The Delft University of Technology is offering free online Course on Mathematical Modeling Basics. This course is mainly aimed at Bachelor students from Mathematics, Engineering and Science disciplines.
In this 9 week course, applicants will use mathematics to create models to solve real-life problems. This course will start on May 16, 2017.
Course At A Glance
Length: 9 weeks
Effort: 4-8 hours pw
Subject: Math
Institution: Delft University of Technology and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: Course Starts on May 16, 2017
Providers’ Details
The Delft University of Technology is the largest and oldest technological university in the Netherlands. Our research is inspired by the desire to increase fundamental understanding, as well as by societal challenges. We encourage our students to be independent thinkers so they will become engineers capable of solving complex problems. Our students have chosen the Delft University of Technology because of our reputation for quality education and research.
About This Course
How do populations grow? How do viruses spread? What is the trajectory of a glider?
Many real-life problems can be described and solved by mathematical models. In this course, you will form a team with another student and work on a project to solve a real-life problem.
Students will learn to analyze your chosen problem, formulate it as a mathematical model (containing ordinary differential equations), solve the equations in the model, and validate your results. You will learn how to implement Euler’s method in a Python program.
Why Take This Course?
This course is mainly aimed at Bachelor students from Mathematics, Engineering and Science disciplines. However, it will suit anyone who would like to learn how mathematical modeling can solve real-world problems.
Learning Outcomes
- To follow the process of the mathematical modeling cycle
- Formulate and specify a real-life problem
- Construct appropriate ordinary differential equations with relevant parameters and conditions
- Solve the ordinary differential equations and implement Euler’s method in a (Python) program
- Validate the results of the calculation
- Write a scientific report in LaTeX about the mathematical model you construct
Instructors
Marleen Keijzer
Marleen Keijzer is an assistant professor of mathematics at the TU Delft. Her Ph.D. project was in calculating laser light distributions for medical applications. Now she supervises students in many projects, for example in improving radiotherapy.
Dennis den Ouden-van der Horst
Dennis is a lecturer in mathematics at the Delft University of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. on the subject of mathematical modeling of the microstructure of steel.
Iris Smit
Iris is a lecturer in mathematics at the Delft University of Technology. She got her Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam, doing research in complex dynamics.
Kees Vuik
Kees Vuik is Professor in Numerical Analysis at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). He is the director of the Delft Institute for Computational Science and Engineering.
Requirements
- Calculus (1st-order ordinary differential equations)
- Experience with programming
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