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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 ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience

Taylor Series and Efficient Calculations of Transcendental Functions
Ethan Duckworth, Loyola College in 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 ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Problem Set
Subject: Mathematics

Solving Systems of Equations
Conroy Robinson, University of Technology, Jamaica
This activity is geared towards teaching students how to use MATLAB to solve systems of simultaneous equations, simplify and plot graphs of polynomials.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Engineering

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 ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Problem Set, Project
Subject: Engineering

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 ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience

Solving Engineering Problems Using MATLAB: Systems of Linear Equations
Legun Emmanwori, South Carolina State University
Linear systems of equations arise in many problems in engineering and science, as well as in mathematics. Students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program will learn how to use MATLAB in solving three ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Engineering

Frequency Plots for Base Excitation
Natasha Smith, University of Virginia-Main Campus
Students generate transmissibility vs. frequency ratio plots for a spring-mass-damper system with base excitation with contours for five different damping ratios.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Problem Set
Subject: Engineering

Boiled Egg
Paul Campbell, University of Technology, Jamaica
The Student is to learn how to estimate the time that it will take to boil/cook an egg

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Engineering

Morse Code Audio
John Rogers, Benedictine College
This is an assignment in Audio and Image Processing course.The course is just being developed.The assignment requires students to write functions that are bulding block to generating Morse Code audio.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Problem Set
Subject: Computer Science, Physics, Engineering