The availability of technical computing environment such as MATLAB is now reshaping the role and applications of computer laboratory projects to involve students in more intense problem-solving experience. This availability also provides an opportunity to easily conduct numerical experiments and to tackle realistic and more complicated problems.
Originally, the manual is divided into computer laboratory sessions (labs). The lab document is designed to be used by the students while working at the computer. The emphasis here is “learning by doing”. This quiz-like session is supposed to be fully completed in 50 minutes in class.
The seven lab sessions include not only the basic concepts of MATLAB, but also an introduction to scientific computing, in which they will be useful for the upcoming engineering courses.
In addition, engineering students will see MATLAB in their other courses.