Physics 697 Special Topics in Applied Physics: Scientific Computation and Visualization
An introduction to scientific computation and visualization with applications to physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics and engineering suitable for first year graduate students and advanced undergraduates in these and related fields. Students will acquire hands-on experiences by working on several projects from start to finish, from developments of numerical algorithms, code writing and debugging, to data processing and vizualization. Fortran will be the programming language and Matlab the visualization tool. The prerequisites are single variable calculus (with some exposure to differential equations and linear algebra) and introductory physics.
Instructor: Tomas Materdey (tomas.materdey@umb.edu)
Text: Richard Crandall, Projects in Scientific Computation (Optional)
Class Times:
Tuesday and Thursday
Office Hours:
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Course Requirements:
1) Weekly Reading Assignments: handouts + journal Articles (individual)
2) 4 biweekly numerical projects with reports (in teams)
3) One In-Class Mid-Term Exam (individual)
4) Final Numerical Project: 10 page typed Research Paper in scientific journal format. (individual)
Grading: Four biweekly Projects (60%), Midterm (10%), Final Project (30%).
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