MSE 260
Mathematical Methods for Materials Engineers
Section: 001

Course Description

Use of MATLAB programming environment to illustrate and discuss principles and applications of analytical and numerical mathematical methods that are central to materials science and engineering. Data plotting, curve fitting, complex numbers and series, Fourier series and transforms, numerical integration and differentiation, linear algebra and matrix manipulation, initial and boundary value problems, numerical solution to ordinary differential equations and transport simulation through the use of partial differential equations.

Spring 2026

Instructors

Meeting Patterns

Classes Start:
January 12, 2026
Classes End:
April 28, 2026
Location:
01007 Engineering Building I
Class Days:
T H
Class Start Time:
1:30pm
Class End Time:
2:45pm

Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Corequisite:MA 242 Requisite: Restricted to MSE Majors/Minors and Technical Textiles majors only.