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1. 1 2014 The MathWorks, Inc. Accelerating the Pace of Engineering Education with Simulation,
Hardware and Instrumentation Dr. Joachim Schlosser MathWorks @schlosi
2. 2 Imagine
3. 3 Use existing tools in and on MATLAB with hardware instead of re-inventing the wheel.
4. 4 [Why me] Image Sources: Hochschule Augsburg, Technische Universitt Mnchen, BMW AG, Wiki
Commons (under LGPL), Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GmbH, Audi AG, MathWorks
5. 5 Agenda
6. 6 Teachers
7. 7 STEM Skills Survey, UK Are there enough skilled candidates from universities to meet STEM
employees requirements? Short Answer: No. mathworks.com/STEMskills
8. 8 Some Relevant Statistics 61% business leaders and 68% of academics believe it will take more than
10 years to close the gap.
9. 9 Some Relevant Statistics 52% of employers and 64% of academics state that there isnt sufficient
collaboration between universities and industry.
10. 10 Some Relevant Statistics 63% of industry think they should have a greater say in curriculum but
46% of universities welcome the industry intervention.
11. 12 University of Applied Sciences Augsburg Students Develop and Simulate Advanced Robotic
Control Systems When I teach C++, I show students a program that simulates a swing. The C++ program
is seven pages of code or more. The MATLAB implementation is a single page about 50 lines of wellstructured, compact code that is easy to understand. Professor Georg Stark University of Applied
Sciences Augsburg Link to user story Professor Stark with students in the lab.
12. 14 Industry
13. 15 Anecdotal Evidence particularly hard to recruit graduates with the key skills required to
make an immediate impact as part of our workforce Senior Manager in Industry
14. 16 Anecdotal Evidence This is leading to a skills silo and thinking in one direction Senior
Manager in Industry
15. 17 Skills Required by Employers 1. Abstraction and Big Picture Thinking 2. Solving Real-World
Problems 3. Multi-Disciplinary Teams
16. 18 Supporting Curriculum Development

 17. 19 Technische Universitt Mnchen Uses Model-Based Design to Drive Research, Problem-Based
Learning, and Industry Collaboration Flight controls and flight system dynamics are multidomain
engineering disciplines. MathWorks tools enable our students to build upon our fundamental research
to develop solutions that fly in real aircraft. With Model-Based Design we can close the gap between the
theoretical foundation and the practical application. Dr. Florian Holzapfel Technische Universitt
Mnchen Link to user story Professor Holzapfel, research fellow Markus Hornauer, and a student test
flight control algorithms in the Research Flight Simulator.
18. 21 25 years ago CAD disrupted construction. Image Sources: customized030 on Flickr, License CCBY-ND, Siemens PLM Software on Flickr, License CC-BY-ND
19. 22 Now Model- Based Design & Simulation disrupt engineering.
20. 23 4 Practices of Early Verification
21. 24 Create and simulatea high- level system model during specification stage. #1
22. 25 Image Sources: Peter Jackson on Flickr, License CC 23. 26 #2 Test from day one with multidomain simulation.
24. 27 Image Sources: eha1990 on Flickr, License CC-BY vs. Model wires steel code
25. 28 #3 Create virtual test suites that stress the system.
26. 29 Simulations scale better. Image Sources: torkildr on Flickr, License CC-BY-SA
27. 30 #4 Use the modeland test suites as reference design.
28. 31 INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTATION DESIGN TEST&VERIFICATION RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS
Environment Models Mechanical Control Algorithms Electrical Supervisory Logic TEST SYSTEM
Structured Text VHDL, VerilogC, C++ MCU DSP FPGA ASIC PLC Start Testing on Day One
29. 33 Students
30. 34 Study Quality Monitor Germany 2013
as interesting and appealing [in >
Studienqualittsmonitor
2013
31. 35 MATLAB is part of the scientific infrastructure of academic and research organizations
32. 36 As concert halls for orchestras, MATLAB is part of the scientific infrastructure of academic and
research organizations Photo: Maria Oik on Flickr, License CC-BY.

 33. 37 MATLAB is neither the music, nor the instrument, nor the musician. It is the space where a
musician, together with other musicians, creates, refines, performs, shares and enjoys music. Jiuguang
Wang on Flickr CC-BY-SA

Education and training Copyright Steinway & Sons on Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA

36. 40 Teaching Model-Based Design at Politecnico di Torino Using MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and
Embedded Coder, students learn how to manage the growing complexity of todays embedded systems
by designing and simulating an executable model; rigorously validating, testing, and debugging it; and
generating code for an embedded target. Massimo Violante Politecnico di Torino Link to article
Stateflow state chart used to implement control logic for a simple parking assist system.
37. 43 What does LinkedIn tell us?
38. 46 Engagement
39. 47 Imagine
40. 48 We're engineers Let's engineer our way out of this dilemma.
41. 49 Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning Example: RWTH Aachen, EE

Lectures
Conference 2014)

-rated class Year # students in Electrical Eng 2010/11 399

2011/12 536 2012/13 358 2013/14 502
44. 52 Class Concept Laboratory Mathe- matical Methods Practical Engineering MATLAB
45. 54 Robot Laboratory Schedule Time slot Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Morning
NXT Sound Sensor Motors Optical Sensor Ultrasonic Sensor Creative Task Creative Task Creative Task
Afternoon Bluetooth + Tactile Sensor Motors Optical Sensor Ultrasonic Sensor Creative Task Creative
Task Creative Task Final presen- tation
46. 55
47. 56 Active Learning (CDIO Standard 8)

 48. 57 Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills (CDIO Standard 10) All institutes of department involved

49. 58 Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills (CDIO Standard 10) Teachers rely on the fundamentals
ow 50. 59 Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills (CDIO Standard 10) Student teaching assistants required
to participate in a teaching class to advance their personal teaching skills
51. 60 Student Engagement: Formula Student (e.g. Formula Student Germany) Click for video
52. 61 Reuse
53. 62 There is no correlation between experimenting and learning outcome, in general.
Experimenting does improve learning outcome, if supported by a didactic framework. Not if, but
how e.g. D. R. Sokoloff and R. K. Thornton, Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Create an
Active Learning Environment. The Physics Teacher, September, 1997, Vol. 35, pp. 340-347.
54. 63 Experiments are time consuming. 1. Prep work (instructor) 2. Pre-experiment 3. Experiment 4.
Post-experiment 5. Evaluation The Hows MATLAB & Simulink Very important Immensely important
Typically over-emphasized
55. 64 Hardware connectivity Symbolic Numeric Optimization Control System Graphic, physical
Modeling Simscape StateFlow Simulink MATLAB Simulink and Simscape blocks MATLAB function
Publishing Symbolic Experiment implementation: the skys the limit 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
56. 65 The solution landscape: a matter of perspective MATLAB (symbolic) Simulink Simscape MATLAB
(numeric) Publishing MATLAB and H/W convert convert convert
57. 66 RLC series circuit: problem statement
58. 67 RLC series circuit: solution and analysis
59. 68 Hardware for teaching and research Support package only reqd Additional toolboxes reqd
Raspberry Pi LEGO Mindstorms NXT and EV3 Arduino Samsung Galaxy, iPhone Altera DE2- 115 Freescale
hardware plus many moreplus many more Microsoft Kinect NI CompactDAQ
60. 69 Integrate
61. 70 Move Programs off the Trade-Off Surface TechnicalBreadth Technical Depth Feasible Region
Current Programs Desired Extended Programs Computational Thinking & Tools
62. 71 Example from Applied Science School in Aschaffenburg, DE Course Plan BSc Renewable Energy
and Energy Management Source: Joerg Sautter at MATLAB Expo Germany 2014

 63. 72 Example from Applied Science School in Aschaffenburg, DE BSc Renewable Energy and Energy
Management Source: Joerg Sautter at MATLAB Expo Germany 2014
64. 73 Example from Applied Science School in Aschaffenburg, DE BSc Renewable Energy and Energy
Management Source: Joerg Sautter at MATLAB Expo Germany 2014
65. 74 Example from Applied Science School in Aschaffenburg, DE BSc Renewable Energy and Energy
Management Source: Joerg Sautter at MATLAB Expo Germany 2014
66. 75 Michigan State Universitys MATLAB integrated Curriculum for Chemical Engineering Before
After Course using MATLAB / Simulink Students computational problem-solving proficiency
67. 76 Share
68. 77 Resources to get you started >> doc MATLAB Courseware MATLAB Central info/code hub

0+ autograde-ready MATLAB programming problems

70. 79 Create
71. 80 As concert halls for orchestras, MATLAB is part of the scientific infrastructure of academic and
research organizations Photo: Maria Oik on Flickr, License CC-BY.
72. 81 With whom in my department will I create improvement with MATLAB & Simulink in both our
classes? mathworks.com/academia