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ME-3514: System Dynamics

Description: Mathematical descriptions of physical systems behavior including mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems and their combinations; system descriptions using state variable and transfer functions; analysis of system responses: convolution integral, frequency response, numerical simulations, and Laplace transform methods; systems concepts: input-output, causality, and analogies; general process descriptions including first-order, second-order, and time delayed.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2114 and MATH-2204) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214 and MATH-2204) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2204 and MATH-2405H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2114 and MATH-2204H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214 and MATH-2204H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2204H and MATH-2405H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2114 and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214 and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2405H and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2114 and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214 and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2405H and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2114 and MATH-2204) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214H and MATH-2204) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2204 and MATH-2405H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2114 and MATH-2204H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214H and MATH-2204H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2204H and MATH-2405H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2114 and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214H and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2405H and MATH-2224) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2114 and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2114H and MATH-2214H and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2214H and MATH-2405H and MATH-2224H) or (ESM-2104 and ESM-2304 and MATH-2406H and MATH-2405H)

Required By: ME-3504, ME-4504, ME-4735, ME-5804

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 2.97 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.37%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.63%

Andrew J Kurdila201923.6%39.8%23.8%7.3%4.8%0.8%2.633
Tsu Sheng Chang201955.2%34.3%7.5%1.5%1.5%0.0%3.451
Hamed Kaveh Akbari201916.0%47.8%30.4%4.3%0.0%1.4%2.761
Saied Taheri201978.2%17.3%2.9%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.701

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Term050% W