Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASMA 226 (or CASMA231) and senior standing Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing in the Engineering, Physics, or the Chemistry disciplines. Modern simulation methods are covered for describing and analyzing the behavior of realistic nonlinear systems that occur in the engineering and science disciplines. By developing and applying such methods and tools, much deeper understanding, insight, and control of novel technologies can be gained, thereby often greatly aiding technology development, and sometimes providing the leverage to turn a novel technology into a practical reality. Physical and numerical changes of scales necessary for modeling macro-, meso-, and nanoscopic phenomena will be covered. Advanced numerical methods will be addressed for attacking nonlinear partial differential equations, as well as key aspects of the finite element method. Extensive use will be made of the modern computational tools MATLAB and COMSOL. Examples will be covered across a wide range of domains, including problems relevant to aerospace, bioengineering, structural mechanics, material science, and physics. Same as MS 526. Students may not receive credit for both.

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