EAS 112 - Methods of Engineering Analysis

Prerequisite: a laboratory science course. Corequisite: M 117. Students will be introduced to typical problems encountered in various branches of engineering using a case-study approach. They will gain experience using computer tools to solve these problems numerically. Skill will be developed in a spreadsheet environment, and the fundamentals of programming will be presented. Applicators involve use of descriptive statistics, regression, interpolation, logical and numerical functions, sets of algebraic, differential, and finite difference equations, integration. Students are introduced to data types, assignment and conditional statements, program flow control, passing parameters, returning values with functions, arrays. 3 credits