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

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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 109

Average GPA: 2.93 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.18%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.91%

Charles E Smith201825.2%30.7%32.0%7.7%0.8%3.6%2.726
Pablo A Tarazaga201333.3%22.2%11.1%7.4%0.0%25.9%3.021
Rolf Mueller201533.3%38.6%19.3%5.0%2.1%1.6%2.977
Zenglin Guo201144.5%36.7%14.7%3.8%0.3%0.0%3.176
Ricardo A Burdisso201727.3%31.2%18.4%10.5%5.0%7.6%2.6819
Nakhiah C Goulbourne200818.2%22.7%40.9%13.6%4.5%0.0%2.421
Brian Vick201823.1%41.9%24.1%7.0%1.3%2.6%2.7810
Marcel Remillieux201118.8%21.8%37.5%6.2%6.3%9.4%2.411
Alireza Farjoud201023.5%20.6%26.5%11.8%8.8%8.8%2.421
Staff Harne201217.6%20.6%41.2%8.8%5.9%5.9%2.361
Staff Renno200829.7%29.7%27.0%2.7%10.8%0.0%2.641
Samantha C Prins200621.1%63.2%13.2%0.0%2.6%0.0%2.971
Gordon Kirk200737.0%43.8%15.1%3.1%1.0%0.0%3.076
Tomonari Furukawa201234.9%46.4%14.0%0.0%2.3%2.3%3.151
Mary E Kasarda200442.8%37.5%15.0%1.8%2.9%0.0%3.152
Tsu Sheng Chang201967.5%24.1%6.5%1.2%0.5%0.2%3.569
Andrew J Kurdila201924.8%42.8%22.3%5.6%2.7%1.7%2.7710
Margaret G Carneal200727.6%36.2%20.7%6.9%8.6%0.0%2.661
Saied Taheri201953.0%32.4%11.2%1.6%1.0%0.8%3.316
Steve C Southward201321.0%43.3%19.4%12.0%1.5%3.0%2.701
Mehdi Ahmadian201043.1%41.3%13.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%3.193
Shirin Dadashi201649.3%40.3%7.4%1.5%0.0%1.5%3.431
Tzvi Pinhas Ben201516.0%29.0%33.3%14.5%5.8%1.4%2.311
Michael J Roan201730.1%43.8%21.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%2.933
Robert G Parker201419.0%25.9%36.2%3.4%1.7%13.8%2.731
Staff Rone201836.0%64.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.371
Christopher R Martin200641.6%46.3%10.2%0.9%0.9%0.0%3.232
Kamal Idrisi200819.3%38.6%21.1%15.8%5.3%0.0%2.491
Hunter G Mcclelland201513.6%22.7%33.4%16.7%4.5%9.1%2.301
Blake C Boren201810.8%53.9%20.0%10.8%0.0%4.6%2.601
Hamed Kaveh Akbari201922.9%53.0%18.1%4.4%0.0%1.5%2.972
Yuan Lin201759.2%30.2%6.5%1.3%1.3%1.3%3.401

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