Topics in Systems Modelling

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering, 2nd Ed., S. H. Strogatz, Westview Books, 2014.

Introduction to Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics: A Case Study in Mechanical Vibra- tion, L. Virgin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.

Theory and design for mechanical measurements, Figliola RS and Beasley DE, John Wiley & Sons, 2019.

Practical Numerical Algorithms for Chaotic Systems , T. S. Parker and L. Chua, Springer- Verlag, New York, NY, 1989.

• Lectures notes, class recordings, and other study materials will be posted to Waterloo LEARN.

V. Braitenberg (1986), Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology, MIT Press.

F. Varela, E. Thompson, E. Rosch (1991/2017), The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, 1st or 2nd edition, MIT Press.

Ronald C. Arkin (1998) Behavior-based Robotics, MIT Press.

Maja Mataric (2007) The Robotics Primer, MIT Press.

Robin R. Murphy (2019) Introduction to AI Robotics, 2nd edition, MIT Press.

Rolf Pfeifer, Josh Bongard (2007) How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence. MIT Press.

Rolf Pfeifer, Josh Bongard, Don Berry (2011) Designing Intelligence: Why Brain’s Aren’t Enough, Starmind.

Angelo Cangelosi, Matthew Schlesinger (2015) Developmental Robotics- From Babies to Robots, MIT Press.

Jakob von Uexküll (2010 [1934]), A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, translated by J.D. O’Neil, University of Minnesota Press. [or any other edition].

Readings (articles, journal papers, book chapters) to be made available to students, assigned weekly. These should be read before the next class meeting. Also,

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations: Finite Difference Meth- ods

Introduction to Approximate Solution Techniques, Numerical Modeling, and Finite Element Methods

Finite Element Analysis

Variational Methods in Mechanics

Concepts and applications of finite element analysis

Pierce, A. D. (2019). Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications. Springer International Publishing AG.

Beranek, L. L., & Mellow, T. J. (2019). Acoustics: Sound fields, transducers and vibration (Second edition.). Academic Press.

Howard, C., & Cazzolato, B. (2015). Acoustic Analyses Using Matlab and Ansys. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/b17825

ch 24 Rossing handbook) 9 2021-03-11 Y Cavities, waveguides and pipes 9-1, 9-2 and 9-5 | 10-1 to 10.4

10 2021-03-18 Y Helmholtz resonator, acoustic impedance and lumped parameter models, reflection and transmission in pipes 10-7 to 10-10 and B&X Sections 2-6 to 2.7 and

Human-Robot Interaction: An Introduction

Additional readings provided to students.

Fundamentals of Biomechanics

Fundamentals of Biome- chanics: Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation

Biomechanics: Principles and Prac- tices

Fundamentals of Biomechanics

Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement

Occupational Biomechanics

Dynamics of Human Gait

• The lecture notes posted to the course 's Learn page.

• A detailed list of the sections and chapters of those books covered in the lecture notes appears in the class schedule.

Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems

Articles, journal papers and book chapters assigned weekly.