ChE 541 Schedule 2025 (subject to change)

Class	Day	Date	Topic	HW due
1	W	8-Jan	Introduction / Overview
2	F	10-Jan	Errors, accuracy, roundoff
3	M	13-Jan	Matrices, linear algegra
4	W	15-Jan	Linear systems–direct methods
5	F	17-Jan	Linear systems–direct methods	1
	M	20-Jan	Holiday
6	W	22-Jan	Linear systems–iterative methods
7	F	24-Jan	Nonlinear equations I
8	M	27-Jan	Nonlinear equations II	2
9	W	29-Jan	Nonlinear equations III
10	F	31-Jan	Taylor series, finite differences
11	M	3-Feb	ODEs, IVP, EE, IE
12	W	5-Feb	ODEs, IVP, higher order	3
13	F	7 Feb	ODEs, adaptive, stability, convergence
14	M	10-Feb	ODEs, stiffness, multi-D, nonlinear
15	W	12-Feb	Review
16	F	14-Feb	ODEs, BVP, shooting	4
17	T	18-Feb	ODEs, BVP, relaxation
18	W	19 Feb	ODEs, BCs
19	F	21-Feb	PDEs, classification
20	M	24-Feb	PDEs, FTCS, BTCS, CN, Omega, MOL	5
21	W	26-Feb	PDEs, stability
22	F	28-Mar	PDEs, parabolic, multi-D
23	M	3-Mar	PDEs, ADI, consistency, elliptic
24	W	5-Mar	FV method	6
25	F	7-Mar	FV method, interfaces, issues
26	M	10-Mar	Advection, diffusion I
27	W	12-Mar	Advection, diffusion II
28	F	14-Mar	Hyperbolic equations, Euler eqns, methods
29	M	17-Mar	Projects
30	W	19-Mar	Projects	7
	F	21-Mar	Sring Break
31	M	24-Mar	Hyperbolic equations, flux limiters
32	W	26-Mar	Numerical integration I
33	F	28-Mar	Numerical integration II, adaptive/MC
34	M	31-Mar	Numerical integration III, MC/sample pdf
35	W	2-Apr	Numerical integration IV, Guass quadrature	8
36	F	4-Apr	Interpolation
37	M	7-Apr	Curve fitting
38	W	9-Apr	Spectral methods
39	F	11-Apr	Special topics
40	M	14-Apr	Project presentations
41	W	16-Apr	Project presentations	9