Assignment # 1:
Unix, Owlnet and Introduction to Maple
CENG303
Due by
All of the written material for this course is stored in files on Owlnet.
You will need to use Mozilla or another browser
to read and print this material. You will find numerous links
in these notes to material that should answer many questions about how to
complete the work in the course. You are advised to follow these links if you
have questions about the assignments. It should take only a minute to click on
a link, see if the material there answers your question and then click on the
"Back" button. If you do not fully understand the material you find
with the links you are encouraged to then ask your course
instructor or TA for additional help. Note that if you print out this
assignment, you will not see the links and thus will be limited in the help
that you can get for yourself.
Contact your TA frequently either in person at his/her meetings or by e-mail.
If you don't know your group, see the CENG303 TAs and Groups
page.
Learn about some of the basic Unix commands. Start with the brief Basic Unix Information
written for these notes. Then see Table 1. Use the
links in the table to get more information about commands you are not familiar
with and then try each command to make sure you understand it.
The
following topics can be accessed by following this link to an index of the
various topics.
Use these tools to create a new xterm, a Matlab Command window, and an aXe
window or use Mozilla from its Window menu.
If you have a major conflict meeting with your TA, send mail to Dr. Davis (shdavis@rice.edu) telling him about the
conflict. You should be able to meet with your TA for at least one hour each
week. Meeting labs for the TA groups will be posted.
Send mail to your TA telling him/her how well his/her
hours fit your schedule and giving him/her your phone number for this semester.
Reading Assignments:
Chapter 1 : Basic Procedures in Using Maple
Chapter 2 : Plotting Functions and Data in Maple
Laboratory Problems
These problems may be completed with help from any user on Owlnet. You may not copy anyone else's work, but you can get other users to give you suggestions and point out mistakes that should be corrected.
1) Use Mozilla to locate the notes for Chemical Engineering 301 and Chemical Engineering 303.
Note: It is helpful set
bookmarks for frequently referenced websites.
Set bookmarks
for the homepages of each of these. Follow the links in this problem to see
what information they provide about Netscape and bookmarks. Use the
"Back" button to return to this document.
Set up your own
homepage to help you communicate with others and to have a place to store
results from this course.
2) Use Unix
commands to find, list on your screen and print out the first homework
assignment for Ceng301 this year.
3) Register for the 301 and 303 courses with the Unix command typed in an xterm
window:
wsname% register ceng301
This will give you access to the Matlab and FORTRAN programs used throughout your chemical engineering education at Rice.
4) Find unit conversions using Google. This
is easiest to search for in the following manner:
Current
Unit in Desired Unit
Example: Find a unit conversion for 2 pounds in terms of
grams.
Solution – Using Google:
2 pounds
= 907.18474 g
Two
of the FORTRAN programs that you should find to be very useful are: convu and
its companion program convh. Before these can be used you must have
executed the register command and then logged out and back into Olwnet.
You can verify that you do have access to each of these commands with the which
command. This is one of the entries in Table 1. If you use it to locate a
ceng301 command before you register you will get a message saying something
like:
wsname% which convu