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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Project Based Learning with MATLAB in Engineering Modeling and Design Course
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, ...

MATLAB is an "easy programming" tool to each engineering discipline
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
Yevgeny Gayev, Aerospace Control Systems Department, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine I am an insistent propagator of active methods in teaching of everything. Of course, in teaching Physics but also in ...

Assessing Computational Thinking in Engineering Design with a Workshop Environment
Michael Thorburn, California State University-Los Angeles
Michael A Thorburn, Engineering, California State University-Los Angeles Background. My job at Cal State LA is to run the Capstone Senior Design Program for the College of Engineering, Computer Science and ...

Coding in a functional way
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 ...

No Thinking, No Engineer
Be Oni, Tuskegee University
Ben Oni, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tuskegee University The engineer provides solutions to problems. Usually, the engineering problem(s) requiring solution may be unique in the sense that it is probable ...

(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 ...