MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENTS OF OCEAN, MECHANICAL AND CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
13.472J/2.158J/1.128J/16.940J: Computational Geometry
Spring Term, 2000

Instructor in charge:

Prof. N. M. Patrikalakis, offc. 5-428, ext 3-4555

nmp@MIT.edu

Instructor:

Prof. D. C. Gossard, MIT Room 3-336, ext 3-4465

gossard@MIT.edu

Instructor:

Dr. T. Maekawa, MIT 5-426A, ext. 3-6762

tmaekawa@deslab.MIT.edu

Teaching Assistant:

Hongye Liu, office 5-430, ext. 3-7799 or (in 5-423) ext. 3-8295.

hliu@mit.edu

Office Hours: M 4 - 5 pm, W 4 - 5 PM

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Course Schedule

Class Meetings: TR 2:30 - 4 pm, Rm. 5-231

Course Prerequisite: Permission of instructor (Subject requires typical undergraduate mathematics, eg. 18.03, introductory linear algebra and numerical analysis, and a high level programming language.)

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Course Grading

PS1 on differential geometry (individual effort): 15%

PS2 on B-splines and NURBS (individual effort): 25%

PS3 on blends, GCs and intersections (individual effort): 15%

PS4 on non-linear solver and offsets (individual effort): 25%

PS5 on solid modeling (individual effort): 20%

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Course Notes

Shape Interrogation for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing by N. M. Patrikalakis and T. Maekawa

and

Topological Structures for Generalized Boundary Representations (MIT SG 94-22) by L. Bardis, N. M. Patrikalakis

Both of the above can be purchased from Ms. Kristin Gunst in MIT room 5-426 for a total of $40 (payable to MIT)

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