Controls : Process Simulator – for a real heating process. Introduction to the principle of controls. Position control system. Analog computer – solve differential equations. Level control experiment – controlling the level of a liquid. RPM control.

Computation : Computations using MATLAB or OCTAVE. Finding roots of a system of linear/non-linear equations - Case study: Equilibrium of a gas reaction - given thermodynamic data. Solving ordinary differential equations. Linear programming – constrained minimization. Introduction to plotting tools – Case study: Generate phase diagrams using free energy vs. composition data. Solving PDE. Analytical and numerical modeling of weld bead geometry.