Building community from afar: Teaching computation online to engineering students
Jennifer Jordan, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jennifer Jordan, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University One of the greatest challenges in teaching online is to build a community of engaged learners. On top of many difficulties during the ...

Teaching bolt group analysis using MATLAB
Mijia Yang, North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Mijia Yang, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University-Main Campus Teaching bolt group analysis using MATLABWhat is a bolt group?Bolt group is a critical component in structures, which ...

Hands-On Teaching in an Asynchronous Environment
Melissa Morris, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Melissa Morris, Engineering and Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University A challenge I have in teaching computation online is not being able to interact with the students in real-time and see when they are ...

Choose Your Own Adventure: Teaching a Project-Based Intro to MATLAB Seminar
Ryan Pellico, Trinity College
Ryan Pellico, Mathematics, Trinity College In my second year of teaching, I inherited an introduction to MATLAB seminar titled "Scientific Computing in MATLAB" which had been created the previous year by ...

A project-based mechanics and mathematics course utilizing MATLAB
Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, SUNY at Buffalo
Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo This essay is based on a first-year graduate-level course that I recently started teaching on mathematical principles ...

Teaching Programming to Reluctant Students
Jeremy Riousset, Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Jeremy A Riousset, APSS, Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne I usually introduce my teaching philosophy on the first day of class via the following phrase: Science has not changed as much as the tools to ...

Integrating Research into Numerical Modeling Classes
Marc Hesse, The University of Texas at Austin
Marc Hesse, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin When I took over our departments class numerical modeling for upper division geophysics students, I decided to center the class around and ongoing ...

MATLAB Jump-Start with One Project
Yuxin Zhang, Washington State University-Tri Cities
Yuxin Zhang, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washington State University-Tri Cities As a Mechanical engineer, it is essential to develop computational skills due to the following reasons: (1) Many ...

Creating a new MATLAB course for freshmen students
Jea Joseph, Oakwood College
Jea Joseph, Math and Computer Science, Oakwood University This Spring, I have been tasked with offering a new course to all freshmen STEM majors to introduce them to MATLAB to use in future mathematics and ...

The Value of Forming a Computational Mindset as Undergraduates
Anne Raich, Valparaiso University
Anne Raich, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Valparaiso University I have worked for the past 15+ years as a civil engineering professor at Valparaiso University and Lafayette College. Both Valpo and Lafayette ...