Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS

Department: *Mech Eng & Materials Science*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1 TO 9

Prerequisite(s): BIOE 554 OR CEVE 554 OR MECH 554 OR CEVE 454 OR MECH 454 OR BIOE 454 or permission of instructor

Description: Fall 2010 Topic: PARALLEL COMPUTING AND ADVANCED VISUALIZATION IN COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS: This course includes a brief introduction to parallel computing and covers practical programming aspects such as problem and mesh setup and visualization. Effective programming from a computational-mechanics perspective is the main subject. Programming languages used are C and Python. Basic Unix/Linux knowledge is essential for benefiting from this course. The course is offered by Dr. Kenji Takizawa, Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering. Please register for 3 credit hours for the Fall 2010 semester.