Numerical Methods with Chemical Engineering Applications

Kevin D. Dorfman is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He is a recipient of the Colburn Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Investigator Award, a Packard Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and both the Dreyfus New Faculty and Teacher-Scholar Awards. He has co-authored over 100 papers. Prodromos Daoutidis is Professor and Executive Officer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He a the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Process Systems Enterprise Model Based Innovation Prize, the Ted Peterson Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the McKnight Land Grant Professorship, the Ray D. Johnson/Mayon Plastics Professorship, and the Shell Chair. He has been a Humphrey Institute Policy Fellow, and has co-authored two research monographs and over 220 papers.

1. Mathematical modeling and structured programming; 2. Linear algebraic equations; 3. Nonlinear algebraic equations; 4. Initial value problems; 5. Dynamical systems; 6. Boundary value problems; 7. Partial differential equations; 8. Interpolation and integration; Appendix A. MATLAB tutorial; Appendix B. Determinant of a matrix.