COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR MET

A one-credit, two-contact hours "Computational Methods" course was developed for mechanical engineering technology sophomore student at Rochester Institute of Technology.The purpose of this course provides a fundamental introduction to computing methods, modeling and simulation for producing the quantitative information in their design and analysis.The major topics include solution of equations, numerical differentiation and integration, modeling, simulation, and some applications in engineering technology fields.MathCAD equation Solver, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet will be the major software for this course.Simulink and ALGOR finite element analysis with Solid Works CAD input, and Working Model 2D were also introduced and integrated in the learning process.Some cases will be presented and some issues will be discussed.