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The following corrections apply to the 2009/10 catalog for the Daytona Beach campus
of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with an effective date of July 1, 2009.
MA 350 MA 488
Partial Differential Equations (3,0) Numerical Methods in Fluids (3,0)
3 Credits 3 Credits
Physical models leading to partial differential equa- This course explores the theory and applications of
tions. Fourier series and Fourier transforms. Solution numerical methods in fluid mechanics. The topics
of linear partial differential equations, including solu- covered will include numerical methods for incom-
tions of the wave, heat and Laplace’s equation. pressible flows; primative variable and vorticity-
Prerequisite: MA 345. stream function on formulation; numerical treatment
for inviscid and viscous flows, including restricted
MA 444 to incompressible flow. Emphasis will be placed on
numerical methods based on finite difference, finite
Scientific Visualization (3,0) volume, or finite element formulations.
3 Credits
Prerequisite: MA 350 and WX 201.
Scientific visualization is the representation of data
graphically as a means of gaining understanding Corequisite: ES 312.
and insight into the data. This course will introduce
different aspects of scientific visualization: computer MA 490
graphics and related mathematics concepts, applica- Capstone Project (1,6)
tion packages for interactive display and analysis of 3 Credits
data. This course is focused on the development of a func-
Prerequisites: CS 315 and CS 344. tioning software product as it applies to a computa-
tional problem in the area of aviation and aerospace.
MA 453 Also, material on business practices, professional
High Performance Scientific Computing (3,0) practices, and ethics is included. Students, working
in teams, are involved in management and planning,
3 Credits
analysis and specification, design, implementation,
This course is an introduction to parallel comput-
and testing of a software system. Project work is
ing in computational mathematics and sciences
assessed using modern industrial software standards
with practical applications. We start with an over-
and review techniques. Laboratory work includes
view of parallel computing and study the problem
team building, project reports, walk-throughs and
of program efficiency on parallel computers. Then
inspections, design activities, process analysis, and
we introduce two major programming paradigms:
acceptance tests.
shared memory and message passing. The last third
of the course will focus on applications of parallel Prerequisites: SE 300, MA 444 or MA 453.
computing in the sciences (Engineering, Physics,
Mathematics, etc.).
Prerequisites: CS 375 and MA 432.
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Revisions are in red.