STEM / applied
Engineering optimization · Graduate · Engineering
Topics
Computation and software
- MATLAB Optimization Toolbox and CVX
- Python: SciPy, PuLP, and Pyomo
- GAMS and AMPL modeling languages survey
- Large-scale solvers: IPOPT, Gurobi licensing
- Parallel and decomposition methods
- Simulation-based optimization and surrogate models
- Machine learning hyperparameter tuning as optimization
- Real-time optimization in process control
- Benchmark problems and reproducibility
- Thesis optimization model development
Applications across disciplines
- Structural weight minimization with constraints
- Aerospace vehicle trajectory optimization
- Supply chain and logistics network design
- Energy unit commitment problems
- Parameter estimation in biochemical models
- Portfolio optimization analogies in engineering risk
- Autonomous vehicle path planning objectives
- Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO)
- Industry guest cases from operations research
- Qualifying exam optimization preparation
Pricing
Graduate-level rates are set on consultation. See the pricing page for K–12 and undergraduate rates.