EGS 1007 Engineering Concepts and Methods
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Instructor: Kwabena Ofosu, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE
EGS 1007 Engineering Concepts and Methods
Name pronunciation:Kwah –ben– a Oh–foe–sue
Profession: Traffic Engineer
Work: City of Palm Bay (2005 – present)
Professional: Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) Florida and Ohio
Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
ABOUT ME
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Florida State University
Masters in Civil Engineering, Florida State University
Bachelors (Hons) Civil Engineering, K.N. University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
Ghana ?
Research activities: my website
BACKGROUND
Valencia College (Fall 2010 – present)EGS1007 Engineering Concepts & MethodsEGS2025 Probability and Statistics for
EngineersEGS2321 Engineering Analysis – DynamicsEGS2310 Engineering Analysis – Statics
Tallahassee Community College (2004 – 2005)Construction Materials & MethodsConstruction ManagementHighway & Transportation Engineering
TEACHING
My favorite channel? The Science Channel
Hobbies? Rugby, Cricket, Soccer, Olympics, Auto Racing,
Football
TRIVIA
Introduction to computer software applications used to solve a variety of engineering-related problems: data management (Excel)procedural programming (MATLAB)
The objective of this class is to learn how to use the software products
Course Overview
Electronic spreadsheet program, data management
developed and sold by MicrosoftCurrently in 2010 release (update)Most widely used spreadsheet program in the
world
Excel
Developed by the MathWorks CompanyNumerical computing environment and
programming languageFunctionality includes: Matrices, plotting of
functions and data, implementation of algorithms, user interfaces, interfacing with programs written in other languages (C, C++, and Fortran), object-oriented programming.
MATLAB
QUESTIONS ?