Frederik J Simons

A Daily Dose of MATLAB for College Freshmen part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
Teaching first-year college students, with my colleague Adam Maloof, as part of a research-oriented "Freshman Seminar" involves teaching students MATLAB -- from scratch to proficiency. Rather than sharing ...

Visualizing the time-dependence of the Earth's magnetic field part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Visualizing the International Geomagnetic Reference Field. This activity falls under "visualization" of a geophysical field as expressed in spherical harmonics, which has been appreciated by college ...

From zero to Matlab in six weeks - with Freshmen part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Course Descriptions
How to bring Freshmen up to speed in Matlab programming. A series of targeted demonstrations and exercises accompanying a first one-semester course (a "Freshman Seminar") in the Geosciences as taught at ...

"Into Matlab" - A series of video lectures accompanying "From Zero to Matlab in ..." part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
An educational essay page from the "Teaching Computation with MATLAB" workshop series details a video lecture series titled "Into Matlab," created by Princeton geoscientist Frederik J. Simons, which evolved from his short-format teaching concept into extended tutorials based on his courses "From Zero to MATLAB in Six Weeks" and "Four Days," using a zebra-themed narrative for image analysis instruction aimed at STEM students.

"Into MATLAB" - A series of video lectures accompanying "From Zero to Matlab in ..." part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
An educational essay page from the "Teaching Computation with MATLAB" workshop series hosted by SERC, featuring a collection of video lectures by Frederik J. Simons that introduce MATLAB programming through short, thematic tutorials using a zebra-themed narrative for image analysis, aimed at teaching data, models, and uncertainty in natural sciences to students in geology, engineering, and related fields.

From zero to Matlab in six weeks part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Tuesday
In 2015, a Fall "Freshman Seminar" at Princeton University (http://geoweb.princeton.edu/people/simons/FRS-SESC.html) taught students to combine field observations of the natural world with quantitative ...

Developing Students' Computational Skills part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Afternoon Mini Workshops
In this mini-workshop we will explore how to bring scientific computing into the undergraduate Geosciences curriculum: as part of a course, as a stand-alone course, and across the four-year curriculum. We explore ...