Laboratory Enhancement for Applied Mathematics

应用数学本科课程的顶点经验集中在数学建模课程上，需要计算机编程，微分方程，线性代数和数理统计方面的先决材料，然后是高级项目课程。在这些项目课程中，模拟工业环境，试图为学生提供作为应用数学家的专业职位的最佳环境。该项目利用四台基于80486的高性能ibm兼容pc机和两台SUN SPARCstation机器更新现有实验室资源，包括通用工业数学软件。这种对计算机实验室的增强使该机构能够将高强度的、现实的计算作业作为本科应用数学顶点体验的一部分。

The capstone experience to the Applied Mathematics Undergraduate Program is concentrated in a mathematics modeling course, requiring prerequisite materials in computer programming, differential equations, linear algebra, and mathematical statistics, followed by senior project courses. In these project courses an industrial environment is simulated, attempting to give students the best possible environment for professional positions as applied mathematicians. This project is updating the existing laboratory resources with four high performance IBM-compatible PCs, 80486 based, and two SUN SPARCstation machines, including common industrial mathematics software. This enhancement to the computer laboratory is allowing the institution to incorporate intense, realistic computational assignments as part of the capstone experience in undergraduate applied mathematics.