<div dir="ltr"><div>I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to participate in a graduate-level course on Optimization Techniques in Engineering. The course uses IPOPT as one of the solvers embedded in MATLAB and Python for tutorials and homework problems. There is no charge for course participation, and industrial and academic participants are freely welcome. The graduate course at BYU has 60 students from Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Course Topics</div><div><br></div><div>We cover theory and applications of constrained, unconstrained, continuous, and discrete problems and address problems in linear programming, quadratic programming, integer programming, nonlinear optimization, systems of dynamic nonlinear equations, and multiobjective optimization. The activities include searching for optimal solutions, performing tradeoff analyses, balancing multiple design alternatives, and developing optimization methods into comprehensive modeling and analysis solutions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ways to be involved</div><div><br></div><div>We are also interested in participants who can help share their experience with optimization. This may include giving guest lectures, participating in help sessions, or sponsoring a student course project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The course web-site is located at <a href="http://apmonitor.com/me575">http://apmonitor.com/me575</a> and has lecture notes, YouTube videos, and interactive discussion forums. Please fill out an information sheet (see Info Sheet link on the right) to tell me a little more about your interests with the course or send me an e-mail at <a href="mailto:john.hedengren@byu.edu">john.hedengren@byu.edu</a>. The course discussion sessions are hosted with WebEx and are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4-5 PM MST. The password for joining the discussion session is me575.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>Best regards,</div><div style><br></div><div style>John Hedengren</div><div style>801-477-7341</div><div style><a href="mailto:john.hedengren@byu.edu">john.hedengren@byu.edu</a></div><div style><br>
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