COURSE OUTLINE - subject to changes :

L-1 Mon 26 Aug 1.1-3 Statistical Reasoning and Distributions
L-2 Wed 28 Aug 1.4-6 Distributions (cont'd); Taguchi Quality Control
L-3 Fri 30 Aug 2.1,2 The Monte Carlo Method
  Mon  2 Sep   Labor Day holiday - no classes
L-4 Wed  4 Sep  15 Proposals for Project I, Report Writing
L-5 Fri  6 Sep 2.3,4 Averaging simulations
L-6 Mon  9 Sep 3.1,2 z-transforms and linear recursions
L-7 Wed 11 Sep 3.3,4 filters and stability
L-8 Fri 13 Sep 3.5-8 Bode plots, feedback, decibels
L-9 Mon 16 Sep 4.1,2 Sampling, properties of DFT
L-10 Wed 18 Sep 4.3,4 Filter design and FFT
L-11 Fri 20 Sep 4.5 Image processing with FFT
L-12 Mon 23 Sep   Presentations of Project I
L-13 Wed 25 Sep   Presentations of Project I
L-14 Fri 27 Sep   Presentations of Project I
L-15 Mon 30 Sep  5 Linear Programming
L-16 Wed  2 Oct 6.1,2 Regression
L-17 Fri  4 Oct 6.3,4 Applications of Regression
L-18 Mon  7 Oct  7 Cost-Benefit Analysis
L-19 Wed  9 Oct 8.1-3 Microeconomics
L-20 Fri 11 Oct 8.4-6 Macroeconomics
L-21 Mon 14 Oct   Midterm exam on Chapters 1 to 8
L-22 Wed 16 Oct 9.1,2 ODEs in mechanics
L-23 Fri 18 Oct 9.3 Linear ODEs with constant coefficients
L-24 Mon 21 Oct 9.4 Systems and applications
L-25 Wed 23 Oct 10.1-3 Frequency domains, signals and plants
L-26 Fri 25 Oct 10.4-6 Surge impedance, stability and filters
L-27 Mon 28 Oct   Presentations of Project II
L-28 Wed 30 Oct   Presentations of Project II
L-29 Fri  1 Nov   Presentations of Project II
L-30 Mon  4 Nov 10.6,7 Filters, feedback and root locus
L-31 Wed  6 Nov 10.8,9 Nyquist analysis and control
L-32 Fri  8 Nov 11.1,2 Lumped versus distributed PDEs
L-33 Mon 11 Nov 11.3 Separation of variables: the method
L-34 Wed 13 Nov 11.3 Separation of variables: solving problems
L-35 Fri 15 Nov 11.4,5 Unbounded spatial domains; periodic state space
L-36 Mon 18 Nov 11.6 Other distributed models
L-37 Wed 20 Nov  12 Divided Differences
L-38 Fri 22 Nov 13.1-3 Galerkin's method
L-39 Mon 25 Nov 13.4-6 Transient problems; finite elements
L-40 Wed 27 Nov  14 Splines
  Fri 29 Nov   Thanksgiving holiday - no classes
L-41 Mon  2 Dec   Presentations of Project III
L-42 Wed  4 Dec   Presentations of Project III
L-43 Fri  6 Dec   Presentations of Project III
  Mon  9 Dec   Reading Day for final exams
Thursday 12 December, 8:00-10:00PM : Final exam -- room to be announced.