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Engineering optimization · Graduate · Engineering
Topics
Computation and software
- MATLAB Optimization Toolbox and CVX
- Python: SciPy, PuLP, and Pyomo
- GAMS and AMPL modeling languages survey
- Large-scale solvers: IPOPT, Gurobi licensing
- Parallel and decomposition methods
- Simulation-based optimization and surrogate models
- Machine learning hyperparameter tuning as optimization
- Real-time optimization in process control
- Benchmark problems and reproducibility
- Thesis optimization model development
Applications across disciplines
- Structural weight minimization with constraints
- Aerospace vehicle trajectory optimization
- Supply chain and logistics network design
- Energy unit commitment problems
- Parameter estimation in biochemical models
- Portfolio optimization analogies in engineering risk
- Autonomous vehicle path planning objectives
- Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO)
- Industry guest cases from operations research
- Qualifying exam optimization preparation
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- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Linear and nonlinear programming
Optimization problem formulation and convexity
Coming soon - Specialized engineering formulations
Least squares and regression as optimization
Coming soon - Computation and software
MATLAB Optimization Toolbox and CVX
Coming soon - Applications across disciplines
Structural weight minimization with constraints
Coming soon
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$1,162 · Engineering optimization · 18 tutoring hrs
Study guides, worksheets, reviews, practice tests, and answer keys for 1 class. 18 tutoring hours (1 hr / week · semester). Bundle discount applied vs buying separately. Pay in full via Zelle.