Basic Math for Engineers and Scientists

Basic Math for Engineers and Scientists

Presented by

Auburn University Engineering Continuing Education

and

The Corporate Advantage, Inc.

Has it been a while since you've taken calculus, linear algebra, and other math courses? This course offers an application-focused reexamination of those math concepts that are most important to engineering, physics, computer science, and other technical disciplines. The applications will focus on problems encountered in the analysis of Defense systems such as radar and optical sensors, communication links and networks, sensor fusion, and missile systems. Emphasis will be on building mathematical intuition through working problems and visualizing the results using tools such as MATLAB. The only prerequisites are an undergraduate degree in an engineering or scientific field, and a desire to improve your problem-solving skills.

Topics include:

1) Real and Complex Number Systems

· Rationals and Irrationals (Application: Properties of Euclidean Space)

· Complex Numbers (Application: Signal Notation and Euler's Formula)

2) The Derivative and Integral

· What a Derivative Really Represents (Application: Velocity and Acceleration)

· Differential Equations (Application: Newton 's Laws and Ballistic Motion)

· What an Integral Really Represents (Application: Area and Volume)

3) Vectors and Matrices

· Linear Operations and Matrices (Application: Reflecting and Rotating Vectors)

· Coordinate Transformations (Application: Transforming from Radar Face to Inertial Coordinates)

· Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (Application: Systems of Linear Differential Equations)

4) The Fourier Transform and the Frequency Domain

· Basis Functions and the Fourier Series (Application: Approximating a Pulse)

· The Generalized Fourier Transform (Application: Wavelet Transforms)

· The Fourier Transform (Application: Image Spatial Frequency Content)

· Other Transforms (Application: Laplace Transform and Stability)

5) Probability and Statistics

· Coin Flips and Other Experiments (Application: Monte Carlo Simulations)

· Random Variables and Random Processes (Application: Description of Noise)

· Decision Making Under Uncertainty (Application: Target Detection and Discrimination)

· Estimating Parameters (Application: Target Tracking and Covariance Matrices)

Instructor: Dr. Stephen Gilbert

Course Length: 20 Hours

Dates & Time: Dates are Pending

Course Delivery

Course Length: 20 Hours
Location HSV Jetplex campus / Non local Boeing participants can register and take the course via VTC remote tie in.
All non local participants will be tied in via webex/audio thru our Boeing VTC which will be scheduled upon site registration.
A meeting notice will be sent to all participants to specify Training Room location and Webex connection details.

Reference Material

(provided to course attendees) Course handouts in hardcopy and on CD

If you are attending via distance, course materials will be shipped to be received by the first class day.

Information

Course will be offered through Engineering Continuing Education (ENGCE) at Auburn University. Students who successuflly complete this cours will receive 2.0 CEUs.

Remote sites linked via VTC based on VTC room availabilty at their site

WebEx / audio available for all participants

Classroom Hours: 20 = 2.0 CEUs

Minimum class size: 12

Course Number C090811

Registration telephone# - 1.800.446.0382

Registration fax # - 1.334.844.5715

Regular course price - $1,395 ($1,295 Boeing Cost)

Grade will be pass/fail with 80% attendance required for a passing grade

Boeing students must use the Learning Together Program to pay for this course

Students must flex their time to participate in this course

Course Registration
Step 1: (Boeing employees only) Complete the enrollment process for Boeing's Learning Together Program (LTP). Register via LTP so Boeing will pay for this course. If you were hired after October 12, 2009, you must have one year pre-enrollment advising period before enrolling in the LTP Program.

Step 2: (all participants) Enroll for this course by calling Auburn University at 1.800.446.0382

Step 3: Boeing employees must fax a copy of the Course Notification Voucher to Auburn (Fax: 334.844.5715).

If you register by the Thursday before the class starts on Tuesday, you will receive the materials before the first day of class.

You can register up to noon on the first day of class, and we will email the first day's slides and have materials to you before the second class.

Last Updated: Feb 09, 2011

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