Garbage Out? Verification of Reliable Computations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Wendy Thomas, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Wendy Thomas, Bioengineering, University of Washington-Seattle Campus What is Verification? When we or our students use a computer to solve a mathematical problem in our class or research, how do we know if the ...

Coding in a functional way part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
Alexandre Martinez, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine One challenges that I faced was that the students try to code directly on the computer with first thinking about what they ...

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO TEACH GAS TURBINE BASED POWER CYCLES part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Farshid Zabihian, California State University-Sacramento
Farshid Zabihian, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento This essay presents the new approach in teaching Thermodynamics in general and gas turbine cycles in particular to ...

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 ...

Integration enhances learning across the curriculum part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
William Cluett, University of Toronto
William Cluett, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto In 2009, I participated in the creation and delivery of a new half-course for first year Engineering Science[1] students at the ...