Illustrating Theorems from Calculus
Michaela Kubacki, Middlebury College
In this activity, students use MATLAB to create and interact with illustrations of three theorems from Calculus: (1) Extreme Value Theorem, (2) Intermediate Value Theorem, and (3) Mean Value Theorem. The assignment ...

Making Sense of Gait Ground Reaction Force Data
John Rogers, U.S. Military Academy
Students analyze a data set containing ground reaction forces from a human walking on an instrumented treadmill.

Example Bisection Method Problem in MATLAB Grader
Roche de Guzman, Hofstra University
Here's an example of a text book problem in Numerical Methods that was converted to a MATLAB Grader assignment to assess students in a more automated and interactive way. Other problems can be modeled and ...

Conduction and Convection in a Fin of Uniform Cross Section
Yuxin Zhang, Washington State University
Conduction and convection are two important modes of heat transfer. To understand the mechanisms of these two types of heat transfer processes, we study the temperature distribution in a fin of uniform cross ...

Virtual Pendulum Experiments & Mechanical Oscillations
Jeremy Riousset, Florida Institute of Technology
The pendulum motion is one of the first encounters with the concept of a harmonic oscillator. This activity seeks to complement a traditional, rigorous, theoretical approach with a rigorous numerical model. It ...

Puzzle Coding
Sarah Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
Tactile activities or "tactivities" are one form of active learning that can increase student participation and enhance students' understanding of conceptual materials. In this tactile activity, ...

Solving First Order ODE's
Rick Downs, South Seattle College
This assignment is for a Differential Equations course that has students use a computer to solve first order ODE's graphically using slope fields, numerically, and analytically. One part of the assignment has ...

Exploring hypothesis-driven research using Arduino boards and Matlab
Sara Wilson, University of Kansas
In this activity, students explore hypothesis-driven research through the development of an experiment using Arduino Uno style microcontroller boards and Matlab. This project encourages students to develop a ...

Forced Response with Coulomb Damping
Natasha Smith, University of Virginia-Main Campus
Students determine and plot the response of a vibrating system under a harmonic excitation force, in the presence of Coulomb Damping. The assignment requires students to solve a 2nd order differential equation ...

Building an Air Frame Dynamics Model in MATLAB
Michael Thorburn, California State University-Los Angeles
This set of LiveScripts is designed to help students develop a MATLAB model of the physics of flight for a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It is intended to be self-paced.