BAE
200: COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Instructor:
Dr. Mike Burchell
Fall 2009: Tentative
Lecture and
Lab Schedule
|
Week
|
Lecture | Lab |
| 1 |
None |
8/20/09 - Class
introduction, Syllabus,
Computer
resources (logging in, email, course web resources) Lab 1 Class Intro Computing Resources |
| 2 | 8/25/09-Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving - Approaches and Tools (Engineering Computations - Chapter 1) Week 2 Class Lecture |
8/27/09 - Introduction to problem solving, importance of units, significant figures review, and engineering communication (Engineering Computations - Chapter 1) BAE focus areas - Water Resources and Bioprocessing Week 2 Lab Lecture Week 2 Lab Worksheet Week 2 Lab Hwk |
| 3 | 9/01/09 - Introduction
to MATLAB Environment (Engineering Computations - Chapter 1 sections 1.3.2-1.3.3 Chapter 3 sections 3.1-3.3) Week 3 Class Lecture |
9/03/09 -MATLAB Lab Exercises - Solving Simple Engineering Problems (Engineering Computations - Chapter 3) Week 3 Lecture and Activities Week 3 Lab Hwk |
| 4 | 9/08/09 -MATLAB User defined functions, relational and logical operators, if, else, and elseif statements (Engineering Computations - Chapter 3 and 4) Week 4 Class Lecture |
9/10/09 -MATLAB Lab Exercises - User defined functions, relational and logical operators, if, else, and elseif statements (Engineering Computations - Chapter 3, 4, and 5) Week 4 Lab Lecture and Activities Week 4 Lab Hwk F_C Program and Function BAE focus area - Stormwater Engineering |
| 5 | 9/15/09 -MATLAB - Programming - Looping (for and while loops) (Engineering Computations - Chapter 4) Week 5 Class Lecture |
9/17/09 -MATLAB Lab Exercises - Programming using Loops (reference Plotting) (Engineering Computations - Chapter 4 and 5) Week 5 Lab Homework Hints Week 5 Lab Hwk BAE focus area - Bioprocessing |
| 6 | 9/22/09 -MATLAB Matrices and solving simultaneous equations (Engineering Computations - Chapter 7 and 8) Week 6 Class Lecture |
9/24/09 -MATLAB Lab Exercises - Matrix computations, solving simultaneous equations, and interpolation (reference Functions and Plotting) (Engineering Computations - Chapter 7 and 8) Week 6 Lab Excercises Week 6 Lab Hwk |
| 7 |
9/29/09 -MATLAB Week 7 Example Program - Combining for loops and conditional statements Test 1 Review |
10/01/09 - Introduction to TK Solver (Tutorial Video) Week 7 Lab Excercises Week 7 Introduction to TK Solver (Reference ONLY) NO LAB HOMEWORK |
| 8 |
10/06/09 TEST 1 - Engineering problem solving and MATLAB |
10/08/09 No Lab - Fall Break |
| 9 | 10/13/09 Dr. Grant Ellington Traction and Tractor Drawbar Power (BAE - 1/4 scale tractor team) Week 9 Class Lecture |
10/15/09 -TKSolver - Iterative Solutions Traction and Tractor Drawbar Power Week 9 Homework |
| 10 | 10/20/09
- Introduction
to Excel 2007 (Engineering Computations - Chapter 2) Week 10 Class Lecture Week 10 Class Activity Sheet Class Excel Spreadsheet (download to your laptop!) |
10/22/09 - Excel 2007
Lab exercises - Using the Ribbon, Formatting, Naming cells,
Manipulating data, Printing and Plotting (Engineering Computations - Chapter 2 and 5) Week 10 Activities Week 10 Homework BAE focus area - Coastal Stormwater Engineering |
| 11 | 10/27/09 - Excel 2007 Functions (Engineering Computations - Chapter 2) Week 11 Class Lecture Week 11 Pre-lab Activities |
10/29/09 - Excel 2007 Lab exercises - Using Excel Functions, Operators and Plotting (Engineering Computations - Chapter 2 and 5) Week 11 Homework BAE focus areas - Stormwater Engineering and Bioprocessing |
| 12 | 11/03/09 - Excel 2007 Statistics Dr. Tom Whitaker Sampling methods and data analysis used in determining Aflatoxin contamination of agricultural commodities Week 12 Guest Lecture Week 12 Activity Spreadsheet |
11/05/09 - Excel 2007 Lab exercises - Statistics Guest lecturer - Mr. Andy Slate Week 12 Homework Excel Sampling Spreadsheet Helpful Plotting Hints BAE focus area - Food Safety and Biohazard Control |
| 13 | 11/10/09 - Excel 2007 Dr. Linguan Wang Air Quality Concerns of Particulate Matter Week 13 Guest Lecture |
11/12/09 - Excel 2007 Lab exercises - Log-normal distributions used in determining air quality particle size distributions Week 13 Homework Week 13 Lab Template BAE focus area - Air Quality Test 2 Review |
| 14 | 11/17/09
- TEST 2 - TK Solver and Excel 2007 |
11/19/09 - Excel 2007 Lab exercises - Tables, Pivot Tables, and Pivot Charts Week 14 Activities Week 14 Activity Excel Data Week 14 Homework Week 14 Homework Excel Data |
| 15 |
11/24/09 Excel 2007 Utilizing Solver (Engineering Computations - Chapter 8) Week 15 Lecture Week 15 Homework Week 15 Excel Template |
11/26/09 - No Lab
Thanksgiving |
| 16 |
12/01/09 Week 16 Guest Lecture Demo Excel Workbook Dr. Rod Huffman Recorded Macros and Programming with VBA |
12/03/09 Lab Practical - Programming with MATLAB, TK Solver and Excel 2007 |
| 17 |
12/08/09 Course Wrap-up and Lab
Practical discussion |
No Lab
- Final Exams |
| Final Exam | 12/15/09 8:00-11:00 - FINAL EXAM (3 hours) |