Stress Map
James Conder, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Use earthquakes from the global CMT catalog to look at crustal stresses in a given region of the Earth. Students will download earthquake data from an online catalog and make 2 tectonic maps. One map is of the ...

Numerical Simulation Basics: Part II – Boundary Conditions & Numerical Stability for a Finite-Difference Equation
Jim Boyle, Western Connecticut State University
This is the second and last activity teaching numerical simulation basics to students in a junior-level physical oceanography course. In the first activity students program solutions for a 1st order differential ...

Hurricane Time Series Analysis
Henry Potter, Texas A&M University-College Station
This activity uses Atlantic hurricane data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Students will run the code provided to produce figures (scatter plots, time series, and histograms) that ...

Creating a cellular autonoma simulations of fire spreading
Sarah Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
In this project, students create a simulation of a spreading fire through a forest using MATLAB. This simulation contains many different parameters that control the random spread. Students will complete a ...

Classification Exercise - Pattern Recognition
Luis M Vicente, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
This exercise contains instructions for a university project related to pattern recognition using MATLAB. Students are tasked with testing a pre-designed classifier, analyzing results, and submitting a detailed ...

Taylor Series and Efficient Calculations of Transcendental Functions
Ethan Duckworth, Loyola University Maryland
This module helps students learn/relearn about Taylor series, the remainder theorem, symbolic tools in MATLAB, and writing efficient functions for calculating transcendental functions. Students are reminded about ...

Matrix Coding & Decoding
Edith Aguirre, El Paso Community College
The activity provides students with a 3x3 matrix key that will be used to code and decode messages. Students will use MatLab to code, and matrix multiplication to encrypt a message. Then their encrypted message ...

Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Using Machine Learning Model
Abhishek Appaji, B.M.S. College of Engineering
This activity introduces students to supervised learning methods and basic data science techniques using MATLAB. The focus is on the prediction of CHD using logistic regression. This activity involves implementing ...

Modeling Solar Panel Output and Battery Storage Using Real World Data in Matlab
Jason Smith, Michigan State University
Activity Description: This project involves designing and analyzing a home solar panel system using MATLAB. Students are tasked with calculating energy output, battery storage levels, and energy needs over time ...

Analyzing GPS time series data in Central California
Jill Pearse, California State University-Long Beach
This activity is designed for advanced undergraduate Geology students in a Data Analysis course, to introduce them to time series analysis. No programming experience is assumed, but students are expected to have ...