Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition, is an essential guide to MATLAB as a problem-solving tool. It presents MATLAB both as a mathematical tool and a programming language, giving a concise and easy-to-master introduction to its potential and power. Stressing the importance of a structured approach to problem solving, the text provides a step-by-step method for program design and algorithm development. It includes numerous simple exercises for hands-on learning, a chapter on algorithm development and program design, and a concise introduction to useful topics for solving problems in later engineering and science courses: vectors as arrays, arrays of characters, GUIs, advanced graphics, and simulation and numerical methods. The text is ideal for undergraduates in engineering and science taking a course on Matlab.
- Numerous simple exercises give hands-on learning
- A chapter on algorithm development and program design
- Common errors and pitfalls highlighted
- Concise introduction to useful topics for solving problems in later engineering and science courses: vectors as arrays, arrays of characters, GUIs, advanced graphics, simulation and numerical methods
- A new chapter on dynamical systems shows how a structured approach is used to solve more complex problems.
- Text and graphics in four colour

Daniel T. Valentine Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and was Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York. He was also Affiliate Director of the Clarkson Space Grant Program of the New York NASA Space Grant Consortium, a program that provided support for undergraduate and graduate research. His Ph.D. degree is in fluid Mechanics from the Catholic University of America. His BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering are from Rutgers University. Dr. Valentine is also co-author of Aerodynamics for Engineering Students (Butterworth Heinemann).Brian Hahn was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town. In his career, Brian wrote more than 10 books for teaching programming languages to beginners.

Part 1 Essentials: Introduction; MATLAB Fundamentals; Program Design & Algorithm Development; MATLAB functions; Logical Vectors; Matrices of Numbers & Arrays of Strings; Introduction to Graphics; Loops; Errors & Pitfalls; Function M-Files; Vectors as Arrays & Advanced Data Structures; More Graphics; Graphical User Interfaces; Part 2: Applications; Dynamical Systems; Simulation; More Matrices; Introduction to Numerical Mathods; Appendices; Supplements on a website: solutions manual, computer code, sample programs, PowerPoint slides, practice problems.