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 ...

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 ...

Illustrating Theorems from Calculus part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Michaela Kubacki, Middlebury College
In this activity, students use MATLAB to create and interact with illustrations of three theorems from Calculus: (1) Extreme Value Theorem, (2) Intermediate Value Theorem, and (3) Mean Value Theorem. The assignment ...

Solving First Order ODE's part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Rick Downs, Seattle Community College-South Campus
This assignment is for a Differential Equations course that has students use a computer to solve first order ODE's graphically using slope fields, numerically, and analytically. One part of the assignment has ...

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 ...

Random Walks in the Plane part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Ryan Pellico, Trinity College
This in-class demonstration shows how to use the built-in random number generators to simulate and visualize two-dimensional random walks in the xy-plane, and begins to study the distribution of distances from the ...

Puzzle Coding part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Sarah Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
Tactile activities or "tactivities" are one form of active learning that can increase student participation and enhance students' understanding of conceptual materials. In this tactile activity, ...

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 ...

Information Theory by own student' discoveries with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
I present my recent textbook "Information Theory Processes by own student' discoveries with MATLAB and Java" (in Ukrainian) and my educational course associated with it.

Programming Simulation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
Suzanne Keilson, Loyola College in Maryland
EG 381: Probability Team Projects Simulation and modeling are very important tools for engineers and scientists. One such technique is called "Monte Carlo" simulation. This is a class of algorithms which ...