Statistical and Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers

Autumn semester 2025

General information

Lecturer Patric Müller
Lectures Wed 08-10 HG E 33.1 >>
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Course content

This course covers common numerical algorithms and statistical methods used by chemical engineers to solve typical problems arising in industrial and research practice.

Announcements

  • Start of the statistical part: November 19, 2025

Slides

Week Topic
Week 1
(November 19, 2025)
Simple linear regression
Week 2
(November 26, 2025
Multiple linear regression
Week 3
(December 3, 2025)
Nonlinear regression
Week 4
(December 10, 2025)
Design of experiment: Response Surface Methods
Week 5
(December 17, 2025)
Multivariate Statistics: Principal Component Analysis

Exercises

Further reading

  • Script
  • Lukas Meier, Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Statistik, Springer, Berlin, 2020.
  • W. A. Stahel, Statistische Datenanalyse, Vieweg, 4th edition 2002