CAAM 210   Fall 2007   Introduction to Computational Engineering


Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel Speaks on Memory, Friday November 16, 7-8pm, McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall.


Dan Gillespie returns to Rice Monday November 5, 4-5pm, McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall.
Title, Abstract and Biography, Slides, Ref. 1, Ref. 2,


Section 1
MW 1-1:50pm in HZ 210
Instructor: Steve Cox
Office Hours: Thur. 10am-noon in DH 2007
Phone: (713) 348-5192
Section 2
MW 2-2:50pm in SH 303
Instructor: Ben McClosky
Office Hours: Thur. 1-3pm in DH 3066
Phone: (713) 348-2861
Teaching Assistants
Joseph Young, OH: Thurs. 4-5pm in DH 3015, x-2756
Tony Kellems, OH: Wed. 11am-12 in DH 2111, x-3700
Jay Raol, OH: Mon. in DH 2106, x-3478

PreLab Thur 7-9pm in DH 1070 and DH 1042
Lab F 2-5pm in Symonds II and DH 1070 (laptoppers)

Process      MATLAB      Owlspace     Gallery N      Graders      Labbies


Any student with a disability requiring accommodations in this class is encouraged to contact her/his instructor after class or during office hours, and also to contact the Disability Support Services office in the Student Center.
  1. Week of August 27. Matlab Ferniture. Lecture, Assignment, and Solution, and

  2. Week of September 3. Monday. Finding Real Roots via Bisection. L , A , and S ,

  3. Week of September 10. Finding Real Roots by Newton's Method. L , A , and S ,

  4. Week of September 17. Finding Complex Roots by Newton's Method. L , A , and S ,

  5. Week of September 24. Modeling and Simulation of Gene Networks. L , A , and S

  6. Week of October 1. Visualizing Gene Net Transients and Attractors. L , A , and S

  7. Week of October 8. Modeling and Stochastic Simulation of Reaction Networks. L , A , and S

  8. Week of October 15. Monday. Modeling and Deterministic Simulation of Reaction Networks. L , A , and S

  9. Week of October 22. Modeling and Simulation of Fiber Networks. L , A , and S

  10. Week of October 29. Gaussian Elimination. L , A , and S

  11. Week of November 5. Optimal Design of Fiber Networks. L , A , and S

  12. Week of November 12. Modeling and Simulation of Neural Networks: Multilayer Perceptrons L , A , and S1 , and S2 ,

  13. Week of November 19. Friday. Modeling and Simulation of Neural Networks: Hopfield Nets L , A , and S

  14. Week of November 26. Matrix Games and Linear Programming. L , A , and S

  15. Week of December 3. Evolutionary Game Theory. L , A , and