Quantitative Polymer Analysis ((3 Units))

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Prerequisites: MATH 223 , MATH 335 , and full admission to an engineering major in the College of Engineering and Polymer Science. This is an undergraduate course on quantitative analysis problems in polymer engineering. This course will allow the students to learn and use necessary analytical methods in designing and optimizing processes in the field of the polymer. The solution to the linear and nonlinear first and higher-order differential equations are provided by analytical methods. Students will be exposed to various concepts in linear algebra and will use dimensional analysis tools, such as the Buckingham theorem to identify key parameters that govern the physics of the problem. Furthermore, different techniques, such as separation of variables, similarity transformation, and furrier transform, to solve partial differential equations will be covered. (Formerly 9841:324)