Welcome to MAE 10: Introduction to Engineering Computatioins!

Professor Natascha Buswell | Spring - 2022 | T/Th 3:30 - 4:50 pm in ALP 2300

Welcome to MAE 10!

Welcome to Introduction to Engineering Computations!

I am sure we had all hoping things would be different this year. The Covid-19 Pandemic and the country’s reckoning with racism and inequities continue to be at the forefront of my mind, and I am sure also in yours. I will make considerable effort to make this class a positive learning experience for you, but I also want you all to think about what you need in order to get through this year. You’ll notice I have scheduled a “mental health day” where I will ask that you do something for yourself instead of attend class. I also drop one submission for a number of assignments because I know life happens. Your health and wellbeing are the MOST important aspects of this class, so please make sure to prioritize them.

Now on to my regular introduction: I am excited to have you in my class, and I hope you will find it an enjoyable and challenging learning experience. My beliefs about teaching center around three main components: 1) teaching you as a “whole student,” 2) teaching you to “learn how to learn,” and 3) providing opportunities for authentic learning.

For #1, this means that I want to support your learning in engineering computations, but also support your learning of other engineering skills, including professionalism and communication. This also means that I understand you have other things (other classes, personal life, the pandemic, social and racial issues) going on, which is why I drop your lowest scores on a number of assignments.

For #2, I will guide you to think about your learning so that you can take what you learn in this class and apply it in new contexts. It is impossible to cover all the material you may need to learn for your future, but by knowing how to learn, you will be prepared to find the resources and knowledge to solve any problem you encounter in your future career.

For #3, I want to provide you with authentic learning experiences, which is why I make connections to the real world through application activities an essential component of this class. As engineers, you will need to communicate your ideas to your colleagues both orally and in written form. To make these communication experiences useful, they will be connected to examples of the course content in the world around you.

In the syllabus, you will find most of the details you will need for this course, including how to get in contact with me and the teaching assistants, how your grade will be calculated, and the schedule for the quarter.

This course and its policies are designed with the hopes of creating a fun and effective learning environment. With that goal in mind, I reserve the right to modify the course in a reasonable manner to improve the experience. If any aspect of the course is not working for you, please let me know.

I am looking forward to learning with you!

Professor Buswell

Module Navigation

Start Here

Calculator mode, MATLAB Basics

Built-in functions, help, arrays, indexing

Input, Output

Algorithms (logical and relational statements, user-defined functions)

Algorithms (loops)

Teaming and Advanced User-Defined Functions

Debugging and Plotting

Advanced Mathematics

Final Project and Teaming

Finals

Instructors

Instructor Information

Instructor Portrait Placeholder Instructor: Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Ph.D.
Email: nbuswell@uci.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2 - 3 pm in EG 3232 (in MAE Dept Suite)

TA Information

TA: Chuanning Zhou
Email: chuanniz@uci.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays from 10 am - 12 pm in EG 2146

TA Information

TA: Mu Jia
Email: muj2@uci.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 2 pm - 3 pm in EG 2146

Course FAQs

Help with course content

Make attendance in class a priority! Learning takes deliberate, distributed practice!
Attend office hours - these are a great opportunity to meet and work with others, too!
Form a study group and do the homework with others

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