver          Office:   M-114

            Office Hours:  Mon., Tues., Wed.  4-5 pm & other times by appointment

            Phone:  (201) 692-2830                      Fax:  (201) 692-2130  Email:  silver@fdu.edu

 

III.       Text: 1. Etter & Ingber; AEng=ring Problem Solving with C A(2nd Ed.); Prentice Hall;2000.

          2. Palm; AIntroduction to MATLAB 6 for Engineers@; McGraw Hill; 2001.

 

IV.       Course Description: C  language and MATLAB applied to engineering problem solving.

 

V.                 Prerequisites: None

 

VI.       Course Objectives and Expected Learning Outcomes:

Objective 1:    Become familiar with C language and MATLAB.

 

Outcome 1.1:   Understand interaction of computer hardware and software.

 

 Outcome 1.2:  Learn the language structure and syntax to enable writing of error free programs.

 

Outcome 1.3:   Become aware of importance of structured programming and analysisand documentation tools (flowcharts and pseudocode).

 

Objective 2:    Be able to create computer programs to solve engineering problems.

 

Outcome 2.1: Understand numerical methods to enable solving for roots of a nonlinear equation, approximating area under a curve and solving                             linear simultaneous equations.

 

Outcome 2.2: Become familiar with random number generators and their use in simulation.

 

Outcome 2.3: Be able to use built-in C library functions and MATLAB Toolbox

           functions, and to write user functions appropriate to applications.

 

 

VII.       Usage/Skills:            Computer - writing and debugging of programs

 

Writing - submitting computer projects with appropriate comments and conclusions

 

VIII.      Grading Policy:

 (Type of Evaluation/Assessment Tools)                  (Number)        (Percentage)

 

Exams                                                                          2                      50 %

Final Exam                                                                   1                      25 %

Computer Projects                                                       8                      25 %

 

IX.     Course Lecture Weekly Schedule:

 

(Week)            (Topic)                                                            (Chapter/Section)

 

1, 2                  Computer Hardware and Software                  Etter: Sec. 1.1 to 1.4, 2.1 to 2.4,

Introduction to C-language                                           2.7, 2.10, 3.6     

programming, Data Files                                                                                                                      

3, 4, 5              Structured Programming:                                   Etter: Sec. 3.1 to 3.4, 3.8

Program Control Flow -                                     

Sequence, Selection, Repetition

QUIZ 1                                                                       

 

6, 7, 8              Modular Programming                                      Etter: Sec. 4.1 to 4.5, 4.7, 4.9 

Applications - Root Finding,                   

Numerical Integration

Random Numbers and Simulation

 

9, 10                Arrays and Matrices                                         Etter: Sec. 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.8, 5.10

Applications - Statistical                                    Palm: Sec. 6.2, 6.3

Measurements, Solution to

Simultaneous Equations

QUIZ 2

 

11, 12              Introduction to MATLAB:                                Palm: Sec. 1.1 to 1.5, 1.7, 2.1 to 2.4,

Scalars and arrays, script and                            3.3 to 3.5

function files, plotting                               

 

13, 14              Matrix Operations and Functions                      Palm: Sec. 4.1 to 4.4, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6,

Program Control Flow                                      7.1 to 7.3

Engineering Applications                                                                                  

 

15                    FINAL EXAM           


 

 

X.        Laboratory Experimentation Weekly Schedule:

 

Week              Experiment (Computer Project)

 

C language:

1                      Prelim. Lab 1 - Program creation and compilation, formatted output

 

2                      Prelim. Lab 2 - Program debugging, input and output, file writing

 

3                      Lab 1 - Program to calculate time to drain water from a cylindrical tank

 

4, 5                  Lab 2 - Repeat of water tank problem using repetition structure (looping)

 

6                      Lab 3 - Program to approximate  area under a curve using rectangle midpoint method

 

7, 8                  Lab 4 - Program to approximate area, volume and weight of a parabolic archway, using trapezoidal method

 

9                      Lab 5 - Program to generate and sort a simulated batch of electrical resistors with a normal distribution

 

10        MATLAB:

Prelim. Lab  - Introduction to MATLAB command mode, elementary operations and data plotting

 

11                    Lab 6 - Approximation of parabolic archway area by simulation (using scalars)

 

12                    Lab 7 - Parabolic archway simulation using vectors to generate a plot

 

13                    Lab 8 - Generation of fractals using recursive relationships 

 

14                    Review Lab

 

 

XI. Instructions and Formats for Computer Project Reports:

 

Requirements generally include the following:

1. Comment lines at top of all programs, with course number and name, student name and date, lab number and statement of purpose of program.

2. Print out of source code and relevant program output

3. Appropriate hand calculations to validate computer output

4. Flowchart or pseudocode along with comments in the program

5. Graphs, if required,  with axes scaled and labeled and title provided

6. Conclusions