(Programming Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matthew Leineweber, San Jose State University
Matthew Joseph Leineweber, Biomedical Engineering, San Jose State University (Programming-Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students As an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering, I developed a theory: as ...

MATLAB' "easy programming" for discipline "Information Processes and Coding" part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
Yevgeny Gayev, Aerospace Control Systems Department, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine Being familiar with MATLAB (see my Essay1) allows to educator realize pedagogical approach of "own ...

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 ...

Vectorized thinking! Teaching efficient programming in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, University of California-Irvine
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine My exposure to computer programming started at high school, where I learned about the basic concepts of programming in ...

Developing data literacy and problem solving in first year engineering students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Dan Burleson, University of Houston-University Park
Dan Burleson, College of Engineering, University of Houston Computation is fundamental. It is the basis for understanding and apply knowledge to real world problem. By emphasizing computation in a first year ...

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 ...

Cracking the Code: Understanding the Mystery behind the Computational Tool part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Marjorie Hubbard, North Carolina School of Science and Math
Marjorie Hubbard, Engineering and Technology, North Carolina School of Math and Science I have previously used MATLAB in my graduate work in computational electrophysiology and have found it to be an extremely ...

Assessing Engineering Computation in a Flipped Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Stormy Attaway, Boston University
Stormy Attaway, Mechanical Engineering, Boston University I usually teach the basic computation course for all engineering freshmen, which is essentially a course on computer programming concepts. The concepts are ...

Developmentally Appropriate Numerical Analysis for Engineers? part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Eugene Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio College
Eugene Mahmoud, Physics and Engineering, Mt. San Antonio College A lot of the functionality of MATLAB for engineering students is in topics that most first-year and second-year students have yet to ...

Visualizing Mathematical Foundations of Design Optimization using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Yong Suh, California State University-Sacramento
Yong Suh, Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento In my experience in teaching the mechanical engineering students in our university, I have learned that many students can engage in ...