Design Optimization

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: MATH 451 and MATH 217 or equivalent. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems for optimization. Boundedness and monotonicity analysis of models. Differential optimization theory and selected numerical algorithms for continuous nonlinear models. Emphasis on the interaction between proper modeling and computation. Student-proposed design term projects from various disciplines and implementation of course methodology to optimize designs.