Junior standing required. Arora, J.S., Introduction to Optimum Design, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1989. Belegundu, A.D. and Chandrupatla, T.R., Optimization Concepts and Applications in Engineering , Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1999. Overhead projector 3. Interactive computer graphics hardware and software 4.
Students develop an understanding of the engineering design process.
Proper formulation of the design problem as an optimization problem is emphasized. Geometrical concepts related to optimization theory are presented. Theory of unconstrained and constrained optimization is presented without detailed proofs. Applications of the theory are emphasized. Simplex method of linear programming is presented and applied to problems.