Applied Maths: Understanding Engineering through Numbers, Session One
King’s College London Undergraduate Summer School 2017
Morning
9.00am-12.30pm
Afternoon
1.00pm-5.00pm
Morning
9.00am-12.30pm
Monday
Lecture: Introduction and
Basic Concepts
Problem Solving:
Trigonometry, Logs and
Exponentials
Group activity on the
History of Maths
Tuesday
Lecture: Units, Physical
Quantities, and Vectors
Problem Solving: Vectors
and Newton’s Laws
Using King’s Library and
Online Resources
Wednesday
Lecture: Differentiation
Problem Solving:
Optimisation of Physical
Functions
Group activity on
Differentiation
Thursday
Lecture: Application of
Differentiation to
Engineering
Problem Solving:
Problems in Mechanics
Group activity on
Differentiation
Friday
Guest speaker 1: Statistics
in Engineering
Guest speaker 2:
Computational Modelling
in Engineering
Welcome Event and
Enrolment; information
will be available prior to
arrival
Monday
Lecture: Integration
Problem Solving:
Calculation of areas and
volumes
Group activity on Areas
and volumes
Tuesday
Lecture: Application of
Integration to Engineering
Problem Solving:
Problems in Mechanics
Group activity on
Problems in Mechanics
Wednesday
Lecture: Ordinary
Differential Equations
(first order)
Problem Solving:
Problems in Engineering
Group activity on
Problems in Engineering
Thursday
Lecture: Ordinary
Differential Equations
(second order)
Problem Solving:
Problems in Mechanics
Group activity: Problems
in Mechanics
Friday
Excursion: Visit to the
London Science Museum
Monday
Lecture: Complex
Numbers
Problem Solving:
Problems in Engineering
Group activity
Tuesday
Lecture: Functions of
More than One Variable
Problem Solving:
Problems in Engineering
Group activity
Wednesday
Lecture: The Wave
Equation
Problem Solving:
Problems in Engineering
Group activity
Thursday
Module Assessment
Friday
Closing academic session:
Conclusions and wrap up
Afternoon
1.00pm-5.00pm
Morning
9.00am-12.30pm
Afternoon
1.00pm-5.00pm
This timetable is subject to change.
Farewell Event – 1.00pm2.00pm
Tutu’s, Strand Campus