News Archive

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3 Nov 2022

• Project 4 is posted. We are going to try to collect a few more data sets from faculty on campus. But there’s lots of data sets on the web!

• Notes: Intro to the FFT

1 Nov 2022

• The notes from class with the Duty Cycle Example are posted

  • I added the code that we developed in class for the FFT.

28 Oct 2022

• We are starting FFT analysis this week, so the reading focuses on introducing that idea and the code we use. Use week 8 for the reading form

18 October 2022

• This week we move into continuous systems and investigate models of waving phenomenon. Our illustrative case will be Maxwell’s Equations, but our analysis can be applied to many systems that obey the wave equation.

  • Our first activity focuses on deriving a wave equation.

• Project 3 details are available and will focus on normal modes.

  • I will post more resources for you soon.

7 October 2022

• This week, we will return to coupled oscillations to set us up for waves. The reading focuses on the 1D Wave Equation. We will likely start that work on Thursday after we finish up with \(N\) coupled oscillators.

  • I will post expanded instructions for project 2 this weekend.

  • We will have your grades for project 1 done by Monday.

2 October 2022

• This week, we will finish up with Lagrangian Analysis and shift back into how that analysis sets us up for modeling

  • Here are direct links to my handwritten notes on Coupled Oscillations and Lagrangian Dynamics.

  • Peruse these notes, there’s no reading this week since we are continuing with the same topic.

  • Our goal this week is making sure you all feel comfortable setting up a Lagrangian and doing the analysis of it

• Project 2 is posted with minor details. We will discuss at the end of Tuesday’s class what we think a good model is now.

18 Sept 22

• Project 1 details are posted in full. You will turn in your project on D2L. Please include an exported PDF of the notebook

  • Samples of computational essays were included in the syllabus, but the direct link is here.

  • Remember to focus on our rubric and note that the sample essays were full semester projects

17 Sept 22

• Readings are posted

  • Focus on Secs. 1.4-1.5 of Crawford; we will do this work together

  • This week will have some pencil and paper work before we start computing

11 Sept 22

• Tuesday’s Class Activity is posted.

• For Thursday, we will finish what ever we do not on Tuesday and then play a game: Diffy-Q-Palooza

09 Sept 22

• Readings for next week are posted (this is week 2)

06 Sept 22

• A preliminary rubric for the first project is posted. A detailed breakdown is coming before next class.

05 Sept 22

• Tuesday’s in-class activity has been posted.

  • Review as you see fit; we will go over the whole thing together

02 Sept 22

• Complete the survey by Tuesday morning to help us schedule the Project Help Sessions

• Synthesized notes from 01 Sept 22 class are posted

• Readings have been updated for next week: Read Oscillations

• Make sure to complete the Reading Questions Form before class Tuesday morning

• More project details are coming, a draft project rubric is forthcoming, and activities for class this coming week will be posted by Monday