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Procrustes Skull Analysis
Emily Dosmar, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Procrustes analysis is a form of statistical shape analysis used to analyze the distribution of a set of shapes. The goal of this assignment is to compare different skull types to a reference skull to determine ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Biology, Engineering
MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Bouncing Ball Explorer
Duncan Carlsmith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Exploration of the sound of a bouncing ball dropped on a hard surface, the sound recorded with a mobile phone or laptop microphone, is the basis for an accessible experiment in elementary mechanics. For ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Physics
MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Simulation of a Block Sliding down a Ramp with Friction
Darren Maczka, The University of Tennessee
This activity is designed to help students gain experience implementing iterative and conditional structures in the context of a physics simulation. Students are given parameters for an object that is being ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Engineering, Physics

Fourbar linkage
Mingli Han, Prairie View A & M University
This activity performs position analysis for a fourbar linkage. Fourbar linkage is a classical mechanism used in Kinematic Design and Analysis course. Based on the given information on the fourbar linkage, students ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Engineering

Final Project: Plotting in MATLAB w. Loops
Jordan Bittner, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
In this assignment you will be asked to manipulate data using MATLAB to create a set of plots. Each chart should have the correct x-y axis labels as well as a descriptive title and legend. You will submit a pdf ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Engineering

Faculty Instructor
Zenaida Castillo, Yachay Tech University
I am a professor in the department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, and I used to teach low and medium level math subjects, such as Basic Calculus, Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics. I also teach middle ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Mathematics, Computer Science

Building Intuition for Fourier Series/Transforms
Jenny Magnes, Vassar College
This activity consists of two parts:1. Represent functions using Fourier series.2. Understanding how a function's properties manifest in reciprocal space.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Physics, Mathematics

Review of MATLAB Basics
Neha Raikar, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
This activity is designed to recap some basic MATLAB concepts. Depending on the MATLAB computing background the student may have, this live script is supposed to be a refresher

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Engineering

Pop-Up Programming
Blain Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
This activity aims to engage students in a low-stakes activity to build confidence and review basic topics such as indexing an array, vector, or matrix. The class is arranged so that the students are seated in a ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Mathematics

Intro to MATLAB Labs
James Long, Liberty University
Set of seven labs in a tutorial format to introduce MATLAB to the first-year student/programmer. Uses MATLAB for Engineering Applications, 5th edition, by William J. Palm III as a reference. Students complete the ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Computer Science, Engineering