Modeling Mono Lake's Water Balance part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary
In this activity students build a hydrologic model of Mono Lake in MATLAB and then use the model to evaluate the California State Water Board's 1994 decision regulating diversions from the watershed and ...

Modeling Rocket Flight Trajectory part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Sani Abba, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
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Modeling an Neuron Action Potential in Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Marjorie Hubbard, North Carolina School of Science and Math
This lab activity is designed to teach students (1) to transform the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) membrane model into a programmable set of equations (2) To create a working membrane patch model in MATLAB using HH kinetics ...

Modeling a voltage divider part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Michele McColgan, Siena College
This is a homework assignment in a course in electronics for sophomore-level physics students on the topic of voltage dividers. At the start of the semester, students receive a kit of electronic components ...

Modeling River Long Profiles part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Andrew Darling, Colorado State University
This project or multi-lab activity is designed to teach students about modeling landscape change caused by rivers over large time and spatial scales (e.g., the incision of Grand Canyon). Basic working knowledge of ...

Penguinpocalypse climate modeling practice part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
Alice Bradley, Williams College
This is a programming exercise that walks students through developing a very small model before we start

Finite difference modeling of hillslope diffusion part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Dylan Mikesell, Boise State University
This activity introduces students to the finite difference solution of the hill-slope diffusion PDE. The students derive partial derivatives from Taylor Series expansions of the 2D topography function z(x,t). After ...

Modeling Solar Panel Output and Battery Storage Using Real World Data in Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
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 ...

Chemical Process Modeling part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2022:Activities
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This is a chemical engineering project where students are asked to perform linear algebra, fit data and write an ODE function.

Modeling Optical Imaging System part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Sean Pang, University of Central Florida
This activity is based on my course OSE4830 at University of Central Florida in optical imaging systems. I hope this serves a quick and concise introduction to the mathematics and physics models of two- and higher ...