ECE 3040
(Professor-In-Charge: Mohamad Hassoun)
Winter 2024
Lecture Section: 24762
Lecture time: Tu & Thu, 11:30-12:45
Lectures are held in Room 1162, Old Main
Study day:
Tuesday, April 23
Holidays (no classes):
Monday, Jan 15
Spring Break: March 11 - 17
Final Exam: Tuesday, April 30
(10:15 am – 12:15 pm)
Developing numerical algorithms to provide solutions to engineering problems. Derivation of numerical algorithms and investigation of their stability, accuracy, efficiency and scalability. Programming numerical algorithms in Matlab. Topics include: Machine Round-off error, truncation error, root finding, solution of systems of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations, Taylor and Chebyshev series and rational function approximation, interpolation, regression, numerical differentiation, numerical integration, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, and Monte Carlo methods. (T)
Prerequisites and co-requisites are checked automatically at the time of registration. However, it is ultimately a student's responsibility to make certain that they have the prerequisites and co-requisites for a course. Students must remain registered for a co-requisite course throughout the semester. Advisors will check course prerequisites and co-requisites during the 5th and 6th week of the semester. Any student found to be registered for a course without meeting these requirements, and without an official waiver on file, will be administratively withdrawn from the course.
Course Learning
Objectives:
Outcome Coverage:
ABET 1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
Students will learn to apply the learned numerical analysis methods, algorithms, and Matlab programs to solve some important engineering problems. The problems include matrix computation, solutions of linear and nonlinear equations, regression, interpolation, differentiation, integration, approximation, differential equations, optimization, etc.
ABET 2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
Homework assignments and design projects require students to analyze functions and equations, develop models for data fitting, regression, and optimization, design algorithms to solve problems to satisfy specifications.
ABET 6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
Students will apply numerical methods to create models from data, analyze and evaluate errors, perform Matlab programing to solve engineering problems numerically.
ABET 7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Instructor Information:
Name: Mohamad H. Hassoun, Professor
Office: 3127 Engineering. Building
Office Phone: (313) 577-3966
Email: hassoun@eng.wayne.edu
WWW: http://neuron.eng.wayne.edu/
Office Hours (Room 3127 Engineering):
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1:30 – 3:30pm
And by
appointment.
Student Ambassador
(study sessions):
Pre-recorded video sessions will be sent out weekly.
Grader: Chaitanya Siddhartha Pinjerla,
hl1651@wayne.edu
Optional textbook: Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd or 3rd edition are good enough, Steven C. Chapra (McGraw Hill, 2012). ISBN 978-0-07-340110-2.
Open access on-line material
Required Software: MATLAB Student Version. You must have this software installed and working on your own laptop before the end of the first week of classes.
Buy (Matlab and Simulink Student
Suite, $99) and download it at http://mathworks.com. (Here
is a
direct link).
Grading:
Homework: 10%
Exams: 60% (3 exams @ 20% each)
Final Project: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Important
note: All assignments and exams
for this course are expected to be completed based on 100% individual effort.
Any sharing of materials, program codes, etc. (relating to exams and
assignments) among students is counted as cheating (refer to the Cheating Policy
at the end of this document). Copying from old solutions is prohibited.
Grading Scale:
Percentage/Grade/(Honor Point Value)
95-100 A
(4.00)
90-94 A- (3.67)
85-89 B+ (3.33)
80-84 B (3.00)
75-79 B- (2.67)
70-74 C+ (2.33)
65-69 C (2.00)
60-64 C- (1.67)
55-59 D+ (1.33)
50-54 D (1.00)
45-49 D- (0.67)
0-44 F (0.00)
Drop & Withdraw Deadlines:
Beginning the fifth week of class students are no longer allowed to drop but must withdraw from classes. It is the student's responsibility to request the withdrawal. Failure to do so will result in a grade of F. The withdrawal period for full-term classes ends at the end of the tenth week of the term. See the Academic Calendar for specific information on when the withdrawal period ends.
Attendance: Attendance
is required for all lectures. A student will lose 1
percent (out of the total final score) for every unexcused absence from a
lecture. Arriving more
than 3 minutes late to a lecture, leaving the lecture for more than 3 minutes
or leaving the lecture early will be counted as absence. The student is
expected to sign the attendance sheet upon arrival to the classroom. The
attendance sheet will be withdrawn after 3 minutes of the start of the lecture.
It is the student responsibility to arrive early and make sure to look for that
attendance sheet and sign it. If a student does not sign the attendance sheet he/she will be counted as absent.
Smart phones and smart are strictly forbidden in Prof. Hassoun’s
classes. Tablets and laptops are not to be used for any social media activity.
Those are counted as distraction. Also counted as a distraction is the work on
assignments or other activities that are not immediately associated with the
lecture for that session. Penalty for the violation of
those rules: for each incidence, one point will be deducted from the student’s
final average.
A grade of I will be available only if the student needs to complete at most the final exam.
The
final exam is scheduled according to the published university final exam
schedule.
Makeup Exams: Makeup
exams are available only for students with documented emergencies.
Very Important: Your Professor is known to be very strict when it comes to attendance and deadlines. He expects you to conduct yourself as a professional. Here are few examples:
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He does not
accept assignments submitted on the due date after he starts the lecture.
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If he sets a
submission date for an assignment (say bonus problem) to be received by email
before 5:00 pm on a certain day and you submit at 5:01pm then he would not
accept your submission.
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When taking a
test if he announces the end of the test and that you need to turn in your
work, but you continue to write then he will not accept your work and you will
receive a zero.
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In case of an
emergency, you must email him about your absence before class and you must
bring with you a legitimate documentation for your absence (e.g,
doctor’s note, court note, etc.)
Assignments:
Assignments are
to be submitted via Canvas before the deadline. Late submissions are not
accepted.
Note 1: All assignments must be completed based on individual effort. Any sharing (giving
and/or receiving) of solutions, no matter how small, is considered cheating,
and will lead to a zero grade for the assignment the second offence will lead
to failing the course.
Note 2: All Matlab generated solutions, scripts, functions and plots must be included for each assignment. Your homework product must be properly edited to include the problem statement followed by your solution (analytic and/or Matlab-based) for each problem. Raw Matlab output is not acceptable. The solutions are preferred to be typed. Here is a sample of how your assignment should be formatted: Example of homework solution format.
Note 3: Students are
expected to complete the homework assignments using their own PC running the Student version of Matlab.
Note 4: All numerical
calculations must be performed using Matlab. Copy and paste the calculations in
your solution. See the sample homework solution link (above). Screen capture of Matlab graphs and results
for inclusion in your assignments can be generated using the following free
software: Free screen capture program
(Jing).
Students with Disability: If you have a documented disability that requires accommodations, you will need to register with Student Disability Services for coordination of your academic accommodations. The Student Disability Services (SDS) office is located at 1600 David Adamany Undergraduate Library in the Student Academic Success Services department. SDS telephone number is 313-577-1851 or 313-577-3365 (TDD only). Once you have your accommodations in place, I will be glad to meet with you privately during my office hours to discuss your special needs. Student Disability Services’ mission is to assist the university in creating an accessible community where students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to fully participate in their educational experience at Wayne State University. You can learn more about the disability office at: www.studentdisability.wayne.edu
Cheating and Penalty for
Cheating: Cheating is defined by the University as “intentionally using or
attempting to use, or intentionally providing or attempting to provide,
unauthorized materials, information, or assistance in any academic exercise.”
This includes any group efforts on assignments or exams unless specifically
approved by the professor for that assignment or exam. Evidence of fabrication
or plagiarism, as defined by the University in its brochure “Academic
Integrity,” will also result in downgrading for the course. Students
who cheat on any assignment or during any examination will be assigned a
failing grade for the course.
Prof. Hassoun’s policy on cheating:
All work submitted for grading must be 100% individual effort (unless otherwise told beforehand by your professor).
The solutions to assignments (bonus problems and mini projects) might already be out there. Advice: Do not look at them, period!
All
work you submit for grading (assignments, lab reports, exams, projects and bonus problems) must be 100% your own effort.
You understand that once you submit your work for grading then you are
automatically certifying that the work is 100% yours. Upon grading your work, if cheating is detected (no matter how small) on an Exam then
you will FAIL the course. On all other graded work, the first cheating
incidence (no matter how small) by a student will earn that student a zero for
that piece of work, and the second offence is an
automatic failure of the course.
And yes, your professor monitors website such as Chegg.com Freelancer.com and others. Advice: Do not use such sites to cheat.