Challenges to Teaching Computations in New Times
Luis M Vicente, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Luis M Vicente, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Luis M. Vicente, currently serving as the Director, and Associate Professsor of the Electrical, ...

Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Namyong Lee, Mathematics & Statistics, Minnesota State University-Mankato Downloadable version of this essayExperimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics (Acrobat (PDF) 186kB Nov8 23)

The hidden learning outcomes of an Earth's Climate course with computer lab
i gouirand, the UWI
Isabelle Gouirand, , Isabelle Gouirand, Environmental Science, The university of the West IndiesI integrated the University of the West Indies 15 years ago as a lecturer in Atmospheric Science. However, as a ...

Incorporating computational skills into undergraduate Geoscience courses
Jill Pearse, California State University-Long Beach
Jill Pearse, Earth Science, California State University-Long Beach Geoscience is unusual in the STEM disciplines in that it applies all the basic sciences in an interdisciplinary way, and there is no consensus on ...

Computational Modeling in Cognitive Neuroscience
weiwei zhang, University of California-Riverside
weiwei zhang, , University of California-Riverside Computational modeling is one of the three foundations of cognitive neuroscience, in addition to behavior (cognition) and the brain. Although a lot of Psychology ...

Teaching Computation in Earth Science Laboratories
Jim Boyle, Western Connecticut State University
Jim Boyle, Physics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Western Connecticut State University The pillars of science are: observation, theory and numerical simulation. These pillars drive understanding and ...

Challenges in Teaching Computer Sciences Engineering Courses with Matlab & Simulink
Silvio Simani, University of Ferrara
Silvio Simani, Engineering, University of Ferrara In recent years, we have been working with students who seem to be lacking in abstraction ability. It implies that they seem unable of transforming a real-life ...

Teaching Calculus with MATLAB
Muhammad Akhtar, El Paso Community College
MUHAMMAD S AKHTAR, , El Paso Community College Teaching Calculus with MATLAB  Introduction Many engineering students start their education at a community college and then transfer to a four-year institution to ...

How Computation and Modelling Tools Can Counteract Compartmental Learning for Engineering Students
Paul Campbell, University of Technology, Jamaica
Paul Campbell, School of Engineering, University of Technology, Jamaica Curricula of most undergraduate engineering programmes comprise several categories of courses, the sum of which, it is presumed, makes for a ...

How Computation and Modelling Tools Can Counteract Compartmental Learning for Engineering Students
Paul Campbell, University of Technology, Jamaica
Paul Campbell, School of Engineering, University of Technology, Jamaica Curricula of most undergraduate engineering programmes comprise several categories of courses, the sum of which, it is presumed, makes for a ...

MATLAB is an Effective Tools for Solving Electric Circuit Problems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
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 ...

Importance of MATLAB in engineering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
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 ...

Teaching Quantum Mechanics with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks - updated February 2021 by Temo Vekua, MathWorks Please refer to the files attached to this SERC submission, which includes formulae and images that could not be included in this text ...

Use of Matlab to reinforce concepts of Compton effect part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Eric Ehler, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Eric Ehler, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities I recall on my time as a first year graduate student taking a course on radiologic physics and radiation dosimetry and remember well seeing this equation: (d_e ...

Teaching Basic Problem Decomposition and Algorithm Design Skills part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
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 "easy programming" tool to each engineering discipline part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
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 ...

Project Based Learning with MATLAB in Engineering Modeling and Design Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
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, ...

When will I ever use this? part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Ivette Chuca, El Paso Community College
IVETTE CHUCA, Mathematics, El Paso Community College "When will I ever use this", is a questions asked by many student. This question occurs frequently and can either encourage or discourage a student ...

The programming bump in the night, what are we afraid of? part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Jeremy Deans, University of Southern Mississippi
Jeremy Deans, Geography & Geology, University of Southern Mississippi When learning any new skill, there is apprehension. This seems especially true for skills involving mathematics and programming. I tell my ...

Self-paced learning in an undergraduate MATLAB course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Stockton University
Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Marine Science, Stockton University I teach at a primarily undergraduate institution in a program—marine science—that draws students with high motivation and interest in their field of ...