Solving a Simple Drug Delivery Model Using Analytical, Linear Algebra, and Numeric Approaches part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
The delivery of orally ingested drugs, such as pills and capsules, can be roughly modeled as a system of first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs). This type of "drug-delivery model" can be ...

Sensitivity of Parameters in Chaotic Systems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
In this computer lab activity, students explore and discuss the nature of the sensitivity of parameters in a chaotic system. As a result, they understand the challenges of numerical simulation and/or parameters ...

Using MATLAB to Study Plant Health and Herbivory for Small-scale Research Experiments part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
This lab manual supports undergraduate students and researchers in using non-destructive, cost-effective techniques to measure a variety of plant phenotypes including resistance to insect herbivory, pigmentation, ...

Loading Electroencephalogram data from mobile acquisition devices: a quick training script part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
Keywords: EEG, Biological Signal Analysis, Excel Export Psychology students often see electroencephalograms (EEG) as processed waveforms in a variety of textbooks. This script shows them the steps required to ...

The Role of Computation in 21st Century part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Today, perhaps the most desired skill required is computation. We see the application of computation in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer aided drug design, financial models, earth observations, ...

Helping psychology students embrace computational thinking part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Adam Steiner, Psychology, Minnesota State University-Mankato Prior to graduate school, my experiences with programming were limited to a few problems in computational physics. Once I began graduate school in ...

Workshop: Teaching Computational Thinking Skills with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019
For Educators in Geoscience, Physics, Math, Biology, Engineering, and beyond October 20-22, 2019 Carleton College, Northfield, MN Note: this workshop has already taken place. Workshop presentations and summaries ...