Duncan Carlsmith

Bouncing Ball Explorer part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2022:Activities
Exploration of the sound of a bouncing ball dropped on a hard surface, the sound recorded with a mobile phone or laptop microphone, is the basis for an accessible experiment in elementary mechanics. For ...

Intro to Image Processing with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
This short project introduces students to image processing with MATLAB including importing images from the web, color transformations, circle finding, and edge finding. These techniques are broadly applicable in ...

MATLAB LIGO Analysis part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
Foundational computational skills for physics students can be developed in an introductory 2-semester survey course for first-year university physics students using physics-data-driven exercises that introduce ...

First-Year University Physics with Computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2022:Essays
Duncan Carlsmith, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison First-Year University Physics with ComputationThis essay describes a first-year university physics curriculum enhanced with MATLAB tutorials in ...

Teaching image processing with MATLAB to physics students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Essays
Duncan Carlsmith, , University of Wisconsin-Madison Image processing is an engaging activity appropriately taught to beginning students in STEM fields. I introduce my physics undergraduates to image processing ...

Foundational computation for first year physics undergraduates part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Duncan Carlsmith, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison The AAPT/APS Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Education report [1] examines the motivations for, goals of, and barriers to including computation ...