Example Bisection Method Problem in MATLAB Grader part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Roche de Guzman, Hofstra University
Here's an example of a text book problem in Numerical Methods that was converted to a MATLAB Grader assignment to assess students in a more automated and interactive way. Other problems can be modeled and ...

Conduction and Convection in a Fin of Uniform Cross Section part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Yuxin Zhang, Washington State University-Tri Cities
Conduction and convection are two important modes of heat transfer. To understand the mechanisms of these two types of heat transfer processes, we study the temperature distribution in a fin of uniform cross ...

Static stability: mechanisms and prestress modes part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, SUNY at Buffalo
Summary: The assignment is about detecting structural stability in a 3D truss by applying linear algebra concepts such as rank, column-space and null-space of a matrix. Outcomes: * Students should learn linear ...

Numerical Differentiation for Chemical Engineers part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Roman Voronov, New Jersey Institute of Technology
In this activity students learn to apply appropriate numerical differentation formulas to non-uniformly spaced data. The concept is applied to a chemical engineering problem where the goal is to measure how the ...

Building an Air Frame Dynamics Model in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Michael Thorburn, California State University-Los Angeles
This set of LiveScripts is designed to help students develop a MATLAB model of the physics of flight for a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It is intended to be self-paced.

Electrical Circuit Virtual Lab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
The students are introduced to design/implementation, testing and verification Electric Circuit problem using MATLAB Simulink Simscape and Live Scripts to understand the concept better. This will increase the ...

Making Sense of Gait Ground Reaction Force Data part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
John Rogers, U.S. Military Academy
Students analyze a data set containing ground reaction forces from a human walking on an instrumented treadmill.

Forced Response with Coulomb Damping part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Natasha Smith, University of Virginia-Main Campus
Students determine and plot the response of a vibrating system under a harmonic excitation force, in the presence of Coulomb Damping. The assignment requires students to solve a 2nd order differential equation ...

Image classification: cats vs. dogs part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Oge Marques, Florida Atlantic University
In this project you will design and implement a deep learning solution for image classification based on images of cats and dogs.

Virtual Pendulum Experiments & Mechanical Oscillations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Jeremy Riousset, Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
The pendulum motion is one of the first encounters with the concept of a harmonic oscillator. This activity seeks to complement a traditional, rigorous, theoretical approach with a rigorous numerical model. It ...