Getting Started: How to Prepare for the First Day of Class

Welcome to ENGR 11: Programming & Problem Solving in MATLAB. This ENGR 11 course is an introductory lower-division Engineering class designed to introduce you to MATLAB. For more about ENGR 11 at Foothill College, please see Foothill's Engineering Department website. For students, please make sure to check the email account that you have listed in MyPortal. As a courtesy to you, my students, I provide you with electronic copies of our course resources for Jeff's ENGR 11.01. These include:

Resources for Engr 11.01 in room 5611 for spring quarter 2024

Course Syllabus:       Jeff’s Current Course Syllabus

Meeting Schedule:   Spring 2024, Engr 11, Portfolio Meeting Schedule
Example Learning Conference Meeting Schedule

Math Discord: Spring 2024, Engr 11 Discord Channel

Flipped Learning:         Spring 2024, Engr 11 Flipped Classroom Activity List (updated 4/8/2024)

Content Calendar:        All calendars were posted on 04/07/2024.
These calendars are tentative and will be updated during spring 2024.

Engr 11, Spring 2024 Beginner Calendar (.pdf)
Engr 11, Spring 2024 Intermediate Calendar (.pdf)
Engr 11, Spring 2024 Advanced Calendar (.pdf)

Welcome Emails: Jeff’s Spring 2024 First Welcome Email (Sent on 04/03/2024)
Jeff’s Add Code Email (Sent on 09/25/2023)

General Resources

Course Webpage FAQs: Jeff’s Course Website FAQs
Attendance FAQs: Jeff’s Attendance FAQs
Flipped Learning FAQs: Jeff’s Flipped Learning FAQs
Grading FAQs:       Jeff’s Grading FAQs
List of Final Deliverables for Your Learning Portfolio (updated on 04/08/2024)
Team Learning FAQs: Jeff’s Team Learning FAQs
Add Code Policy: Jeff’s Add Code Policy

Conquering College: Lab 1 Prompt
Lab 2 Prompt
Lab 3 Prompt
Lab 4 Prompt

Learning Reflections: Mid-Term Learning Self Evaluation Activity ( .docx ) or ( .pdf ) - due at start of week 6
Final Learning Self Evaluation Activity ( .docx ) or ( .pdf ) - due during final meeting

Final Course Eval: Spring 2024, Engr 11, Final Course Evaluation (Google Forms Survey)
A. Once you complete this survey, please take a snapshot of the confirmation page.
B. Show your snapshot of this page to Jeff to confirm you’ve finished this work.

Jeff’s Engr 11 YouTube videos

To access a master list of the videos we use in this course, please click on the link below:

Anderson’s Master List of MATLAB Videos (.pdf) or (.docx)

ENGR 11, Laboratory Resources

In ENGR 11, we enjoy a three hour laboratory session each week. When we are in lab together, I expect you to be actively working to complete the projects outlined in the laboratory prompts below. To find out more about the tentative schedule for laboratory exercises (and the focus of each lab meeting), please see the ENGR 11 Tentative Calendar, available in a link above.

ENGR 11, INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB
LESSON TITLE LESSON PLAYLIST
LABORATORY 1: MATLAB MEET AND GREET
  1. Laboratory 1 Prompt (.pdf)
LAB 1 PLAYLIST
LABORATORY 2: LEARN ABOUT SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
  1. Laboratory 2 Prompt (.pdf)
    1. What Kind of Science is Computational Science by R. Allain
    2. What Kind of Science is Computational Science? A Rebuttal by T. Kolda
    3. Science Has Only Two Legs by M.Y. Vardi
    4. Why Scientific Programming Does Not Compute by Z. Merali
    5. Best Practices for Scientific Computer by G. Wilson et. al
    6. Anderson's Lab 2 Book Wishlist
  2. Anderson's Engr 11: Lab 2 Reading Worksheet (.docx)
  3. ENGR 11 Lab 2: Example Student work from Winter 2020 (.pdf)
LAB 2 PLAYLIST
LABORATORY 3: BEGIN BUILDING YOUR GOALS WITH MATLAB
  1. Laboratory 3 Prompt (.pdf)
    1. Write Down Your Goals by Jeff Anderson
    2. Write down your goals, continued... by Jeff Anderson
    3. Lab 3, Problem 1: 50 Year Plan in Quarters (.docx)
    4. Lab 3, Problem 1.D: 50 Year Plan in Semesters (.docx)
  2. Anderson's Engr 11: Lab 3 Reading Worksheet (.docx)
  3. ENGR 11 Lab 3: Example Student work from Winter 2020
    1. Example 1 : (.pdf calendar) or (.zip folder)
    2. Example 2 : (.pdf calendar)
    3. Example 3 : (.pdf calendar)
    4. Example 4 : (.pdf calendar) or (.zip folder)
LAB 3 PLAYLIST
LABORATORY 4: DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS
  1. UPDATED BUT INCOMPLETE Lab 4 Prompt (.pdf)
  2. Lab 4 Worksheet (.docx)
LABORATORY 5: META-LEARNING FOR APPLIED PROJECTS
  1. Lab 5 Prompt: Jeff is drafting this in winter 2024 (.pdf)

Engr 11, Possible Applied Projects List

One of my major goals as your teacher in Engineering 11 is to help you set a foundation for using your computer and coding skills to solve problems you care about. With that in mind, I want us to work towards a world where you use continue to use MATLAB (or some similar computer program) for years after this class ends. If we do our work well, you can use MATLAB as a tool to solve homework problems in your other classes, to do research projects, and to create projects that you put on your resume.

With this goal in mind, I invite every student in this class to create their own applied project in MATLAB. This project is one that you believe will advance your learning and set you up for success in your future academic and career goals. As you craft your vision for this applied project, please integrate the learning your doing and ideas you are studying from the book Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott Young. Specifically, I encourage you to engage in thoughtful meta-learning routines to plan your applied project. As you do so, I want you to project into your future and think about what MATLAB skills might be relevant for the type of work you want to do. To help get the juices flowing, I provide some possible projects you might work on.

ENGR 11, POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR FUN APPLIED PROJECTS
LESSON TITLE LESSON PLAYLIST
OPTION 1: ELECTRIFY THE LINEAR-SYSTEMS PROJECT
  1. Lab 5 Prompt: Draft2 from 3/3/2021 (.pdf)
  2. LANA Example 2: Blank Measurement Template (.pdf)
  3. LANA Example 2: Video of Measurement Process (YouTube)
  4. LANA Example 3 Circuit: Blank Measurement Template (.pdf)
  5. LANA Example 3 Circuit: W21 Student Measurements (.pdf)
  6. A-Level Problem: LANA Anderson's Example Circuit (.pdf)
  7. P-Block Information Sheet: Draft 3 (.pdf)

Engr 11, Unit 1: Introduction to MATLAB

In ENGR 11, we will familiarize ourselves with the MATLAB computing environment. Below I include links to all of the lecture notes that I have written for this course. Enjoy.

ENGR 11, UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB
LESSON TITLE LESSON PLAYLIST
LESSON 1: THE MATLAB DESKTOP
  1. Lesson 1, Part 1 (pp. 1 - 39) Handout Draft (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 1, Part 1 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
  3. Lesson 1, Part 1: W19 Jeff's In-Class Live Script (.mlx)
  4. Lesson 1, Part 2 (pp. 40 - 70) Handout Draft (.pdf)
  5. Lesson 1, Part 2 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
  6. Lesson 1, Part 2: W19 Jeff's In-Class Live Script (.mlx)
  7. Lesson 1, Part 3 (pp. 71 - 100) Handout Draft (.pdf)
  8. Lesson 1, Part 3 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
  9. Lesson 1, Part 3: W19 Jeff's In-Class Live Script (.mlx)
LESSON 1, PART 1: PLAYLIST
LESSON 1, PART 2: PLAYLIST
LESSON 2: CREATE ARRAYS
  1. Lesson 2 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 2 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
  3. Lesson 2: W19 Jeff's In-Class Live Script (.mlx)
LESSON 2, PART 1: PLAYLIST
LESSON 2, PART 2: PLAYLIST
LESSON 3: LOGICAL DATA
  1. Lesson 3 Handout: Incomplete draft (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 3 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
LESSON 3, PART 1: PLAYLIST
LESSON 3, PART 2: PLAYLIST
LESSON 4: CONTROL FLOW
  1. Lesson 4 Handout: Incomplete draft (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 4 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
LESSON 4 PLAYLIST
LESSON 5: FUNCTION FILES
  1. Lesson 5 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 5 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
LESSON 6: PROGRAM DESIGN
  1. Lesson 6 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 6 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
UNIT 1 PROJECT: ELECTRIFY LINEAR-SYSTEMS PROBLEM
  1. Project Website: Electrify Linear-Systems Problem
UNIT 1 PROJECT, PART 1 PLAYLIST
UNIT 1 PROJECT, PART 2 PLAYLIST
UNIT 1 PROJECT, PART 3 PLAYLIST
UNIT 1 PROJECT, PART 4 PLAYLIST

Engr 11, Unit 3: Introduction to Numerical Analysis

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ENGR 11, UNIT 3, INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
LESSON TITLE LESSON PLAYLIST
LESSON 1: UNSIGNED INTEGERS
  1. Lesson 1 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 1 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
  3. Lesson 1 Suggested Problems Draft Solutions (.pdf)
  4. Lesson 1 Suggested Problems Draft Solutions (.mlx)
LESSON 1, PART 1: PLAYLIST
LESSON 2: SIGNED INTEGERS
  1. Lesson 2 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 2 Suggested Problems (.pdf)
LESSON 3: FIXED-POINT NUMBERS
  1. Lesson 3 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 3, Part 2 Handout on ufixed data type (.pdf)
LESSON 4: FLOATING-POINT NUMBERS
  1. Lesson 4, Part 1 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Lesson 4, Part 2 Handout (.pdf)
  3. Cleve Moler's MATLAB Blog Post: “Half Precision” 16-bit Floating Point Arithmetic"
LESSON 5: THE IEEE 754 FORMAT
  1. Lesson 5 Handout (.pdf) (.pdf)
    1. IEEE 754 (Online) Calculator
    2. Official copy of IEEE 754, 2008 Version (.pdf)
    3. What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic by Goldberg
  2. The topic of IEEE 754 Format is rich, subtle, and worthwhile if you plan on incorporating numerial computation into your future career. There is fun and excellent book on the subject titled Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic by Michael L. Overton. In fact, I am interested in working with one (or more) students on an independent study in which we solve every exercise in Overton's book and then typeset our results in LaTeX. If this sounds interesting to you, please read more about my policies Independent Study courses. After you've read my policies, please think carefully about whether or not you meet the expectations I present. If you feel that you do and you are excited about this opportunity, please make an appointment to meet with me during student hours to learn more.
LESSON 6: PRECISION AND ACCURACY
  1. DRAFT Lesson 8 Handout (.pdf)
  2. Jeff's In-Class Handwritten Lesson 8 Notes (.pdf)
  3. The Definition of Numerical Analysis by Lloyd N. Trefethen

ENGR 11, Exam Resources

As you prepare for your in-class exams, you can use the resources below to help focus your attention.

ENGR 11, EXAM RESOURCES
IN-CLASS EXAM 1
  1. Math 1D: Write Your Own Exam Problems Assignment (.pdf)
  2. ENGR 11 Sample Exam 1, Blank Copy (.pdf)
  3. ENGR 11 Sample Exam 1, Draft Answers (.pdf)
  4. Winter 2020, Eng 11: Student Exam 1 Review Questions (.pdf)
  5. ENGR 11, Exam 1 Correction Form (.pdf)
IN-CLASS FINAL EXAM (WINTER 2019)
  1. ENGR 11: Final Exam Information W2019 (.pdf)
  2. ENGR 11: Sample Exam 2, Blank Copy (.pdf)
  3. ENGR 11: Sample Exam 2, Draft Solutions (.pdf)
  4. Winter 2020, Eng 11: Student Exam 2 Review Questions (.pdf)
  5. Winter 2020, Eng 11: Exam 2, Jeff's Draft Answers
  6. ENGR 11: Final Exam Corrections Instructions (.pdf)

ENGR 11, A-Level Tasks

Below are prompts for A-level tasks in this course.

ENGR 11, A-LEVEL TASKS
LESSON TITLE LESSON PLAYLIST
MORTGAGE LOAN CALCULATOR PROBLEM (A-LEVEL TASKS)
  1. Mortgage Loan Calculator Prompt (.pdf)

Useful Links and Reference Material

As you might have noticed, this class is an introduction to the MATLAB Environment. Such an introduction fits nicely into the field of Numerical Analysis. Below, I provide to you a list of useful reference material for students who are interested in learning more about this subject. I highly encourage such students to seek out future opportunities to develop their competence with MATLAB as a programming language and with the major ideas of Numerical Analysis.

Some Disasters attributed to bad numerical computing (by Douglas N. Arnold)

WEBSITES OF NUMERICAL ANALYSTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING (CERCA 2019)
Davis, Tim (Texas A & M University, TX, USA)
Demmel, James (UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA, USA)
Elden, Lars (Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden)
Higham, Nicholas (University of Manchester in Manchestor, UK)
Nakatsukasa, Yuji (National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo, Japan)
Trefethen, Nick (University of Oxford in Oxford, UK)