Mathematical modelling courses for engineering education
By: edited by Yaṣar Ersoy, Alfredo O. Moscardini
Contributors: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division; NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Design of Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education (1993 : İzmir, Turkey)
Series: NATO ASI series. Series F, "Computer and systems sciences" -- vol. 132; NATO ASI series -- no. 132.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9783662029770; 9783642081941
Subjects: Informatique; Mathematical models; Congrès; Congresses; Mathématiques; Étude et enseignement (supérieur); Engineering mathematics; Modèles mathématiques
Description: There is a gap between the mathematics taught to engineering students and the mathematics that engineers use in practice. The mathematics presented to undergraduates is often already in modelled form, there is always enough data, the solution is known, there is a preferred technique, and the students are expected to work by themselves. In practice the engineer will work on an ill-formulated problem and be expected to produce the model, will never have enough data, will never be perfectly sure if the solution is correct, and will be part of a team. Written by internationally renowned engineering scientists and researchers, this volume in the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology addresses this gap by discussing the design of modelling courses. Fluid flow and heat transfer serve as examples.
Notes: "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Design of Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education, held in Izmir, Tukey, July 12-16, 1993"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role and practice of mathematical modelling in industry today / Mark Cross; title: The teaching of mathematical modelling / Alfredo O. Moscardini; title: Using Maple in a mathematical modelling course / Doug A.S. Curran and Walter Middleton; title: Design of mathematical modelling courses for fluid flow in engineering education / Cahit Ciray; title: Integrating new information technologies into engineering mathematics curricula / Yasar Ersoy and Alfredo O. Moscardini; title: Examples of Matlab in engineering education / Seppo Pohjolainen, Jari Multisilta and Kostadin Antchev; title: Issues involved in teaching calculus with computer algebra systems / Fred Simons; title: A global approach to finite element method / Maria M. Cecchi and Enrico Secco; title: Finite element method by using Mathematica / Mikhail D. Mikhailov; title: Ingmath: software for engineering mathematics / Helmut Bausch; title: Power series solutions of ODEs / Harley Flanders.