Course: Use of computers in engineering

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Course title Use of computers in engineering
Course code USE/PU357
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černohlávek Vít, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Course contents: 1. Software for solving mathematical and technical problems, the existing options, their advantages and disadvantages. 2. MATLAB and MS Excel (Libreoffice Calc), their basic possibilities for use in mathematics and physics. 3. MATLAB for linear algebra: solving equations in symbolic variables, working with matrices. 4. Displaying graphs (2D, 3D). 5. MATLAB for differential calculus. Calculation of limits and derivatives in symbolic variables. Functional examination. 6. MATLAB for integral calculus. Calculation of integrals in symbolic variables. Calculation of definite integrals using functions implementing numerical methods. 7. Presentation of the results achieved: creating text with mathematical formulas. MS Word (Libreoffice Writer) and LaTeX options. Getting to know LaTeX. Creating documents in LaTeX. 8. Inserting pictures and tables into text. 9. Generate text from MATLAB (publish option), convert text to pdf. 10. Web presentation preparation. MS PowerPoint (Libreoffice Impress) and LaTeX Beamer options. 11. Summary: task analysis, selection of software for solution, demonstration of partial results and presentation of overall solution result.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Goals: The goal of the course is to acquaint students with the possibilities of solving mathematical and technical tasks on a personal computer and create the habit of writing texts and presenting results in the currently used form.
Competence in the basics of using computers to support learning; The student will be able to independently use existing software for solving problems and problems from studied subjects. He / she can present the results of the work in the form of a professional text and a web presentation.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • internetové zdroje.
  • Červenka, P. Základy práce na PC, VŠB Ostrava, 2003.
  • Doňar, B., Zaplatílek, K. MATLAB pro začátečníky, I. díl, BEN - Technická literatura, 2003.
  • Pecinovský, J. Microsoft Office - Podrobná uživatelská příručka, Computer press, 2013.


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