Probability and Statistical Methods for Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

MAE 108 (Sections A00), Spring 2014

This course covers topics in Probability theory (conditional probability, Bayes theorem, random variables, densities, expected values, characteristic functions, central limit theorem); Egineering reliability (elements of estimation, random sampling, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals); and Curve fitting and data analysis.

Instructor:

Prof. Daniel M. Tartakovsky, Office: Room 577 EBU II, E-mail: dmt@ucsd.edu

Teaching Assistants:

Viktoria Gisladottir, E-mail: vgislad@ucsd.edu
Kimoon Um, E-mail: kium@ucsd.edu
Evan Gravelle, E-mail: evangravelle@gmail.com

Lectures:

8:00-9:20am, Tuesdays and Thursdays, PCYNH 106

Problem solving sessions:

9:00-9:50am, Fridays, SOLIS 107

Office Hours:

10:00-11:20am, Tuesdays; Room 577, EBU II (Daniel Tartakovsky)
9:00-10:20am, Wednesdays; Room 105, EBU II (Viktoria Gisladottir)
9:30-10:50am, Thursdays; Room 105, EBU II (Kimoon Um)
12:00-1:20pm, Fridays; Room 105, EBU II (Evan Gravelle)

Academic prerequisites:

Grade C- or better in Math 20F

Textbook:

A. H-S. Ang and W. H. Tang, Probability Concepts in Engineering, 2nd Edition

Course grade:

The final course grade will be based on homework assignments (10%), two mid-term exams (40%), and the final (50%).
First midterm exam: April 24, Thursday, 8:00-9:20am (Sample exam and Midterm 1 solutions)
Second midterm exam: May 20, Tuesday, 8:00-9:20am (Sample exam and Midterm 2 solutions)
Final exam: June 12, Thursday, 8:00am - 11:00am (Sample exam)

Homework assignments:

Homework and exams must be written clearly and neatly. No late homework will be accepted. The lowest score will be dropped

(HW1) due date: April 10, Thursday (Solutions)

(HW2) due date: April 17, Thursday (Solutions)

(HW3) due date: May 1, Thursday (Solutions)

(HW4) due date: May 8, Thursday (Solutions)

(HW5) due date: May 15, Thursday (Solutions)

(HW6) due date: June 5, Thursday (Solutions)