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Teaching Quantum Mechanics with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks - updated February 2021 by Temo Vekua, MathWorks Please refer to the files attached to this SERC submission, which includes formulae and images that could not be included in this text ...
Importance of MATLAB in engineering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Miguel Goni Rodrigo, University of South Florida
Miguel Goni Rodrigo, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida There has been a significant shift in engineering from in-lab experiments and testing to numerical simulations. In order to run such ...
Project Based Learning with MATLAB in Engineering Modeling and Design Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Muhammad Khan, Arkansas Tech University
Muhammad Khan, Arkansas Tech University A primary attribute of engineering education is its focus on preparing future engineers to model and design engineering systems. Understanding of mathematical models, ...
Computation in Civil Engineering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Julie Fogarty, California State University-Sacramento
Julie Fogarty, California State University-Sacramento Most of the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum is spent doing hand calculations based on theories that lead to closed-form and relatively simple ...
MATLAB is an Effective Tools for Solving Electric Circuit Problems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona Last couple of years, I have been focusing to teach low level electric circuit courses using flipped classroom approaches. I have ...
Teaching Basic Problem Decomposition and Algorithm Design Skills part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University
Mandoye Ndoye, Electrical and Computer Enngineering, Tuskegee University With the advent of the data science era, there is a great and immediate need for the training of engineers that can use principled methods ...
Using MATLAB in Mathematics Classes part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Rick Downs, Seattle Community College-South Campus
Rick Downs, Mathematics, South Seattle College Since most students taking math classes (that are not majoring in computer science) are going into engineering or science, math classes are a good place to introduce ...
Using Matlab in Applied Math Courses part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Melisa Hendrata, California State University-Los Angeles
Melisa Hendrata, Mathematics, California State University-Los Angeles Drawing from my own experience in academia and also those of my former students who are able to enter the industry, computational skill is one ...
Alleviating computational anxiety of chemistry students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Kristi Closser, California State University-Fresno
Kristina Danielle Closser, Chemistry, California State University-Fresno I recently started a tenure-track position at Fresno State in the chemistry department. Currently, I am teaching a computational chemistry ...
Learning effective ways to include computations in teaching part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Nimish Pujara, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nimish Pujara, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Berkeley I have found MATLAB computation an invaluable research tool in analyzing data and creating simple models. For students learning ...