PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES

(PIEAS)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (DEE)

PAM 361: ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

Instructor’s Name: Dr. Muhammad Rehan Year: 2016
Room # SE-109, Ext: 3443,
Office & Email: Semester: Spring
rehan@pieas.edu.pk
Natural
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:35-
Class Schedule Category: Sciences
11:30am (Computations)
Office Tue & Wed,
Class Room I-101-A
Hours: 2-3pm

Program Name BS Electrical Engineering

Course Code PAM 361 (Engineering Computational Methods)

(Credit Hours) (3)

Core/Elective Natural Sciences (Computations)

Pre-requisites PAM 256 (Ordinary Differential Equations)

The purpose of this course is to study fundamentals of numerical and computational methods
Course
having applications in the engineering. Basic numerical methods and algorithms will be
Description
introduces in this course.

Introduction to Numerical Methods and Numerical Analysis; Concept of Error, Accuracy and
Stability; Solution of equation in one variable; Interpolation and Polynomial Approximation,
Systems of Linear Equations, Numerical Differentiation and Integration: Richardson’s
Extrapolation, Romberg’s Integration, Gaussian Quadrature. Numerical Solution of
Differential Equations: Euler’s Method, RK Method, Variable multistep methods, Stability;
Course Approximation Theory: Orthogonal polynomial and Least Squares Approximation; Matlab /
Contents Mathcad basics; Applications of Matlab / Mathcad to solve following problems: Solutions of
equations of one variable, Numerical differentiation, Numerical Integration, Solution of
linear system of equations using direct and iterative techniques, Solution of nonlinear system
of equations.

Course 1. Understanding of the theoretical and practical concepts behind different numerical
Learning methods.
Outcomes 2. Understanding of concepts of errors, error analysis, accuracy and stability
3. Understanding of different numerical algorithms and develop skills for
design/implementation of various numerical algorithms for solution of an equation i
one variable and root finding methods.
4. Learning of numerical approaches for interpolation, differentiation/integration, and
solution of system of linear equations.
5. Study of numerical approaches for solution of differential equations and

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 approximation theory

Course Text:
Text and 1. R. L. Burden, J. D. Faires, Numerical Analysis, Brooks Cole, 10th Edition, 2010.
Reference 2. E. Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, John Wiley and Sons, 9th edition,
Books 2005.

Attendance 80% attendance is mandatory

Policy

CLO % Marks
Assignments 1-5 5
Quiz 1-5 5
Sessional-I 1-3 20
Sessional-II 4, 5 20
Terminal Exam 1-5 50

Grading Policy
and CLOs
Mapping

(Grades will be given as per PIEAS’ Policy (see prospectus for further details)
There will be no makeup quizzes.

In addendum to Institute’s policy following rules will be strictly adhered to:

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend course sessions. In case of any absence,
students are responsible to make up for the course covered in the missed session.
Attendance profile is consistently compiled and updated at the department and it is
mandatory to meet the minimum requirements of 80% to qualify for appearance in the
final examination.
2. Class Behavior: Cell phones must be turned off when the student enters the classroom.
Rules and Disruption of class by a cell phone may lead to expulsion from the class.
Regulations 3. Academic Honesty: Academic integrity is the foundation of the academic community.
Each student has the primary responsibility for being academically honest, students are
advised to read and understand all sections of this policy relating to standards of
conduct and academic life.
4. Plagiarism: Plagiarism involves the use of quotations without quotation marks, the use
of quotations without indication of the source, the use of another's idea without
acknowledging the source, the submission of a paper, laboratory report, project, or class
assignment (any portion of such) prepared by another person, or incorrect paraphrasing.

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 Learning Soft form of the recommended book is available at following link:
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Course

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 TENTATIVE WEEKLY LECTURE DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Week # Topics Homework / Assignment / Quiz

Week 1 Introduction to Numerical Methods, Introduction to Matlab

Sources of Errors, Error Definitions and Analysis, Taylor

Week 2
series

 Assignment 1
Week 3-4 Root finding methods
 Quiz 1

 Assignment 2
Week 5-6 Interpolation
 Quiz 2

 Assignment 3
Week 7-9 Numerical differentiation and integration
 Quiz 3

 Assignment 4
Week 10-11 Direct and Iterative methods for system of linear equations
 Quiz 4

 Assignment 5
Week 12-14 Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations
 Quiz 5

Week 15-16 Approximation Theory

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