Importance of MATLAB in engineering
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 ...

Computational modeling in geochemistry and petrology (and the geosciences more broadly)
Kendra Lynn, University of Delaware
Kendra J. Lynn, Earth Sciences, University of Delaware Vision for teaching computational skills more broadly in the geosciences Sophisticated modeling skills are becoming highly valued in the geosciences. ...

Teaching Basic Problem Decomposition and Algorithm Design Skills
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 ...

MATLAB is an Effective Tools for Solving Electric Circuit Problems
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 ...

Student Self-Assessments in a Computational Data Analysis Course
Michelle Isenhour, Naval Postgraduate School
Michelle Isenhour, Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School I teach basic (undergraduate) statistics and data analysis to students at the graduate level. The purpose of my course is to prepare students for ...

Foundational computation for first year physics undergraduates
Duncan Carlsmith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Duncan Carlsmith, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison The AAPT/APS Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Education report [1] examines the motivations for, goals of, and barriers to including computation ...

(Programming Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students
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 ...

Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Namyong Lee, Mathematics, Minnesota State University, Mankato Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University, Mankato Why Experimental Mathematics? ...

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO TEACH GAS TURBINE BASED POWER CYCLES
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 ...

Helping psychology students embrace computational thinking
Adam Steiner, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Adam Steiner, Psychology, Minnesota State University-Mankato Prior to graduate school, my experiences with programming were limited to a few problems in computational physics. Once I began graduate school in ...