Volcano Monitoring with GPS: Westdahl Volcano Alaska
Maite Agopian, EarthScope; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
Learners use graphs of GPS position data to determine how the shape of Westdahl Volcano, Alaska is changing. If the flanks of a volcano swell or recede, it is a potential indication of magma movement and changing ...

Alaska GPS Analysis of Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
This activity introduces students to high precision GPS as it is used in geoscience research. Students build "gumdrop" GPS units and study data from three Alaska GPS stations from the Plate Boundary Observatory network. They learn how Alaska's south central region is "locked and loading" as the Pacific Plate pushes into North America and builds up energy that will be released in the future in other earthquakes such as the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

Seismic Design Competition
Eric Hultgren, Wheaton North High School
This project is a modified version of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Leadership Council's Seismic Design Competition. This project has teams of students work to research, plan, build and ...

Unit 6: Ocean Preservation: Sustaining Our Oceanic Resources
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College; Astrid Schnetzer, North Carolina State University; Cara Thompson, Arizona State University at the West Campus
Students are introduced to the concept of geoengineering, "the deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system, in order to moderate global warming" (The Royal Society). The goal is ...

Sophomore Bioengineering Final Project
Princess Imoukhuede, Washington University in St. Louis
Description: As a final project, students apply their knowledge of mass conservation to develop computational models of ligand-receptor signaling. Students systemically examine how signals enter cells ...

Modeling Solar Panel Output and Battery Storage Using Real World Data in Matlab
Jason Smith, Michigan State University
Activity Description: This project involves designing and analyzing a home solar panel system using MATLAB. Students are tasked with calculating energy output, battery storage levels, and energy needs over time ...

Equivalent Transfer Function of System of Blocks
Eleazer Nabong, Bulacan State University
The objective of this laboratory activity is for students to learn how to use MatLab to generate equivalent transfer function of blocks connected in, (1) series, (2) parallel and (3) feedback (canonical form). ...

Robot Shooter
Michael Thorburn, California State University-Los Angeles
Prepare a simple simulation using basic MATLAB tools to help students build upon their ability to use MATLAB, to create graphical outputs, to understand root finding, to understand stochastic processes, and to ...

Using Lab Measurements to Determine the Feasibility of a Photovoltaic Panel
Tom Termes, Black Hills State University
Using Lab Measurements to determine the power output of a solar module and the economic feasibility of photovoltaic panels

Conceptual Learning of Fluid Mechanics and Image Processing using MATLAB Grader
Huey Chan, University of Melbourne
In a first-year undergraduate engineering subject, MATLAB Grader is applied as an assessment tool to enhance conceptual knowledge and provide an avenue for students to solve engineering design problems via ...